bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas: clinical-pathological features and management of 13 cases
Authors: Bochis Ovidiu Vasile , Bota Madalina , Mihut Emilia , Buiga Rares , Hazbei Dan Samoila , Irimie Alexandru
Published: June 2016

Background and aim. Solid pseudopapillary tumor (SPT) of the pancreas is a rare pathological condition, representing less than 3% of all exocrine pancreatic tumors. SPT usually occurs in young females, without notable symptoms, with a low malignant potential and excellent prognosis.Method. We conducted a retrospective study during the period January 2005 - January 2015. SPT patients admitted in our institution were reviewed by describing demographic data, clinico-pathologic and radiological features, therapeutic management and prognosis records.Results. Thirteen patients with SPT were identified (10 females), with a median age of 30 years. The main clinical presentation was abdominal pain (92.3%). The tumor was mostly located in the body or tail of the pancreas (77%), and the mean size was 8.2 cm. Regarding the surgical approach there were 5 distal pancreatectomies with splenectomy, 3 body and tail pancreatectomies, 2 body and tail pancreatectomies with splenectomy, 2 pancreato-duodenectomy, 1 partial enucleation and of all only 2 partial resections. Postoperative hematoxylin- eosin staining and immunohistochemistry confirmed the diagnosis in all cases. None of the patients had lymph nodes metastases. Only one local invasion. There was one case of death due to postoperative complications. Four cases followed adjuvant systemic chemotherapy. The mean follow-up was 18 months, without evidence of recurrence during this period.Conclusion. SPT should always be considered in the differential diagnosis in young women with a pancreatic tumor. Complete surgical excision is the treatment of choice, and is usually curative. The decision to administer systemic therapy must be individualized. Malignant behavior and late recurrences mandates long-term follow-up for patients with SPT.
OS INSTITUTOS FEDERAIS EM TRÊS DIMENSÕES DE ANÁLISE
Authors: Conde Silvia Cristina de Oliveira , Araújo José Júlio César Nascimento , Ramos de Souza José Eurico , Mourão Arminda Rachel Botelho
Published: June 2016

Discute as finalidades dos Institutos Federais (IFs) na tentativa de recuperar os movimentos da ação política envolvida em sua constituição. Por meio da análise documental e da revisão bibliográfica apresenta como a legislação vai apontando contradições entre o pensado e o realizado, sintetizando que a política é sempre uma arena de disputa de projetos societários. Por fim, debate, a partir das dimensões política social, agência de pesquisa e desenvolvimento e lócus de formação de professores, como os IFs reagem às exigências políticas, econômicas e sociais para responder as finalidades de sua institucionalidade na Amazônia.
Editorial
Authors: Medeiros Neta Olivia Morais , Moura Dante Henrique
Published: June 2016

Esse primeiro número de 2016, a Revista Brasileira de Educação Profissional e Tecnológica reúne nesse número artigos que objetivam analisar a institucionalidade dos Institutos Federais de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia no Brasil, características e dilemas referentes a carreira do magistério de educação básica, técnica e tecnológica, a formação docente, educação e trabalho e a educação de jovens e adultos e o Plano Nacional de Educação (2014-2014).Com os textos aqui reunidos esperamos fomentar problematizações referentes ao campo da Educação Profissional e os avanços, os retrocessos e os desafios a ele associados. Pois, um traço comum aos textos aqui apresentados é o de que a educação brasileira, em especial a profissional, se constrói nas correlações de forças de grupos, classes sociais e interesses.Vamos à leitura e à luta por mais direitos à Educação Profissional.
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Review and Management of Endocrine Adverse Events
Authors: González-Rodríguez Elisa , Rodríguez-Abreu Delvys ,   on behalf of the Spanish Group for Cancer Immuno-Biotherapy (GETICA)
Published: June 2016

In recent years, immune checkpoint inhibitors have emerged as effective therapies for advanced neoplasias. As new checkpoint target blockers become available and additional tumor locations tested, their use is expected to increase within a short time. Immune-related adverse events (irAEs) affecting the endocrine system are among the most frequent and complex toxicities. Some may be life-threatening if not recognized; hence, appropriate guidance for oncologists is needed. Despite their high incidence, endocrine irAEs have not been fully described for all immunotherapy agents available. This article is a narrative review of endocrinopathies associated with cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4, blockade of programmed death receptor 1 and its ligand inhibitors, and their combination. Thyroid dysfunction is the most frequent irAE reported, and hypophysitis is characteristic of ipilimumab. Incidence, timing patterns, and clinical presentation are discussed, and practical recommendations for clinical management are suggested. Heterogeneous terminology and lack of appropriate resolution criteria in clinical trials make adequate evaluation of endocrine AEs difficult. It is necessary to standardize definitions to contrast incidences and characterize toxicity patterns. To provide optimal care, a multidisciplinary team that includes endocrinology specialists is recommended.
Psicoanálisis y género: deconstrucción crítica de la teoría psicoanalítica y nuevos enfoques teóricos
Authors: Meler Irene
Published: June 2016

Los Estudios de Género han interpelado al discurso psicoanalítico debido a los sesgos androcéntricos y sexistas detectados en el mismo. A la vez, existe una copiosa producción que articula el psicoanálisis con los estudios sociales sobre feminidad y masculinidad, ya que se requiere una teoría sobre la subjetividad para explicar y promover un cambio social en las relaciones de género. Se realiza un análisis crítico sobre los temas principales del discurso freudiano sobre la sexualidad femenina y la feminidad: la envidia fálica, la pasividad femenina, el narcisismo femenino, el masoquismo femenino y el Super Yo de las mujeres. Se mencionan algunos desarrollos psicoanalíticos contemporáneos que resultan fructíferos para establecer un nexo con estudios sociales relevantes y así contribuir al estudio interdisciplinario de la condición social y subjetiva de mujeres y varones.
«Parir por la boca». vicisitudes de un tema sorprendente del imaginario de la comadreja
Authors: De Barros Dias Isabel Maria
Published: June 2016

 

Resumen

 

Estudio de un motivo impactante recurrente en bestiarios: la comadreja que da a luz a través de la boca. Se muestran diferentes variantes de este topos y se debate su origen, probablemente una anécdota procedente de la mitología antigua, específicamente la historia de Galantis, sierva de Alcmena, que ayudó en el nacimiento de Hércules. Esta historia fue versificada por Ovidio de forma magistral y se encuentra también en Eliano. Su recuerdo persistió aún en algunos textos medievales.

 

Palabras Clave: comadreja; bestiario; motivos literarios; fuentes; mitología clásica

 

 

 

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Study of an impressive recurrent motif in Bestiaries: the weasel that gives birth through the mouth. Different variants of this topos are shown and its origin is discussed, probably a tale from Ancient mythology, specifically the story of Galanthis, servant of Alcmene, who helped the birth of Hercules. This story was masterfully versified by Ovid, and it can also be found in Aelianus. Its memory still lasted in some medieval texts.

 

Key Words: weasel; bestiary; literary motifs; sources; classical mythology
Proverbios, expresiones proverbiales y sentencias en el 'Livro de Exopo'
Authors: Paiva Morais Ana
Published: June 2016

Resumen

En este artículo se presenta un breve estudio de la función textual de los proverbios, expresiones proverbiales, paráfrasis de proverbios y enunciados sentenciosos en el fabulario portugués medieval Livro de Exopo, conservado en la Biblioteca Nacional de Austria en el manuscrito 3270* del siglo XV. Del análisis de los elementos identificados se puede concluir que el Livro de Exopo coloca los proverbios y las sentencias al servicio de su programa específico de lectura y que estas revelan una conciencia particular del papel moralizador de las fábulas. Se incluye un listado anexo de sus apariciones en el libro, elaborada en base a los datos señalados por Leite de Vasconcelos en su estudio de 1906.

Palabras Clave: fábula, proverbio, sentencia, exemplo, brevedad

 

 

Abstract

 This article focuses on the textual function of proverbs, proverbial phrases and sentences in the portuguese medieval collection of fables, the Livro de Exopo 15th century manuscript 3270* held by the Austrian National Library.  Occurrences examined show that proverbs and sentences  are used in the Livro de Exopo according to a specific reading plan with a particular concern with the moral purpose of the fables.  The last section of the article provides a list of proverbs, sentences and proverbial phrases in the Livro de Exopo based on  data previously collected by Leite de Vasconcelos in his 1906 work. 

Key Words: fable, proverb, sentence, example, brevitas
El frontispicio de Batavia del 'Insigne fabulador grego'
Authors: Araújo Teresa
Published: June 2016

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La presente aproximación a la edición indonesia del único fabulario portugués del siglo XVII incide sobre la hoja de cubierta del impreso, en virtud de que el paratexto pone en perspectiva ángulos cruciales del trabajo del respectivo editor literario, João Ferreira A. d’Almeida. El contexto geopolítico y lingüístico de la obra, su matriz barroca, el conocimiento fabulístico que el autor parece haber acumulado más allá del dominio de la fuente (la colección de Manuel Mendes da Vidigueira) y la variedad de propósitos de la reimpresión son algunos de los aspectos de esta aproximación al libro de Batavia.

Palabras clave: Esopete Redivivo; fabulario barroco; Batavia; João Ferreira A. d’Almeida; fábula en portugués.

 

Abstract

The present approach to the Indonesian edition of the single Portuguese fable collection of the 17th century focuses on its title page. In fact, the paratext allows us to analyse crucial aspects of the work of the literary editor responsible for the reprint, João Ferreira A. d’Almeida. Some of the topics discussed are the geopolitical and linguistic context of this publication, its baroque mold, the knowledge of fables the author could have gained in addition to its source (Manuel Mendes da Vidigueira’s collection) and the reprint purposes.

Key words: Esopete Redivivo; baroque fable; Batavia; João Ferreira A. d’Almeida; Portuguese written fable
Los animales en la Literatura (presentación)
Authors: Cuesta Torre María Luzdivina
Published: June 2016

Presentación
Edipo y Segismundo: la libertad en Sófocles y Calderón
Authors: Gomollón Benjamín
Published: June 2016

Calderón y Sófocles expresan, a través de sus héroes, su invencible fe en la libertad del ser humano, más allá de la marca del destino y del padre. Aun desde claves religiosas muy diferentes, no solo absorben en sus personajes, simbólicos pero profundamente humanos, el espíritu de la época, sino que también proporcionan una radical lectura artística de la historia y del individuo. Y frente al hundimiento inexorable de Edipo, la redención de Segismundo, como rey y como hombre, define la verdadera dimensión emancipadora del catolicismo trágico de Calderón
Europa vista desde Amsterdam: "Laus Urbium" en la obra poética de Miguel (Daniel Leví) de Barrios
Authors: García Gavilán Inmaculada
Published: June 2016

El presente estudio explora la varia fortuna que ha venido experimentando el subgénero de la laos urbium, sin duda uno de los más dúctiles y atractivos de la literatura encomiástica, desde su formación en época helenística hasta finales del siglo XVII. Se examina en estas páginas una ejemplar muestra de esta dilatada pervivencia: los elogios incluidos por el poeta y dramaturgo sefardí Miguel (Daniel Leví) de Barrios (1635-1701) en uno de sus poemarios más logrados, Coro de las Musas (1672), y que dedica, desde su particular exilio flamenco, a diversas capitales europeas
La fábula de Acteón de Antonio Mira de Amescua y la tradición ejemplarizante del mito
Authors: Osuna Inmaculada
Published: June 2016

A lo largo de cincuenta y ocho octavas, Mira de Amescua recrea un conocido mito divulgado por las Metamorfosis de Ovidio, aunque también presente en otros testimonios de la Antigüedad, con signifi cativas variantes
Datos históricos y bibliométricos del corpus de Luis Vélez de Guevara para la fecha de escritura de "El alba y el sol"
Authors: González Martínez Javier J.
Published: June 2016

Se demuestra como el método que Morley y Bruerton crearon para la datación de comedias no es válido para El alba y el sol de Luis Vélez de Guevara debido a las excepcionalidades métricas que presenta. Sin embargo, los datos históricos que se desprenden de la pieza nos hacen situarla después de 1605, año en que comienza a servir al conde de Saldaña, y antes de 1620, que es cuando deja de tener relación con la familia Sandoval.
La visión integradora de Ángel Crespo
Authors: López Castro Armando
Published: June 2016

En la escritura de Ángel Crespo conviven las tareas de poeta, crítico y traductor, que se potencian mutuamente como productos de una misma sensibilidad artística. En lo que a la crítica se refi ere, que se centra sobre los grandes poetas de la tradición occidental, desde Dante a Pessoa, Crespo muestra una inquietud renovadora, caracterizada por la ruptura de códigos, que deja aparecer el acto creador como una música de fondo. Desde sus primeros ensayos, Crespo apostó por una defensa de la imaginación creadora como medio de profundizar en el conocimiento de la realidad. Y es esta integración de creación y crítica lo que da a su palabra una forma dinámica, una continuidad siempre nueva
"En la gloria en donde el lenguaje es ver". Algunas notas sobre las técnicas de visualización en el sermón barroco
Authors: Tanganelli Paolo
Published: June 2016

En la predicación hispánica del Siglo de Oro había dos técnicas fundamentales y complementarias de visualización: una que hacía hincapié principalmente en la teatralización, y otra que abogaba, en cambio, por los conceptuosos itinerarios del sermón cortesano. La disputa retórica entre José de Ormaza y Valentín de Céspedes deriva de este dualismo
Flores de retórica en el Primus calamus de Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz
Authors: Baldissera Andrea
Published: June 2016

El trabajo subraya la presencia de retórica y predicación en el Calamus Primus de Juan Caramuel, como consecuencia de la constante atención del obispo de Vigevano, en el conjunto de su enciclopédica producción y actividad cultural, hacia la elocuencia. Gracias al análisis de una serie de ejemplos de diferente índole, sacados de la Metamétrica y la Rhytmica, el estudio pretende demostrar la gran relevancia de la retórica, telón de fondo del tratado, para el discurso lingüístico-combinatorio del sabio cisterciense y los poemas visuales juntados en la obra; así como en la sección de métrica y rítmica, donde aparece significativa la compresencia de homilética y actividad versificatoria
THE OVER-REPRESENTATION OF CHILDREN IN CARE IN THE YOUTH CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: THEORY AND POLICY ISSUES
Authors: Corrado Ray , Freedman Lauren , Blatier Catherine
Published: June 2016

Placement in child protection services, or becoming a child in care, is associated with a disproportionate involvement in youth and adult criminal justice systems. While there is not extensive research on this relationship, there is evidence that many children in care have risk profiles consistent with criminal justice involvement. This article provides an overview of the prevalence of exposure to risk factors related to mental health, education, and antisocial behaviour among children in care, in addition to risk factors that are distinctive to those placed in child protection services. A recent large cohort dataset from British Columbia, Canada, is utilized to examine these risk profiles. Recommendations to identify those involved in child protection services most at risk for criminal justice involvement, with the use of risk management instruments such as the Cracow Instrument, are discussed. In addition, several other important policy themes regarding diagnostic and case management challenges are explored.
RISK PROFILES, TRAJECTORIES, AND INTERVENTION POINTS FOR SERIOUS AND CHRONIC YOUNG OFFENDERS
Authors: Corrado Raymond , Freedman Lauren
Published: June 2016

One of the lesser understood research issues about antisocial onset and persistence is whether there are different patterns of risk factors within the broader identified pathways that require distinctive treatment strategies. This article hypothesizes that there are at least five distinct pathways to persistent antisocial behaviour. The pathways are premised upon the developmental perspective and suggest that the experiences of individuals and their exposure to subsequent risk factors are affected by the earliest risk factors to which the individual is exposed. From a policy perspective, development of these pathways focuses on the goal of preventing antisocial onset, or to reduce the likelihood that behaviours will become progressively antisocial, while concurrently encouraging desistance. A key objective is to inform policy-makers about possible program intervention points for specific sets of risk factors, utilizing programs that have already been identified as successful, and developing new experimental programs.
INTERSECTIONS OF WAR TRAUMA, CULTURE, AND SOCIOANALYSIS IN MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTION FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS
Authors: Madan Athena
Published: June 2016

“Refugee war trauma” is a poor adjunct to post-traumatic stress, lacking context for a civilian survivor of war. The “therapeutic mission”, or consolidating a therapeutic agenda with political reconstitution, has its tensions: Such founders embody politics of “emotionology” (Humphrey, 2005, p. 205) bound largely to pharmaceuticals, from a land of “freedom” (where emphasis is on market) and “democracy” (where emphasis is on autonomy of choice, not accountability). Additionally, how people “cope” or “solve problems” is not universal: Therapy speaks of self-empowerment, self-actualisation, and self-control; reconciliation speaks of collective citizenship, national participation, and group reform. Instituting participation in rituals that ‘help” according to predefined norms of an American prescription to suffering speaks more to the globalisation of the American psyche (Watters, 2010; Venne, 1997) than of humanitarian relief. This paper looks at the absence of cultural and socio-political specificities within the dominant discourse on “war trauma”, that are however of ultimate relevance for people affected by war. Using a case example from my own practice with a Rwandan woman living now in Canada, I question the “helpfulness” of post-traumatic stress treatment with this instance of refugee war trauma, and the impact of power systems in mental health care. How can the therapeutic encounter, given its genesis in Eurocentric, patriarchal, enlightenment thought, pause to better consider its potential for injury, especially within contexts of post-colonial genocide? How to avoid a new “mission to civilise”? What tensions to note as the advent of “trauma counselling” seeks more global application and transnational legitimacy?
Interpersonal Relationships and Depression among Adolescents Living in Tehran’s Shelters
Authors: Ahangar Katayoon , Mansor Mariani , Juhari Rumaya
Published: June 2016

This report explores the connection between interpersonal relationships and depression among adolescents living in Tehran’s shelters. A total 103 Iranian adolescents from nine governmental shelters in Tehran, comprising 69 males and 34 females between the ages of 13 and 15 years, were included in this research. A correlational design was employed in this study and a convenience sampling method was used to select respondents. The results revealed significant negative correlations for depression and difficulties with interpersonal relationships with roommates, classmates, social workers, and guardians. The results of this study will help guardians, social workers, and psychologists to organize intervention programmes that assist with relationship formation as a means for reducing depression among adolescents in Tehran’s youth shelters.
MAPPING WHITENESS AND COLONIALITY IN THE HUMAN SERVICE FIELD: POSSIBILITIES FOR A PRAXIS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE IN CHILD AND YOUTH CARE
Authors: Saraceno Johanne
Published: June 2016

This paper explores how a dominant Western ontology rooted in white masculinity and coloniality is embedded in the systems and structures of professional helping in Canada. With a critical, post-colonial feminist analysis, this paper locates Canada’s colonial history as fundamental to ongoing policies and practices in the human services and child and youth care (CYC). The implications of coloniality for CYC suggest that as practitioners we might consciously engage in deconstructing the theories, structures, and values that shape how we practice. Cartographies can assist us in reflexive and deconstructive endeavours. As one maps out the parameters and identifies the existing horizons, one might begin to envision how to then move beyond them. In examining the hegemony of professional helping, the intention is an invitation to work collectively toward models that foreground the social context of problems faced by individuals as well as creative, collective responses. Strategies of an engaged solidarity and a model of socially just, decolonizing praxis offer potential sites for affirmative and transformative social change.
THE QUESTION OF DOORS
Authors: Skott-Myhre Hans
Published: June 2016

This paper will argue that child and youth care is a kind of social diagram that maps the relations of children and adults. It will propose that residential care in particular, when thought of as a machinic social diagram, has certain characteristics that map its functions and capacities. Perhaps the most central of these is the fact that it is an institution that houses people. The paper will trace the roots of residential care to the model of the asylum. It will go on to explore the door or entrance to the asylum/residential care program as a significant component in the production of the machinic social diagram of residential care.
DEPRESSION AMONG CHINESE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Authors: Zgambo Maggie , Kalembo Fatch , Guoping He , Honghong Wang
Published: June 2016

The purpose of this review is to explore, identify, and discuss the predisposing factors and associated outcomes of depression in Chinese children and adolescents. For inclusion in the review, studies had to meet our objectives, be original peer-reviewed articles, conducted among Chinese children and adolescents in China. Articles were sourced through MEDLINE, EMBASE, Wan Fang Data, PsycINFO, and DOAJ databases. The results of the review indicate that the prevalence of depression symptoms in Chinese children and adolescents is high. The following factors are related to depression in Chinese children and adolescents: family, social factors, peer relations, gender, age, obesity, body image, and ethnicity. The outcomes of depression are poor academic performance, psychosocial retardation, conduct problems, cognitive distortion, and suicide. Depression is a major mental health problem among Chinese children and adolescents. This points to the need for longitudinally designed and controlled studies to establish effective preventive strategies.
CAUCASIAN PARENTS’ EXPERIENCE WITH TRANSNATIONAL-TRANSRACIAL ADOPTION: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY
Authors: Park Soyeon
Published: June 2016

This qualitative research explored American Caucasian parents’ experience with transnational-transracial adoption. Guided by social constructivism and phenomenology, the goal of this study was to understand how parents perceive and interpret their experience when adopting a child transracially, specifically from China and Korea. Data from in-depth interviews with 17 parents revealed the essence of their experience as embedded in family relations distinctive at various stages of the adoption process. Prior to adoption, transracial adoptive parents possessed well-established ideas about the family and parenthood, which enhanced their commitment and sense of ownership throughout the adoption process. While meeting the child and developing a relationship, parents experienced a complicated mixture of emotions, including tension, anxiety, guilt, and grief. The results also offer further insight into the perspective of American Caucasian parents regarding the cultural socialization of their children. The lack of knowledge and resources regarding the adopted child’s birth culture influenced the parents, often resulting in feelings of helplessness.
EXPLORING DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS IN UGANDAN YOUTH
Authors: Drescher Christopher , Chin Eu Gene , Johnson Laura R , Johnson-Pynn Julie S
Published: June 2016

Ugandan youth face a number of threats to their healthy development including poverty, high rates of disease, civil conflict, and environmental degradation. Cultivating developmental competencies is critical, not only for youth, but also for the future of Ugandan communities and civil society. In this article, we highlight contextual challenges facing Ugandan youth, report exploratory results on “standard” measures of developmental assets, and discuss the utility of a positive youth development (PYD) framework in Uganda. Despite difficult circumstances, our results indicated high levels of internal and external assets as assessed with the Developmental Assets Profile (DAP). The DAP demonstrated acceptable internal consistencies and was correlated with two other measures of youth assets, self-efficacy, and civic action. Although researchers should proceed with caution when using psychometric measures in new cultural contexts, our results provide preliminary support for the use of the DAP and a PYD framework for advancing adolescent research and programming in Uganda.
FROM THERE TO HERE: USING PHOTOGRAPHY TO EXPLORE PERSPECTIVES OF RESETTLED REFUGEE YOUTH
Authors: McBrien Jody Lynn , Day Rebecca
Published: June 2016

Because refugee numbers are much smaller than those of other immigrant populations in the United States, researchers frequently group refugees with other immigrants in their studies. However, due to the traumatic circumstances that most refugees face prior to their arrival, they require separate consideration. We chose the medium of photography to help newcomer refugee students express themselves beyond their current capacities in English, and we used the students’ photographs as catalysts to interview them about their resettled lives in the United States. Through this process, we discovered themes central to the students’ lives, and ways in which they were working to reconcile important past and present elements, such as family, friends, cultures, and aspirations. Bronfenbrenner’s (1986) ecological theory provides a useful frame for exploring these students’ processes of acculturation. Their photos, and their commentaries, provide critically important information for teachers, social service providers, and others working with refugee youth.
PEDIATRIC PROCEDURAL PAIN MANAGEMENT: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Authors: Petovello Kristy
Published: June 2016

Research in the last two decades has revealed the complex nature of pain and has thereby improved the understanding, treatment, and management of pediatric pain by health care practitioners. However, a significant gap between knowledge and practice still exists. Pediatric pain remains under-managed. Several themes emerged in this literature review as factors influencing adequate pain management. These include: outdated beliefs about pain management; inconsistent use of evidence-based interventions; difficulties assessing children’s pain; and the role of the values and beliefs of caregivers and practitioners. The literature indicates a high risk of deleterious consequences of under-managed pediatric pain, linking early health care experiences to later health-seeking behaviours. Implications for practice are considerable. Recommendations include: an individualized “3-P” approach combining pharmacologic, physical and psychological strategies; collaborative approaches eliciting expertise from caregivers and health care professionals across multiple disciplines; and utilizing interventions before, during, and after procedures.
UNDERSTANDING RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CRIMINAL INVOLVEMENT IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Authors: Ngo Hieu V. , Rossiter Marian J. , Stewart Cam
Published: June 2016

This study examined risk and protective factors associated with the criminal involvement of some members of the ethnocultural community. Results from ten focus groups comprised of diverse ethnocultural community members, law enforcement personnel, and service providers in four centres in Alberta revealed multiple, complex criminological risk factors related to home country experience, acculturation, strains in community interactions, socioeconomic disparity, negative media influence, and interaction with the criminal justice system. They also highlighted a number of protective factors that have prevented criminal involvement of ethnocultural community members, including family support, the strengths of ethnocultural communities, community engagement and civic participation, and access to social services. Insights from the focus groups served as the basis for a theoretical discussion and recommendations for crime prevention in a multicultural society.
BUILDING SAFE COMMUNITIES FROM THE START: THE UPSTART PARENT SURVEY
Authors: Clark Dawne , Barker Leslie , Benzies Karen
Published: June 2016

Healthy child development sets the foundation for the lifelong trajectory of children and the very health of our society. Effective parenting supports optimal child development in all its domains. The UpStart Parent Survey was developed to help agencies that provide prevention-focused parenting programs (P-FPPs) determine the successful parental acquisition of common outcomes known to predict effective parenting. The purposes of this initial project, Building Safe Communities from the Start: The Upstart Parent Survey, were three-fold: 1) to determine the psychometric properties of the tool, 2) to determine the feasibility of using the UpStart Parent Survey in P-FPPs, and 3) to examine the effectiveness of P-FPPs using the UpStart Parent Survey. This article addresses the latter two purposes.
A CONTEXT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: LEARNINGS FOR PREVENTION FROM THE CALGARY FILIPINO COMMUNITY
Authors: Wells Lana , Hurlock Debb , Antonio Marichu , Lantion Vic , Abboud Rida , Claussen Caroline , Lorenzetti Liza
Published: June 2016

There is a lack of interpretive research in the domestic violence literature and, in particular, within an ethnocultural context. Interviews were held with four Filipina women in Calgary, Alberta who had previously been in violent relationships, in combination with a referral group of key informants with leadership and knowledge of community issues related to domestic violence. By adopting a phenomenological approach to the research, it was hoped that new understandings of what is identified in clinical paradigms as the “risk” and “protective” factors associated with domestic violence would be unearthed. This research study is at once exploratory and informative and is intended to contribute to the development of a province-wide plan to address and prevent domestic violence through the Brenda Strafford Chair in the Prevention of Domestic Violence at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary.
ETHNIC DIVERSITY AND YOUTH OFFENDING: AN EXAMINATION OF RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS
Authors: Bertrand Lorne D. , MacRae-Krisa Leslie D. , Costello Meghan , Winterdyk John
Published: June 2016

This study examined risk and protective factors for criminal reoffending behaviour among a group of Canadian young people who had committed at least one substantive criminal offence in the past and fell into one of four ethnic groups: (a) Canadian born, parents Canadian born; (b) Aboriginal/Métis; (c) first or second generation immigrant, Caucasian; and (d) first or second generation immigrant, other ethnic background. Risk and protective factors were classified into five domains: individual; family; peer; school; and community. Consistent with previous research, the findings did not reveal many instances where statistically significant differences existed in the presence of risk and protective factors across ethnic groups; however, significant differences that were observed were across a wide range of variables. The implications of the findings within the context of previous research in this area are discussed.
PARENTAL MONITORING, MEDIA LITERACY, AND MEDIA VIOLENCE: A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE FOURTH R PARENT MEDIA VIOLENCE WORKSHOP
Authors: Broll Ryan , Crooks Claire V. , Burns Shanna , Hughes Ray , Jaffe Peter G.
Published: June 2016

As youth's lives have become increasingly infused with all types of media, debates regarding the effect of violent media on youth have emerged. Within this debate, parental monitoring has been identified as an important protective factor against some negative outcomes. Accordingly, the Fourth R Parent Media Violence Workshop was developed to educate parents about the importance of setting rules around media use and to encourage parents to monitor their children's media consumption. Two waves of data were collected six months apart (nTime 1=226, nTime 2=52) with parents who attended the workshop, and results indicate that parents engaged in enhanced, appropriately restrictive and active monitoring practices following the workshop. A significant decrease in children's media consumption was also reported between Time 1 and Time 2. The results provide preliminary evidence to suggest that even short, one-time intensive workshops for parents can move parents' behaviours in the intended direction and positively impact their monitoring strategies.
THE YOUTH VILLAGE: A MULTICULTURAL APPROACH TO RESIDENTIAL EDUCATION AND CARE FOR IMMIGRANT YOUTH IN ISRAEL
Authors: Grupper Emmanuel
Published: June 2016

Migration, which has increased in the age of globalization, elicits a range of responses from the host countries, ranging from passive tolerance to active support of the newcomers. These responses affect many aspects of public life, most notably education, and the way immigrant youth are being either included or excluded. Residential care, which is known to be a powerful social instrument, is often used by societies for solving complex problems of children and young people. While many countries consider residential care an alternative of last resort, in Israel, these structural features of residential care institutions have been used for supporting young immigrants experiencing difficulties during the most crucial stage of the cross-cultural transition process. This paper presents the youth village, a unique Israeli residential educational model, highlighting the great potential of residential education and care programs for coping with the challenge of successfully integrating migrating youth. However, residential care methods and concepts are changing a lot and this influences how residential care programs are working with immigrant youth today.
SELF-TREATMENT VS. RECREATIONAL MOTIVES: DIFFERENTIATING NONMEDICAL USE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AMONG YOUTH
Authors: Gunter Whitney D. , Farley Erin J. , O'Connell Daniel J.
Published: June 2016

Nonmedical use of prescription drugs has become a serious social problem among American youth. Two general categories of motives for the nonmedical use of prescription drugs include self-treatment and recreational use. This study assesses differences between nonmedical prescription drug users based on their self-reported motivation for using prescription drugs. Data come from more than 11,000 11th grade students in Delaware public schools. Analyses indicate significant differences in prevalence, correlates, and consequences on nonmedical use of prescription drugs based on motivation for use. Analyses reveal that, among those students who reported nonmedical use of prescription drugs, those who are using for recreational purposes are signficantly more likely to engage in other risk behaviors, such as using other illicit substances and engaging in violent behavior.
DELIBERATION MODELS FEATURING YOUTH PARTICIPATION
Authors: Bulling Denise , Carson Lyn , DeKraai Mark , Garcia Alexis , Raisio Harri
Published: June 2016

There is a growing trend among developed countries to increase the participation of youth in societal and institutional decision-making. The challenge is to move away from an illusion of participation (tokenism) to genuine youth influence. This article transfers knowledge of a relatively new theory to the fields of youth engagement and community development. We pose deliberative democracy as a model to build bridges between youth and decision-makers. This concrete approach offers a platform for youth and adults to engage in a learning process as equal citizens and proactive leaders. Deliberative democracy can be understood as an umbrella term for different models of public deliberation. These models attempt to create carefully detailed conditions for increasing the legitimacy of decisions made through deliberation. Deliberative models that feature youth participation include youth juries, dialogue days between young people and decision-makers, and adult-youth participatory forums where the youth voice is usually a minority. We explore the role of relationships, collaboration, and leadership in generating democratic spaces for the inclusion of youth in policy formation and reform. The challenges associated with engaging youth are discussed along with examples of models from Australia, Finland, Canada, and the United States that promote effective youth engagement.
INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE ON TRANSFORMING PRACTICES: EMANCIPATORY APPROACHES TO YOUTH ENGAGEMENT
Authors: Blanchet-Cohen Natasha , Linds Warren , Mann-Feder Varda , Yuen Felice
Published: June 2016

Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Centre for Human Relations and Community Studies, the Department of Applied Human Sciences, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Concordia University for their support. We also wish to express our appreciation to Peggy Herring, our copy editor for the special issue.
ASPIRATIONS AND BELONGING: TOUCHSTONES FOR THE JOURNEY
Authors: Snow Kim , H. S. , S. K. , J. K. , A. D. O. , P. M.
Published: June 2016

This paper explores the concept of belonging as it relates to the transitional experience of young people attempting to realize their educational aspirations. The Voyager Project is a social innovation program that sees peers who grew up in government care reach out to and mentor other young people in and from care, with the objective of encouraging them to pursue their educational aspirations. A theoretical examination of the concept of belonging and affiliation are woven together with reflections by the program participants on their experiential knowledge. Implications for emancipatory practice methods are explored.
STIGMATISING ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEERS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGERIA
Authors: Ola Bolanle , Coker Rotimi , Ani Cornelius
Published: June 2016

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a serious genetic blood disorder experienced by many young people in Nigeria, but the attitudes of students to peers with SCD is scarcely studied. We explored the stigmatising attitudes towards SCD among 370 secondary school students in Nigeria. The students completed questionnaires on attitude to SCD based on a modified Bogardus scale. A significant proportion of the students endorsed negative attitudes towards peers with SCD and showed poor knowledge of the condition. For example, only 41% thought most students would invite a peer with SCD to their birthday party; only 43% thought most students would like to study together with a peer with SCD; 30% believed spiritual and traditional healers can cure SCD; 11% believed that SCD is caused by evil spirits; 15% believed it can be caused by bad food; and 9% thought it is infectious. Regression analysis identified as significant predictors of negative attitudes these two factors: (a) having less personal contact with people affected by SCD, and (b) the belief that people with SCD cannot lead a normal life. Interventions to reduce negative attitudes towards victims of SCD among school children in Nigeria should include more exposure to people with SCD and positive information to challenge nihilistic beliefs about the condition.
SELF-REPORTED SYMPTOMS AND PARENTS’ EVALUATION OF BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS IN PRESCHOOLERS DISCLOSING SEXUAL ABUSE
Authors: Hébert Martine , Langevin Rachel , Bernier Marie-Josée
Published: June 2016

Child sexual abuse is a prevalent social problem known to have a deleterious impact on the mental health. While sexual abuse may affect preschool children, there is a lack of knowledge regarding its short-term correlates, namely regarding internalized symptomatology due to the few available self-report measures. This study aims to (a) contrast self-reported symptomatology in a group of sexually abused preschoolers and a group of non-abused children, and (b) provide preliminary data on the psychometric properties of the adapted French version of the PRESS. Results indicate that children in the sexual abuse group (n = 59) show higher levels of self-reported depressive symptoms than children in the comparison group (n = 66). Caregivers described sexually abused preschoolers as displaying more internalized and externalized behavior problems than their non-abused peers.
ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION: PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE DISENFRANCHISED
Authors: Mills Martin , McGregor Glenda
Published: June 2016

This paper is concerned with “what works” in alternative schools, also known as flexible learning centres, in the state of Queensland, Australia. Generally, young people who find their way to an alternative educational provider have left school early due to difficult personal circumstances or significant clashes with schooling authorities and their associated disciplinary requirements. This research at eight case-study alternative schools shows that their students were reconnecting to educational futures because of policies and practices that were quite different from those of mainstream schools. By reimagining their relational, pedagogical, curricular, and pastoral work, many of these alternative schools and centres have created learning environments that cater to the holistic needs of young people, particularly those on the margins of societies. It is our contention that mainstream schools might use ideas from this growing alternative educational sector to inform their practices positively and thus retain many of their most vulnerable students.
Tongan Women and Migratory Circuits of Wealth and Value(s)
Authors: Addo Ping-Ann
Published: June 2016

Wealth transfers are key to the “how” and “why” of contemporary global population migration. For example, remittances are much-analyzed and fiercely-debated transfers of wealth from migrant populations to their home countries. Yet wealth can be transferred in the opposite direction – from homeland to hostland – and in various different forms. Using an ethnographic approach to understanding the impact of migrant’s (micro) decisions on wider (macro) global practices, this paper records, compares and contextualizes the global movement of things carried, left behind, pined for, and (re-)created by transmigrants. It seeks to nuance our understandings of the “who” of contemporary migration by tracing the role and cross-cutting paths of traditional wealth from the Kingdom of Tonga between groups of Tongan migrants who live in, and move between New Zealand, Australia, the United States and Hawai‘i. The case study illuminates Tongan women’s choices about carrying and creating objects of value that reify homeland gender and labor practices, while also affording them a role in impacting global wealth transfers that both entwine and eschew cash remittances. 
Harsha Walia in Conversation with MM&D Editor Jo-Anne Lee
Authors: Lee Jo-Anne
Published: June 2016

MM&D editor Jo-Ann Lee talks to activist and author Harsha Walia (@HarshaWalia), about her recent book, Undoing Border Imperialism. Their conversation is transcribed below. You can also watch the interview in a series of three videos available on Vimeo: vimeo.com/album/3419590.
Surveillance, Discipline, and the Ins and Outs of Prison for Overstayers and Undocumented Workers in Hong Kong
Authors: Constable Nicole
Published: June 2016

This essay reflects on the prison stories of three women migrant workers in Hong Kong. All three women initially entered Hong Kong as domestic workers, then overstayed their visas and worked illegally before surrendering to immigration and serving prison time. Their stories of life inside and outside of prison raise many questions, especially about the forms of power and control they encountered. Drawing from what Deleuze, building on Foucault, has provocatively characterized as “societies of discipline” and “societies of control” (1992), I show how both sorts of discipline and control (and punitive sovereign ones) coexist in migrant’s lives. Prison, as Foucault described, is characterized by carceral forms of discipline aimed at reforming individuals. Women’s experiences of prison, I argue, are colored by its conventional disciplinary form and function, including expectations of post-incarceration societal reincorporation. Life outside of prison, by contrast, is characterized by more fluid and diffuse assemblages, information technologies, and networks of control. The lives of overstayers before prison, can offer them freedom and temporary escape from networks of control, but also produce anxiety, fear, and exclusion. These women’s experiences thus point to limitations and provocative aspects of Foucault and Deleuze’s models, and to ways in which migratory lives are shaped and characterized by multiple types of control and discipline.
Precision viticulture data analysis using fuzzy inference systems
Authors: Grelier Mathieu , Guillaume Serge , Tisseyre Bruno , Scholasch Thibaut
Published: June 2016

Aims: Various types of data are likely to be used in a precision viticulture framework, to adjust management actions according to within field variations. This paper proposes an alternative way of analysis to classical methods.

Methods and Results: Data are analysed using fuzzy logic techniques. The result is a set of linguistic fuzzy rules induced from data. In this paper, the rules are build in order to explain the relationship between vintage quality, reduced to sugar content, and other available variables. The resulting system is proved to be accurate, moreover thanks to fuzzy logic interpretability, the induced rules are analyzed and compared to expert knowledge.

Conclusion: This example highlights the potential of fuzzy logic to deal with precision viticulture datasets.

Significance and impact of study: This is a preliminary work, it has been carried out using a free software available in the internet.