bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Acute-Onset Postoperative Endophthalmitis in Silicone Oil–Filled Eyes Managed With Intravitreal Antibiotics Alone
Authors: Steinmetz Robert L. , Vyas Sahana , Ashmore Emily , Brooks H. Logan
Published: January 2018

Endophthalmitis in postoperative silicone oil–filled eyes is rare. The traditional management of these eyes is a return to the operating room for oil removal, instillation of intravitreal antibiotics, and reinjection of silicone oil. We describe 2 cases of endophthalmitis successfully treated with an office injection of intravitreal antibiotics. In both eyes, there was a prompt resolution of endophthalmitis with no apparent signs of retinal toxicity and with favorable visual outcomes. These are the first cases to be described of endophthalmitis in silicone oil–filled eyes successfully treated with intravitreal antibiotics alone.
Exchange-Traded Funds 101 for Economists
Authors: Lettau Martin , Madhavan Ananth
Published: January 2018

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) represent one of the most important financial innovations in decades. An ETF is an investment vehicle, with a specific architecture that typically seeks to track the performance of a specific index. The first US-listed ETF, the SPDR, was launched by State Street in January 1993 and seeks to track the S&P 500 index. It is still today the largest ETF by far, with assets of $178 billion. Following the introduction of the SPDR, new ETFs were launched tracking broad domestic and international indices, and more specialized sector, region, or country indexes. In recent years, ETFs have grown substantially in assets, diversity, and market significance, including substantial increases in assets in bond ETFs and so-called “smart beta” funds that track certain investment strategies often used by actively traded mutual funds and hedge funds. In this paper, we begin by describing the structure and organization of exchange-traded funds, contrasting them with mutual funds, which are close relatives of exchange-traded funds, describing the differences in how ETFs operate and their potential advantages in terms of liquidity, lower expenses, tax efficiency, and transparency. We then turn to concerns over whether the rise in ETFs may raise unexpected risks for investors or greater instability in financial markets. While concerns over financial fragility are worth serious consideration, some of the common concerns are overstated, and for others, a number of rules and practices are already in place that offer a substantial margin of safety.
Storage stability of vacuum-packaged hotsmoked Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fillets: organoleptic, biochemical and microbiological aspects.
Authors: ELEFTHERIADOU (Α. ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑΔΟΥ) A. , AMBROSIADIS (Ι. ΑΜΒΡΟΣΙΑΔΗΣ) I. , VARELTZIS (Κ. ΒΑΡΕΛΤΖΗΣ) K. , GEORGAKIS (ΣΠ. ΓΕΩΡΓΑΚΗΣ) S.
Published: January 2018

The aim of this research was to investigate some problems related to Rainbow trout's (Oncorhynchus mykiss) hot-smoking process as well as the quality evaluation of the final product. The skin-on and skin-off fillets were hotsmoked and kept in vacuum-packed storage at 2°C±0,1. Organoleptic, biochemical and microbiological analyses were carried out during 120 days of storage. The taste panel assessors were asked to score the smoke intensity, the saltiness, the juiciness and the overall acceptability of the smoked samples. Generally speaking thoughout the study period of organoleptic analyses considerable changes were not observed. The total volatile nitrogen (TVN) content remained lower than 25 mg/Kg smoked fish, till the 120th day of storage. An increase of the malonaldehyde content up to 2,0 mg/Kg was noted at the 120th day of storage. At the same time the nitrite content was decreased from 34 ppm to 10 ppm. The microbiological examinations showed that the total viable count, the phsychrotrophs and lactic acid bacteria gradually exhibited a significant increase at the end of the 120th day of storage.
Embryo transfer in the mare was introduced 30 years ago.
Authors: YPSILANTIS (Π. ΥΨΗΛΑΝΤΗΣ) P.
Published: January 2018

Its application improves the reproduction rate, creates experimental models for the study of physiology and pathology of reproduction, while it promotes genetic improvement of the species. The method includes the following stages: 1) Selection of the donor and recipient mares. 2) Induction of multiple ovulation in the donor-mare. A reliable method that could be applied commercially has not been developed yet. 3) Synchronization of donor and recipient mares' estrus. Recipients are usually used during the breeding season, but can be used during anestrus or after surgical removal of their ovaries as well. Non-synchronized recipients may also be used after proper treatment. 4) Artificial insemination of the donor mare. 5) Collection, evaluation and washing of the embryo. Embryo is usually collected by non-surgical and rarely surgical methods. Embryo evaluation involves the assessment of its developmental stage in relation with the day of selection and its quality evaluation. Embryo washing is accomplished by its successive passage through three different dilutions of culture medium. 6) Embryo transfer in the uterus of the recipient mare. Surgical (midventral laparotomy, flank laporotomy, laparoscopic and transvaginal method) or nonsurgical (unguarded and guarded methods) transcervical methods are used.
The use of growth promoters in swine nutrition: Problems and perspectives concerning public health and swine production
Authors: TZIKA (Ε. Δ. ΤΖΗΚΑ) E. D. , SBIRAKI (Α.Π. ΣΜΠΙΡΑΚΗ) A. P. , KRITAS (Σ. Κ. ΚΡΗΤΑΣ) S. K. , KOUTSOVITI - PAPADOPOULOU (Μ. ΚΟΥΤΣΟΒΙΤΗ-ΠΑΠΑΔΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ) M. , KYRIAKIS (Σ.K. ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗΣ) S. C.
Published: January 2018

The use of antimicrobial agents as growth promoters is widely established in modern commercial units, in order to improve and increase the animal production. Based on the controversy of the use of avoparcin which arose the last two years, as well as with spiramycin, tylosin, zinc-bacitracin and virginiamycin the past year, the use of antimicrobial agents is under severe criticism. Several scientific organizations are supportive to the ban of the use of antimicrobial agents as feed additives. The objections refer to the toxicity of some growth promoters, their lower effects under optimized housing conditions, as well as to the mode of application without veterinary prescription. Moreover, they refer to their possible incompatibility with other therapeutics, the hazard of residues in animal origin food, the intoxications in nontarget species such as ionophores in horses and especially the hazard of development of resistance in bacteria. The purpose of this paper is to present the advantages and disadvantages of the in-feed use of antimicrobial agents as growth promoters, especially in swine, which along with poultry represent the main categories of productive animals where an extended use of such pharmaceuticals is applied. Finally, some proposals are being mentioned emphasizing on the need for veterinary control of all antimicrobial agents, including the growth promoters, which are used in animals (predisposing that their application is under veterinary prescription).
Measurements of ammonia concentration in buildings of pig enterprises in Greece.
Authors: SAOULIDIS (Κ. ΣΑΟΥΛΙΔΗΣ) K. , KRITAS (Σ.Κ. ΚΡΗΤΑΣ) S. K. , FTHENAKIS (Γ. Χ. ΦΘΕΝΑΚΗΣ) G. C. , KYRIAKIS (Σ.Κ. ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗΣ) S. C. , ALEXOPOULOS (Κ. ΑΛΕΞΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ) C. A.
Published: January 2018

The concentration of ammonia was measured in the air space of 180 houses of 30 pig enterprises in Greece during an 8-month period by using tubes that chemically bind atmospheric ammonia. The mean overall ammonia concentration was 24.6 ppm (10-52 ppm). The mean ammonia concentration according to the age group of the animals was 26.4 ppm in finishing pig houses, 26.2 ppm in growers' pig houses, 22.6 ppm in flat-deck units and 19.8 ppm in farrowing houses (p<0.05). With regard to the type of the floor, the mean ammonia concentration was 28.0 ppm in concrete-floored houses and 21.4 ppm in slatted-floored ones (p<0.05), and as regards the season of the year, higher concentrations were measured at winter time (27.7 ppm) compared to those seen during spring (24.5 ppm) and summer time (21.1 ppm) (p<0.05). The findings are discussed in relation to the adverse effects that ammonia may have for pig's health and production.
Y2k... 2000 and dioxins. a part of our natural ecosystem
Authors: TYRPENOU A. E.
Published: January 2018

The new millennium, Y2k as it is internationally symbolized, has come closer, and as doomsayers use to say "Plan for the worst in order to hope for the best". Starting up from the scandal of the identification of high concentrations of dioxin residues in foods of animal origin, it is imperative to refer to this group of chemical pollutants which they have been, they are and they will be the focus of the interest for many years to come. Polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins [PCDDs] and polychlorinated dibenzofuranes [PCDFs] are by-products of industrial processes for the production of organochlorine pesticides [OCPs], polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs], wood conservation industries, chlorine bleaching of pulp and paper industries, but also the result of municipal solid waste management [MSW] with special attention to recycling processes whose environmental emission are extremely high. From the other hand, we should have to realize that dioxins have been a natural contaminant of our environment for more than 60 million years. Taking into consideration the Tolerable Daily Intake [TDI], which has been set to 1 pg-4pg I-TEQ/kg.b.w. [quantity which includes together dioxins, furans and polychlorinated biphenyls], based on their mode of action and toxicity, it is obvious that the measures which the competent authorities of every country have to put in place for the control of raw materials and food of animal origin, should have to be strict, systematic, permanent and reliable so that they safeguard consumer's health as better as they can.
Study of the bacteriostatic activity of an Artemia enrichment compound based on plant extracts from Angelica sp.
Authors: ATHANASSOPOULOU (Φ. ΑΘΑΝΑΣΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ) F. , KOTOU E. , WATSOS (Ε. ΒΑΤΣΟΣ) E. , GIAGNISI (Μ. ΓΙΑΓΝΙΣΗ) M.
Published: January 2018

The bacteriostatic ability of a commercial product was assessed against Vibrio alginolyticus and V anguillarum at concentations 1,3,4,6.5 and 15ppm. The best concentration for short term (48hrs) arrestment of the nonpathogenic bacteria was found l-3ppm whereas for longer effect (72hrs) the best concentration for both species was 6,5ppm. Higher concentrations did not show any advantages.
Dipteran species in agricultural region of eastern Thessaloniki
Authors: THEODORIDIS (Ι. ΘΕΟΔΩΡΙΔΗΣ) Y. , GEORGOULAKIS (Ι. ΓΕΩΡΓΟΥΛΑΚΗΣ) I. , FOUNDA (Α. ΦΟΥΝΤΑ) A.
Published: January 2018

In an agricultural region of Thessaloniki province, fly traps were placed, which contained substances in order to attract flies with the purpose to trap and identify them. The substances were, pieces offish, meat and feta cheese, sugar and faeces of small ruminants. Fifteen different flies species were trapped, of which, thirteen are mentioned in the international bibliography, as parasites, such as, Musca domestica, Muscina sp, Fannia sp, Phormia regina, Lucilia (Phaenicia) sericata, Calliphora erythrocephala (vicina), Sarcophaga sp, Oestrus ovis, Gasterophillus sp, Stomoxys calcitrans, Haematobia (Shiphona) irritans, Chrysops sp and Hydrotaea (Ophyra) spp and two, as no parasites, such as Drosophilla melanogaster and Apis mellifera. From the trapped flies, Hydrotaea sp, Muscina sp, Fannia sp and Phormia regina, were identified for the first time in Greece. From the substances which were used in order to attract the flies, the fish was the one that all flies showed preference to, in the greater number, while the rest of the substances they chose descending order, was meat, sugar and feta cheese. Finally, only one fly was found in the excrement of small ruminants.
Effects of endometritis treatment schemes on the subsequent reproductive efficiency of cows
Authors: KARAGIANNIDIS (Α. ΚΑΡΑΓΙΑΝΝΙΔΗΣ) A. , TSILIGIANNI (Θ. ΤΣΙΛΙΓΙΑΝΝΗ) Th. , KIPOURIDIS (Κ. ΚΗΠΟΥΡΙΔΗΣ) K. , VARSAKELI (Σ. ΒΑΡΣΑΚΕΛΗ) S. , ALEXOPOULOS (Κ. ΑΛΕΞΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ) C.
Published: January 2018

The effect of various treatment schemes basedon the intrauterine injection of antibacterial agents {Lugol, Rifaximin, and Oxytetracycline) or a combination of theseagents with PGT2a on the subsequent reproductive efficiency, was studied in 234 cows treated for endometritis after the 15th d postpartum. The main conclusions from this study were the following: a) the pregnancy rates after the fist artificial insemination (Al), as well as the repeated Als (up to 3) are neither affected by the treatment scheme nor by the time of treatment and by retreatment, b) the 1st AI, as well as conception and pregnancy are achieved a lot sooner after treatment, when there is no pre existence of retained placenta, when the treatment is applied after the 30th d postpartum, and there is no retreatment, c) intrauterine injection of Lugol gives better results, (P<0,001), as far as the «treatment to 1st AI» and the «treatment to conception» intervals is concerned (31,4±22,6 and 55,8±44,8 days respectively), in comparison to intrauterine injection of Rifaximin (46,8±23,7 and 70,1 ±41,9 days, respectively) or Oxytetracycline (60,0 ±35,3 and 92,1 ±73,0 days, respectively) and d) the combination PGF2a and intrauterine injection of antivacterial agents further reduces the «treatment to 1st AI» and the «treatment to conception» intervals (22,9 ±28,6 and 28,8 ±31,2 days, respectively, for the combination of Lugol and PGF2a, and 35,7 ±13,2 and 46,5 ±25,5 days, respectively, for the combination οι Rifaximin anaPGF2a).
The cytological examination of vaginal smears in dogs
Authors: KARAGIANNIDIS (Α. ΚΑΡΑΓΙΑΝΝΙΔΗΣ) A. , TSILIGIANNI (Θ. ΤΣΙΛΙΓΙΑΝΝΗ) Th. , AMARANTIDIS (Ι. ΑΜΑΡΑΝΤΙΔΗΣ) I.
Published: January 2018

The cytological examination of vaginal smears is a simple, quick and inexpensive method for determination of the estrous cycle stage in dogs. Also, the procedure of vaginal smear collection is painless for the animal. Smears are examined under light microscope, after they have been stained by a proper staining method. The results are based on the observation of cytological alterations of the epithelium cells under the influence of ovarian hormones.
In vivo ultrasound guided transvaginal oocyte collection in the cow
Authors: AMIRIDIS (Γ.Σ. ΑΜΟΙΡΙΔΗΣ) G. S. , SALAHEDDINE M. , JEFFCOATE I. A. , VAINAS (Ε. ΒΑΪΝΑΣ) E. , ROBERTSON L.
Published: January 2018

This paper describes the results of the in vivo ultrasound guided follicular aspiration for ovum pick υρ (OPU) in the cow. Twelve non pregnant dry cows aged 4-6 years were used in this experiment. Eight cows underwent OPU during three successive oestrous cycles and another four cows were used as controls having only transvaginal ultrasound scanning of their ovaries. Oocyte collection took place three times during the luteal phase of each natural oestrous cycle (days 3-4,9-11 and 14-17). The content of 326 follicles with a diameter of 4-15mm was aspirated and 104 oocytes were collected (recovery rate 31.9% or 1.55 oocytes per cow and session). The oocyte recovery rate increased after the first three sessions (from 13.04% to 35.0%) and reached levels of υρ to 52.6%. More follicles were aspirated on days 9-11 (133 follicles 40.8%) compared to 111 (34%) follicles on days 14-17 and 82 (25%) on days 3-4) (P<0.05). The evaluation of the collected oocytes revealed that 60 oocytes (57.7%) were suitable for further in vitro manipulation. Neither the origin of the oocyte (left or right ovary) nor the stage of the oestrous cycle affected the recovery rate or the quality of the collected oocytes. There was no significant difference either in the length of the oestrous cycle between the experimental animals and the controls (21.6± 1.4 vs. 22.37±1.0 respectively), or in plasma progesterone concentration in daily collected blood samples from the animals of the two groups. The results of this study are compared to those from the international literature and to the results from endoscopical methods for oocyte recovery. The feasibility of application of this technique to projects designed to improve the genetic merit of cows is discussed.
Otitis externa in the dog and the eat
Authors: KOUTINAS (Α.Φ. ΚΟΥΤΙΝΑΣ) A. F. , SARIDOMICHELAKIS (Μ.Ν. ΣΑΡΙΔΟΜΙΧΕΛΑΚΗΣ) M. N.
Published: January 2018

Otitis externa is the most common disorder of the cat ear canal in small animals, with a higher incidence in dogs than in cats. It has a multifactorial etiology comprising of numerous predisposing, primary and perpetuating factors. The most important primary causes are atopy, food allergy, otodectic mange, foreign bodies, endocrinopathies and keratinisation disorders. Bacteria and yeasts residing in the ear canal usually complicate the initial lesions thus leading to the establishment of ceruminous or suppurative otitis externa. Otitis media and chronic hyperplastic changes of the ear canal are hold responsible for the perpetuation of the disease. A diagnosis is easily made from the history, the cleaning of the ear canal and otoscopy, the cytologic and parasitologic examination of ear exudates, the bacterial culture and sensitivity testing and the radiography (cartilage mineralization, otitis media). Evaluation and treatment of the underlying skin disease is always necessary. Therapy of otitis externa depends on identifying and controlling the predisposing and primary factors, whenever possible. Medical treatment includes cleaning of the ear canals and the middle ear, applying topicals and/or administering systemic medications (acaricides, antifungal agents, antibiotics, glucocorticoids). Corrective surgeries are indicated in the refractory to medical treatment cases.
Classical swine fever: current situation in European countries and its potential danger for the greek pig industry
Authors: KYRIAKIS (ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗΣ Σ.Κ.) S. C. , KRITAS (Σ.Κ. ΚΡΗΤΑΣ) S. K. , PAPADOPOULOS (ΠΑΠΑΔΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ Ο.) O. , MAVROMATIS (ΜΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΗΣ Ι.) I. , TSINAS (ΤΣΙΝΑΣ Α.) A.
Published: January 2018

Classical swine fever is a highly contagious viral disease of substantial economical importance for the pig industry. Its clinical demonstration varies according to the virulence of the infecting strain, so that highly virulent strains cause severe acute disease, whilst strains of low virulence appear to cause only mild or even inapparent disease. Swine fever is α problem in many countries worldwide for years. In Greece, the latest case was reported during 1985. Nowdays, swine fever became once more "hot" due to its appearance in countries that were free of the disease for long periods (Holland, Spain, Italy etc). In this review paper, some general information necessary for the understanding and the prevention of the disease are presented, and the latest data of the recent epidemic in different European countries are retrieved. Finally, based on the recent "painful" experience of these countries, essential preventive measures for the greek pig industry are suggested.
a-Tocopherol and selenium influence on the immune system of piglets
Authors: MAVROMATIS (I.X. ΜΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΗΣ) J. H. , KYRIAKIS (Σ.Κ. ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗΣ) S. C. , PAPASTERIADIS (Α. ΠΑΠΑΣΤΕΡΙΑΔΗΣ) A. , KOPTOPOULOS (Γ. ΚΟΠΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ) G.
Published: January 2018

Four groups of sows (Μ, Ε. Σ, ΕΣ) of the same genetic background, having equal distribution of the number of parities, living under the same housing conditions and using the same hygienic and nutritional standards, were used in this study. Each group had 12 pregnant sows. The dietary level of a-tocopherol was 20 mg/kg and the Se level 0.45 mg/kg of feed (standard ratio) of the sows in group M during pregnancy an lactation. The sows in group E received the standard ratio, supplemented with 30 mg of a-tocopherol per kg. The sows in group Σ received the standard ratio, but were injected IM with 30 mg Se per sow as sodium selenite on days 30, 60 and 90 of pregnancy. The sows in ΕΣ group received the standard ratio supplemented with 30 mg a-tocopherol per kg and a further three injections IM with Se. The trial started on day 30 of gestation and lasted until weaning day (28 days post farrowing). The conclusion reached through the above study is that the inclusion in the deed of 50 mg of atocopherol per kg and the injectio of pregnant sows with 30 mg of selenium, on standard days, have a positive effect on the immune system of the neonatal and weaned piglets. Furthermore this provides improved live weight gain of the piglet and litter size up to the age of weaning.
ESPORTS AS A BASIS FOR CREATING SPORTS CLUSTERS
Authors: Корепова Валерия , Korepova Valeriya
Published: January 2018

Cybersport in Russia is a completely new, developing business area. World practice shows how this business is fast-growing and profitable. The e-sports cluster involves the unification of various enterprises and services in this discipline, thereby realizing the competitive potential of computer sports.
TIME MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS UNDER CONDITIONS OF TERRITORIALLY-DISTRIBUTED DECISION-MAKING PROCESS IN COURSE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OF STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
Authors: Воронин Андрей , Voronin Andrey
Published: January 2018

Abstract: The article is targeted for those who researches problems of management theory and practice, as well as for decision-makers in the process of territorially-distributed corporate governance of state-owned companies. The main focus of the article is on the conceptual fundamental issues of time management, comparison of various modern approaches and practical tools of time management, as well as the existing problems of time management of territorially-distributed decision-making process in course of corporate governance of state-owned enterprises (on the example of Russian companies).
On the issue of optimizing the socio-psychological climate of the service team of law enforcement bodies
Authors: Шпагин Кирилл , Shpagin Kirill
Published: January 2018

The article shows that in the conditions of modern times the creation of a favorable micro - climate in the subdivisions of the internal affairs bodies is of great importance. To organize a successful labor process in police units, it is not enough to just appoint an employee to perform a particular job. Work should be performed not by one individual person, but by a single, cohesive team. For the formation of such collectives and the rallying of personnel, it is effective to apply technology such as team building that will help to prevent conflicts in the work collective and create a cohesive and effective team of employees willing to work hard not only for the sake of material compensation and development of the organization's functionalities, but also for the benefit of the common cause
The formation of the business community in the transformation of state regulation of the economy
Authors: Соловьева Олеся , Solovyeva Olesya
Published: January 2018

Presented in the monograph material comprehensively reflects the results obtained in the course of the study. Developed theoretical and methodological knowledge on the issue of state regulation of business allows you to expand scientific understanding of the evolution of modern business in conditions of transformation of the national economy.
Practical recommendations that can be used to create Federal and regional plans, programs, taking into account features of national entrepreneurship in the transformation of private economic initiatives in the economic policy of the state. The scientific results presented in the monograph of the study can provide practical assistance to public authorities and commercial entities of various forms of ownership in the organization of effective interaction.
Presents a study designed for undergraduates, graduate students, state governance structures and other persons whose research interests are focused in the field of state regulation of the economy.
Comparação e avaliação de métodos quantitativos para determinar a susceptibilidade antimicrobiana de cepas do complexo Mycobacterium abscessos
Authors: Ramírez Ana , Morcillo Nora , Imperiale Belén , Araque María , De Waard Jacobus H.
Published: January 2018

Introdução: o complexo Mycobacterium abscessus inclui espécies patógenas emergentes multirresisten- tes, o qual limita as opções terapêuticas para tratar as infeções causadas por estes microrganismos. Neste estudo compararam-se as concentrações inibitórias mínimas —cims— obtidas mediante 2 métodos quantitativos, se estabeleceram os pontos de corte empregados no micrométodo colorimétrico —mmc— e se avaliou a susceptibilidade antimicrobiana. Materiais e métodos: a cim de 9 antibióticos foi determina- da mediante o mmc e microdiluição em caldo —mdc— para 19 cepas do complexo M. abscessus. O teste F de Snedecor utilizou-se para estabelecer a diferença signi cativa das cims entre os dois métodos e determinaram-se os pontos de corte mediante a técnica de distribuição da probabilidade para o mmc. Resultados e discussão: se encontrou uma correlação dos resultados da cim do 50% entre mmc e mdc para os antibióticos testados. Provavelmente, esta discrepância nos resultados se deve a diferenças em alguns parâmetros técnicos de cada procedimento. Todas as cepas foram sensíveis à amikacina e resistentes a meropenem e ampicilina-sulbactam. Independentemente da espécie do complexo M. abscessos, as uo- roquinolonas mostraram uma baixa atividade inibitória (0-25%) sobre os isolados clínicos, resultados que são similares aos reportados por outros autores. Os patrões de multirresistência observados nas cepas analisadas, sugerem a necessidade de utilizar as provas de susceptibilidade como ferramentas que permitam orientar e otimizar as condutas terapêuticas em infeções produzidas por M. abscessus. Palavras-chave: complexo M. abscessus, susceptibilidade antimicrobiana, micrométodo colorimétrico, microdiluição em caldo, concentração mínima inibitória.
Teaching Storytelling as a Leadership Practice
Authors: Cleverley-Thompson Shannon
Published: January 2018

The ability to tell stories can be an important leadership attribute and skill to master in order to be a successful leader (Baldoni, 2003; Denning, 2004; Kouzes & Posner, 2012). Storytelling is a central component of effective communication for leaders and a skill to master for future leadership success. This paper supports active learning, group discussion and reflective practice as a way to teach storytelling as a leadership skill. Leadership educators need to help students understand how to develop stories, identity situations in which to tell stories, and also practice the art of leadership storytelling. This idea brief presents multiple pedagogical methods to teach storytelling as a leadership practice to college students in leadership programs.
Leadership Role Identity Construction in Women’s Leadership Development Programs
Authors: Brue Krystal L. , Brue Shawn A.
Published: January 2018

This article analyzes women’s only leadership development training to determine how leadership roles are conceptualized and implemented, how women independently and collectively construct new leadership role identities, and how leadership identities are retained post training. Themes of nested validation, accepting the belonging narrative, identity emergence, leadership as multiverse, and reflective/reflexive leadership development were discovered. Leadership validation was needed by participants to own their new leadership identity. Through accepting a new narrative, participants confirmed that they belonged in their new leadership role. Identity work occurred on personal and social levels, allowing participants to assume a strengths-based approach to leadership development. Women’s only leadership programs, which acknowledge new leadership narratives and identities, allowed emergent leaders an improved opportunity to assume and retain their new role.
The use of early warning scores to recognise and respond to patient deterioration in district nursing
Authors: Tucker Guy , Lusher Adele
Published: January 2018

This discussion article focuses on the literature surrounding early warning scoring systems and their use in primary care, specifically within district nursing. Patient deterioration is a global concern, associated with high mortality rates and avoidable deaths. Early recognition and response by nursing and other health care staff has been attributed to early warning scoring systems (EWSS) and tools. However, the use of equivalent tools in the community appears to be lacking. This review concludes that there is no consensus over the use of EWSS in district nursing and culture of practice is varied, rather than standardised.
Polistes canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Vespidae: Polistinae) in the Western Amazon: a Potential Biological Control Agent
Authors: Oliveira Matheus Montefusco , Gomes Flávia Batista , Somavilla Alexandre , Krug Cristiane
Published: January 2018

Wasps of the genus Polistes (Vespidae: Polistinae) are eusocial, considered valuable biological control agents. The objective of this work was to determine the resources collected by Polistes canadensis wasps, evaluate their performance and importance as a natural enemy and possible agent of biological control in the Brazilian Amazon. Between 8 October and 20 November of 2014, 20 evaluations were performed, totalizing 101 hours of observations of the foraging activity of an aggregation out in stage of development post-emergence with approximately 50 adult individuals distributed in 15 colonies. Additionally, observations of the predatory activity of Polistes canadensis on Plutella xylostella on a small organic plantation of kale (Brassica oleracea L. var. acephala DC), were also made. During the evaluations 1742 returns were recorded, 11.72% of them with prey, 3.10% with plant fiber, 16.76% with nectar, 45.17% with water and 23.25% without any visible load. All the preys identified were classified as Lepidoptera, belonging to ten morphospecies. Only one morphospecies was identified as Spodoptera frugiperda, which was the most commonly resource used by the wasps in 37 % in immature feeding. Only returns with nectar had statistically significant difference between the evaluated schedules.  Polistes canadensis wasps did not prey Plutella xylostella caterpillars. The wasp aggregation studied was able to prey an average of 10.2 caterpillars per day, which demonstrates the potential of this species for the biological control of pests in the Amazon region.
Classification of degree two curves in the symmetric square with positive self-intersection
Authors: Sáez Meritxell
Published: January 2018

We give a precise classification of the pairs (C, B͠) with C a smooth curve of genus g and B͠ ⊂ C
(2) a curve of degree two and positive self-intersection. We prove that there are no such pairs if g < pa
(B͠) < 2g−1. We study the singularities and self-intersection of any degree two curve in C
(2). Moreover, we give examples of curves with arithmetic genus in the Brill–Noether range and positive self-intersection on C × C.
Phenomenology of Embodied Personhood and the Challenges of Naturalism in Pain Research
Authors: Geniusas Saulius
Published: January 2018

Here I distinguish three fundamental ways in which the naturalistically oriented science of pain has critically engaged phenomenology. The science of pain has either denied any role phenomenology could play in scientific pain research, or it has aimed to correlate phenomenological findings with neurological processes, or it has pursued a genuine dialogue with phenomenology, yet only insofar as phenomenology is conceived in line with the principles of static methodology. I argue that genetic phenomenology of embodied personhood offers a fourth and most promising way to pursue a dialogue between phenomenology and the science of pain. By drawing a distinction between the naturalistic and the personalistic attitudes, genetic phenomenology invites one to reinterpret the neurological conceptions of pain as modifications derived from a more basic understanding of pain experience.
Toward a Liberative Phenomenology of Zen
Authors: Davis Bret W.
Published: January 2018

The questions pursued in this essay are: What can philosophers today learn from a tradition of psychosomatic practice such as Zen Buddhism? How does such a tradition challenge the very methodology of our cerebral practice of philosophy? And finally: What would it mean to bring Western philosophy and the psychosomatic practice of Zen together, not necessarily to merge them into one, but at least to commute between them so that they may speak to and inform one another? In pursuing these questions, it is demonstrated, we have much to learn from the Kyoto School of modern Japanese philosophy. The middle two sections of this essay explain how Nishida Kitarō (1870-1945) and Nishitani Keiji (1900-1990) challenged the disembodied methodology of Western philosophy by drawing on their psychosomatic practice of Zen. The final section of this essay critically compares and contrasts the psychosomatic practice of Zen with the pragmatist “somaesthetics” of Richard Shusterman. Shusterman himself pursued connections between his project and Zen practice, yet it will be argued that the guiding aims of his pragmatically and aesthetically orientated somaesthetics need to be distinguished from the primarily enlightening and liberative aims of the psychosomatic practice of Zen.
On the Possibility of a Disembodied Mind
Authors: Chong-Fuk Lau
Published: January 2018

Even though the Cartesian mind-body dualism has largely been dismissed in contemporary philosophy, the idea that the conscious mind can be a bodiless and non-spatial entity is still held to be possible. This paper examines a series of arguments by Jaegwon Kim, Peter Strawson, and Immanuel Kant against the possibility of a disembodied mind. It is argued that although the concept of a disembodied mind is coherent, it derives from a more fundamental concept in which the mind and the body are originally unified. The unity of mind and body, which can be called a person, is logically prior to the concept of the mind as a disembodied person, and thus the possibility of a disembodied mind turns out to depend on the existence of the physical and spatial world.
Dynamic Interactions between Top–Down Expectations and Conscious Awareness
Authors: Meijs Erik L. , Slagter Heleen A. , de Lange Floris P. , van Gaal Simon
Published: January 2018

It is well known that top–down expectations affect perceptual processes. Yet, remarkably little is known about the relationship between expectations and conscious awareness. We address three crucial outstanding questions: (1) how do expectations affect the likelihood of conscious stimulus perception?; (2) does the brain register violations of expectations nonconsciously?; and (3) do expectations need to be conscious to influence perceptual decisions? Using human participants, we performed three experiments in which we manipulated stimulus predictability within the attentional blink paradigm, while combining visual psychophysics with electrophysiological recordings. We found that valid stimulus expectations increase the likelihood of conscious access of stimuli. Furthermore, our findings suggest a clear dissociation in the interaction between expectations and consciousness: conscious awareness seems crucial for the implementation of top–down expectations, but not for the generation of bottom-up stimulus-evoked prediction errors. These results constrain and update influential theories about the role of consciousness in the predictive brain.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTWhile the relationship between expectations and conscious awareness plays a major role in many prediction-based theories of brain functioning, thus far few empirical studies have examined this relationship. Here, we address this gap in knowledge in a set of three experiments. Our results suggest that the effect of expectations on conscious awareness varies between different steps of the hierarchy of predictive processing. While the active use of top–down expectations for perceptual decisions requires conscious awareness, prediction errors can be triggered outside of conscious awareness. These results constrain and update influential theories about the role of consciousness in the predictive brain.
PEMANFAATAN PRIVATE CLOUD STORAGE SEBAGAI MEDIA PENYIMPANAN DATA E-LEARNING PADA LEMBAGA PENDIDIKAN
Authors: Santiko Irfan , Rosidi Rahman
Published: January 2018

ABSTRAK Cloud Computing atau komputasi awan adalah gabungan pemanfaatan teknologi komputer ('komputasi') dan pengembangan berbasis Internet ('awan'). Awan (cloud) adalah metafora dari internet, sebagaimana awan yang sering digambarkan pada diagram jaringan computer. Selain seperti awan dalam diagram jaringan komputer, awan (cloud) dalam  cloud computing juga merupakan abstraksi dari infrastuktur kompleks yang disembunyikannya. Private Cloud Storage dengan kolaborasi komponen Service Oriented Architecture mampu menyediakan antarmuka yang efisien untuk proses berjalannya lembaga dan berfungsi sebagai Virtualization Server dan Online Storage yang dapat diakses menggunakan Fixed Device dan Mobile Device seperti Smartphone Android, Komputer Pad, dan PC Tablet melalui koneksi jaringan lokal dan internet.Sebagai fungsi manfaat dari cloud sendiri bisa di manfaatkan kedalam kebutuhan E-Learning, mengingat dari segi kemudahan, kebutuhan, dan keamanan, cloud computing terbilang metode yang pas dalam menerapkan kebutuhan tersebut. Dimana setiap data berhak di simpan secara bebas, luas dan aman tentunya.   ABSTRACT Cloud Computing is a combination of the use of computer technology and cloud of Internet-based development. Clouds are metaphors of the Internet, as are clouds that are often depicted in computer network diagrams. In addition to clouds in computer network diagrams, clouds in computing technology are also an abstraction of the complex infrastructure it conceals. Private Cloud Storage with Service Oriented Architecture component collaboration is able to provide an efficient interface for the running process of the institution and serves as Virtualization Server and Online Storage that can be accessed using Fixed Devices and Mobile Devices such as Android Smartphone, Pad Computer and Tablet PC via local network connection and Internet.As function of the benefits of the cloud itself can be utilized into the needs of E-Learning, given the ease, needs, and security, cloud computing spelled out the right method in applying these needs. Where every data is entitled to save freely, broadly and safely of course.How to Cite : Santiko, I. Rosidi, R., Wibawa. S. A (2017). PEMANFAATAN PRIVATE CLOUD STORAGE SEBAGAI MEDIA PENYIMPANAN DATA E-LEARNING PADA  LEMBAGA PENDIDIKAN. Jurnal Teknik Informatika, 10(2), 137-146. doi:10.15408/jti.v10i2.6992Permalink/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/jti.v10i2.6992
APLIKASI COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION (CAI) DALAM PEMBELAJARAN MATEMATIKA BANGUN RUANG
Authors: Samsudin Samsudin
Published: January 2018

ABSTRAK Pembelajaran merupakan suatu proses pengembangan diri seseorang dalam upaya memperoleh ilmu pengetahuan, keterampilan dan nilai-nilai positif dengan memanfaatkan berbagai sumber ilmu untuk belajar. Untuk mempermudah pembelajaran sehingga memperoleh hasil yang lebih maksimal, maka kita membutuhkan suatu sistem pembelajaran yang baik. Dengan sistem pembelajaran berbantuan komputer atau sering dikenal materi dari pendidik ke para peserta didiknya. Dengan adanya sistem pembelajaran berbantuan komputer maka dibuatlah sebuah sistem pembelajaran untuk menghitung rumus matematika bangun ruang dengan istilah Computer Aided Instruction (CAI), maka sistem pembelajaran ini berfungsi untuk mempermudah proses penyampaian. Dengan adanya sistem pembelajaran ini diharapkan proses pembelajaran menjadi lebih efektif dan menarik. Sehingga nantinya sistem pembelajaran untuk menghitung rumus matematika bangun ruang ini sangat dibutuhkan sebagai sarana penunjang lancarnya proses pembelajaran.   ABSTRACT Learning is a process of self-development in an effort to gain knowledge, skills and positive values ​​by utilizing various sources of science to learn. To facilitate learning so as to obtain maximum results, then we need a good learning system. With computer-aided learning system or often known as Computer Aided Instruction (CAI), then this learning system serves to facilitate the process of delivering materials from educators to the students. With the computer-assisted learning system then made a learning system to calculate the mathematical Formula wake up space. With this learning system is expected to be more effective and interesting learning process. So that later the learning system to calculate the mathematical Formula to build this space is needed as a means of supporting the smoothness of the learning process.How to Cite : Samsudin. (2017). APLIKASI COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION (CAI) DALAM  PEMBELAJARAN MATEMATIKA BANGUN RUANG. Jurnal Teknik Informatika, 10(2), 93-108. doi:10.15408/jti.v10i2.6995Permalink/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/jti.v10i2.6995
Fulminant Nocardiosis Due to a Multidrug-Resistant Isolate in a 12-Year-Old Immunocompetent Child
Authors: Senard Olivia , Blanot Stéphane , Jouvion Gregory , Rodriguez-Nava Véronica , Lortholary Olivier , Join-Lambert Olivier , Toubiana Julie
Published: January 2018

Nocardiosis is a rare cause of infection that usually affects immunocompromised adult patients and might not be recognized by pediatricians. We report a fatal case of disseminated nocardiosis in a previously healthy child initially admitted for an abdominal mass with suspicion of a renal malignant tumor. The patient, originating from Mali without any medical history, displayed abdominal pain with progressive altered general status. Laboratory and imaging findings revealed lymphocytic meningitis and disseminated abscesses in the brain and the cerebellum and a large number of cystic lesions of the kidney. Despite being administered wide-spectrum antibiotics and antituberculous and antifungal therapies with an external ventricular drainage for intracranial hypertension, the patient died 6 days after his admission. Nocardia spp was cultured from a renal biopsy and the cerebrospinal fluid. Species identification and antibiotic susceptibility were obtained later, revealing a multidrug-resistant isolate of the Nocardia elegans/aobensis/africana complex. This case reveals the difficulties of diagnosing nocardiosis, in particular in children not known to be immunocompromised, because we face multiple differential diagnoses and the importance of treating nocardiosis appropriately because of intrinsic resistance issues.
Incidencia de una secuencia didáctica, basada en representaciones múltiples, para el fortalecimiento de la competencia argumentativa en estudiantes de básica secundaria
Authors: Bonilla Gustavo , Romero-Acosta Jairo Luis
Published: January 2018

El presente artículo; busca identificar la manera en la que una secuencia didáctica, basada en la implementación de representaciones múltiples, puede incidir en el fortalecimiento de la competencia argumentativa en estudiantes de básica secundaria. La fundamentación metodológica sobre la que se sustenta la investigación, tiene en cuenta el enfoque mixto como perspectiva que orienta adecuadamente el ejercicio investigativo en el campo de la educación. Teniendo en cuenta lo anterior, se realiza un proceso de intervención pedagógica relacionado con la ley general de gases ideales, a través de la ejecución de los elementos presentados en el ciclo didáctico con enfoque investigativo y con la aplicación de un pretest y postest. Las técnicas a utilizar para el proceso de intervención son la observación participante, el grupo de discusión y la encuesta. De manera específica, se retoman como instrumentos para la recolección de información; la entrevista focalizada, entrevista semiestructurada y la guía de preguntas.La unidad de trabajo corresponde a 36 estudiantes --de 240, seis estudiantes por cada grupo de 9°-- de la básica secundaria pertenecientes a las Instituciones Educativas Ciudadela Nuevo Occidente, ubicada en la comuna 60 y El Corazón, situada en la comuna 13; ambas de la Ciudad de Medellín.
La Ciencia en Latinoamérica: Tendencias y patrones
Authors: Ibañez-Marti Juan José
Published: January 2018

Se ha llevado a cabo un análisis estadístico de los datos pertinentes disponibles sobre Latinoamérica (LA) y sus países constitutivos, con vistas a ofrecer una panorámica del estado actual de la ciencia en la región, comparándolo con los de otras, y así obtener un panorama global, sin entrar en detalles.  Como era de esperar, el estado y progreso de la Ciencia en Latinoamérica no resulta satisfactorio en vista de su potencial, siendo muy mejorable. Las variables empleadas han sido obtenidas esencialmente de las bases de datos de la UNESCO y la RICYT. Estas son la extensión y superficie de los países, tamaño de su población, número de investigadores y producto interior bruto. Por su parte, base de datos Thomson Reuters, sobre el ranking de los países en función de sus publicaciones científicas consideradas de excelencia, es la utilizada por todas las instrucciones políticas y académicas del mundo con vistas a detallar la producción científica de artículos relevantes, por Estados, disciplinas Instituciones e investigadores individuales. La cienciometría ofrece datos de extraordinario valor aunque por si solos, en opinión de este autor, no resultan ser plenamente suficientes. Lamentablemente, muchos países de LA no han aportado todos los datos que serían deseables, por lo que las conclusiones aun siendo sólidas, también resultan mejorables. No se ha incidido sobre temas más concretos como los tecnológicos, la producción de patentes, los puntos fuertes y carencias de la ciencia en la región, o sus esfuerzos con vistas a mejorar sus respectivas culturas científicas y el nivel educativo, algunos de los cuales serán motivo de otro ensayo que seguirá a este. No obstante, a la luz de diversos datos, como el Informe PISA, se puede adelantar que algunas opiniones generalizadas sobre algunos de estos ítems pueden ser, cuestionables sobre su importancia en el progreso Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación (I+D+i). Existe una clara relación positiva entre área de los países, población, producto interior bruto, número de investigadores y numero de publicaciones científicas de excelencia. De este modo, puede afirmarse que, ``en general'', cuanto más extenso es un país, mayor relevancia presenta en el contexto internacional de investigación y desarrollo tecnológico. Cierto es que existen algunas diferencias a nivel regional, pero que resultan ser casi insignificantes a nivel global. El autor concluye que el futuro de la Ciencia y la Tecnología en LA dependen tanto de factores culturales como de condicionamientos geopolíticos. Tan solo un esfuerzo coordinado y común puede relanzar a Latinoamérica a la palestra de la ciencia internacional.