bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Variables Selection in the Ultraviolet, Visible and Near Infrared Range for Calibration of a Mixture of Vegetable Oils by Absorbance Spectra
Authors: Khodasevich М. A. , Borisevich D. A.
Published: March 2021

The aim of the work was a multivariate calibration of the concentration of unrefined sunflower oil, considered as adulteration, in a mixture with flaxseed oil. The relevance of the study is due to the need to develop a simple and effective method for detecting the falsification of flaxseed oil which is superior in the content of essential polyunsaturated fatty acids to olive oil. A few works only are devoted to identifying adulteration of flaxseed oil, unlike olive oil.Multivariate calibration carried out using a model based on the principal component analysis, cluster analysis and projection to latent structures of absorbance spectra in UV, visible and near IR ranges. Calibration uses three methods for spectral variables selection: the successive projections algorithm, the method of searching combination moving window, and method for ranking variables by correlation coefficient.The application of the successive projections algorithm, ranking variables by correlation coefficient and searching combination moving window makes it possible to reduce the value of the root mean square error of prediction from 0.63 % for wideband projection to latent structures to 0.46 %, 0.50 %, and 0.03 %, respectively.The developed method of multivariate calibration by projection to latent structures of absorbance spectra in UV, visible and near IR ranges using the spectral variables selection by searching combination moving window is a simple and effective method of detecting adulteration of flaxseed oil.
INFLUENCE OF THE TYPE OF DONOR CHARGES ON THE DETONATION RATE OF LOW-SENSITIVITY EXPLOSIVES
Authors:   National Research Technological University “MISIS”, BELIN Vladimir , MOLLOVA Zdravka ,   University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski”
Published: March 2021

The article discusses the creation, testing and implementation of new donor charges designed to initiate low-sensitivity explosives. The cast booster donor charges are made entirely of explosives obtained from the disposal of unnecessary ammunition – TNT, RDX and TEN. The donor charges differ from the mass-produced ones, and have a mass of 150 to 900 g. They also have high explosive characteristics: velocity of detonation from 7200 to 7500 m/s, density of 1.6 g/cm3, excellent water resistance and strength. Their initiating ability on low-sensitivity explosives is significantly better than the one of TNT presses. The velocity of detonation of the main charge of a low-sensitivity emulsion explosive initiated with a cast booster is up to 700 m/s higher than when initiated with a TNT presses. It is especially important when building objects in the constrained conditions, at development of mountain territories for decrease in action of shock air waves and elimination of possibility of mountain collapses and landslides In article advantage of use of cast intermediate detonators on safety of explosive works is proved at development of mountain territories. The new design allows an increase in the security of initiating the charges in the boreholes, which allows them to be initiated with two detonators simultaneously.
SORBENT-BASED METHOD OF SOILS DETOXIFICATION FROM HEAVY METALS
Authors:   Ural State Mining University, YURAK Vera , APAKASHEV Raphail ,   Ural State Mining University, VALIEV Niyaz ,   Ural State Mining University, LEBZIN Maxim ,   Ural State Mining University
Published: March 2021

Abstract. The sorbent-based method is one of the key methods for solving the problem of limiting the mobility of pollutants and the effective implementation of reclamation works. Despite the level of knowledge of the problem, the use of the sorbent-based method is of a fragmented experimental nature. Objective: to study the experience of implementing the sorbent-based method for the adsorption of heavy metals in order to determine the most promising compositions of sorbents for further research work on their improvement. Methods: General scientific methods were used, such as dialectical, historical, analysis, synthesis, comparison, grouping, as well as systematic and empirical approaches. Results: The presence of pluralism of definitions in relation to the term “heavy metals”was revealed. The main criterion for attribution is the relative atomic mass of more than 50 g/mol. An additional criterion is the density, which is approximately equal to or greater than the density of iron (rounded 8 g / cm3). There are other classifications that rely on threshold density or atomic mass values. It is proved that the main role of the immobilization of heavy metals is their transfer to new, more geochemical stable phases by sorption, precipitation, and complex formation processes. The widespread use of the sorbent-based method, which solves the problem of converting heavy metals into a sedentary form and difficult-to-dissolve compounds, has been identified. It is revealed that an important process affecting the mobility of heavy metals in the soil is their fixation with humus. It is established that rocks and minerals have pronounced sorption properties. The most common rocks are clays. They are characterized by a significant sorption capacity and a high specific surface area. In order to increase the sorption properties, the materials can be subjected to various modifications. Peat occupies a special place among effective natural sorbents. The development of technologies for the creation and use of new sorbents made from industrial waste is a promising direction. A method of remediation based on the use of ameliorants–stabilizers of heavy metals has been developed: among the mineral elements of the solid phase, fine clay and ferrous minerals are isolated; compost and manure are often used as organic stabilizers. The possibility of rerational use of industrial waste components as meliorants-stabilizers of heavy metals is investigated, and the sediments of water treatment at filtration stations are of interest in this regard. The remediation potential of water treatment sediments can be enhanced by joint application with natural or modified peat.
LAND USE AND POSSIBILITIES OF REGULATING ANTHROPOGENIC LOADS ON THE MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPES OF THE NORTHERN MACRO-SLOPE OF THE GREAT CAUCASUS (On the example of the Karasu River valley)
Authors:   Genplan Institute of Moscow, VOSKOVA Alla , GUNYA Aleksei ,   Institute of Geography RAS, KARAVAYEV Vadim ,   Institute of Geography RAS, MAR’INSKIH Dmitry ,   Tyumen State University
Published: March 2021

Aim. The basis for the optimal development of mountain regions is the regulation of anthropogenic impact on natural land-scapes. The purpose of the study is to assess the state of natural landscapes of the highlands of the Central Caucasus and substantiate effective mechanisms that regulate economic activity in territories adjacent to nature conservation ones. On the example of the Karasu river valley, which is representative of the Northern macro slope of the Greater Caucasus, analyzes the features of anthropogenic impact in the form of recreation, tourism and grazing. Research methods. The key method of this research is the making of maps showing the landscape structure of the area under consideration, the spatial features of the location of exogenous processes and types of nature management. Using the above maps, the features of the geological and geomorphological basis and landscape structure of the Karasu river valley were identified, the features of modern nature management were characterized, the consequences of anthropogenic impact on natural landscapes were assessed, and the management approach were formulated to reduce the negative impact on the nature of mountain areas. To assess the land cover, high-resolution satellite images were used, according to which the difference vegetation in-dex was calculated, which most clearly distinguishes the main types of the cover. Results. Within the boundaries of the study area, the role of shrub-meadow vegetation of the subalpine zone, which performs a water-retaining function, is especially significant. The destruction of land cover due to overgrazing, the construction of capital facilities, and other types of economic activity without the necessary protective engineering and land reclamation measures favors the development of destructive exogenous processes. The border of the reserved and non-reserved territories is smooth (not sharp). Conclusions. The gradual transition from landscapes with a reserved regime to landscapes with different uses requires a revision of the concept of nature protection in the direction of developing measures on the principle of “protection in use.” Particular attention should be paid to the conservation of sub-alpine meadows, alpine meadows and wastelands, bog complexes, which have a high species diversity, the presence of endemic species and are small in area. The main environmental measures for these communities are state monitoring and the maximum possible reduction in anthropogenic impact.
MEDICAL-GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS OF POPULATION HEALTH IN THE NORTH OSSETIA
Authors:   North Ossetian State University after K.L. Khetagurov, BADOV Alexander , BADOV Oleg ,   North Caucasian Federal University, BYAZROVA Juliet ,   North Ossetian State University after K.L. Khetagurov, DZAKHOVA Larisa ,   North Ossetian State University after K.L. Khetagurov
Published: March 2021

Introduction. Medico-geographical researches are now becoming particularly relevant, since geographic methods with their inherent complexity, diversity, vision of the territory, the identification of medical geographic factors and the application of cartographic methods can explain the basis of those processes and phenomena that occur on the territory of our country and its regions in terms of the morbidity of the population and find ways to optimize the health system. Methods. Medical geography studies the impact of natural, socio-economic and environmental factors on the health of the population, examines the geography of the spread of diseases and identifies the territorial organization of health. Particular attention is paid to the complexity of research; The identification of interaction, mutual development and mutual influence of geographic factors affecting the health of the population in a particular region, as well as the application of GIS technologies and cartographic methods. Results (discussion). The natural conditions of North Os-setia (excluding the highlands) are generally favorable for the population living. Their diversity (despite the limited territory) leads to significant differences in the level and structure of the population morbidity. Within the republic there are five medical-geographical zones, each of which has its own natural-focal diseases. So, for example, rabies, echinococcosis, trichinosis, intestinal infection, leptospirosis, tularemia are characteristic for the steppe zone (the north of the republic); For the forest zone – ascaridosis, endemic goiter, dental caries, echinococcosis, rabies, trichinosis, leptospirosis. Congenital dislocation of the hip is common in the mountainous zone. And girls get this disease five times more often than boys. In addition, almost all of the republic is characterized by a shortage of fluoride, iodine and some other elements. Conclusions. The study of the geographical factors of the morbidity of the population is of great practical importance since it allows developing measures aimed at preventing many diseases.
HYDROCHEMISTRY OF MOUNTAIN PAMIR: TRIBUTARIES OF THE TRANSBOUNDARY PYANJ RIVER AND THEIR WATERS APPLICABILITY FOR IRRIGATION
Authors:   Tajik National University, NORMATOV Inom , Anderson RAY ,   US Salinity Laboratory, SHERMATOV Nurmakhmad ,   Tajik National University, NORMATOV Parviz ,   Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan
Published: March 2021

The results of chemical analyses of the waters of the transboundary Pyanj river tributaries – Gunt, Shakhdara, Bartang, Yazgulem and Vanch rivers are presented. The absence of stationary sources of pollution in the river basins and the dominance of rock weathering in the formation of hydrochemistry of the studied tributaries of the transboundary Pyanj River were established.
APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY AND GIS FOR MONITORING THE CHANGE OF LAND COVER DUE TO THE IMPACT OF BAUXITE EXTRACTION. CASE STUDY IN TAN RAI BAUXITE PROJECT, LAM DONG PROVINCE, CENTRAL HIGHLANDS REGION OF VIETNAM
Authors:   Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment, VU Danh , TONG Thi ,   Quy Don Technical University, TRINH Le ,   Quy Don Technical University
Published: March 2021

In this study, we use Sentinel 2 satellite imagery and GIS technology to evaluate the dynamic of land cover around Tan Rai bauxite mining area, Lam Dong province (Central highland of Vietnam). 02 Sentinel 2 images taken on November 15, 2015 and December 3, 2020 with spatial resolution 10 m (band 2, 3, 4, 8) were used to classify the land cover using object-oriented classification method. The results of land cover classification are used for creating the land cover status maps from 2015, 2020, and then for mapping the land cover change in the period 2015 - 2020. The results obtained showed that there was a significant decrease in forest area, both dense forest and mixed forest, plantation forest. Meanwhile, the area of agricultural land and industrial crop land increased by about 10% in the period 2015 – 2020. The area of Tan Rai aluminum mining project in 2020 also increased to 376.47 hectares, nearly 2 times higher than 2015.
PROCESS WATER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT IN OPEN CAST QUARRIES AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FINE SEDIMENTS RATIONAL USE
Authors:   Tai Poutini Polytech Industry Training Institute, ANNANDALE Johannes , GORBUNOVA Tatiana ,   Institute of Natural and Technical Systems in Sochi, GUDKOVA Natalia ,   Institute of Natural and Technical Systems in Sochi
Published: March 2021

The article provides an overview of different type of water settlement treatment systems in the open cast extractives industry and provides descriptions of the potential hazards from fine particles and suspended solid pollution as a result of mining operations, concentration and process waste management which determines that a lack of mine process utilization leads to fines accumulations in the working areas. Several solutions and alternative means are offered for utilization and re-use of settled material, consisting of fines/dust/silt components within various industries and agricultural enterprises, such as manufacturing artificial soil and culture media for the use as bio-filtration. The article also explores the potential technical, economical and legal challenges identified as well as the issues of the use of mining fines commercial utilization including taxation regimes, insufficient product specification and necessity for additional treatment of the material.
Lesões orofaciais e efeitos colaterais de pacientes HIV positivos em uso da terapia antirretroviral altamente ativa
Authors: Vilaça Cristiano Magalhães Moura , Souza Michele Pereira de , Silva Alan Dornelas , Thuller Katherine Azevedo Batistela Rodigues , Leite Lívia Gobb , Takahama Júnior Ademar , Azevedo Rebeca de Souza
Published: March 2021

Introdução: A AIDS é causada pela infecção do HIV, que progressivamente causa degradação do sistema imunológico do hospedeiro e, consequentemente, o surgimento de diferentes patologias, inclusive na região orofacial. Seu tratamento atua no impedimento da replicação viral, e é chamado de terapia antirretroviral altamente ativa (HAART). Este método terapêutico pode estar associado a alguns efeitos colaterais orofaciais e sistêmicos. Objetivo: Analisar a presença das lesões orofaciais e dos efeitos colaterais associados ao uso da HAART em pacientes HIV+. Material e métodos: Uso de um questionário semiestruturado com informações demográficas, sociais, clínicas e terapêutica, exame físico extra e intraoral, exames laboratoriais e teste de sialometria. Resultados: A amostra foi composta de 43 indivíduos, sendo 53,5% do sexo feminino com cor de pele branca e idade entre 27 e 58 anos. A maioria refere ter se infectado por meio de atividade sexual (58,1%) com diagnóstico feito nos últimos 10 anos (68,1%). A maioria teve carga viral quantificada abaixo do limite mínimo (74,4%) e contagem de linfócitos T CD4+ acima de 500 células por mm³ de sangue (56,8%). Algumas lesões orofaciais, infecções oportunistas e efeitos colaterais ao uso da HAART foram identificados, mas somente a presença de lesões orais foram diretamente relacionadas a baixa quantidade de linfócitos T CD4+ (p=0,05). Conclusão: Todo cirurgião-dentista deve estar atento a presença de lesões orofaciais de pacientes HIV+ porque isso pode indicar uma baixa contagem de linfócitos T CD4+ e, consequentemente, de baixa adesão ou falha na HAART.
Uso da terapia fotodinâmica na redução de microrganismos das infecções endodônticas
Authors: Viana Bruna Angélica de Souza , Endo Marcos Sérgio , Pavan Nair Narumi Orita
Published: March 2021

Introdução: A terapia fotodinâmica (TFD) se apresenta como uma técnica complementar ao tratamento endodôntico potencializando a desinfecção dos canais radiculares. Objetivo: O objetivo deste trabalho foi buscar estudos que utilizem a TFD como coadjuvante à terapia endodôntica e expor quais são mais recorrentes e propiciam melhores resultados na descontaminação, sugerindo um protocolo para o tratamento endodôntico. Método: O trabalho fundamentou-se em uma pesquisa realizada por meio de levantamento da literatura, mediante a consulta de artigos científicos nas bases de dados (PubMed, LILACS, e Scielo), e para a inclusão dos mesmos na revisão foram utilizados os critérios: artigos em inglês, originais e relevantes, pesquisas clínicas e laboratoriais, em dentes permanentes humanos e que relatassem o uso da terapia fotodinâmica como um tratamento coadjuvante à desinfecção dos canais. Resultados: Após a busca e exclusão pela leitura de títulos e resumos, teve-se 47 artigos, e após a leitura destes na íntegra, utilizando-se os critérios de exclusão, 14 foram utilizados para a revisão. As variáveis diferem nos estudos, no entanto, alguns parâmetros da TFD persistem nas pesquisas, apresentando bons resultados na redução das infecções endodônticas. O protocolo sugerido nesta revisão foi o uso do corante azul de metileno (15 e 25 µg/ml); tempo pré-irradiação de 5 minutos; laser diodo (660 nm) e potência de 100 mW; uso de fibra óptica e tempo de irradiação de 5 minutos. Conclusão: O uso da TFD proporciona uma redução bacteriana significativa associado ao preparo químico-mecânico, mostrando a possibilidade de aplicação deste protocolo que apresentou os melhores resultados.
Remoção cirúrgica de lipoma em região maxilofacial: relato de caso
Authors: Andrade Taysnara Ismaeley de , Araújo Francisco Rikilly de , Pontes Kaiane Tavares , Brito Filho Arnaldo Pereira , Cavalcante Darlan Kelton Ferreira
Published: March 2021

Introdução: Os lipomas são as lesões tumorais mesenquimais mais encontradas no corpo humano. Sua localização mais comum é em regiões de extremidades e tronco, sendo raras na região maxilofacial. Apresentam-se clinicamente como lesões indolores, de crescimento lento, amolecidas à palpação de base séssil com acometimento em indivíduos de 40 anos, sem predileção por gênero. O tratamento de escolha é a excisão cirúrgica total, apresentando bom prognóstico e baixa taxa de recidiva. Objetivo: relatar um caso de lipoma de grande extensão em região maxilofacial correlacionando com os dados presentes na literatura. Relato de caso: Paciente, gênero masculino, 30 anos de idade, procurou o serviço de cirurgia bucomaxilofacial do Hospital Regional do Agreste Caruaru/PE, com queixas de aumento de volume “embaixo do queixo” com cerca de 1 ano de evolução. Durante anamnese, paciente não relatou nenhuma alergia ou alteração sistêmica. Ao exame físico extra-oral observou-se aumento de volume e assimetria facial, tumefação assintomática de amolecida à palpação em região submandibular esquerda, nodular, de base séssil, com cerca de 4,0 x 3,0 cm de diâmetro. Após diagnóstico, o tratamento escolhido foi biópsia excisional sob anestesia geral. Paciente segue no 2º ano pós-operatório sem alterações ou recidivas. Conclusão: Conclui-se que os lipomas são lesões tumorais benignas, que devem possuir diagnóstico precoce para instituição do correto tratamento. Apesar de atingirem grandes proporções, possuem bom prognóstico e baixa taxa de recidiva, sendo raras no complexo maxilofacial.
Plant Growth Promoting Potentials of Beneficial Endophytic Escherichia coli USML2 in Association with Rice Seedlings
Authors:   School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, Tharek Munirah , Khairuddin Dzulaikha ,   Department of Water Resources and Environmental System, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, Najimudin Nazalan ,   School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, Ghazali Amir Hamzah ,   School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Published: April 2021

An endophytic Escherichia coli USML2 originally isolated from the inner part of an oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) leaf tissue was inoculated to rice seedlings to investigate its ability in colonising plant inner tissues and promoting growth. Infection of E. coli USML2 was initiated by colonisation on the root surface, invasion of the interior root system followed by endophytic spreading. Inoculation of E. coli USML2 in the rice rhizosphere zone resulted in a significant increase in leaf numbers (33.3%), chlorophyll content (33.3%), shoot height (34.8%) and plant dry weight (90.4%) of 42 days old rice seedlings as compared to the control. These findings also demonstrated the ability of E. coli USML2 to spread endophytically which serves as a beneficial strategy for the bacterium to colonise the host plant and gain protection against adverse soil conditions. The genome of E. coli USML2 had also revealed predicted genes essential for endophytic bacterial colonisation and plant growth promotion which further proven potentials of E. coli USML2 as Plant Growth Promoting Endophyte (PGPE).
CARTILHA EDUCATIVA SOBRE A ATUAÇÃO DO ENFERMEIRO AUDITOR NA UNIDADE DE TERAPIA INTENSIVA: UM ESTUDO METODOLÓGICO
Authors: De Paula Santos Patrícia Liana , Filgueira Martins Rodrigues Cláudia Cristiane , Candido de Oliveira Salvador Pétala Tuani , Andrade Alves Kisna Yasmin
Published: March 2021

Objetivo: propor uma cartilha educativa sobre o processo de trabalho do enfermeiro auditor na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva. Método: estudo metodológico constituído pelas etapas: 1) revisão integrativa; 2) estruturação da cartilha educativa; 3) organização gráfica e validação de conteúdo. Resultados: a amostra foi de 14 estudos que abordaram temáticas sobre a atuação do enfermeiro auditor. A cartilha educativa apresenta 16 páginas, as quais contemplam informações referentes à auditoria, como: objetivo; finalidade; tipos de auditoria de enfermagem; classificação; benefícios; consequências decorrentes da ausência da auditoria; dificuldades encontradas pelo enfermeiro auditor; e atribuições do mesmo. Conclusão: espera-se que a cartilha possa servir de instrumento educativo sobre a atuação do enfermeiro auditor, bem como sensibilize a equipe, em especial os profissionais da enfermagem, quanto à importância da realização adequada dos registros no prontuário do paciente.
TELEGESTÃO: PROPOSTA PARA CAPACITAR OS GESTORES DA ATENÇÃO PRIMÁRIA À SAÚDE EM MINAS GERAIS
Authors: Nogueira Costa Luciana Mara
Published: March 2021

O presente estudo teve como objetivo apresentar a criação do Projeto Telegestão a partir das experiências exitosas do Telenfermagem, com a finalidade de capacitar as Unidades de Serviços de Saúde dos municípios de Minas Gerais cadastrados pelo Programa Nacional de Telessaúde Brasil Redes. Trata-se de um relato da criação do Projeto Telegestão para contribuir no processo de educação no trabalho, permitindo que os profissionais da saúde, realizem a sua capacitação profissional no próprio local de trabalho. Será utilizado como mecanismos de trabalho a interligação da rede informatizada do Núcleo de Telessaúde da UFMG e o apoio do Laboratório de Computação Científica. O projeto contribui para a compreensão da necessidade de capacitação dos profissionais e aprimorar o cuidar e a gestão na APS dentro da organização do trabalho. Estima-se que a participação do público em cada webconferência atinja de 20 a 50 profissionais gerentes de unidades de saúde, considerando o total de municípios de Minas Gerais cadastrados pelo Programa Nacional de Telessaúde Brasil Redes. Espera-se contribuir para aprimorar o cuidar e a gestão dentro da organização do trabalho.
O PROCESSO DE TRABALHO DO ENFERMEIRO EM CIRURGIAS DE REMOÇÃO DE ÓRGÃOS SÓLIDOS PARA TRANSPLANTE
Authors: Silva Karla Rona da , Carvalho Edna Andréa Pereira de , Faria Shirlei Moreira da Costa , Resende Carolina Braga de
Published: March 2021

O objetivo deste estudo é descrever o processo de trabalho do enfermeiro em cirurgias de remoção de órgãos sólidos para transplante. Metodologia: Estudo descritivo, exploratório e qualitativo. A coleta de dados foi realizada com 9 enfermeiros, por meio de entrevista semiestruturada e a análise dos dados foi realizada através da técnica de análise de conteúdo. Referencial teórico: O referencial foi subsidiado por contextualizações no campo de uma “Breve contextualização histórica e legal” e reflexões sobre “A equipe de enfermagem nos transplantes”. Análise e discussão dos resultados: Os resultados foram organizados categorias temáticas, a saber: Perfil profissional dos participantes; Organização dos materiais e insumos para a cirurgia de remoção de órgãos sólidos; Documentação do doador e processo de remoção; Início da cirurgia e perfusão; Acondicionamento e transporte dos órgãos. Conclusão: Este estudo apresenta elementos de fundamentação para que enfermeiros formulem seus checklists, impressos sistemáticos, fluxos assistenciais e tenham uma melhora na organização do processo de trabalho relacionado à cirurgia de órgãos sólidos para transplantes.
INCORPORAÇÃO DE TECNOLOGIAS NO SUS E POSSÍVEIS RELAÇÕES COM A JUDICIALIZAÇÃO DA SAÚDE
Authors: Bretas Janaína , Ferreira Junior Silvio , Lucena Ruas Riani Juliana
Published: March 2021

Objetivo: analisar a participação de representantes do mercado na legítima porta de entrada do processo de incorporação de tecnologias no SUS. Método: Trata-se de estudo descritivo, retrospectivo, com base nos dados secundários sobre demandas de avaliação de tecnologia em saúde recebidas pela CONITEC. Fundamentação teórica: há indícios na literatura que a indústria farmacêutica utilize a judicialização da saúde, no Brasil, como atalho para introdução de novos medicamentos no SUS. Resultados: os representantes do mercado são os segundos maiores demandantes de avaliação de tecnologia em saúde pela CONITEC. Menos de 40% de suas requisições, se convertem em pareceres favoráveis às incorporações no SUS. A maior parte das solicitações com origem no poder judiciários também não resultaram em parecer favorável à incorporação da tecnologia. Conclusão: é importante que pareceres emitidos pela CONITEC alcancem o poder judiciário para permitir que as sentenças proferidas no seio dos tribunais brasileiros tenham respaldo técnico e científico, a fim de evitar que a indústria farmacêutica utilize atalhos para introdução de tecnologias no sistema público de saúde.
MORTALIDADE INFANTIL: PERCEPÇÕES DE GESTORES E PROFISSIONAIS ACERCA DAS AÇÕES E POLÍTICAS DE SAÚDE DIRECIONADA À MULHER E À CRIANÇA
Authors: De Oliveria Ambrósio Valéria , De Almeida Guerra Vanessa , Lopes Pessoa de Aguiar Regina Amélia
Published: March 2021

A mortalidade infantil é um indicador das condições de vida e de saúde de uma população, por expressar não somente causas biológicas, mas também determinações de ordem socioeconômica e ambiental. Objetivo analisar a percepção dos gestores e profissionais de saúde acerca das causas e possíveis ações de enfrentamento da mortalidade infantil. É um estudo descritivo de abordagem qualitativa, através de estudo de caso. Foi realizada 21 entrevistas semiestruturadas, teve como unidade de análise os profissionais e gestores de saúde responsáveis pela atenção à saúde da mulher e da criança. Foi utilizada a análise de conteúdo segundo Bardin. Os resultados mostraram o pouco conhecimento dos gestores e profissionais de saúde sobre o tema, a incipiente presença de discussão do assunto e a necessidade de uma aproximação entre o comitê de prevenção da mortalidade materna, infantil e fetal. Conclui-se que o óbito infantil é um evento distante do cotidiano de gestores e profissionais, que desconhecem as taxas locais e suas principais causas, por isso a não discussão e apropriação deste indicador como instrumento de gestão em saúde, mas todos reconhecem a importância do mesmo.
The Artistic Status of Bio-art
Authors:   National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece., Gemtou Eleni
Published: March 2021

Abstract This paper aims to define Bio-art by strengthening its artistic status through two distinct approaches. The first is based on the acceptance that the concept of Bio-art includes both the term “art” and the term “bio” that could stand for Biology, Biotechnology, and Bioethics. It is argued that despite its direct connection to scientific research, Bio-art is only partly linked to the methods of the pure science of Biology, while it stands closer to the technoscience of Biotechnology. However, while bio-artists often use scientific methods and techniques, they eventually focus on bioethical questions. To amplify the artistic status of bio-artworks, we claim that they are kinds of visual “enthymemes”, a term used by Aristotle to define incomplete rhetoric syllogisms linking all recipients to common questions. Our second approach is developed around Levinson’s intentional-historical theory, showing that Bio-art belongs to the evolutionary narrative of art and artistic intentions. We allege interconnections of distinct features of bio-artworks with artworks of different eras that in the context of a retrospective view are to be understood as having paved the way for the emergence of Bio-art.
Problems of Intertextuality in Audio-Visual Arts
Authors:   Department of Tele-Journalism and Actor’s Skill, Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, Kyiv, Ukraine, Kot Halyna M. , Levchenko Olena G. ,   Department of Scenic Speech, Kyiv National I.K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University, Kyiv, Ukraine, Kravchenko Tetiana O. , Musiienko Oksana S. ,   Department of Cinematography, Kyiv National I.K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University, Kyiv, Ukraine, Hrubych Kostiantyn V.
Published: March 2021

Abstract At the present stage, the visualisation process covers all areas of life that come into contact with information and its presentation. Specialists and researchers in the relevant fields of activity are increasingly using the concepts that have been formed on the basis of printed text in the audio-visual arts. Such an example is the use of intertextuality, which is currently one of the promising areas for research on the example of audio and visual material (film, video, music, photography). The aim of the study was to identify the main current problems of the use of intertextuality in the audio-visual arts on the example of the two most common forms – film and music. The main methods used in this work are intertextual analysis, as well as discourse analysis, because for this method the area of interest is the study of discourse changes associated with intertextuality. As a result of the analysis, it was found that one of the problems of intertextuality is the uncertainty and lack of unity in its understanding between the followers of different approaches to the doctrine of intertext; several problems were identified. The authors propose solutions to the identified problems of the theory of intertextuality in the audio-visual arts, which confirms the practical significance of the study.
Popularity of India’s Regional Comic Strips: A Study of the Stylistics of Narayan Debnath’s works
Authors:   Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Namhata Rima
Published: March 2021

Though celebrated amongst the western literati and the intelligentsia thereof, Comic strips, especially the Indian produce with regional flavours in them, are seemingly juxtaposed, in the acceptance of their stylistic essence, if placed next to their western counterparts. This is also the reason why they have been infamously disregarded in the Indian academia. This paper proposes to study the stylistics aspect of the comic strips from Bengal especially the ones written by Shri Narayan Debnath, and the coming into vogue of this printed visual medium. This article aims to identify the uniqueness and the formal aspects of the stylistics of Indian Comic tradition from Bengal. Additionally, it aims to leaf through the popularity markers through Debnath’s stylistics aspect of the three comic strips that have kept the imagination of his audience alive for more than five decades. He successfully addressed the first objective through a systematic literary review with inclusion and exclusion set as a benchmark. The identification of the stylistics through close reading of the texts along with their systematic review of secondary literature, formed the basics of the second objective. Particularly those stylistics were considered which were typical of their prominence and were integral across the literature and the texts. Furthermore, a matrix was also successfully designed to map the identified stylistics. A couple of implications portray that the said interpretation may help the Post-Millennials or the Generation Z to examine and consider the sublimity and allegiance of reading, and shape the imagination prowess of young minds, apply their intellectual faculty and develop a comic disposition in life. Development of creativity in any narrative style and development of conversational mechanisms are often found to be an added bonus. However, making today’s generation read this form of narrative and chisel their fertile imagination remains a challenge for the digital-natives. There is no doubt however, that this age-old art form can be tremendously advantageous as an academic endeavour and become an integral part of children’s systematic reading habit.
Regional Branding: Transfers Medium Dance into Visual Identity in Ponorogo Image Construction
Authors:   Faculty of Design and Creative Arts, Mercu Buana University, Jakarta, Indonesia., Setyawan Agus Budi , Prihatini Nanik Sri , W. Sri Rochana , Soewardikoen Didit Widiatmoko
Published: March 2021

This article discusses how the people of Ponorogo, East Java, Indonesia, designed a visual identity as a representation of Reyog dance to build up a regional image through a series of branding communication activities. This study uses a qualitative paradigm with a case study approach. The data was collected through in-depth interviews, participatory observation, and document investigation. All data collected were analyzed using an interactive model. The results showed that the five characters of the Reyog dancer were represented as a visual identity for Ponorogo branding through the process of media transferring using photography, illustration, and sculpture techniques. Reyog’s visual identity with motion characteristics is implemented in each channel of branding communication media through primary, secondary, and tertiary communication approaches. Other local governments can use these research results as a model to build up a regional image through dance media.
Reflections of Society in Art: Contributions of Michael Soi’s Politics Paintings to Socio-Political Debates in Africa
Authors:   Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Fine & Applied Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria, Onuora Chijioke , Ikwuemesi Krydz , Okpara Chukwuemeka , Aniago Emeka
Published: March 2021

The purpose of this study is to extend scholarly reading of the contributions of Michael Soi’s politics paintings to social debates as a means of deepening our understanding of the complex relationship between art and politics. Thus, this study assesses relevant variables indicating how Soi’s selected paintings are effectively his means of projecting his views about his experiences, expectations, dreams, fears and reservations concerning his society’s socio-political realities. In an attempt at analyzing the functionality and aesthetic significances of Soi’s paintings, this study discusses relevant perspectives from individuals on politics paintings particularly how they can propel meaningful debates. Therefore, to gather relevant information on people’s responses to this kind of painting, we utilized viewer response approach and follow-up interviews. More so, we applied interpretive analysis in assessing the paintings (as metaphors depicting social realities), the collated responses (as means of espousing more on the concepts of cognitive process mechanisms), and relevant literature (as a means of assessing the trajectories of scholarly views on this subject). In the end, we observe that Soi’s politics paintings are efficacious medium of communication and that each individual viewer of these paintings produces responses that are similar or dissimilar but not exact because their subsisting ideological, political and philosophical inclinations are not exactly the same.
COVID-19 and the Entertainment Industries in Nigeria
Authors:   Department of General Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Eze V.O , Okonkwo Uche Uwaezuoke , Ezeugwu Cindy Anene , Ukwueze Chinyere Christiana , Ezeugwu Felicia O.
Published: March 2021

This paper examines not only on the socio-economic implication of the lockdown on practitioners in the entertainment industry namely the cinema halls, live performances, and the film industries among others, but also it explores the ways E-entertainment was being introduced especially in music and drama industry. With the lockdown orchestrated by the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak in Nigeria, show lovers were being entertained through E-concerts, drive in theatre performances, and television live shows like Owambe and Pepsi Dance Party that was being showed every weekend with the audience responding on face book, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms among others. The research method is qualitative and analytical. The study employed a survey method of data collection to gather relevant material from published and unpublished materials in hard and soft copies which included online materials. The material was analyzed through mixed-method, which involved description, explanation, translation, and interpretation. The result showed that the COVID-19 pandemic impacted negatively the entertainment industry, bringing to a halt the performer/audience physical participation and interaction and a lot of reduction in the socio-economic progress of entertainers and the entertainment industry depends on their audience for finance. It also opened up the need for the entertainment industry to focus more on the acquisition of E-entertainment facilities to bridge the gap between the entertainers and the audiences on a larger scale to take care of pandemic incidents like COVID-19.
Reminiscence on #EndSARS Protests of 2020 in Nigeria
Authors:   Department of English & Literary Studies, University of Nigeria, Orabueze Florence O. , Ukaogo Victor O. , David-Ojukwu Ifeyinwa , Eze Godstime Irene , Orabueze Chiamaka I.
Published: March 2021

Every misfortune of the black man, particularly in Africa, has been blamed on the Europeans because of Trans Atlantic Slave Trade and colonization of different parts of Africa. However, the present study on the #EndSARS protests that rocked Nigeria between October and November 2020 has proven that Africans, particularly Nigerians, should bear the burden of their problems and not point accusing fingers on foreigners. The study uses historical theoretical framework and qualitative and quantitative research methodologies to find out that the protest has an affinity, albeit in a milder degree, to the various agitations, including Boko Haram that have levied wars on the country. The corruption-riddled Nigeria and the re-enslavement and re-colonization of the citizens by the leaders have fired resistance in the youths of the country and it concludes that the only way the protest and agitations would stop is when the fundamental causes are addressed.
Thuggee in England: Tracing the Origin and Development of Fantasies of Thug-Invasion and Reverse Colonization in late nineteenth century British Fiction
Authors:   Assistant Professor of English (W.B.E.S.). Taki Government College,, Chakraborty Ayusman
Published: March 2021

A lot has been written on Thuggee and nineteenth century British operations against it. Instead of delving directly into either of these two well investigated areas of research, this paper seeks to chart how several nineteenth century British writings exhibit a curious fear of Thug infiltration. Keeping in their minds some actual instances, early British colonial officials worried about the Thugs joining government services under them to survive and sabotage the anti-Thuggee campaign. This paper argues that this apprehension gradually developed into the fantasy of being reverse colonized by the Thugs. Late Victorian writers of fiction fantasized the Thugs invading England, or, what must have been more unnerving to them, converting the Britons themselves to Thugs. Using unpublished official records and literary works as sources, this paper tries to map how colonial anxiety of ‘Thug infiltration’ originated and later grew into the fantasy of reverse colonization by the Thugs. It also tries to link this to specific historical developments in that period.
Tales of the Horrors of War: Analysing Select Indian Fictions on World War I
Authors:   Independent Scholar., Shahnawaz Md
Published: March 2021

Conscription of Indian men from different states and ethnicities were recruited to fight in the First World War for the British in foreign lands, while Indian resources kept the Allies going. The discursive reduction of it quantified India to merely numbers, of soldiers given, soldiers lost, tons of food sent, and money spent. The Indian Movement for Independence as an act of political negotiation with the British masters had warranted the cultural amnesia of the Indian intellectual class about the War’s impact to focus on the more vital demand, and how easily were all the unwanted marks of the War hidden and left behind. Thus, my paper will examine the representation of War in India and identify the ways in which Indian involvements in the War remain unacknowledged in the contemporary period through select works of fiction and non-fiction by Indian authors. Therefore, it is a pressing concern that much of the information about the World War I from an Indian perspective is lost, or is on the verge of being lost forever, because of the general apathy towards the preservation of such materials. This engagement with the First World War is not acknowledged the way it should be, since most of these works are not even categorized or identified as ‘war literature’ even if their sole concern remained precisely that. It is also important in this regard to understand the inclusion of the World War I in the silences and the omissions. Therefore, I will analyse select literary texts by Indian authors to evaluate the intersections of fiction and history alongside the enunciation of the unknown/forgotten voices of the marginalized people in the World War I.
Train as a Semantic Space in Russian Culture of the 19th-20th Centuries
Authors:   Department of Russian Philology, Foreign Literature and Intercultural Communication, Linguistics University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation., Mosova Diana V. , Dmitrenko Natalia P. , Kolchina Olga N. , Averkina Svetlana N.
Published: March 2021

The railway station is the most important chronotope of the 20th century. In times of industrialisation, economic development, military confrontation between major powers, the images of a steam locomotive, locomotive, and train met in a large body of literary and journalistic texts. The study of the railway discourse is based on complex historical and semiotic meanings, which allow concluding about the properties of the Russian cultural world, studying it from a new perspective. In the process of the research, the methods of the theoretical level were used: the study and generalisation of scientific works, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction. The authors conducted a logical analysis of the collected material, developed new categories of the image of a train as a “fiery demon”, “a locomotive of progress”, “house on wheels”. Semantic models of perception of the train as a cultural space were interpreted. A discursive analysis of ideas that influenced the semantic part of the concept of “railroad” in Russian culture was conducted. It was concluded that the image of a train in literary creation has a dual character. Already at the stage of the construction of the railway, an infernal model of its interpretation as a “serpent train/dragon” was formed, capable of destroying all living things and taking them to the kingdom of death. At the same time, there are examples of a different type of interpretation of the image of a train. Some researchers insist on its connection with the archetype of “mother”, the idea of movement in a circle, return. In the post-Soviet space, the image of a train has not lost its significance. It is still assimilated by mass culture, it enters into everyday life, without losing its ambivalent character.
Formation of Space, Experience and Thought: A Critical Study of Ambedkar’s Biopic Bhim Garjana
Authors:   Assistant Professor, Department of English & Cultural Studies., Mehra Sudhir
Published: March 2021

In his 1936 essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”, Walter Benjamin establishes that it is the ‘aestheticization of politics’ or ‘politicization of art’ which streamlines the cultural discourse of a nation at a given moment. The present paper attempts to critically analyze the ‘politics of visuality’ vis-à-vis ‘visuality of politics’ as an elemental framework in the making of Indian national discourse. To understand or rationalize this elemental framework, the paper postulates its hypothesis, that the politicization of art is a valid inquiry into how a certain ideological discourse is pre-selected and pre-programmed with a certain grid of features and structures of perception. It is this ideological discourse that needs to be exposed through a visual text namely, Vijay Pawar’s Bhim Garjana. This visual text broadly represents what Kancha Illaiah terms the Ambedkarite phase of Dalit history spanning over two decades – 1936-1956[i]. Bhim Garjana is an aesthetic artifact directed by a Dalit himself – an ‘insider’s’[ii] document on Ambedkar’s life and philosophy. There have so far been three films on Ambedkar including Bhim Garjana, one directed by Jabbar Patel titled Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (2000) and second by Anand Patwardha titled Jai Bhim Comrade (2011). All the visual texts though do not follow the definition of biopic strictly, but more or less, the paper places them in the category of biopics. Each text focuses on the life and struggle, both in historical and ideological terms, of Ambedkar.