bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Exploring the Experiences of Partners of Veterans with Mental health Difficulties Attending a Group Psychoeducation Support Intervention: A Qualitative Study.
Authors: Spencer-Harper Lucy , Turgoose David , Murphy Dominic , Murphy Dominic
Published: March 2019

Background Research has demonstrated that partners living alongside veterans with mental health difficulties are at high risk of developing mental health difficulties themselves and secondary trauma. A variety of interventions have been developed to support partners. Research to date has relied on quantitative methodologies to evaluate the efficacy of such interventions with less emphasis on learning about the experiences of individuals on the courses. Objective The aim of this qualitative paper was to understand the experiences of partners who engaged in a five-week structured support intervention, ‘The Together Programme’ (TTP) which had been piloted across UK cities. This programme involved tailored psycho educational materials adapted to the needs of veteran’s partners living alongside PTSD. Further the potential mechanisms of change for participants engaged with the programme were explored as well as the impact of treatment on their relationships. Methods Eight female partners were recruited from an original sample of 57 partners who were intimate relationships with treatment seeking veterans with mental health difficulties. These participants had completed TTP. Qualitative data was collected using a semi structured interview and explored using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Results Three key themes emerged from the data, these were self-growth, changing role in relationships and connecting with others. The themes included several sub themes. Self-growth sub-themes were mastering the ‘inner judge’, ‘confidence in ability to cope’ and ‘taking care of my needs’. Changing role in relationship sub-themes were ‘acceptance and understanding’ and ‘improved communication in relationship’. Connecting with others was described by the sub-themes of ‘knowing I am not alone’, ‘peer support’ and ‘hope’. Conclusions This study suggeststhere were three key areas where thestructured evidence-based support programme had an impact on participants experiences. These were factors that helped participants to normalise their experiences and increase participants understanding and interpersonal skills that promote changes in relationship functioning with the veteran.
Powers of the Mind
Authors: Bray Michael
Published: March 2019

The Marxist conception of the division between mental and manual labor is a critical yet unrecognized aspect of contemporary political struggles. Departing from this novel argument, Michael Bray traces the conceptual and socio-political history of this labor division and emphasizes how the forms of control and organization articulated by that division in practices of production, democracy, racialization, and financialization are becoming increasingly important. Critiquing the left for its tendency to side implicitly with the powers of mental labor, Michael Bray shows that comprehending and challenging those powers is a pivotal task for anti-capitalist politics today.
Transmitting Symbolic Concepts from the Perspective of Cultural Cognition - The Acquisition and Transfer of Folk-biological Knowledge
Authors: Ellen Roy
Published: March 2019

The chapters of this book illustrate the transmission of sets of concepts so complex and diverse that it might be thought an unlikely assemblage from which to draw productive comparative generalizations about how knowledge is acquired and transferred. However, issues relating to how knowledge moves around the anthroposphere are in theory much the same regardless of whether we are dealing with movement across the generations (temporal change) or between different groups separated geographically (spatial change), or whether knowledge is technical or symbolic. In this chapter Roy Ellen uses ethnographic data on ethnobiological knowledge to show how an examination of one cognitive domain, one that permits »radical simplification« through the identification of elemental units, can highlight some generic problems in current models of cultural transmission, and the extent to which it might also help us make sense of complex systems of symbolic knowledge.
Becoming a Blue-Collar Musical Diplomat
Authors: Brown Nicholas Alexander
Published: March 2019

Billy Joel's 1987 concert tour to the Soviet Union was a major inflection point in the cultural transference from West to East during the waning years of the Cold War. A native of Long Island, New York, Joel's working-class upbringing and personality are channeled into his original songs, like »Allentown«, in a way that references the universal role of working class struggles in the global human experience. The spread of uniquely American music-rock and roll-to the Soviet Union represented a pointed statement about the similarities between the average American and Soviet citizen. The tour facilitated Joel's role as a cultural ambassador of the people of the United States, rather than the upper echelons of government. This type of direct cross-cultural engagement separated the politics of the Cold War from basic human survival and the common search for self-representation in music. Based on an analysis of the public and press reception of Joel's Soviet tour, and testimony from Joel and figures affiliated with the tour, this study posits that the export of Joel's music to the U.S.S.R. was an effective model for soft diplomacy. The model benefited both the U.S. government and the Soviet Union's glasnost policy, and its use continues when American culture is exported to the East, though the range of artistic genres has expanded significantly to include forms like hip hop and spoken word, in accordance with the strategic goals of U.S. foreign policy. This study finds that connecting nations through popular music can effectively promote cultural harmony, when complementing bilateral or multilateral diplomatic negotiations. Joel's brand of blue-collar popular rock songwriting, which emphasizes the power of lyrics, transcended the iron curtain and helped improve U.S.-Soviet relations from the perspective of the mass populations of each nation.
Popular Musicking and the Politics of Spectatorship at the United Nations
Authors: Ball III James R.
Published: March 2019

James R. Ball III critiques the optimistic assumptions that often undergird the United Nations' deployment of popular music to perpetuate peace by tracing the uncertain embodied practices of spectators at concerts of popular music in diplomatic settings. Calling for global public participation in the International Day of Happiness in March 2015, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon invoked the power of »the universal language of music to show solidarity« with suffering communities the world over. However, Ban's own encounters with live popular music suggest the contested participatory spaces that emerge when musicians enter into the charged political spaces of international institutions. Clapping along to a Serbian nationalist march sung by Belgrade's Viva Vox Choir two years earlier, Ban had offended other audiences at greater distances. Drawing on theories of affect, abjection, and spectatorship, and combining auto-ethnography with performance analysis, Ball's chapter reveals the dynamic spaces in which institutions and their audiences can press on one another in performance.
The Construction of Analogy-Based Research Programs
Authors: Mertens Rebecca
Published: March 2019

When the German chemist Emil Fischer presented his lock-and-key hypothesis in 1899, his analogy to describe the molecular relationship between enzymes and substrates quickly gained vast influence and provided future generations of scientists with a tool to investigate the relation between chemical structure and biological specificity. Rebecca Mertens explains the appeal of the lock-and-key analogy by its role in model building and in the construction of long-term, cross-generational research programs. She argues that a crucial feature of these research programs, namely ascertaining the continuity of core ideas and concepts, is provided by a certain way of analogy-based modelling.
Because of You: Understanding Second-Person Storytelling
Authors: Iliopoulou Evgenia
Published: March 2019

Second-person storytelling is a continually present and diverse technique in the history of literature that appears only once in the oeuvre of an author. Based on key narratives of the post-war period, Evgenia Iliopoulou approaches the phenomenon in an inductive way, starting out from the essentials of grammar and rhetoric, and aims to improve the general understanding of second-person narrative within literature. In its various forms and typologies, the second person amplifies and expands the limits of representation, thus remaining a narrative enigma: a small narrative gesture - with major narrative impact.
Western Promises: Pop-Musik und Markennamen
Authors: Baßler Moritz
Published: March 2019

Markennamen sind das Erkennungszeichen für Pop Art und Popliteratur, finden sich jedoch fast nie in den Werken der Pop-Musik wieder. Die Rolling Stones nehmen 1964 zwar einen Werbeclip für Kellogg's auf, würden Rice Krispies aber nie in ihren Songs erwähnen - und auch in dem Gesamtwerk der Beatles lassen sich gerade mal zwei Erwähnungen von Marken finden. Das ist doch seltsam: Warum machen sich die Zeichen der Konsumkultur ausgerechnet in der Pop-Musik so rar? Ausgehend von dieser Frage entwickelt Moritz Baßler eine Diskursgeschichte des Pop von Elvis bis heute, mit intensiven Songanalysen und speziellen Kapiteln zu Automarken, Pepsi und deutschsprachiger Pop-Musik. Was wird eingelöst von den ›Western Promises‹, den Versprechen unserer Pop- und Markenkultur?
Relational Becoming - mit Anderen werden
Authors: Meißner Kerstin
Published: March 2019

In Zeiten gewaltvoller sozialer Ausgrenzungen ist eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit fixierenden Vorstellungen von »Zugehörigkeit« relevanter denn je - doch bleiben die zentralen Variablen oft unhinterfragt: Wer soll eigentlich Wozu gehören? Kerstin Meißner stellt in ihrer fiktoanalytischen Studie starre Annahmen vom Individuellen und Kollektiven in Frage und konzipiert soziale Zugehörigkeiten als vielfältige relationale Prozesse. Damit schafft sie Raum für die Beweglichkeiten des Sozialen, die sie als »Navigationen des Mit-Seins« erfasst. Das Buch ermöglicht so ein relationales Denken, in dem nicht das Sein, sondern das Werden im Fokus steht. Relational Becoming bedeutet in diesem Sinne: Zugehörig sind wir nicht, zugehörig machen wir uns und zugehörig werden wir gemacht.
Die Transformation des Mythos durch die Moderne
Authors: Weyers Martin
Published: March 2019

Martin Weyers untersucht die Möglichkeiten einer zeitgemäßen Adaption mythischer Symbolik in der Gegenwartskunst. In seinem Künstler-Essay führt die subjektive Schilderung einer Konfrontation zweier ausgesprochen unterschiedlicher Künstler - Lucas Cranach d. Ä. und Francis Bacon - zu einer Neubestimmung des Verhältnisses von Malerei und Mythos. Niedergang und Fragmentation des traditionellen Mythos werden als notwendige Voraussetzungen eines fruchtbaren und aufgeklärten Umgangs mit mythischen Strukturen und Motiven in der zeitgenössischen Kunst beleuchtet.
Okkulter Sound
Authors: Irtenkauf Dominik
Published: March 2019

Dominik Irtenkauf versucht die Frage zu erörtern, ob es einen okkulten Sound gibt. Dieser kann Musik mit Bezug zu okkulten Themen sein oder aber Klang, der in der menschlichen Wahrnehmung als okkult verstanden wird. Die Soundrezeption stellt sich als Herausforderung dar, da die Kategorie »Sound« ein vages Konzept ausdrückt. Okkult definiert sich von seinem Wortursprung als »verborgen«. Kann man eine ästhetische Qualität mit einem vagen Konzept zu fassen bekommen? Gernot Böhmes Atmosphäre-Begriff dient einer ersten Annäherung. Okkulter Sound wird als experimentelle Versuchsanordnung, als ein Trio aus Klang, Kultur, Kult untersucht. »Klang bezeichnet dabei den Anteil von Instrumentierung und Gesang, Kultur die Kontextualisierungen des Sounds und Kult den Anteil von Mythologie, Image, Ideologie und Vermarktungsstrategien.« An Beispielen aus Rock und Metal werden Möglichkeiten okkulten Sounds besprochen. Zuletzt zeigt sich ein Ausweg, der die anthropozentrischen Grundlagen überwinden könnte.
Making the invisible visible
Authors: Lucivero Federica , Delvenne Pierre , Van Oudheusden Michiel
Published: April 2019

Technology assessment (TA) is an analytic and interactive practice that produces evaluative judgments about the societal implications of technology. Despite this distinct evaluative disposition, “normativities” inherent in TA programs and practices often remain hidden. Therefore, TA practice and outcomes often overlook a range of methodological, ethical, and political issues. In an attempt to remedy this shortcoming, this article explores how TA aims to improve political decision making in science and technology (meta-normativity) and is imbued with the values, norms, and moral positions of both participants and TA practitioners (in-normativity). It provides recommendations to render these normativities in TA more visible, and thereby amenable to reconsideration and change.
Technikfolgenabschätzung für die Gesellschaft der Singularitäten
Authors: Erdmann Lorenz , Lange Bastian
Published: April 2019

Der Kulturwissenschaftler Andreas Reckwitz hat Prozesse der Singularisierung der Gesellschaft diagnostiziert, in denen sich die Eigenschaft des Besonderen massenhaft nicht nur auf menschliche Subjekte, sondern auch auf Orte, Ereignisse, Kollektive und Objekte erstreckt. Die epistemischen Implikationen der sich so verändernden Gesellschaft für die Technikfolgenabschätzung (TA) wurden bislang wenig beachtet. Wir argumentieren anhand des Beispiels der Singularitätseigenschaften von Offenen Werkstätten, dass eine konzeptionelle Befassung der TA mit den gesellschaftlichen Effekten von Singularitäten notwendig ist. Wir stellen daher neue Eckpunkte für die TA-Programmatik zur Diskussion, die auch Singularisierungstechniken wie z. B. den 3D-Druck betrifft: (1) die Wahrnehmung des Besonderen als Relevantes, (2) die Abbildung der Kulturalisierung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft und (3) realitätsangemessenes Ausschneiden von Systemen aus dem kulturalisierten Supersystem.
Studi Filogeni dan Uji Potensi Antibakteri serta Enzim Ekstraseluler Isolat Geobacillus sp. dari Sumber Air Panas Gedongsongo
Authors: Nihaya Ifsantin , Sarjono Purbowatiningrum Ria , Aminin Agustina L. N.
Published: April 2019

Penelitian tentang studi filogeni dan uji potensi antibakteri serta enzim ekstraseluler isolat Geobacillus sp. dari sumber air panas gedongsongo telah dilakukan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menelusuri potensi Geobacillus sp. melalui konstruksi pohon filogeni serta mengetahui potensi-potensi molekulernya meliputi potensi antibakteri dan enzim ekstraselular xilanase dan selulase. Konstruksi pohon filogeni dilakukan menggunakan program Phylip 3.68 ed, metode Distance matriks (Neighbour joining) dengan parameter F48. Selain itu juga diuji potensi antibakteri dari metabolit sekunder Geobacillus sp. dYTae-14 dan dGae-3 dengan metode difusi perforasi terhadap Escherichia coli dan Bacillus subtilis. Uji enzim ekstraseluler xilanase dan selulase dilakukan secara kualitatif. Hasil konstruksi pohon filogeni menunjukkan bahwa kedelapan strain ini merupakan Geobacillus sp. khas Gedongsongo yang hubungan kekerabatannya sangat dekat satu sama lain dan mempunyai hubungan kekerabatan dengan bakteri Bacillus caldotenax strain BCRC 11956, Geobacillus kaustophilus subsp. Vulgivagus strain CDZ 1 dan Geobacillus thermoleovorans sp. Isolat Geobacillus sp. dYTae-14 dan dGae-3 yang diuji potensi antibakterinya tidak menunjukkan adanya potensi antibakteri terhadap Escherichia coli dan Bacillus subtilis. Kedelapan isolat Geobacillus sp. tidak menunjukkan potensi adanya enzim ekstraselluler xilanase dan selulase.
Actinomycotic Endomyometritis Associated with a Long-Term Use of Intrauterine Device Lasting for 42 Years
Authors: Bartoš Vladimír , Doboszová Jana , Sudek Martin
Published: April 2019

In women, pelvic actinomycosis is closely associated with prolonged use of the intrauterine devices (IUD). A 70-year old female presented with intermittent blood-stained vaginal discharge. An analysis of her history revealed, she was inserted with an IUD 42 years ago, but it has remained in situ untill now. Curettage of the uterus was done, but an IUD was firmly attached inside the cavity and there was not able to remove it. A biopsy material consisted of the large round and oval granules of filamentous and mycelium-like microorganisms. They showed strong positivity with Periodic acid–Schiff stain and Gömöri methenamine silver stain. Histopathology was consisted with uterine actinomycosis. A total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral adnexectomy was performed. The uterus contained a retained plastic IUD. Microscopic investigation revealed a diffuse chronic active endomyometritis with sporadic Actinomycetes colonies. Wearing an IUD continuously for very long periods of time can lead to actinomycotic infection, which may manifest for many years after its application. All IUD users have to keep in mind regular gynecological check-ups to avoid the complications of a retained and “forgotten” IUD.
On Understanding Mattessich and Ijiri: A Study of Accounting Thought by Nohora García
Authors: Fukui Yoshitaka , Saito Shizuki
Published: March 2019

Nohora García’s meticulously researched work on Richard Mattessich and Yuji Ijiri cannot be timelier when the marginal productivity of mainstream empirical accounting studies seems to become smaller and smaller. It is high time to revisit neglected but important contributions of axiomatic approach in the 1960s and 1970s in order to enrich our understanding of accounting phenomena.
Proposals to recognize Petalonia tenella comb. nov. and to resurrect Hapterophycus canaliculatus (Scytosiphonaceae, Phaeophyceae)
Authors: Santiañez Wilfred John E. , Kogame Kazuhiro
Published: March 2019

The brown algal family Scytosiphonaceae has recently received considerable attention resulting in the description of several new genera and species. However, members of the genus Scytosiphon and Petalonia remain polyphyletic. By integrating multi-gene phylogenetic data (mitochondrial cox3 and plastid psaA and rbcL genes) with their known morpho-anatomies and life histories, we herein resurrect Hapterophycus canaliculatus, currently considered a member of genus Scytosiphon, and transfer Scytosiphon tenellus to the genus Petalonia.
Enhancement of Heat Transfer Performance Using Ultrasonic Evaporation
Authors: Song Jitian , Feng Yongxia , Tian Wei , Liu Jianbo , Wang Yening , Xu Xiaofei
Published: March 2019

The ultrasonic evaporator is a new type of evaporation equipment which uses ultrasonic technology to assist evaporation of liquid materials. Due to the lack of mechanism of ultrasonic technology to enhance the heat transfer in evaporation process, there are few reports on the use of ultrasonic evaporator in industrial production. The tap water was selected as experimental material and the heat transfer performance of ultrasonic evaporator was studied. It could be obtained from the single factor analysis that the heat transfer coefficient increased first and then decreased with the increase of ultrasonic power density. The increase of heat transfer due to the increase of temperature difference is basically stable at 20 %. When the ultrasonic wave acts on evaporator, the heat transfer coefficient would increase about 17.06 %–29.85 %. According to the orthogonal test and analysis of variance, it can be obtained that the influence of temperature difference on heat transfer coefficient is the largest, the second is feed flow rate, and evaporation time has the least influence.
Crystal structure of aqua-2,2′,2′′-(((nitrilo-κN-tris(ethane-2,1-diyl))tris(azanylylidene-κ3
N′,N′′,N′′′))tris(methanylylidene))tris(4-chlorophenolato-κ3
O,O′,O′′)neodymium(III), C27H26Cl3N4NdO4
Authors: Lee See Mun , Lo Kong Mun , Tiekink Edward R.T.
Published: March 2019

C27H26Cl3N4NdO4, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 13.6408(1) Å, b = 20.3377(2) Å, c = 10.7272(1) Å, β = 109.896(1)°, V = 2798.34(5) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0258, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0590, T = 100(2) K.
Harmonic waves solution in dual-phase-lag magneto-thermoelasticity
Authors: Rafiq Muhammad , Singh Baljeet , Arifa Samreen , Nazeer Muhammad , Usman Muhammad , Arif Shoaib , Bibi Mairaj , Jahangir Adnan
Published: March 2019

The current work analyzes the transmission behavior of plane harmonic waves in an isotropic medium. The observation is made for homogeneous type solid in the context of generalized dual phase lag model of thermoelasticity. Concept micro-temperature, where the microelements have different temperatures has also been considered. The basic focus of thework is to predict the influence of initially applied magnetic field on plane waves through the elastic solid. We have made an attempt to find exact solution of the problem using an analytical technique of a normal mode analysis method. The theoretical results are obtained for a generalized solid in order to test the numerical calculation of a magnesium crystal. It is found that the magnetic field reduces the strength of the attenuation factor.
Multiplicative topological indices of honeycomb derived networks
Authors: Tang Jiang-Hua , Habib Mustafa , Younas Muhammad , Yousaf Muhammad , Nazeer Waqas
Published: March 2019

Topological indices are the numerical values associated with chemical structures that correlate physico-chemical properties with structural properties. There are various classes of topological indices such as degree based topological indices, distance based topological indices and counting related topological indices. Among these classes, degree based topological indices are of great importance and play a vital role in chemical graph theory, particularly in chemistry. In this report, we have computed the multiplicative degree based topological indices of honeycomb derived networks of dimensions I, 2, 3 and 4.
A Centrifugal Compressor Performance Map Empirical Prediction Method for Automotive Turbochargers
Authors: Fatsis Antonios , Vlachakis Nikolaos , Leontis George
Published: March 2019

Centrifugal compressor performance map prediction is of primary importance for safe and effective operation of turbochargers. This article is a contribution on compressor map prediction using empirical relations based on automotive turbocharger manufacturers’ performance maps. The present method evaluates the minimum and the maximum air flow rates, as well as the maximum compressor pressure ratio by original empirical equations exploiting impeller geometrical data. Newly introduced equations based on the mass flows and the maximum pressure ratio acquired above provide the compressor characteristic lines. The method is validated by applying it to various commercial automotive turbochargers with known performance maps from their manufacturers. At intermediate values of impeller speed, where the turbocharger is expected to match the engine, the computed compressor map agrees to the manufacturer’s data, while, differences are observed at the maximum impeller speed line. From the cases examined, it can be stated that the present model can be applied to predict small diameter, high rotational speed compressor performance, particularly at the high efficiency region that the turbocharger is supposed to match the IC engine.
Different substituent effects on the supramolecular arrays in some (E)-halo- and nitro-benzaldehyde oximes: confirmation of attractive π(C=N)···π(phenyl) interactions
Authors: Gomes Ligia R. , Low John N. , van Mourik Tanja , Früchtl Herbert , de Souza Marcus V.N. , da Costa Cristiane F. , Wardell James L.
Published: March 2019

The crystal structures and Hirshfeld surface analyses are reported for four aldoximes, (E)-X–C6H4CH=N–OH [X = 3-Cl (1), 4-F (2), 2-O2N (3) and 4-O2N (4)]. The strong classical O–H · · · N hydrogen bonds involving the oxime group generate C(3) chains in compound 1, in contrast to the R2
2(6) dimers formed in compounds 2–4; such arrangements have been shown to be the most frequently found for oximes other than salicylaldoximes (2-hydroxybenzaldehyde oximes). In general, weaker intermolecular interactions involving the X substituents, as well as C–H · · · O and π · · · π interactions have significant effects on the supramolecular arrays generated in the aggegation. A further important interaction in compound 1, and to a lesser extent in compound 4, is a π(C=N) · · · π(phenyl) molecular stacking. A data base search has indicated that short Cg(C=N) · · · Cg(phenyl) distances, <3.3 Å (Cg = centre of gravity), have been found in various compounds, including other oximes. A theoretical study was carried out starting from the crystal structure data of compound 1, with optimisation at the BLYP-D3/def2-DZVP level, as well as at the higher PBE0/ma-def2-TZVP level. Breakdown of the interaction energy into separate contributions was achieved using SAPT (using the jun-cc-pvdz basis set). Overall, the calculations indicate that the π(C=N) ·· · π(phenyl) interaction is attractive, with a magnitude of 14–18 kJ mol−1.
The Effect of Consanguinity on Between-Individual Identity-by-Descent Sharing
Authors: Severson Alissa L , Carmi Shai , Rosenberg Noah A
Published: March 2019

Consanguineous unions increase the rate at which identical genomic segments are paired within individuals to produce runs of homozygosity (ROH). The extent to which such unions affect identity-by-descent (IBD) genomic sharing between rather than within individuals in a population, however, is not immediately evident from within-individual ROH levels. Using the fact that the time to the most recent common ancestor (TMRCA) for a pair of genomes at a specific locus is inversely related to the extent of IBD sharing between the genomes in the neighborhood of the locus, we study IBD sharing for a pair of genomes sampled either within the same individual or in different individuals. We develop a coalescent model for a set of mating pairs in a diploid population, treating the fraction of consanguineous unions as a parameter. Considering mating models that include unions between sibs, first cousins, and nth cousins, we determine the effect of the consanguinity rate on the mean TMRCA for pairs of lineages sampled either within the same individual or in different individuals. The results indicate that consanguinity not only increases ROH sharing between the two genomes within an individual, it also increases IBD sharing between individuals in the population, the magnitude of the effect increasing with the kinship coefficient of the type of consanguineous union. Considering computations of ROH and between-individual IBD in Jewish populations whose consanguinity rates have been estimated from demographic data, we find that, in accord with the theoretical results, increases in consanguinity and ROH levels inflate levels of IBD sharing between individuals in a population. The results contribute more generally to the interpretation of runs of homozygosity, IBD sharing between individuals, and the relationship between ROH and IBD.
Dinámica espaciotemporal de los procesos de desertificación y revegetalización natural en el enclave seco de La Tatacoa, Colombia
Authors: Rojas-Marín Carlos Andres , Pérez-Gómez Uriel , Fernández-Méndez Fernando
Published: April 2019

En el desierto de La Tatacoa, la degradación del suelo y la pérdida de productividad son atribuidas a factores ambientales y antrópicos. En este artículo se evalúa la dinámica espaciotemporal de coberturas en un periodo no continuo de 23 anos (1987-2001-2010) identificando áreas de perdida y de recuperación de vegetación. Se aplicaron correcciones geométricas y radiométricas, además, se realizó un análisis cuantitativo aplicando clasificación supervisada a las imágenes Landsat. Las dinámicas espaciotemporales se identificaron a través de matrices de cambio y el índice Kappa. El análisis multitemporal mostro disminución de las áreas de suelos degradados (16,7%) y aumento de la cobertura vegetal (13,4%), lo que evidencia un proceso de recuperación a una tasa de 124 ha/ano. Las áreas de vegetación natural estables y de mayor variación positiva de vegetación natural están localizadas en el norte, nororiente y oriente; la variación negativa se observa en la región adyacente al rio Magdalena. Estos resultados son la base para nuevas investigaciones sobre los factores bióticos, abióticos y socioeconómicos que han generado la recuperación de áreas de vegetación natural en algunos sectores y la desertificación en otros, y se encaminan a plantear medidas sectorizadas como la restauración ecológica, los sistemas silvopastoriles y agroforestales acordes con la problemática social y ambiental en un contexto de cambio climático.Ideas destacadas: artículo de investigación sobre la dinámica de las coberturas en el enclave seco de la Tatacoa con aplicaciones sig a partir de imágenes Landsat para determinar el proceso de desertificación y la revegetalización natural que ha tenido lugar en un periodo de 23 años.
Ecological stability and plasticity of maize hybrids in different groups of ripeness
Authors: Ilchovska M.
Published: April 2019

Abstract. Ecological stability and plasticity of maize hybrids in different groups of ripeness – Knezha 307, Knezha 435, Knezha 509 and Knezha M625 by the traits grain yield and length of the ear was evaluated. The ecological parameters were determined by using the method of Eberhart and Russell (1966) and of Pakudin and Lopatina (1984). In the period of study (2014-2017) the hybrids demonstrate different plasticity and stability by the examined traits. The results of the analysis of the variances demonstrate reliable differences of the hybrids and the conditions for the two traits and primarily reliable interaction genotype – environment. The variances of the regression Si2 of all hybrids for the trait grain yield reliably differ from their theoretical value which determines them as plastic, i.e. responsive to more favourable conditions of growth. According to the values of bi the hybrid Knezha 435 (bi<1) is stable by the trait grain yield, the hybrids Knezha 307 and Knezha M625 are with values of bi close to one and have relatively medium stability and Knezha 509 with bi>1 is unstable. With reliable values of Si2 for the trait length of the ear is only the hybrid Knezha M625. The ecological stability of the other hybrids was evaluated by the value of the coefficient of regression (bi). Increased stability by this trait is demonstrated by Knezha 435, followed by Knezha 509. Knezha 307 is with medium stability (bi=1.1) by the respective trait.
Conceptual Approaches and Theoretical Model of the Concept of Marketing Metrics in the Modern Economy
Authors: Mitina Ella
Published: April 2019

In the modern world, marketing metrics are used to analyze the situation on the consumer market, as well as diagnose the causes and predict future events. They make it possible to compare the results of observations obtained at different periods of time or in different areas. It is an erroneous opinion that in marketing, most decisions are made without using quantitative calculations, since today they are one of the most difficult processes to measure. Basically, marketing research uses quantitative analysis skills that are necessary to manage the productivity of enterprise’s marketing activities; however, managers who are capable of conducting creative promotional activities rarely calculate the effectiveness of the implementation of this campaign. Therefore, it is recommended to consider the classification of marketing metrics by groups, since they are the gauge of any activity. The purpose of the article is to study the theoretical foundations of marketing metrics and conceptual approaches to grouping them. Under the marketing metrics we understand the continuous, regular monitoring and control of the quantitative indicators of the enterprise and the market as a whole, aimed at identifying and solving the problems of the company, in order to develop business and meet the needs of consumers. It should be noted that we do not recommend using all the proposed metrics at once, as it isnot appropriate, but we suggest defining a number of indicators, depending on the scope of the enterprise, with the help of which it is possible to carry out an assessment, which will allow determining the most interesting marketing tools and making effective conclusions.
Social Partnership as a Tool to Improve the Competitiveness of High School Graduates with Disabilities in the Labor Market
Authors: Litvinenko Inna , Tukarev Pavel
Published: April 2019

Purpose. This article is devoted to the issues of ensuring the competitiveness of persons with disabilities in the modern labor market. The aim is to develop an effective mechanism to promote employment of persons with disabilities on the basis of social partnership. In the course of the research, the authors analyzed the main problems arising in the process of employment of graduates with limited opportunities for health, identified the advantages of an inclusive educational model that allows, unlike the traditional approach, not only to provide comprehensive quality training in various professional fields, but also the accelerated integration of persons with disabilities into the labor sphere and public life, which is one of the most important criteria for the effectiveness of the educational process. Materials and methods. During the preparation of this article, the authors used scientific works that reveal the issues of employment of persons with disabilities, research experts in the field of inclusive education and improve the competitiveness of graduates with disabilities. The authors used the methods of scientific cognition, comparison, analysis, and system approach as the main research methods. Results. As the main results of the study, a structural and logical scheme of the Unified Federal Center for the promotion of employment of persons with disabilities in the territory of the Russian Federation was formed, using the advantages of social partnership. The scheme developed by the authors is a universal mechanism that promotes the activation of the process of socialization of this group of citizens and the intensification of the involvement of the human capital of persons with disabilities in the socio-economic processes of our country. Conclusion. The article outlines the possible ways to improve the effectiveness of social partnership as a system of institutions and mechanisms aimed at harmonizing the interests of the three main parties – the State, the employer and the employee interested in finding effective ways to attract persons with disabilities to the economy.
Socialization of nurses in the Family Health Strategy: contributions to professional identity
Authors: Pereira Juliana Guisardi , Oliveira Maria Amélia de Campos
Published: March 2019

ABSTRACT Objective: To verify how socialization of nurses in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) influences their professional identity. Method: Exploratory, descriptive research, whose theoretical-methodological framework was dialectical hermeneutics, anchored in the premises of the Sociology of Professions. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 27 nurses from the FHS of the city of São Paulo. The resulting empirical material was subjected to Discourse Analysis. Results: The choice for Nursing was influenced by previous knowledge of the profession and by the affinity with care. Socialization was not limited to what was absorbed, including the search for an individual professional identity and collective sharing. Final considerations: Nursing care is built in daily practice, mobilizing the nurse for an action that includes herself, the relationship with the other and the conditions in which the work is performed, opening the opportunity for identity reconstruction, consistent with the concreteness of the work.
Validation of self-assessment instrument for the Patient Safety Center
Authors: Macedo Renata Soares de , Bohomol Elena
Published: March 2019

ABSTRACT Objective: To develop and validate an instrument for the self-assessment of the Patient Safety Centers in health care institutions. Method: Non-experimental methodological study. Divided in the following stages: literature review and construction of the preliminary instrument; content validation by nine professionals with experience in Quality Management and patient safety, who contributed to the adequacy of the items in terms of clarity and relevance; finally, 12 PSC coordinators, which conducted the reliability validation of the final instrument, using Cronbach's Alpha. Results: The instrument presented content validity regarding clarity and relevance, evidenced by an agreement level greater than 70%. The internal consistency presented high reliability, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.857 for the general instrument, 0.825 for the domain Structure, and 0.809 for the domain Process. Conclusion: The instrument presented evidence of content validity and reliability for self-assessment, implementation and evaluation of the PSC in health institutions.
Management of prenatal nursing care at a Health Center in Angola
Authors: Simão Alexandrino Martinho Sangunga , Santos José Luís Guedes dos , Erdmann Alacoque Lorenzini , Mello Ana Lúcia Schaefer Ferreira de , Backes Marli Terezinha Stein , Magalhães Aline Lima Pestana
Published: March 2019

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand how care management in prenatal care in a Care Center in Angola happens. Method: A qualitative study, which used the Constructivist Grounded Theory (GT) as a methodological framework. The theoretical sample consisted of 22 participants, including nursing professionals, pregnant women and nursing students from Huambo, Angola. The data were collected by interviews and analyzed according to initial and focused coding. Results: Five categories arose: Embracing the pregnant woman for prenatal care; Performing the prenatal consultation; Creating a bond and dialogical relationship with pregnant women; Establishing collaborative working relationships; and Inserting the pregnant woman's family into prenatal care. Conclusion: The management of nursing care in the study setting is effective through complementary and interdependent steps, based on collaborative relationships among professionals and in the effort to establish bonds with pregnant women and their families.
Standardization of the duty shift in a General Adult Intensive Care Unit
Authors: Corpolato Roselene Campos , Mantovani Maria de Fátima , Willig Mariluci Hautsch , Andrade Luciana Aparecida Soares de , Mattei Ângela Taís , Arthur Juliana Perez
Published: March 2019

ABSTRACT Objective: To standardize the duty shift in a General Adult Intensive Care Unit. Method: Multi-method research, which used action research, descriptive study and content validation. Participants included 11 care nurses and 4 intensive care nurses. For the data collection, a semi-structured questionnaire was used, meetings with participants and validation with specialists. In this step, the modified online Delphi Technique was used. For data treatment, the Discourse of the Collective Subject (DCS) was used, descriptive analysis and Content Validity Index. Results: Three DCS on duty change, a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and an information registration instrument, validated in appearance, clarity, suitability and content. Final considerations: The instrument assists in the transmission of information, strengthening patient safety and SOP will outline the shift, these tools can improve ICU shift, minimizing the risks of communication failure.
Enteral diet therapy: use of the Lean Healthcare philosophy in process improvement
Authors: Siqueira Cibele Leite , Siqueira Fernanda Ferreira , Lopes Guilherme Calixtro , Gonçalves Matuzalem de Carvalho , Sarantopoulos Alice
Published: March 2019

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the nonconformities of the enteral diet therapy process. Method: Exploratory case study, using as a theoretical framework the philosophy of Lean Healthcare in an inpatient unit of a large hospital in Minas Gerais State. The sample consisted of 19 professionals from the multidisciplinary team involved in the enteral nutritional therapy process and the unit's documentary sample. For the data collection, we used a semi-structured script, participant observation and documentary analysis. Results: There were eight nonconformities related to enteral diet therapy. During the participant observation, there was a lack of a management model that seeks the continuous improvement of the process, as well as resistance to change. Conclusion: Although enteral diet therapy is important in the patient's evolution, there are adverse events that could be prevented and the Lean philosophy assists in the identification of process nonconformities.
Expansion of the interprofessional clinical practice of Primary Care nurses
Authors: Peduzzi Marina , Aguiar Carla , Lima Aline Maciel Vieira , Montanari Patrícia Martins , Leonello Valéria Marli , Oliveira Mariangela Rosa de
Published: March 2019

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the clinical practice of nurses in the interprofessional context of the Family Health Strategy. Method: Case study in a basic health unit of the city of São Paulo with a professional team of the Family Health Strategy and of the Family Health Support Center. Direct observation and interviews with thematic analysis and triangulation were conducted. Results: Four empirical categories were identified: interprofessional actions guided by the logic of the user's health needs; interprofessional actions guided by the logic of expediting service; interprofessional actions with a biomedical approach and interprofessional actions with an integral/holistic approach. Six interprofessional actions that indicated the expansion of the clinical practice of the Family Health Strategy's nurses were also identified. Conclusion: The results express the world trend of interprofessional practice and expansion of the scope of practice of different professions, particularly that of nurses, which requires consolidation based on the population's health needs.
Presenteeism in multiprofessional team workers in the Adult Intensive Care Unit
Authors: Silva Andressa Fernanda , Robazzi Maria Lúcia do Carmo Cruz , Dalri Rita de Cássia de Marchi Barcellos , Silveira-Monteiro Cristiane Aparecida , Mendes Aida Maria Oliveira Cruz
Published: March 2019

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the occurrence of presenteeism in multiprofessional team workers of an Adult Intensive Care Unit, relating it to sociodemographic and labor characteristics. Method: It is an analytical cross-sectional qualitative study, which used a questionnaire for sociodemographic data collection, and Stanford Presenteeism Scale(SPS-6) to assess presenteeism. Results: There was predominance of women (75.9%), nursing workers (66.7%), mean age of 39.81 years, and 6 to 10 years (31.6%) of experience in the labor market. Regarding presenteeism, 48.7% presented work impairment and 31.8% presentedperformance and completion of tasks altered by this phenomenon. Conclusion: Expressive numbers of general presenteeism were identified, with results indicating impairment in completing work. When connecting presenteeism to sociodemographic and labor characteristics, the variables sex, dependent children and absence from work presented values with statistical significance among the studied workers.
Counter-referral in Emergency Care Units: discourse of the collective speech
Authors: Hermida Patrícia Madalena Vieira , Nascimento Eliane Regina Pereira do , Echevarría-Guanilo Maria Elena , Andrade Selma Regina de , Ortiga Ângela Maria Blatt
Published: March 2019

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the facilities and difficulties of the counter-referral of an Emergency Care Unit in Santa Catarina State. Method: Descriptive, qualitative study, with the participation of three nurses and 17 physicians. The data were collected through a semi-structured interview and analyzed using the Discourse of the Collective Subject technique. For the theoretical basis, the Política Nacional de Atenção às Urgências (National Policy of Emergency Care) and the Rede de Atenção às Urgências (Network of Care to the Emergencies) was used. Results: The facilities of the counter-referral correspond to the strategies of communication with the Primary Care: embracement; good interpersonal relationships; and electronic medical record network. The difficulties are related to the deficiencies of Primary Care and specialized services, such as the insufficient number of physicians and the delay in scheduling consultations and more complex exams. Final considerations: The difficulties highlighted indicate significant challenges of the local health system in the search for integration between emergency care points.
Care time and quality indicators in Intensive Care Units
Authors: Garcia Paulo Carlos , Tronchin Daisy Maria Rizatto , Fugulin Fernanda Maria Togeiro
Published: March 2019

ABSTRACT Objective: To verify the correlation between nursing care time and care quality indicators. Method: Observational, correlational study, developed in 11 Intensive Care Units. The population comprised records of the number of nursing professionals, the number of patients with at least one of the Oro/Nasogastroenteral Probe (GEPRO), Endotracheal Tube (COT) and Central Venous Catheter (CVC) therapeutic devices and the occurrences related to the losses of these artifacts. Results: The time corresponded to 18.86 hours (Hospital A), 21 hours (Hospital B) and 19.50 hours (Hospital C); the Unplanned Outflow Incidence of GEPRO indicator presented a mean of 2.19/100 patients/day; Unplanned Extubation of COT Incidence, 0.42/100 patients/day; and CVC Loss Incidence, 0.22/100 patients/day. There was no statistically significant correlation between time and indicators analyzed. Conclusion: This research may support methodological decisions for future investigations that seek the impact of human resources on the care quality and patient safety.
Quality as perceived by nursing professionals in an accredited specialized hospital
Authors: Barbino Junior Luis Roberto , Silva Larissa Gutierrez de Carvalho e , Gabriel Carmen Silvia
Published: March 2019

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify quality of service in an accredited specialized hospital according to nursing professionals' expectations and perceptions. Method: This is a cross-sectional quantitative study with the participation of 34 employees, conducted from August to October 2017 by administration of an adapted and validated version of the SERVQUAL scale. Results: The interviewees reported as their highest expectations the transmission of confidence and provision of safe services, the latter also turning out to be the best perception of service. Promotional materials were considered as the least important expectation. The perception with the lowest scores was related to the time of service delivery at the institution, which may be associated with specific factors. Safety of service was considered as the quality dimension with greater relevance. Conclusion: It is highlighted the importance of measures for maintenance of schedules and preservation of good forms of promotion, communication and team training.