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Andrea Davis Pinkney’s Speakerly Texts: Models for Young Writers
Authors: Meier Terry
Published: February 2024

This article focuses on ways of building upon the well-documented linguistic abilities of children socialized in African American speech communities to help them become more fluent and effective writers. It examines the use of African American English rhetorical features in five picturebook biographies written by Andrea Davis Pinkney. It describes how Pinkney employs these features to convey important ideas about her biographical subjects and to connect powerfully with her readers. The article suggests strategies for using Pinkney’s biographies as mentor texts to model how students can incorporate African American English expressive features into their own writing in ways that are not only culturally relevant, but also help them meet the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.
Forum: The Popularization of High School Poetry Instruction, 1920–1940
Authors: Perrillo Jonna
Published: February 2024

This essay examines high school poetry instruction in the 1920s and 1930s in light of the influence of Hughes Mearns, a teacher who wrote about and lectured on his experiences in teaching what he coined “creative writing” and who played a major role in reconceiving how teachers taught students to read and write poetry. Rather than focusing on memorization and recitation, Hughes enacted an experiential and “emotional” method of teaching students poetry. This student-centered approach reflected major thoughts in pedagogical progressivism of the period at the same time that it conflicted with the education tracking and standardization that also took shape under the name of progressivism. The innovative work of Mearns and teachers who embraced his philosophies is especially important to revisit given the analogies to our own period,where spoken-word programs, for example, exist alongside school standardization measures that often devalue poetry. Understanding the arguments Mearns and other teachers made for the unique value of poetry, as well as some of the shortcomings in their thought, can help educators to better articulate the need for K–12 poetry instruction now.
Silence as Shields: Agency and Resistances among Native American Students in the Urban Southwest
Authors: San Pedro Timothy J.
Published: February 2024

This article discusses findings from a three-year ethnographic study of an ethnic studies course called Native American literature, which began during the passing of legislation that banned the teaching of ethnic studies in Arizona’s public and charter schools. The data analyzed here explore the ways students use silence as a form of critical literacy “or critical silent literacies” in response to racial microaggressions enacted by their peers, their teachers, or a combination of both. This framing of silence questions common assumptions that Native American students aresilent because of their biological, inherent, and/or cultural “traits” Challenging such assumptions, Native American students in this study reveal that as they attempt to voice their ideas, they are repeatedly silenced because their knowledges counter the dominant settler knowledges taught in public schools. As a result, they discuss how their silence has been used over time as a resistancestrategy to shield themselves, their identities, and their family and community knowledges from dominant, monocultural knowledges with which they did not agree.
Feature: Publishing in Developmental Writing
Authors: Henderson Karen L.
Published: February 2024

This essay details the foundational theory as well as the practical problems that led to the creation of this class project that focuses on authentic audience and persistent revision practices. The author won a Diana Hacker Award.
Feature: Student Plagiarism and First-Year Composition: A Study
Authors: Hartwig David W.
Published: February 2024

This study reports on student comprehension of plagiarism and plagiarism avoidance before and after the first-year composition course.
Feature: Teaching Community in the Two-Year College: A Model for Making Groups Work
Authors: Johnson Sarah Z. , Patterson Amy
Published: February 2024

Applying data from surveys and interviews, the authors examine why many experienced two-year college English faculty give up assigning group projects. They then propose a model of group training developed in the field of business management that aims to prevent many of these difficulties—the self-managed work team.
Developing a Cohesive Academic Literacy Program for Underprepared Students
Authors: Phillips Cassandra , Giordano Joanne Baird
Published: February 2024

This article describes a statewide integrated developmental and first-year writing program that uses multiple measures placement data about college readiness to inform curriculum and faculty development.
“How Do You Have Two Moms?” Challenging Heteronormativity While Sharing LGBTQ-Inclusive Children’s Literature
Authors: Van Horn Selena E.
Published: February 2024

Selena Van Horn uses inquiry in a second-grade book club to investigate the rich questions children have about differences among people and to help her students learn to challenge heteronormative texts. A selected list of LGBTQ-inclusive children’s literature is included.
Blogging about Books: How Choice in Modality Influences Upper Elementary Students’ Responses to Reading
Authors: Cease Betsy , Wilmarth Meg
Published: February 2024

Classroom teachers Betsy Cease and Meg Wilmarth share a study investigating the use of a Kidblog as an option for fourth and fifth graders’ responses to literature.
Operationalizing Critical Digital Literacies: A Holistic Approach to Literacy Education in the Modern Age
Authors: Song Ah-Young
Published: February 2024

Ah-Young Song offers many resources and strategies for engaging students with critical digital literacies.
Designing Relevant Vocabulary “Warm-Ups” for Reading Workshop
Authors: Walsh Christine , Rose Dan
Published: February 2024

This article represents a piece of the ongoing dialogue between Chris Walsh, literacy coach, and Dan Rose, eighth-grade English teacher, as they collaboratively examine the teaching and learning taking place in Dan’s English language arts classroom. Documenting detailed observations, Chris identifies Dan’s delivery of highly engaging, socially stimulating vocabulary minilessons. Dan, in turn, reflects on Chris’s observations, exposing his planning processes and beliefs about how middle school readers and writers learn best. By participating in numerous and varied opportunities to construct their own meanings, students will become more independent readers and writers.
CODA: Rules of Notice: How Authors and Texts Communicate What They Expect to Readers
Authors: Wilhelm Jeffery
Published: February 2024

Highly accomplished readers recognize that authors write with certain assumptions about their audience. Teaching students these rules of notice help them both as readers and as writers. Knowing how to decode writing in this way ensures that students deeply comprehend and respond to text and also gives them tools to use in their own writing.
Project-Based Learning: Investigating Resilience as the Connection between History, Community, and Self
Authors: Martelli Cynthia Dawn , Watson Patricia
Published: February 2024

The paper shares findings of an examination of Project-Based Learning (PBL) in one eighth-grade classroom. This qualitative study focused on how PBL can meet the needs of 21st-century learners given the competing constraints of state standards and mandated curriculums, contrasted with the needs of disengaged and struggling students. Research questions were the following: In what ways does PBL provide a framework for teaching the skills of a 21st-century standards-based curriculum? What are the perceived benefits and barriers associated with PBL by teachers and students? Teachers and students agree that PBL is student centered and values learning, while preparing students for both standards-based assessments and for life in the real world.
Using a “Random Autobiography” to Build Community
Authors: Herb Stephanie M. G.
Published: February 2024

This article demonstrates using a short poetry lesson to teach literacy skills while building a community of writers. It shows how to turn a quick get-to-know-you activity into a literacy lesson that takes students through the entire writing process. I articulate how I guided students through the lesson by providing explanations of each step and including student conversations that occurred throughout. Other teachers could easily reproduce this lesson. It includes analyzing mentor texts (model poems), listing topic-specific ideas as a prewriting strategy, drafting the poem, a revision lesson, and sharing throughout to build community.
Book Talk: Guys DO Read—and Some of That Reading Should Be about Gals
Authors: Roser Nancy , Calder Brenda , Claymon Lauren , Duffy Allison , Holmes Kathlene , Rutherford Ryan , Finger Stephanie , Vlach Saba
Published: February 2024

Taking author John Scieszka’s literacy initiative for boys, called Guys Read, as a jumping off point, the reviewers here recommend books for middle level readers—that feature remarkable girls in sports, politics, science, and the arts that are exciting reads—even for guys.
CODA: Making Learning Matter: Integrating Curriculum and Service Learning Projects
Authors: Morgan Emily
Published: February 2024

The author reflects on her teaching career: what matters the most for her as an educator and how to make instruction matter for students.
NCTE and Teacher Advocacy: A Conversation between Leaders
Authors: Kirkpatrick Emily , HOUSER SUSAN , THOMPSON NICK
Published: February 2024

Voices from the Middle editors facilitate a conversation between NCTE Executive Director Emily Kirkpatrick and President-Elect and 2016 Annual Convention Chair Susan Houser about what to expect at the upcoming 2016 NCTE Annual Convention and what advocacy means to them.
Everyday Advocacy: The New Professionalism for Teachers
Authors: Fleischer Cathy
Published: February 2024

How might teachers help revise the dismissive public narrative about education? Educators who have participated in advocacy workshops share specific strategies for making their voices heard and creating change in their own school communities. As they learn how to create change in smart, savvy, and safe ways, these teachers now view advocacy as part of a new professional stance.
“An Offense to Their Human Rights”: Connecting Bud, not Buddy to the Flint Water Crisis with Middle School ELA Students
Authors: Knieling Matthew
Published: February 2024

This article explains how a middle school ELA teacher used Christopher Paul Curtis’s Bud, Not Buddy to engage students in a research project on Flint, Michigan's water crisis. The article offers insights into the capabilities of middle school students by highlighting their work and their voices. The students in this classroom displayed an ability to demonstrate critical perspectives and genuine empathy, pose challenging questions, make thoughtful connections between their research and the novel, and employ complicated rhetorical strategies to convey their idea, all of which challenge the oftentimes low expectations of young students, especially students-of-color and low-income students.
Get Up, Stand Up: How and Why English Teachers Must Identify as Advocates
Authors: Goering Christian Z. , THOMAS P.L.
Published: February 2024

We argue in this space that the public narrative surrounding the current state of education in the United Stated doesnâ€™t have to be negative. We believe fervently that if
We Are Our Stories: A Conversation with Jeff Anderson
Authors: Anderson Jeff , RODRIGUEZ R.JOSEPH
Published: February 2024

Jeff Anderson, author and professional learning guru, reveals in this conversation his own writing process and life commitment to literature, teachers, readers, and writers
Collaborative Voices: A Mindset for Learning from Others
Authors: Sibberson Franki , Bass Bill
Published: February 2024

The authors discuss ways to create a culture of collaboration in daily, individual interactions in schools, and what it is that has given us license to think together and put aside our own biases and experiences that may get in the way of true understanding.
Student Voices: “There’s Never Two of Anything”
Authors: Rief Linda
Published: February 2024

In our rush for coverage and disciplinary focus, we have forgotten the students and forgotten the pleasure we take from a beautifully written piece of literature. Real learning is messy, takes time, and does not happen in solitary lessons defined by some number on a standards checklist. This issue’s column discusses ways for students to engage with a piece of literature by seeing it through a lens that reflects their own lives.
Dropping Everything to Read? How about Picking Some Things Up!
Authors: Serravallo Jennifer
Published: February 2024

While it’s crucial for students to be allowed independent reading time, it’s also important to teach them how to be engaged with their reading. The author includes several strategies for helping students set reading goals, including regular conferences with students to provide feedback in the form of conversation rather than critique.
Picture Books Aren’t Just for Kids! Modeling Text Structures through Nonfiction Mentor Books
Authors: Hodges Tracey , Matthews Sharon
Published: February 2024

Integrating nonfiction picture books into reading instruction can provide middle level learners with motivation, engagement, and mentor texts. When teachers combine picture book instruction with teaching text structures, middle school students gain a better understanding of how texts are organized, strategies for recalling information, and approaches to use in their own writing. In this article, the authors discuss classroom practices appropriate to for teaching text structures through nonfiction mentor texts and provide a list of popular children's books appropriate to use in this instructional practice.
Differences in Prosocial Behavior of 5 - 6 Year Old Children in Coastal and Non-Coastal Areas of North Bengkulu Regency
Authors: Pundawa Sari Noti , Suryadi Didik , Indrawati
Published: February 2024

This study aims to describe the differences in prosocial behavior of children aged 5-6 years in coastal and non-coastal areas of North Bengkulu Regency. By using a comparative quantitative research approach. The study population was 6 coastal sub-districts and 13 non-coastal areas in North Bengkulu and the sample used multistage sampling which had several stages, the first stage used cluster sampling techniques to select coastal sub-districts and non-coastal sub-districts in North Bengkulu Regency, the second stage used simple random sampling techniques used to select coastal and non-coastal villages, obtained a sample of 45 children. The data collection technique used a questionnaire. The research data analysis was Independent Sample T test. The results showed prosocial behavior from 5 sub-indicators (helping, cooperating, sharing feelings, acting honestly, and giving charity) in coastal areas with an average of 2.372 on low criteria, while non-coastal areas with an average of 2.41 on low criteria. There is no significant difference between the prosocial behavior of children aged 5-6 years in coastal and non-coastal areas of North Bengkulu Regency.
Urocoptid landsnails of the Genus Holospira from southern Mexico
Authors: Thompson Fred G. , Mihalcik Elizabeth L.
Published: February 2024

The taxonomy of the landsnail genus Holospira s.s. and subgenus Stalactella from southern Mexico is reviewed. The area of study includes the state of Puebla and adjacent regions of Morelos, Oaxaca and Veracruz. Stalactella Bartsch, 1906 is redefined and is recognized as distinct from Propilsbrya Bartsch, 1906 with which it had previously been associated. Twenty-nine species are recognized. The primary types of all species are illustrated, except for Holospira tetralasma Pilsbry, 1902. New species of Holospira s.s. include Holospira acanthidia n. sp., H. denserpens n. sp., H. eburnea n. sp., H. zygoptyx n. sp., H. rhinion n. sp., H. aurantiaca n. sp., H. scololaema n. sp., H. colymis n. sp., H. fortisculpta n. sp., H. haploplax n. sp. New species of Salactella include H. cremnobates n. sp., H. psectra n. sp., H. marmorata n. sp., and H. chazumbae n. sp. Holospira goniostoma (Pfeiffer, 1856), H. teres (Menke, 1847), H. hogeana Martens, 1897, H. pfeifferi (Menke, 1847), H. (S.) rosei Bartsch, 1906 and Coelostemma microstoma (Pfpiffer, 1861) are redescribed, and lectotypes are designated. Since its original description the latter species was referred questionably to Holospira.
Dam Movement Modeling by Using Multiple Linear Regression and Arima Models
Authors: Hamzić Adis , Kamber Hamzić Dina
Published: February 2024

Structural health monitoring of the large infrastructural objects (high buildings, bridges, tunnels, dams, etc.) is in the domain of civil and geodetic engineers who use different methods and instruments for this task. Dam movement is influenced by various factors among which the most important are: thermal variations, hydrostatic pressure and dam ageing. This research investigates influence of thermal variations on dam crest movement by using statistical methods: autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) and multiple linear regression. Dam crest movement data is obtained by using optical alignement method on the concrete gravity dam HP Salakovac. In the first part of this research correlation between dam crest movement and concrete temperature is determined, the second part deals with short term concrete temperature prediction and in the final part of this research previously fitted statistical models are used for dam movement prediction. The results showed that proposed model based on statistical methods can provide quality prediction of dam crest movement.
Deformation Monitoring Using Satellite Methods
Authors: Vrce Esad , Omićević Džanina , Krdžalić Dževad
Published: February 2024

Deformation monitoring using Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) is a reliable technique today but requires strict standards in data processing and analysis. The procedure for determining the precise positioning and deformation analysis in the test network located nearby the Olympic stadium Koševo in Sarajevo, with an area of about 1 km square, is described. The observations are carried out using dual-frequency GNSS receivers and data are processed using by Trimble Business Center v4.00 software. The analysis is focused on comparing several variants of observation processing: GPS L1, GPS L1 + L2 and GNSS (GPS + GLONASS). Software OS JAG3D is used for deformation analysis. The results show that the reliability of the deformation estimated based on the GPS L1 variant is questionable since it does not detect displacements at all points. The second variant gives better results. The mean values of the differences of the determined simulated displacements are by components: 3 mm, 3 mm and 6 mm. The results determined using the third variant, i.e. GNSS, are the best, when the mean values of the displacement´s differences are: 4 mm, 3 mm and 2 mm, what indicates the recommendation to use this method in a project where high precision is required.
Analysis of Equipment of Sarajevo Canton Public Sector Subjects With Geodetic Measuring Instruments And Software
Authors: Bojić Mirnes
Published: February 2024

At the moment, there is no real picture of the state of geodetic proffesion in Sarajevo Canton. To be precise, there are no official data, for the Sarajevo Canton area, about the number and structure of geodetic experts and their activities in the proffesion, nor on the number and type of surveying equipment and software used, both in private and public sector. This paper deals with the collection and analysis of data on the number and structure of geodetic experts, as well as on data on the surveying instruments equipment and service systems of public sector u Sarajevo Canton. This paper should give a real picture of the state of surveying proffesion, and a good basis for decisions making and rehabilitation plans of the state of geodetic profession in the Sarajevo Canton.
Spatial Analysis of Gastronomic Facilities in Urban Area of Zadar – a GIS Approach
Authors: Šiljeg Silvija , Panđa Lovre , Domazetović Fran
Published: February 2024

Urban settlement’s gastronomy is a very common topic in the context of tourist supply and demand, and an important factor for gastronomic identity and attractiveness of tourist destinations. Some recent studies show that there is research gap in spatial analysis of settlement’s gastronomic facilities. The main aim of this work is spatial analysis of gastronomic facilities in urban area of the city of Zadar based on GIS technology and application of accessibility, distribution and population densities criteria. A methodology for this work is divided into four topical phases inclusive of spatial data collection, processing, analysis and visualisation. Based on performed GIS analyses it has been found that spatial distribution of Zadar’s gastronomic facilities supply is satisfactory. More then ¾ of Zadar’s residents live within 5 minutes walking distance from the closest gastromic facility. Also, a distribution of gastro facilities in general, and restaurants and take aways in particular is not dependant on housing locations, but rather on location of places of work or tourist land marks. Proposed methodology serves as starting point in developing a theoretical concept of gastro-city.
Testing Different Values of Segmentation Scale Parameter in the Function of Detection of Illegal Waste Landfills
Authors: Kulo Nedim , Đidelija Muamer
Published: February 2024

Illegal waste landfills are a current problem facing a large number of countries. In order to control and better manage illegal landfills, it is necessary to know the updated locations and contents of illegal landfills. Remote sensing methods have proven to be extremely effective in the automated detection of potential sites of illegal landfills. This paper focuses on the experimental testing of different values of the segmentation scale parameter of the Pleiades 1B satellite image in the function of detecting illegal landfills in the area of Novo Sarajevo municipality. In this case, the optimal value of the scale parameter is considered to be the value that gives the highest accuracy of classification and whose segments best correspond to the real situation on the ground.
The Role of Geodesy in High Dams Structural Health Monitoring
Authors: Hamzić Adis
Published: February 2024

Structural health monitoring is a synthesis of geodetic and civil engineering methods of measuring, processing and analyzing data. All constructed buildings are subjected to displacements and deformations that can cause damage or even demolition of the building, which endangers people's lives and causes great material damage. Geodesy plays an important role in the technical monitoring of objects, but this fact does not diminish the importance of physical methods of monitoring, nor can it be argued that one method is more important than another. Each of the above-mentioned methods used for technical monitoring of high dams has its significance and only the joint application of all methods can provide an adequate description of the behaviour of the objects due to the influence of various external and internal factors. This paper will describe the history of high dams monitoring, the role of geodesy in monitoring, current trends, legal frameworks governing the monitoring, and the situation in education regarding this area of geodesy.
Application of Machine Learning to GNSS Data Collected by Smartphone
Authors: Kulo Nedim , Ružević Vinko
Published: February 2024

Trends showing increase in the number of mobile device users, as well as the number of tourists, imply that more people rely on their smartphones when navigating in a new environment. Based on these facts, the idea for this experimental research appeared. That idea is applying the process of machine learning, more precisely, the implementation of a neural network, to investigate the possibility of improving the accuracy of smartphone navigation. The achieved results indicate that machine learning algorithms (neural networks) are a powerful tool that can also be applied to GNSS data collected by a smartphone device, in order to improve accuracy. Based on the collected data in the field, preprocessing and machine learning process, it is concluded that it is possible to improve the accuracy of mobile device navigation by up to 50%.
Application of GIS in Natural Disaster Risk Management
Authors: Cimbaljević Ivan , Borisov Mirko , Petrović Mirko , Petrović Vladimir M. , Ilić Zoran
Published: February 2024

The subject of this work is geospatial analysis in the function of natural disaster risk management. GIS analysis can be applied in predicting the consequences of possible natural disasters, as well as in the case of eliminating damage caused by natural disasters that have already occurred. Analyses in this project were carried out using freely available geodata from the Internet.
The Road to Africa’s Single Market: Progress so far and challenges for the future
Authors: Tayo Teniola
Published: February 2024

There have been major developments on the journey of preparedness for implementing the AfCFTA, including successes and challenges.
Pengaruh Budaya Kerja dan Gaya Kepemimpinan terhadap Kinerja Karyawan (Studi Kasus pada PT. Young Nam Belt di kota Busan, Korea Selatan)
Authors: Budiman Hendi , Suhariyanto Joko , Setyadi Yusuf
Published: February 2024

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menguji apakah budaya kerja dan gaya kepemimpinan berpengaruh terhadap Kinerja Karyawan di PT. Youngnam Belt di Busan Korea Selatan. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian adalah kuantitatif dengan pendekatan explanatory research. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah kuisioner dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data menggunakan regresi berganda dengan bantuan software SPSS. Hasil penelitian menujukan bahwa budaya kerja memiliki pengaruh positif signifikan terhadap kinerja di perusahaan. Hal ini terbukti dari hasil uji SPSS menunjukkan bahwa t_hitung 2.478 dan t_tabel 1.65870 terdapat hubungan linier antara budaya kerja (X1) dan kinerja (Y) secara signifikan liniearity sebesar 0.000 < 0.05. Gaya kepemimpinan memiliki pengaruh positif signifikan terhadap kinerja karyawan di perusahaan, dari hasil uji SPSS menunjukkan bahwa t_hitung 6.040 dan t_tabel 1.65870 terdapat hubungan linier antara gaya kepemimpinan (X2) dan Kinerja (Y) secara signifikan liniearity sebesar 0.000 < 0.05. Budaya kerja dan gaya kepemimpinan memiliki pengaruh yang positif signifikan terhadap kinerja, dari hasil uji F di SPSS menunjukan bahwa tingkat signifikan yang didapat lebih kecil yakni 0.000 dari standar yakni 5% atau 0.05 dan hasil perbandingan antara (F_hitung ≥ F_tabel) 51,671 ≥ 2.30, maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa H_a diterima dan H_o ditolak). Hasil uji regresi berganda menunjukkan bahwa variable budaya kerja b1 = 0.221 adalah nilai koefisien regresi variable X1 memberikan nilai 0.221 (bertanda positif) yang berarti bahwa jika (X1) naik sebesar 1 satuan maka variable (Y) akan naik sebesar 0.221, dan disimpulkan bahwa jika (X1) semakin baik maka (Y) akan semakin baik pula. Sedangkan variabel gaya kepemimpinan b2 = 0.373 adalah nilai koefisien regresi variable (X2) memberikan nilai 0.373 (bertanda positif) yang berarti bahwa jika (X2) naik sebesar 1 satuan maka variable (Y) akan naik sebesar 0.373, dan disimpulkan bahwa jika X2 semakin baik maka (Y) akan semakin baik pula.
A rare case of enamel pearl in canine tooth
Authors: Mariz Ana Carolina Ramos , Brito Gabriela Meyge de , Farias Daniela Adorno , Machado André Wilson , Campos Paulo Sérgio Flores
Published: February 2024

The enamel pearl (EP) is a dental developmental anomaly that usually manifests in furcation areas, and is uncommon in uniradicular teeth. We present a case of EP on the vestibular surface of tooth 13 in a 38-year-old patient, who was submitted to multislice computed tomography (MSCT) for orthognathic surgery planning. The attenuation coefficient (3.070 HU) allowed the condition to be classified as a true EP.
Interrelation study between drugs and oral lesion development in patients with special needs
Authors: Monteiro Briana Góes , Azoubel Maria Cecília Fonsêca , Dantas Juliana Borges de Lima , Medrado Alena Ribeiro Alves Peixoto
Published: February 2024

Introduction: Special dentistry is an area that of dentistry that concerns itself with tre- ating patients with special needs. To greater knowledge of the specific special needs by the dentist, there is an urgent need to emphasize the importance of proper odontologic treatment, whether in office or in a hospital environment to this population Objectives: The aim of this study was to correlate the use of drugs in patients with special needs with the development of oral lesions and to better characterize this population. Materials and Methods: This was a quantitative and qualitative cross-sectional study which included special needs patients from the Brazil’s Universal Health-Care System. Analysis of medical records and intraoral physical examination was performed for 88 patients and descriptive data was extracted. Results: The patient population was predominantly female (54.5%) and older than 18 years of age (62.5%). A higher frequency of neurological and psychomotor disorders (54.5%), hypertension (29.5%) and diabetes mellitus (15.9%) was found. A total of 21.6% patients reported a”dry mouth.” sensation. The drugs most frequently used were anticonvulsants (46.5%), anxiolytics (35.2%) and anti-hypertensives (34%). The highest percentage of lesions corresponded to gingival enlargement (19.3%), followed by gingivitis (10.2%) and candidiasis (7.9%). Conclusion: It is expected that results derived from this research can contribute to a better understanding of the interrelationship between the use of pharmaceutical agents and the appearance of lesions in the oral mucosa, as well as to indirectly improve oral health of certain patient populations.
Crohn's disease
Authors: Araújo Cíntia de Souza Alferes , Mazur Carolina Eurich , Nardino Vitória Maria de-Melo , Souza Hanagleicy , Stramandinoli-Zanicotti Roberta Targa , Campos Mirella Lindoso Gomes , Oliveira Edimar Rafael , Amenábar José Miguel
Published: February 2024

Classified as a chronic inflammatory bowel disease, Crohns disease (CD) has a multifactorial etiology. Individual with CD can present signs/symptoms such as abdominal pain, fever, diarrhea with a serious risk of hemorrhagic progression, weight loss, anemia and malnutrition. Extra-intestinal complications of CD such as at mouth are probable in some cases. In the mouth, it may presents ulcers, verrucous lesions, swelling of the lips, recurrent aphthous stomatitis, and predisposition to fungal, bacterial and viral infections. In view of the patient´s clinical condition, oral manifestations variable, painful symptomatology and challenge in the choice of oral lesions treatment, this study presents a case of Chron´s Disease´s oral manifestations and its management with Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT).
Endodontic treatment in patients previously subjected to head and neck radiotherapy
Authors: Yanaguizawa Wellington Hideaki , Kobayashi-Velasco Solange , Gialain Ivan Onone , Caldeira Celso Luiz , Cavalcanti Marcelo Gusmao Paraiso
Published: February 2024

The head and neck region is an expressive site of malignant neoplasms. Radiation therapy is a type of cancer treatment that can be used before or after surgical procedures, or in contraindicated surgery cases. Radiotherapy can cause various side effects in the patient’s mouth, including xerostomia, mucositis, radiation cavities, and osteoradionecrosis. Due to the risk of osteoradionecrosis after dental extractions, endodontic treatment ends up being the best preventive and therapeutic method. The purpose of this study is to review the literature on endodontic treatment in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy.
Labial osteolipoma, clinical and surgical management of an infrequent disease
Authors: Panico Ignacio , Gilligan Gerardo Marcelo , Gelmanw Liliana , Panic René Luis
Published: February 2024

Lipomas are relatively infrequent benign neoplasms of connective tissue that can involve oral mucosa. Different histological subtypes of oral lipomas were previously described in current literature. The aim of this work is to report a clinical case of an 83-year-old male, who presented with a 20-years-old labial mass. Surgical removal was performed, and the histopathological diagnosis reported an oral Osteolipoma (OL). Discussion: There are previous reports of oral lipomas that have histologically presented a combination with other cell lines such as bone and cartilaginous tissue within the tumor. The rarity of its presentation makes this entity an infrequent diagnosis for clinicians and specialists in Oral Medicine. The provisional diagnosis could be aided with X-ray when the mass exam revealed indurated areas and calcifications. There are few cases described of OL in this oral subsite. Because of its unusual presentation, OL of the oral mucosa is a true challenge in oral diagnosis.
Calcifying odontogenic cyst treated by a two-stage surgical approach and reconstructed with L-PRF membrane associated to lyophilized bovine bone graft
Authors: Portes Juliana , Cunha Karin Soares Gonçalves , Bravim Bianca , Gonçalves Sérgio , Urquiza Marina , Conde Danielle Castex
Published: February 2024

Calcifying odontogenic cyst is an uncommon oral lesion, accounting for less than 1% of all odontogenic cysts. We report a case of a 28-year-old female with a complaint of a painless swelling on the anterior mandible area. Panoramic radiography and computed tomography showed a well-defined unilocular radiolucency with a radiopaque focal area, extending from the apical region of teeth 34 to 43. An incisional biopsy showed a cystic lesion lined by ameloblastoma-like epithelium with the presence of ghost cells and calci- fying material consistent with the diagnosis of calcifying odontogenic cyst. The treatment of choice was decompression with posterior enucleation of the lesion, and the region was filled-up with L-PRF membrane (Leukocyte – Platelet Rich Fibrin) and lyophilized bovine bone graft (Bio-Oss®). A two-stage treatment starting with decompression allows the prevention of some complications, such as fracture of the jaw or injury of noble structures and consequently, decreases the chances of recurrence. To the best of our knowledge, there are few published cases of COC treated by decompression followed by enucleation. The patient remains on follow-up and after 14 months, there is no sign of recurrence.
Foreign-body reaction to an alveolar dressing (Alvogyl®)
Authors: Sotorra-Figuerola Didac , Alberdi-Navarro Javier , Gainza-Cirauqui Maria-Luisa , Muñoz-Zapata Juan Pablo , Aguirre-Urizar Jose-Manuel
Published: February 2024

Introduction: Alvogyl® is a product used for prevention and management of alveolar osteitis/dry-socket. Its active ingredients, iodoform (antiseptic) and butamben (anaesthetic), are transported in Penghawar djambivegetable fibresthat possess a hemostatic property. Patients: We present 4 clinical cases of a foreign-body reaction after retaining Alvogyl® in the extraction socket in two men and one woman, with a mean age of 52 years (37-66 years). Of these, two cases were in the maxilla and two in the mandible. All cases presented with a chronic inflammatory foreign-body reaction containing giant multinucleated cells and a fibrillar material. Conclusion: Alvogyl® is a product for the management of alveolar osteitis/dry-socket that should be removed from the alveolus once the pain has resolved for an adequate healing process to occur.
Clinical aspects of tongue subgemmal neurogenous plaque
Authors: Heguedusch Daniele , Maciel Luis Felipe Oliveira , Oliveira Samanta Vicente , Custódio Marcos , Nunes Fabio Daumas , Lemos-Junior Celso Augusto , Gallo Camila de Barros
Published: February 2024

Subgemmal neurogenous plaque (SNP) is a regional anatomic variation characterized by subepithelial nerve plexus and ganglion cells close to the taste buds at the posterolateral border of the tongue, and is usually asymptomatic. However, SNP may exhibit some diverse and non-specific clinical features that may challenge the diagnosis and, consequently, the appropriate management. We present two cases of papular and symptomatic lesions on the posterior lateral border of the tongue, which were diagnosed as SNP. The objective of this study is to report these two cases of SNP with a review of the clinical characteristics of SNP reported in the literature.
Pyogenic granuloma
Authors: Bandeira Rejane Helena Laranja , Brito Tânia Cristina Chicre Alcântara de , Domingues José Eduardo Gomes , Câmara Jeconias , Pereira Juliana Vianna , Conde Nikeila Chacon de Oliveira
Published: February 2024

Pyogenic granuloma is a vascularized lesion, common in the oral cavity, not neoplasic, caused by trauma, local irritants or hormonal factors, with a higher prevalence in women, present more frequently in the mandible than in the maxilla. The first-choice treatment con- sists of removal of the local irritant factor, if any, and complete excision of the lesion. The objective of this work is to perform a clinical case report (CAEE nº 92256218.0.0000.5020) evidencing the clinical and histopathological characteristics of the pyogenic granuloma in a 36-year-old male, melanoderma, who attended the Department of Stomatology of the Faculty of Dentistry of the Federal University of Amazonas (FAO-UFAM). Intraoral examination, exfoliated, lobulated lesion with an increased volume of painless growth, softened consistency, with whitish borders, measuring approximately 2 centimeters, sessile base, highly vascularized appearance, ulcerated, bleeding when provoked, localized in the palatine gingiva, limited to the tooth region 23 to 26. Considering the characteristics of the lesion, anamnesis and the literature, the pyogenic granuloma and giant cell granuloma were defined as diagnostic hypotheses. We chose to perform supra and subgingival coronary scaling and excisional biopsy, and the piece was sent to the Pathology and Legal Medicine sector of the Faculty of Medicine of UFAM. In the histopathological examination, the lesion presented with epithelium characterized by areas of ulceration in its extension, a proliferation of endothelial cells in which they open in vascular spaces of varied sizes and most are obliterated by red blood cells. Fibroblastic proliferation with moderate deposition of collagen fibers and presence of exuberant chronic inflammatory cells characterized mainly by plasma cells and lymphocytes and also areas of hemorrhage, confirming the diagnosis of pyogenic granuloma. The patient is undergoing proservation, showing no signs of relapse after nine months of surgical excision.
Epidemiologic study of patients attended in an Oral Medicine Service between 2014-2016
Authors: Calcia Thayanne Brasil Barbosa , Antero Sarah Aparecida Ferreira , Das-Chagas Wagner Pinto , Freire Nathalia de Almeida , Israel Mônica Simões , Maciel Rosemiro de Menezes
Published: February 2024

Oral medicine is a dental specialty intended to diagnose current oral diseases, as well as to diagnose and prevent oral manifestations of systemic diseases. This study aimed to evaluate the most commonly diagnosed lesions, as well the main epidemiological cha- racteristics of the patients attended at the oral medicine clinic of São Leopoldo Mandic School - Rio de Janeiro in the period between 2014 and 2016. At the end of the study, a total sample of 175 charts was obtained, whose extracted data were analyzed and plotted. Regarding distribution by gender, we found a major presence of female patients in atten- dance, corresponding to 63% of our sample. Thereafter, greater proportion of patients in the age group of 60 to 69 years was observed in both genres (25 females and 14 males). Considering an ethnic distribution, it was observed that majority of the patients of both genders declared themselves as white-skinned (52 females and 30 males). Among the most diagnosed lesions at the clinic, epithelial pathology was more frequent (n = 23), followed by soft tissue tumors (n = 18), developmental defects (n = 16), bone pathology (n = 14) and dermatological diseases (n = 11). Finally, the percentage of agreement between an initial and a final diagnostic was observed, and among the majorities of the diagnoses, there was a positive correlation (84%). Thus, in this work, the population attended at the clinic consisted, in the majority, of white women between the ages of 40 and 69, with fibrous hyperplasia as most frequent diagnosis. Finally, it is important to point out that the high agreement between an initial hypothesis and the final diagnosis is of utmost importance for excellence in oral medicine attendance, evidencing a quality of the service.
The Comics Grid: New and Recent Articles (2023-2024)
Authors: Priego Ernesto
Published: February 2024

 R  ecently we announced there’s new content in the journal, corresponding to our 13th and 14th volumes.Both volumes include a variety of work by 13 international scholars with affiliations in academic institutions based in nine different countries. I’d like to pesonally thank every author, editorial board member and peer reviewer who contributed to making the publication of these articles possible.
Anthropological aspects of the characters' identity in a novel "Impure blood" by Bora Stanković
Authors: Zlatanović-Marković Valentina
Published: February 2024

In light that the novel "Impure Blood" by Borisav Stanković covers the events, family and social relations, in the defined area, a small-town in the south of Serbia, at specific time, from 1850 to 1900, so make it possibly to research the aspects of human life as the central point of the turmoil of that time and that space. In interpretations of the parts from the novel "Impure Blood", the writer's attitude towards individual human fates in social situations in Vranje, after liberation from the Turks, can be seen. The anthropological aspect of the problem issue is addressed to the main figures (Effendi-Mita and Landlord /"Gazda"/ Marko) of the social communities given in the novel, urban and rural, but also to their descendants. In this novel, Bora Stanković described a series of tragic fates of the characters who were often in disgrace of unwritten rules of their background and inherited patterns of manners. Bora's characters experienced a drama of identity due to the collapse of merchant families that had a prominent and privileged place in the small-town, but also because of the collision with new times that spreading rural families into town. This led to the mixing of two worlds in which money began to determine social relations and to disrupt self-reliance of personality. Therefore, all these circumstances further complicate the role of an unfinished man looking for his identity, confirming or denying the personal need and experience of ancestors. Stanković's characters are in deep discord with themselves and others, and as such they proved incapable and weak to struggle for their own identity. The paper is also dealing with possible reasons for such choice of the characters.
Listening to the worlds far away: Josip Slavenski and the music of India
Authors: Bralović Miloš
Published: February 2024

Josip Slavenski's opus displays the composer's infatuation with musical folklore, starting from his own folklore of Međimurje, and expanding to other nonEuropean (mostly Asian) folklore. In this paper I particularly studied the biographical background of Slavenski, which had led him to a meticulous research of musical folklore, via field recordings, in his mature years. It is worth noting that the folklore of Međimurje provided a basis for his musical language i.e. his musical mother tongue (while he later also studied the folklore of non-European peoples). Thus, for Slavenski, folklore became a means for creating a new vital music, and that vitality was something that the western music of the 20th century often lacked. Geographically, Slavenski "has travelled" the farthest while studying musical folklore of India, China and Japan. Results of his research were manifested in the Buddhists movement of the Symphony of the Orient, 1934, which was analysed in this paper. The analysis has unveiled a complex musical construction, constructed music, or musical building of orchestral layers, hence the subtitle of the movement, Musica architectonica.
Research on gas producing time delay pyrotechnic compositions based on black powder and phenol-formaldehyde resin
Authors: Mojsilović Jelena , Petković-Cvetković Jelena , Nešić Jovica , Ilić Jela , Krstović Mirjana
Published: February 2024

In the past few years, we have witnessed that due to the pandemic and wars, some countries have limited their export of various ingredients. The request has been made to create a time delay pyrotechnic composition with easily accessible ingredients. For that purpose, black powder with addition of phenol formaldehyde resin was a possible solution. This study aims to show an optimization of the ratio in the fuel-oxidant mixture and how this ratio influences the properties of pyrotechnic compositions. The stoichiometric ratios were determined by using the oxygen balance (OB) and pyro valence (PV) values. The linear burning rate was measured using a VOD 811 measuring system for some typical compositions which were pressed into alluminium tubes. The calorimetric bomb was used in the experiments with an inert gas supply to determinate the heat of reaction and the closed-vessel test was used to measure the production of gaseous products. The theoretical maximum density was calculated using ingredients' density measured with gas pycnometer ULTRAPYC 5000 with an inert gas supply nitrogen or helium. After these tests, it was concluded that pyrotechnic composition with more than 25 wt.% of charcoal does not satisfy requirements for a gas producing pyrotechnic composition. The minimal requirements can be satisfied with pyrotechnic compositions that consist of 75-80 wt.% of potassium
Assessment of geo-environmental and ethnocultural tourism of Jampui Hill, Tripura (India) through perceptual approach
Authors: Mitra Saptarshi , Hrangkhawl Jony , Stabak Roy
Published: February 2024

Infrastructure is an integral part of tourism. The worldwide tourism economy experienced a massive hike post-COVID period with special reference to Geo-tourism. India is rich in culture and natural resources, and the Northeastern part of India is so enriched that it potentially carries diversified tourism in all eight states of this region. But tourism infrastructure is facing a serious issue in this country, especially in Tripura. The present study illustrates the Geo-tourism infrastructure and assesses the tourists' perceptions at Jampui Hill. The socioeconomic class of the tourists has been defined using the modified Kuppuswamy scale, and the Index of Satisfaction (IS) has been measured using the five-point Likert Scale method. SCOT and Qualitative analyses were also done to determine the possible and negative transition of the tourism economy at Jampui Hill. The study reveals that tourists are not satisfied with the available tourist infrastructure and describes very few tourist activity areas at Jampui Hill spot. A sustainable tourism approach should be adopted to decrease the negative impact and stimulate the positive development of the tourism economy at Jampui Hill.