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Influencia de la Gamificación para el desarrollo de Competencias de lectura y escritura de los estudiantes de Tercero de bachillerato
Authors: Tauris-Litardo Evelyn Yomira , Ramírez-Díaz Rufita Francisca , Cacoango-Yucta Washington Iván , Maliza-Cruz Wellington Isaac
Published: May 2024

Este estudio se enfocó en investigar el impacto de la gamificación en el desarrollo de competencias de lectura y escritura en estudiantes de tercer año de bachillerato de la Unidad Educativa Julio Jaramillo Laurido, situado en el cantón Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, provincia del mismo nombre. Se utilizó un enfoque mixto que combinó aspectos cualitativos y cuantitativos, se buscó describir minuciosamente las características de la población estudiantil y exploró la realidad estudiada. La investigación incluyó herramientas como fichas de observación y encuestas para registrar la participación y el grado de satisfacción de los estudiantes con las actividades gamificadas. La muestra fue de 32 estudiantes y 5 docentes de la institución mencionada. El análisis de los datos se realizó tanto cuantitativamente, para identificar relaciones entre la gamificación y el aprendizaje, como cualitativamente, para evaluar el nivel de participación y compromiso de los estudiantes. El estudio proporcionó una visión exhaustiva de los fenómenos educativos y contribuyó al avance en la comprensión de cómo la gamificación puede influir en el desarrollo de competencias de lectura y escritura en el contexto específico de tercero de bachillerato.
Prioridades de la investigación e innovación en cáncer en los países con ingresos medios y bajos
Authors: Gutiérrez Liliana , De las Salas Briegel , Sánchez Natalia , Arrieta Oscar , F. Cardona Andrés
Published: May 2024

The World Bank classifies economies for analytical purposes into four income groups: low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high-income. For this purpose, it uses gross national income (GNI) per capita data in U.S. dollars, converted from local currency using the World Bank Atlas (Figure 1), which is applied to smooth exchange rate fluctuations (1). Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) were identified as one major challenge to sustainable development in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Most deaths globally are now due to NCDs, with cancer being responsible for at least 20 % of all mortality (2). Although the overall incidence of cancer is lower in LMICs compared with high-income countries (HICs), total cancer-related mortality is significantly higher in LMICs, especially for people ≤65 years of age; the more significant economic impact because of premature mortality and lost years of productivity is a particular problem for these limited resources environments (3). In 2020, 75 % of all global deaths attributable to NCDs, including cancer, occurred in LMICs, with nearly 50 % of deaths considered to be premature (4,5).
Avances en el manejo del cáncer de riñón, vejiga y próstata
Authors: Rojas Leonardo , Zuluaga Jairo , Vargas Carlos
Published: May 2024

Los tumores genitourinarios son diversos en su cuadro clínico, prevalencia y mortalidad. Ha habido avances significativos en el tratamiento de estos tumores con combinaciones conocidas (p. ej. inhibidores del punto de control inmunitario, inhibidores de la tirosina quinasa), y también con fármacos más nuevos (p. ej. anti-TIGIT, anti-LAG3, belzutifan, enfortumab vedotin y sacituzumab govitecan) y nuevas combinaciones. Han surgido datos sólidos sobre el papel de la inmunoterapia en el carcinoma de células renales y en el cáncer de vejiga y cómo superar la resistencia. Datos recientes aclararon el papel de la intensificación de la terapia de primera línea en el cáncer de próstata sensible a la castración metastásico, específicamente para aquellos con enfermedad de alto volumen. También hay evidencia creciente para el uso de la terapia con radioligandos, con un perfil de seguridad más amplio que inspira nuevas combinaciones de investigación.
Avances en el diagnóstico y tratamiento del cáncer de pulmón de células no pequeñas sin alteraciones genómicas
Authors: Zuluaga Jairo , Rojas Leonardo , Viola Lucia , Martínez Stella , Carvajal Carlos , Arrieta Oscar , F. Cardona Andrés
Published: May 2024

El cáncer de pulmón es la principal causa de muerte relacionada con la enfermedad a nivel global. Anteriormente, la única terapia sistémica antitumoral disponible era la quimioterapia, que presentaba una eficacia modesta y alta toxicidad. El desarrollo de los inhibidores de punto de control inmune (ICIs) es un hito esencial en el tratamiento del cáncer de pulmón. En pacientes sin mutaciones conductoras, los inhibidores de PD-L1/PD-1 producen una respuesta clínica duradera que extiende la supervivencia a largo plazo. En esta revisión se resumen los principales avances que han modificado el paradigma del tratamiento del cáncer de pulmón en todas sus etapas, incluida la inmunoterapia con anticuerpos agonistas y antagonistas. Con base en la evidencia reciente, proponemos algoritmos de tratamiento para el cáncer de pulmón de células no pequeñas (CPCNP), considerando problemas clínicos sin resolver, que en la actualidad se estan explorando en estudios clínicos en curso. Es probable que los resultados de estos ensayos clínicos afecten la práctica clínica futura.
Avances presentes y futuros en el tratamiento del cáncer esofagogástrico
Authors: Bonilla Carlos E. , Ávila Vaneza , Jiménez Paola , González Alejandro , Canro Felipe , García-Foncillas Jesús
Published: May 2024

El cáncer esofagogástrico es un problema de salud pública a nivel mundial y una de las principales causas de mortalidad principalmente en países de ingresos medios y bajos con aumento importante en lugares con estilos de vida occidental. A pesar de los avances significativos en la última década en relación con biomarcadores y tratamiento, persiste con cifras de supervivencia bajas, lo que indica la necesidad de estrategias de medicina de precisión en terapia dirigida molecularmente. Esta revisión analiza el panorama actual de diagnóstico con perfil molecular y tratamiento en los diferentes escenarios de enfermedad temprana, localmente avanzada y metastásica en cáncer esofagogástrico y los desafíos de los avances a futuro de desarrollo y evolución de nuevos biomarcadores y objetivos terapéuticos emergentes como las técnicas quirúrgicas, el progreso de la radioterapia, terapia dirigida, génica e inmunoterapia, que aumentan la esperanza en el tratamiento y abordaje de estas enfermedades.
Presente y futuro del cáncer de seno HER2 positivo y triple negativo
Authors: Mantilla Duran William Armando , Tarantino Paolo
Published: May 2024

El cáncer de seno (BC) es la enfermedad más frecuente a nivel global y la segunda causa de muerte relacionada con cáncer. Desde el año 1990 se ha observado BC por su sigla en inglés; sin embargo, en Colombia, la supervivencia a 5 años sigue siendo baja. El entendimiento de los subtipos de cáncer y su terapéutica individual puede significar una oportunidad para mejorar el pronóstico de esta enfermedad en el país. Dentro de los subtipos descritos hay 2 que requieren una revisión en detalle: el subtipo HER2 positivo, un subtipo con alto riesgo de recaída, que con la introducción de tratamiento dirigido antiHER2 se convirtió en un ejemplo del tratamiento personalizado en cáncer, y el cáncer de seno triple negativo (TNBC), un grupo de tumores del seno que comparten una característica fenotípica común (la ausencia de expresión de HR y HER2) que tenía un Pronóstico pobre, con pocas opciones de tratamiento dirigido. La introducción de los anticuerpos monoclonales (MoAB por su sigla en inglés) significó un cambio en el paradigma terapéutico del BC HER2 positivo, mientras la introducción de medicamentos de inmunoterapia está cambiando la terapéutica del TNBC. Sin embargo, en ambos subtipos la aparición de anticuerpos conjugados con medicamentos supone un nuevo modelo terapéutico y una ventana de oportunidad para responder a las necesidades terapéuticas específicas para cada subgrupo.
El precursor, la medicina y su enfermedad
Authors: Murillo Sarmiento Luis María
Published: May 2024

Exaltado primordialmente como prócer, el Precursor, Antonio Nariño, fue un hombre erudito, con conocimiento en muchas disciplinas, entre ellas la botánica y la medicina, cuyo conocimiento lo adquirió del sabio José Celestino Mutis. De otra su salud fue precaria y padeció una condición enfermiza que se sumó a sus muchas tribulaciones morales.
OS MALEFÍCIOS DO USO ABUSIVO DE FONE DE OUVIDO ENTRE OS JOVENS
Authors: Ribeiro Bianca Valéria de Souza , Neves Maria Clara Martins , Lynch Cinthya da Silva
Published: May 2024

Atualmente, o uso de fones de ouvido por horas, com altas intensidades de som, aumentou consideravelmente, e sabe-se que, podem causar danos à saúde auditiva do usuário. O objetivo este estudo foi conhecer as consequências auditivas e extra auditivas do uso abusivo de fones de ouvido entre os jovens. Por meio de uma pesquisa bibliográfica de caráter qualitativo/quantitativo, utilizando artigos das bases de dados PubMed, SciELO, LILACS e cartilhas do Ministério da Saúde do Brasil nos anos de 2019 a 2024. Selecionou-se 05 artigos que preenchiam os critérios temáticos deste trabalho. Evidenciou-se que a maioria dos usuários de fones de ouvido são jovens, com uso em ambientes domiciliar, universitário e profissional. Grande parcela desconhece práticas de saúde auditiva, sem conhecimento de prejuízos que podem ser ocasionados por esse hábito. A parcela que tem informações, resiste à mudança de hábitos. O tempo de exposição, queixas e sintomas otológicos, estão relacionados ao surgimento da perda auditiva. Todos os autores concordam quanto aos malefícios do uso em alta intensidade e tempo prolongado de ruído emitido pelos fones. Demonstrou-se dados alarmantes quanto ao uso de fones de ouvido inadequadamente, com exposição de alta intensidade, indicando presença de queixas auditivas e extra auditivas que podem acarretar prejuízos à audição.
ASPECTOS MÉDICOS E JURÍDICOS DA INSEMINAÇÃO ARTIFICIAL CASEIRA
Authors: Timm Lauren Valenthina Peres , Hoffmann Eduardo , Schnornberger Lucas Machado , Timm Pedro Arthur Peres , Acosta Lauren Kurz , Ferreira Fernando Murad Baracat , Suzin Cristina Feuser , Silva Lorena Rebouças da
Published: May 2024

A diversificação social e cultural, despertou a formação de novos arranjos familiares e atualização do conceito de família, frente ao direito. Atualmente, a família, não se materializa apenas por laços consanguíneos, ou pelo vínculo contratual da formação matrimonial perante o Estado, mas sim, pela manutenção de um vínculo afetivo. Essa modernização permite a pluralidade do planejamento familiar. Nesse contexto, a prática de “inseminação artificial caseira” cresceu extensivamente, embora ainda não seja regulamentada por lei. Consiste na técnica doméstica de coleta e implantação de sêmen doado, sem a assistência de profissionais da saúde. Nesse viés, objetivou-se entender os motivos para escolha deste método, bem como, sua padronização,  visto que, a falta de normativo específico sobre o assunto, implica em adversidades médico-jurídicas que geram insegurança a quem se submete a essa técnica reprodutiva, bem ainda, expõe toda a sociedade a riscos ainda não visíveis. Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo e quantitativo, desenvolvido a partir da aplicação de dois questionários, em grupos de inseminação artificial caseira nos aplicativos WhatsApp, as respostas foram registradas via GoogleForm. Concluiu-se que a escolha entre inseminação artificial caseira e outros métodos é multifacetada e influenciada por diversos fatores como custo, privacidade, e a acessibilidade financeira, que muitas vezes se destaca como fator decisivo para alguns casais. Ademais, sob uma perspectiva científica, o procedimento em questão é considerado inseguro, já que é realizado com instrumentos e técnicas inadequados e sem a participação de um profissional capacitado.
AUTISMO: COMORBIDADES E CONDIÇÕES ASSOCIADAS
Authors: Machado Augusto Felipe da Rosa , Machado Vitor Augusto da Rosa , Machado Laryssa da Rosa , Campos Maria Fernanda Steski , Souza Neto Hamilton Lopes de , Moraes Rebeca Passos Correia de , Mendes Ricardo Augusto Oliveira , Magalhães Juliana Viana , Lopes Luiz Fernando Borja , Stang Thamara Carolina Carneiro , Barreto Amanda da Silva , Gomes Itamara Rodrigues , Dalari Letícia Aranega , D’antonio Alexia Balech , Tertuliano Brenda de Oliveira , Mendonça Julia Rodrigues Bechtel Pires de , Campos Giovanna Adamo da Cruz , Leão Victor Zapparoli
Published: May 2024

Introdução: O Transtorno do Espectro Autista (TEA) é uma condição neurobiológica marcada por deficiências na interação social, comunicação e comportamentos repetitivos. Objetivo: Este estudo busca analisar as associações entre o TEA e comorbidades, ressaltando a importância do diagnóstico precoce e da compreensão da complexidade dessa condição. Metodologia: Para essa análise, realizou-se uma busca sistemática em bases de dados como PubMed, Scopus, SciELO e Web of Science, utilizando termos MeSH e palavras-chave pertinentes ao TEA e suas comorbidades. Foram incluídos estudos originais, revisões sistemáticas e meta-análises publicados nos últimos 5 anos, aplicando critérios de inclusão e exclusão rigorosos. Resultados: Pacientes com TEA frequentemente apresentam comorbidades como transtornos de ansiedade, depressão, TDAH, epilepsia, distúrbios do sono, distúrbios alimentares e TOC. Essas associações multifatoriais destacam a complexidade do TEA e a necessidade de abordagens integradas para o manejo clínico e aprimoramento do diagnóstico. Considerações finais: A análise das associações entre o TEA e comorbidades revela a importância do diagnóstico precoce e da pesquisa contínua nesse campo. Desse modo, investimentos em estudos multidisciplinares são essenciais para melhorar o entendimento das interações entre o TEA e suas comorbidades, desenvolvendo intervenções terapêuticas mais eficazes e promovendo uma abordagem inclusiva e compassiva em relação ao TEA.
A LEITURA COMO RECURSO DE LUDOTERAPIA DURANTE O TRATAMENTO CONTRA O CÂNCER
Authors: Rocha Letícia de Oliveira , Silva Camilla Stephane Oliveira , Souza Fernanda Gonçalves de , Mol Fernanda Aparecida Xavier da Costa , Silva Thaís Vieira e , Pazini Natany de Oliveira , Martins Cristiano Inácio , Silva Karla Rona da
Published: May 2024

O câncer é considerado a primeira causa de morte infantojuvenil no Brasil, sendo a leucemia a mais prevalente. O diagnóstico de câncer afeta a vida da criança e de seus familiares, devido à inserção súbita no hospital, um ambiente com pessoas desconhecidas, pouco amistoso, além da ruptura da rotina e o afastamento da escola e dos amigos, fatores que cursam com o sofrimento da criança. Assim, é necessário criar estratégias, como a ludoterapia, capazes de amenizar o sofrimento do infante e aproximá-lo dos profissionais da saúde. O presente artigo tem por objetivo caracterizar os benefícios da ludoterapia por meio da leitura na vida da criança com câncer durante o tratamento hospitalar. Método: Revisão integrativa da literatura, realizada com artigos publicados entre os anos de 2018 e 2023, nos idiomas português, inglês e espanhol. Foram incluídos artigos de pesquisa disponíveis na íntegra e que respondiam a seguinte questão: “quais os benefícios da leitura como estratégia lúdica no cuidado em crianças hospitalizadas, especialmente naquelas em tratamento oncológico?” Resultados: Há a necessidade de adequação do ambiente hospitalar através de estratégias, como a ludoterapia por meio da leitura e a humanização da assistência a fim de amenizar o sofrimento da criança durante a internação. Concluiu-se que as atividades lúdicas que envolvem a leitura infantojuvenil como estratégia ludoterápica estimula a criança a expressar seus sentimentos e projetá-los em personagens, auxiliando, portanto, no alívio do sofrimento psicoemocional, da dor, além de aproximar a criança do profissional de saúde, favorecendo sua recuperação.
PERFIL EPIDEMIOLÓGICO DOS PACIENTES ASSISTIDOS PELO SERVIÇO DE CIRURGIA AMBULATORIAL DE UM CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE TERESINA
Authors: Falcão Carolina Soeiro Martins , Sá Michele Maihane Silva , Eulalio Kleber Andrade , Gomes Francisco Rafael Coelho , Mendes Liliam de Araújo , Medeiros Rogério de Araújo
Published: May 2024

A cirurgia ambulatorial surgiu para facilitar o acesso dos pacientes a procedimentos de pequena complexidade sem ocupar espaços em leitos de hospitais ou demandar grandes custos com internação, sendo benéfica ao paciente e aos serviços de saúde, abrangendo os mais diversos pacientes, com queixas variadas. No contexto da clínica escola estudada, entender o perfil de pacientes e procedimentos realizados no centro cirúrgico contribui para planejamento estratégico, melhor atenção ao paciente e redução de custos, além de planejamento cirúrgico e otimização de tempo. Os objetivos são: Analisar o perfil epidemiológico dos pacientes assistidos no serviço, e caracterizar a amostra do estudo e os procedimentos realizados. Trata-se de um estudo, descritivo, exploratório, transversal, com abordagem quantitativa. O estudo foi realizado em um Centro Integrado Saúde, onde os prontuários foram analisados e tabulados. Ao todo 406 prontuários foram analisados, desse número 68,4% eram do sexo feminino e a exérese corresponde a 87,6% dos procedimentos realizados. Nevos, cistos, lipoma, onicocriptose e dermatofibroma foram as lesões mais extraídas. Dos encaminhadas à análise histopatológica (45,8%), 17 retornaram com os resultados, e desses 3 tiveram o diagnóstico de carcinoma basocelular (CBC) e outros 14 outras lesões benignas. As comorbidades mais frequentes foram diabetes mellitus, hipertensão arterial sistêmica e asma, embora 35% negassem patologias de base. Concluiu-se que o perfil epidemiológico dos pacientes foi de encontro a literatura médica e pode servir de norteador desde o atendimento inicial do paciente, elucidação diagnóstica, otimização de recursos, tempo e planejamento cirúrgico adequado.
The role of ventricular assist device in the management of advanced heart failure: a literature review
Authors: Tulcanaza Ochoa Galo Fernando , Martínez Saltos Juan José , Briones Ordóñez Olga Valeria , Salgado Bernal Carlos Antonio , González Solorzano Xavier Andrés , Aillón Albán Ana Gabriela , Nuñez Salan Dudy Lida , Rodriguez Andrade David Eduardo
Published: May 2024

The ventricular assist device has become a reliable and enduring therapy for patients with end-stage heart failure, with over 22,000 implantations to date. Initially designed as a bridge-to-transplant option but now it has become permanent cure for patients with acute heart failure. VAD has significant advancements in medical management and technology, particularly with the introduction of newer-generation devices, have greatly enhanced patient outcomes. This progress has led to an increasing use of ventricular assist devices as a destination therapy. Nonetheless, the substantial burden of adverse events remains a critical challenge in the current state of ventricular assist device therapy, despite this, its viable alternative of heart transplantation as it has solved the complications of donor heart and proved significant success among patient with acute heart failure.
Momordica charantia Leaf Extract Mediated Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles for Antibacterial Performance
Authors: Subramanian P. , David S. Alwin
Published: May 2024

We uncovered a simple and conservational process for the production of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs). This was accomplished by a biosynthetic method that included the leaf extract of Momordica charantia as a reducing agent. The UV-Vis absorption spectrum of them exhibits maxima at 352 nm. The presence of bands at 630cm-1 in the Fourier transform infrared spectrum verifies the production of zinc oxide nanoparticles. XRD determined that the particle size ranged between 20 and 58nm. Field emission scanning electron microscopy exposed that the ZnO NPs were irregular in nature and ranged in size from 20 to 60nm. The existence of oxygen and zinc in ZnO NPs is verified by energy-dispersive X-ray analysis. ZnO NPs exhibited strong antibacterial action against Klebsiella pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus. This biosynthetic technique could pave the way for simple, cost-effective, environmentally friendly products that avoid toxic chemicals and are helpful for applications in medication and the large-scale manufacture of nanoparticles.
Awareness and Behavior of Residents on the Classification of Household Solid Waste in Trungmon, Vietnam
Authors: Phuong Ngoc Trinh
Published: May 2024

The classification of household solid waste (CHSW) in rural areas and areas beginning to urbanize in developing countries is very important. This not only helps reduce environmental pollution but also helps recycle and utilize resources effectively, while creating a healthy and sustainable living environment for the community. The pressure from household solid waste in large cities is an alarming signal that it is necessary to classify household solid waste in rural areas as soon as the urbanization process begins to accelerate strongly. Clearly, research to survey people's awareness and behavior about CHSW in Trung Mon commune, Yen Son district, Tuyen Quang province, Vietnam using sociological survey method through questionnaires is imperative. The findings revealed that residents have a good awareness of the CHSW policy and the majority consider classification necessary. Noticeably, attention is needed on encouraging the use of more environmentally friendly products and increasing education to reinforce awareness and positive habits in waste management to better CHSW practices. By building upon existing research and addressing the unique context of the study area, this research endeavors to provide insights and recommendations for enhancing CHSW practices in similar settings globally.
A Comparative Discourse Analysis of Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s and Joseph Biden Jr.’s Inaugural Speeches
Authors: Guerrero Miles Faith , Domingo Dahlia , Hubilla Philip Jhay Mhar , Jacobe Sahnielle , Poquita John Edcel , Mae Gonzales Elmera
Published: May 2024

This study aimed to analyze and describe the structure, concepts and language use of the inauguration speeches delivered by Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. and US President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., as well as the reasons for their selection. The researchers used a descriptive and qualitative research design to extract data from the transcripts of the two speeches. The findings revealed that both presidents used similar speech structures during their inaugurations, acknowledging important people, recognizing the historical significance of their inaugurations, and expressing hope for the future of their countries. The study also identifies the implications of the content of the message in the inaugural speeches of the two presidents. President Biden Jr. focused on racial fairness, honesty, and unity, while President Marcos Jr. advocated unity and hope for the future. Both presidents employed directive speech acts to encourage certain behaviors and attitudes, illustrating their different leadership viewpoints. It is recommended for linguistics students to have further readings in the application of Speech Act in comparative discourse analysis for political speeches, teachers should encourage more students to conduct research, parents should be aware of the implications of political speeches, administrators should motivate students to conduct study using quantitative research, and future researchers should focus on developing a more nuanced understanding of the discourses used by political leaders in different contexts and investigating the impact of political discourses on public opinion.
FIBRO-CAVERNOUS PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM OUTCOMES OF SURGICAL TREATMENT
Authors:   I.M. Sechenov 1st Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia, Giller D.B. , Koroev V.V. , Kesaev O.Sh. , Shcherbakova G.V. , Popova A.A. , Basangova V.A. , Ilyukhin A.N. ,   I.M. Sechenov 1st Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia, Saenko S.S. ,   Regional Clinical Centre for Phthisiopulmonology, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Mayusupov Sh.Е. ,   Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center for Phthisiology and Pulmonology named after Sh.A. Alimov,  Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Frolova O.P. , Martel I.I. ,   I.M. Sechenov 1st Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia
Published: May 2024

Treatment of cavernous or fibro-cavernous pulmonary ТВ, especially multidrug-resistant (MDR-TB) or extensively drug resistant TB (XDR-TB), in children is a huge challenge. At the same time, the incidence of drug-resistant TB is growing throughout the world year after year. We analyzed treatment outcomes in 65 patients (average age 14.8 ± 2.9 years) with cavernous TB (group 1) and 116 patients (average age 15.6 ± 1.9 years) with fibro-cavernous TB (group 2). Treatment effectiveness was evaluated immediately at discharge from hospital, one year and 2–15 years after treatment according to Lazerson’s criteria. There was no in-hospital mortality. Treatment effectiveness at the time of discharge from the surgery department (sputum conversion and cavity elimination) was 100% in both groups. After one year, treatment effectiveness in group 1 was 100%, in group 2 – 97.4% according to Lazerson’s criteria. Surgery for cavernous TB after 10–12 months of conservative treatment implies lower risks of post-operative complications and relapses as compared to surgery for fibro cavernous TB after 22 or more months of treatment. We affirm that a persistent cavity in the lung tissue is the indication for surgery during the f﻿irst year of treatment.
Impact of green manufacturing, green purchasing, and eco-design on organizational performance in the FMCG sector of Pakistan
Authors:   Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia, Saqib Mahrukh
Published: May 2024

Global warming, air pollution, and natural resource depletion have severely changed how businesses manufacture and provide goods and services. Greening supply chains have attracted the attention of practitioners in several nations in this context. Carbon taxes, for example, have been made a legal necessity in various countries. However, green supply chain management methods and their influence on company performance are still in their early stages of adoption. Firms frequently require the engagement of their supply chain participants to meet rising stakeholder demands for ecologically friendly goods and processes. GSCM is a collection of managerial approaches that include environmental concerns in the supply chain. Green supply chain management may help a company gain a competitive edge while improving its environmental sustainability. The overarching goal of this thesis is to add to the conversation on green supply chain management methods by examining their drivers and performance implications for the FMCG sector of Pakistan. FMCG company's supply chain must be prioritized to be efficient and effective in GSCM because these products are essential for everyone. This study aims to raise awareness about the importance of GSCM practices for the advantage of society and long-term economic and environmental development. The respondents of the 136 helped in the collection of data. They use SPSS and techniques like ANOVA, regression analysis, and correlation. All of the three hypotheses were accepted.
The Fusion of Culture and Symbolism in Mahapatra's Poetic Expression
Authors: Mahima Agarwal
Published: May 2024

A well-known poet in Indian English, Jayant Mahapatra skilfully incorporates cultural imagery and symbolism into his poems to create a sophisticated and nuanced picture of Indian life. His poetry delves deeply into identity, spirituality, socio-economic circumstances, and the passage of time. He frequently employs vivid and evocative imagery to convey these themes' core effectively. By bridging the personal and the global, Mahapatra's deft use of symbols, whether derived from natural elements, human anatomy, or customary rituals, offers profound insights into the human predicament. The poetry of Mahapatra is collected in a wide variety of works, all of which add to a complex picture of India's spiritual and cultural landscapes. In addition to showcasing India's diverse cultural heritage, Mahapatra's poetry through apt use of symbols and images critically examines how societal conventions and cultural traditions shape and frequently restrict people's lives.
In Brief
Authors:   National Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Romania, Iosif Corina , Iancu Bogdan ,   National Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Romania.
Department of Sociology, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania
Published: May 2024

The local communities of Eastern Europe, regarded up to the beginning of the 1990s as a rich reserve of peasant culture, have over the past twenty years been falling apart before our very eyes. Under the pressure of migration to work abroad and of the effects of globalisation – multiple, obvious and, in particular, subversive of the ways they functioned until not long ago – cultural alterations of all kinds have generated phenomena of hybridisation and cultural fusion. At the same time, the need to preserve traditions, on various levels, in their role of cultural history of local specifics, appears to be growing in importance, not only for those charged with this duty as a political project (“places of memory” institutions that society has “delegated” as keepers of cultural memory) but also for the local performers of those cultures that we have been accustomed to call traditional. The theme of this 22nd issue of the Martor journal, “Back to the Future. Creative Traditions in the 21st Century”, has proved to be the occasion for a discussion of the complex and frequently hard-to-formulate implications of the existence of local traditional cultures in contemporary societies.
Kayaktivism: The Anthropology of Protest, Craft, and the Imagination
Authors:   New Jersey City University, Jersey City, U.S.A., Westerman William
Published: May 2024

This article concerns the re-fashioning of traditional small, hand-powered boat craft – namely canoes and kayaks – into instruments of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience. This has recently been termed “kayaktivism” by participants in these actions. The protests can take the form of civilian blockades or sites for making statements of opposition, whether in visual or verbal form, or both. The most common targets originally were weapons shipments, but since the turn of the millennium such protests focus on fossil fuels and nuclear power vs. sustainability as an ethic. Five examples of this are briefly sketched: 1) canoe blockades of Pakistani weapons shipments leaving the northeastern U.S. during the Bangladeshi Liberation War of 1971, 2) the Bay Area Peace Navy in San Francisco that protested militarism, nuclear power, and weapons shipments to Central America, 3) the South Pacific Climate Warriors canoe action in Newcastle, Australia to blockade and protest coal shipments, 4) actions in the northwestern U.S. to block a Shell Oil vessel from drilling in the Arctic Ocean, and 5) river protests in New Jersey, U.S.A., against a new power plant and a natural gas pipeline under the Delaware River. The conclusion of the paper considers this in the context of other civil disobedience, and why the image of the canoe or kayak is so effective, including the centrality of the David and Goliath motif. Finally, it looks at how protesters use, adapt, and build upon canoe traditions and the relationship between traditional craft and value systems.
Cristoph Brumann, and David Berliner (eds.), World Heritage on the Ground. Ethnographic Perspectives, New York and Oxford: Berghahn Publishers, 2016. Published in association with the European Association of Social Anthropology (EASA), vol. 28.
Authors:   Department of Sociology, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania, Mihăilescu Vintilă
Published: May 2024

This work edited by Christoph Brumann and David Berliner delivers what it promises, that is, a skilful bringingtogether of two equally legitimate approaches: a top-down one, which investigates UNESCO’s World Heritage Program as a global institution, and a grassroots one, which seeks for local applications and implications of patrimonial decisions taken “up there.” At the intersection of the authors’ views and interests, the general question of the book arises: “What does World Heritage actually do on the ground of the World Heritage properties, far away from the meeting halls where the committee takes its decisions?” The general answer, as Berliner puts it, is that “by attempting to preserve spaces, practices and objects, UNESCO experts and national heritage professionals effectively transform them.”
The possible relationships between law and ethics applied to AI
Authors: Gatt Lucilla , Caggiano Ilaria Amelia , Gaeta Maria Cristina , Aulino Livia , Emiliano Troisi
Published: May 2024

The paper aims to critically analyse and compare legal rules and ethical principles in order to understand their possible relationships in the regulation of artificial intelligence systems. Indeed, the purpose of the work is to identify the interaction of law with ethics to guarantee an adequate regulation of AI, also in terms of sustainability, defining the measuring methodologies of the impact of AI on individuals under an ex ante and ex post perspective.
Anatomy of web data scraping: ethics, standards, and the troubles of the law
Authors: Pagallo Ugo , Ciani Sciolla Jacopo
Published: May 2024

The paper examines the ethical and legal issues raised by web scraping technology. Attention is drawn to some landmark rulings to emphasize that jurisdictions such as the US and the EU Member States tackle issues of scraping from different perspectives. Although most litigation involves IP law, in particular copyright and the rights of database producers, scraping can also raise problems of data protection, unfair competition, and public or criminal law. Besides, many of such issues may fall into the gaps of the legal system. Accordingly, the paper aims to provide an overall framework for the ethical and legal issues of scraping, to take sides between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ uses of technology and, on this basis, flesh out the legal hard cases of the field.
Um Ecossistema IoT para Redes Elétricas Inteligentes
Authors: Matni Nagib , Rosário Denis , Neto Augusto
Published: May 2024

As rei podem desempenhar um papel significativo na capacitação de quase todas as tecnologias de energia limpa, incluindo renováveis, veículos elétricos e eficiência energética.
Mundo Digital
Authors: Cordeiro Daniel , Granville Lisandro Zambenedetti
Published: May 2024

Este artigo discute as diretrizes definidas pela SBC para permitir que os estudantes da educação básica compreendam o mundo digital.
Cultura Digital
Authors: Cappelli Claudia , Motta Claudia Lage Rebello da
Published: May 2024

Este artigo discute as diretrizes definidas pela SBC para fornecer aos estudantes da educação básica sólidos subsídios para analisar criticamente tanto questões técnicas quanto éticas relacionadas à Cultura Digital.
Computação na Educação Básica: Breve Contextualização Histórica
Authors: Castro Alberto , Gimenes Itana Maria , Castro Filho José Aires de
Published: May 2024

Este artigo resume a trajetória percorrida para a elaboração das Diretrizes da SBC para o Ensino de Computação na Educação Básica.
Monitoramento Remoto de Idosos Durante a Pandemia
Authors: Muchaluat-Saade Débora Christina , Seixas Flávio Luiz
Published: May 2024

O artigo discute como tecnologias de monitoramento remoto podem apoiar o acompanhamento de idosos durante a pandemia. Discute o uso de tecnologia emergentes e cita o projeto e-Health Rio como um caso de aplicação dessas tecnologias de monitoramento e de outras.
Malaria Anticipation Project: development of a predictive malaria early warning system for anticipatory action in Jonglei State, South Sudan
Authors: Wardley T , West KP , Tesfay B , Robinson N , Parry L , Bestman A , Singh JA , Rao VB , Tremblay L
Published: May 2024

INTRODUCTION
Climate and environmental conditions are critical factors in malaria transmission. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in South Sudan have seen changes in the timing and intensity of malaria seasonal peaks over the past decade. The Malaria Anticipation Project (MAP) aims to develop predictive early warning systems to better predict and act upon any expected rise in malaria cases, through routine surveillance.

METHODS
Predictive models were developed using environmental data collected from climate and space agencies and weekly outpatient department (OPD) malaria case count in Lankien hospital (Jonglei State, South Sudan) as the epidemiological input and output. An ensemble modelling approach was developed using linear regression and extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) models in a recursive modelling framework. The models were developed using data from 2012–2020, verified with data from 2020–2022, and then monitored in real time in the 2022/23 season. To assess model performance, observed OPD malaria cases were compared with the monthly average cases and classified into categories to assess how often the model prediction was in the same category as the observed number of cases. We
also conducted a qualitative survey to explore community understanding of malaria and its relationship to climate.

RESULTS
During model development, the predictive performance was very high at 2 weeks’ lead time (75% classification accuracy). Model performance remained satisfactory at up to 8 weeks’ lead time (70% classification accuracy), while beyond this, it became increasingly susceptible to large prediction errors. In the 2020/21 and 2021/22 malaria seasons, the predictive performance at 2 weeks’ lead time was good, but it overpredicted for both seasons at 4–8 weeks. The 2022–23 season saw the lowest number of malaria cases of any year in the data used to train the model. The models predicted that the number of cases would be below the long-term average for Lankien hospital, but overpredicted the burden. Across all models, the shorter the lead time of the models, the greater their predictive performance.

CONCLUSION
This modelling approach has the potential to inform anticipatory action within an operationally useful timeframe. Given the models are trained on historical data and cannot include all factors affecting malaria transmission, if relationships between malaria and other conditions change over time, this will impact model performance, demonstrating the limits of forecasting approaches. The next stage of the MAP project will focus on replicability in other settings and pilot implementation to understand operational feasibility and improve performance.
Females, Frontliners, Fringes
Authors: Khiun Liew Kai , Khumsupa Malinee , Saisin Atchareeya
Published: May 2024

Co-authored by Liew Kai Khiun, Malinee Khumsupa, and Atchareeya Saisin, this chapter discusses new K-pop “frontliners” in Southeast Asia by illustrating increasingly cosmopolitan and women-centric subjects. Reminding readers about the Korean Wave narratives in the non-Western world that make up the understories of Hallyu, the authors turn their affections for K-pop into careers and activism, reflecting new forms of feminist mobilities within a more visible trans-pop public that K-pop fans in Southeast Asia have engendered.
What Does an Open Body Say?
Authors: Wang Chun-yen
Published: May 2024

This chapter contributes to the theorization of Sinoglossia, with a special attention on cultural materialism, by examining the complexity of the body in modern Taiwan theater. It emphasizes that the so-called “Sino-body” is a cultural performance materially situated in both the understanding and the problematics of Chinese/Chineseness. Any representation of the body “Sino-,” in the codified form of race, nation, culture, or tradition, will be revealed in discursive formation through the lens of a historicized reading. The exploration of Taiwanese theater renders the Sinoglossiac body as a vessel for rekindling and remaking historical meanings for the present. By using the production “Hezhu xinpei” (literally, “Hezhu’s New Match”) as a case study, this chapter attempts to address the historical condition in which the Lan-ling Theater Workshop, considered as “the renaissance of modern Taiwanese theatre,” performed its experimentations. How do we read Lan-ling’s experiment in the name of the “open body” in the discursive context of postwar Taiwan? What bodily prototypes are being performed in the modern Taiwanese theater since the 1980s? How are the problematics of the Sino-body of modern Taiwan theater during the Cold War hidden under the concept and claim of the so-called “openness”? How does the theoretical critique of Sinoglossia, which invokes language as well as corporeality, provide a rearticulation between spoken drama and the Lan-ling experiment?
Landscape of Words
Authors: Iovene Paola
Published: May 2024

The chapter argues that the term Sinoglossia risks overestimating the destabilizing potential of marginal expressive forms, if we do not sufficiently account for the mechanisms that keep neutralizing and appropriating them. Hence, this chapter theorizes Sinoglossia as an elastic term entailing the contradictory effects of mediation, as an act of delimitation that both brings meanings to closure and opens them up for rearticulation, and as an approach to the “Sino” that considers both differentiation and fixing as complementary poles in the process of remediation. While “glossia” evokes heterogeneity of languages and centrifugal transformations, “Sino-“ calls attention to centripetal pulls of identification and to the aesthetics and technologies that make identification possible. The chapter probes these claims through an analysis of the uses of the Chinese script in the film Romance on Lushan Mountain (Lushan lian, 1980). Neither “quintessentially Chinese” nor open to infinite interpretations, Chinese writing in this film epitomizes the ways in which the foreign and the marginal are reappropriated to serve a state-supported multicultural vision of Chineseness. If understood as a process of remediation that can bring visibility to the marginal but also expand the scope of the hegemonic, Sinoglossia ultimately serves as a reminder of the reasons why categories such as the nation and national cinema continue to endure.
Chinese Writing, Heptapod B, and Martian Script
Authors: Rojas Carlos
Published: May 2024

Ted Chiang’s 1998 short story “Story of Your Life”—which was subsequently adapted for the screen in Denis Villeneuve’s 2016 film Arrival—explores issues of language, culture, and ethnocentrism through a plotline that revolves around aliens whose language (and worldview) is radically different from our own. In this way, the work examines how our understanding of the world is mediated through language, and what it might mean to radically reassess the underlying assumptions upon which these worldviews are predicated. This article posits that not only do these two works (Chiang’s story and Villeneuve’s film) reflect on a set of linguistic issues that are at the heart of the concept of Sinoglossia (in that the works indirectly reference a set of long-standing Western assumptions about the nature of the Chinese language, while at the same time referencing more directly the challenge of establishing effective communication and forging communities within a heteroglossic environment), but furthermore they may be viewed as Sinoglossic texts in their own right (in that Ted Chiang is a member of the global Chinese diaspora, whose own views on the Chinese language offer an interesting counterpoint to those presented in his story).
The Inherent Contradiction of Sinoglossia
Authors: Ang Ien
Published: May 2024

This short essay reflects on the inherent tensions afforded by the notion of Sinoglossia in conjuring a cultural politics of Chineseness that breaks free from the presumed centrality of “China” in diasporic modes of Sino-representation. These tensions are implied in the very prefix “Sino,” tensions from which one can only partially escape by pairing “Sino” and “glossia.” I illustrate this through a discussion of the case of proliferating Chinatowns around the world in a time when China is an increasingly hegemonic global superpower.
Introduction
Authors: Lessard Bruno
Published: May 2024

The introduction lays the theoretical and conceptual foundation for the study of Wang Bing’s cinema. Developing a sociopoetics of Chinese documentary film, the introduction emphasizes the insightful role that social and economic histories can play in film analysis. The introduction discusses Wang’s stylistic choices as a filmmaker within the context of the “New Chinese Documentary Film Movement” and “slow cinema” scholarship. One of the major concepts used in this study is that of minjian intellectual, which refers to the unofficial or grassroots status of the filmmaker. As such an intellectual figure, Wang Bing privileges the everyday problems, concerns, and issues faced by the voiceless and the marginalized, and the neglected spaces in which they find themselves in contemporary China. Finally, the introduction proposes to rethink the concept of xianchang, so central in the development of Chinese documentary studies, from the point of view of ethics, subjectivity, and artistic criticality.
Dead Souls
Authors: Lessard Bruno
Published: May 2024

In Dead Souls, Wang Bing alternates between long-form interviews with survivors of the Mingshui labor camp and landscape sequences, aligning this film with the work of social historians who have emphasized the agency of survivors and the role of oral history to archive labor camp life experiences. The filmmaker’s marked interest in the vivaciousness of the spoken word testifies to both his belief in the self-presence of the survivor in human form and the plastic nature of human memory as represented in the nonchronological treatment of the interviews. This chapter argues, perhaps most provocatively, that Dead Souls is equally interested in documenting nonhuman survivors, which take the form of nonhuman remnants such as bones scattered across the land where the labor camps used to be. The nonhuman perspective of the film has not received any critical attention, even though the landscape sequences function as crucial markers of critical distance for the minjian filmmaker, who uses them to pause from heart-wrenching interviews with survivors. The chapter concludes that these landscape sequences are no mere transitional moments in the film: they allow the spectator to understand landscape as both a view and a site in terms of ontological, epistemological, and practical considerations.
Coal Money
Authors: Lessard Bruno
Published: May 2024

This chapter addresses a neglected film in Wang Bing’s oeuvre, Coal Money , which documents China’s coal industry, more specifically the extraction and transportation of coal and the working lives of those who used to find employment in the type of state-owned enterprises. The film offers a meditation on the real price of coal and the human costs associated with it in such precarious employment within the Chinese Anthropocene. The author argues that Coal Money makes a singular contribution to the environmental documentary genre and the representation of Chinese labor because the film frames the coal-related production, transportation, and negotiation activities defining the conditions of workers. The treatment of coal as a transportable and negotiable commodity brings to light the precarious labor that comes with the movement of coal and negotiation of coal prices. The chapter contextualizes this overlooked film by turning to the literature on the Chinese coal industry, highlighting some of the environmental challenges associated with the transportation of coal and analyzing how coal industry workers such as truck drivers and coal sellers are represented across various geographical areas and “minescapes.”