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Development of a consensus approach for return of pathology incidental findings in the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project
Authors: Lockhart Nicole C , Weil Carol J , Carithers Latarsha J , Koester Susan E , Little A Roger , Volpi Simona , Moore Helen M , Berkman Benjamin E
Published: June 2018

The active debate about the return of incidental or secondary findings in research has primarily focused on return to research participants, or in some cases, family members. Particular attention has been paid to return of genomic findings. Yet, research may generate other types of findings that warrant consideration for return, including findings related to the pathology of donated biospecimens. In the case of deceased biospecimen donors who are also organ and/or tissue transplant donors, pathology incidental findings may be relevant not to family members, but to potential organ or tissue transplant recipients. This paper will describe the ethical implications of pathology incidental findings in the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project, the process for developing a consensus approach as to if/when such findings should be returned, possible implications for other research projects collecting postmortem tissues and how the scenario encountered in GTEx fits into the larger return of results/incidental findings debate.
Magnetic brane of cubic quasi-topological gravity in the presence of Maxwell and Born–Infeld electromagnetic field
Authors: Ghanaatian M. , Bazrafshan A. , Taghipoor S. , Tawoosi R.
Published: June 2018

The main purpose of the present paper is analyzing magnetic brane solutions of cubic quasi-topological gravity in the presence of a linear electromagnetic Maxwell field and a nonlinear electromagnetic Born–Infeld field. We show that the mentioned magnetic solutions have no curvature singularity and also no horizons, but we observe that there is a conic geometry with a related deficit angle. We obtain the metric function and deficit angle and consider their behavior. We show that the attributes of our solution are dependent on cubic quasi-topological coefficient and the Gauss–Bonnet parameter.
Central intersections of element centralizers
Authors: Brough Julian
Published: June 2018

In 1970, R. Schmidt gave a structural classification for CA-groups. In this paper, we consider a condition upon the intersection of element centralizers which turns out to be equivalent to the definition of a CA-group. We then weaken which centralizers we chose to intersect and structurally classify this new family of groups. Furthermore, we apply a similar weakening to the class of F-groups introduced by Itô in 1953 and classified by Rebmann in 1971.
Phase Transition in 2D Anisotropic Ising Model with Next-Nearest Neighbor Interactions in a Magnetic Field
Authors: Farsal D. , Badia M. , Bennai M.
Published: June 2018

The critical behavior at the phase transition of the ferromagnetic two-dimensional anisotropic Ising model with next-nearest neighbor (NNN) couplings in the presence of the field is determined using mainly Monte Carlo (MC) method. This method is used to investigate the phase diagram of the model and to verify the existence of a divergence at null temperature which often appears in two-dimensional systems. We analyze also the influence of the report of the NNN interactions [Formula: see text] and the magnetic field [Formula: see text] on the critical temperature of the system, and we show that the critical temperature depends on the magnetic field for positive values of the interaction. Finally, we have investigated other thermodynamical qualities such as the magnetic susceptibility [Formula: see text]. It has been shown that their thermal behavior depends qualitatively and quantitatively on the strength of NNN interactions and the magnetic field.
On Fault Identification in Interconnection Networks under the Comparison Model
Authors: Liang Jiarong , Zhang Qian
Published: June 2018

We propose three characterization theorems oft/t-diagnosable systems under the comparison model. By these characterization theorems we present some properties oft/t-diagnosable systems. Furthermore, for a given network system, we introduce a new method to determine a range fromtmintotmaxconveniently, in which the system is at leasttmin/tmin-diagnosable and at mosttmax/tmax-diagnosable. By applying our results to some well-known networks such asn-dimensional hypercube,2D(3D) mesh, and permutation star graph, we figure out theirt/t-diagnosability.
Predictors of Utilization of an Addiction-Specific Behavioural Couple Therapy in Alcohol Dependence
Authors: Schünemann Olivia , Lindenmeyer Johannes , Heinrichs Nina
Published: June 2018

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine predictors that lead to the utilization of Behavioural Couple Therapy (BCT) for patients with alcohol dependence (AD) in a ­European health care system and to identify groups that have a low probability of utilizing BCT. Methods: Using routinely collected data from a German rehabilitation clinic, a sample of 1,843 inpatients with AD living in a couple relationship was examined. Each patient could freely choose to participate in an addiction-specific BCT as a voluntary additional intervention during an inpatient treatment program. Results: The logistic regression analysis indicated that female gender, older age and a higher number of comorbid disorders were associated with a decreased probability of utilizing BCT. The decision tree found that for men, the lowest utilization rate was in the age range of 51–54 and from the age of 58 years; women with higher pressure by their partner in combination with more than 1 comorbid mental disorder and women with lower pressure by their partner (regardless of comorbid disorders) showed the lowest utilization rate. Conclusions: Certain subgroups of patients with AD are less likely to participate in BCT during inpatient treatment.
MPO (Myeloperoxidase) Reduces Endothelial Glycocalyx Thickness Dependent on Its Cationic Charge
Authors: Manchanda Kashish , Kolarova Hana , Kerkenpaß Christina , Mollenhauer Martin , Vitecek Jan , Rudolph Volker , Kubala Lukas , Baldus Stephan , Adam Matti , Klinke Anna
Published: June 2018

Objective—

The leukocyte heme-enzyme MPO (myeloperoxidase) exerts proinflammatory effects on the vascular system primarily linked to its catalytic properties. Recent studies have shown that MPO, depending on its cationic charge, mediates neutrophil recruitment and activation. Here, we further investigated MPO’s extracatalytic properties and its effect on endothelial glycocalyx (EG) integrity.

Approach and Results—

In vivo staining of murine cremaster muscle vessels with Alcian Blue 8GX provided evidence of an MPO-dependent decrease in anionic charge of the EG. MPO binding to the glycocalyx was further characterized using Chinese hamster ovary cells and its glycosaminoglycan mutants—pgsA-745 (mutant Chinese hamster ovary cells lacking heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycan) and pgsD-677 (mutant Chinese hamster ovary cells lacking heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycan), which revealed heparan sulfate as the main mediator of MPO binding. Further, EG integrity was assessed in terms of thickness using intravital microscopy of murine cremaster muscle. A significant reduction in EG thickness was observed on infusion of catalytically active MPO, as well as mutant inactive MPO and cationic polymer polylysine. Similar effects were also observed in wild-type mice after a local inflammatory stimulus but not in MPO-knockout mice. The reduction in EG thickness was reversed after removal of vessel-bound MPO, suggesting a possible physical collapse of the EG. Last, experiments with in vivo neutrophil depletion revealed that MPO also induced neutrophil-mediated shedding of the EG core protein, Sdc1 (syndecan-1).

Conclusions—

These findings provide evidence that MPO, via ionic interaction with heparan sulfate side chains, can cause neutrophil-dependent Sdc1 shedding and collapse of the EG structure.
Living Without a Pulse
Authors: Purohit Suneet N. , Cornwell William K. , Pal Jay D. , Lindenfeld JoAnn , Ambardekar Amrut V.
Published: June 2018

Pulsatility seems to have a teleological role because evolutionary hierarchy favors higher ordered animals with more complex, multichamber circulatory systems that generate higher pulse pressure compared with lower ordered animals. Yet despite years of such natural selection, the modern generation of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (CF-LVADs) that have been increasingly used for the last decade have created a unique physiology characterized by a nonpulsatile, nonlaminar blood flow profile with the absence of the usual large elastic artery Windkessel effect during diastole. Although outcomes and durability have improved with CF-LVADs, patients supported with CF-LVADs have a high rate of complications that were not as frequently observed with older pulsatile devices, including gastrointestinal bleeding from arteriovenous malformations, pump thrombosis, and stroke. Given the apparent fundamental biological role of the pulse, the purpose of this review is to describe the normal physiology of ventricular-arterial coupling from pulsatile flow, the effects of heart failure on this physiology and the vasculature, and to examine the effects of nonpulsatile blood flow on the vascular system and potential role in complications seen with CF-LVAD therapy. Understanding these concomitant vascular changes with CF-LVADs may be a key step in improving patient outcomes as modulation of pulsatility and flow characteristics may serve as a novel, yet simple, therapy for reducing complications.
Nomenclatural changes in Ochlerini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Discocephalinae)
Authors: CAMPOS LUIZ ALEXANDRE , ROELL TALITA
Published: June 2018

Several nomenclatural problems were found while studying the types of Ochlerini in the Natural History Museum, London. These problems are addressed and corrected: Hemingius Distant, 1899 syn. nov. is removed from the synonymy with Moncus Stål, 1867, and considered a new junior synonym of Ochlerus Spinola, 1837; Ochlerus scaber Walker, 1867 is removed from the synonymy with Ochlerus obscurus Dallas, 1851, and it is proposed as a senior synonym of Ochlerus cotylophorus Breddin, 1910 syn. nov. Herrichella Distant, 1911 is a senior synonym of Alitocoris Sailer, 1950 syn. nov., with the resulting new combinations: Herrichella grandis (Garbelotto & Campos, 2013) comb. nov., Herrichella lateralis (Garbelotto & Campos, 2013) comb. nov., Herrichella ornata (Garbelotto & Campos, 2013) comb. nov., and Herrichella schraderi (Sailer, 1950) comb. nov. A key for the species of Herrichella is also given. Eritrachys antennata (Distant, 1911) comb. nov. is a senior synonym of Eritrachys bituberculata Ruckes, 1959 syn. nov. Phereclus punctatus (Dallas, 1851) is transferred to the genus Lincus Stål, 1867 as Lincus punctatus (Dallas, 1851) comb. nov.
Four new species and one new subspecies of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) from the Tambopata river, Madre de Dios, Peru
Authors: GRADOS JUAN
Published: June 2018

Four new species and one new subspecies of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) are described. Aphyle niedmandi sp. nov., Evius ocassus sp. nov., Paranerita maculata sandeepani ssp. nov., Paranerita kotolnuki sp. nov. and Baritius flexuosus sp. nov. were collected in the Tambopata River region, Madre de Dios (Peru), as part of a Citizen Science Project, in mutual collaboration between the Natural History Museum (Lima–Peru) and Rainforest Expeditions. External morphological descriptions, morphology of male genitalia, and geographic distributions in Peru are given for all taxa as well as their barcoding.
Axisymmetric Balance Dynamics of Tropical Cyclone Intensification and Its Breakdown Revisited
Authors: Smith Roger K. , Montgomery Michael T. , Bui Hai
Published: June 2018

This paper revisits the evolution of an idealized tropical cyclone–like vortex forced by a prescribed distribution of diabatic heating in the context of both inviscid and frictional axisymmetric balance dynamics. Prognostic solutions are presented for a range of heating distributions, which, in most cases, are allowed to contract as the vortex contracts and intensifies. Interest is focused on the kinematic structure and evolution of the secondary circulation in physical space and on the development of regions of symmetric and static instability. The solutions are prolonged beyond the onset of unstable regions by regularizing the Sawyer–Eliassen equation in these regions, but for reasons discussed, the model ultimately breaks down. The intensification rate of the vortex is essentially constant up to the time when regions of instability ensue. This result is in contrast to previous suggestions that the rate should increase as the vortex intensifies because the heating becomes progressively more “efficient” when the local inertial stability increases. The solutions provide a context for reexamining the classical axisymmetric paradigm for tropical cyclone intensification in the light of another widely invoked intensification paradigm by Emanuel, which postulates that the air in the eyewall flows upward and outward along sloping absolute angular momentum (M) surfaces after it exits the frictional boundary layer. The conundrum is that the classical mechanism for spinup requires the air above the boundary layer to move inward while materially conserving M. Insight provided by the balance solutions helps to refine ideas for resolving this conundrum.
Nurses’, patients’, and family caregivers’ perceptions of compassionate nursing care
Authors: Tehranineshat Banafsheh , Rakhshan Mahnaz , Torabizadeh Camellia , Fararouei Mohammad
Published: June 2018

Background:

Compassion is the core of nursing care and the basis of ethical codes. Due to the complex and abstract nature of this concept, there is a need for further investigations to explore the meaning and identify compassionate nursing care.

Objectives:

The purpose of this study was to identify and describe compassionate nursing care based on the experiences of nurses, patients, and family caregivers.

Research design:

This was a qualitative exploratory study. Data were analyzed using the conventional content analysis method.

Participants and research context:

Nurses, hospitalized patients, and family caregivers in different educational hospitals in an urban area of Iran were selected from February 2016 to December 2017 using a purposeful sampling method (n = 34). In-depth and semi-structured interviews, focus group interviews, and field notes were used for data collection.

Ethical considerations:

The study was approved by the University’s Ethics Committee. The participants were informed about the aim and method of the study, reasons for recording the interviews, confidentiality of data, and voluntary nature of participation in this study.

Findings:

Data from interviews and filed notes were analyzed and classified into three themes: “effective interaction,” “professionalism,” and “continuous comprehensive care.”

Discussion and conclusion:

Emerged themes of this study involved holistic care in the current literature on nursing with an emphasis on effective interaction and professionalism. Nurses can understand patients’ and family caregivers’ comprehensive needs through interaction skills. In addition, clinical proficiency, maintaining professional ethics’ standards along with holism, and continuity in care are examples of compassionate care. Education program about compassionate care can enhance the quality of nursing care.
Impact of Clinical Guidelines on Revisits After Ambulatory Pediatric Adenotonsillectomy
Authors: Lee Helen H. , Dalesio Nicholas M. , Lo Sasso Anthony T. , Van Cleve William C.
Published: June 2018

BACKGROUND:

Pediatric adenotonsillectomies are common and carry known risks of potentially severe complications. Complications that require a revisit, to either the emergency department or hospital readmission, increase costs and may be tied to lower reimbursements by federal programs. In 2011 and 2012, recommendations by pediatric and surgical organizations regarding selection of candidates for ambulatory procedures were issued. We hypothesized that guideline-associated changes in practice patterns would lower the odds of revisits. The primary objective of this study was to assess whether the odds of a complication-related revisit decreased after publication of guidelines after accounting for preintervention temporal trends and levels. The secondary objective was to determine whether temporal associations existed between guideline publication and characteristics of the ambulatory surgical population.

METHODS:

This study employs an interrupted time series design to evaluate the longitudinal effects of clinical guidelines on revisits. The outcome was defined as revisits after ambulatory tonsillectomy for privately insured patients. Data were sourced from the Truven Health Analytics MarketScan database, 2008–2015. Revisits were defined by the most prevalent complication types: hemorrhage, dehydration, pain, nausea, respiratory problem, infection, and fever. Time periods were defined by surgeries before, between, and after guidelines publication. Unadjusted odds ratios estimated associations between revisits and clinical covariates. Multivariable logistic regression was used to estimate the impact of guidelines on revisits. Differences in revisit trends among pre-, peri-, and postguideline periods were tested using the Wald test. Results were statistically significant at P < .005.

RESULTS:

A total of 326,993 surgeries met study criteria. The absolute revisit rate increased over time, from 5.9% (95% confidence interval [CI], 5.8–6.0) to 6.7% (95% CI, 6.6–6.9). The proportion of young children declined slightly, from 6.4% to 5.9% (P < .001). The proportion of patients having a tonsillectomy in an ambulatory surgery center increased (16.5%–31%; P < .001), as did the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (7.0%–14.0%; P < .001) and sleep-disordered breathing (20.6%–35.0%; P < .001). In a multivariable logistic regression model adjusted for age, sex, comorbidities, and surgical location, odds of a revisit increased during the preguideline period (0.4% increase per month; 95% CI, 0.24%–0.54%; P < .001). This monthly increase did not continue after guidelines (P = .002).

CONCLUSIONS:

While odds of a postoperative revisit did not decline after guideline publication, there was a significant difference in trend between the pre- and postguideline periods. Changes in the ambulatory surgery population also suggest at least partial adherence to guidelines.
O ANTINOMISMO TEOLÓGICO EM O CASTELO DE FRANZ KAFKA E SUAS RELAÇÕES COM A CABALA HERÉTICA
Authors: Barbosa Jefferson Eduardo da Paz
Published: June 2018

O objetivo deste artigo é identificar e refletir em O Castelo (2010), de Franz Kafka, a intersecção entre a problemática da crise da tradição, levantada por Walter Benjamin (1987) e Gershom Scholem (1999), e seu desenvolvimento na dialética própria da mística judaica, sobretudo nos movimentos antinomistas que emergiram da Cabala herética e constituíram o niilismo messiânico. O percurso do personagem de O Castelo, mais que peripécias intrigantes, desenvolve, de modo paródico, um exercício exegético próprio da tradição judaica (BLANCHOT, 2002). O Castelo, um objeto carente de substância, agrega em torno de si infinitos comentários, formando um verdadeiro labirinto de palavras. Não existindo senão em seus comentários, o Castelo assemelha-se ao Nome de Deus especulado pelos cabalistas judeus. Para a Cabala herética, Deus é inseparável de sua palavra revelada, a Torá, de modo de que seu Nome é infinitamente interpretável. Pretendemos demonstrar que a relação entre os personagens e os comentários sobre o Castelo, torcidos e profanados como o Nome de Deus entre os cabalistas, faz de Kafka um escritor que explorou magistralmente os limites entre religião e niilismo.
Incontinence-associated dermatitis: prevention and treatment. Part 1/2
Authors: Nazarko Linda
Published: June 2018

When urine or faeces are in contact with the skin for a prolonged period of time, it can become damaged, inflamed, excoriated and infected. This condition is known as incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD). IAD can cause pain and discomfort and increases the risk of a person developing a pressure ulcer.

This article aims to explain how ageing, long-term conditions, impaired functional abilities and urinary and faecal incontinence combine to increase the risks of IAD. It outlines the role of the healthcare assistant in preventing and treating IAD. It emphasises the importance of ensuring that the individual with IAD remains the focus at all times and how meeting the individual's needs and aspirations enables staff to provide sensitive, compassionate care that maintains dignity and privacy.
How to write a good essay: general principles for success
Authors: Stonehouse David
Published: June 2018

The author has more than 14 years' experience in higher education, supporting students in essay-writing and in marking across all levels up to masters, and as an external examiner. This article examines and highlights the general principles which will assist the student in writing an academic essay. Its aim is to encourage the student and to reduce some of the stress that essay-writing causes.

Areas such as maintaining confidentiality, word count, structure, first or third person, reflective accounts, marking criteria, referencing, the range of robust academic sources, plagiarism, spelling and grammar and presentation will be discussed. The most important area of seeking advice from your tutor and reading feedback will be emphasised.
Montréal plus ou moins, 1972: Urban Knowledge Meets Conceptual Attitude
Authors: Sloan Johanne
Published: June 2018

The 1972 exhibition Montréal plus ou moins, curated by the architect Melvin Charney, treated the city’s Museum of Fine Arts as a kind of urban laboratory. Displays created by activist groups as well as artists expressed critical views on Montreal’s urban planning, housing and architectural heritage, while the ambition to reclaim the everyday space of the city resonated with the contemporaneous urban theorizing of Henri Lefebvre. By also featuring performance, give-away artworks, the presentation of documents, and moments of institutional critique, Montréal plus ou moins successfully merged conceptual art strategies with countercultural urban activism.
Cinema of compassion: Andrea Segre and Emmanuel Levinas
Authors: Serra Ilaria
Published: June 2018

This article discusses filmmaker and sociologist Andrea Segre’s film productions, documentaries and fiction films by applying the theoretical filter of Emmanuel Levinas’s Other-centred philosophy. Segre’s filmmaking may exemplify an Italian ‘cinema of compassion’ that responds to and reflects on the cultural shock of seeing the mass approach of the Other – the immigrant. This cinema reflects the unsettling uneasiness of the encounter, while orienting it towards the necessary effect of compassion. Segre was not trained as a filmmaker – a professional in ‘seeing’ the Other – but as a sociologist – a professional in ‘feeling’ and ‘listening to’ the Other. French, Lithuanian-born Jew, Emmanuel Levinas, proposed a philosophy that centres on the ‘constitutive Other’. This concept can convincingly apply to Segre’s films (and much documentary filmmaking) for four main reasons. First, Segre’s movies place the Other at the centre (in the documentary films) or stress it as a dialectic term, a co-protagonist/antagonist (in the fiction films). Second, his movies reject, at the same time as they invite, the identification of Same–Other by respecting the otherness of the Other. Third, they elicit or enact the sentiment of compassion. Finally, these films leave the ‘infinite’ weight of responsibility on the viewers.
Programa de Facilitación de Aprendizaje y Prevención de Intimidación Escolar KIDE
Authors: Agirrezabal Oiarbide Pello , Etxeberria Zubeldia Txaro
Published: June 2018

Dado que el conflicto es una parte inherente de las relaciones interpersonales, el fomento de la coexistencia positiva y el suministro de herramientas adecuadas para resolver los conflictos pacíficamente y en un diálogo es uno de los objetivos básicos de la educación. En el programa de convivencia KIDE (dinámica de la convivencia escolar) contempla la esquina del consenso, el servicio de mediación escolar, los estudiantes mediadores ayudantes, el programa de cibertutores. Para ser válido y funcional, es esencial desarrollar competencias socioemocionales al trabajarlas dentro del plan de estudios, de forma sistemática y secuencial desde la Educación de la Primera Infancia.
Implantación y desarrollo del Programa de Alumnos Ayudantes en el IES San Juan Bautista
Authors: Gómez Puig María José
Published: June 2018

El Programa de Alumnos Ayudantes constituye una respuesta eminentemente educativa para la prevención e intervención ante los casos de acoso escolar o bullying, al tiempo que genera un compromiso educativo a favor de los valores del compañerismo, la cooperación y la solidaridad.
Uji Peptida Komersial Hym-248 terhadap Metamorfosis dan Penempelan Planula yang berasal dari Slick (Testing of Commersial Peptide Hym-248 on Metamorphoses and Settlement of Planulae Collected from Slick)
Authors: Wijayanti Diah P , Indrayanti Elis
Published: June 2018

Metamorfosis dan penempelan merupakan proses yang amat penting dalam siklus hidup koloni karang. Koloni karang hanya akan terbentuk jika larva planula berhasil bermetamorfosis dari larva planktonik menjadi bentik dan menempel pada substrat untuk kemudian bertumbuh menjadi koloni baru. Induktor berperan merangsang metamorfosis dan meningkatkan persentase jumlah zigot yang menempel dan berkembang menjadi koloni baru. Peptida komersial adalah neuropeptida golongan GLWamida yang bertindak sebagai hormon pemicu terjadinya metamorfosis  planulae larva. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan, Hym-248, peptida komersial anggota GLWamida, mampu menginduksi metamorfosis dan penempelan planula yang berasal dari slick (kumpulan gamet yang terapung-apung di permukaan laut setelah dilepaskan koloni karang pada peristiwa spawning multispesifik). Slick dikoleksi dari Pulau Sambangan, Kepulauan Karimunjawa saat spawning masal terjadi pada bulan Maret. Seluruh dosis yang dicobakan mampu menginduksi proses metamorfosis dan settlement planula larva setelah planula diinkubasi dalam media yang telah diberi Hym-248. Hasil ini memberi peluang dilakukannya pembenihan larva planulae secara masal untuk keperluan restorasi terumbu karang dan budidaya karang. Kata kunci: metamorfosis, settlement, budidaya karang, Acropora, spawning masal, slick Settlement and metamorphosis, which leads to the formation of primary polyp, are critical steps in the life cycles of corals. Metamorphosis cue is necessary to create an internal trigger to initiate metamorphosis in coral larvae. Neuropeptides which act hormonally to induce metamorphosis, provide a reliable and efficient settlement cue for ex situ larval culture. Here we report that Hym-248, one member of GLWamide peptide can induce metamorphosis of planulae derived from collected slick. Experiments were done in Sambangan Island after March spawning event. The results showed that all applied doses of Hym-248 successfully induced the metamorphosis and settlement of planulae larvae produced from slick. The result of this study showed that coral propagules can be produced faster by applying the commercial peptide as the inducer which leads to mass production of coral propagules for coral culture. Key words: metamorphosis, settlement, coral culture, Acropora, mass-spawning, slick
Nutritional Content of Wild and Cultured Eel (Anguilla bicolor) from Southern Coast of Central Java
Authors: Wijayanti Ima , Setiyorini Endang Sri Susilo
Published: June 2018

Culture of eel is being pursued in Indonesia, including Central Java,however there has been no data about proximate analysis of both wildand cultured eel. The purpose of this study was to determine the nutritional content of both the wild and the culturedeel Anguilla bicolor from Southern coast of Central Java. Nutritinonal content observed were moisture, protein, fat, ash and carbohydrates content, Vitamin A, Vitamin E and Mineral (Mg, Zn, Ca, Fe). The samples were obtained from Cilacap, Central Java. The data were analyzed by t-Test of Paired Two Sample for Means to determine difference of nutritional content between the wild and the culturedeel. The level of protein, carbohydrates, and Vitamin A were significantly different (P<0.05) between the wild and the cultured one. Whereas the content of water, fat and ash were not significantly different. Furthermore, there was no significant difference the Vitamin E level between the wild and the culturedeel.Mineral levels between the wild and cultured showed significantly different in Mg, Zn and Fe, but not significantly different in Ca. The moisture, protein, carbohydrate, fat, ash, vitamin A and vitamin E content of the wild eel were 62.81%, 16.20%, 1.39%, 17.92%, 1.34%, 3316.38 mg.100g-1, and 0.21% respectively, while the cultured eel were 62.36%, 17.50%, 0.13%, 17.72%, 1.33%, 2068.55 mg.100g-1 and 0.224%, respectively. Magnesium (Mg); Zinc (Zn); Iron (Fe) content of wild and cultured eel respectively 145.35 ppm; 20.9 ppm; 48.08 ppm and 121.97 ppm; 24.44 ppm; 30.99 ppm. Calcium (Ca) content wild and cultured eel were 0.52% and 0.48% respectively. Keywords : Anguilla sp, proximate, vitamin, mineral
Ślad i (nie)obecność w twórczości Evy Kmentowej
Authors: Kempińska Luiza
Published: June 2018

Trace and Absence/Presence in the Art of Eva Kmentova Summary The topic of the paper is the sculpture of Eva Kmentova (1928-1980) from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Casts and impressions of the body, which make a significant part of the artist’s output, have been considered by critics and scholars as directly related to herself, and that allegedly close relationship has been taken for granted. The author proposes a different approach to Kmentova’s works. The related concept of presence has been based on Gianni Vattimo’s idea of the “week thought” and Jacques Derrida’s deconstruction. In such a perspective, the traces implied by Kmentova’s body impressions refer not so much to the subject’s presence, but rather to its absence. This claim has been developed in the interpretations of some of the artist’s works, such as Human Egg (1968), Footprints (1969), Feet (1970), and Figure on the Grass or Myself (1971), in which the status of the trace and its tenuous relation to the categories of presence and absence of the artist in her own oeuvre have been examined.
W przestrzeni wymiany. Obrazy Jacka Goldsteina i fotografie Olivera Wasowa
Authors: Pręgowski Filip
Published: June 2018

The paper, focused on the works of two American artists of the 1980s, Jack Goldstein and Oliver Wasow, is an attempt to consider the process of crossing boundaries between two different kinds of art. That phenomenon was a characteristic feature of the late twentieth-century art, including also The Pictures Generation to which both artists actually belonged. Both Goldstein, in his paintings from the 1980s, and Wasow, in his photos from the same period, used mediated images and simulated the effects achieved by the advanced technology of nature watching and picture transmission. In consequence, among several features common to the works under scrutiny, one realizes in the first place a significant change in the defining of the medium understood not just as a material and technological aspect of the work, but as a dynamic and complex structure connecting different forms and spaces of artistic expression with the spectator’s experience. Challenging the autonomy of art and the separate identities of its kinds, rooted in the historical avant-garde, leads to a revision of the modernist idea of the medium, as well as to reconsidering the ways in which its changing status influences the semantic potential of paintings and photos. Moreover, the spectacular paintings of Goldstein and photos by Wasow, made and taken in relation to the rapidly changing technology of image transmission, provokes questions about their critical potential: do they denounce the spectacle-making techniques or, as fetishized merchandise, do they just take part in it? The frame of reference are analyses conducted by American critics and art historians who redefined the concept of the medium in contemporary artistic practices, examined the role of photography, and considered the subjection of the late twentieth-century art to the logic of spectacle, such as Rosalind Krauss, Douglas Crimp, and Hal Foster.
Phosphorescence and fluorescence of fibrillar cellulose films
Authors: Grönroos Päivi , Bessonoff Marko , Salminen Kalle , Paltakari Jouni , Kulmala Sakari
Published: June 2018

Celluloses and nanofibrillar celluloses, and the basis of their luminescence are studied. Comparative studies of photoluminescence of birch kraft pulp and microfibrillar and nanofibrillar celluloses manufactured from the same pulp were made with the aim to investigate their luminescence properties. Comparison was made with the earlier literature and the origin of the photoluminescence of these cellulose variants is discussed.
Ventriculography in a Single Catheterization Laboratory
Authors: Conti C. Richard
Published: June 2018

Catheter based ventriculography has evolved over the last century and in many instances has been replaced by use of cardiac ultrasound. Despite the shift, ventricular function remains an important part of assessing myocardial damage and prognosis. There is no doubt that cardiac ultrasound can evaluate LV size, myocardial wall motion and wall thickening, and is non-invasive, readily available, relatively inexpensive and portable. Poor acoustic windows are the major limitation of cardiac ultrasound as are foreshortened imaging planes. In contrast, catheter based left ventriculography, can evaluate similar attributes of LV function but limitations are that it is invasive requiring arterial access, involves radiation exposure, and the use of iodinated radio-opaque contrast which may result in renal dysfunction. The Society of Cardiovascular angiography and Intervention (SCAI) recommendations for catheter based left ventriculography are consensus opinions which need rigorous prospective evaluation. Probably the most important SCAI recommendation is that local criteria should be developed to decrease variation in performance among operators within individual catheterization laboratories. No data are available to determine which patient gets catheter based left ventriculography or echo assessment of ventricular function. Decision making regarding the use of catheter based or ultrasound based angiography is quite complex because of limitation and interaction of the various determinants, e.g. creatinine, diabetes, gender, contrast volume and fluoro time.
La performance de l’administration et la gestion axée sur les résultats : il en faudra bien plus pour que la confiance des citoyens dans les institutions s’améliore
Authors: Maltais Daniel
Published: June 2018

(Version originale parue dans le vol. 19 no. 1 (2010))
El triunfo de la Revolución Bolchevique
Authors: Elizondo Calderón William
Published: June 2018

Con motivo de cumplirse 100 años de la revolución bolchevique, en este artículo se realiza una breve presentación sobre el significado, repercusiones, antecedentes inmediatos y estrategia bolchevique para la toma del poder en octubre de 1917. La escogencia del momento oportuno para la insurrección armada y la emisión de los primeros decretos bolcheviques respondían a las necesidades más apremiantes de la población. Esto posibilitó el apoyo popular para la toma y consolidación del poder. Derrocaron el poder de la burguesía e instauraron un gobierno de obreros y campesinos pobres, atrayendo la atención mundial como modelo alternativo al desarrollo capitalista en procura del fin de las desigualdades sociales. La construcción del socialismo soviético ocurre en un contexto de enormes dificultades, en un territorio enorme y con formas de producción muy diversas, además del conflicto entre con las antiguas clases dominantes que pretendían la restauración del capitalismo o la autocracia zarista.
Las relaciones entre las familias y la política social en la reproducción de la sociedad capitalista: su caracterización durante la ofensiva neoliberal en Costa Rica
Authors: Brenes Rodríguez Miltón Ariel
Published: June 2018

El artículo explora las transformaciones de las relaciones entre las familias y la política social en la reproducción de la sociedad capitalista, caracterizando las principales configuraciones de esa relación durante el periodo neoliberal en el escenario costarricense. En primera instancia se aborda la fundamentación teórico metodológica que posibilita entender los orígenes, las relaciones y las funciones de las familias y la política social en la reproducción de la sociedad capitalista, esquema que orienta la obtención de datos, análisis y exposición narrativa del presente documento. Seguidamente se toma como punto de inflexión la crisis de 1970 para acercarse a las transformaciones contemporáneas de la relación entre las familias y la política social, ante las nuevas formas de reproducción del capital derivadas de la crisis en mención. Expuesto ese cuadrante contextual, se precisan las configuraciones de las relaciones entre las familias y la política social en el escenario costarricense para el periodo en cuestión, develando las implicaciones de ese proceso para el conjunto de la sociedad especialmente para las mujeres, las niñas y los niños que habitan en el territorio nacional.
Los inmigrantes chinos y sus descendientes, una mirada desde los relatos de vida
Authors: Chen Mok Susan
Published: June 2018

El objetivo de este trabajo es recuperar los relatos de vida de los inmigrantes chinos y/o sus descendientes de la ciudad de Puntarenas del siglo XX para contribuir a la construcción del proceso de la inmigración china en Costa Rica. Este estudio analiza los relatos de vida de dieciocho inmigrantes y/o descendientes directos de estos, todos adultos mayores del siglo XX.  Se utiliza la técnica de relatos de vida propuesta por Bertaux (2005). Las conclusiones muestran que la comunidad china se ha insertado en la comunidad Puntarenense de manera pacífica y amistosa, aportando sus rasgos culturales y costumbres e integrándose a la vida cotidiana de esta ciudad
Personalismo y alteridad como base filosófica para una praxis universitaria
Authors: Iza Villacís Víctor Adolfo
Published: June 2018

El personalismo como base filosófica es oportuno para una reflexión desde la alteridad y la responsabilidad, desde las categorías de Emanuel Levinas, en la praxis universitaria, ya que permite realizar un análisis y un diálogo en contexto con las prácticas asociadas a la promoción humana y realizar un estudio crítico desde la realidad universitaria, la situación estudiantil, la gestión docente – académica y la Institucionalidad. Se propone una revitalización a la vida juvenil no solo como profesionalización sino como sentido, el llamado a la gestión docente para salir del academicismo, la comunitariedad como elemento de alteridad que brota de la donación y por último la praxis como trascendencia ligada al servicio y transformación de la sociedad.
Política cultural pública en México y su eficacia
Authors: Cervantes Hernández Rubén , Rico Bovio Arturo
Published: June 2018

Este ensayo tiene como objeto problematizar los procesos de la política cultural que marcan los espacios socio-culturales-administrativos ofertados por el gobierno mexicano. Elabora una caracterización general de las dinámicas del desarrollo humano y las políticas culturales de forma transversal. Describe la relación de las políticas culturales con los tratados internacionales y muestra el contexto nacional de México. Ofrece una visión histórica general de las políticas culturales, los antecedentes de estudios del consumo cultural y el PIB cultural de México. Aborda  la interconexión de la Secretaría de Cultura con otras Secretarías.Esta investigación pone las bases para identificar y evaluar el desarrollo humano y otras problemáticas de las políticas culturales en el contexto específico de México.
Analysis of Service Quality and Promotion on Decision and Satisfaction of Foreign Visitors on Pandawa Beach Ecotourismin Badung Regency
Authors: Sudiarta I NyomanGede , Sujana I Wayan , Yuesti Anik
Published: June 2018

The development of various facilities and infrastructure as well as efforts to improve the quality of service on Pandawa Beach Ecotourismis always done to attract and give satisfaction to the visitors. This study aims to determine the effect of service quality and promotion on visitor decisions and visitor satisfaction as well as to determine the effect of visitor decisions on visitor satisfaction on Pandawa Beach Ecotourism Badung Regency, Bali Province. The variables in this study consistof two independent and two dependent variables. Independent variables in this study are service quality and promotion, while the dependent variables in this study are the visitor decision and visitor satisfaction. The population in this study is foreign tourists who visit the Pandawa Beach Ecotourism. In this research a non-probability sampling method is used, taking anaccidental sampling approach with asample number of 96 respondents. The type of data used is descriptive and quantitative data expressed in 5-Point Likert Scale ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree. Methods of data analysis in this study are through descriptive and inferential analysis. Inference analysis uses Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis with SMARTPLS 3 program.The result of this study indicates that: 1) Quality of service has a positive and significant effect on the visitor decision with coefficient value of 0,528 and t-statistic value of 6,625.2) Promotion has a positive and significant effect on the visitor decision with coefficient value of 0,246and t-statistic value of 2,843. 3) Service quality has a positive effect on visitor satisfaction with coefficient value of 0,415 and t-statistic value of 4,007. 4) Promotion has no effect on visitor satisfaction with coefficient value of 0,069 and t-statistic value of 0,638 which t-statistic value is under critical value of 1,96. 5) Visitor decisions have a positive effect on visitor satisfaction with coefficient value of 0.389 and t-statistics of 4.422.
The education and practice of futures studies in Estonia
Authors: Márton András
Published: June 2018

The aim of this case study is to analyze the historical and current state of the education and practice of futures studies (FS) in a country that was once a member of the Soviet Union: Estonia. There are other countries in Eastern Europe which used to be or currently are in a similar situation to Estonia, but futures studies developed in different ways, because politics and economies were driven by different strategies or interests, and futurists emphasized different aspects of their research (either the theoretical or the practical, along different paradigms). In certain countries, like in Estonia, FS fi rst achieved scientifi c (and educational) success after the political change of the early 90s, but this was followed by a long way down to a secondary (backing) position. It seems that an optimal share between education and practice may lead FS out from the pit in Estonia, and in other countries, too.
Una fabril maquinación. Restos y ruinas de una comunidad en Boca de Lobo, de Sergio Chejfec
Authors: Berg Edgardo Horacio
Published: June 2018

RESUMEN Boca de lobo (2000) de Sergio Chejfec se inserta en la cadena histórica de las representaciones literarias del mundo laboral y vuelve a narrar ese anclaje narrativo para formular una suerte de homenaje tangencial y desplazado al mundo obrero, vinculándose con ciertas prácticas intersubjetivas y sistema de valores propios de un mundo ya desvanecido o a punto de su disolución.
Podem os personagens secundários falar? posição feminina no documentário autobiográfico face à memória da ditadura militar no Brasil
Authors: Feldman Ilana
Published: June 2018

RESUMO Diante do campo da autobiografia e de seu cruzamento com o cinema, no contexto da experiência legada pela ditadura civil-militar brasileira, este artigo pretende investigar certos modos políticos de enunciação e subjetivação, aqui postos em cena pelos documentários autobiográficos “Os dias com ele” (Brasil, 2012), de Maria Clara Escobar, e “Diário de uma busca”, de Flávia Castro (Brasil, 2011). Nessas obras, realizadas por filhas de exilados e presos políticos, estão em jogo duas formas distintas de posição feminina e de busca pela figura paterna, nas quais coexistem exílio, memória, testemunho e até mesmo a disputa pelo filme que está sendo feito. Face ao problema do lugar secundário das filhas diante das utopias políticas dos pais, no contexto da experiência do fracasso das esquerdas no Brasil, “Os dias com ele” e “Diário de uma busca” propõem uma passagem do privado ao político, do pai ao país, a partir de uma ética da precariedade.
Imagens extremas na cena contemporânea
Authors: Monteiro Gabriela Lírio Gurgel
Published: June 2018

RESUMO O artigo investiga o uso de imagens extremas em espetáculos contemporâneos, a partir da análise das obras “Pixelated Revolution”, de Rabih Mroué, e “Le Metope Del Paternone”, de Romeo Castellucci. Ambas partem de experiências documentais/autobiográficas a fim de refletirem sobre as imagens violentas e seu impacto na vida cotidiana dos sujeitos. Parte-se da hipótese de que, ao investir em cenas do teatro do real e fugir da estereotipia e normatização, a arte inaugura novos regimes do visível capazes de provocar deslocamentos e de criar novas relações entre imagens e corpos na contemporaneidade.
O CANTO DO CREPÚSCULO: REFLEXÕES ORNITO-ANTROPOLÓGICAS SOBRE UM MITO DE ORIGEM KADIWÉU
Authors: Romizi Francesco
Published: June 2018

Resumo Este trabalho surge do descobrimento, no mito de origem kadiwéu, de duas relações que envolvem humanos e pássaros. Uma é a existente entre os três pássaros-detetives convocados pelo demiurgo para encontrar os ladrões do seu peixe - os ancestrais do ser humano. A outra é aquela entre o pássaro carão, o único que conseguiu ver os ladrões - permitindo ao demiurgo encontrá-los e “humanizá-los” -, e estes últimos. Com respeito à primeira, partindo de uma leitura estruturalista, argumentamos como esses pássaros formam uma série natural de diferenças, por meio da qual os Kadiwéu pensam metaforicamente sobre uma controversa série cultural, assumida como homóloga. Passando à segunda, interpretamos a hipótese perspectivista, defendendo a tese de que o carão enxergou aquela proto-humanidade no momento em que vestiu a sua “roupa”, ingerindo um alimento cozido. Na última parte do texto tentamos juntar estas duas relações para nos aproximarmos da armação do pensamento mítico deste povo ameríndio.
Apropriabilidade tecnológica e preferências da demanda: o caso da indústria farmacêutica*
Authors: Caliari Thiago , Ruiz Ricardo Machado , Valente Marco
Published: June 2018

Resumo O artigo desenvolve um modelo evolucionário History-friendly para a indústria farmacêutica, com replicações de características específicas ao mercado brasileiro. O ponto de enfoque dessa estratégia de análise foi demonstrar a relevância que diferentes especificações da demanda têm sobre os resultados econômicos e tecnológicos em indústrias com elevado grau de desenvolvimento tecnológico, nos moldes das questões levantadas por Nelson (2013). Em suma, os resultados destacam a importância da consideração da demanda nos modelos evolucionários e são conclusivos nesse objetivo. Mudanças consideráveis nos resultados de mercado, financeiros e tecnológicos de firmas industriais foram alcançadas com modificações na parametrização dos consumidores.