bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Gestão da Informação na Biblioteca Universitária como ferramenta auxiliar ao planejamento estratégico: um exemplo de análise de impacto
Authors: Faria Maurício Marques de , Gadelha Margareth Monteiro
Published: September 2020

A proposta desse trabalho é apresentar possibilidades de cooperação entre biblioteca universitária e institutos de pesquisas a partir da análise de impacto das parcerias entre universidade e empresa na produção do conhecimento científico e tecnológico, tendo como ferramenta de pesquisa as bases de dados disponíveis na biblioteca. Considerando o pressuposto que informação científica é um produto econômico este trabalho propõe, a partir de técnicas de gestão da informação, averiguar de forma empírica a produção do conhecimento e as redes de relacionamentos estabelecidas entre a Petrobras e a Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), através de pesquisa nas bases de dados Scopus e INPI, disponibilizadas no Portal Capes de Periódicos, e a Base de Dados Bibliográficos Minerva. A UFRJ desponta como a instituição com maior índice de produção científica em parceria com a Petrobras e foi possível observar que a retomada da política industrial brasileira, e os investimentos do governo nas atividades de Ciência e Tecnologia contribuíram para o fortalecimento de pesquisas em diversas áreas. Procuramos demostrar que os bibliotecários possuem a expertise do acesso às bases de dados, que vão além dos treinamentos às bases de dados, e que dominam as técnicas de uso das ferramentas disponíveis no Portal Capes, desenvolvendo habilidades que lhes respaldam a desenvolver produtos e análises da informação que possam contribuir no processo de tomada de decisão, apoiando a participação da instituição no desenvolvimento do país por meio de análises de impacto de parceiras.
Comunicação no contexto organizacional: um estudo de caso com relatórios empresariais da Petrobrás sobre a diversidade por orientação sexual
Authors: Pompeu Samira Loreto Edilberto
Published: September 2020

O objetivo da presente pesquisa foi de identificar e analisar o conteúdo dos documentos oficiais de uma empresa acerca da diversidade por orientação sexual. Como objetivos específicos, desejou-se analisar criticamente a comunicação do posicionamento de uma companhia mediante seus discursos em documentos públicos sobre a diversidade por orientação sexual, identificar possíveis inconsistências, ausências ou falta de homogeneidade em tais relatórios, bem como iniciativas positivas que podem servir como boas práticas. Foi escolhida a empresa Petrobrás por possuir um discurso formal em relação à diversidade sexual com base nos critérios do Corporate Equality Index da Human Rights Campaign - HRC. Foi realizada uma pesquisa de natureza qualitativa em seus documentos públicos como relatórios de sustentabilidade e o código de ética, tendo como método de tratamento de dados a análise de conteúdo. Foram constatadas inconsistências na comunicação por um lado, mas, por outro, alguns exemplos de boas práticas.
Ferramentas no julgamento avaliativo em ambiente web para buscas com vistas ao desenvolvimento de competência crítica em informação
Authors: Figueiredo Márcia Feijão de
Published: September 2020

Aponta novas questões informacionais geradas pelo aumento de uso da web, como o filtro e o estado de vigilância das ações dos usuários, com vistas a indução de resultados e recuperação dos perfis para fins econômicos. Descreve o conceito de competência crítica da informação como uma proposta acadêmica de uso das informações em ambientes virtuais. Aponta também os estudos de busca e recuperação da informação como uma ação anterior aos estudos de competência e como ferramenta de avaliação e validação os critérios de julgamento avaliativo qualidade da informação, autoridade cognitiva e a credibilidade. Ressalta que, diante de algoritmos e novas práticas empresariais de vigilância, é possível o desenvolvimento de novos critérios que abarquem os novos pressupostos práticos ou o aprimoramento dos critérios apresentados.
Cenário Brasileiro dos catálogos onlines das bibliotecas universitárias federais
Authors: Torres Schiessl Ingrid , Rodrigues Jaqueline , Rodrigues Priscila , Shintaku Milton , Macedo Diego José , Fagundes de Brito Ronnie , Pavia Castro Priscila
Published: September 2020

Com a mudança do impresso para o digital, tem-se verificado que as bibliotecas universitárias brasileiras estão aderindo ao Movimento de Acesso Aberto (Open Access) por meio da criação de Repositórios Institucionais (RI), Bibliotecas de Teses e Dissertações (BDTD) e outros, com a utilização de ferramentas livres, no que Costa e Moreira (2003) denominam de filosofia aberta. Entretanto, no que se refere aos Catálogos online - OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) a adoção de software livre ainda requer estudos. Assim, a presente pesquisa levanta a adoção de ferramentas livres para gerenciamento informatizado de catálogos pelas universidades federais brasileiras. Uma pesquisa documental, efetuada nos catálogos disponíveis nos portais da universidades federais, possibilitando apresentar um cenário brasileiro das OPACs nestas universidades. Com isso, revelou-se que das 63 universidades federais brasileiras 57,1% das universidades utilizam softwares com pagamento de licença de uso e que há outras modalidades além de software livre e proprietários para essas ferramentas. Assim, espera-se contribuir com a discussão da adoção de software livre em bibliotecas de instituições de ensino superior públicas, na medida que a adoção de software livre  é orientação no âmbito governamental.
Os Objetos Técnicos e seus papéis no horizonte das Humanidades Digitais: um caso para a Ciência da Informação.
Authors: Pimenta Ricardo Medeiros
Published: September 2020

As Humanidades Digitais são um campo auto-reflexivo capaz e desejante de que a aplicação das tecnologias digitais voltadas às Humanidades seja ela própria o objeto de investigação do pesquisador. Nesse sentido este artigo busca aproximar à ciência da informação a ideia de que nós devemos, uma vez que as Humanidades Digitais são marcadas pelas questões em torno das suas práxis e da techné que caracterizam-na, compor um canal de diálogo entre esses dois campos o quanto antes. De ordem teórica conceitual, este artigo se propõe a contribuir, portanto, com a inserção do tema e de sua problemática no processo reflexivo do campo da C.I., fundamentando como objeto/ator deste ponto de convergência o papel dos objetos técnicos, na perspectiva simondoniana, na sociedade da informação marcadamente contemporânea à era digital.
Análise Swot de Hemerotecas: acessibilidade e preservação documental do Centro de Ciências Jurídicas da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Authors: Salcedo Diego Andres , Feitos Kézia De Lira , Crispim Paulo Vitor dos Santos , Lins Neto José Almeida
Published: September 2020

No presente artigo, buscou-se analisar os aspectos internos da Hemeroteca do Centro de Ciências Jurídicas da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco por meio de análise SWOT. Por meio do método exploratório e descritivo, a pesquisa possibilitou a identificação das forças, fraquezas, ameaças e oportunidades, assim como foi possível encontrar possíveis soluções para as principais problemáticas que envolvem a Hemeroteca. O estudo de caso revelou duas fraquezas consideradas de primeira ordem. A primeira diz respeito ao mau acondicionamento do acervo, que ocasionou grandes prejuízos e perdas à coleção de Jornais raros de Pernambuco datados do século XIX e XX. Tais perdas foram ocasionadas principalmente por ataque de agentes biológicos e físicos de deterioração, além das sujidades e estado precário do ambiente em que se encontravam. A segunda diz respeito a inefetividade da acessibilidade interna do edifício. A principal contribuição do estudo reside na solução desses problemas ao indicar os passos necessários para o acondicionamento adequado e proteção dos documentos contra os agentes de deterioração físicos, químicos e biológicos que podem atacar os periódicos da Hemeroteca, assim como indicar as possíveis soluções para a otimização do acesso à Hemeroteca para as pessoas com necessidades especiais.
Modelo para desenvolvimento de curso a distância para editores científicos
Authors: Fagundes de Brito Ronnie , Shintaku Milton , Fleury Andrea Maria
Published: September 2020

Os métodos utilizados no Ensino a Distância tem se apresentado como uma opção viável para muitas finalidades, entretanto um dos desafios dessa modalidade está na construção de objetos educacionais digitais que atendam a critérios de usabilidade e qualidade. Nesse sentido, este estudo apresenta um relato de experiência de criação de um modelo desenvolvido para um curso a distância para editores científicos sobre sistema de editoração de revistas em meio digital. É descrito o caminho utilizado para atualização tecnológica do curso e da abordagem de ensino-aprendizagem aplicada, no qual os aprendizes acessam um Ambiente Virtual de Aprendizagem para executar tarefas colaborativas e navegam pelo material de curso oferecido de forma aberta, concomitantemente os participantes aplicam o que aprenderam em um portal de revistas, implementado com o Open Journal System. O modelo utilizou-se de várias tecnologias de forma a atender melhor os aprendizes e o método mostrou-se efetivo para a produção e desenvolvimento do curso a distância.
Recursos da web social no ensino de Biblioteconomia: descentralização e autonomia
Authors: Araujo Ronaldo Ferreira
Published: September 2020

Discorre sobre o ensino de Biblioteconomia e a prática docente nesse campo mediada pelas Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TICs). Situa os recursos da web social no contexto educacional e apresenta relatos de experimentos voltados à prática pedagógica interativa em ambientes como Twitter, Facebook e Wiki. A partir dos relatos conclui-se que não há regras ou repetições na apropriação das mídias sociais pelos alunos. Turmas distintas apresentam adesões (preferências) diferenciadas em relação a outras para o mesmo tipo de mídia. Em todos os casos observa-se o cenário de educação distributiva e contínua com a descentralização do processo ensino e aprendizagem e autonomia por parte dos alunos.
La difusión epidémica de la literatura sobre estudios métricos en Colombia
Authors: Restrepo-Arango Cristina
Published: September 2020

Aplica el modelo epidémico a la literatura publicada sobre las metrías en Colombia por autores afiliados a instituciones colombianas y por autores extranjeros en el país. Para reunir las publicaciones se usaron las palabras clave bibliometría, cienciometría, informetría, etc. en múltiples combinaciones boolenas en bases de datos, catálogos de biblioteca y Google Académic. Los resultados que se obtuvieron fueron exportados a una base de datos bibliográfica en EndNote X5. Los datos obtenidos se analizaron con el software estadístico SPSS. Se encontraron 470 documentos publicados por 1.033 autores desde 1982 hasta agosto de 2017, esta literatura se propaga como una “epidemia intelectual” que ingresó a su estado epidémico en el periodo de 1998 a 2002. La tasa de productividad muestra que esta literatura está creciendo y que aún no ha llegado a su estado de maduración.
Usuário da informação: análise da produção científica em periódicos brasileiros
Authors: Ramalho Francisca Arruda , Paiva Eliane Bezerra , Pinheiro Edna Gomes
Published: September 2020

O tema usuário da informação perpassa vários domínios, áreas, caminhos científicos e tecnológicos, visto que esse fenômeno apresenta diversidade de definições, teorias e métodos. Nesse contexto, insere-se a pesquisa realizada, que tem como objetivo mapear a produção científica sobre Usuários da Informação, publicada nos periódicos de Biblioteconomia e de Ciência da Informação, qualificados como A1, A2 e B1 - Qualis/CAPES no período de 2011 a 2016. Do ponto de vista metodológico, a pesquisa se apoia na literatura da área, com foco nos conceitos de usuário da informação. Trata-se de uma pesquisa exploratória e descritiva, centrada em uma abordagem quanti-qualitativa, cujos resultados indicaram que, no intervalo estudado, os periódicos publicaram 99 artigos que enfocam subcategorias da temática ‘Usuários da Informação’, entre elas: uso da informação, comportamento informacional, necessidades de informação, dentre outros. Concluiu-se que, em termos quantitativos, a produção estudada sobre usuários da informação ainda é, incipiente, mas relevante e de boa qualidade e apresenta um significativo número de estudos teóricos, que revelam o estado da arte e as tendências da área, com produções resultantes de pesquisas, de experiências e de eventos científicos nacionais.
Análisis de redes de colaboración científica a partir de la producción bibliográfica en salud mental
Authors: Pinto Adilson Luiz , Bisset Alvarez Edgar
Published: September 2020

Estudio aplicado a las informaciones bibliográficas indizadas en las bases de datos de revistas de la Web of Science entre los años 2013 hasta 2017. Método aplicado por teoría de grafos paras las centralidades de las redes; y estudios métricos de la información para verificación de los más frecuentes. Resultados trabajados en 5 puntos: (i) Las autoridades más representativas, fueron Kessler RC (por autoría), Harvard University (como institución), y Estados Unidos de América (como principal país de las instituciones más productivas); (ii) la publicación más relevantes en frecuencia fue Journal of Child Family Studies y con centralidad en la red tuvimos Frontiers in Psychology y Journal of Mental Heatlth; (iii) los términos más utilizados y con centralidad fueron Salud mental, Depresión y Niños; (iv) el acoplamiento tuve Salk 2017 con mucha fuerza en las relaciones y otros tres con mucha frecuencia de documentos relacionados (Armenta 2013, Britian 2015 y Nash 2015); (v) las citas más recurrentes fueron Kessler RC, Sampson NA, Schwartz SJ y Elbert T, con gran centralidad para Kessler RC y la American Psychiatric Association.
Transformação digital e competência em informação: reflexões sob o enfoque da Agenda 2030 e dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável
Authors: Belluzzo Regina Celia Baptista
Published: September 2020

Busca-se apresentar que, na última década em particular, a evolução tecnológica teve um profundo impacto e alterou de forma acentuada as formas e métodos de trabalho dos profissionais, surgindo em decorrência a digitalização da informação e a necessidade de desenvolvimento de novas competências para a compreensão e inserção das pessoas nesses espaços que caracterizam a Era Digital em que se encontra a sociedade, destacando-se dentre elas a Competência em Informação. Assim, a pretensão deste artigo é promover a reflexão teórica à luz Transformação dos cenários atuais e das transformações sociais, sobre as demandas para novas habilidades e capacidades necessárias para atender aos desafios que se fazem presentes ante a multidiversidade cultural e à complexidade atual de acesso e uso da informação encontrada em suportes de natureza vária e decorrentes da transformação digital, estabelecendo inter-relação com as diretrizes e metas que constituem a “Agenda 2030 e os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS)” enquanto instrumento de desenvolvimento econômico, ambiental e social para o contexto global.
Signifikansi Wakaf dalam Keuangan Negara: Tinjauan Ekonomi Klasik dan Kontemporer
Authors: Adinta Anisa Husna , Nur Muhammad Rizky Taufiq
Published: September 2020

Wakaf merupakan instrumen keuangan sosial Islam yang berperan penting dalam pembangunan. Potensi wakaf yang dimiliki Indonesia saat ini terbilang sangat besar. Perlu optimalisasi pengelolaan wakaf untuk dapat dikembangkan sebagai instrumen pembiayaan pembangunan, sebagaimana yang telah dipraktekkan oleh Rasulullah SAW serta para sahabatnya. Artikel bertujuan mengkaji signifikansi peran dan kontribusi wakaf terhadap perekonomian, dengan mengacu pada praktek klasik dan kontemporer. Kajian ini merupakan kajian teoritis yang mengkaji konsep dan teori terkait wakaf dari era klasik hingga era kontemporer. Kajian ini menemukan bahwa wakaf memiliki urgensi dan signifikansi yang besar terhadap pembangunan. Wakaf juga menjadi instrumen keuangan sosial yang berimplikasi langsung terhadap perekonomian. Implikasi tersebut baik dalam jangka pendek maupun jangka panjang. Dari temuan tersebut, direkomendasikan kepada para nazhir wakaf untuk mengembangkan pengelolaan wakaf yang lebih optimal dalam memberikan maslahat dan manfaat bagi masyarakat luas. Selain itu, direkomendasikan pula kepada Pemerintah untuk turut berperan dalam mendorong pengembangan pengelolaan wakaf nasional, agar perkembangan wakaf semakin tumbuh, dan turut berkontribusi aktif dalam perekonomian nasional. Sehingga hal tersebut dapat merealisasikan kesejahteraan masyarakat secara adil dan berkelanjutan.
Exploring the Medicinal Plant Diversity of Hassan District, Karnataka, India
Authors: Vendrapati Rama Rao , Doddamani Shashidhar H , Naik Raghavendra , Bharali Binod K , Rath Chinmay , Mangal Anupam K
Published: September 2020

Background:

This study is about the importance of documenting locally available medicinal plants gaining attention worldwide. Locally available plant resources are the main sources of raw materials for the local primary healthcare system. Documentation of the local medicinal plant resources is very important to check the status and depletion situation of the existing resources. The worldwide scenario of increased activity in conservation and cultivation reflects the importance of documentation of medicinal plants.

Objectives:

Documentation of locally available medicinal plant diversity of Hassan District, Karnataka, India.

Materials and methods:

Team comprising a botanist, an Ayurvedic physician, and a field assistant conducted two medicoethno botanical survey tours of 7 days each during October 2017 and March 2018. The study was conducted in randomly selected forest sections/beats in Arsikere, Yeslur, Sakleshpur, Arakalagud, Hassan, Belur, Alur, Holenarasipura, and Channarayapatna forest ranges of Hassan district. Sampling was done by adopting the belt transact method at the randomly selected forest areas, and representative herbarium specimens were collected as reference samples at geographical location along with filed photographs.

Observations:

Medicinal plant wealth of Hassan district is rich due to its varied vegetation types such as wet evergreen tropical rain forest in western Malnad part and dry tropical scrub vegetation in plain lands in east, north, and southern regions of the district. During the survey tours, the survey team documented 317 plants from nine forest ranges in Hassan district. Of these 317 plant species, 106 species found with promising medicinal properties were presented with botanical name, family, Sanskrit and local names, habit, habitat, abundance, part used, medicinal uses, accession number, and GPS location. These plants are used in various diseases ranging from chronic diseases such as ulcers, arthritis, asthma, cardiovascular complaints, hepatitis, diabetes, skin diseases; general complaints such as digestive problems, urinary disorders, fever, headache, dysentery, diarrhea, cold, cough, hemorrhoids, inflammations, wounds, cuts, etc. Use of various parts such as root, tuber, leaf, fruit, seed, whole plant, bark (stem and root), resin, etc., have been mentioned for these plants. Among the dominant families, Leguminosae contributes 10 species, while Apocynaceae and Lamiaceae represent 7 and 5 species, respectively, and Malvaceae, Menispermaceae, and Rubiaceae 4 species each.

Conclusion:

Among the 106 medicinally important plants that spread in 55 families, about 61 species are distributed in dry deciduous forests while 40 are restricted to moist to wet forests of the district and rest of them are growing in open forest patches.
Guduchi [Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers]
Authors: RN Acharya , MM Buha , NH Sojitra
Published: September 2020

Background:

Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia), commonly known as an Amrita in the classical texts of Ayurveda, belongs to the family Menispermaceae and is one of the most frequently used drugs in Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeias. In the recent past, this drug has attracted the attention of clinicians for its immunomodulatory activities. Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India recommends both external and internal applications of Guduchi for the management of different disease conditions.

Aim:

To prepare a comprehensive data of internal administration of Guduchi recorded in various Ayurvedic texts.

Materials and methods:

This review portrays the wide usage of Guduchi through internal administration, which comprises 56 various Samhita (treatise), Chikitsa grantha (compendia of Ayurveda), and Rasagrantha (compendia related to Rasashastra).

Results:

It is observed that about 1,526 formulations, having Guduchi as an ingredient, are used to combat almost 95 varied diseases. Among these diseased conditions, maximum are indicated for the management of Jwara (fever), followed by Vatarakta (gout, 102), Kushtha (integumentary diseases, 82), and Vatavyadhi (neuromuscular anomalies, 73).

Conclusion:

Present data may encourage researchers in pharmaceutical and clinical research to think over the use of easily available, simply propagated, and noncontroversial drug used to cure more than 95 disease conditions through internal administration, for the benefit of the society.
Exploration of Medicinal Plants in North District of Tripura
Authors: Shiddamallayya Nagayya , Dora Binod Bihari , Anku Gyati , Borah Tapashi , Tripathi Ashish Kumar , Rath Chinmay , Mangal Anupam Kumar , Srikanth Narayanam , Dhiman Kartar Singh
Published: September 2020

Aim:

To explore and document the prominent medicinal plants of North District of Tripura through medico-ethnobotanical survey (MEBS) tours.

Materials and methods:

Ethno-medico-botanical survey team collected plant specimens, digitally photographed and enlisted characters, and allotted a field number for each specimen in the field with global positioning system (GPS) reading. Collected plant specimens were pressed, processed, poisoned, rearranged, mounted, identified, documented, accessioned, and incorporated in the herbarium and followed by enlisting of medicinal plants mentioned in Ayurveda.

Result and discussion:

A total of 223 plant specimens of 178 genera of 73 families have been collected and digitally photographed from the forests of North district, Tripura and enlisted 98 medicinal plants mentioned in Ayurveda of listed and presented in the tabular form. The district populace consists of Tribes and non-tribes and follows traditional practices and traditional medicines prepared from plants available in their surrounding and from nearby forest.

Summary and conclusion:

The thickest and green forest in North District of Tripura is with rich biodiversity of medicinal plants mentioned in Ayurveda and herbal medicinal plants. As this area is rich in medicinal plants mentioned in Ayurveda can be used for the establishment of herbal pharmaceutical industry. It may play a very important role in job creation and social upliftment and also in the management of good health of tribes and non-tribes of Tripura and other states of India.
Management of Sacrococcygeal Pilonidal Sinus by Ksharasutra
Authors: Panigrahi Hemanta , Makhija Renu
Published: September 2020

Pilonidal sinus is a worldwide problem found commonly in young hirsute men. The incidence is observed to be 26/100,000 person with 3:1 male predominance. This disease clinically simulates Nadivrana (K14) described in Ayurveda. Many surgical techniques have been described and performed as a treatment for chronic pilonidal sinus. But up to 40% of patients develop recurrence and surgery may cause loss of the intergluteal tissue and other side effects. A 29-year-old nonsmoker, nonalcoholic male student with complaints of a dimple-like depression on the skin surface at upper part of intergluteal cleft associated with pain while sitting or standing, and intermittent discharge of foul-smelling pus and blood draining from the cleft visited the Outpatient Department of Central Ayurveda Research Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, New Delhi for Ayurvedic management. On examination, there was swollen hyperemic skin around the area which is tender on palpation with hair protruding from the lesion and one visible sinus tract on the skin of cleft. It was diagnosed as pilonidal sinus. After doing the essential laboratory investigations, Ksharasutra therapy was endeavored to treat this disease under local anesthesia. The Ksharasutra was changed weekly after the initial sitting and an Ayurvedic formulation Triphala Guggulu in a dose of 1 g twice a day for 28 days was given orally and local dressing with Jatyadi Tail was performed daily for 28 days. After 28th day of therapy, the tract was completely cut out and healing was observed. There was complete resolution of symptoms like pain and discharge and the sinus tract also got healed. No side effects or adverse drug reaction was found during the therapy. After complete healing of the tract, the patient was followed up for a period of 180 days, with visits in every 30 days and no occurrence was observed. Hence, this therapy can be practiced safely for the treatment of sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus.
A Cross-sectional Study on Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice among Ayurveda Fraternity in the Management of Viral Infections of Respiratory Tract w.s.r. to Pranavaha Sroto Vikara on the Backdrop of COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Rao S Krishna , Indu Sabu , Jameela Sophia , Jaiprakash Ram , Rao Meda M
Published: September 2020

The world has been witnessing threats due to different types of viral infections of respiratory system like the recent coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Unfortunately, the conventional system of medicine has not come up with a successful strategy for the management of cases or for effective prevention. The development of a successful drug or novel vaccine is imperative at this stage of the outbreak and numerous research activities are underway. Ayurveda has legacy in the prevention and management of different types of diseases including viral infections, but with little documented evidence. In this study, Ayurveda physicians knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) toward the management of viral respiratory infections using a self-developed online KAP questionnaire having 28 questions was assessed. Six hundred and three Ayurveda physicians all over India across different affiliation and practice settings participated in the survey with a 65% response rate. Majority of respondents (73.4%) manage different types of viral infections and 85.3% positively responded to the involvement of gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in viral respiratory infections. Nearly all the participants (98%) confirm the involvement of Pranavaha Srotas in the pathogenesis and 73% confirm the role of Agni also. The viral respiratory infections of respiratory tract are correlated mainly to Jvara, Shvasa, Kasa, and Agantu Roga. 79.43% physicians positively responded to the involvement of diet and regimens in the management of viral diseases. Sixty-six percent of the respondents manage such infections in line of Jvara, while 96.28% recommends that there is a definite role of Rasayana drugs and formulations in the management. Among the line of treatment suggested in the management of COVID-19 like illness, Jvarahara, and immune-modulation were the most recommended ones. Ayurveda manages various novel infections by its customized strategies ranging from prevention and therapeutic intervention. Ayurveda uses different seasonal and daily regimens; Rasayanas, suitable Shamana, and Shodhana interventions are selected based on different assessments to evaluate various aspects of disease and specific attributes of the patient. Systematic documentation and evidence generation may shed light on the importance of Ayurveda in combating novel infections of the present and future.
Pathogenesis of COVID-19
Authors: Gurao Rashmi P , Namburi UR Shekhar , Kumar Shobhit , Khode Nakul V , Mahulkar Darshan M
Published: September 2020

COVID-19 is a new pandemic disease declared by the WHO as a global emergency and caused due to severe acute respiratory corona virus syndrome-2 (SARS-CoV-2). In India also, the grip of coronavirus is tightening day by day. The scientists worldwide are striving vigorously to ascertain the nuances in the etiology, spread, and pathogenesis of new COVID-19 disease and pragmatic utilization of this knowledge for the development of standard drugs as well as treatment protocols for its successful management. Ayurveda has laid emphasis on the Roga Parijnana in the context of Nidana Panchaka and Shatkriyakala in the management of any disease and it acts as a beacon especially in the case of novel diseases that surface from time to time. The present review study is to formulate the pathogenesis of COVID-19 in the light of Ayurveda through an integrated approach. The COVID-19 pandemic is considered as one type of Janapadodhwamsa. In Ayurveda, the microbial infection can be elucidated in the terms of Bhuta, Rakshasa, Graha, etc., having idiosyncratic manifestations. The coronavirus can be contemplated as distinct type of Bhuta affecting Pranavaha Srotasa and causing Bhutabhishangaja Jwara, which is one type of Agantuja Jwara. Later as the disease advances, it gets metamorphosed into Nija Vyadhi (endogenous form) exhibiting as different forms of Jwara depending on the extent of vitiation of Dosha along with extensive Pranavaha Srotodushtijanya Vikaras. The factors involved in pathophysiology of any disease mainly Nidana (etiology), Dosha, Dushya (Dhatu, Srotasa), and Agni are reciprocally interlinked with severity and stage of disease. It is crucial to recognize extent of vitiation of each of these factors in order to determine customized diagnosis and management for the patients of COVID-19. The integrative approach plays a vital role in meticulous comprehension of COVID-19 in terms of Ayurveda to recognize each stage for specific management.
Possible Potential of Tamra Bhasma (Calcined Copper) in COVID-19 Management
Authors: Gauri Aleena , Yadav Pramod , Prajapati Pradeep K
Published: September 2020

The complete genome sequence of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is 82% similar to SARS-CoV-1. The emerging coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-1 and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), have caused the recent pandemics of respiratory infectious diseases. Ayurveda makes use of metals and minerals in the form of Bhasma (calx) to treat various ailments. Ancient seers recommend Tamra Bhasma (calcined copper) and its formulations in various conditions including Kasa (cough), Shwasa (respiratory distress), Jwara (fever), Pinasa (chronic rhinitis/sinusitis), and as a Rasayana (rejuvenator). Rasa Bhasmas are claimed as biologically produced nanoparticles. The world is in need of an effective prophylactic and therapeutic agent for the prevention and control of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). This review article aims at suggesting Tamra Bhasma as a possible intervention in COVID-19. Calcined copper has been reported as sulfide and/ or oxide of copper in major phases and some other trace elements. Safety aspects of calcined copper have been established previously. Copper was recognized in 2008 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as the first metallic antimicrobial agent. Various studies show antimicrobial effect of copper, copper alloys, and various cupric and cuprous compounds against different viruses. Based on the evidences found in classical texts and preexisting antiviral studies, a lead can be made to employ calcined copper for its preclinical and clinical efficacy evaluation against the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Ayurveda Research Studies on COVID-19 Registered in Clinical Trials Registry of India
Authors: Londhe Deepak J , Kumar Shobhit , Chiluveri Ashwin C , Goel Sumeet , Chiluveri Sudha K , Singh Rajeshwari , Rao BCS , Srikanth Narayanam
Published: September 2020

Introduction:

In search of effective therapeutics or vaccines to treat or prevent coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), various National Governments, World Health Organization (WHO), and associated partners are working on war footing to coordinate the rapid development of medical countermeasures by conducting various clinical trials. To date, several clinical trials, both Western and traditional medicines, have been registered in Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI). However, the relevant literature regarding clinical trials involving Ayurveda intervention on COVID-19 has not been published. In the current article, attempt has been made to extract, review, and summarize the relevant data regarding registered clinical trials under CTRI involving Ayurveda for COVID-19.

Materials and methods:

CTRI has been searched comprehensively for the registered trials of COVID-19 involving Ayurveda Intervention from March 01, 2020 to June 25, 2020. For each study, the CTRI registration details, demographic characteristics, and study methodology including design are collected and summarized.

Results:

Till June 25, 2020, a total of 58 trials were identified in CTRI, and of them 52 (89.66%) are interventional trials and 06 (10.34%) are observational trials. Majority of the registered trials are Government sponsored 39 (67.24%). Interventional prophylactic trials were found to be registered in equal proportion to the interventional therapeutic trials (26 each of the total 52 registered interventional trials). Majority of trials are controlled (35, 60.34%), and the allocation of participants into treatment or controlled groups is done by randomization in (24, 41.37%) of controlled trials. The maximum proportions of trials are open-label trials (47, 81.03%), and only three trials are double-blind placebo-controlled trials. All the intervention prophylactic trials are standalone (26, 100%); however, majority of the intervention therapeutic trials are adjunctive (17, 65.38%) to standard of care (conventional medicine). Interventional agent in most of the trials is either multiple drug combinations (23, 44.23%) or compound drug formulations (21, 40.38%) compared to single drug administration (8, 15.38%).

Conclusion:

The article provides an insight into the CTRI registered trials involving Ayurveda and COVID-19 till June 25, 2020. Although certain issues have been observed related to the design of trials, however, the efforts put in by various stakeholders of Ayurveda, especially Ministry of AYUSH is laudable. Once completed, the results of these promising studies should be published at the earliest, and accordingly the policy makers from Traditional system of medicines should strategize effective solutions to benefit public health in these challenging times.
VP 33 Passage 2 Verslag gesprek Alfred Edelstein
Authors: scagliola stef , Edelstein Alfred , van Koevorden Karin
Published: September 2020

Fragment uit verslag van Interview met Alfred Edelstein, Karin van Koevorden, redacteuren van documentaire over Rawagede 8-1995,

5-8-2016
Recovery and validation of Odin/SMR long-term measurements of mesospheric carbon monoxide
Authors: Grieco Francesco , Pérot Kristell , Murtagh Donal , Eriksson Patrick , Forkman Peter , Rydberg Bengt , Funke Bernd , Walker Kaley A. , Pumphrey Hugh C.
Published: September 2020

Abstract. The Sub-Millimetre Radiometer (SMR) on board the Odin satellite performs limb sounding measurements of the middle atmosphere to detect molecular emission from different species. Carbon monoxide (CO) is an important tracer of atmospheric dynamics at these altitudes, due to its long photochemical lifetime and high vertical concentration gradient. In this study, we have successfully recovered over 18 years of SMR observations, providing the only dataset to date being so extended in time and stretching out to the polar regions, with regards to satellite-measured mesospheric CO. This new dataset is part of the Odin/SMR version 3.0 level 2 data. Much of the level 1 dataset – except the October 2003 to October 2004 period – was affected by a malfunctioning of the phase-lock loop (PLL) in the front end used for CO observations. Because of this technical issue, the CO line could be shifted away from its normal frequency location, causing the retrieval to fail or leading to an incorrect estimation of the CO concentration. An algorithm was developed to locate the CO line and shift it to its correct location. Nevertheless, another artefact causing an underestimation of the concentration, i.e. a line broadening, stemmed from the PLL malfunctioning. This was accounted for by using a broader response function. The application of these corrections resulted in the recovery of a large amount of data that was previously being flagged as problematic and therefore not processed. A validation study has been carried out, showing how SMR CO volume mixing ratios are in general in good accordance with the other instruments considered in the study. Overall, the agreement is very good between 60 and 80 km altitude, with relative differences close to zero. A positive bias at low altitudes (50–60 km) up to +20 % and a negative bias up to −20 % at high altitudes (80–100 km) were found with respect to the comparison instruments.
Sediment release of dissolved organic matter to the oxygen minimum zone off Peru
Authors: Loginova Alexandra N. , Dale Andrew W. , Le Moigne Frédéric A. C. , Thomsen Sören , Sommer Stefan , Clemens David , Wallmann Klaus , Engel Anja
Published: September 2020

Abstract. The eastern tropical South Pacific (ETSP) represents one of the most productive areas in the ocean that is characterised by a pronounced oxygen minimum zone (OMZ).
Particulate organic matter (POM) that sinks out of the euphotic zone is supplied to the anoxic sediments and utilised by microbial communities, and
the degradation of POM is associated with the production and reworking of dissolved organic matter (DOM). The release of DOM to the overlying waters may, therefore, represent an important organic matter escape mechanism from remineralisation within sediments but has received little attention in OMZ regions so far.
Here, we combine measurements of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) with DOM optical properties in the form of chromophoric (CDOM) and fluorescent (FDOM) DOM from pore waters and near-bottom waters of the ETSP off Peru.
We evaluate diffusion-driven fluxes and net in situ fluxes of DOC and DON to investigate processes affecting DOM cycling at the sediment–water interface along a transect at 12∘ S.
To our knowledge, these are the first data for sediment release of DON and pore water CDOM and FDOM for the ETSP off Peru.
Pore water DOC accumulated with increasing sediment depth, suggesting an imbalance between DOM production and remineralisation within sediments. High DON accumulation resulted in very low pore water DOC ∕ DON ratios (≤1) which could be caused by an “uncoupling” in DOC and DON remineralisation.
Diffusion-driven fluxes of DOC and DON exhibited high spatial variability and ranged from 0.2±0.1 to 2.5±1.3 mmolm-2d-1 and from -0.04±0.02 to 3.3±1.7 mmolm-2d-1, respectively.
Generally low net in situ DOC and DON fluxes, as well as a steepening of spectral inclination (S) of CDOM and an increase in humic-like DOM at the sediment–water interface over time, indicated active microbial DOM utilisation. The latter may potentially be stimulated by the presence of nitrate (NO3-) and nitrite (NO2-) in the water column.
The microbial DOC utilisation rates, estimated in our study, are potentially sufficient to support denitrification rates of 0.2–1.4 mmolm-2d-1, suggesting that the sediment release of DOM may on occasion contribute to nitrogen loss processes in the ETSP off Peru.
VARDA (VARved sediments DAtabase) – providing and connecting proxy data from annually laminated lake sediments
Authors: Ramisch Arne , Brauser Alexander , Dorn Mario , Blanchet Cecile , Brademann Brian , Köppl Matthias , Mingram Jens , Neugebauer Ina , Nowaczyk Norbert , Ott Florian , Pinkerneil Sylvia , Plessen Birgit , Schwab Markus J. , Tjallingii Rik , Brauer Achim
Published: September 2020

Abstract. Varved lake sediments provide climatic records with seasonal to annual
resolution and low associated age uncertainty. Robust and detailed
comparison of well-dated and annually laminated sediment records is
crucial for reconstructing abrupt and regionally time-transgressive
changes as well as validation of spatial and temporal trajectories of
past climatic changes. The VARved sediments DAtabase (VARDA) presented
here is the first data compilation for varve chronologies and
associated palaeoclimatic proxy records. The current version 1.0
allows detailed comparison of published varve records from 95
lakes. VARDA is freely accessible and was created to assess outputs
from climate models with high-resolution terrestrial palaeoclimatic
proxies. VARDA additionally provides a technical environment that
enables us to explore the database of varved lake sediments using a
connected data model and can generate a state-of-the-art graphic
representation of a multisite comparison. This allows the reassessment
of existing chronologies and tephra events to synchronize and compare
even distant varved lake records. Furthermore, the present version of
VARDA permits the exploration of varve thickness data. In this paper, we
report in detail on the data-mining and compilation strategies for the
identification of varved lakes and assimilation of high-resolution
chronologies, as well as the technical infrastructure of the
database. Additional palaeoclimatic proxy data will be provided in
forthcoming updates. The VARDA graph database and user interface can
be accessed online at https://varve.gfz-potsdam.de (last access: 15 September 2020), all datasets
of version 1.0 are available at https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.4.3.2019.003
(Ramisch et al., 2019).
Toward Exhilarating Classrooms: Representation vs. Inclusion in Japanese Language Education
Authors: Mitchell Arthur M.
Published: September 2020

This article responds to the important effort, regarding diversity and inclusion, to draw attention to the imbalance in identity representation amongst the ranks of Japanese language teachers and to interrogate whether this is a symptom of native speaker supremacy bias. While recognizing the presence of this bias, I argue that addressing it through frameworks of representation (e.g. increasing the number of non-L1 female-identifying teachers) could inadvertently serve to support larger frameworks of oppression. Promoting, instead, a method of inclusive teaching that prompts us to look inward and actually transform the way we teach by having the courage to draw attention to our gendered, racial, national, and class identities within the classroom and connecting them to the content we teach, I offer a tactic for more directly addressing native speaker bias, as well as other structures of exclusion, that can be practiced by any instructor, no matter what their identities.
Idly Scribbling Rhymers: Poetry, Print, and Community in Nineteenth-Century Japan
Authors: Smits Ivo
Published: September 2020

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Pregnant Violence in Post-3.11 Fiction
Authors: Slaymaker Doug
Published: September 2020

This essay explores the violence and the threat of violence associated with pregnancy in Japanese fiction after the triple disasters—the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown—of March 11, 2011. There is hardly a female character in this fiction that is not confronted with questions about pregnancy and childbirth. The queries are surely motivated by genuine concern about the humans involved, but they are just as often about control, about a woman’s body as a public item, about responsibility to the child, and then to society at large. Childbearing in a disaster zone is profoundly anxiety-producing; but it is also worth examining how quickly childbirth, and then women’s bodies, become at times metaphor and at times synecdoche, for the trauma and fears of the entire society, in these works. In this article I consider Sono Shion’s Kibō no kuni, Kanehara Hitomi’s Motazaru mono, Taguchi Randi’s Zōn ni te, Kimura Yūsuke’s Seichi Cs, and Furukawa Hideo’s Uma tachi yo, sore demo muku de.
Embodiment and Its Violence in Kawakami Mieko’s Chichi to ran: Menstruation, Beauty Ideals, and Mothering
Authors: Buriticá Alzate Juliana
Published: September 2020

This article offers a close reading of Kawakami Mieko’s Chichi to ran (Breasts and eggs, 2007/2008) and explores how the author problematizes agency vis-à-vis cultural and economical mechanisms that control the female body and fix gender roles in a male-dominated, neo-liberal society through an analysis of the portrayal of menstruation, reproduction and beauty ideals from a feminist perspective. Menstruation, beauty practices, reproduction and mothering, are collective experiences that have too often remained invisible. Kawakami puts them in the spotlight, invests body experiences with a voice, and tells a relevant story not only to Japan, but also to the world, making this novella one of the strongest contemporary feminist portrayals of embodiment, reproduction and agency.
Milton in an Age of Stupidity
Authors: Greteman Blaine
Published: September 2020

John Milton had little patience with those whom he considered “stupid.” This article examines the various contexts in which Milton expressed contempt for political opponents or those he deemed as lacking common sense, good judgment, or intelligence. It suggests that we can learn as much from Milton's intolerance for uninformed opinions as we can from his much-discussed tolerance for dissent.
International Networking in Myology
Authors: Urtizberea J. Andoni
Published: September 2020

A number of networks have emerged in the field of neuromuscular disorders in the recent years.
Not only at the regional/national/continental levels, but more importantly at the international level.
Scientists followed by clinicians pioneered this type of interactive organizations. These networks
dedicated to myology are useful for data sharing, dissemination of knowledge and translational
research. All stakeholders are now part of these networks: patients and caregivers as well as healthcare
professionals, scientists and pharma. Some networks have a wide scope while others are more
focused on one single neuromuscular disease (DMD or SMA, for instance) or one specific topic. Some
are very formal, structured organizations with governance rules and distinct business models while
others rely simply on social media; for instance. For many emerging countries, it has been a unique
opportunity to join the rest of the myology community with more flexible rules than with international
learned societies. The forthcoming challenges of networking are the risk of duplication and excessive
competition. Examples of successful networks such as the TREAT-NMD Alliance, EURO-NMD, EVELAM
and more recently MENA-MYO will be addressed during the presentation.
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Melody in Qatar: Types and Treatment
Authors: Ibrahim Khalid
Published: September 2020

Spinal Muscular Atrophies are neurodegenerative disorders that are common in our region. In fact, they
are the second most common autosomal recessive disorder. The incidence is 1 per 10,000. Genetically,
caused by defects in the Survival Motor Neuron (SMN) gene on chromosome 5q. There are two types
of SMN, SMN1 and SMN2. 95% of SMA patients have abnormality in SMN1; whereas SMN2 acts as a
phenotypic modifier. The search for a cure has been a long journey. Promising therapeutic options have
become available. Despite this progress, management of children/adults with SMA faces some big
challenges. The success of the management pathway relies heavily on “multidisciplinary” input and the
experience of care providers.