bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
HANNAH ARENDT E O DIREITO (PARTE II): O OUTLAW E O DIREITO A TER DIREITOS
Authors: Aguiar Odilio Alves
Published: August 2019

RESUMO O artigo visa relacionar a tese da centralidade do outlaw, para se pensar o direito, em Hannah Arendt, com a sua compreensão do direito como “direito a ter direitos”, esboçada em “Origens do totalitarismo”. Partindo da desintegração europeia no início do século XX e do surgimento do outlaw contemporâneo, o refugiado, refletiremos sobre o sentido do princípio da legalidade, sua relação, em Arendt, com a plural condição humana e o mundo comum. Mostraremos como estão contidos, na obra mencionada, elementos para uma articulação inicial entre a ideia do direito como “direito a ter direitos” e uma teoria da cidadania na pensadora judia-alemã.
Determinantes do aleitamento materno exclusivo em lactentes menores de seis meses nascidos com baixo peso
Authors: Ortelan Naiá , Venancio Sonia Isoyama , Benicio Maria Helena D’Aquino
Published: August 2019

Resumo: Objetivou-se avaliar os fatores associados ao aleitamento materno exclusivo (AME) em lactentes com baixo peso ao nascer, menores de seis meses e residentes em 64 municípios brasileiros. Este estudo transversal incluiu os 2.745 lactentes com baixo peso ao nascer menores de seis meses da Pesquisa de Prevalência de Aleitamento Materno (2008) em municípios brasileiros. O desfecho foi “AME”. Os determinantes individuais corresponderam às características socioeconômicas dos lactentes (idade; sexo), das mães (faixa etária; situação de trabalho; paridade) e dos serviços de saúde (nascimento em Hospital Amigo da Criança; local de acompanhamento ambulatorial; tipo de parto). Dois determinantes contextuais foram incluídos: “número de bancos de leite humano por município por 10 mil nascidos vivos”, e “IDH do município”. O efeito individualizado do fator de estudo sobre o desfecho foi avaliado mediante regressão de Poisson com estrutura multinível, considerando-se associação significante quando p < 5%. O AME foi mais prevalente entre lactentes com baixo peso ao nascer cujas mães tinham de 20-35 anos, não trabalhavam fora ou estavam em licença maternidade; nos que nasceram em Hospital Amigo da Criança e que residiam em municípios com maior número de bancos de leite humano por 10 mil nascidos vivos. O resultado do efeito positivo e independente de estratégias que já integram a Política Nacional de Aleitamento Materno (nascer em Hospital Amigo da Criança, residir em município com maior disponibilidade de bancos de leite humano e adotar leis que garantam a licença maternidade) sobre o AME em lactentes com baixo peso ao nascer, aponta para a necessidade de expansão da cobertura dessas ações com vistas ao cumprimento das metas de aleitamento propostas pela Organização Mundial da Saúde.
Milk consumption, dietary calcium intake and nutrient patterns from adolescence to early adulthood and its effect on bone mass: the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort
Authors: Bierhals Isabel Oliveira , Vaz Juliana dos Santos , Menezes Ana Maria Baptista , Wehrmeister Fernando César , Pozza Leonardo , Assunção Maria Cecília Formoso
Published: August 2019

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of milk consumption, dietary calcium intake and nutrient patterns (bone-friendly and unfriendly patterns) from late adolescence to early adulthood, on bone at 22 years of age. Cross-sectional analysis was performed with 3,109 participants from 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort in the follow-ups of 18 and 22 years of age. Bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar spine, right femur and whole body were assessed at 22 years using a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). The exposure variables (dietary calcium, milk and nutrient patterns) were created by combining the consumption frequencies between the two follow-ups (always low, moderate, high, increase or decrease). Multiple linear regressions were performed, stratified by sex. In the right femur site, men classified into the “always high” (mean = 1.148g/cm²; 95%CI: 1.116; 1.181) and “increased” categories of milk consumption (mean = 1.154g/cm²; 95%CI: 1.135; 1.174) presented a slightly low BMD comparing with low (mean = 1.190g/cm²; 95%CI: 1.165; 1.215) and moderate (mean = 1.191g/cm²; 95%CI: 1.171; 1.210) categories. In addition, men always classified in the highest tertile of the “bone-unfriendly” pattern presented the lowest mean of whole body BMD (mean = 1.25g/cm²; 95%CI: 1.243; 1.266). No associations were observed between the categories of dietary calcium intake and “bone-friendly” pattern and each of the three BMD outcomes. These results point to the fact that diets composed of inhibiting foods/nutrients can contribute negatively to bone health.
Neuromarketing and its implications for operations management: an experiment with two brands of beer
Authors: Oliveira Jorge Henrique Caldeira de , Giraldi Janaina de Moura Engracia
Published: August 2019

Abstract Neuromarketing and neurophysiology of consumer behavior and sensory experiences are growing in research results and importance to the operations activities due to the possibility of designing products and processes that are more suitable to the consumers’ needs. In addition, there is a wide range of applications on the shop floor, such as safety design, man-machine design and other applications related with cognitive processing and its impact on human behavior. This article discusses the impact of advertising of recognized brands on the visual selective attention of young adults in the consumption of alcoholic beverages. The discussion considered the model of dual cognitive processing, in which prolonged effects of exposure to brands with strong positive associations would result in increased selective attention and commitment to strong brands. An experiment with two brands of beer using an eye-tracking equipment to identify the patterns of visual attention was carried out. The results showed that there are considerable differences in young adults for visual attention, with greater attention to strong brands. The study may help to develop more effective marketing campaigns and products, providing the consumers a better experience. Furthermore, it also allows for a better comprehension on attention at the workplace, providing important insights in several areas of production, such as work safety, repetitive processes, equipment handling among others.
Ansiedade e depressão em pacientes com doença arterial periférica internados em hospital terciário
Authors: Aragão José Aderval , Andrade Larissa Gabrielly Ribeiro de , Neves Osmar Max Gonçalves , Aragão Iapunira Catarina Sant’Anna , Aragão Felipe Matheus Sant’Anna , Reis Francisco Prado
Published: August 2019

Resumo Contexto Ansiedade e depressão são afecções neuropsiquiátricas altamente prevalentes e estão associadas a doenças crônicas, dor, perda de autonomia, dependência para realização de atividades rotineiras e solidão. A depressão, muitas vezes, possui relação de causa-consequência com outras doenças, como infarto agudo do miocárdio, hipertensão arterial sistêmica (HAS), diabetes mellitus e doença arterial periférica (DAP). Objetivos Estimar a frequência de ansiedade e depressão em pacientes de ambos os sexos com DAP, internados em hospital terciário. Métodos Trata-se de um estudo descritivo, transversal, com uma amostra não aleatória selecionada de forma consecutiva. Para avaliar a ansiedade e a depressão, foi utilizada a Escala Hospitalar de Ansiedade e Depressão (HADS) e, para a DAP, foi utilizado o índice tornozelo-braquial (ITB). Resultados A prevalência de ansiedade nesses pacientes foi de 24,4%, havendo associação entre ansiedade e renda familiar mensal, tabagismo e HAS. Já a prevalência de depressão foi de 27,6%, sendo verificadas associações entre depressão e sexo feminino, em união estável ou casada, que sobrevive com até um salário mínimo, não etilista e hipertensa. Conclusões É possível perceber que há uma alta prevalência de transtornos de ansiedade e depressão nos pacientes com DAP. Esses transtornos são subdiagnosticados e, consequentemente, não são devidamente tratados.
HOSPITAL PEDAGOGY: A SPACE OF LOVE AND RECOGNITION FOR THE ONCOLOGICAL PEDIATRIC PATIENT
Authors: Jiménez Nydia Nina Valencia , Montes Jorge Eliecer Ortega , Alcocer Elsy Cecilia Puello
Published: August 2019

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the perception on hospital pedagogy of family caregivers of pediatric cancer patients in the Department of Córdoba, Colombia. Method: a qualitative study with an ethnographic approach whose results were obtained through interviews, participant observation and focus groups with 25 family caregivers enrolled in the database of the UNICOS, Volunteer School Support Program, of the University of Córdoba. Data was collected between February and June 2017, coded and organized in three axes: conceptions of hospital pedagogy, activities and didactics and values of the hospital pedagogue; and analyzed under the technique of multiple triangulation. Results: all caregivers belong to the female gender, between 20-40 years old, incomplete high school level, in a consensual union and unemployed; pedagogy is conceived as an act of love that is limited by the lack of adequate spaces and materials; the graphic-plastic activities and the interactive didactics that include music, directed readings and videos are the children's biggest preferences; in addition, the hospital pedagogue is conceived as a special person, with human warmth, sympathy and listening skills. Conclusion: hospital pedagogy is a strategy that allows coping with the disease, recognition of children and caregivers as subjects of rights and opportunities, and consolidation of inter-sectorial and interdisciplinary work for the development of the child's health.
Social representations of child and adolescent sexual abuse: A study of juridical professionals
Authors: PEREIRA Camila de Alencar , MACIEL Silvana Carneiro , SILVA Dayse Barbosa , MELO Luã Medeiros Fernandes de
Published: August 2019

Abstract This study sought to identify the structure of legal professionals’ representations of child and adolescent sexual abuse anchored by the central core theory of social representations. The sample included 31 professionals responsible for implementing public policies in relation to victims, their family members, and aggressors. A sociodemographic questionnaire was employed with a free word association task. The resulting data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 21.0 and the R Interface for Multidimensional Analyses of Texts and Questionnaires, respectively. The central core of the professionals’ representations included the terms “violence”, “trauma”, and “grief”; furthermore, they pathologized the abuser, and their representations were anchored by criminological and psychological explanations of sexual abuse. This fragmented view of sexual abuse lacks macroexplanations that address cultural and social factors as well as proposals that involve society as a whole.
Mudança estrutural, preços relativos e distribuição funcional da renda: o caso brasileiro (1995-2009)*
Authors: Dias Bárbara Cardoso , Ruiz Ana Urraca
Published: August 2019

Resumo Este trabalho analisa o papel das transformações da estrutura produtiva sobre a evolução da parcela do trabalho na renda agregada no Brasil no período 1995-2009. Foi realizada uma decomposição estrutural do crescimento da parcela do trabalho, isolando o efeito das alterações na composição setorial da renda real dos efeitos relacionados aos ajustes dos preços relativos e à trajetória do salário médio real em relação à produtividade. As mudanças na composição setorial da renda tiveram um papel relevante para a evolução da participação das rendas do trabalho. Entretanto, essas mudanças se deram principalmente pelas alterações na estrutura de preços relativos mais do que por mudanças na composição real da renda. Por fim, observou-se que estes resultados podem ser associados às mudanças institucionais ocorridas no período, em especial às privatizações na década de 1990 e à política de valorização do salário mínimo real nos anos 2000.
Eventos adversos relacionados ao uso de equipamentos e materiais na assistência de enfermagem a pacientes hospitalizados
Authors: Xelegati Rosicler , Gabriel Carmen Silvia , Dessotte Carina Aparecida Marosti , Zen Yara Pedroso , Évora Yolanda Dora Martinez
Published: August 2019

RESUMO Objetivo Analisar a ocorrência de eventos adversos relacionados ao uso de equipamentos e materiais na assistência de enfermagem. Método Estudo quantitativo, descritivo, com consulta às fichas informatizadas de notificação de eventos adversos de um hospital acreditado. Resultados Foi constatada a notificação de 1.065 eventos adversos, 180 (16,9%) deles relacionados ao uso de equipamentos e materiais, sendo os mais frequentes: perda de sonda de alimentação (45,0%), perda de catéter venoso central (15,5%), lesão de pele (10,5%) e extubação acidental (10,0%). As principais causas e ações imediatas registradas foram, respectivamente: perda de sonda de alimentação – retirada da sonda pelo paciente (53,1%) e repassado o dispositivo (83,9%); perda de catéter venoso central – paciente agitado ou desorientado (32,1%) e puncionado catéter venoso periférico (46,2%); lesão de pele – paciente agitado ou desorientado (26,3%) e realizado curativo oclusivo (73,7%); e extubação acidental – paciente em desmame da sedação ou com sedação desligada/inadequada (50,0%) e reintubação (50,0%). Os graus de danos encontrados foram: ligeiro (23,3%), grave (62,2%), muito grave (13,9%) e gravíssimo (0,6%). Conclusão A investigação da ocorrência de eventos adversos relacionados ao uso de equipamentos e materiais na assistência pode prevenir e minimizar danos ao paciente.
A review on the occurrence of Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Brazil
Authors: Costa-Júnior Livio Martins , Chaves Daniel Praseres , Brito Danilo Rodrigues Barros , Santos Vitor Augusto Ferreira dos , Costa-Júnior Henrique Nelson , Barros Antonio Thadeu Medeiros
Published: August 2019

Abstract Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel, 1858), the New World screwworm, causes primary myiasis in wild and domestic animals in tropical and subtropical regions of Brazil. Although this species is considered to occur throughout the country, organized information about its recorded distribution has not been available until now. This article aimed to provide a comprehensive review of the historical and current data published on both immature (myiasis) and adult stages of C. hominivorax in Brazil. A total of 174 articles were found; of these, 141 articles reported myiasis cases in cattle (146 records), humans (68 records), and other mammalian hosts (40 records), and captures of adult flies were reported in 33 articles. C. hominivorax is widespread in Brazil, having been recorded in 208 municipalities in all major biomes of the country.
Hepatozoon sp. gamonts as an accidental finding in synovial liquid from an injured maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) in southeastern Brazil
Authors: Perles Lívia , Barranco Guilherme Henrique Fernandes , Soriano Isabela Maciel , Cruz Nathan da Rocha Neves , Bueno Patrícia Jábali , Santana Áureo Evangelista , Machado Rosangela Zacarias , Werther Karin , André Marcos Rogério
Published: August 2019

Abstract A free-living, adult male maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) was referred to the Governador “Laudo Natel” – FCAV/Unesp veterinary hospital after being found with skin lesions and a fracture on the right pelvic limb, which had to be amputated due to compromised integrity. Around 20 days later, bilateral accentuated swollen on humerus-radius-ulna articulation was observed. The synovial liquid was drained and sent to the laboratory for synovial cytology with Rosenfeld staining that revealed predominantly degenerated neutrophils with karyolytic chromatin associated with intracellular inclusions suggestive of Hepatozoon sp. gametocytes. Blood and synovial liquid samples were submitted to molecular analysis, aiming to amplify the Hepatozoon spp. 18S rRNA gene fragment. Despite the positioning of the found Hepatozoon sequence together with Hepatozoon canis previously detected in domestic carnivores, the BLAST analysis showed only 98% identity with H. canis. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first time a Hepatozoon was detected in the synovial liquid by clinical pathology and molecular analyses.
Adversarial Learning of Semantic Relevance in Text to Image Synthesis
Authors: Cha Miriam , Gwon Youngjune L. , Kung H. T.
Published: August 2019

We describe a new approach that improves the training of generative adversarial nets (GANs) for synthesizing diverse images from a text input. Our approach is based on the conditional version of GANs and expands on previous work leveraging an auxiliary task in the discriminator. Our generated images are not limited to certain classes and do not suffer from mode collapse while semantically matching the text input. A key to our training methods is how to form positive and negative training examples with respect to the class label of a given image. Instead of selecting random training examples, we perform negative sampling based on the semantic distance from a positive example in the class. We evaluate our approach using the Oxford-102 flower dataset, adopting the inception score and multi-scale structural similarity index (MS-SSIM) metrics to assess discriminability and diversity of the generated images. The empirical results indicate greater diversity in the generated images, especially when we gradually select more negative training examples closer to a positive example in the semantic space.
A New Ensemble Learning Framework for 3D Biomedical Image Segmentation
Authors: Zheng Hao , Zhang Yizhe , Yang Lin , Liang Peixian , Zhao Zhuo , Wang Chaoli , Chen Danny Z.
Published: August 2019

3D image segmentation plays an important role in biomedical image analysis. Many 2D and 3D deep learning models have achieved state-of-the-art segmentation performance on 3D biomedical image datasets. Yet, 2D and 3D models have their own strengths and weaknesses, and by unifying them together, one may be able to achieve more accurate results. In this paper, we propose a new ensemble learning framework for 3D biomedical image segmentation that combines the merits of 2D and 3D models. First, we develop a fully convolutional network based meta-learner to learn how to improve the results from 2D and 3D models (base-learners). Then, to minimize over-fitting for our sophisticated meta-learner, we devise a new training method that uses the results of the baselearners as multiple versions of “ground truths”. Furthermore, since our new meta-learner training scheme does not depend on manual annotation, it can utilize abundant unlabeled 3D image data to further improve the model. Extensive experiments on two public datasets (the HVSMR 2016 Challenge dataset and the mouse piriform cortex dataset) show that our approach is effective under fully-supervised, semisupervised, and transductive settings, and attains superior performance over state-of-the-art image segmentation methods.
An Efficient Compressive Convolutional Network for Unified Object Detection and Image Compression
Authors: Zhou Xichuan , Xu Lang , Liu Shujun , Lin Yingcheng , Zhang Lei , Zhuo Cheng
Published: August 2019

This paper addresses the challenge of designing efficient framework for real-time object detection and image compression. The proposed Compressive Convolutional Network (CCN) is basically a compressive-sensing-enabled convolutional neural network. Instead of designing different components for compressive sensing and object detection, the CCN optimizes and reuses the convolution operation for recoverable data embedding and image compression. Technically, the incoherence condition, which is the sufficient condition for recoverable data embedding, is incorporated in the first convolutional layer of the CCN model as regularization; Therefore, the CCN convolution kernels learned by training over the VOC and COCO image set can be used for data embedding and image compression. By reusing the convolution operation, no extra computational overhead is required for image compression. As a result, the CCN is 3.1 to 5.0 fold more efficient than the conventional approaches. In our experiments, the CCN achieved 78.1 mAP for object detection and 3.0 dB to 5.2 dB higher PSNR for image compression than the examined compressive sensing approaches.
A Domain Generalization Perspective on Listwise Context Modeling
Authors: Zhu Lin , Chen Yihong , He Bowen
Published: August 2019

As one of the most popular techniques for solving the ranking problem in information retrieval, Learning-to-rank (LETOR) has received a lot of attention both in academia and industry due to its importance in a wide variety of data mining applications. However, most of existing LETOR approaches choose to learn a single global ranking function to handle all queries, and ignore the substantial differences that exist between queries. In this paper, we propose a domain generalization strategy to tackle this problem. We propose QueryInvariant Listwise Context Modeling (QILCM), a novel neural architecture which eliminates the detrimental influence of inter-query variability by learning query-invariant latent representations, such that the ranking system could generalize better to unseen queries. We evaluate our techniques on benchmark datasets, demonstrating that QILCM outperforms previous state-of-the-art approaches by a substantial margin.
Wisdom-of-the-crowd effect’s application in environmental impact assessment
Authors: Oguzcan Semih , Tugnoli Alessandro , Dvarioniene Jolanta
Published: August 2019

The wisdom-of-the-crowd effect is a counter-intuitive phenomenon that results in the reduction of errors under some strict conditions. Those conditions are related to randomness and large enough sample size. Many research fields examine the potential use of this effect in error reduction and in overcoming limitations such as the limited number of experts in a given field. Selected environmental/human health impact assessments have been qualitatively examined for the potential existence of this phenomenon. In addition, a quantitative evaluation has been performed for four case studies of simplified life-cycle assessment. The quantitative results indicate that for end-point damage categories, the geometric mean leads to more accurate results than the arithmetic mean. Results suggest that it might be possible to reduce errors or expand the application of these assessments by using assessors with less expertise. The wisdom-of-the-crowd effect also can be used to fill in data gaps in life-cycle inventory databases. However, further research is required in this area to explore the practical uses of this phenomenon. The proposed method can be applied to any entity to examine possible improvements in any area of environmental/human health research.
Aplicación móvil de gestión empresarial para fincas ganaderas, articulado con el programa de trazabilidad bovina
Authors: Pérez Luiyiana , Lasso Rolando
Published: August 2019

Introducción: el artículo es producto de la investigación “Desarrollo e implementación de un software para la gestión y control de las fincas pecuarias, articulado con el programa de trazabilidad bovina”, financiado por SENACYT, realizado durante 2017-2018, en la Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, sede Azuero, con colaboración de la Consultora Luiyiana Pérez.

Problema: este proyecto surge de la ausencia directa de los productores en el registro de la información de campo, y en el programa de trazabilidad bovina.

Objetivo: desarrollar una aplicación móvil que permita administrar la gestión de las fincas ganaderas, con integración al sistema de gestión pecuario (SIGEPE) desde las agencias del Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario.

Metodología: se realizó un estudio del nivel del índice de la brecha digital (IBD) en el sector, se utilizó un muestreo estratificado proporcional para la selección de los productores y se utilizó el modelo vista-controlador para el desarrollo de la aplicación móvil.

Resultado: se levantó una base de datos con información de nutrición, programa sanitario, productos veterinarios entre otros, se tiene la aplicación desarrollada con sus respectivos módulos, se tiene un plan de capacitación para la implementación de la aplicación móvil.

Conclusión: la competitividad empresarial pecuaria vs la regulación de la trazabilidad bovina demanda el registro oportuno de la información de campo en todos los puntos de producción animal.

Originalidad: la incorporación del control pecuaria por parte de las distintas agencias y su articulación con la trazabilidad bovina.

Limitaciones: las habilidades tecnológicas deficiente de los usuarios en el manejo y usos de las TIC.
ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS OF THE UPPER CARBON ROCKS (RUNOVSHCHYNSKA AREA OF THE DNIEPER-DONETSK BASIN)
Authors: Vyzhva S. , Onyshchuk V. , Onyshchuk I. , Reva M. , Shabatura O.
Published: August 2019

The main objective of this article is to study electrical parameters of sandstones and argillites of the Upper Carbon rocks in the Runovshchynska area of the Dnieper-Donets basin.

It has been determined that specific electrical resistivity of dry rock samples (specific electrical resistivity of rock matrix) varies from 44,802 kΩ·m to 6,115 МΩ·m (average 751,328 kΩ·m). Specific electrical resistivity of sandstones is 3,45 times more than argillitesdue to different shaliness of studied rocks.

Specific electrical resistivity of saturated rocks samples varies from 0,54 Ω·m to 10,46 Ω·m (average 1,23 Ω·m). Specific electrical resistivity of argillites is 2,46 times more than sandstones because the latter had high content of reservoir water in their pores (sandstones had better conductivity).

It has been determined that formation resistivity factor of sandstones in atmospheric conditions varies from 6,05 to 33,71 (argillites 11,8), and argillites – from 4,76 to 51,47 (average 17,4).

Physical modelling of reservoir conditions (temperature t = 78,5°С, pressure p = 31–31,9 MPa, mineralization M= 170 g/l) showed that specific electrical resistivity varies from 0,3 Ω·m to 3,0 Ω·m (average 0,75 Ω·m). Sandstones in reservoir conditions had the range from 0,3 Ω·m to 2,3 Ω·m (average 0,7 Ω·m), and argillites – from 0,5 Ω·m to 3,0 Ω·m (average 1,2 Ω·m). In this case, specific electrical resistivity of argillites is 1,6 times more than sandstones. Due to the closure of microcracks and the deformation of the pore space, the electrical resistance of rocks increases with increasing pressure. The dependence of formation resistivity enlargement factor on pressure for the studied rocks is expressed by 2-order polynomials.

The formation resistivity factor of the studied rocks in reservoir conditions has been determined. It was defined that sandstones in reservoir conditions had the range of the formation resistivity factor from 5,4 to 63,3 (average 20,3), and porosity coefficient – from 0,038 to 0,175 (average 0,113). The range of the formation resistivity factor for argillites was from 13,4 to 88,7 (average 34,3), and porosity coefficient – from 0,043 to 0,115 (average 0,086).

Analysis of data of laboratory electrometric investigations has allowed establishing correlations between the porosity coefficient and formation resistivity factor. In addition, the correlation of electrical parameters of rocks in atmospheric and reservoir conditions and the formation resistivity enlargement factor from the water saturation coefficient, taking into account the lithological varieties of the studied rocks, was established.
THE HYDROCARBON BEARING CAPACITY OF MIOCENE RESERVOIR UNITS IN THE LIGHT OF BOREHOLE SEISMIC DATA
Authors: Ahmadov Tofig R.
Published: August 2019

The presented paper includes several results of seismic exploration that was conducted on the Zikh-Hovsan oilfields with the target areas of Miocene reservoirs that underlie the primary Productive Suite of Azerbaijan, Lower Pliocene reservoirs. In 2010, the VSP and offset VSP were conducted on these fields. The paper includes the first wave arrival times for the vertical depth-time relationship, as well as, the different types of waves (P, S, incident, reflecting and exchange), based on the VSP data analysis of three components (XYZ). In addition, the velocity calculated from the VSP data is presented, which correlates with sonic log data. Moreover, the VSP velocity analysis was carried out and the overpressured areas were identified. Furthermore, the results of overpressure analysis which are presented in this paper indicate the velocity of about 2000 m/s at the depths of more than 3900 m, which are supported by the seismic inversion. Stratigraphically, overpressure encompasses the Miocene stratigraphical units. In 2015 the well was drilled that confirmed the fact of oil presence and produced in about 100 tons of oil/day. This fact has also supported the hydrocarbon bearing capacity of Miocene stratigraphical units across Absheron peninsula and its continuation into the Caspian Sea.
MODEL OF INSOLATION OF THE EARTH SURFACE IN THE KARA-DAG LOCALITY ACCORDING TO SSE DATA
Authors: Volvach A. , Kurbasova G.
Published: August 2019

Anomalous enhancement of solar insolation of the earth's surface in the presence of foci of excitation in its depths can cause a response at local sites. Such foci include, first of all, recent and past (retro) volcanoes, such as the ancient volcano on the territory of Kara-Dag in the Crimea. The authors of this article have found increased, in comparison with other localities of the Crimea, general insolation according to SSE. According to the 22-year linear trend, the rate of insolation growth falling on the earth's surface at Kara-Dag has been calculated, which is 2,69 kWh/m2 per century, being more than 2 times higher than insolation growth in other areas of the Crimea. This phenomenon has been the subject of discussion, and additional research is needed, both on the geological structure of Kara-Dag and on the impact of external and internal forces.

At the stage of studying the structure of data on insolation of the earth's surface at Kara-Dag, we have built a 6-order sine-wave model. The most powerful (amplitudes more than an order of magnitude higher than the noise level) regular oscillations on the 22-year interval have periods of 365,3 and 365,7 days. Statistical estimates of the degree of approximation by a sinusoidal model (R2 = 0,9, RMSE = 0,7) indicate that, in addition to regular periodic oscillations, there are irregular fluctuations in the data at time intervals determined by a continuous time-frequency wavelet analysis. The wavelet transformation graph highlights the interval of insolation energy growth at Kara-Dag locality after 1995. In order to analyze the statistical relationship of changes in local insolation of the Earth's surface with the Earth's rotation around the axis and its orbital movement, solar activity and global temperature, autoregression models of the power spectral density were calculated using which coherent oscillations were found between variations in Kara-Dag paragraph and variations in the data: on the length of the day (LOD) with a period of 11,8 years and a square modulus of coherence of 0,85; about solar activity with periods of 10,5, 3,6 years and a squared coherence modulus of 0,8 and 0,85; about global temperature indices with periods of 2,3, 3,5 years and squares of coherence modulus 0,7 and 0,9, respectively.

The increased growth of insolation and the temperature of the earth at Kara-Dag locality that we found requires additional research and observations.
OpenQuake Implementation of the Canterbury Seismic Hazard Model
Authors: Van Houtte Chris , Abbott Elizabeth
Published: August 2019

This article describes the release of the GNS Science Canterbury Seismic Hazard Model (CSHM), as implemented in the Global Earthquake Model’s OpenQuake software. Time‐varying models are implemented for the 50 yr time period between 2014 and 2064, as well as the 1 yr period from 1 September 2018 to 31 August 2019. Previous implementations have been confined to GNS in‐house software, and although source model input files have been made publicly available, this implementation improves the levels of visibility, documentation, and version control. Because of practical constraints in preparing a model for routine analysis, some corrections and changes to the previous implementations have been made. These constraints highlight issues for consideration when developing future hazard models, particularly the necessity of maintaining a balance between best‐practice science and practical model implementation. By implementing the CSHM in OpenQuake, the model is now in a form that allows users to obtain model outputs for engineering design, risk analyses, and prospective model testing.
Comparison of protective effects of carvedilol and α-tocopherol on doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxocity
Authors: Ajmal Khalida , Ajmal Mohammad , Afzal Ayesha , . Saima , Naeem Uzma , Sikandar Abeera
Published: August 2019

Background: Doxorubicin, an effective anticancer drug used to treat multiple solid tumours and childhood malignancies since many decades but its cardiac adverse effects limits its use in full therapeutic dose. The mechanism involved in cardiotoxicity is apoptosis of cardiomyocytes due to reactive oxidative stress. The study was conducted to compare the cardioprotective effects of carvedilol and α-Tocopherol and to detect myocardial injury at early stage.Methods: Cardiotoxicity was produced in a group of rabbits by single intravenous injection of doxorubicin; control group was treated with normal saline only. Third and fourth groups were pretreated with carvedilol 30 mg/kg bodyweight and α-Tocopherol 200 mg/kg bodyweight respectively for ten days before injection of doxorubicin.Results: Doxorubicin produced marked cardiotoxicity represented by raised levels of serum biomarkers (cTnI, LDH and CK-MB) and severe necrosis of cardiomyocytes on microscopic examination. Carvedilol and α-tocopherol pretreatment resulted in decreased serum levels of biomarkers and improved the histological picture of heart tissue.Conclusions: The outcome of doxorubicin chemotherapy can be made successful with the concurrent use of carvedilol or α-tocopherol. Although carvedilol has more pronounced cardioprotective effects perhaps due to its antioxidant activity in addition to antiapoptotic, antiproliferative and anti-inflammatory effects. Furthermore the quantitative cTnI estimation for detection of cardiotoxicity at early stage can lead to significant economic impact in management of cancer.
A study to assess self-medication practice among undergraduate medical students in a tertiary care hospital
Authors: Mani Girija , Mokkaiyan Pushpam , Rasheed Razia Abdul
Published: August 2019

Background: Self-medication is an important public health concern globally. Many factors influence the practice of self-medication among medical students, because of the earlier professional exposure to information about drugs in their curriculum. In view of this, the present study has been designed to assess the practice of self- medication among undergraduate medical students. The objective of the study was to assess self- medication practice among undergraduates and to list out the commonly selected drugs and the conditions.Methods: This questionnaire based, cross- sectional model, was conducted among 150 students of 2nd year MBBS for a period of 3 months. This study was approved by Institutional Ethics Committee and written informed consent was obtained from all the participants.Results: Out of 150 students 71 were male and 79 were female students with an average age of 19.5±1.5. 80% of the candidates practiced self- medication, (48%) for headache, followed by cough and cold (45.83%). The drugs preferred primarily were analgesics (67%), antimicrobials (64%), and the source of information was previous prescription (80%). 70% of the study subjects felt that, no need to visit a doctor for minor illness, 50% of the students anticipated, fear of selecting wrong drugs and adverse effects.Conclusions: The practice of self- medication was highly prevalent among these future health care providers. Hence, this study emphasis an urgent need to strengthen the risk outweighs the benefit and consequences of self- medication practice.
Warfarin induced hematuria
Authors: Patel Dhiren , Patel Kamlesh , Gupta Sapna , Malhotra Supriya , Patel Pankaj
Published: August 2019

Warfarin is an oral vitamin K antagonist prescribed to those patients for the treatment and prevention of thromboembolism. The major challenges to be faced during the therapy were a greater risk for both major as well as minor bleeding, which makes the regular monitoring of INR (international normalized ratio) mandatory. Herein, we reported a case of Warfarin induced hematuria which is serious and we concluded this causality as possible category according WHO-UMC causality category.
Psychosocial and quality of life assessment in cancer patients: a pilot study in Indian set up
Authors: Chaudhuri Santanu , Gupta Sanjeev K. , Panda Debashis , Kumar Navin , Kumar Neeraj , Ganpathi Vani , Vishwakarma Pushpanjali , Sharma Mamta
Published: August 2019

Background: Routine screening for distress is internationally recommended as a standard of care among cancer patients. This study was conducted to assess the level of stress and determine the association between quality of life (QOL) with demographic, socio-economic status, treatment phase, cancer stage, etc.Methods: An observational study, performed in the department of Clinical Oncology, Nayati Multi Super Speciality Hospital, Mathura, India. Data of 62 histopathologically proven cancer patients between Nov 2016 and July 2018, were analyzed. This pilot study was conducted to assess the QOL and stress levels of cancer patients by using scales of WHOQOL-BREF, QSC-R23 and Hamilton scale. Results: Among 62 cancer patients, high distress along with poor QOL was seen maximum in males, 40-60 year age group and educated. In majority of domains, high distress was found in middle class, whereas poor QOL was found in Lower class in Environmental domain (p<0.01). We found higher distress in nuclear families (p<0.05). High distress was seen in cancer patients who were aware of illness and was found to statistically significant. Poor QOL in stage 4 was found to be statistically significant in Psychological domain of WHOQOL-BREF. High distress was found in patients undergoing treatment in all patients as compared to Pre-treatment phase and Post-treatment phase (p<0.05).Conclusion: To assess psychological stress in cancer patients using all three scales we could not obtain a conclusive result covering all dimensions of QOL. So, in our next study authors plan to develop one indigenous new scale.
Pulmonary functions in car air conditioner users and non-air conditioner users in tertiary care centre, South Tamilnadu, India
Authors: S. Hoshea Jeba Ruth , Vincent Lisha
Published: August 2019

Background: Air conditioners are used extensively these days of the modern lifestyle. Inhalation of cold dry air while using Air conditioners causes bronchoconstriction due to which alteration may occur in pulmonary function. This study was aimed to compare the Pulmonary Function tests of Car AC users and non AC users. Methods: The Study included 52 employees not exposed to car air conditioner as a control (group I) and 52 employees exposed to car air conditioner  with minimum exposure of 1 hour per day for 6 months as a subject (group II). Pulmonary function tests were performed using computerised spirometer. Statistical analysis was done by unpaired t test.Results: Age, Height and weight are not statistically significant between study group and control group. Forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume in 1 second, Ratio of Forced vital capacity and Forced expiratory volume in 1 second, Inspiratory reserve volume, Expiratory reserve volume, Maximum voluntary ventilation are decreased in car air conditioner users compared to non-users, but was not significant. Forced expiratory flow (FEF), Peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) values shows statistically significant decreased in car air conditioner users.Conclusions: The present study shows hyper-responsive airways on exposure to cold air which leads to bronchoconstriction. The significant decrease in PEFR, FEF suggest that upper airways as well as smaller airways are affected on exposure to car AC. So, Exposure to car Air Conditioner leads to risk of developing respiratory dysfunction.
Detection of high-level aminoglycoside resistance by disc diffusion and e-test amongst the enterococcus species isolated from various clinical samples in a tertiary care hospital
Authors: Paul Manisha , Nirwan Prem Singh , Srivastava Preeti
Published: August 2019

Background: The emergence of Enterococcus species in causing nosocomial infections poses a therapeutic challenge to clinicians. Enterococci are intrinsically resistance to multiple antibiotics. Acquired resistance to commonly used antibiotics like Ampicillin, Vancomycin and Aminoglycosides have made the situation worse and difficult to treat serious Enterococcal infections. The present study aimed at detection of high-level aminoglycoside resistance by disc diffusion and E-test amongst the Enterococcus species isolated from various clinical samples in a tertiary care hospital.Methods: A total of 102 Enterococcus species isolated from various clinical samples and antimicrobial susceptibility was performed by Kirby Bauer disc diffusion method as per CLSI guidelines. E-test was done for all high level aminoglycoside resistance Enterococcus species isolated by disc diffusion test.Results: Among 102 isolates, 81 were E. faecalis, 18 were E. faecium and 3 were another Enterococcus. Their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern shows all isolates were sensitive to vancomycin, linezolid and teicoplanin with HLGR, HLSR detected in 40 and 38 isolates of E. faecalis, 17  and 13 isolates of E. faecium respectively by disc diffusion whereas by E-test it was detected in 44 and 40 in E. faecalis and 17 and 14 in E. faecium respectively. E. faecium is found to be more resistance to high level aminoglycoside than E. faecalis.Conclusions: Authors hereby conclude that Enterococci being the common cause of hospital acquired infections with their increasing resistance to multiple drugs and acquisition of HLAR; it must be routinely screened for various drugs to prevent drug resistance in hospital settings for serious Enterococcal infections.
Nephrocutaneous fistula due to textiloma with in the pelvicalyceal system
Authors: Mondal Soumya , Chatterjee Amvrin , Chatterjee Souvik , Maiti Krishnendu , Pal Dilip K. R.
Published: August 2019

Textiloma or gossypiboma is an embarrassing surgical scenario. Nephrocutaneous fistula is itself a rare complication after renal surgeries, but due to textiloma, it is rarest of the rare. In this case, 30-year-old lady presented with the complaints of chronic seropurulent discharge from a wound on her right lumbar region. On exploration it was found to be a retained surgical sponge in pelvicalyceal system, which was there for last seven years.
Clinicopathological correlation of acute appendicitis undergoing emergency appendicectomy in a tertiary care hospital of Gujarat: a retrospective study
Authors: Chudasama Mrugesh , Patel Pallav
Published: August 2019

Background: Acute appendicitis is acute inflammation and infection of the vermiform appendix, which is most commonly referred to simply as the appendix. The aim of this study was to determine the presenting pattern of acute appendicitis and to review the pathological diagnosis.Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in the general surgery department at tertiary care institute of Gujarat for the period of one year. One hundred patients who were attending department of surgery diagnosed as acute appendicitis were selected for the study. Patient demographics, clinical features, operative findings and histology results were recorded on a special patient proforma.Results: The most common presenting complaints were abdominal pain (n=100), nausea (n=54), vomiting (n=80) and diarrhoea (n=7). As for clinical signs 100% of the patients in this study had some degree of right iliac fossa tenderness. Open appendicectomy was performed in 62% of the patients and laparoscopic appendicectomy in 38% of the patients. 66% of the patients presented within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms whereas 28% presented 24-48 hours after the onset of symptoms.Conclusions: Diagnosis of acute appendicitis obvious based on strongly positive clinical presentation. Present study shows that acute appendicitis in India is a disease of young males. On further sub-classification of acute appendicitis, uncomplicated acute appendicitis seems to be the most common. Delayed presentation is associated with greater morbidity.
Duodenal injuries in blunt trauma abdomen: a retrospective analysis
Authors: Purayil Sreejayan Meethale , Suthan Arun
Published: August 2019

Background: Blunt trauma to abdomen very rarely produces isolated duodenal injuries and are to the tune of 3-5%. They are associated with high morbidity and mortality because of the diagnostic delay and missed diagnosis. The aim of this study is to discuss the mode of presentation, investigations and treatment options of isolated duodenal injuries in blunt trauma abdomen.Methods: Retrospective analysis of patients with blunt trauma abdomen who presented to surgical department at government medical college, Kozhikode, Kerala was done. Those who sustained isolated duodenal injuries from January 2010 to 2016 January were included in this study. Complex biliopancreatic, bowel and vascular injuries were excluded.Results: For the single D2 injury, primary closure in 2 layers with 2-0 vicryl and 3-0 braided black silk was done with an omental wrap. The D3 and D4 injuries, limited resection of the unhealthy perforated segment including D3 and D4 were done followed by an end to end duodeno jejunostomy and duodenal exclusion by anterior gastrojejunostomy. Leak test was performed, feeding jejunostomy was done.Conclusions: Isolated duodenal injuries due to blunt trauma abdomen are very rare and should be suspected in patients presenting with upper abdominal pain and vomiting after trauma. CECT abdomen helps to detect it. The time interval between the onset and definitive intervention greatly influences the morbidity and mortality in these injuries.
Bacteriological study of nidus of gallstones
Authors: Thomas Christo Cyriac , V. Sreejith , Anto Rosna Mary , Nagarajan Fleming , Goswami Debaleena , Singh Nongmaithem Mackson , Devi S. Ranita
Published: August 2019

Background: Gallstone disease is common worldwide and majority of patients undergo surgical management. Since the advent of laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgeons has become less interested in its aetiology. Infection is a major factor in the formation of gallstones. There are many infective complications reported of gallstones spilled during cholecystectomy. Presence of bacteria or its DNA by microscopy does not prove the infective potential of such stones. Thus culture of the nidus of the gallstone is the gold standard method to identify any potentially infective bacteria within and to predict the infective potential of gallstones.Methods: Cross sectional study done in seventy patients admitted for elective cholecystectomy for a period of 24 months from August 2016 to July 2018 in Department of Surgery, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, India.Results: Of the 70 stones cultured for bacteria, 52 (74.3%) were sterile and 18 (25.7%) were positive for bacteria, among which 16 stones showed mono-microbial growth while 2 showed poly-microbial growth. Most commonly isolated organism was E. coli and Klebsiella followed by Pseudomonas, Enterococcus and Staph aureus.Conclusions: Moynihan‘s aphorism “gall stone is a tomb erected in the memory of the organism within it”, suggest bacteria inside gallstone to be dead but this study proves that bacteria can be viable inside gallstone and its complete retrieval should be done in case of spillage which may help in avoiding complications.