bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Opinions of Middle School Students on the Justice Concept within the Framework of Social Studies Education
Authors: Oguz Hacat Sibel
Published: April 2018

The aim of this study is to reveal the opinions of middle school students about the justice concept.  The study was carried out in accordance with the document review technique, which is one of the qualitative research methods. The study group consists of 82 students attend in 7th grade receiving education at a middle school in the city of Kastamonu in the school year 2016-2017. Data was obtained using semi-structured interviews consisting of open-ended questions. This data was interpreted using content analysis and by way of coding. Middle school students’ opinions on justice concept are represented in 8 different categories and they use 7 different sayings relating to the justice concept. Whereas the justice concept is most often explained as “Rightfulness”, it is least often conceived as “Abstinence from Committing Crimes”. It is observed that the saying “Justice can do what swords cannot” is used by middle school students most often, and the saying “No merit can be more noble than justice” least often. In light of this information, middle school students can be provided with environments in which they can internalize the justice concept. Furthermore, results about justice can be drawn when its content is broadened. We can do scientific study about justice in more detail by increasing sample group.
Emergency department increased use of observation care for elderly medicare patients
Authors: Z. Gabayan Gelareh , Liang Li-Jung , Doyle Brian , Huang David Yu-Chuang , Sarkisian Catherine A.
Published: April 2018

Background: Over the past decade, a growing number of older Medicare beneficiaries visit the emergency department (ED) and have been placed in observation care. We investigated and compared the prevalence and factors associated with patients age ≥ 65 years with Medicare insurance who are placed in the hospital, observation care, or discharged following an ED visit.Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using data from a nationally representative 5% sample of Medicare patients age ≥ 65 years during the year 2013. We performed multiple generalized estimating equation (GEE) logistic regression analyses to assess the relationship between placement in a hospital vs. discharge, observation care vs. discharge, and observation care vs. admission.Results: Of 537,455 Medicare beneficiaries age ≥ 65 years who visited an ED in 2013, 48.0% (N = 258,083) were discharged, 10.5% (N = 56,184) placed in observation care, and 41.5% (N = 223,188) were admitted to the inpatient service following the ED visit. The top 2 diagnoses associated with placement in the hospital vs. discharge were ischemic heart disease and renal disease. Patients with symptomatic diagnoses such as chest pain and dizziness were more likely to be placed in observation care following an ED visit as compared to admission to the hospital.Conclusions: Compared to prior studies, we found a greater number of older Medicare ED patients placed in observation care and a lower number admitted to the hospital. Most common diagnoses of placement in observation care were symptom-based as compared to being admitted to the hospital which were disease-based.
Uncertainty Theories Based Iris Recognition System
Authors: Majd BELLAAJ
Published: April 2018

The performance and robustness of the iris-based recognition systems still suffer from imperfection in the biometric information. This paper makes an attempt to address these imperfections and deals with important problem for real system. We proposed a new method for iris recognition system based on uncertainty theories to treat imperfection iris feature. Several factors cause different types of degradation in iris data such as the poor quality of the acquired pictures, the partial occlusion of the iris region due to light spots, or lenses, eyeglasses, hair or eyelids, and adverse illumination and/or contrast. All of these factors are open problems in the field of iris recognition and affect the performance of iris segmentation, its feature extraction or decision making process, and appear as imperfections in the extracted iris feature. The aim of our experiments is to model the variability and ambiguity in the iris data with the uncertainty theories. This paper illustrates the importance of the use of this theory for modeling or/and treating encountered imperfections. Several comparative experiments are conducted on two subsets of the CASIA-V4 iris image database namely Interval and Synthetic. Compared to a typical iris recognition system relying on the uncertainty theories, experimental results show that our proposed model improves the iris recognition system in terms of Equal Error Rates (EER), Area Under the receiver operating characteristics Curve (AUC) and Accuracy Recognition Rate (ARR) statistics.
Medications & Polypharmacy Influence on Recurrent Fallers in Community: a Systematic Review
Authors: Ming Yu , Zecevic Aleksandra
Published: April 2018

The purpose of this systematic review is to summarize information about the impact different classes of medications and polypharmacy have on recurrent falls, defined as two or more falls in a 12-month period, in community-dwelling older adults. After adjustment for confounders such as age, gender, weight or depression symptoms, the reviewed studies suggested that older adults who use antidepressants, sedatives or hypnotics and anti-epileptics were more likely to experience recurrent falls than non-users. Polypharmacy (use of four or more prescription medications daily) caused 1.5–2 times higher possibility of recurrent falls in older adults. As a high-risk group, recurrent fallers require meaningful intervention. Medications are believed to be a modifiable risk factor in falls prevention; hence, special consideration should be taken to balance the benefit and harm in initiating, continuing or increasing certain classes of medications in elderly recurrent fallers.
A Case for the Standardized Assessment of Testamentary Capacity
Authors: Brenkel Megan , Whaley Kimberley , Herrmann Nathan , Crawford Kerri , Hazan Elias , Cardiff Laura , Owen Adrian M. , Shulman Kenneth
Published: April 2018

BackgroundWith an increasingly aged, frail population that holds a disproportionate amount of wealth, clinicians (especially those with expertise in older adults) may be asked with more frequency to offer a clinical opinion on testamentary capacity (TC), the mental capacity to make a will.MethodThis paper reviews the legal criteria as well as the empirical research on assessment tools for determining testamentary capacity (TC). We also review the relevance of instruments used for the assessment of other decisional capacities in order to evince the potential value of developing a standardized assessment of TC for clinician experts.ResultsThe legal criteria, often referred to as a “test”, for determining requisite TC (Banks v. Goodfellow) have remained much the same since 1870 with minimal clinical input and, as such, there has been little development in TC assessment instruments. Decisional instruments designed to assess Consent to Treatment may have relevance for TC.ConclusionWe make the case for a semi-structured interview that includes standardized criteria for the legal test for TC, supplemented by a validated brief neuropsychological assessment, which together comprise a Contemporaneous Assessment Instrument (CAI) for TC.
Identifying the Priority Topics for the Assessment of Competence in Care of the Elderly
Authors: Charles Lesley A. , Frank Chris C. , Allen Tim , Lozanovska Tatjana , Arcand Marcel , Feldman Sidney , Lam Robert E. , Mehta Pravinsagar G. , Mangal Nadia Y.
Published: April 2018

BackgroundWith Canada’s senior population increasing, there is greater demand for family physicians with enhanced skills in Care of the Elderly (COE). The College of Family Physicians Canada (CFPC) has introduced Certificates of Added Competence (CACs), one being in COE. Our objective is to summarize the process used to determine the Priority Topics for the assessment of competence in COE.MethodsA modified Delphi technique was used, with online surveys and face-to-face meetings. The Working Group (WG) of six physicians acted as the nominal group, and a larger group of randomly selected practitioners from across Canada acted as the Validation Group (VG). The WG, and then the VG, completed electronic write-in surveys that asked them to identify the Priority Topics. Responses were compiled, coded, and tabulated to identify the topics and to calculate the frequencies of their selection. The WG used face-to-face meetings and iterative discussion to decide on the final topic names.ResultsThe correlation between the initial Priority Topic list identified by the VG and that identified by the WG is 0.6793. The final list has 18 Priority Topics.ConclusionDefining the required competencies is a first step to establishing national standards in COE.
Poster Presentations at the 9th Canadian Conference on Dementia (CCD) Toronto, November 2017
Authors: Services Conference
Published: April 2018

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An update on the spider genus Hexophthalma (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with descriptions of new species
Authors: Lotz Leon
Published: April 2018

The described Afrotropical species of the genus Hexophthalma Karsch, 1879 (under the genus name Sicarius Walckenaer, 1847), of the spider family Sicariidae Keyserling, 1880, were recently reviewed. In the present paper the Afrotropical species of the genus Hexophthalma are revisited. After a thorough examination of all the available specimens from nine major collections, the species H. testacea (Purcell, 1908) is here synonymized with H. hahni (Karsch, 1878), three new species are described – H. binfordae sp. nov., H. goanikontesensis sp. nov. (both from Namibia) and H. leroyi sp. nov. (from South Africa) – and the male of H. dolichocephala (Lawrence, 1928) is described for the first time. The distribution of the species is also revised and a new updated key to the species is compiled.
DIÁLOGO INTRAMUSICAL: INTERACCIÓN, COMUNICACIÓN Y METÁFORA DE LA CONVERSACIÓN EN LA MÚSICA BLUES
Authors: Pedro Josep
Published: April 2018

Partiendo de una investigación etnográfica y analítica sobre las escenas de blues en Austin, Texas y en Madrid, este artículo plantea el concepto de diálogo intramusical con el objetivo de indagar en las formas de comunicación dialógica que se establecen en la interpretación musical. Reflexionamos sobre la idea del blues como lenguaje musical regido por un sistema de convenciones y abordamos la metáfora de la interpretación como conversación a partir de los discursos de músicos diversos.
LOS INCENDIOS COMO AMENAZA DE LOS TEATROS. EL ‘OTRO´ INCENDIO DEL TEATRO LÓPEZ DE AYALA EN BADAJOZ Y LAS CIRCUNSTANCIAS EXCEPCIONALES QUE AMENAZARON SU RESTAURACIÓN Y SUPERVIVENCIA.
Authors: Suárez Muñoz Ángel , Suárez Ramírez Sergio
Published: April 2018

Los Teatros debieron resistir frente a múltiples adversidades y no todas relacionadas con el desarrollo de la actividad que amparaban. Los materiales con que se construían y decoraban fueron sus grandes enemigos. Solo como resultado de episodios dramáticos fueron mejorando sus condiciones.            Relatamos a continuación las circunstancias que rodearon el incendio que se produjo en el Teatro López de Ayala de Badajoz, vinculado a uno de los episodios más dramáticos de la Guerra Civil española.
Pre-semioticidades Apuntes sobre una frontera entre memoria prehistórica y lenguajes del arte
Authors: Gómez Ponce Ariel
Published: April 2018

Con el objeto de indagar cómo la cultura recupera creativamente el pasado prehistórico, el presente trabajo busca operativizar categorías teóricas de la semiótica de Iuri Lotman para ampliar el paradigma de sus reflexiones y abordar los mecanismos semióticos que permiten el diálogo entre el ser humano y el mundo natural, aún aquel pretérito. A partir del estudio de la configuración semiótica denominada “cuadro de mundo”, nos proponemos describir el modo en que se escenifican modelizaciones que configuran un abismo semiótico con la contemporaneidad. Para ello, analizaremos una secuencia de textualidades recientes que reviven, en sede ficcional, especies extintas como los dinosaurios, reubicando estos seres en un desplazamiento que rellena vacíos semánticos con nuevas inscripciones significantes, a partir de una de sus manifestaciones más recurrentes: el Tiranosaurio Rex. A través de filmes y modelizaciones digitales como aquellas que proponen los memes de las redes sociales, nuestra hipótesis sostiene que la reactivación semiótica del dinosaurio organiza una topografía de un “cero semiótico” o un estado presemiótico: semiotización que interpela el lugar de lo humano en el mundo natural desde sus orígenes evolutivos, cuestionando una mirada antropocéntrica a partir de una especie que jamás convivió con la humanidad.
BUFONERÍA Y CINETEXTUALIDAD EN LA OBRA DE WOODY ALLEN: LITERATURA Y CINE
Authors: García-Abad Teresa
Published: April 2018

Además de ser uno de nuestros artistas contemporáneos más fecundos, Woody Allen se ha nutrido de expresiones estéticas diversas –imagen, escritura, música, pintura-- para conformar uno de los estilos más originales y valorados de la creación de nuestro tiempo. El presente ensayo hace un recorrido por una de sus facetas más desconocidas, la de dramaturgo, itinerario que refuerza la relevancia de la escritura en su proceso creativo, así como el humor y la ironía, cualquiera que sea la materia sobre la que actúe. Del papel o la pantalla al escenario, los teatros españoles se han hecho eco de la totalidad  de la obra dramática de Woody Allen, pasando por algunos de sus más conocidos diálogos y dramaturgias inspiradas en su cine.
ESPACIOS LIMINALES, FANTASMAS DE LA MEMORIA E IDENTIDAD EN EL TEATRO HISTÓRICO CONTEMPORÁNEO
Authors: García-Manso Luisa
Published: April 2018

Los espacios liminales simbolizan la transición entre dos estados diferenciados. Como propuesta de definición y descripción de lo liminal en el espacio dramático, en este ensayo se analiza su construcción en La tumba de Antígona, de María Zambrano; Le retour de Carola Neher, de Jorge Semprún; ¡Ay, Carmela!, de José Sanchis Sinisterra; y Los niños perdidos, de Laila Ripoll. En estas obras se construyen espacios liminales –tumbas, cementerios, lugares abandonados, escenarios– en los que los fantasmas de la memoria toman cuerpo y se incita al público a asumir el deber de memoria e indagar en la identidad colectiva.
EL TEATRO COMO DOCUMENTO ARTÍSTICO, HISTÓRICO Y CULTURAL EN LOS INICIOS DEL SIGLO XXI
Authors: Jiménez Aguilar Miguel Ángel
Published: April 2018

Reseña de EL TEATRO COMO DOCUMENTO ARTÍSTICO, HISTÓRICO Y CULTURAL EN LOS INICIOS DEL SIGLO XXI
JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ Y EL LEGADO DE LA MODERNIDAD
Authors: Martínez Fernández José Enrique
Published: April 2018

Reseña del libro de Juan José Lanz titulado "Juan Ramón Jiménez y el legado de la modernidad"
VIDA Y VERDAD: AUTOBIOGRAFÍAS DE HÉLÈNE CIXOUS
Authors: SEGARRA Marta
Published: April 2018

La literatura escrita por mujeres se ha considerado confrecuencia desde el prisma autobiográfico, como si las autoras fueran másproclives a la verdad autobiográfica, a contar sus vidas incluso en susobras de ficción. Por ello, la crítica relaciona generalmente a las escritorasfrancesas contemporáneas con el género de la “autoficción”. HélèneCixous, especialmente en sus últimas obras, realiza por su parte un usomuy particular de la escritura autobiográfica, o de la relación entre vida yliteratura, llevando este género hasta sus límites.
DE ÉLISABETH GILLE A IRÈNE NÉMIROVSKY: RECREACIÓN DE UN DOBLE ITINERARIO DE VIDA A TRAVÉS DE LA ESCRITURA
Authors: FIGUEROLA CABROL M. Carme
Published: April 2018

Los dramáticos acontecimientos de la Segunda Guerra Mundialprivaron de la presencia materna a Élisabeth Gille. Esa niña a quien lefue imposible dar sepultura a su madre se pone en su piel en Le Mirador.En un proceso memorial el relato narra la infancia de la propia hija,sus experiencias durante la guerra y la posguerra, a la vez que esbozael recorrido vital de esa madre casi desconocida adoptando distintosmecanismos narrativos para cada una. Los singulares pasajes referidosa Gille constituyen un eco de la existencia de Némirovsky. El objetivode este análisis consiste en observar cómo una escritora da voz a la otrapara desvelar al lector sus experiencias y el sufrimiento de ambas ante latragedia que las marcó con una huella indeleble.
EL GUION CINEMATOGRÁFICO: SU ESCRITURA Y SU ESTATUTO ARTÍSTICO
Authors: GUTIÉRREZ Julia Sabina
Published: April 2018

Son muy diversas las teorías sobre la naturaleza y la función delguion. Ha habido directores que han filmado sus obras sin un guion previoy en muchos casos este texto ha sido considerado como un instrumentopuramente auxiliar. En la actualidad el guionista se encuentra en una batallapara hacer valer su estatus como creador. En este trabajo se exponen lasdiversas opiniones sobre la función del guionista, sobre el carácter visualo literario de este género y sobre un receptor indeterminado de su trabajoya que podemos preguntarnos si un guion tiene lectores o espectadores.
An Empirical Analysis of a Process Industry to Explore the Accident Causation Factors: A Case Study of a Textile Mill in Pakistan
Authors: Muhammad Ali Bin Manzoor  , Salman Hussain  , Wasim Ahmad  , Mirza Jahanzaib
Published: April 2018

Industrial revolutions not only improved the general lifestyle of individuals but also brought an increase in the diversity of the manufactured goods. This diversification involved use of advanced technology and complex methods that entailed dangerous conditions. According to international labor organization, occupational accidents cause death of more than two million individuals each year in different industries. Process industries are complex in nature and tend to lead to more accidents. In Pakistan among the process industries, textile mills are the most accident prone industries in recent times. Therefore, an empirical analysis of a textile process industry has been done using structural equation modelling to examine the interactions between the contributory factors of accidents. Results revealed that unsafe acts are a major contributor to human error, equipment error and unsafe environment that in turn lead to the calamities and disasters that can be avoided with proper safety measures in place.
Optimization of Surface Roughness and MRR in Powder Mix EDM Die-Sink for Inconel 718 using RSM
Authors: M. Ahsan Ul Haq  , Salman Hussain  , Wasim Ahmad  , Mirza Jahanzaib  , Waseem Iqbal  , Saira Shehzadi
Published: April 2018

Product quality depends on the surface quality of the machined part and machining performance relay on the production rate of the process. Whereas surface quality of a part is based on surface roughness (SR) and production rate depend on the material removal rate (MRR). Minimum surface roughness and maximum MRR are of great value in the field of manufacturing. In powder mix Electrical Discharge Machined (EDM) selection of input parameters and their ranges are of great value because its helps to achieve the optimize values of the SR and MRR. This study contains the effect of four input variables; pulse on time (Pon), discharge current (DC), pulse off time (Poff) and powder concentration of EDM on SR and MRR of Inconel 718. Response Surface Methodology (RSM) center composite design (CCD) and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) are used with 5% significant coefficient. It was observed that DC significantly affects the SR and MRR followed by the Pon.
Spatio-Temporal and Physiographical Study of the Abandoned Sutlej River: A Case of Jhangi Wala, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Authors: Muhammad Javed Iqbal  , M.M. Anwar  , Muhammad Nasar U Minallah  , Khalil-Ur- Rehman  , Noor Hussain Chandio  , K.V. Zakharov  , Muhammad Mohsin  , Muhammad Zafar Iqbal
Published: April 2018

Rivers are the sign of prosperity, the hub of the economy and act as lifeline for the areas from where they flow. Rivers help in irrigation, ground water recharge, upgrading water quality, maintaining soil fertility, fostering forests. They also support in stabilizing industries, establishing cities and towns. Revirs are the sources of energy generation, enhancing tourism, managing wetlands, boosting fishing, avoiding desertification, droughts, famine and empowering people by providing employment opportunities. Rivers might stop flowing in any area through climatic changes, river piracy, and upper riparian monopoly. Sutlej River is now not flowing in Pakistan due to damming at its upper riparian (India) after the Indus Basin Water Treaty. In this paper, efforts are made to know about evolutionary processes through which Sutlej River passed from the old days and its present cruel and politicized abundance by the upper riparian. The main objective of the paper is to furnish a preliminary data base about Pakistan side (lower riparian) of the Sutlej River. Fact and figures used are mainly from the secondary sources and few primary sources and direct observations. By exploring and knowing about its spatial pattern, temporal evolutions, geographical, geological and physiographical changes and all the processes concerned to the river, it will be possible for us to educate our future generation about the conversion of past mighty and splendid Sutlej River into an abandoned River.
Research into the influence of contrasting trophic conditions of vernalization on the allelic state of Vrn genes and development rates of Triticum aestivum L.
Authors: Avksentiieva Olga O. , Shulik Victoriia V. , Taran Nataliya Yu.
Published: April 2018

The influence of contrasting trophic conditions of vernalization on the allelic state of the Vrn genes and development rates of two winter wheat varieties, Mironovskaya 808 and Olvia, was investigated. Vernalization was carried out during 45 days at the temperature 4 ± 1°С under different conditions of trophic support. Whole seeds with endosperm and isolated buds, with added water and 3% solution of sucrose, were vernalized. The allelic state of the Vrn genes was identified by PCR using allele-specific primers on the sprouts at different phases of vernalization – 15, 30, and 45 days. Phenological observations were carried out by determining of the transition to the generative development of wheat plants, cultivated from the vernalized sprouts. According to the results obtained, it was established that the recessive state of the genes Vrn-A1, Vrn-B1 and Vrn-D1 was unchanged in all variants of the two winter wheat varieties on the 15th and 30th days of vernalization. After 45 days of vernalization, the recessive and dominant alleles in sprouts, vernalized under normal trophic conditions and with added 3% solution of sucrose, were detected at the Vrn-B1. All variants of wheat plants grown from vernalized sprouts under contrasting trophic conditions were transferred to the generative phase, but at different times. It could indicate an epigenetic regulation vernalization process. It was established that different trophic conditions during vernalization affected the changes of the allelic state of the Vrn-B1 gene and determined the transition to the generative development of winter wheat.
Evaluation of stress tolerance of Azotobacter isolates
Authors: Nag Navin Kumar , Dash Biplab , Gupta Shyam Bihari , Khokher Dharmendra , Soni Ravindra
Published: April 2018

Evaluation of 50 Azotobacter isolates was done for tolerance to pH, high temperature, and salinity, and four isolates (Azo-48, Azo-137, Azo-144, and Azo-160) passed all three tests. Tolerance to pH (5.0) was shown by a large quota of 20 isolates, while most of them (75%) also showed temperature-tolerance ability. Analysis of colony characteristics, biochemical properties, nitrogen fixing capacity, and phytohormone production of 14 selected isolates was carried out. Finally, after an extensive evaluation and critical analysis, we were able to sort out the above-mentioned four isolates and one of them (Azo-144) exhibited tolerance to a reasonably high degree of salinity stress.
Ozone therapy immunomodulatory effect in the selective immunoglobulin A deficiency.
Authors: Diaz-Luis Jacqueline , Menendez-Cepero Silvia , Macias-Abrahan Consuelo
Published: April 2018

The aim of this work is to study the ozone therapy effect in the selective immunoglobulin A deficiency. Taking into account that ozone is able to stimulate several biological systems, to modulate cytokines levels and to enhance immunoglobulin production, a phase II, controlled and randomized, clinical trial was performed. Forty patients were divided at random into 2 groups of 20 patients each: Ozone – received 42 sessions by rectal insufflations during three months, using scaling doses. Control – received subcutaneous Hebertrans during three months. Patients were evaluated at the beginning and one and six months later. The IgA improved, with significant difference (p=0.04) between both groups. The blood levels of IgG were increased significantly (p=0.03) in the group treated with ozone compared to the control group. Leukocyte activity improved significantly (p=0.04) one month later, achieving 97 % of normal values. The clinical evolution was satisfactory in 87 and 80 % of the children that received ozone and Hebertrans, respectively without side effects reported.
Effectiveness of Diagnosis and Treatment of Spiral Fracture of the Distal Third of the Tibia Combined with Posterior Malleolus Fracture
Authors: Chen Qun , Song Lijun , Fang Jiahu , Qin Xiaodong , Lv Tianrun , Li Xiang
Published: April 2018

Background:

Spiral fractures of the tibia are often the result of torsion trauma. In clinical practice, this type of fracture is frequently complicated by posterior malleolus fractures. This study aimed to observe the effectiveness of diagnosis and treatment of these fractures in a single hospital in China. Posterior malleolus fractures are sometimes occult, occurring alongside spiral fractures of the distal third of the tibia; posttraumatic arthritis can result if they are missed.

Methods:

This study includes 128 consecutive patients with tibia fractures between May 1, 2008, and April 30, 2012. Patients in the early study period underwent radiography only, and subsequent patients underwent both radiography and computed tomography (CT). The causes of the fractures were evaluated. Intramedullar nailing was performed for the tibia fractures. Percutaneous cannulated screw fixation was used for the posterior malleolus fractures. Patients were followed up for a minimum of 3 months.

Results:

Twenty-eight patients had spiral fractures of the mid-distal third of the tibia. Ten of the 28 patients were complicated by posterior malleolus fractures. Diagnosis was initially missed in one early patient who underwent radiography only. Three cases of posterior malleolus fractures were identified by radiography. A CT was performed in all ten patients and showed that approximately 25% to 50% of the ankle joint surface of posterior malleolus fractures was involved. One early diagnosis was missed that had a displaced posterior malleolus fracture after intramedullary nailing. Using CT as the gold standard, radiography had sensitivity of 33.3%, specificity of 100.0%, positive predictive value of 100%, and negative predictive value of 73.9%. All correctly diagnosed patients healed well, without ankle pain.

Conclusions:

Computed tomography helped identify most posterior malleolus fractures, and radiography alone might miss it. Intramedullary nailing and posterior malleolus screw fixation were straightforward and effective treatments.
Diffuse Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis Around the Ankle
Authors: Muramatsu Keiichi , Iwanaga Ryuta , Tominaga Yasuhiro , Hashimoto Takahiro , Taguchi Toshihiko
Published: April 2018

Background:

Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is a rare disorder around the ankle joint. The optimal treatment for diffuse-type PVNS is still controversial because of the high incidence of recurrence. We present the clinical features of our patients and review the current diagnostic and treatment modalities.

Methods:

Five patients with PVNS located around the ankle were surgically treated. In three patients, diffuse PVNS arose from the ankle joint, and in the other two it arose from the calcaneocuboid and intercuneiform joints. The average follow-up time after surgery was 2.9 years (range, 2–4.6 years).

Results:

The average time between onset of pain and diagnosis of PVNS was 6.4 years (range, 4–10 years). Arthrotomic tumor resection was performed in all of the patients. In the three patients with ankle joint PVNS, both medial and lateral approaches were used. One patient experienced mild infection at the surgical site, but this healed conservatively. No tumor recurrences had occurred after minimum follow-up of 2 years, although mild pain persisted in the three patients with ankle PVNS.

Conclusions:

Diagnosis of diffuse PVNS is frequently delayed due to vague symptoms and variable growth patterns. Orthopedic clinicians should be aware of the existence of this lesion, and it should be suspected in patients with persistent ankle swelling. To prevent tumor recurrence, accurate evaluation of tumor location and careful operative planning are mandatory. A combined surgical approach involving medial and lateral incision is necessary to expose the entire joint cavity.
The Ring Verruca Plantaris in Cantharidin Use
Authors: Hood Christopher R. , Miller Jason R.
Published: April 2018

Verrucae (warts) are the most common viral infections of the skin, affecting 7% to 10% of the general population. Typically caused by human papillomavirus type 1, plantar warts manifest as benign proliferation of the epithelial cells on the feet. It has been cited that up to one-third of nongenital warts become recalcitrant, and biopsy is often required to confirm diagnosis and direct appropriate treatment. These treatments can vary from various types of oral medications, acids, ablative modalities, and injections. In this article, we present a case of a recalcitrant plantar wart that appeared to circumferentially spread from the initial site after first-line treatment and presumed resolution with the product cantharidin. The development of ring warts is a known complication associated with cantharidin use, with little described rationale to the presentation.
POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS DE SAÚDE PARA A POPULAÇAO LGBT NO BRASIL: IDENTIDADES SEXUAIS E NOVAS ZONAS DE EXCLUSÃO
Authors: Broilo Rodrigo , Akerman Jacques
Published: April 2018

A história das lutas por políticas públicas para a população LGBT teve início na década de 1980, com o advento da epidemia mundial de HIV/AIDS. Ao longo das décadas subsequentes as políticas públicas, em especial de saúde, foram tomando rumos que intencionavam pensar na integralidade dos sujeitos LGBT. Porém, o que se percebe é que a maior parte dessas políticas está embasada na construção de identidades sexuais, marcadas pelos binarismos homem/mulher, masculino/feminino, heterossexual/homossexual, sendo os primeiros termos ainda hegemônicos. A análise aqui proposta mostra como essas identidades acabam por criar novas segregações, promover a manutenção da heteronormatividade e a homofobia, em suas variantes. Através de críticas pós-identitárias, originadas da teoria queer, este artigo convida para uma desconstrução crítica da visão dos indivíduos como seres acabados em termos de sexualidade, gênero, práticas sexuais e desejos.

Palavras chaves: políticas públicas; LGBT; identidades sexuais; saúde; teoria queer. 
N’UMBUNTU EM AÇÃO: PESQUISA EM RELAÇÕES RACIAIS NAS ESCOLAS MUNICIPAIS (MARABÁ-PA)
Authors: Silva Jaqueline Dayane Da C.
Published: April 2018

O trabalho apresentado relata os projetos e as ações do Núcleo de Estudos, Pesquisa e Extensão em Relações Étnico-Raciais, Movimentos Sociais e Educação (N’UMBUNTU), núcleo eletivo da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará (UNIFESSPA), desmembrada da Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), e suas articulações com a formação de professores em diferentes níveis de ensino, em especial sobre a história e cultura afro-brasileira e africana como preconiza a lei 10.639/03, bem como a produção de conhecimentos sobre as práticas desenvolvidas dentro das escolas públicas de Marabá/PA, buscando compreender como as escolas têm exercido a lei 10.639/03, que torna obrigatório o estudo sobre a história da África e Afro-brasileira nas redes de ensino público e privado. A partir do desenvolvimento de projetos de pesquisa e extensão, apoiados pelas PROPESP e PROEX, respectivamente, o núcleo conta como público-alvo com diferentes participantes, nas diversas atividades formativas: professores e estudantes do ensino superior, da educação básica das redes públicas e privadas do município de Marabá e região, de organizações da sociedade civil e comunidade em geral. Objetiva-se neste artigo apresentar as principais iniciativas, que cobre o período de lançamento do N’UMBUNTU em 2012 e as atividades interventivas, de estudos e pesquisas realizadas em 2013, na ampliação do debate das relações étnicorraciais dentro dos espaços acadêmicos. Assim, pretende-se indicar os processos identitários, as formas organizativas e tradições empreendidas pela população negra, dando-se ênfase as práticas educativas desenvolvidas no âmbito escolar, tendo como aporte metodológico, o uso da linguagem oral e da pesquisa-ação como matérias-primas das ações na região do sul e sudeste do Pará. Mostra-se a movimentação promovida pelo N’UMBUNTU, que através de minicursos, eventos, formações de professores e debates públicos busca consolidar novas práticas que articule experiências dentro do espaço escolar. Desta forma, os resultados parciais dos projetos evidenciam a necessidade de consolidar a temática das relações étnicorraciais na região e o compromisso da universidade de uma ação docente.

 

 

Palavras-chave: Formação em Relações Étnico-Raciais, Negro e  Educação, Cultura e História negra, Diversidade racial, Formação continuada.
A tradição judaico-cristã e a homofobia: substratos ideológicos de um preconceito
Authors: Teruel Coelho Rafael
Published: April 2018

<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: ";Times New Roman";,";serif";; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: PT-BR; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Neste artigo analisaremos possíveis interfaces entre a tradição judaico-cristã e a homofobia. Nessa perspectiva, advogaremos a favor da seguinte tese: a ortodoxia judaico-cristã pode ser considerada a precursora magna das ideologias heterossexistas e homofóbicas amplamente disseminadas nos contextos ideológicos, sociais, culturais e religiosos contemporâneos. De modo a fundamentar nossa hipótese, recorreremos aos textos bíblicos do Antigo e Novo Testamentos, bem como aos ideários filosófico-teológicos da patrística e da escolástica. Por fim, pretendemos apontar, analisando a conjuntura ideológica atual da Igreja Católica, até que ponto o catolicismo é herdeiro da tradição que emana do judaísmo cristão no que concerne à homossexualidade.
La Discapacidad en el Marco del Pensamiento Intelectual Latinoamericano: entrevista con Anahi Guedes de Mello
Authors: Arvili María Belén , Novelli Victoria María , Tiseyra María Victoria , Pecheny Mario Martin
Published: April 2018

Anahi Guedes de Mello es una de las más importantes teóricas emergentes de la discapacidad en Brasil. Antropóloga de formación, es diplomada y licenciada en Ciencias Sociales, con maestría en Antropología Social por la Universidad Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Actualmente es estudiante de doctorado en el Programa de Posgrado en Antropología Social de la UFSC, investigadora vinculada al Núcleo de Identidades de Género y Subjetividades (NIGS) del Departamento de Antropología de la UFSC; y al Núcleo de Estudios de la Discapacidad (NED) del Departamento de Psicología de la misma universidad. Es también investigadora asociada de la Anis – Instituto de Bioética, ubicada en Brasilia. La entrevista fue realizada con Anahí Guedes de Mello a través de medios electrónicos por María Belén Arvili, Victoria María Novelli y María Victoria Tiseyra, de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, en el marco del proyecto UBACYT 2014-2017 coordinado por Mario Pecheny.
Poliamor e Relações Livres: do amor à militância contra a monogamia compulsória, de Mônica Barbosa
Authors: Flick Milena
Published: April 2018

Resenha crítica do livro Poliamor e Relações Livres, do amor à militância contra a monogamia compulsória (Rio de Janeiro: Ed. Multifoco, 2015) da autoria de Mônica Araujo Barbosa, que propõe uma análise dos discursos de resistência à monogamia compulsória a partir dos movimentos Poliamor (São Francisco, EUA, década de 1980) e Rede Relações Livres (Porto Alegre, RS/Brasil).
A Luta dos Negros e das Negras Continua: entrevista com Kabengele Munanga
Authors: Fernandes Felipe Bruno Martins , Telo Florita Cuhanga António , Cordaro Rosangela
Published: April 2018

Em 14 de setembro de 2016, no município de Cachoeira/BA, a Rádio WEB Gira recebeu Kabengele Munanga, Professor Titular de Antropologia da Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Nessa entrevista, discutimos ações afirmativas, relações raciais no Brasil, as agendas dos movimentos negros e contra as opressões e o papel da escola e da sociedade nas lutas antirracistas.
Imigração da Mulher Latina no Brasil
Authors: Nascimento Mariângela Moreira
Published: April 2018

O presente artigo traz, de forma modesta, algumas reflexões sobre a mulher imigrante latina no Brasil. Apresenta o fluxo migratório como um movimento de geração de diferenças e identidades que exige nova base teórica e empírica para ser compreendido. Dessa forma, procura compreender o fenômeno da migração em outra base teórico-metodológica permitindo-nos investigar a condição da mulher imigrante no contexto social brasileiro como sujeito ativo, contrariando o estereótipo da mulher migrante como dependente e passiva.
Segurar, caminhar e falar: notas etnográficas sobre a experiência de uma “mãe de micro” no Recife/PE
Authors: Fleischer Soraya
Published: April 2018

A partir de ações aparentemente simples, como “segurar”, “caminhar” e “falar”, esse artigo pretende pensar como as “mães de micro” vinham lidando com a companhia e o cuidado de seus filhos portadores da síndrome congênita do vírus Zika. Proponho que uma epidemia também possa ser pensada, a partir do olhar da Antropologia, pelas ações e práticas miúdas e cotidianas protagonizadas por aquelas pessoas que, majoritariamente, têm se incumbido dos cuidados de suas vítimas. Algumas dessas mulheres da cidade do Recife/PE lançaram outras questões para compreender seus filhos, para além da deficiência mais evidente em seus corpos. Elas apresentam outras frentes de “luta” necessárias diante dessa experiência.
Homossexualidade Feminina, Liberdade Sexual e Interiorização do Ensino Superior
Authors: Silva Ferreira Sandro Augusto , Alcides Andrea Luci , Batista Ribeiro Francisca Helena , Souza Rego Katiuscia , Ferreira Laurentina Souza Alves , Amorim de Oliveira Naiala
Published: April 2018

Este artigo analisa o entendimento acerca da liberdade sexual de jovens homossexuais femininas no então Instituto de Ciências Ambientais e Desenvolvimento Sustentável – ICADS/UFBA, hoje Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahia – UFOB, situado na cidade de Barreiras, oeste da Bahia. A partir da contribuição de estudos acerca do tratamento da diversidade sexual em ambientes escolares a pesquisa busca apontar a dificuldade de construção de uma identidade homossexual feminina em um ambiente universitário, que, em tese, deveria oferecer mais condições objetivas e subjetivas para a “saída do armário” destas jovens. Percebe-se que as novas unidades universitárias instaladas no interior no último processo de expansão, ainda não conseguiram implantar um ambiente de liberdade sexual comum, hoje, nas universidades públicas das áreas metropolitanas, estando, portanto, ainda sob a influência do ambiente cultural típico do “interior”, e não o contrário, interferindo culturalmente nos hábitos e representações sociais destes espaços, como já se percebe em cidades consideradas como “universitárias”. A repressão familiar, mais comum em cidades do interior, e a homofobia, expressa em violência física e simbólica, se apresentam como razões desta dificuldade de tratar abertamente sobre o tema da diversidade sexual, e do embaraço em assumir sua opção sexual.
Zika Vírus e Síndromes Neurológicas Congênitas: Contribuições do/para o Campo de Estudos de Gênero
Authors: Porto Rozeli Maria , Costa Patricia Rosalba Salvador Moura
Published: April 2018

O dossiê traz reflexões sobre os efeitos da recente epidemia do Zika Vírus no Brasil, observando os diferentes desdobramentos e multiplicidade de investigações, especialmente no que diz respeito às representações de gênero e suas imbricações sobre a saúde reprodutiva das mulheres. Nesse sentido, houve o desafio de reunir pesquisas que aprofundassem o referido tema e promovessem novos assuntos de interesse no campo dos estudos sobre gênero e saúde e suas devidas intersecções, especialmente voltadas à classe, raça/etnia.
Nan Goldin: da Fotografia do Cotidiano à Visibilidade Drag Queen
Authors: De Miranda Vivian Castro
Published: April 2018

Este trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar a biografia da fotógrafa americana Nan Goldin, a partir do recorte de sua produção datada entre as décadas de 1970 e 1990, em que ela fotografou a comunidade drag queen. A partir do cruzamento de informações vigentes em documentário (Série, 2004) e fontes relevantes (Guggenheim Museum, EUA; The Guardian, UK) a quem a fotógrafa concedeu entrevistas ou foi notícia, procura-se explorar nesse texto a importância de uma produção que se insere no âmbito de questões caras ao contexto contemporâneo, que é a temática de gênero. Com a perspectiva teórica adotada, baseada principalmente nos apontamentos de Barthes (1984), é possível compreender o corpus analisado como resultante de um olhar sensível para o aspecto humano, com impacto para a discussão e aceitação do grupo social.
Vozes de Leoas: Mundo Real e Ficcional em A Confissão da Leoa, de Mia Couto
Authors: Da Rosa Joseana Stringini
Published: April 2018

O presente trabalho propõe uma análise das vozes das personagens no romance A confissão da leoa, de Mia Couto, tendo em vista a discussão sobre gênero e violência situada em uma sociedade patriarcal. O romance apresenta já no título uma sugestão: a voz que se pretende é a feminina. Vozes femininas que apresentam a opressão, o silenciamento, a violência. A partir de marcas discursivas presentes na narrativa objetiva-se demonstrar a forma como esse mundo é apresentado ao leitor, trazendo para a discussão desde a Poética de Aristóteles, passando por Barthes, Compagnon e Paul Ricoeur. Como hipótese, parto da ideia de que a literatura fala de um mundo particular, mas também de um mundo que nasce no próprio mundo (real). Trata-se, portanto, de mostrar como a violência de gênero e a opressão em que a mulher é constantemente submetida é representada em uma obra ficcional e vista em uma sociedade.
FBXW7 deletion contributes to lung tumor development and confers resistance to gefitinib therapy
Authors: Xiao Yi , Yin Chunli , Wang Yuli , Lv Hanlin , Wang Wenqing , Huang Yurong , Perez‐Losada Jesus , Snijders Antoine M. , Mao Jian‐Hua , Zhang Pengju
Published: April 2018

Gefitinib, an epidermal growth factor receptor–tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR‐TKI), is an effective treatment for non‐small‐cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with EGFR activating mutations, but inevitably, the clinical efficacy is impeded by the emergence of acquired resistance. The tumor suppressor gene FBXW7 modulates chemosensitivity in various human cancers. However, its role in EGFR‐TKI therapy in NSCLC has not been well studied. Here, we demonstrate that the mice with deficient Fbxw7 have greater susceptibility to urethane‐induced lung tumor development. Through analysis of The Cancer Genome Atlas data, we show that deletion of FBXW7 occurs in 30.9% of lung adenocarcinomas and 63.5% of lung squamous cell carcinomas, which significantly leads to decrease in FBXW7 mRNA expression. The reduction in FBXW7 mRNA level is associated with poor overall survival in lung cancer patients. FBXW7 knockdown dramatically promotes epithelial–mesenchymal transition, migration, and invasion in NSCLC cells. Moreover, with silenced FBXW7, EGFR‐TKI‐sensitive cells become resistant to gefitinib, which is reversed by the mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor, rapamycin. Furthermore, xenograft mouse model studies show that FBXW7 knockdown enhances tumorigenesis and resistance to gefitinib. Combination of gefitinib with rapamycin treatment suppresses tumor formation of gefitinib‐resistant (GR) FBXW7‐knockdown cells. In conclusion, our findings suggest that loss of FBXW7 promotes NSCLC progression as well as gefitinib resistance and combination of gefitinib and rapamycin may provide an effective therapy for GR NSCLC.
Seismic Moment, Seismic Energy, and Source Duration of Slow Earthquakes: Application of Brownian slow earthquake model to three major subduction zones
Authors: Ide Satoshi , Maury Julie
Published: April 2018

Tectonic tremors, low‐frequency earthquakes, very low‐frequency earthquakes, and slow slip events are all regarded as components of broadband slow earthquakes, which can be modeled as a stochastic process using Brownian motion. Here we show that the Brownian slow earthquake model provides theoretical relationships among the seismic moment, seismic energy, and source duration of slow earthquakes and that this model explains various estimates of these quantities in three major subduction zones: Japan, Cascadia, and Mexico. While the estimates for these three regions are similar at the seismological frequencies, the seismic moment rates are significantly different in the geodetic observation. This difference is ascribed to the difference in the characteristic times of the Brownian slow earthquake model, which is controlled by the width of the source area. We also show that the model can include non‐Gaussian fluctuations, which better explains recent findings of a near‐constant source duration for low‐frequency earthquake families.
Will Fire Danger Be Reduced by Using Solar Radiation Management to Limit Global Warming to 1.5 °C Compared to 2.0 °C?
Authors: Burton C. , Betts R. A. , Jones C. D. , Williams K.
Published: April 2018

The commitment to limit warming to 1.5 °C as set out in the Paris Agreement is widely regarded as ambitious and challenging. It has been proposed that reaching this target may require a number of actions, which could include some form of carbon removal or Solar Radiation Management in addition to strong emission reductions. Here we assess one theoretical solution using Solar Radiation Management to limit global mean warming to 1.5 °C above preindustrial temperatures and use the McArthur fire danger index to evaluate the change in fire danger. The results show that globally fire danger is reduced in most areas when temperatures are limited to 1.5 °C compared to 2.0 °C. The number of days where fire danger is “high” or above is reduced by up to 30 days/year on average, although there are regional variations. In certain regions, fire danger is increased, experiencing 31 more days above “high” fire danger.