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Duplo pertencimento cultural: filhos de casais luso-brasileiros em Portugal
Authors: Mendes Carla Martins , Magalhães Andrea Seixas
Published: September 2022

Resumo O artigo discute resultados de uma pesquisa de campo sobre a transmissão geracional na segunda geração de imigrantes brasileiros em Portugal. Objetiva compreender a construção do duplo pertencimento cultural de filhos de casais luso-brasileiros em Portugal. Realizou-se uma pesquisa qualitativa na qual foram entrevistados doze participantes entre os 18 e os 31 anos de idade. Os resultados foram analisados de acordo com o método de análise de conteúdo, vertente temático-categorial e discutidos a partir do referencial teórico da Psicanálise e das Ciências Sociais. Discutimos as categorias duplo pertencimento cultural e vínculos com as famílias de origem. Concluímos que a dinâmica familiar privilegiou a biculturalidade, ancorada na identificação com os aspectos considerados positivados de ambas as culturas. Os vínculos com as famílias de origem brasileiras foram mais investidos na esfera privada, como forma de proteção contra a estigmatização.
Vulnerability of institutionalized older people and social support in the perspective of the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Brito Andiara Araújo Cunegundes de , Silva Jennifer do Vale e , Holanda Júlia Maria Fernandes , Souza Ryssia Raynalle Magalhães Nogueira de , Mendes Tamires Carneiro de Oliveira , Lima Kenio Costa
Published: September 2022

Abstract Objective Discuss covid-19 prevention measures in the context of the vulnerability of institutionalized elderly people and analyze the social support offered to Long Stay Institutions for the Elderly during the pandemic. Method Qualitative research carried out with workers from 24 philanthropic institutions in Rio Grande do Norte. The concepts of vulnerability in health and social support supported the organization and discussion of data submitted to thematic analysis. Results The institutions partially adopted the prevention measures recommended by the National Health Surveillance Agency, in evidence: cancellation of visits, use of Personal Protective Equipment and cleaning of environments. For the most part, institutions prioritized the control of viral transmission, putting the reduction of socio-psychological impacts related to social distancing and isolation in the background. Measures not recommended and without scientific evidence were observed, such as the use of ivermectin. Also, the performance of social assistance and health networks was carried out in a more integrated way, improving the social support offered to institutions in the perspective of the pandemic. The Unified Health System stood out for its sanitary recommendations, supply of supplies and attention from the Family Health Strategy, while the Unified Social Assistance System acted in a less expressive way. Conclusion In general, the measures adopted were insufficient to prevent covid-19 in view of the susceptibilities of institutionalized elderly people. Although the pandemic has expanded the social support network and the visibility of Long-Stay Institutions for the Elderly, greater investments by the government are necessary to effectively reduce the vulnerability of these elderly people.
Dental care during the COVID-19 pandemic: an integrative review
Authors: MELO Laércio Almeida de , OSÉAS Jéssica Mayara de Figueirêdo , FARIA Júlio César Brigolini de , MENDONÇA Beatriz de Pedro Netto , LIMA Camila Moreira , LEITE Fabíola Pessôa Pereira , CARREIRO Adriana da Fonte Porto
Published: September 2022

ABSTRACT Objective: The study and enactment of dental preventive measures, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, are necessary to prevent cross-infections between professionals and patients. The objective of this integrative review was to identify the COVID-19 preventive practices in dentistry. Methods: The electronic search was conducted on these databases: Pubmed / Medline, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Scopus, LILACS and Scielo, using the following descriptors and / or words: “Coronavirus disease 2019”; “Coronavirus 2019”; “Covid-19”; “2019-ncov”; “Sars-cov2”; “Dental practice”; “Dental care”; “Dentistry”; “Dental medicine” and “Oral medicine”. PRISMA was used as a reference for designing it. Results: A total of 11 articles were included and the preventive measures against COVID-19 were based on guidelines from health agencies and consisted of: perform only emergency treatments; reschedule patients with suspected disease; hand washing; disinfection of surfaces with 70% alcohol; testing dental professionals for the disease; use the N95 mask; disposable lab coats, and face shields. Children, in addition to the measures mentioned above, should routinely drink a lot of water and be provided with healthy diets. No study has evaluated the efficacy and effectiveness of these measures. There is a lack of scientific evidence on the preventive protocols adopted against COVID-19 in dentistry since preventive measures are recommended by health agencies. Conclusion: Consequently, professionals are recommended to follow the guidelines by these organizations until effective and efficient preventive protocols tailored to dentistry are established.
Pulmonary metastasis of malignant ameloblastoma: case report and review
Authors: NOGUEIRA Emerson Filipe de Carvalho , CATUNDA Ivson Souza , CARNEIRO Suzana Célia de Aguiar Soares , CARVALHO Patrícia Élida Fernandes Rodrigues , VASCONCELOS Belmiro Cavalcanti do Egito
Published: September 2022

ABSTRACT Despite being a benign tumor of the maxillofacial region, some cases of ameloblastoma can be categorized as malignant ameloblastoma (or metastasizing) when metastases occur. The aim of this study is to report a rare case of lung metastasis from mandibular ameloblastoma, in order to review its risk and analyze the main anatomic sites that can occur with this disease. The case of a 48-year-old woman is described. She presented a metastatic pulmonary ameloblastoma 7 years after the removal of a mandibular ameloblastoma. During routine exams, a tumor in the left lung was observed. It was asymptomatic, near to the mediastinum, measured 7x5.5 cm. Transthoracic needle biopsy revealed ameloblastoma with the same histological characteristics of the primary tumor. After radiotherapy, the patient presented regression of the tumor. The patient has been under follow-up for 5 years and there is no presence of tumor. Ameloblastoma is an aggressive tumor not only in the region of origin, but also in distant regions, mainly in cases of recurrence. Metastases can cause high rates of morbidity, a fact that requires early treatment.
Investigations into the ancestry of the Grape-eye Seabass (Hemilutjanus macrophthalmos) reveal novel limits and relationships for the Acropomatiformes (Teleostei: Percomorpha)
Authors: Smith W. Leo , Ghedotti Michael J. , Domínguez-Domínguez Omar , McMahan Caleb D. , Espinoza Eduardo , Martin Rene P. , Girard Matthew G. , Davis Matthew P.
Published: September 2022

Abstract For 175 years, an unremarkable bass, the Grape-eye Seabass (Hemilutjanus macrophthalmos), has been known from coastal waters in the Eastern Pacific. To date, its phylogenetic placement and classification have been ignored. A preliminary osteological examination of Hemilutjanus hinted that it may have affinities with the Acropomatiformes. To test this hypothesis, we conducted a phylogenetic analysis using UCE and Sanger sequence data to study the placement of Hemilutjanus and the limits and relationships of the Acropomatiformes. We show that Hemilutjanus is a malakichthyid, and our results corroborate earlier studies that have resolved a polyphyletic Polyprionidae; accordingly, we describe Stereolepididae, new family, for Stereolepis. With these revisions, the Acropomatiformes is now composed of the: Acropomatidae; Banjosidae; Bathyclupeidae; Champsodontidae; Creediidae; Dinolestidae; Epigonidae; Glaucosomatidae; Hemerocoetidae; Howellidae; Lateolabracidae; Malakichthyidae; Ostracoberycidae; Pempheridae; Pentacerotidae; Polyprionidae; Scombropidae; Stereolepididae, new family; Symphysanodontidae; Synagropidae; and Schuettea. Finally, using our new hypothesis, we demonstrate that acropomatiforms repeatedly evolved bioluminescence and transitioned between shallow waters and the deep sea.
Olhar soberano na fotografia de José Domingo Laso
Authors: Simioni Rafael Lazzarotto
Published: September 2022

Resumo A série fotográfica Quito a la vista, de José Domingo Laso Acosta, retrata os principais pontos turísticos da cidade em 1911. Entretanto, por meio de intervenções nos negativos fotográficos, Laso literalmente apagou a presença indígena das paisagens da cidade. A partir da noção de vida nua (Agamben), analisa-se a relação entre arte, política e direito na fotografia de Laso: a fotografia como correlato iconográfico do olhar soberano da época.
Os desafios do sistema de governança da saúde global na pandemia de COVID-19: Limitações atuais e possibilidades de reforma
Authors: Almeida Paula Wojcikiewicz , Romay Giulia Tavares , Oliveira Mariana Gouvea de
Published: September 2022

Resumo A pandemia de COVID-19 despertou reflexões latentes acerca das capacidades normativas e institucionais da OMS para responder a pandemias, instigando a comunidade internacional a repensar alternativas para que a crise não se repita. Com esse intuito, o presente artigo elenca sugestões para aproveitar mecanismos já existentes no sistema de governança da saúde global, assim como novas propostas advindas de uma reforma normativa e institucional da OMS.
Institutional Foundations of Trust: Sociolegal Perspectives
Authors: Cunha Filho Marcelo de Castro
Published: September 2022

Abstract This article discusses how institutions, including the law, can artificially produce trust between people and between people and organizations through the imposition of standards of behavior, procedures and competencies. Building on the rational choice theory, on institutionalism and constructivism, this study systematizes theoretical and empirical findings in three ideal types. The ideal types have been called “calculative trust”, “institutional trust”, and “active trust”.
Raça, gênero e direitos humanos na política externa brasileira no governo bolsonaro (2019-2021)
Authors: Kyrillos Gabriela M. , Simioni Fabiane
Published: September 2022

Resumo O presente artigo é parte de uma pesquisa mais ampla dedicada à análise de políticas de gênero e direitos humanos na Política Externa Brasileira nos últimos anos, em especial a partir do Governo de Jair Bolsonaro (PL). Nesse texto, priorizamos um enquadramento interseccional sobre as abordagens discursivas de Bolsonaro e do Chanceler Ernesto Araújo acerca das questões de raça e gênero no período de 01/01/2019 a 31/03/2021. Para isso, utilizamos a metodologia da Análise de Conteúdo para sistematização e análise de 66 discursos oficiais proferidos por ambos em fóruns internacionais. Foi possível perceber que as questões raciais no Brasil surgem a partir de uma releitura do já conhecido mito da democracia racial e do ideal da mestiçagem. No atual contexto, esses são elementos basilares da política nacional e externa ao reforçarem de forma expressa ou difusa a estrutura brasileira racista e a branquitude.
Crítica à sub-representação de mulheres negras no legislativo federal: colonialidade, silêncio e incômodo
Authors: Souza Jonadson Silva , Moura Lívia Teixeira
Published: September 2022

Resumo O presente artigo tem o intuito de realizar análise da sub-representação política de mulheres negras no legislativo federal brasileiro sob a ótica da colonialidade. Para tanto, realiza um estudo sobre as marcas da violência sistêmica perpetradas pelo colonizador europeu. Para demonstrar como essas violências se edificam na dominação europeia na América Latina, é fundamental vislumbrar o problema a partir de uma perspectiva feminista negra sul-americana a fim de desvelar e compreender como esta estrutura falida silencia e inviabiliza que mulheres ocupem espaços de poder e decisão.
BRAZILIAN WARS OF INDEPENDENCE: NOTES ON THEIR HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY
Authors: Pimenta João Paulo
Published: September 2022

Abstract This article offers some remarks on the wars of Brazilian Independence, its history and historiography. It is centered in the book by Hélio Franchini Neto, Independência e morte: política e guerra na emancipação do Brasil (2015), which ideas provides good sources for the discussion of a major theme of ibero-american history of the nineteenth century.
The effect of Son-Rise and Floor-Time programs on social interaction skills and stereotyped behaviors of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: a clinical trial
Authors: Mirzakhani Navid , Asadzandi Shirin , Ahmadi Mansooreh Shahriar , Saei Shafagh , Pashmdarfard Marzieh
Published: September 2022

Abstract Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder in which difficulty in social interaction skills and performing limited and stereotyped activities are among its symptoms. This study aims to determine the effect of Son-Rise and Floor Time programs on social interaction skills and stereotyped behaviors in children with ASD. The present study was a Clinical Trial. The participant were 60 children with ASD who were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to three groups (Son-Rise intervention, Floor-Time intervention, and control group with routine occupational therapy interventions). For data gathering, Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire, Gilliam Autism Rating Scale, and Autism Social Skills Profile were used, respectively. For data analysis, repeated measures and analysis of variance were used (two-way between and within- subjects). The results of data analysis showed that Son-Rise and Floor Time programs had a positive effect on social interaction skills of children with ASD, and reduced stereotyped behaviors of these children; Also, there is a significant difference between the effectiveness of Son-Rise and Floor-Time programs on social interaction skills and stereotyped behavior in the post-test, which is more effective in the Floor Time compared to Son-Rise program.
As agendas do Global Education Reform Movement (GERM) e as suas relações com a Educação Física
Authors: Silva André Osvaldo Furtado da , Madela Angelica , Wittizorecki Elisandro Schultz
Published: September 2022

RESUMO O avanço mundial do conservadorismo provocou a constituição de um movimento articulado denominado Global Education Reform Movement (GERM), que com a sua agenda tenta ditar os ritmos da educação. No Brasil não é diferente: com a permeabilidade do GERM na educação nacional, identificamos que a Educação Física vem sendo tocada com esses traços de modernização que, no nosso entender, esmaecem o significado e as ações do componente curricular. Assim, pela análise de documentos, discutimos como essa agenda global se relaciona com o contexto da Educação Física nacional.
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN HIV PATIENTS: A CASE SERIES FROM THE NORTHEAST REGION OF BRAZIL
Authors: HYPPOLITO Elodie Bomfim , CASTRO Alexia Rangel de , GIRÃO Evelyne Santana , COELHO Gustavo Rêgo , PIRES NETO Roberto da Justa , GARCIA José Huygens Parente
Published: September 2022

ABSTRACT Background: The emergence of potent combined highly active antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 1996 changed the natural history of HIV infection, with a significant reduction in mortality due to opportunistic infections but increased morbidity due to chronic cardiovascular, hepatic, and renal diseases. In May 2016, a reference center for liver transplantation in the Northeast of Brazil performed the first liver transplantations (LT) in HIV patients, with five others until 2021. Methods: The criteria for selection of LT were good adherence and absence of resistance to ART, HIV viral load maximum suppression, T-CD4+ lymphocyte count of more than 100 cells/mm3, and absence of opportunistic infections in the last 6 months. Results: Six liver transplants were performed between May 2016 and May 2021, five men, with a mean age of 53.2 years, and one was a diabetic patient. All patients had access to grafts with short cold ischemia with a mean time of 5 hours and 39 minutes. The 4-month survival rate was 100%, with a range time of follow-up of 4-63 months (mean time of 31 months). The mean pre-transplant T-CD4+ lymphocyte count was 436 cells/mm3. The mean length of hospital stay after transplantation was 16.8 days. One patient presented precocious vena cava thrombosis; another had stenosis of cavocaval anastomosis leading to refractory ascites, renal failure and post-transplant graft dysfunction, and another presented stenosis of choledochal anastomosis. Immunosuppression and prophylaxis were used according to standard protocols, and there were no differences in the profile of infections or rejection after liver transplantation. Conclusion: This case series documents good survival and usual transplant procedures for confirmed HIV cases.
As imagens dos conjuntos científicos de química: dominância masculina nas representações sobre a ciência
Authors: Braghini Katya
Published: September 2022

Resumo O artigo apresenta o modo como as imagens relativas aos conjuntos de química expressam as representações sobre a predominância do gênero masculino nas brincadeiras que simulam aspectos técnicos, gestuais, de laboratório, criando padrões de conduta que direcionam para a vocação profissional: o ser cientista. Foram privilegiadas as documentações produzidas pelas empresas Gilbert (1920) e Chemcraft (1922), presentes no acervo da Chemical Heritage Foundation (EUA). Discute-se o que Joan Scott chama de organização social da diferença sexual, enquanto são analisadas as ilustrações que privilegiam a dominância do gênero masculino, nas formas de “ser criança”, brincando de cientista.
Sonicating polycarboxylate-based superplasticizer for application in cementitious matrix
Authors: Silvestro Laura , Ruviaro Artur Spat , Lima Geannina Terezinha dos Santos , Matos Paulo Ricardo de , Rodríguez Erich , Gleize Philippe Jean Paul
Published: September 2022

Abstract Sonication is widely used for nanomaterials dispersion in cementitious matrices. Polycarboxylate-based superplasticizer (SP) admixtures are usually incorporated in the aqueous nanomaterials suspension before sonication to improve the dispersion of these materials. Nevertheless, the effect of sonicating SP on its molecular structure or dispersing performance has not been fully investigated. This work assessed the effect of sonicating a commercial SP at 20 kHz, 750 W power, 50 or 80% amplitude, during 15 and 30 min. Initially, the sonication effect was evaluated in aqueous suspension by determining the SP size distribution (through dynamic light scattering – DLS) and zeta potential. Subsequently, the aqueous SP suspensions were used for Portland cement paste production. Rheological tests up to 120 minutes and compressive strength at 14 and 28 days were conducted. DLS and zeta potential results suggested that sonication reduce the size of SP chains. As a result, SP sonication increased the initial dynamic yield stress, viscosity, and hysteresis area of cement pastes. In contrast, SP sonication improved its time-dependent dispersing performance, resulting in pastes with reduced viscosity from 80 minutes onwards. Finally, SP sonication did not affect the compressive strength of cement pastes at 14 and 28 days of hydration. Overall, when SP is sonicated together with nanoparticles for application in cementitious matrices, the effect of sonicating the chemical admixture must be considered when the fresh-state properties of the composite are evaluated.
Incidência de erros de imunização em Minas Gerais: estudo transversal, 2015-2019
Authors: Donnini Deborah Amaral , Silva Carlos Miguel Bolognani , Gusmão Josianne Dias , Matozinhos Fernanda Penido , Silva Roberta Barros , Amaral Gabriela Gonçalves , Guimarães Eliete Albano de Azevedo , Oliveira Valéria Conceição de
Published: September 2022

Resumo Objetivo: Avaliar a incidência do erro de imunização no serviço público de saúde do estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Métodos: Estudo transversal, a partir dos erros notificados no Sistema de Informação do Programa Nacional de Imunização entre 2015 e 2019. Realizaram-se análise descritiva e cálculo da incidência para as macrorregiões de saúde do estado. Resultados: Foram analisadas 3.829 notificações. Crianças menores de 1 ano foram as mais acometidas (39,1%) e a via intramuscular foi responsável por 29,4% dos erros. O erro mais frequente foi a administração de vacina fora da idade recomendada (37,7%). Observou-se maior incidência de erros nas macrorregiões Vale do Aço (26,5/100 mil) e Triângulo do Norte (22,6/100 mil). Conclusão: Os erros de imunização apresentaram incidência heterogênea entre as macrorregiões de Minas Gerais, no período 2015-2019, e a administração de vacinas fora da idade recomendada foi o erro mais notificado.
STOCHASTIC POLYNOMIAL CHAOS EXPANSIONS TO EMULATE STOCHASTIC SIMULATORS
Authors: Zhu Xujia , Sudret Bruno
Published: September 2022

In the context of uncertainty quantification, computational models are required to be repeatedly evaluated. This task is intractable for costly numerical models. Such a problem turns out to be even more severe for stochastic simulators, the output of which is a random variable for a given set of input parameters. To alleviate the computational burden, surrogate models are usually constructed and evaluated instead. However, due to the random nature of the model response, classical surrogate models cannot be applied directly to the emulation of stochastic simulators. To efficiently represent the probability distribution of the model output for any given input values, we develop a new stochastic surrogate model called stochastic polynomial chaos expansions. To this aim, we introduce a latent variable and an additional noise variable, on top of the well-defined input variables, to reproduce the stochasticity. As a result, for a given set of input parameters, the model output is given by a function of the latent variable with an additive noise, thus a random variable. Because the latent variable is purely artificial and does not have physical meanings, conventional methods (pseudo-spectral projections, collocation, regression, etc.) cannot be used to build such a model. In this paper, we propose an adaptive algorithm that does not require repeated runs of the simulator for the same input parameters. The performance of the proposed method is compared to the generalized lambda model and a state-of-the-art kernel estimator on two case studies in mathematical finance and epidemiology and on an analytical example whose response distribution is bimodal. The results show that the proposed method is able to accurately represent general response distributions, i.e., not only normal or unimodal ones. In terms of accuracy, it generally outperforms both the generalized lambda model and the kernel density estimator.
Pilot Study and Gamification Analysis of a Theory-based Exergame
Authors: Kubota Kaile , Säteri Elina , N. Joelsson Tapani , Mäkilä Tuomas , Salanterä Sanna , Pakarinen Anni
Published: September 2022

A theory-based exergame was developed for tweens to promote their self-efficacy towards physical activity and increase their physical activity levels. We used protocols from both health science and gamification research in piloting the exergame. First, we assessed the usability and feasibility of the exergame and conducted a preliminary exploration of its effectiveness. After technical improvements were made based on our findings, we reiterated the pilot study and analysed the gamification elements of the exergame by using Octalysis analysis. The overall findings suggest that a theory-based exergame can positively influence the self-efficacy of tweens towards physical activity. The exergame showcased theoretical strength, achieved using diverse gamification elements but its overall game design and usability can be further improved. The study concludes that health-related components of the purpose of intervention must be incorporated in parallel with the engaging design of the game, taking into utmost consideration the theories, evidence as well as the needs and perceptions of its target users. This study provides valuable insights on future development and evaluation of gamified health interventions.
Impact of a "Journal Club" on the confidence of dental students to critically appraise a clinical trial
Authors:   Universidad Científica del Sur, Escuela de Estomatología. Lima, Perú., Castro-Rodríguez Yuri
Published: September 2022

Introduction: Journal clubs are a strategy that allows students to be exposed to critical appraisal of articles from the early stages of their training. Its long-term impact on the formation of competencies is debated. Objetive: To evaluate if the sessions of a Journal Club increase the confidence that Dentistry students have in their abilities to critically appraise a clinical trial. Material and Methods: A prospective cohort study that involved 21 students from the Faculty of Dentistry of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Lima, Peru) who participated in six Journal Club monthly sessions. The sessions involved the analysis and discussion of clinical trials. Confidence to critically appraise an article before and after was assessed using a self-administered scale. Final and baseline scores were analyzed using a Wilcoxon test. Results: Nineteen students finished all the sessions. Scores before the sessions were on average 2.09±1.17, while after the sixth session an average of 3.53±0.26 was obtained (p<0.05). Both males and females had improved scores after the sessions; however, there were no differences between them (p=0.08). The third- and fourth-year students presented significant changes in their scores (p<0.05). Conclusion: The constant participation in the sessions of a Journal Club improved the confidence that students have when critically evaluating a clinical trial article.
Fighting in the Shadow of an Apartheid State: Boxing and Colonialism in Zimbabwe
Authors: Seda Abraham
Published: September 2022

Boxing was arguably the most popular and controversial sport in colonial Zimbabwe. To tame the sport's violence, which was considered too extreme, colonial officials in Zimbabwe sought guidance and advice from South Africa from the mid-1930s on how best to regulate the sport. South Africa occupied a unique position in this regard, not only because of the relationship it had with colonial Zimbabwe as a neighbouring white settler colony, but also because of how sections of its white settler community responded to the triumphs of Black boxers over white opponents around the world. The colony of South Africa played a significant role in shaping the control of boxing in colonial Zimbabwe. The relationship between the two colonies culminated in the passage of the Boxing and Wrestling Control Act of 1956 in colonial Zimbabwe, an identical version to a similarly named law that South Africa had passed just two years prior.
Ukusebenza/Ukuphangela: Raiding the Work of the Future
Authors: Pohlandt-Mccormick Helena , Minkley Gary
Published: September 2022

This paper is not about work or labour itself, and how it changes historically in South Africa (from pastoral, to agricultural and industrial; native labour, wage labour, migrant labour etc.), but about how the meaning of 'work' and 'labour' itself changes. What we want to suggest, is that an 'original' meaning of the tasks/duties associated with 'work' was 'woman': ukusebenza. What men did, does not constitute 'work' but something else entirely: raiding, moving, occasional, going etc.: ukuphangela. It is in the latter term, ukuphangela, that the term 'raid' emerges, and the argument draws on this notion and meaning of raid to underscore the re-thinking of gender, the subject and her relation to work, and history. The paper operates in two registers, focusing on the historic meanings of work and labour in the Eastern Cape and tracing lateral translations of these meanings into East London in the 1950s. It argues that in re-thinking meanings of labour and work through multiple temporalities, and through the contested meanings of the isiXhosa terms ukusebenza and ukuphangela, these word fragments are read as 'entryways to a wordliness' that puts lateral universals and temporalities of work back into circulation. As such, we pose the question rather, following Anne Kelk Mager and Helen Bradford, of whether it is gender (and what it means to be a man or a woman) that is at the forefront not only of class and race struggles, but of what comes to constitute the meaning of 'work', a concept whose provenance and meaning changes, as we have noted, with the making of modernity, industrialisation/capitalism, and the 'Europeanisation' of the world.
Between Problem and Critique: Whither the Postcolonial?
Authors: Van Bever Donker Maurits
Published: September 2022

This essay seeks to set to work on the question of race and the futures of the postcolonial in post-apartheid South Africa through abiding by the site of the indeterminacy between problem and critique. Arguing that reading, in the robust sense offered by Gayatri Spivak and Stuart Hall, is a necessary and urgent response to the question, the paper examines the interventions of three key figures for thinking radical black thought in our time, namely Achille Mbembe's Critique of Black Reason, Nahum Chandler's X: The Problem of the negro as a Problem for Thought, and Qadri Ismail's Culture and Eurocentrism. Through abiding by the stakes of the work of reading in this conjuncture, I argue that it is through resisting the easy route of cultural and relativized difference that the pedagogical work of reading, and teaching reading, for the future, becomes possible.
Sample Cutting/Processing Protocol v1
Authors: H Nguyen Khai-Minh , A Cohen Katarina , Palmer Abraham , Polesskaya Oksana
Published: September 2022

Procedure for preparing a 96 sample plate for extraction on the EPmotion 5075 (can also do by hand). This protocol is created for Agencourt's DNAdvance extraction Kit.
OPestTL V1.4 -- the Open Pesticide Transition Library v2
Authors: Orsburn Benjamin
Published: September 2022

Pesticide residue screening is a critical method for environmental and food safety. Today, disjointed libraries of pesticide transitions can make it challenging to develop new methods between instrument vendors. From the combined experience of thousands of separate pesticide screening assays performed by this author, I have compiled a library of over 4,000 pesticide transitions for various instruments. These transitions are presented here in the form of the Open Pesticide Transition Library (OPestTL) along with optimized transitions and settings for insturments from 5 separate instrument vendors. Exact masses are also provided for screening with high resolution instruments in the form of the 3 most common adducts for these compounds. While a growing work, PestTL represents the single largest open library of pesticide transitions assembled to date. v104 contains corrected declustering potentials for relevant instruments and minor corrections caught during the peer review process.
Knowledge and Attitudes of Nurses Working in a Public Hospital Regarding Nosocomial Infections and Their Prevention
Authors: BULUT Aliye , YİĞİTBAŞ Çağla , BULUT Aziz , GÜNER Leyla
Published: September 2022

AbstractObjective: The goal of present study is to determine the knowledge and attitudes of nurses working in a public hospital regarding nosocomial infections and their prevention.Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study design was conducted between June 2020 and August 2020 and included all the nurses working for a public hospital having the greatest share in patient care and contacting the patients personally in the city center of a province located in East Anatolian Region. A total of 260 nurses were working in the hospital. The sample selection was not used in the study and 225 nurses participated in the study (Response rate: 86.5%). A questionnaire prepared by the researchers in accordance with the literature was used as the data collection tool.Results: It was found that 64.4% of the participants were staff and 63.6% was female. Each of the variables of type of work and education level was independently found to be effective on if or not they knew how to protect from nosocomial infections; respectively in terms of the impact coefficients (p<0.05).Conclusion: The present study revealed that some practices that may lead to infection were not at sufficient level.
Academic Performance and Perceptions Regarding the Flipped Classroom Strategy in the Subject of Human Anatomy
Authors: Bandeira Scheunemann Camila Maria , Campos Lopes Paulo Tadeu
Published: September 2022

Background: The flipped classroom is considered an initial path to introduce blended learning; however, studies on this strategy are incipient in the discipline of Human Anatomy. Objective: To analyse the impact of the flipped classroom on the performance of Human Anatomy students in health courses and their perceptions regarding the learning process. Design: It is characterised as a mixed approach case study. Setting and Participants: Two groups of Human Anatomy students from courses in the health area of a university in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre/RS. Data collection and analysis: Flipped classes were held, with digital hypertexts as prior material and application activities in the face-to-face stage. Data were collected by questionnaires and analysed by the scores of answers and McNemar's statistical test (quantitative) and by content analysis (qualitative). Results: The results showed statistical significance in the dichotomous questions in relation to performance. As for the perceptions, there was agreement on the aid of the flipped classroom for learning in the two groups. It was also observed that the perceptions regarding the understanding of the content became more satisfactory as the classes evolved. Conclusions: The flipped classroom was presented as a potential strategy in teaching and learning in the subject matter of human anatomy in the investigated context.
Gümüşhane ili içme su ihtiyacını karşılayan Bahçecik barajını besleyen Şenkale deresinin su kalitesinin araştırılması
Authors: OSKAY Volkan , KARAGÖZ Özlem , KUŞLU Soner
Published: September 2022

Bu çalışmada Şenkale deresi içme suyu kalitesi araştırılmıştır. İlk olarak 2016, 2017 ve 2018 yıllarında Şenkale deresinden her ay su numuneleri alınmıştır. Uluslararası standartlar altında Sıcaklık, pH, renk, elektriksel iletkenlik (EC), çözünmüş oksijen (DO), kimyasal oksijen ihtiyacı (COD), toplam organik karbon (TOC), biyokimyasal oksijen ihtiyacı (BOD5), askıda katı madde (SSM), azot grubu, anyon grupları, fosfor grubu, yağ ve gres, katyon grupları, metilen mavisi aktif madde (MBAM), hidrokarbonlar, siyanür CN-, fenoller, polisiklik aromatik hidrokarbonlar (PAH), ağır metaller ve toplam pestisit analizleri yapılmıştır. Veri analizinde Hazen istatistiksel yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Şenkale deresinin su kalitesi, İçme Suyu Temin Edilen Suların Kalitesi Ve Arıtılması Hakkında Yönetmelik (RQPDWS) ve Yerüstü Su Kalitesi Yönetmeliğinde Değişiklik Yapılmasına Dair Yönetmelik (RARSWQ) ile sınıflandırılmıştır. RQPDWS'ye göre; PAH ve Fe, A2 kalite sınıfındadır. NO-3, F- , SO4-2, Cl- , o-PO4- , CN- , Pestisit, Al, Mn, Se, Cu, Zn, B, C, Ni, As, Cd, Cr, Pb, Hg ve Ba, A1 kalite sınıfındadır. RARSWQ' ya göre; TKN ve o-PO4-3, I-II kalite sınıfı standartları arasındadır. NO-3, F- , Mn ve Se I. kalite sınıfındadır. CN-, PAH, Pestisit, Zn, B, Co, Ni, As, Cd, Pb, Hg ve Ba, maksimum çevresel kalite sistem değerinin altında bulunmaktadır. Al, Fe ve Cu, maksimum çevresel kalite sistem değerinin üzerindedir.
Entanglement in Time: Nostalgic Affect as Cine-Choreography in The White Crow (2018) and Suspiria (2018)
Authors: Yao Kaixuan
Published: September 2022

This essay is an investigation into the historical claim of a work of screendance that involves re-imagination, re-composition, or re-enactment: In what way does it access history? And how should we treat, with due seriousness, the vicarious aura of historicity these works afford? After identifying the ontological status of time as the blind spot in the debate regarding the corporeal relationship to the archive, I introduce the Deleuzian conception of time as an incessant exchange between the virtual and the actual. I present the hauntology of certain pasts as a result of the virtual-actual exchange dissipating the temporal identity of an event, which is in turn experienced as the subject's dispersion of the self. And I redefine the body as a corporeal-archival system that channels the exchange. I then analyze the nostalgic tones of the two selected films as affects formulated by cine-choreographies that express the dispersion of the self as an experience of the dissipation of the temporal identity of an event, thereby providing an analytical approach that makes it possible to interpret such screendance practices' claim to history.
Editorial: Volume 13
Authors: Norman Kyra
Published: September 2022

No abstract available.
Rippling Outwardly: Archives With Augmented And Mixed Reality
Authors: Ginslov Jeannette
Published: September 2022

In this article I propose that augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) have the potential to expand the notion of a Screendance archive. This takes the form of a hybrid installation, where visitors are invited to download an AR app onto their mobile phones, or tablets, to access a Screendance archive tagged to images in an installation space. This type of archive, is conceived as a piece of artistic work for hybrid installations, and is intrinsically related to collaborative artistic, philosophical and technological research. It has the ability to highlight temporal shifts between past and present and demonstrates how archived somatic states may ripple outwardly across technologies, bodies, and space, to audiences who embody these states within the wider somatic feld. For these MR interactions to work, methods in relation to flming, editing, and archiving are re-examined. Documentation and archiving methods are reviewed through a phenomenological lens and once distributed within the AR/MR archive installation, a postphenomenological perspective reveals how new relations with technology, materials and media are discovered. Furthermore, the use of AI is perceived as enhancing the rippling out of afective somatic states that becomes an embodied materiality1 (orig. emphasis), a relational feminist posthumanist perspective, that, permanently changes ways of seeing and experiencing dance on screens and the notion of a Screendance archive.
Birthing ball technique and Sacral Massage on Maternal and fetal wellbeing: An Experimental-Pilot report
Authors: Sundaram M. , Bhuvaneswari G. , Chandrika A.
Published: September 2022

Introduction: The most ambitious dream of a woman in her life is giving birth. Child birth is a thrilling, exciting, revealing and life changing experience among women.A variety of factors affect the intensity and amount of pain experienced by women in labour. These include such as perception of pain, tolerance of pain, coping mechanisms, individual meaning of pain, expression of pain, communication of pain, cultural characteristics and environment of pain. The challenge of midwifery is to provide adequate and adapted care for each childbearing woman. Objective: To determine the effectiveness of birthing ball technique and sacral massage on pain perception, anxiety, cervical dilatation and uterine contraction between the control and experimental group of parturition mothers. Materials and methods: True experimental with Posttest only control group design is chosen for the study to assess the effectiveness of Birthing ball technique and Sacral Massage on maternal and fetal wellbeing among Parturient women in selected Maternity Health Centres, Bangalore. Probability (Simple random) sampling technique will be used to select the sample. Results: In regards to pain perception, pretest median value of pain perception in control and experimental group was not statistically significant (P=0.863), whereas in post test1 and post test 2 median value of pain perception in control and experimental group was statistically significant at p< 0.001.In regards to Anxiety, pretest median value of anxiety in control and experimental group was not statistically significant (P=0.435) ,whereas in post test1 and post test 2 median value of anxiety in control and experimental group was statistically significant at p< 0.001. In regards to cervical dilatation, pretest median value of cervical dilatation in control and experimental group was not statistically significant (P=1.000),whereas in post test1 and post test 2 median value of cervical dilatation in control and experimental group was statistically significant at p< 0.001.In regards to uterine contraction, pretest median value of uterine contraction in control and experimental group was not statistically significant(P=1.000) ,whereas in post test1 and post test 2 median value of uterine contraction in control and experimental group was statistically significant at p< 0.001. Conclusion: Birthing Ball technique and Sacral Massage is strongly recommended to be incorporated as an approach to labour management to improve the maternal and fetal wellbeing.
A Behavioural Analysis to Explain the Intent While Buying Organically Made Skin Care Essentials in Young Working Professionals of Noida City
Authors: Sakshi S. , Naval L.
Published: September 2022

In recent times, an upward shift in the demand for organically made skincare essentials has been witnessed. Consumers are giving up on conventional products by choosing products containing natural ingredients. The study uncovered the role of consumer values that influence consumers’ attitudes when they look for organically made skincare essentials. Further, it was studied that the theory of planned behaviour constructs like attitudes and perceived behavioural control of consumers impacted their buying intent for organically made skincare essentials. An online questionnaire was shared with the working professional audience of Noida city within the age bracket of 20-35 years, and 241 responses were collected. The results showed that awareness towards health, appearance, and understanding about the product was favourably impactful on the attitude of the buyers while buying organically made skincare essentials. In contrast, the impact fullness of awareness towards the environment was not significant for the same. In addition, consumers’ attitudes towards buying organically made skincare essentials and their perceived behavioural control were solid and positive predictors of intent to purchase such products. Conclusively, managerial inferences are stated that can be productively utilized by the companies.
Employee engagement in the era of remote workforce: role of human resource managers
Authors: Swaroop S. , Sharma L.
Published: September 2022

The study aims to find the different roles of Human Resource Managers on employee engagement in the era of the remote workforce. With many companies undergoing a digital transformation, the number of employees working remotely across different industries increases. Based on the roles defined by Dave Ulrich Model, the study has developed a framework to determine the HR role – employee engagement relationship. The data has been obtained from the primary source – questionnaire and secondary sources – existing research papers for the literature review. For data analysis, this study has used SPSS software. The results revealed that the various roles of HR Managers under have a significant impact on the practices for remote employee engagement. There were three roles of HR Managers (Employee Champion, Change Agent, and Strategic Partner) with seven variables considered; for employee engagement, five variables were considered for the study. All the variables of HR Roles were found to have a statistical relationship with the different employee engagement parameters for the remote workforce. Thus, indicating that HR Managers have a role in employee engagement. The scope and limitations of the study have also been stated.
Pobreza y desigualdad en Panamá tras dos años de pandemia: el papel de Panamá Solidario y los programas de transferencias monetarias condicionadas
Authors: Garcimartín Carlos , Astudillo Jhonatan A. , Rodríguez Rubilú
Published: September 2022

El primer objetivo de este trabajo ha sido actualizar para 2021 la estimación que hicimos del impacto de la crisis del COVID en la pobreza y desigualdad que existe en Panamá. Los resultados muestran que, si bien ambas aumentaron considerablemente en 2020 debido a la crisis, al año siguiente se redujeron de manera importante gracias a la recuperación económica y al impacto positivo de los diversos programas de transferencias a los hogares que existen en el país. No obstante, tanto la pobreza como la desigualdad aún se sitúan por encima de los niveles prepandemia. Asimismo, persisten las grandes diferencias geográficas que, en términos de pobreza, se han dado tradicionalmente en Panamá. El segundo objetivo de este trabajo ha sido realizar un examen más detallado de varios aspectos del Plan Panamá Solidario, creado para apoyar a los hogares en el contexto de la crisis del COVID. Dos conclusiones principales pueden extraerse al respecto. Por un lado, dicho programa contribuyó especialmente más que el conjunto de los programas tradicionales a contener el aumento de pobreza y desigualdad, así como a evitar una mayor caída de la clase media, fomentado, de este modo, la cohesión social. Por otro lado, aunque el Plan Panamá Solidario benefició a una parte importante de la población, existen diferencias territoriales muy marcadas, así como por grupos sociales y en función de las características demográficas de los hogares, penalizando a aquellos de mayor tamaño y con mayor número de niños por adulto.
Relics and Icons: Their Role in Healing, Conversions, and Miracles
Authors: Pinckney Darrell
Published: September 2022

This paper explores recent claims and experiences of healings, miracles, and religious conversions as expressed by members, parishioners, laity and clergy from the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches located in northeastern Pennsylvania.  I choose the term more recent to describe the experiences of consultants which have occurred within the past ten years or less as opposed to those experiences described from previous years or centuries ago. The claims and experiences described by these consultants have had profound effects on them, leading to life changing beliefs.  The claims are very real to the aforementioned interlocutors and many border on the realm of the supernatural. In the past, such beliefs in divine intervention have been dismissed by social scientist and cultural anthropologist camps as well as others who strongly adhere to objective, traditional science. In this paper, I will seek to demonstrate how prayer, relics and icons have had life changing effects on people who came into contact with them or had sought out help through prayer. The relics, icons, and prayer, therefore, are all authentic and instrumental to the faithful.
Don’t blame the government for lack of support. Innovations will come from inside: openness to ideas and action
Authors: Bhattacharya Jayanth
Published: September 2022

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How will micro-grids sustain the renewable energy systems of the future
Authors: Bhattacharya Jayanth
Published: September 2022

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Decentralized robust control for T-S fuzzy bi-linear interconnected system
Authors: Guo Zhang , Yunwang Ge
Published: September 2022

This paper presents decentralized fuzzy robust control for a class of nonlinear interconnected large-scale systems which is composed of a number of Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy bilinear subsystems with interconnections. Based on the Lyapunov stability analysis theory and the parallel distribute compensation scheme, some robust stabilization sufficient conditions are derived for the whole close-loop fuzzy interconnected systems. The corresponding decentralized fuzzy controller design is converted into a convex optimization problem with linear matrix inequality (LMI) constraints.