bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Separación de una mezcla binaria etanolagua en columna de destilación de platos UDCC por densimetría
Authors: Suárez Cerquera Aidé , Castillo Acosta Camilo Andrés
Published: April 2017

ONTARE. REVISTA DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE LA FACULTAD DE INGENIERÍA

Durante esta investigación se logró separar una mezcla binaria Etanol-Agua al 50% en volumen en el equipo <>.  Durante el proceso se realizaron varias tomas de muestra en el calderín y en el depósito de recogida del producto destilado; la columna de destilación se encuentra controlada desde un computador con sistema SCADA y control PID, desde donde se controlaron las variables de vacío, caudal y temperatura de la máquina para así obtener varias concentraciones de la muestra a través de un tiempo determinado; en el proceso fue de vital importancia que el sistema se encontrara presurizado, debido a que al no haber la presión suficiente la destilación pudiera tardar más tiempo de lo esperado. Se pudo realizar una recuperación del etanol hasta en un 76.6% en volumen lo cual indicó que fue un proceso muy satisfactorio ya que esta concentración es la alcanzada por un alcohol etílico comercial de uso farmacéutico.
Toma de decisiones en escenarios complejos
Authors: Pérez Alcázar Jorge Augusto , Redondo Johan Manuel
Published: April 2017

ONTARE. REVISTA DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE LA FACULTAD DE INGENIERÍA

En este trabajo se presenta una metodología novedosa para la toma de decisiones basada en la dinámica del sistema y los sistemas dinámicos. Aquí se muestra cómo el diagrama de bifurcaciones es en realidad un mapa de todos los escenarios posibles. Esta herramienta es muy importante para los gerentes y los administradores públicos, porque el ejercicio de la toma de decisiones se torna más sencillo cuando la comprensión del problema se ve mejorada. En este documento mostraremos algunos alcances de esta metodología usando como ejemplo un modelo para la creación de empresas en una zona industrial.
A Comparison of Mixed Gas Foams with N2 and CO2 Foam Fracturing Fluids on a Flow Loop Viscometer
Authors: Harris P. C.
Published: April 2017

A study of the rheological properties of mixed gas foams was conducted on a flow loop viscometer. Variables studied included different ratios of N2 and CO2 in 70-quality foams, base gel concentration, crosslinking agent, and temperature.

The rheological properties of mixed gas foams are very similar to the rheologies of N2 and CO2 foams. This was anticipated, since the rheologies of N2 and CO2 foams are similar. The exact static stability behavior of these foams was not anticipated. Pure CO2 70-quality foams have four to five times the static half-life as pure N2 70-quality foams. Replacement of CO2 by N2 in a 70-quality foam decreased the half-life of the foam. The inclusion of only 20-quality N2 in a 70-quality mixed gas foam decreased the foam stability to equal a pure N2 70-quality foam. We saw no evidence that addition of N2 to a CO2 foam improved its stability.

Previously published foam rheology equations for N2 and CO2 foams1,2 were found to be valid, and only minor adjustment to a few coefficients were needed to include the effects of mixed gases. A BASIC program is included which allows foam viscosity to be calculated as a function of quality, gas type and concentration, external liquid phase power law parameters n' and K', shear rate, and temperature.

Fluid loss characteristics of mixed gas foams were found to be the same as for N2 or CO2 foams.
Water stress impacts on transgenic drought‐tolerant corn in the Northern Great Plains
Authors: Chang Jiyul , Clay David E. , Hansen Stephanie A. , Clay Sharon A. , Schumacher Thomas E.
Published: April 2017

Monsanto has developed MON 87460, which is a transgenic corn cultivar with enhanced drought tolerance. It has higher grain count per ear and harvest index than nontransgenic corn. Many agronomists are concerned that a cultivar that increases yield under water‐stress conditions will reduce yields when grown in high‐yield environments. The objective of this study was to determine the influence of this cultivar on corn grain yield and related attributes when grown in moderate‐ to high‐yield environments. Earn 1 CEU in Crop Management by reading this article and completing the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/certifications/self‐study/620.
Subsurface drip irrigation: Battling drought, water restrictions, and declining groundwater
Authors: Ehmke Tanner
Published: April 2017

Parched farm fields across huge swaths of the U.S. are a constant reminder of the importance of water‐use efficiency at the farm level. With drought gripping much of the Great Plains and western states, and with groundwater reserves declining and water regulations increasing, growers and their CCAs are finding ways to get more crop per drop with precision irrigation.
Pest prevention through equipment inspection and cleaning
Authors: DiVittorio Joseph
Published: April 2017

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. So goes the statement penned more than 250 years ago by American scholar and philosopher Benjamin Franklin. In the modern art and science that integrated pest management (IPM) is, Franklin's statement helps introduce the concept of pest prevention through equipment inspection and cleaning. This brief article discusses the relationship among transportation, the equipment user, the equipment item, and the pest (Fig. 1). It further examines the consequences of contaminated equipment and provides equipment inspection and cleaning guidance. Earn 1 CEU in Integrated Pest Management by reading this article and taking the associated quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/certifications/self‐study/719.
Cotton diseases: Seed and seedling, bacterial blight, and vascular wilt
Authors: Rothrock Craig S. , Woodward Jason E. , Kemerait Robert C.
Published: April 2017

This article, adapted from the new book, Cotton, 2nd edition, discusses three types of cotton diseases: seed and seedling, bacterial blight, and vascular wilt. For more information on this topic as well as a comprehensive presentation of many other aspects of cotton from biology to production to marketing, check out the book at https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/books. Earn 1.5 CEUs in Integrated Pest Management by reading this article and completing the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/certifications/self‐study/723.
The science and art of dry bean desiccation
Authors: Gaultier Jeanette , Gulden Rob
Published: April 2017

The benefits of dry bean desiccation are hard to dispute, but desiccation is a science that requires finesse. Regardless of the product(s) being used, agronomists and growers must ensure proper application to maximize desiccant efficacy while limiting negative impacts to quality, including unacceptable herbicide residue levels. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Crop Management by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/certifications/self‐study/789.
Comparison of foliar‐ and soil‐applied phosphorus fertilizer in wine grape
Authors: Davenport Joan R. , Jones Catherine
Published: April 2017

To investigate effective fertilizer practices to address low‐P wine grapes, an experiment was conducted in four wine grape blocks in the Horse Heaven Hills American Viticultural Area (AVA) of Washington State in 2014 and 2015. The research trials evaluated different rates of P fertilizer and also examined wine grape response to foliar‐applied P vs. soil applications of P through the drip irrigation systems. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Nutrient Management by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/certifications/self‐study/791.
Selected management factors for economically increasing soybean yield
Authors: Endres Greg , Kandel Hans
Published: April 2017

Opportunities exist for farmers to increase soybean yield and profitability by improving plant establishment practices. Also, numerous special inputs that may add to soybean profits are being marketed. A North Dakota study was conducted with selected intensive management practices and inputs to examine potential increases in yield and profit. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Crop Management by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/certifications/self‐study/785.
Persistence of herbicides in soil
Authors: Curran William S.
Published: April 2017

While it is desirable for the chemicals to control weeds during the season of application, it is not desirable for them to persist and affect subsequent crop growth. Factors that determine the length of time herbicides persist fall into three categories: soil factors, climatic conditions, and herbicidal properties. Factors from each category strongly interact with one another. Earn 1 CEU in Integrated Pest Management by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/certifications/self‐study/796.
Precision agriculture economics and decision making—beyond profitability
Authors: Shockley Jordan
Published: April 2017

When evaluating the economics of precision agriculture technologies (hardware or software), the results are as site specific as the technology. Following the appropriate decision‐making framework and analyzing the technology for each unique circumstance and farm characteristics is imperative to making the correct investment decision. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Crop Management by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/certifications/self‐study/806.
Methods of making variable‐rate nitrogen recommendations
Authors: Arnall Brian
Published: April 2017

While a variable‐rate N strategy that works across all regions, landscapes, and cropping systems has yet to be developed, those methods that are capable of determining the three inputs of the Stanford equation while incorporating regional specificity will capture the greatest level of accuracy and precision. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Nutrient Management by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/certifications/self‐study/811
First hollow stem: a critical wheat growth stage for dual‐purpose producers
Authors: Edwards Jeff , Horn Gerald
Published: April 2017

The purpose of this article is to explain why first hollow stem (FHS) is the best time to remove cattle from wheat pasture, provide details on how to identify FHS, and discuss some of the environmental and physiological factors that determine when FHS occurs. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Crop Management by reading this article and completing the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/certifications/self‐study/752.
Pulse crop diseases in the Pacific Northwest
Authors: Chen Weidong
Published: April 2017

This article provides a brief overview on some of the important diseases of pulse crops that farmers face in the Pacific Northwest. Some of the disease features are common among all pulse production areas, and some are peculiar to this particular region. Earn 1 CEU in Integrated Pest Management by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/certifications/self‐study/763.
Delaying nitrification and reducing nitrogen loss in Canadian soils with application of nitrapyrin
Authors: Degenhardt Rory F. , Juras Len T. , Smith Laura R.A. , MacRae Andrew W. , Ashigh Jamshid , McGregor William R.
Published: April 2017

This article evaluates the efficacy of two commercial formulations of nitrapyrin, eNtrench and N‐Serve, at stabilizing soil N in the NH4+ form and protecting against N loss when applied in the fall or spring with banded ammonia‐based fertilizers in non‐crop field trials conducted across the main cereal‐ and oilseed‐growing regions of Canada. Earn 1.5 CEUs in Nutrient Management by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/certifications/self‐study/818.
Mycorrhizae super highway to soil health
Authors: Ehmke Tanner
Published: April 2017

There's a network of super highways growing in your soil, and choosing the right farming practices could help promote soil health and plant vigor. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Soil & Water Management by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/certifications/self‐study/823.
The 4Rs in crop nitrogen research
Authors: Flis Sally
Published: April 2017

A growing number of researchers are looking at how the 4Rs of nutrient application—source, rate, time, and place—affect crop uptake and yields. This article begins a new series from The Fertilizer Institute highlighting some of the latest 4R research. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Nutrient Management by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/certifications/self‐study/825.
Identification of glyphosate resistance in Russian thistle in northeastern Oregon
Authors: Barroso Judit
Published: April 2017

Glyphosate is the first herbicide choice for growers in the Pacific Northwest to control Russian thistle after harvest and during summer fallow. However, overreliance on this chemical has already led to the occurrence of herbicide‐resistant weeds. In fall 2015, complaints from farmers about lack of Russian thistle control with glyphosate prompted an Oregon State University weed scientist to test whether there were glyphosate‐resistant populations in northeastern Oregon. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Integrated Pest Management by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/certifications/self‐study/830.
Nanosafety: Towards Safer Nanoparticles by Design
Authors: Bastús Neus G. , Puntes Víctor
Published: April 2017

Background:

Nanosafety aims for a solution through the safer design (and re-design) of
nanostructured materials, optimizing both performance and safety, by resolving which structural features
lead to the desired properties and modifying them to avoid their detrimental effects without losing
their desired nanoscale properties in the process. Starting with known toxic NPs, the final aim
should be the re-design of such detrimental specific NP characteristics and to redefine the way they
should be manipulated from the beginning to the end of their life cycle.

Methods:

The researchers reviewed literature in the area of novel nanosafety strategies addressing the
“safe-by-design” paradigm.

Results:

The potential hazards of engineered NPs are not only determined by the physicochemical
properties of the engineered NPs per se but also on the interactions of these NPs with immediate surrounding
environments. The aim of promoting the timely and safe development of NPs cannot be
achieved via traditional studies as they address one material at one time. The development of a safer
design strategy of engineered NPs requires an understanding of both intrinsic (synthetic) properties
together with their extrinsic responses to external stimuli.

Conclusions:

We have summarized recent developments of novel nanosafety strategies addressing the
“safe-by-design” paradigm for optimizing both performance and safety, allowing the comparison of
results of different studies and ultimately providing guidelines for the re-design of safer NPs. The resulting
discussion is intended to provide guidelines for synthetic nanochemists on how to design NPs
to be safe during their full life cycle while maintaining their parental desired properties.
Children Activities in Public Housing
Authors: Hanapi Nurul Liyana , Sh Ahmad Sabarinah
Published: April 2017

When living in a high-density public housing, children, and physical activities might be an issue as the physical environment may inhibit their outdoor activities. The objective of this paper is to focus on the impact of the physical environment in public housing which affects the children’s physical activity inhibitive. The method employed is mainly through a literature review of published article and journal. There is four distinguished physical characteristic that highlighted in this paper. Poor safety, crowding, limited facilities and poor neighbourhood relationship prove to contribute less physical activities to the children. 2398-4279 © 2017 The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, UniversitiTeknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords:physical activities; public housing; neighbourhood; poor safety
Abundances of Anthropogenic Mud Flows in the North Caucasus Region
Authors: Sergeyeva G A , Adamyan V L
Published: April 2017

В статье рассмотрены вопросы воздействия хозяйственной деятельности на селевые явления, причины зарождения селевых потоков. Проведен анализ случаев схода собственно антропогенных (техногенных) селевых потоков на территории Северо-Кавказского региона. На территории селевых активностей возможности конструктивного использования селевых потоков проблематичны. Хотя селевые отложения вполне могут использоваться как строительный материал, тем не менее экономический ущерб от селевых потоков несопоставим с эффектом использования отложений. В связи с повышенным интересом человечества к районам проявления селевых явлений появилось понятие «селевая опасность». В статье рассматриваются причины возникновения антропогенных, природно-антропогенных, техногенных селей. Антропогенные сели, итогом которых являются возникновение новых селевых бассейнов, развиваются в районах наибольшей хозяйственной нагрузки на них. В качестве примера возникновения техногенных селей рассматривается Адыгея, Карачаево-Черкесия и Дагестан, где возможность возникновения селей увеличивается прямо пропорционально отвалам горных пород в бассейнах местных рек. Причинами формирования природно-антропогенных селей служат сведение лесов, деградация луговой растительности, вследствие перевыпаса и неразумного сенокошения, нарушенные углы естественных откосов склонов при любого рода строительных работах, неправильная распашка склонов и другая нерациональная эксплуатация горных территорий. Это приводит к усилению эрозии, возрастанию стока наносов, а затем к развитию селевых явлений. Предлагаемая работа, основанная на исследованиях, научно-технических отчетах, обобщающих документах и публикациях отдела высокогорных гидрометеорологических исследований Северо-Кавказского УГМС, данных о селепроявлениях, содержащихся в литературных источниках, а также на архивных и справочных материалах, является попыткой обобщить имеющиеся материалы о селевой деятельности на территории Северо-Кавказского региона.
Research and Innovative Activity of Kalashnikov Istu in the Udmurt Republic
Authors: Korshunov A I , Galiakhmetov R A , Khvorenkov V V
Published: April 2017

В статье отражены основные результаты, достигнутые научно-педагогическим коллективом ИжГТУ имени М. Т. Калашникова в процессе реализации Программы стратегического развития университета в период 2015-2016 гг. Выделены основные направления научно-инновационной деятельности университета и представлены наиболее интересные проекты. Описаны произведенные структурные изменения и основные мероприятия в области развития и совершенствования образовательного процесса. Значительное внимание уделено взаимодействию с промышленными предприятиями ОПК и реального сектора экономики региона, поскольку ИжГТУ имени М. Т. Калашникова принимает активное участие в деятельности ассоциаций, объединяющих наиболее крупных и активных работодателей региона. Показано ведущее место вуза в организации и осуществлении инновационной деятельности в Удмуртской Республике в тесном контакте с региональной властью. Отмечен значительный вклад ученых университета в разработку и создание программ стратегического и инновационного развития ряда крупных предприятий региона, Удмуртского машиностроительного кластера и рекреационного кластера «Камский берег». На основании всего вышеизложенного сделан вывод о соответствии деятельности университета требованиям, предъявляемым к региональным опорным техническим университетам как центрам генерации инноваций.
Comparative Study of Dynamic Models of Vehicle Simulator Motion Platform
Authors: Ganin R A , Kazunin D V
Published: April 2017

Актуальным направлением разработки систем подвижности тренажеров автотранспорта и спецтехники является совершенствование алгоритмов управления системой подвижности, что позволяет значительно улучшить качество воспроизведения акселерационных воздействий на рабочем месте оператора. В большинстве случаев применяется простой и надежный кинематический подход к управлению платформой, подразумевающий решение обратной задачи кинематики в режиме реального времени. Регулятор в данном случае декомпозируется на локальные системы управления приводами звеньев, отрабатывающие в следящем режиме рассчитанные положения входных звеньев механизма. Локальные системы автоматического регулирования для электромеханических приводов строятся по принципу подчиненного управления параметрами исполнительного двигателя. Однако данный принцип не обеспечивает требуемого качества управления при наличии таких внешних факторов, как превышение номинальной нагрузки на валах двигателей, высоко расположенный центр масс объекта на подвижном основании, нелинейности регуляторов системы управления приводом. В таком случае улучшение показателей качества системы возможно за счет применения более сложных алгоритмов, учитывающих динамику объекта. В статье проведен сравнительный анализ моделей систем управления трехстепенной динамической платформы подвижности тренажера автотранспорта и спецтехники с целью последующего синтеза регулятора. Выведены уравнения обратной и прямой задач кинематики, уравнения прямой задачи динамики, описаны допущения, принятые при составлении уравнений. В соответствии с полученными уравнениями построены упрощенная и полная динамическая модели системы управления платформой. По имеющимся данным, поступающим от математической модели техники, подобраны тестовые входные воздействия для исследования переходных и установившихся процессов. На основе результатов моделирования сделаны выводы о применимости упрощенной и полной моделей при анализе и синтезе систем управления динамическими платформами.
Widening the Functional Scope of the Stand for Accelerated Tests of Bearing Supports
Authors: Imangulova A A , Rudin R A , Gorbunova K A
Published: April 2017

Статья посвящена проблеме расширения функциональных возможностей стенда для проведения ускоренных испытаний подшипниковых опор. В данной работе описывается функциональная схема стенда, изготовленного на кафедре «Мехатронные системы». Были предложены двигатель, передача, которые используются на стенде. Рассмотрены задачи, которые необходимо решить с помощью изготовленного стенда. Основной задачей является автоматизация процесса испытания и упрощение накопления и обработки экспериментальных данных. В стенде для визуализации результатов экспериментального исследования применяется жидкокристаллический индикатор ЖКИ, но информации об эксплуатационном цикле подшипника ЖКИ явно недостаточно. Для решения этого вопроса предложено в функциональную схему стенда включить три системы: информационную (блок сенсорных устройств, тепловизор и ИДНС), энергоэлектронную (силовые полупроводниковые преобразователи) и электромеханическую (содержит электромеханические преобразователи). Предложенная информационная подсистема позволяет расширить функциональные возможности стенда. Каждая система подробно описана. Данная схема системы представлена в статье. Для определения количества циклов нагружений, вибраций, для измерения величины радиальной составляющей вибрации наружного кольца подшипника, температуры, в зависимости от диапазона рабочей температуры, предложено выбрать датчики, удовлетворяющие нашим требованиям. Стенд может имитировать циклы нагружения методом ускоренных испытаний. Оценка влияния выбранных факторов на долговечность подшипникового узла проводится на основе результатов, полученных в соответствии с планом эксперимента. В данной статье рассмотрен один из методов, это метод Локати. Рассмотрены причины погрешностей данного метода. При использовании метода Локати получаются несколько завышенные результаты, но наиболее близкие к действительным значениям.
Technological Efficiency of Implementation of Dual Completion of Objects
Authors: Baranov M N , Ivanova T N , Novokshonov D N
Published: April 2017

Нефти Удмуртии характеризуются как трудноизвлекаемые, с повышенной вязкостью, высоким содержанием парафина и смол. Большинство разрабатываемых месторождений ОАО «Удмуртнефть» на сегодняшний день находятся на третьей и четвертой стадии разработок. Характерными особенностями данных стадий разработок является высокий темп снижения добычи углеводородов и значительный рост обводненности скважинной продукции. Для увеличения объемов добычи предложена технология одновременно-раздельной эксплуатации объектов добычи нефти (ОРЭ). Внедрение ОРЭ позволит: подключить другие объекты пластов за счет уплотнения сетки без бурения дополнительных скважин и повысить рентабельность добычи; вести раздельный учет добычи нефти по каждому пласту. В работе выявлены критерии эффективности применения технологий одновременно-раздельной добычи нефти глубинно-насосным оборудованием на месторождении ОАО «Удмуртнефть» с высоковязкими нефтями; предложена оценка технологической применимости ОРЭ на месторождении, проведены расчеты технологической эффективности внедрения технологии одновременно-раздельной эксплуатации объектов добычи нефти на месторождении. Доказана целесообразность ее внедрения.
Method for Calculating the Degree of Cure of Fiber Reinforced Polymer
Authors: Grakhov V P , Saidova Z S
Published: April 2017

В данной статье представлена методика определения степени отверждения пропиточного компаунда полимерной композитной арматуры, разработанная и утвержденная специалистами компании ООО «КомАР». Подробно описан процесс подготовки образцов и проведения испытаний. На основании данной методики в лаборатории ООО «НИИ «Стройлаб» проведены сравнительные испытания по определению степени отверждения стеклопластиковой композитной арматуры различных производителей. В качестве образцов использовали стержни диаметром 10 мм. Полученные в ходе испытаний результаты подтверждают особое прикладное значение данной характеристики при выборе типа арматуры для работы в агрессивных условиях, а также при непосредственном воздействии солнечной радиации. Установлено, что для обеспечения долговечности композитного изделия его степень отверждения должна быть не менее 95 %.
Síndrome metabólica em estudos com adultos brasileiros: uma revisão sistemática
Authors: Bortoletto Maira Sayuri Sakay , Souza Regina Kazue Tanno de , Cabrera Marcos Aparecido Sarria , González Alberto Durán
Published: April 2017

A Síndrome Metabólica é definida pela presença simultânea de componentes da resistência à insulina, da hipertensão e da dislipidemia, condição essa relacionada às doenças cardiovasculares. Trata-se uma revisão sistemática das bases PubMed, Scielo, Lilacs e outras fontes, de 2000 a junho de 2013 de estudos transversais com amostras representativas que apresentassem a SM segundo uma das definições a seguir: International Diabetes Federation (IDF), Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in ou Harmonizada. A prevalência de SM variou de 7,1% (adultos jovens) a 56,9% (idosos) observando-se aumento da SM com a idade. Entre os sexos não houve uma distinção clara das prevalências encontradas. Os valores obtidos com a definição IDF foram maiores em relação às demais definições. Entre os componentes da SM houve o predomínio de baixo HDL, alteração dos níveis pressóricos e obesidade abdominal. Houve grande variação da prevalência de SM, impossibilitando uma inferência da prevalência da SM entre brasileiros. Todavia, reforçou sua relação com o aumento da idade e demonstrou maior prevalência dos componentes baixo HDL-C e alteração da pressão.
O papel do enfermeiro durante a consulta de pré-natal à gestante usuária de drogas
Authors: Lima Luciana Pontes de Miranda , Santos Amuzza Aylla Pereira dos , Povoas Fabiani Tenório Xavier , Silva Francisco Carlos Lins da
Published: April 2017

A preocupação com a necessidade de apoio e de informação à gestante sobre os riscos do consumo de drogas na gravidez e a importância das ações de enfermagem nesse processo, motivou a realização deste estudo que teve como objetivo analisar as ações de enfermagem prestadas no pré-natal à gestante diante do consumo de drogas lícitas e ilícitas. Foi realizado um estudo descritivo-exploratório, de abordagem quantitativa, com 50 gestantes usuárias de drogas atendidas em Unidade Básica de Saúde na cidade de Maceió/Alagoas. Os resultados evidenciaram que as ações realizadas pelo enfermeiro ainda são insuficientes, pois, apesar das orientações recebidas sobre os riscos e consequências do uso de drogas, as gestantes (100%) afirmaram não receber nenhum encaminhamento para tratamento e acompanhamento nos Centros de Atenção Psicossocial Álcool e Droga, além das informações sobre redução de danos durante as consultas de pré-natal. A temática droga/gestação ainda é permeada por obstáculos para o trabalho realizado durante o pré-natal pelo enfermeiro, pois apesar das gestantes relatarem que receberam orientações sobre o tema, as conduções para o tratamento nos centros de atenção não foram orientadas e nem realizadas.
Construção e utilização de um indicador sintético para avaliar a qualidade de hospitais do estado de Mato Grosso
Authors: Souza Paulo César , Scatena João Henrique Gurtler
Published: April 2017

A avaliação da qualidade de hospitais é um processo complexo decorrente da complexidade do tipo de organização, sendo necessário para tanto a construção de indicadores que auxiliem nesse processo. Este trabalho é um estudo multicaso descritivo com abordagem quantitativa que teve como objeto de estudo 10 hospitais de diferentes tipos de prestadores localizados em três regiões de saúde de Mato Grosso. Objetivou mostrar a elaboração e utilização de um indicador sintético para avaliar a qualidade dos hospitais pesquisados. O indicador sintético construído mostrou que os hospitais filantrópicos (66,7%) e privados (65,2%) prevaleceram sobre os públicos (59,3%) quanto à qualidade. Ao analisar outros dados quanto às condições de operação, foram evidenciadas as variáveis explicativas para o baixo desempenho de um dos hospitais pesquisados, de tal modo que a diferença entre os públicos (66,3%), privados (65,2%) e filantrópicos (66,7%), tornou-se inexpressiva. Assim, ficou evidente a limitação do indicador sintético na avaliação da qualidade e a necessidade de aliar ao indicador a análise das variáveis explicativas do desempenho apresentado. Desse modo, a informação gerada poderá ser mais útil para a tomada de decisão visando a maximização do alto e a melhoria do baixo desempenho.
Participação do pai na gestação, parto e puerpério: refletindo as interfaces da assistência de enfermagem
Authors: Ribeiro Juliane Portella , Gomes Giovana Calcagno , Silva Bárbara Tarouco da , Cardoso Letícia Silveira , Silva Priscila Arruda da , Strefling Ivanete da Silva Santiago
Published: April 2017

A presente análise reflexiva busca subsidiar a prática dos profissionais de enfermagem e auxiliar os mesmos na proposição de ações condizentes às necessidades do homem, auxiliando-o na construção da paternidade e no desenvolvimento do seu papel e de suas tarefas nos períodos de gestação, parto e puerpério, de forma a promover a saúde familiar. Trata-se de um estudo reflexivo, a partir de revisão da literatura na qual foram consultados artigos científicos nas bases de dados LILACS e na biblioteca virtual SciElo, Manuais do Ministério da Saúde e a Legislação vigente sobre a temática. Apresentam-se, inicialmente, a participação do pai na gestação, parto e puerpério e, a seguir as interfaces entre enfermagem e a paternidade nos períodos de gestação, parto e puerpério. Refletir sobre a participação paterna desde a gestação constitui-se em uma ferramenta sólida para visualizar estratégias e qualificar a prática e os cuidados de enfermagem com famílias, favorecendo a inclusão do pai em atividades do período gravídico-puerperal.
Sticky currents: Drawing folds in serial exhaustion
Authors: Nicole De Brabandere
Published: April 2017

The affective qualities of surfaces (and the skin) in drawing operations, wedging clay, and video are developed in this research exposition by activating them with both the concept and the practice of exhaustion in emergent series. The practical and conceptual framework emerges along side Deleuze's 'The Fold', Deleuze and Guattari's concepts of the 'smooth' and the 'striated', and Stefano Harney and Fred Moten's 'The Undercommons'. The images, videos, poetics, and concepts of the exhibition develop folding textures and generate charged affective worlds with the force to modulate habits and attunements. As these emergent worldings intensify an emergent corporeal, they also activate a research process that continually folds over and across itself, opening up to new affects, concepts, and subjectivities. Folds exhaust themselves in the multiple, unspeakable midst, until the gentle vibration sparks a current and starts to resonate the fine hairs on the surface of the skin so that they again become sticky.
Mycological provisions
Authors: Christopher Lee Kennedy
Published: April 2017

This exposition considers the use of mycology and chance operation as a method and material for arts-based research. The exposition details a series of mushroom hunting excursions designed to engage four artist-teachers in collaborative dialogue about their practice and identity. As participant and researcher converse, the hunts unfold as dérive-like encounters with a landscape interrupted through chance and embodied experience. The project draws from the work of artist and composer John Cage, who used fungi and mushroom hunting as one of many devices for exploring sound and its relationship to environment. Contextual research and documentation offer a glimpse into this process, while considering unstructured, kinetic, and uncertain ways of knowing in qualitative and arts-based research. The aim is to explore mycology as a post-formal lens for understanding the pedagogical and creative practices of the artist-teacher as a networked, fluid, and relational system.
Voice (a retracing)
Authors: Vida Midgelow  , Tom Williams
Published: April 2017

Voice (a retracing) is a video/sound work which seeks to capture and articulate the dancer's inner experience of movement improvisation. In doing so, this work layers and distorts video images and uses the dancer's spoken voice as the basis for an acousmatic composition.

In this exposition Tom Williams (composer) and Vida L Midgelow (dancer and videographer) discuss a creative lexicon emerging from their collaborative processes making this work. Through these conversations they reveal conceptual, contextual and methodological ideas, illuminating their creative practices.
Notes on Red76's Occupy Yr. Home
Authors: Heath Schultz  , Samuel Gould
Published: April 2017

'Place setting: notes on Red76's Occupy Yr. Home' is a collaborative piece of writing between Heath Schultz and Sam Gould, primary organiser of the artist group Red76. The piece doubles as a critical review of the Red76 project 'Occupy Yr. Home' – a facilitated conversation in a participant's home around the themes of occupation and the domestic sphere. The text explores problems that plague much participatory art and social practice. Unique to this piece of writing is a parallel conversation (played out in the footnotes) in which Sam responds to Heath's review, offering anecdotes, clarifications, and thoughts. The dialogue within the footnotes suggests divergent viewpoints from the 'authoritative text'. In this way, the experimental form of the piece struggles with the important question of how different experiences of the same event can texture and complicate discourses around participatory art.
Trapped to Reveal - On webcam mediated communication and collaboration.
Authors: Annie Abrahams
Published: April 2017

An exposition concerning my collaborative webcam performance projects, focussing on / trying to determine the special aspects of machine mediated communication and collaboration.

I wanted to use this opportunity to organise the material from three of my webcam performance projects (Huis Clos / No Exit, Duet Satz 1, 2, 3,4 and Angry Women) in a way that would reveal their essence in a few short lines. This, as I should have known, is impossible.
It is about performance, it is about processes and human beings being transformed. I formulated motives, described means and I managed to give this research a succint philosophical and political background. Relevant experiences and reactions are clustered and a short text and conclusion distilled.
The Fourth Wall of Architecture
Authors: Bart L. Decroos
Published: April 2017

This work is an attempt to combine the fields of architecture, critical theory, and literature. It deals with the question of how an architectural artefact develops its meaning within a larger discourse through its image, and how this relates to the everyday life of the physical space of the artefact.

The work has been developed by translating certain theoretical ideas to a fictional setting in order to explore these ideas through the medium of literature. The theoretical starting point thus takes on the form of characters, dialogues, and events within a specific architectural environment in an attempt to relate these diverse ideas to one another and to the physical space. The resulting short stories have then been translated to images of physical spaces, which try to detect these theoretical ideas on the level of the space itself.

The complete work comprises three short stories, each dealing with a different type of architecture: the single-family house, the hotel room, and the office space.
trees: Pinus sylvestris
Authors: Marcus Maeder
Published: April 2017

In the research project ‚trees: Rendering Ecophysiological Processes Audible‘, we worked on the acoustic recording, analysis and representation of ecophysiological and climatic processes in and around plants and studying the acoustic and aesthetic requirements for making them perceptible. We recorded sounds of plants and brought them in relation to other measurement data such as that relating to the microclimate, sap flow, changes in trunk radius and water potential in the plants’ organs – measurement data that is not auditory per se. How can processes that are beyond our normal perception be made directly perceptible, creating new experiences and opening a new window on nature for scientists, artists and the general public? To what extent is our sense of hearing of use? The product of our research project, the installation 'trees: Pinus sylvestris' replays sonifications of ecophysiological measurement data as well as recordings of acoustic emissions of a tree from early summer 2015 – the peak of the growth period of our experimentation plant, a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) located in the central Swiss Alps in Salgesch in the canton of Valais. The installation is designed as an artistic observation system that transforms ecophysiological data into a generative piece of music. 'Trees: Pinus sylvestris' makes experienceable and audible the normally hidden processes by which a plant copes with its local conditions.
Located Identity: Finding the Mallee
Authors: Dominic Redfern
Published: April 2017

From within a larger body of research that dealt with how identity is constructed in and through screen spaces, in this exposition I have selected for discussion three works that deal more specifically with the relationship between identity and place. I discuss these three projects so as to chart the shifting ways in which I developed a relationship to a single place, namely the Mallee geo-region of south-eastern Australia. It is a hot, dry region, largely flat and low lying, which for significant periods was inundated by the ocean. This ancient geological history is seen today in the sand dunes and salt lakes that the region contains. It is a place of contested land use, and inappropriate agricultural practices have made it highly susceptible to erosion. In this exposition, I will describe how I was drawn to work in this zone, and how, through the three successive works I discuss, significant shifts occurred in the way I engaged with landscape through the medium of video. In my previous practice I was very often present as a performer on screen. The seven-year arc described in this exposition has seen my own presence slowly fade. My disappearance from the picture, and my shifting relationship to place, are two aspects of the same process, one an expression of the other. The three works discussed contain different approaches to space, place, and landscape, and together they build towards a notion of located identity that sees the landscape subsume the previously present ‘actor’.
Playing the Spiral Jetty
Authors: Juan Carlos Castro  , Daniel T. Barney
Published: April 2017

In this exposition we describe and theorize the evolution of an artistic enquiry entitled Playing the Spiral Jetty. This is accomplished in four parts. In part one we present our understanding of play as research methodology. Then, in part two we narrate and contextualize our encounter of the exhibition Contemporary Masters, an installation of an 18-hole, artist-designed, miniature golf course. In part three we elaborate our improvisations and conceptualizations of Playing the Spiral Jetty. Finally, in part four, we conclude with a theorization of play enacted in our performance. Play, as action and reaction, becomes a non-deterministic tactic or strategy for rethinking and redirecting understandings of and engagements with art. As a research enquiry, play is integrally linked to art making and as such, a way of knowing. The medial space in which play and subsequently art occupy create opportunities for novel ontological understandings.
Rationality, Intuition and Emotion - Exploring an Artistic Process
Authors: Gert Germeraad
Published: April 2017

This exploratory text communicates the relation between my figurative sculpture and abstract drawings in an attempt to find the deeper grounds in my artistic work. During this project writing has become a connecting element, both as a description of my artistic process and as an integrated part of my work. In this writing I have tried to be open to underlying motives and early in this project it became clear that memories of psychotic episodes that I experienced in my twenties would start to play a crucial part in the description of my process. The psychoses had a prodigious impact on the formation of the person I have become and still play an important role as an undercurrent of emotional energy in my daily life and in my art. However, since I don’t want my art to be perceived through the point of view that I was once a psychiatric patient, I hardly ever talk about it.
In this exposition I explore how, if I want to explore deeper layers in my work, I can no longer avoid this part of my past.
Schizoanalysis as a Method in Artistic Research
Authors: Tero Nauha
Published: April 2017

This exposition uses concepts of contamination, sponge and plasticity to approach the heterogeneity of a schizoanalytic practice - and as such as a method for artistic research. These concepts are singular to my research on the amalgamation of performance, subjectivity and contemporary forms of capitalism. My argument is to a large extent based on the theoretical thinking and practical works of Félix Guattari. The singular concept of ‘sponge’, developed here, can be linked to Guattari’s concept of chaosmosis and to the concept of plasticity, which has been reworked from its Hegelian comprehension by Catherine Malabou. The foundation of my research is my artistic practice in the field of performance art. It is a practice based research including three artistic works – “Loop Variations” (2008), “Life in Bytom” (2012) and “Astronomer” (2014). My aim is to predicate it within the larger context cognitive capitalism, the neoliberal economy and post-industrial labour. Artistic practice is a device located within and conditioned by each economic and political ideology or order. However, an artistic practice is not only a formal production, but also produces content, which is not yet categorized, in other words new. Often in the discourse of neoliberal culture production, this new is described with the word ‘innovation’. In my opinion these terms are not equivalent, but often contest each other. This exposition takes place at the convergence of performance studies, psychoanalysis, and the critique of neo-liberal capitalism. My overall aim is to produce a contribution in this convergence. What is the particular locus of a performer in the setting of performance art or social practices, where borders between everyday life, audience, performer, physical setting or duration are not explicit? This exposition includes some analysis of artistic works, which are tied in with the discourses of capitalism and subjectivity.
Innerground_ an Exploration of a Disused Mine Through the Memories of Former Miners
Authors: Carolina Goradesky
Published: April 2017

In order to create conditions for an engaged artistic production improving the knowledge on the theme and its no-more existent site, a research was conducted to identify space and sound attributes in people’s memories.
Performing activities, the ex-miners endowed the mine space significance creating a particular relation with it. Through talks the ex-miners of the mine of Winterslag [Genk, Belgium] were led to find the “lost sounds” throughout their memories. The idea is to use the collected data to [re]create sound-memories which could be implemented in an old mining site, encouraging people to explore this site in a different way.
What is a University?
Authors: Daphne Plessner
Published: April 2017

The popular perception of the University today involves notions of hierarchies of knowledge distribution and centres of excellence. The University is also regarded as a space where the values of social equality and mobility allegedly are reproduced, carrying the traces of sentiments such as those in which education is seen as a social good, a preparation for public life and civic responsibility. However, despite this general conception, students may look to a University for material, that is, career advantages, lecturers believe that universities are for critical inquiry and self-development (at least in Europe and America), and managers see it as a business enterprise and replicate the economic strategies of neo-liberalism. None of these conceptions sit very well together. In fact, they conflict sharply. The pressing question then is, What is a University?

This project investigates and responds to this problematic question by looking more carefully at how people imagine the idea of a University. What exactly are the assumptions of say, a group of research students? How do different universities instigate and enforce the boundaries of membership and participation? And exactly what kind of education is on offer when universities operate as a 'service' industry with a managerial rationale borrowed from the business models of corporate capitalism? These questions weave through a series of collaborative and interventionist art projects, some of which are still under development and others have yet to be realised. The point is not to arrive at an answer, but to capture the experience of the University in transition and to problematise its conditions.