bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Physics on the Go: A Mobile Computer-Based Physics Laboratory for Learning Forces and Motion
Authors: Zakaria Nur Hazwani , Phang Fatin Aliah , Pusppanathan Jaysuman
Published: December 2019

“Forces and Motion” is a topic that requires students to relate contents to re-al life applications but most of them have difficulties in connecting physics concepts to its corresponding representations and the connections of the rep-resentations to the real world. This contributes to poor conceptual under-standing among the students. Conventional teaching approaches also create poor interest among the students in studying Physics. Some school laborato-ries are not equipped sufficiently and some apparatus are broken or out dat-ed. Therefore, a Mobile Science Laboratory (MSL) is applied in the research to provide an alternative to better functioning laboratory which also uses Microcomputer-Based Laboratory (MBL) in providing up-to-date apparatus in data acquisition. This research investigates the impact of Mobile Com-puter-based Physics Laboratory (MCPL) which is a combination of the use of MSL and MBL in teaching and learning “Forces and Motion” called PotGo (Physics on the Go) using semi-structured interview. The data was analysed using thematic analysis. The result shows that MCPL improves the students’ understanding in Forces and Motion because the students can see and expe-rience the concepts in real life and getting the data in real time. MCPL is in-teresting for students because they can conduct Physics experiments using computers and technology, it is fun and the students can explore the Physics concepts with little time for setting up the experiments. Therefore, the use of PoTGo in MCPL affects students’ learning in “Forces and Motion” and interest towards Physics.
A Proposed Heutagogy Framework for Structural Steel Design in Civil Engineering Curriculum
Authors: Mohammad Shahrin , Siang Tan Cher , Osman Sharifah , Jamaluddin Nurdiana Yasmin , Mohamed Alfu Nur Afiqah , Huei Lee Yeong
Published: December 2019

Education has traditionally been seen as a pedagogic (child) or andragogic (adult) relationship between the teacher and the learner. Moving parallel with today’s technology, learning should also involve in self-exposure to the knowledge by heutagogical method. In this era, information is getting easier to be accessed and shared through online or mobile system. Heutagogy learning is another method for life-long and self-determined learning. As steel is one of the common constructional materials, design information and specifications with the current code of practice should be given to the public in order to obtain reliable and safe build-ings. Therefore, this research emphasized the development of heutagogy framework for Euro-code structural steel design in civil engineering curriculum through the collection of infor-mation of successful curriculum on heutagogical approach, identification of the learning re-quirements from learner and educator via questionnaire survey and development of the heu-tagogy framework with structural equation modelling (SEM) analysis. Data were collected from 315 respondents consisted of learners and educators. The proposed framework focuses on four aspects of heutagogical approach to teaching and learning from different lenses of educa-tors and learners, namely learning plan, design course guidelines, challenge, and assessment. The framework may provide a useful guideline for future heutagogy education through an open-access platform for the civil engineering curriculum.
Challenges in ICT Integration among Malaysian Public Primary Education Teachers: The Roles of Leaders and Stakeholders
Authors: Razak Nor Asiah , Ab Jalil Habibah , Ismail Ismi Arif
Published: December 2019

The major role of ICT tools is a means to communicate and collaborate in a globalized, technological world in the knowledge society. In education, the role of ICT is paramount, especially for supporting teachers in ICT integrated teaching. However, little research has been conducted particularly in Asia-Pacific, on the interaction between teachers and ICT integration influenced by their school’s stakeholder, which lead to successful implementation among teachers in teaching. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the challenges faced by teachers to ICT tools and how the schools' leaders and schools' stakeholders overcome these challenges. By employing a qualitative research methodology, data were collected using a multi-method of data collection, including in-depth interviews, non-participants observations, field notes, and document analysis. The findings uncovered three themes for existing challenges and overcoming challenges. Three themes for the challenges are the inadequate schools’ ICT tools, failure to commit to the schools’ regulations, and failure to comply with the schools’ regulations. The three themes for overcome challenges are assisted performance, sharing ideas, and distributed leadership style. This study can be an exemplar for other schools in strategizing ICT integration for teachers in teaching.
Instilling Low Carbon Awareness through Technology-Enhanced Cooperative Problem Based Learning
Authors: Nawi Nina Diana , Phang Fatin Aliah , Mohd Yusof Khairiyah , Abdul Rahman Nor Farahwahidah , Zakaria Zaki Yamani , Syed Hassan Syed Ahmad Helmi , Musa Aerma Nurazalina
Published: December 2019

Cooperative Problem-Based Learning (CPBL) is a highly Student-Centred Learning (SCL) method for students to develop self-directed learning skills. Previous studies show that CPBL succeeded in instilling environ-mental awareness, deep learning in Science, Technology and Mathematics (STEM) and 21st century skills among students. In this study, digital tech-nologies were utilised to form learning communities during the planning and implementation of CPBL: Low Carbon Society program in two sec-ondary schools in the Iskandar Region in Malaysia. CPBL requires the stu-dents and the facilitators to be proactive and sensible in seeking knowledge and information needed to solve the problem. Google search engine were predominantly used by the CPBL students to search for information, while WhatsApp and Telegram were primarily used to communicate and form learning support communities during the CPBL learning process. CPBL provides early exposure for the students to use software programs in plan-ning and delivering their findings. Students’ reflective journals and obser-vation reports were collected and analysed to identify low carbon aware-ness developed through CPBL. It is found that students’ active involve-ment in understanding the issues and the external motivation and pressure given enabled them to embrace the concept and awareness. The findings of this study indicate that technology assists and provides much needed support in the learning environment to develop low carbon awareness among the students.
Flammes trompeuses : interprétation de quelques photos d’archives de scènes iconoclastes
Authors: Volper Julien
Published: December 2019

La destruction d’objets rituels d’Afrique centrale par les missionnaires catholiques mais aussi protestants est un sujet dont l’illustration par le biais de documents photographiques n’est pas toujours des plus aisées. Dans cet article trois cas de bûchers censés consumer des objets païens seront analysés et permettront notamment de distinguer la réalité historique de la mise en scène ou de l’erreur interprétative.
La nature artiste
Authors: Saison Maryvonne
Published: December 2019

Mikel Dufrenne a croisé les principales problématiques qui ont traversé la seconde moitié du xxe siècle. Il les a considérées avec un regard attentif et critique, soucieux de tracer un chemin singulier mais désireux de s’inscrire dans une tradition de pensée philosophique spécifique et exigeante.

La réception de son œuvre pose question : encensée dans les années 1950, elle s’est progressivement réduite en France, notamment vers les années 1970, alors qu’elle fait l’objet aujourd’hui d’un regain d’intérêt. L’étude entend montrer que de telles fluctuations sont liées au malentendu qui fait de Dufrenne l’auteur d’un seul livre, la Phénoménologie de l’expérience esthétique,qui à lui seul ne rend pas compte de l’originalité de sa pensée.

Lire Dufrenne, c’est découvrir l’importance de sa réflexion éthique et politique et la stabilité d’une pensée dédiée à la défense des valeurs de « l’humain » et de «  l’homme ». C’est aussi se livrer au plaisir de l’élaboration de fictions philosophiques répondant à la tentation de rationaliser une vision du monde par le biais d’une philosophie de la Nature relayée par la notion d’a priori. L’unité de cette œuvre réside dans l’hypothèse d’une Nature artiste que le philosophe veut penser dans le cadre d’une philosophie non théologique.
Claudel et la mise en scène : Autour de L’Annonce faite à Marie
Authors: Beretta Alain
Published: December 2019

Le présent ouvrage évoque l’intérêt considérable éprouvé par Paul Claudel pour la mise en scène du texte théâtral, à l’occasion de sa première pièce jouée et longtemps portée en lui, L’Annonce faite à Marie. Organisée chronologiquement, l’étude montre comment, après avoir douté des vertus scéniques de sa pièce, l’auteur suit d’abord sa création par Lugné-Poe (1912), puis supervise la très originale mise en scène allemande de Hellerau (1913). Mais après ces brillants débuts, toutes les autres expériences scéniques de Claudel à propos de L’Annonce s’avèrent décevantes : soit elles se limitent à des projets qui avortent, soit elles n’aboutissent qu’à des satisfactions illusoires, pour se clore par l’incohérence de la mise en scène de la Comédie-Française en 1955, quelques jours avant la mort du dramaturge. Quoi qu’il en soit, ses engagements dans des spectacles très différents permettent de mettre en évidence de façon concrète et vivante ses idées sur la mise en scène et de faire revivre quelques moments forts de la vie théâtrale dans la première moitié du xxe siècle, à l’occasion de la fortune scénique d’une pièce majeure.
Sœurs de solitude : Maryse Condé et Simone Schwarz-Bart
Authors: Ildem Arzu
Published: December 2019

Maryse Condé et Simone Schwarz-Bart sont deux écrivaines contemporaines qui ont laissé une forte empreinte dans la littérature francophone caribéenne. Les deux écrivaines sont guadeloupéennes : Maryse Condé qui est née en 1937 est d’un an l’aînée de Simone Schwarz-Bart. Maryse Condé vient de recevoir en 2018 le Prix Nobel alternatif de littérature. Simone Schwarz-Bart a écrit son premier roman en collaboration avec son mari André Schwarz-Bart dont le roman intitulé Le Dernier des Justes a reçu le Prix Goncourt en 1959. Simone Schwarz-Bart a signé de son nom deux romans, mais elle a aussi écrit trois romans en collaboration – écriture à quatre mains – avec son mari. Le but de cet article est d’étudier le sentiment de solitude chez les héroïnes de ces deux écrivaines. Leurs personnages féminins ont des vies tourmentées qui commencent en Guadeloupe et en Martinique avec leurs naissances. Les moments importants de l’histoire coloniale et postcoloniale jalonnent leurs vies qui continuent dans une géographie allant de Paris, l’ancienne métropole, à la ville du Cap en Afrique du Sud. Dans un monde nouvellement sorti de l’esclavage, seule l’éducation offre la possibilité de surmonter les séquelles du passé, mais malgré leurs efforts, les héroïnes des deux écrivaines souffrent de solitude.
Marx and history: the limits of ‘radical change’ thesis
Authors: Pires Guilherme Nunes
Published: December 2019

The aim of this paper is to point out the limits of ‘radical change’ thesis in Marx’s thought. According to this view, there would be a ‘unilinear’ and teleological conception of history in his period of youth. However, for some authors, at some point in his theoretical evolution from 1850’s, Marx would break with this position and formulated a multilinear view of history. From a critical revision, it is intended to point the limits of this thesis from the analysis of Marx’s theory of history that was already in consolidation in the 1840’s. More precisely, in the texts The german ideology (1845-46) and Poverty of philosophy (1847), we can see that Marx’s theoretical works of the mid-1840’s is precisely against a philosophy of history, pointing limitations for the idea of ‘radical change’ in the theory of history.
Mario Quintana: mistério, sonho e puerilidade no espaço moderno
Authors: Bartelle Liane Broilo , Broilo Neto Gilberto
Published: December 2019

Este artigo, além de brevemente contextualizar o movimento artístico do simbolismo brasileiro em relação à estética modernista nacional, que teve início em meados dos anos de 1890, sendo motivado por referenciais oníricos e metafóricos opostos à escola realista anterior, tem por objetivo analisar a linguagem poética do escritor gaúcho Mário Quintana na sua caracterização simbolista do cotidiano, norteada por uma temática de mistério, sonho e puerilidade, bem como na representação das cidades de Porto Alegre, que é a capital do estado do Rio Grande do Sul, no Brasil, e Londres, que é a capital da Inglaterra, no que tange ao sentimento de pertença, à observação da mudança e ao discurso laudatório. Este estudo entretece sua argumentação por meio das teorias da literatura e da arte cujo arcabouço teórico se dá por meio de autores como Arendt e Pavani (2006), Baudelaire (2006), Fonseca (2014), Pesavento (1994), Schüler (1987), Trevisan (2006), dentre outros. A representação citadina do antigo e do moderno nos poemas demonstra que Mário Quintana apresenta mais referenciais do simbólico em suas primeiras obras do que nas últimas publicações, que contém versos mais livres e uma linguagem menos rígida. Na produção modernista desse escritor, as obras possuem temas mais nacionalistas e de tom de exaltação local, todavia, mantem-se pela simplicidade na linguagem.
A violência constitutiva: relações entre pulsão de morte e expressões de luta no sujeito do discurso
Authors: Costa Isaac , Ferreira Maria Cristina Leandro
Published: December 2019

A filiação teórica deste texto articula a Linguística, o Materialismo Histórico e a Psicanálise, seguindo a linha de estudos iniciada por Michel Pêcheux na França e sustentada pela Análise de Discurso de inspiração pecheutiana no Brasil. Propõe-se, assim, a investigação da imposição do real por meio do conflito, com destaques à luta de classes. A hipótese sustentada é a de que existe no real do sujeito uma ordem violenta que lhe é constitutiva, e que se organiza pela expressão dual, que pode ser tomada como a disparidade entre universal e particular. A imposição desse real perpassa, efetivamente, pela ação ideológica, ao compreender o sujeito odioso como fruto da ação do multiculturalismo do Estado hegemônico, e se materializa via discurso, lugar por onde passa a significar. Nesse entorno, o atravessamento da Psicanálise diz respeito à tradução de uma das paixões fundantes do ser para Freud, o ódio, no aspecto que lhe permite a agressividade enquanto afeto. Some-se a isso o fato do ódio prestar-se à pulsão de morte, ao desejo de manutenção de um estado determinado, à regressão, enfim, ao conservadorismo, em termos políticos. Durante a exposição, a análise da ação do sujeito odioso foi observada a partir do discurso que possibilitou a agressão violenta cometida contra o corpo social da posição-sujeito que enuncia ‘ele não’, situação em que se pode verificar o entrelaçamento dos campos ideológico, subjetivo (de natureza psicanalítica) e linguístico, frente ao discursivo que lhes possibilita a articulação e significação.
Resolving the taxonomy of theMerodon dobrogensisspecies subgroup (Diptera: Syrphidae), with the description of a new species
Authors: Šašić Zorić Ljiljana , Ačanski Jelena , Vujić Ante , Ståhls Gunilla , Djan Mihajla , Radenković Snežana
Published: December 2019

The taxonomy ofMerodon dobrogensisBradescu, 1982 (Diptera: Syrphidae) species subgroup was reviewed. Multiple data sources (morphology, geometric morphometry of wings and surstylus, molecular data, and distributional data) were used to investigate the species subgroup in the manner of integrative taxonomy.Merodon dobrogensisBradescu, 1982 andM. puniceusVujić, Radenković, and Pérez-Bañón, 2011 are supported as distinct species belonging to theM. dobrogensisspecies complex within theM. dobrogensisspecies subgroup. Additionally, evidence is presented for the description of a new species,M. rojoiRadenković and Vujićnew species, with a distribution in mainland Greece, the Greek island Euboea, and the Peloponnese. A short diagnosis is provided for theM. aureusspecies group, theM. dobrogensisspecies subgroup, and the newly definedM. dobrogensisspecies complex, in addition to a description of the new species, with drawings and photographs of adult morphology.
Packaging Renaissance with Chiplets
Authors: BHAGAVAT MILIND
Published: December 2019

With ever shrinking advanced CMOS nodes and evolution of systems with increasing complexity, the traditional SoC paradigm is facing extensive challenges in terms of yields and heterogeneity. The emerging industry solution to this has been to partition the SoCs into smaller units, with each unit performing a certain (though exclusive) function. This drove the birth of “chiplets”. With advent of chiplets, the traditional function of packaging as an after-thought to chip development has got a revolutionary face-lift. Packaging is now enabling interconnects to replace on-chip global interconnects. The onus now is on packaging to get the chiplets to integrate and communicate with each other such that the net performance is equivalent to or better than SoC. This has spawned a renaissance in field of semiconductor packaging, with newer multi-die packaging technologies being productized to realize newer and better interconnects. Some examples of these emerging technologies include advanced flip-chip, 2.5D, 2.1D, 3D, Wafer Level Fan-Out, and Bridge Technologies. AMD is at forefront of chiplet technologies, with extensive 7nm chiplet based product portfolio catering to the HPC market. This talk will discuss the current state of chiplet packaging technologies.
Segnalazioni Faunistiche Italiane
Authors: V.V. A.A.
Published: December 2019

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Respiratory Treatment in a Patient with Nemaline Myopathy
Authors: Polastri Massimiliano , Schifino Gioacchino , Tonveronachi Eva , Tavalazzi Francesco
Published: December 2019

Respiratory involvement of nemaline myopathy is evident on the diaphragm and intercostal muscles function. The present case study aimed to describe the characteristics of the respiratory physiotherapeutic treatment in a patient with nemaline myopathy. Here, we describe a case of a 43-yearold woman with nemaline myopathy undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation during short hospital admission for an acute exacerbation. At the time of hospitalisation, the patient was already under oxygen therapy (1 L/min) and noninvasive home ventilation using bi-level positive airway pressure with a nasal interface. Supplementary therapeutic exercises were implemented in addition to daily nasal noninvasive ventilation. At discharge, ultrasound examination revealed increased diaphragm trophism if compared with data obtained at hospital admission.
EMDR intervention after a disaster: The Morandi Bridge collapse
Authors: Fernandez Isabel , Callerame Chiara
Published: December 2019

Survivors involved in natural or man-made disasters can develop a range of psychological problems including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, other forms of psychological distress, and a poor quality of life. Therefore, the principal focus of early psychological interventions, according to World Health Organization, is to provide a rapid and effective therapeutical approach like EMDR therapy. The EMDR approach enables the assimilation and integration of the various aspects of a traumatic experience at a somatic, sensorial, cognitive, behavioral and emotional level. In this article will be presented data of 47 patients collected after the partial collapse of Morandi bridge, in Genoa, in August 2018. Survivors were treated applying the Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol (R-TEP); in order to evaluate the effect of the traumatic event and to monitor the intervention outcome, the Impact of Event Scale- Revised (IES-R) was administered to each person pre and after EMDR treatment. Results show that regardless the number of sessions and the time elapsed after the disaster in which they were performed, EMDR significantly reduced participants’ IES-R scores from pre-treatment to posttreatment. Clinical implications and limits of the study will be discussed.
Human privacy respect from viewpoint of hospitalized patients
Authors: Valizadeh Fatemeh , Ghasemi Seyyedeh Fatemeh
Published: December 2019

Patient-oriented care is for nurses a holistic science, of which the patient's privacy respect is an essential part. The aim of this study was to determine the hospitalized patients' viewpoints concerning their privacy respect. This descriptive, analytic and cross-sectional research administered to 370 patients that were selected through a random-stratified sampling in an educational hospital in the Khorramabad in Iran in 2013-2014. Data were collected by a questionnaire about respect of the patient's privacy by hospital staff, including physical-corporeal, psycho-mental, and informational domains. Data were gathered through constructed interviews and analyzed with Independent t-test, One-way ANOVA and Pearson correlation statistical tests. The privacy of patients and its physical-corporeal and informational domains were sometimes observed, while the psycho-mental domain was often respected. The privacy respect was significantly lower for male patients (p=0.000) in the emergency department, and with patients who spoke with a local accent (p= 0.016). It seems necessary to train the health care providers to have more respect in terms of patient physical-corporeal and informational privacy, to observe male patient privacy and to use all interpersonal communication skills when dealing with non-Persian language patients. Furthermore, it seems necessary to revise the structure and design of emergency departments in order to protect the privacy of the patients.
A randomized controlled trial on Aspirin and complex regional pain syndrome after radius fractures
Authors: Eraghi Amir  Sobhani , Khazanchin Amir , Hosseinzadeh Nima , Pahlevansabagh Alireza
Published: December 2019

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is often diagnosed in patients who are recovered with surgery or injury. CRPS is usually diagnosed in patients recovering from distal radius fractures. The aim of study was the effects of aspirin in prevention of the complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) following a fracture of distal radius. In a double-blind, randomized controlled trial, 91 patients with unilateral extra-articular distal radius fractures were randomly allocated to receive either placebo (PLA) or 500 mg of aspirin (ASA) daily for 7 days. The effect of aspirin on the occurrence of CRPS was evaluated. The patients were assessed clinically and radiographically in the second, fourth and twelfth weeks by a physician who was unaware of the treatment allocation. Ninety-one patients (ASA, n=44; PLA, n=47) were enrolled in the study. The prevalence of CRPS in all patients was 16.5%. The prevalence of CRPS in the aspirin group was lower (13.6%) than the placebo group (19.1%), but this difference was not statistically significant. The only significant difference was the lower rate of regional osteoporosis seen in the radiographs of aspirin group. Mean age was significantly higher in the patients with CRPS. Also, comminuted distal radius fractures (A3-type) were significantly more common in the patients with CRPS. Administration of aspirin in patients with a distal radius fracture was associated with a lower incidence of CRPS, but, not statistically significant. Further investigations needs to be done with a larger sample size, longer follow-up period and multi-center design.
Psychotherapy trainees’ epistemological assumptions influencing research-practice integration
Authors: Negri Attà , Andreoli Giovanbattista , Belotti Luca , Barazzetti Arianna , Martin E. Hale
Published: December 2019

Over the last few decades a growing number of psychotherapy scholars as well as psychotherapy researchers have joined a paradigm shift, moving from a reductionist to a complexity-oriented epistemology. Many authors recognize that when human subjectivity is the object of intervention and study, it is appropriate to resist simplification and to assume a more complex approach. While this paradigm shift is taking place not only in psychology but also in other disciplines, many psychotherapists still share the assumption that psychotherapy practice and psychotherapy research have opposite values; hence, they are worlds that cannot be reconciled. Considering this as one of the main reasons preventing a useful integration of evidence-based practice and clinical training in psychotherapy, we conducted an online survey of 126 Italian trainees from three differently-oriented psychotherapy institutes (cognitive-behavioral, relational-psychoanalytic and relational-systemic) to explore the epistemology underling the clinical and research practices. After presenting a clinical vignette, we asked questions about diagnostic considerations, case formulations, and treatment plans; we also asked questions about participants’ involvement in research projects or in research methodology courses and about willingness to be involved in future research studies in their clinical practice. We found some significant differences among trainees with different orientations, but in general most of the responses reflected a positivistic epistemology underlying both clinical and research activities. These findings suggest that a deeper awareness of one’s own epistemological assumptions could help trainees foster a more theory-coherent and research-informed clinical practice.
Wobble-Board Balance Intervention to Decrease Symptoms and Prevent Reinjury in Athletes With Chronic Ankle Instability: An Exploration Case Series
Authors: Wright Cynthia J. , Nauman Stacey L. , Bosh Jon C.
Published: December 2019

Controlled research has shown that a single-exercise wobble-board intervention is effective at reducing symptoms and increasing function in patients with chronic ankle instability. However, the effectiveness of this protocol has not been documented in a realistic intercollegiate athletics environment. Eight intercollegiate athletes with chronic ankle instability participated in an 8-week (3 sessions/wk) wobble-board intervention. In a realistic environment, this simple intervention was feasible to implement and resulted in meaningful improvements in patient-reported stability for more than half of the patients (5 of 8) but only improved the global rating of function and pain for a minority of the patients (2 of 8 and 3 of 8, respectively). Not all patients experienced equal symptom reduction; however, no new ankle sprains occurred during the intervention.
Serum soluble FMS-like tyrosine kinase-1 in ectopic pregnancy
Authors: Selvarajan Sathya , Ramalingam Jothimalar , Vijayaraghavan Jaya , Bobby Zachariah
Published: December 2019

CONTEXT: The diagnosis of an ectopic pregnancy (EP) requires the usage of serial beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) measurements and ultrasonography to locate the gestational sac. With the rising trends in its incidence, a rapid, noninvasive biomarker to detect this condition at the earliest can aid in decreasing the morbidity and mortality linked with EP.

AIMS: This study was performed to determine the serum level of soluble FMS-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFLT-1) at 4–10-week gestation in EP and normal pregnancy and to identify whether it can be used as a biomarker to distinguish an EP from a normal intrauterine pregnancy.

SETTINGS AND DESIGN: This was a prospective case–control study conducted over 2 years from 2015 to 2017 in 280 women between the age groups of 19 and 38 years at a tertiary level hospital.

SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Levels of sFLT-1 in sera of 140 women with EP and 140 women with normal pregnancy were assayed by a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay at Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Statistical analyses were performed with SPSS software version 16.0, and P ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

RESULTS: The median sFLT-1 level in EP was 419 pg/ml. This was significantly lower than the value of 898 pg/ml in normal pregnancy. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed that at a cutoff of 623 pg/ml, sFLT-1 was able to distinguish an EP from a normal intrauterine pregnancy with a sensitivity of 98.6% and a specificity of 90.7%.

CONCLUSIONS: The present study showed the significant early lowering of sFLT-1 in EP and may be considered as an effective biomarker compared to beta-hCG.
Co occurrence of two 16S rRNA methyltrasferases along with NDM and OXA 48 like carbapenamases on a single plasmid in Klebsiella pneumoniae
Authors: L. Aishwarya K. V. , Geetha P. V. , Shanthi M. , Uma S.
Published: December 2019

BACKGROUND: The carbapenemase-encoding genes, bla

NDM-
and bla

OXA-48

-

like
, confer resistance to all the known beta-lactams and are encountered along with other beta-lactamase-encoding genes and/or 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA)-methylating genes. The co-occurrence of bla

NDM
and bla

OXA-48

-

like
on a single plasmid is a rare occurrence.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to characterize the plasmids in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates producing 16S rRNA methyltransferase along with bla

NDM
, bla

OXA-48-like
, and other resistance encoding genes.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: One-hundred and seventeen K. pneumoniae clinical isolates which were resistant to aminoglycosides were collected. Polymerase chain reaction-based screening for 16S rRNA methyltransferase genes armA, rmtB, and rmtC; carbapenamase genes bla

NDM
, bla

OXA-48-like
, bla

IMP,

bla

VIM,
and bla

KPC
; and other resistance genes such as bla

TEM,

bla

SHV,

bla

CTX-M
, and qnr (A, B, and S) determinants acc (6') Ib-cr was performed. Conjugation experiment was carried out for seven isolates that anchored bla

NDM
and bla

OXA-48-like
along with any one of the 16S rRNA methyltransferases. The plasmid-based replicon typing for different plasmid-incompatible (Inc) group was performed on the conjugatively transferable plasmids.

RESULTS: Among the 16S rRNA methyltransferases, armA was more predominant. bla

NDM
and bla

OXA-48

-like
were present in 56 (47.86%) and 22 (18.80%) isolates, respectively. Out of seven isolates which were conjugatively transferable, only four had bla

NDM
and bla

OXA-48

-

like
on the same plasmid and they belonged to Inc N and A/C replicon. Three isolates co-harbored 16S rRNA methyltransferases armA, rmtB, and rmtC, and out of the them, one isolate harbored two 16S rRNA methyltransferases armA and rmtB, on the single-plasmid replicon A/C.

CONCLUSION: This is the first report revealing the coexistence of bla

NDM
and bla

OXA-48

-

like
co-harboring two 16S rRNA methylases on a single conjugative plasmid replicon belonging to incompatibility group A/C.
Evaluation of prognostic utility of Ki-67, P53, and O-6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase expression in pituitary tumors
Authors: Das Chhanda , Mondal Pratap , Mukhopadhyay Madhumita , Mukhopadhyay Satinath , Ghosh Ipsita , Handral Anusha
Published: December 2019

BACKGROUND OR CONTEXT: Pituitary adenoma (PA) is the most common pathology of the pituitary gland. Pituitary tumors were historically considered benign, however, from recent advances in pathological and molecular analyses, numerous prognostic markers have been identified, allowing a better characterization of tumor behavior and prediction of response to treatment and recurrences.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: Evaluation of the epidemiological occurrence of pituitary tumors in our center and prediction of the benign, aggressive, or malignant nature of the tumor with the help of immunohistochemical markers (IHC) Ki-67, P53, and O-6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) along with radiology.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A prospective study was done in 33 cases. Patients with clinically suspected pituitary tumors and related symptoms and signs are referred from the endocrine outpatient department and subsequently operated at the neurosurgery department were selected. We have studied the clinical features, radiology, histopathology, and IHC with the help of Ki-67, P53, and MGMT of PA over 2 years.

RESULTS: We have 94% (31/33) cases of PA among them 94% (29/31) cases are macroadenoma. The IHC was conducted on 30 cases (excluding 1 case of pituitary apoplexy) where Ki-67, p53, and MGMT have been used for IHC in order to analyze the prognosis of the PA, irrespective of the immunological subtype of the PA. In our study, only 13% (4 patients) had MGMT score 0 and 2 patients, among these 4 patients having above cutoff level of Ki-67 and p53 value, considered as aggressive (in case of Ki-67 >3% and >50% in case of p53). When comparing MGMT expression with recurrence, a high degree of significance was found (Mann–Whitney U-test, P = 0.0038). Most of the recurrent tumors (6/9) had MGMT score 1 or below and most of the nonrecurring tumor had MGMT score 2 or above. When comparing MGMT expression with aggressiveness, a high degree of significance was found (Mann–Whitney U-test, P < 0.0001). Finally, combining the radiological Ki-67, p53, and MGMT values, two cases of aggressive adenoma have been seen in our study, the remaining being benign adenomas (WHO classification 2004). We did not encounter any case of pituitary carcinoma. MGMT did not show any significant correlation with radiological grading and histology.

CONCLUSION: The benign, aggressive, or malignant nature of PA can be effectively predicted with the help of IHC, such as Ki-67, p53, and MGMT. This helps in better patient management and predicts recurrences and prognosis.
A robust multi-agent Negotiation for advanced Image Segmentation: Design and Implementation
Authors: Allioui Hanane , Sadgal Mohamed , El Fazziki Aziz
Published: December 2019

It is generally accepted that segmentation is a critical problem that influences subsequent tasks during image processing. Often, the proposed approaches provide effectiveness for a limited type of images with a significant lack of a global solution. The difficulty of segmentation lies in the complexity of providing a global solution with acceptable accuracy within a reasonable time. To overcome this problem, some solutions combined several methods. This paper presents a method for segmenting 2D/3D images by merging regions and solving problems encountered during the process using a multi-agent system (MAS). We are using the strengths of MAS by opting for a compromise that satisfies segmentation by agents’ acts. Regions with high similarity are merged immediately, while the others with low similarity are ignored. The remaining ones, with ambiguous similarity, are solved in a coalition by negotiation. In our system, the agents make decisions according to the utility functions adopting the Pareto optimal in Game theory. Unlike hierarchical merging methods, MAS performs a hypothetical merger planning then negotiates the agreements' subsets to merge all regions at once.
Uma Nova Meta-heurística Adaptativa Baseada em Vetor de Avaliações para Otimização de Portfólios de Investimentos
Authors: Carmona Cortes Omar Andres , Corrêa Costa Leticia De Fátima , Augusto Costa Jo˜ao Pedro
Published: December 2019

This article describes a new adaptive metaheuristic based on a vector evaluated approach for solving multiobjective problems. We called our proposed algorithm Vector Evaluated Meta-Heuristic. Its main idea is to evolve two populations independently, exchanging information between them, i.e., the first population evolves according to the best individual of the second population and vice-versa. The choice of which algorithm will be executed on each generation is carried out stochastically among three evolutionary algorithms well known in the literature: PSO, DE, ABC. In order to evaluate the results, we used an established metric in multiobjective evolutionary algorithms called hypervolume. Tests have shown that the adaptive metaheuristic reaches the best hyper-volumes in three of ZDT benchmarks functions and, also, in two portfolios of a real-world problem called portfolio investment optimization. The results show that our algorithm improved the Pareto curve when compared to the hypervolumes of each heuristic separately.
“Mil nações moldaram minha cara”: o Brasil, as migrações Sul-Sul e a extensão em Relações Internacionais
Authors: Silva Karine De Souza , Castelan Daniel Ricardo
Published: December 2019

O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar o Projeto de Extensão "Cátedra Sérgio Vieira de Mello: Núcleo de Apoio a Imigrantes e Refugiados” da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, com vistas a contribuir com o debate sobre a extensão, nesse momento histórico de reconstituição dos laços entre ensino, pesquisa e extensão. Utilizando-se do método quali-quanti e das teorias Pós e Decoloniais, este trabalho aponta como principais resultados das práticas realizadas no período 2014-2019, a prestação de cerca de 30 mil atendimentos - em parceria com a Pastoral do Migrante, com o Centro de Referência no Atendimento a Imigrantes e Refugiados e com a Defensoria Pública da União - a pessoas de 62 nacionalidades, com preponderância dos sujeitos racializados do Sul Global. Trata-se de um projeto pioneiro que tem promovido encontros não-hieraquizados com a diferença, e tem contribuído para desenhar o perfil migratório de Santa Catarina no contexto da Migração Sul-Sul.
Análise diatópico-diacrônica dos complementos pronominais de verbos na escrita brasileira dos séculos XIX e XX
Authors: Martins Marco Antonio Rocha , Moura Kássia Kamilla de , Silva Franklin Costa da
Published: December 2019

No campo disciplinar da sintaxe diacrônica, apresentamos neste artigo um mapeamento diatópico-diacrônico dos pronomes complementos de verbos com referência à segunda pessoa, com foco nas formas dativas, em cartas pessoais escritas no Brasil dos séculos XIX e XX. Esse mapeamento nos permite sistematizar argumentos a favor da hipótese de que formas inovadoras da gramática do PB se implementam primeiro na região Nordeste quando comparada com as regiões Sudeste e Sul no vasto território brasileiro. Os resultados mostram para a região Nordeste um quadro em que formas associadas ao pronome você são mais recorrentes para os complementos verbais nas funções acusativa, dativa e oblíqua, de um modo geral, e que as formas dativas, de modo mais particular, (1) o pronome te é significativamente pouco frequente e o pronome lhe se mostra implementado no sistema pronominal desde o início do século XX e (2) a frequência de nulos e de formas preposicionadas (preposição + você/tu) aumenta significativa e gradativamente no curso do século XX. Esse quadro se contrasta àquele encontrado para as regiões Sudeste e Sul, sobretudo no marco temporal em que tais mudanças se implementam na escrita.
Ler e escrever arquivos: uma prática tradutória em educação
Authors: Olegário Fabiane , Corazza Sandra Mara
Published: December 2019

Este texto pensa os processos de ler e escrever como modos de traduzir os arquivos existentes. Tomando como aporte teórico o pensamento da diferença proposto por autores como Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault e Jacques Derrida, além de teorizações literárias acerca da tradução com o poeta e tradutor brasileiro Haroldo de Campos, o texto compreende o arquivo como texto vivo e aberto às interferências do leitor e escritor, que ao ler reescreve o texto, traduzindo-o criticamente. A partir desta perspectiva, defende a reinvenção de textos originais pelo educador-tradutor, na medida em que transcria as matérias que transitam nos arquivos pelo veio da leitura-e-escrita. Baseado em tal premissa, o texto conclui que a prática de ensinar só é possível porque o educador transforma as matérias do currículo e da didática por meio de uma tradução transcriadora e crítica dos arquivos.
Mapeamento de grupos de pesquisa e estudos sobre a educação infantil para as crianças residentes em áreas rurais da região sudeste do Brasil
Authors: Silva Isabel de Oliveira e , Luz Iza Rodrigues da , Cordeiro Karina de Oliveira Santos
Published: December 2019

O artigo apresenta um mapeamento dos artigos, teses e dissertações da área da Educação que tiveram como objeto temáticas relacionadas à Educação Infantil para as crianças residentes em áreas rurais da Região Sudeste do Brasil, no período de 2012 a 2016. Abrangeu também um levantamento dos grupos de pesquisa da área da educação da Região Sudeste, para verificar se a temática era contemplada. Em diálogo com os relatórios da Pesquisa Nacional Caracterização das práticas pedagógicas com crianças de 0 a 6 anos residentes em área rural, publicados no site do Ministério da Educação, objetivou conhecer o que se produziu sobre a temática depois da referida pesquisa. A metodologia consistiu em pesquisa bibliográfica e busca em cadastro de grupos de pesquisa, todos disponíveis na web. Foram realizadas buscas nas seguintes fontes: a) Diretório de Grupos de Pesquisa do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); b) relatórios da Pesquisa Nacional Caracterização das práticas pedagógicas com crianças de 0 a 6 anos residentes em área rural; c) banco de teses e dissertações da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Capes); e d) o site da Scientific Eletronic Library Online (SciELO). Os resultados indicaram poucos avanços e que estamos distantes de conhecer a realidade das crianças pequenas de áreas não urbanas. Esta temática permanece pouco representada nos grupos que se dedicam à Educação Infantil, mas se nota a incorporação da criança pequena e da Educação Infantil entre as temáticas abordadas por grupos da área da Educação do Campo.
A Escola de Aplicação da Universidade de São Paulo: um caso bem sucedido de ensino médio público
Authors: Mataluna Mariana Beatriz
Published: December 2019

O presente artigo tem por objetivo contribuir para o debate sobre a funcionalidade do ensino médio por meio da análise de um caso bem sucedido de instituição escolar, as escolas ou colégios de aplicação dependentes de universidades públicas. O estudo forma parte de uma pesquisa mais ampla realizada para a elaboração de tese de doutorado, focada no caso particular da Escola de Aplicação da Faculdade de Educação de Universidade de São Paulo. O texto abrange o período entre 2014 e 2016, momento crucial da recente história brasileira, no qual os graves problemas estruturais do sistema educacional explodiram em protestos que culminaram em ocupações de instituições públicas de ensino secundário. A metodologia utilizada inclui análise bibliográfica, de documentos e de legislações, além do trabalho de campo envolvendo entrevistas a professores e estudantes. O estudo de caso possibilita chegar à conclusão de que quando a escola oferece ensino de qualidade, com professores comprometidos e qualificados, os alunos não questionam sua relevância.
Poiéticas não europeias em tradução - refundações e reescritas desde Brasis
Authors: Faleiros Álvaro
Published: December 2019

Apresentação
Sobre a Lenha, Labareda Sou: Poética da Memória em um Canto Ritual Krahô
Authors: Packer Ian
Published: December 2019

Apresento aqui a transcrição e a tradução da letra de um canto krahô, povo ameríndio falante de uma língua Jê e que vive no norte do estado do Tocantins. Este canto é um exemplar de um dos diversos gêneros de arte verbal encontrados entre os Krahô e que constituem formasexpressivas centrais em seu vasto e complexo sistema ritual. Proponho aqui um exercício cruzado em que o comentário etnográfico enriquece a tradução e o comentário sobre a tradução enriquece a etnografia, ambos movimentos contribuindo para uma compreensão mais detalhada do texto e de seu contexto. A partir disso, interpreto esse canto como uma reflexãosobre seu próprio processo de transmissão e como local de elaboração de uma poética da memória.
A objetificação da mulher nas adaptações cinematográficas de Iracema
Authors: Soares Aline Rebouças Azevedo , Vieira Marcelo Dídimo Souza , Lima Aluísio Ferreira de , Antunes Deborah Christina
Published: December 2019

Este estudo aborda a objetificação da mulher no cinema a partir dos filmes em Iracema, uma transa amazônica (1974) e Iracema, a virgem dos lábios de mel (1979). Valeu-se de pesquisa bibliográfica acerca da teoria do cinema e do contexto sociopolítico do Brasil nos anos de 1970 e trabalhou com análise fílmica a partir da teoria feminista do cinema. Os resultados apontaram que, mesmo tratando-se de dois filmes com propostas distintas, visto que um tem intenção política de denúncia social e o outro reflete uma adaptação fílmica do tipo canônico, ambos apresentam sinais do processo de objetificação da mulher na construção da protagonista, evidenciado por teóricas feministas nos anos de 1970 nos filmes clássicos hollywoodianos. Isto evidencia a preexistência de processos misóginos na produção do cinema contemporâneo. Concluímos que a teoria feminista do cinema segue como um referencial crítico relevante a análises e releituras fílmicas.
The potential of OCO-2 data to reduce the uncertainties in CO2 surface fluxes over Australia using a variational assimilation scheme
Authors: Villalobos Yohanna , Rayner Peter , Thomas Steven , Silver Jeremy
Published: December 2019

Abstract. This paper addresses the question of how much uncertainties in CO2 fluxes over Australia can be reduced by assimilation of total-column carbon dioxide retrievals from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite instrument. We apply a four-dimensional variational data assimilation system, based around the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) transport-dispersion model. We ran a series of observing system simulation experiments to estimate posterior error statistics of optimized monthly mean CO2 fluxes in Australia. Our assimilations were run with a horizontal grid resolution of 81 km using OCO-2 data for 2015. We found that on average, the total Australia flux uncertainty was reduced by up to 40 % using only OCO-2 nadir measurements. Using both nadir and glint satellite measurements produces uncertainty reductions up to 80 %, which represents 0.55 PgC y−1 for the whole continent. Uncertainty reductions were found to be greatest in the more productive regions of Australia. The choice of the correlation structure in the prior error covariance was found to play a large role in distributing information from the observations. Overall the results suggest that flux inversions at this unusually fine scale will yield useful information on the Australian carbon cycle.