bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Fracture resistance of incisal tooth fragment reattached with different adhesive materials and retentive techniques
Authors: Coelho-de-Souza Fábio Herrmann , Fossá Guilherme , Pereira Flávia Ávila , Klein-Júnior Celso Afonso , Erhardt Maria Carolina Guilherme , Thomé Thaís
Published: July 2018

OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated in vitro the shear bond strength of experimentally fractured human tooth fragments reattached with different adhesive materials and retentive techniques.METHODS: Forty-eight sound mandibular incisors were randomly divided into 6 groups (n=8). Their incisal edges were cut off in 5 groups, representing an enamel-dentin fracture. Intact teeth were used as control (Group 1). The fragment edges were reattached with adhesive system (Scotch Bond Multipurpose – 3M ESPE) (Group 2), adhesive system and composite resin (ICE – SDI) (Group 3), adhesive system and composite resin with circumferential bevel (Group 4), adhesive system and composite resin with internal dentin groove (Group 5), and adhesive system and composite resin with the circumferential bevel and internal dentin groove (Group 6). Shear bond strength was determined in a universal testing machine. Fracture modes were identified by light microscope. Kruskal-Wallis was used to analysis resistance to fracture and fracture patterns.RESULTS: The results showed statistically significant differences (p<0.05) among groups. The intact teeth (Group 1) showed higher fracture resistance than the other groups. Groups 2 and 6 did not differ and were statistically superior to other techniques. Group 4 presented statistically higher than in Group 5, which in turn was more resistant than Group 3.CONCLUSIONS: None of the fragment reattachment techniques was able to achieve the strength of sound teeth. Fragments reattached only with adhesive system or with adhesive system and composite resin with the circumferential bevel and internal dentin groove showed the best performance for resistance to fracture.
Which low-fusing porcelain glaze treatment technique is better to promote a vitreous surface on Y-TZP ceramic?
Authors: Miranda Jean Soares , Malta Natália Veloso , De Carvalho Ronaldo Luís Almeida , Souza Rodrigo Othávio de Assunção e , Machado João Paulo Barros , Leite Fabíola Pessôa Pereira
Published: July 2018

OBJECTIVE: to evaluated the influence of two types of low-fusing porcelain glaze application on the surface of a zirconia ceramics stabilized by yttrium (Y-TZP).METHODS: Y-TZP specimens were divided into five groups (n=5) according the surface treatments: control (CO), no treatment was performed; application of a thin low-fusing porcelain glass layer by the powder/liquid technique (GPL); GPL followed by 10% hydrofluoric acid (HF) etching (GPL-HF); glaze spray application (GS); GS followed by 10% HF etching (GS-HF). Roughness measurements contact angle, x-ray diffraction, energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis were performed.RESULTS: ANOVA and Tukey tests revealed that GPL had significantly lower contact angle values than the other groups (GPL:50.31º; GPL-HF: 72.73º; GS-HF: 81.73º; CO: 96.48º; GS:101.30º; p=0.001). GPL-HF presented a significant higher roughness (Ra/Rq: 2658.0/3367.0 ηm; p=0.001) than the other groups (GPL: 872.1/1162.0 ηm; GS-HF: 383.0/603.6 ηm; GS: 303.4/391.3 ηm; CO:263.4/339.1 ηm). The X-ray diffraction analysis just tetragonal phase in all groups. EDS and SEM analysis show a highest amount of silica on GPL and GPL-HF surface.CONCLUSION: the application of the low-fusing porcelain glaze by the powder/liquid technique followed by the HF etching promoted a better surface to micromechanical and chemical adhesion.
Satisfaction of Basic Psychological Needs and Autonomous Motivation in School Context: A Test of Additive, Synergistic, and Balance Hypotheses/Zadovoljavanje osnovnih psiholoških potreba i autonomna motivacija u kontekstu škole: testiranje aditivne, siner
Authors: Raiziene Saule , Gabrialaviciute Ingrida , Garckija Renata , Silinskas Gintautas
Published: July 2018

AbstractThe present study examined the influence of the three basic psychological needs on autonomous motivation in educational settings in the light of additive, synergistic, and balance hypotheses. Participants were 679 high school students (Mage = 16.16, 49.3% girls). The findings supported the additive hypothesis: all three needs had unique effects on autonomous motivation. The synergistic hypothesis was only partially supported: one two-way interaction between autonomy and competence had effect on autonomous motivation. A high level of satisfaction of the need for autonomy led to autonomous motivation regardless of satisfaction of the need for competence. However, competence was positively related to autonomous motivation only when the need for autonomy was low. The balance hypothesis was also supported: balance in needs satisfaction had a significant effect in addition to additive and synergistic effects. Key words: educational settings; need for autonomy; need for competence; need for relatedness; self-determination theory.---SažetakU ovom je istraživanju ispitivan utjecaju triju osnovnih psiholoških potreba na autonomnu motivaciju u obrazovnom okruženju s obzirom na aditivnu, sinergističku i hipotezu ravnoteže. Sudionici u istraživanju bili su srednjoškolci, ukupno njih 679 (Mdob = 16,16; 49,3 % djevojaka). Rezultati su išli u prilog aditivnoj hipotezi: sve tri potrebe imaju jedinstven utjecaj na autonomnu motivaciju. Sinergistička hipoteza samo je dijelom potvrđena: jedna dvosmjerna interakcija između autonomije i kompetentnosti imala je utjecaj na autonomnu motivaciju. Visok stupanj zadovoljavanja potrebe za autonomijom vodi autonomnoj motivaciji bez obzira na to je li zadovoljena potreba za kompetentnošću. Međutim, kompetentnost je u pozitivnoj vezi s autonomnom motivacijom samo onda kada je potreba za autonomijom bila mala. Hipoteza ravnoteže je također potvrđena: ravnoteža zadovoljavanja potreba, uz aditivan i sinergistički, ima također važan utjecaj.Ključne riječi: obrazovno okruženje; potreba za autonomijom; potreba za kompetentnošću; potreba za povezivanjem; teorija samoodređenja.
Security Analysis on the Decentralized Energy Trading System Using Blockchain Technology
Authors: Rahmadika Sandi , Ramdania Diena Rauda , Harika Maisevli
Published: July 2018

Blockchain turns both currencies and commodities into a digital form without relying on middleman which allows one person to trade with another include trading the renewable energy. Blockchain technology as a secure and low-cost platform to track the billions of eventual transactions in a distributed energy economy has attracted the attention of experts in various fields of science. The current form of centralized energy trading system is still suffering from security concerns, quality of service, and to name a few. A decentralized energy system using blockchain technology allows the parties to create a trading energy transaction via microgrid. The blockchain technology offers the promise of an immutable, single source of truth from multiple sources without a third-party involvement. In this paper, we describe, explore and analyze the prominent implementation of blockchain technology in the energy sector. Furthermore, we analyze the security issues and highlight the performance of several attacks that might be occurred in the proposed system.
Modernidade e crise ambiental: das incertezas dos riscos à responsabilidade ética
Authors: Matos Silvia Maria Santos , Santos Antônio Carlos dos
Published: July 2018

Resumo: O objetivo deste artigo é analisar a crise ambiental, a partir do conceito de modernidade e, levando em consideração a preocupação com a natureza, debater as possibilidades de pensar uma ética da responsabilidade que influencie as práticas da ciência e da política. A discussão tomou como referência diversos autores que examinaram a modernidade e sua relação com o contexto da crise, entendida como resultado do caráter experimental na expansão das ciências e das técnicas. Diante disso, as saídas aqui indicadas se direcionam para caminhos diferentes. O primeiro envolve uma posição que implica modificar o conjunto dos elementos que caracterizam o processo de modernização da sociedade. O segundo caminho se insere na mesma estrutura do progresso técnico e científico vigente, modificando somente os valores regulativos. Ambas as possibilidades demonstram a necessidade de considerar que as ações da ciência devem fazer parte das discussões centrais da política, pois se instalam no contexto político de exercício de uma ética em meio à crise ambiental. Nessa perspectiva, faz-se necessária a criação de novos arranjos institucionais para o debate crítico, sob os mais variados riscos produzidos na sociedade.
Livro didático, Educação e Relações Étnico-raciais: o estado da arte
Authors: Muller Tania Mara Pedroso
Published: July 2018

RESUMO Este artigo apresenta os resultados do estudo realizado sobre o “Estado da arte” da produção acadêmica brasileira a respeito do livro didático e relações étnico-raciais. Baseando-se nessa metodologia, a pesquisa teve como universo de análise teses, dissertações e artigos publicados em períodicos na área da educação. Com essa pesquisa, intencionava-se analisar as lacunas, permanecências e mudanças. Conclui-se apontando os aspectos comuns entre as pesquisas sobre o negro no Livro didático no período de 2003 a 2014 e sua relação com a Lei 10.639 de 9 de janeiro de 2003, que estabelece a obrigatoriedade do ensino da história e cultura afro-brasileira na educação básica.
Global stability analysis in reinforced concrete buildings with transfer beams
Authors: Pilz Sílvio E. , Ribeiro Rafael , Pilz Daniel , Pavan Roberto Carlos , Costella Marcelo Fabiano
Published: July 2018

The influence of the presence of transfer beams on the global stability of symmetric and asymmetric reinforced concrete buildings was analysed through the global stability coefficient γzand the P–Δ method. Various combinations of structural models were considered (with many or few transfer beams, positioning the beams in the centre or at the ends of the building, with asymmetry in X and Y directions and symmetric models). According to their size and numerical proportions, the transfer beams were observed to either contribute or not to the improvement of the building's stability and to the decrease or increase of displacements. Asymmetries may stiffen a frame in the sense that they increase the inertia of the structure, but they cause a torsion effect whose magnitude depends on the side of the building to which wind is applied. In addition, the presence of asymmetries causes an increase in the global stability coefficient, producing a reduction in the structure's rigidity. When the transfer beams enabled a small ratio between the deformation and the span, an increase in global stability was observed, especially in the opposite direction to the axis of the beams.
Tunca Nehri’nin (Edirne) Microcrustacea (Crustacea: Cladocera, Copepoda) Faunası ve Mevsimsel Dağılımı
Authors: GÜHER Hüseyin , DEMİR Yasemin
Published: July 2018

Bu araştırma Meriç Nehri’nin bir kolu olan ve sınır aşan önemli
akarsularımızdan Tunca Nehri’nin Microcrustacea (Cladocera, Copepoda) faunasını
ve mevsimsel dağılımını belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Bu amaçla Tunca
Nehri’nde belirlenen 4 istasyondan Haziran 2014-Mayıs 2015 tarihleri arasında
Cladocera ve Copepoda örnekleri toplanmış bu organizmaları etkileyen bazı
çevresel parametreler de ölçülmüştür. Toplanan örneklerin değerlendirilmesi
sonucunda Cladocera’da 13, Copepoda’da 8 tür tespit edilirken Tunca Nehri’nde yıllık ortalama 203 birey/m3
Microcrustacea bulunmuştur. Bu organizmalardan 85 birey/m3 Cladocera
(% 42) ve 118 birey/m3 Copepoda (% 58) grubuna aittir. En yaygın
türler olarak Copepoda’da Acanthocyclops robustus (G.O.Sars, 1863) 18,1
birey/m3 ve Cyclops vicinus Uljanin, 1875 11,4 birey/m3;
Cladocera’da ise Daphnia pulex Leydig, 1860 (20 birey/m3),
Chydorus sphaericus (O.F.Müller; 1776) (18,1 birey/m3), Daphnia
cucullata Sars, 1862 (15,5 birey/m3) ve Bosmina longirostris (O.F.Müller,
1785) (14,5 birey/m3) bulunmuştur. Tunca Nehri’nin ölçülen çevresel
değişkenlerin aylara göre değişimi Yüzeysel Su Kalitesi Yönetmeliği’ne göre
değerlendirilmiş ve nehir suyunun aylara göre I. ila II. sınıf su kalitesi
arasında değiştiği, sadece fosfat değerleri açısında III. ila IV. sınıf su
kalitesi arasında olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in the Prader-Willi-Labhart syndrome (case report)
Authors: Anisimova Kristina A. , Vasilevsky Dmitriy I. , Davletbaeva Leysan I. , Semenov Dmitriy Yu. , Lapshin Alexander S. , Balandov Stanislav G. , Fadeeva Irina I.
Published: July 2018

The article presents clinical case surgical treatment of obesity in the patient with Prader-Willy-Labhart syndrome (PWS). The patient had characteristic phenotypic features of the disease: low growth, narrow temporal part of the skull, dolichocephaly, acromicria. There was a delay in psychomotor development, hypogonadism. Excess body weight was noted from three years old with a gradual progression of obesity. Now patient is 23 and her weight is 159 kg with an increase of 150 cm (BMI 70.7 kg/m2). The co-morbidities were represented by arterial hypertension, type 2 diabetes and bronchial asthma. The indication for surgical treatment was the morbid (III degree) obesity by the Prader-Willy-Labhart syndrome, complicated by the development of diseases associated with overweight and non-medicated therapy. After a long (three-week) preoperative preparation aimed at correcting the manifestations of bronchial asthma and obesity-related diseases, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy was performed. The choice of the procedure of operation was determined by its pathogenetic reasonability (resection the most part of the stomach, which is producing ghrelin), and severe comorbid background (which is limiting the time of surgery) and severe hyperphagia (which is requiring a procedure with a predominantly restrictive mechanism of action). After operation period flowed without complications. The patient noted decrease of the appetite and the relief keeping nutrition's regime. A year after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy the patient achieved reduction of 59 kg body mass and remission of co-morbidities. A positive effect in metabolic profile allows us to consider laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy as an effective method for treating patients with Prader-Willy-Labhart syndrome.
Clinico-laboratory efficacy of the drug Viferon® in viral lesions of the gastroin-testinal tract in children
Authors: Timchenko Vladimir N. , Subbotina Maria D. , Kaplina Tatyana A. , Bulina Oksana V. , Sukhovetskaya Vera F. , Hakizimana Jean-Claude , Shakmaeva Maria A.
Published: July 2018

In recent years, viral lesions of the gastrointestinal tract take the leading place in the etiological structure of acute intestinal infections. The study of the clinical course and treatment of viral diarrhea in children is an urgent task in modern conditions. We analyzed the disease of 2568 children aged 1 month to 17 years who were hospitalized in a Hospital No 3 in St. Petersburg in the period of 2016-2017. All patients underwent a standard laboratory examination. The etiological interpretation was carried out with the help of polymerase chain reaction, bacteriological and serological methods of investigation. Of the 2568 children in 1502 (58.5%) patients, the diagnosis was confirmed. The share of bacterial diarrhea was 31.8%, viral lesions of the gastrointestinal tract – 68.2%. Among the decoded viral lesions of the gastrointestinal tract, the share of rotavirus infection was 52.8%, norovirus infection – 24.8%, mixed infection – 19.6%. A high proportion of viral lesions of the gastrointestinal tract was established in children under 3 years of age (71.7%). The main reason for hospitalization of children under 5 years of age is rotavirus infection, from 5 to 12 years – norovirus infection. Almost always (87.6%), viral diarrhea proceeded in a moderate form. In infants, mixed viral infection was recorded in severe form. The use of Viferon® in the form of rectal suppositories to supplement the basic therapy of viral intestinal infections significantly reduces the duration of intoxication syndrome, fever, diarrhea, catarrhal syndrome, the duration elimination of viruses, and the length of stay in the hospital.
VEGF dynamical changes in laboratory rodents with transplanted experimental tumors of various histological types
Authors: Trashkov Alexander P. , Verlov Nikolay A. , Artemenko Margarita R. , Pechatnikova Valeria A. , Zelenenko Maria A. , Pakhomova Mariya A. , Vasiliev Andrei G.
Published: July 2018

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is one of the most important cytokines in charge of proliferation, migration and differentiation of endothelial cells in physiological and pathological processes. Because of this they are involved in pathogenesis of neoplasmatic process namely mechanisms of neoangiogenesis – development of blood-vessels’ network in the tumor as well as adjoining intact tissues. Almost all contemporary antiangiogenic medicines are targeted at either VEGF or its receptors. However, there are practically no conventional models of oncologic pathology nowadays described in detail and recommended for preclinical studies. The present study focuses at changes of VEGF concentrations at va rious stages of disease using experimental tumors of different histological types, intensity of neoplasmatic growth and localization. Development of experimental transplantable tumors of various histological types and locations has been demonstrated to be usually accompanied by increased VEGF blood serum concentration in experimental animals; the dynamic of this increase depending upon the intensity of the tumor growth. A statistically valid decrease of VEGF level in comparison with the previous control point of the study has been demonstrated in BALB/c male mice with subcutaneously transplanted colonic adenocarcinoma on the background of active development of the tumor at the 45th day of the study. Pliss’ Lymphoma, and Lymphocytal Leukemia Р-388 models have been demonstrated to be optimal for the assessment of medicines’ aimed at VEGF elimination pharmacological activity.
Congenital disorders of glycosylation
Authors: Ivanov Dmitry O. , Novikova Valeriya P. , Pokhlebkina Alevtina A.
Published: July 2018

Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) is a genetically heterogeneous and clinically polymorphic group of diseases caused by defects in various enzymes, the synthesis and processing of N-linked glycans or oligosaccharides into glycoproteins. Approximately half of all proteins expressed in cells are glycosylated to achieve their full functionality. Basically there are 2 variants of glycosylation: N-glycosylation and O-glycosylation. N-glycans are bound to the amide group of aspartine, whereas O-glycans are bonded to the hydroxyl group of serine or threonine. Synthesis of N-glycans occurs in 3 stages: the formation of nucleotide-linked sugars, assembly (in the cytosol and endoplasmic reticulum) and treatment (in the Golgi apparatus). Synthesis of O-glycans occurs mainly in the Golgi apparatus. The most frequently identified types of CDG are associated with a defect in the N-glycosylation pathway. CDGs are typically multisystem disorders with varying clinical manifestations such as hepatomegaly, cholestasis, liver failure, developmental delay, hypotonia, convulsions, facial dysmorphism and gastrointestinal disorders. Also histological findings showed liver fibrosis, malformation of the ducts, cirrhosis, and steatosis. CDGs typically present in the first months of life, and about 20% of patients do not survive to 5 years. The first line of CDG screening is based on the analysis of N-glycosylation of transf ferin. Exome sequencing or targeted gene panel is used for diagnosis. Several CDG subtypes are amenable to teraphy with mannose and galactose.
ETKİLİLİK VE UYGULANABİLİRLİK YÖNÜNDEN MALİYETLEME SİSTEMLERİNİN KARŞILAŞTIRILMASI
Authors: YAŞAR R. Şebnem
Published: July 2018

Saldırgan rekabet ve her
zamankinden daha talepkâr müşteriler ile tanımlanan günümüz pazar koşulları,
işletmeler için güvenilir ve verimli bir yönetim bilgi sistemini gerekli
kılmaktadır. Muhasebe bilgi sistemlerinin, yönetim bilgi sistemleri
içerisindeki önemi her geçen gün daha da artmaktadır. Maliyet bilgileri,
işletme faaliyetlerinin planlanmasında, yürütülmesinde ve kontrol edilmesinde
yönetim için oldukça önemlidir. Maliyet analizleri, fiyatlamadan yatırım
kararlarının alınmasına kadar geniş bir yelpazede etkili olmaktadır. Yönetim
kararlarının kalitesi doğrudan maliyet bilgilerinin kalitesine bağlıdır ve
maliyet sistemlerinin etkinliğine ilişkin sorunlar günümüzde büyük önem
kazanmıştır. Doğru olmayan maliyet bilgisinin fırsat maliyeti, günümüz pazar
koşullarında çok yüksektir ve işletmelerin gelişmiş maliyet yönetimi
sistemlerini kullanmaları bir zorunluluk haline gelmiştir.

Bu çalışmada, geleneksel
maliyetleme, faaliyet tabanlı maliyetleme ve zaman esaslı faaliyet tabanlı
maliyetleme sistemleri karşılaştırılarak olumlu ve olumsuz yönleri incelenmiş
ve her bir yöntemin maliyetler üzerindeki etkisi ortaya konmuştur.
PRIORITIES AND MAIN TOOLS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIGITAL ECONOMY OF RUSSIA
Authors: Veselovsky M. Ya. , Izmailova M. A. , Abrashkin M. S.
Published: July 2018

Purpose: the purpose of the article is to identify the main tools for the development of the digital economy of Russia. The article explores the priorities and the main tools for the development of Russia's digital economy, as well as problems that hamper the acceleration of these processes. Approaches to the definition of a digitization index, as well as regulatory and legal aspects of the regulation of the digital economy, are considered. The substantiation of the account of foreign experience in the decision of the revealed problems is given. "Digital privatization', "digital leap", "self-digitalization"and "digital reinvestment".

Methods: during the research, the main sources of the initial data were the data of consulting agencies, foreign static bureaus, fundamental and applied works of authoritative scientists in the field of digital economy. The research is based on theoretical methods of scientific knowledge, in particular, the use of methods of synthesis and deduction, as well as methods of empirical cognition, which have revealed many problems of the development of the digital economy and the tools that help to solve them.

Results: an analysis of the challenges of the economic and technological order in Russia has been carried out and the role of digitalization in these processes has been revealed. Based on a comparison of the indicators of the new technological revolution of Russia with the countries leaders in this field, it was revealed that the share of the digital economy in Russia today is about 4% in the country's GDP, and in the future up to 10% of GDP growth in Russia and for this it is necessary that the Government of the Russian Federation continued the development of digital services, co-financing of promising projects and increasing digital literacy of the population. Instruments for the development of Russia's digital economy, such as digital privatization, digital leap, self-digitalization, and digital reinvestment, were proposed.

Conclusions and Relevance: the tools proposed in this study for the development of the digital economy make it possible to intensify the processes of building up the economic potential for a technological breakthrough. Subsequently, they will be transformed into a set of recommendations for practice and government authorities and allow them to change some laws in the field of high technology and innovation support, as well as to adjust the directions of strategic development of economic institutions and forecast models of economic development.
Role of pretreatment neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as an independent prognostic factor in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients: A prospective study in a tertiary care center
Authors: Tiwari Shashwat , Nautiyal Shivani
Published: July 2018

Background: More recently, established systemic inflammation-based prognostic scores have been explored extensively, such as neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and serum C-reactive protein. We postulated that NLR might be a readily available and inexpensive objective prognostic index that could be used in daily oncologic clinical practice and could help to stratify patients in clinical trials.
Materials and Methods: In total, there were 150 patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) treated at GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, between October 2012 and January 2015 whose clinical information and laboratory parameters were obtained. The NLR was determined by dividing the absolute neutrophil count by the absolute lymphocyte count, and the NLR data were then dichotomized and divided into two groups as NLR low and high. Conclusion: Our findings reported herein demonstrated that pretreatment NLR is a potential biomarker for predicting the overall survival in OSCC patients. Combined with other markers, NLR may be used in decision-making and the selection of treatment modality in patients with oral SCC.
The first record of a trionychid turtle (Testudines: Trionychidae) from the Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast of North America
Authors: Vavrek Matthew J. , Brinkman Donald B.
Published: July 2018

Trionychid turtles were widespread throughout much of the Western Interior Basin of North America during the Cretaceous, represented by a wide variety of taxa. Despite their widespread abundance east of the Rocky Mountains, they have not previously been reported from Cretaceous deposits along the Pacific Coast of North America. We report here on an isolated trionychid costal from Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The fossil was recovered from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian to Maastrichtian) Nanaimo Group, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. While the fossil is generically indeterminate, its presence adds an important datapoint in the biogeographic distribution of Trionychidae.
Allometric growth in the skull of Tylosaurus proriger (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and its taxonomic implications
Authors: Stewart Robert F. , Mallon Jordan
Published: July 2018

Ontogeny—the growth and development of an organism—is among the more poorly understood aspects of the life history of mosasaurs, largely owing to a dearth of fossil material from young individuals. We describe the partial and complete skulls of two subadult individuals of the mosasaurid Tylosaurus proriger from the upper Smoky Hills Chalk Member of the Niobrara Formation in Kansas. We include the more complete of the two specimens in an allometric analysis to better understand proportional changes of the skull through growth. Although our small sample size produces several instances of ‘soft isometry’, we recover the length of the edentulous rostrum as significantly negatively allometric, and quadrate height as significantly positively allometric. In light of our findings, we go on to consider the question of whether T. kansasensis represents an immature ontogimorph of T. nepaeolicus, but find no convincing evidence that this is the case.
Charcot foot (neuropathic arthropathy) in diabetes as a "special needs foot". Case report of an efficient negative pressure wound therapy use.
Authors: Cybułka Bartosz
Published: July 2018

Diabetes is the most common endocrine disorder of carbohydrate metabolism. If left untreated, or improperly treated for many years, diabetes leads to multiple organ complications. One of the serious consequences of the disease is damage to the peripheral and autonomic nerves known as diabetic neuropathy. The most advanced form of neuropathy, leading to damage to the structures of the forefoot, midfoot and hindfoot, is the so called Charcot foot, or neuropathic osteoarthropathy. Irreversible damage to the structures of the foot affects between 0,1% and 7.5% of patients with diabetes.

The optimal care for that form of foot damage is still a subject to debate. Available methods of caring for Charcot foot include invasive orthopedic treatment and conservative treatment. The use of negative pressure woudn therapy may be an effective, as well as transitional, way of managing Charcot foot.
A A simple and low-cost technique of creating a Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) machine on the example of a severe phlegmon of lower limb in lower socio-economic area.
Authors: Kiszka Marcin , Kazubski Filip , Maj Magdalena , Banasiewicz Tomasz
Published: July 2018

The Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) is an approved method of healing lower extremity ulcers of various origin, accelerating the wound closure process, thus decreasing the hospital-stay time and lowering the cost of the treatment. Although it is scarcely needed in developing countries such as Kenya, there is a lack of official supplier of the NPWT equipment. We present an improvised method of constructing a reliable and effective NPWT dressing form widely available tools in a case of treating a post-traumatic phlegmon in a HIV-positive patient.
Successful treatment of postoperative, radiation-associated wound dehiscence around tracheostomy with negative pressure wound therapy.
Authors: Migacz Ewa , Walczak Dominik , Maciejewski Adam , Kukwa Wojciech
Published: July 2018

We present case report of 62-year-old man who underwent total laryngectomy, bilateral neck dissection and radiotherapy due to laryngeal cancer. After 11 months he was reoperated because of a local recurrence. The second procedure was complicated with postoperative wound dehiscence in tracheostomy site which was successfully treated with negative pressure wound therapy. We indicate the difficulties and point technical solutions for negative pressure dressing around the airway.
Fisioterapia paliativa no adenocarcinoma metastático de pulmão: relato de caso
Authors: Araújo Jéssica Peixoto , Sarri Almir José , Bonateli Deiseane , Polati da Silveira Daniela Santana
Published: July 2018

Este é um estudo de caso observacional través de avaliação fisioterapêutica que teve por objetivo avaliar as alterações funcionais do câncer de pulmão no paciente em cuidados paliativos. Participou do estudo uma paciente com adenocarcinoma metastático em cuidados paliativos. Foram identificadas limitações como: redução de amplitude de movimento, diminuição da complacência, retração pulmonar e sintomas relativos ao câncer de pulmão como: dor, dispneia, ansiedade e tristeza. As limitações físicas e psicossociais foram visíveis a partir dos resultados obtidos, comprovando a eficácia da avaliação fisioterapêutica para direcionamento de tratamento, trazendo qualidade de vida à paciente.
Nauka i uczeni w biografiach Anny Czerwińskiej-Rydel
Authors: Kępa Rafał
Published: July 2018

Publikacje poświęcone nauce stanowią ważną część współczesnego rynku książki dla dzieci. W zdecydowanej większości mają one formę dostosowanych do wieku dziecka leksykonów i miniencyklopedii, zarówno o charakterze ogólnym, jak i poświęconych określonemu wycinkowi rzeczywistości (np. kosmos, dinozaury, zwierzęta, rośliny). Choć są to niewątpliwie pozycje wartościowe, wydaje się, że wychodzą naprzeciw potrzebom specyficznego − i zarazem liczebnie ograniczonego − typu odbiorcy: osób zainteresowanych nauką, niekoniecznie zaś równie chętnie sięgających po literaturę, tzw. „umysłów ścisłych”. Twórczość Anny Czerwińskiej-Rydel, autorki licznych fabularyzowanych biografii (m.in. Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, Jana Heweliusza czy Daniela Fahrenheita) pokazuje jednak, że można z powodzeniem pisać teksty poświęcone nauce, kierowane do zupełnie inaczej, bardziej „literacko”, nastawionego czytelnika.Artykuł jest próbą prezentacji książek autorki poświęconych znanym (jak wyżej wymienieni) i mniej znanym (np. Jan Czochralski czy Elżbieta Heweliusz) naukowcom oraz ich dokonaniom. W szczególności koncentrować się będzie na sposobach prezentowania skomplikowanych zagadnień z zakresu nauk ścisłych przy pomocy poetyki właściwej dla tekstu literackiego.
Rewitalizacja wybranych terenów poprzemysłowych w przestrzeni miejskiej Skierniewic ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem elementów przyjaznych środowisku
Authors: Małuszyński Marcin M. , Krajewska Klaudia , Krajewski Jakub P. , Małuszyńska Ilona
Published: July 2018

Przekształcenie przestrzeni miejskiej to efekt ciągłych przemian, które mogą prowadzić również do pogorszenia jej stanu. Programy rewitalizacji miast pozwalają na wyprowadzenie ze stanu kryzysowego m.in. terenów poprzemysłowych i dostosowanie ich do wymogów lokalnych społeczności, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem elementów przyjaznych środowisku. W artykule za cel przyjęto stworzenie koncepcji działań rewitalizacyjnych proponowanych do wprowadzenia na terenie poprzemysłowym w Skierniewicach, obecnie użytkowanym przez firmę Stal-Car. Działania te obejmują zabiegi, których następstwem może być powstanie miejskiej przestrzeni publicznej z elementami przyjaznymi środowisku.
ESG Transparency on the Polish Capital Market
Authors: Sroka Robert
Published: July 2018

The article presents the results of five years of research on transparency levels regarding the disclosure non‑financial data by companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE). The research was conducted as part of a project entitled “ESG analysis of companies in Poland”. The goal of the project is to provide credible knowledge about the quality of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) data on the Polish capital market. The article mainly contains the results of a comprehensive analysis of how well the listed companies reported ESG related data in 2016. The five years of analysis enable us to show a change in the level of non‑financial data disclosure between 2012 and 2016.1 The results of the research show that, from an investor’s perspective, there is still a huge information gap on the Polish capital market, especially in the reporting of environmental and social data.
Tarefas e desafios da universidade na sociedade do conhecimento
Authors: Ferreira Wanderley Jose
Published: July 2018

Discute-se a especificidade da racionalidade que surge com a metafísica da subjetividade cartesiana e com o projeto matemático de natureza da ciência moderna no século XVII, racionalidade que atinge sua plenitude no domínio planetário da técnica. A partir de um diagnóstico da época atual, procura-se estabelecer as repercussões da chamada crise da razão no âmbito da emergência de novos paradigmas nas ciências naturais e humanas, apontando ao mesmo tempo para alguns desafios e tarefas que se apresentariam à universidade na chamada sociedade do conhecimento.
Conscientização: dimensões pedagógicas
Authors: Costa Bruno Botelho
Published: July 2018

Este artigo aborda três dimensões pedagógicas do conceito de conscientização no pensamento de Paulo Freire. Procuramos investigar a relação entre a formação da consciência e a caracterização do sujeito em Freire, adentrando o sentido político do agir coletivo e a relevância da linguagem enquanto mediadora de práticas pedagógicas.
O pedotriba e a educação física antiga: o primeiro professor, a primeira paideia e o pecado original
Authors: Nunes César
Published: July 2018

O arquetípico professor de educação física, o pedotriba da aristocracia escravista, não pode ainda ser a inspiração de nossas propostas políticas e ideais pedagógicos.
Professor pedagogo ou professor e pedagogo?
Authors: Santos Eliane Tassi dos , Capusso Alessandra Raimundo
Published: July 2018

Resenha do livro de José Carlos Libâneo, Pedagogia e Pedagogos, para quê?
Evaluating the Impacts of The Internet of Things to Reduce Runway Incursions: Understanding the Why, How, And When - Part 1
Authors: Okate Samuel , Jones Erick C
Published: July 2018

This main objective or the outcome expected out of this research is to enhance the safety on the AOA by investigating the use of automated technology to reduce the potential of a runway incursion event caused by vehicle and pedestrian deviation (VPD), pilot deviations (PD), operational incidents (OI), and other occurrences. Moreover, this research seeks to use statistical analysis to examine human causal elements, also called human factor errors. Incursion or incorrect presence of an aircraft in this runway posses a serious threat to the oncoming as well as outgoing air traffic and need to be analyzed and addressed. By gaining an understanding into why these runway incursions happen will give us insight on how to prevent them.
Communicative Language Teaching in the Moroccan EFL Classroom
Authors: AIT HATTANI Hanae
Published: July 2018

Today, communities are increasingly facing rapid and profound changes and tensions that affect the social, economic, and political aspects of life. The role of education has also become questionable in the millennial era. A matter of fact, 21st century education requires a gradual shift in curriculum construction focusing on the transferable competencies that learners need to develop in instructional settings. In today’s knowledge-based, types of skills and competencies that students need to gain are different from in the past. Emphasizing the communicative competence is one of the most influential developments in language education. The implementation of communicative activities in EFL/ESL classroom prepares learners to use English in the world beyond based on their own needs, interests, and opportunities, and perform in an atmosphere of expression, interpretation, and negotiation of meaning from psycholinguistic and socio-cultural perspectives. Communicative language teaching (CLT) refers to both processes and goals in classroom learning. It is one of the most influential theoretical developments in language education as it helps redefine the objectives of foreign and/or second language instruction. This paper looks at the phenomenon of communicative language teaching (CLT) in the Moroccan EFL curriculum. It aims to study how CLT has been interpreted and implemented in various contexts examining teachers’ attitudes. The data is gathered using semi-structured interview with EFL secondary level teachers. Based on the findings, respondents reflected positive attitudes showing that the use of CLT approach does enhance oral competency among students as well as learner-autonomy. However, teachers confirm that the EFL curriculum is barely emphasizing communication skills, which requires a curriculum reform and redesign in order to represent the 21st century requirements and values.
Entrepreneurial character education through the school culture in the vocational high schools
Authors: Raharjo Nuryadin Eko , Sukardi Sukardi , Usman Husaini
Published: July 2018

The study was to describe the implementation of the entrepreneurial character education through the school culture in the vocational high schools (VHSs).The method that the researcher made use in the study was the qualitative one. The study was conducted in the 2 Depok Public Vocational High School and the 2 Pengasih Public Vocational High School. The data source in the study was the school members, the documents, and the school cultures. The data was collected by means of observation, interview, and documentation. For the instruments, the researcher made use of the human instrument and the interview guideline. The data was analyzed by using the open coding, the axial coding and the selective coding. The findings in the research were as folows: the entrepreneurial character education by means of the school culture implementation in the VHSs had been included in the entrepreneurship culture through: (1 ) the five artifacts in the verbal/conceptual dimension that might generate 17 dominant entrepreneurial characters; (2) the five artifacts in the action/behavioral dimension that might generate 8 dominant entrepreneurial characters; and (3) the four artifacts in the physical/material dimension that might generate seven dominant entrepreneurial characters.
EXPERIENTIAL VIRTUAL URBAN ENVIRONMENTS: A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
Authors: Ghani Izham , Abdul Rahman Norhafizah , Mat Nayan Nadiyanti , Bahaluddin Azrul
Published: July 2018

Virtual reality (VR) technologies enable users to be virtually immersed in reconstructed cities and streets from around the globe. Immersive technologies could provide users a suggestive sensation of “being there” in a reconstructed virtual urban environments (VUE). This research argues that experiential VUE could promote better understanding of a place while offering unique interactions within its surrounding elements. The aim of this research is to present a preliminary study of the factors determining place experience in a VUE. This research examines two related VUE case studies that offer real-time navigation via a 3D virtual environment (VE) platform to analyse the functionality of the offered interactions and user experience via its contents. Although preliminary investigations have shown some promising results in real-time virtual city walkthroughs, there are still some issues that still need to be addressed in order to provide experiential contents. Based on the findings, this research suggests future VUE improvements focusing on contextual setting, interactivity, navigation, level of details, viewpoints and auditory elements to provide an experiential walkthrough within a VUE. Findings from the case studies would assist and identify specific elements suitable for future development of more meaningful and experiential VUE in the Malaysian context.
INHERITING THE CITY: HISTORIC URBAN LANDSCAPE OF GEORGE TOWN UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
Authors: Che Amat Rohayah
Published: July 2018

This research presents the value of historic urban landscape (HUL) elements in influencing the character of George Town UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS), Penang, Malaysia. The values were perceived by the local community of different social-cultural groups that occupied the study area. The historic urban landscape elements constitute towards the protection of its townscape. The identification of the heritage elements influenced by the community interaction with their environment. This study also helps to define the character of a place, as well as reflecting its historical significance. The study adopted four techniques to gather both qualitative and quantitative data, including questionnaire survey, in-depth interview, visual survey and content analysis. In general, the local community has the capability in valuing the historic urban landscape values. The outcomes of their perceptions became the statement of the historic urban landscape values, which are expected to lead to the development of the areas. The community evaluation and perception can be expanded in implementing any development of the historic urban area by the authority.
La población indígena de Ixmiquilpan y su distrito en la época colonial
Authors: Miranda José
Published: July 2018

Durante la época colonial, Ixmiquilpan fue, a la vez, cabecera o capital de dos distritos: de concejo o municipio y de alcaldía mayor. A la población de este último nos referimos aquí.
El territorio abarcado por la alcaldía era muy amplio; comprendía gran parte de la región habitada por indios otomíes que hoy conocemos con el nombre de El Mezquital. Dentro de ese territorio se hallaban a fines del siglo XVIII cuatro pueblos importantes –Tlazintla, Chilcuatla, Orizaba e Ixmiquilpan–,un real de minas –el Cardonal–y siete haciendas de labor, además de varios pueblos pequeños, barrios, rancherías, minas y ranchos.
Descendientes de tres conquistadores de Chiapas
Authors: Fernández de Recas Guillermo S.
Published: July 2018

En mis investigaciones en el Archivo General de la Nación, al revisar algunos expedientes del Ramo de Inquisición, encontré una Relación de Méritos y Servicios de tres descendientes de conquistadores de Chiapas; estos son: Diego de Mazariegos, Francisco Ortez de Velasco y el capitán Pedro de Solórzano.
El nombre del primero llamó mi atención, pues recordé que hace unos años el ilustre historiador cubano y amigo mío, don Rafael Nieto Cortadellas, había publicado un trabajo con el título de “El Gobernador Mazariegos no fue el Conquistador de Chiapas.”
Interesado en el asunto investigué algo más sobre ambos personajes, el gobernador de La Habana y el Conquistador de Chiapas, con el siguiente resultado:
El primer volumen de Estudios de Historia Novohispana
Authors: León-Portilla Miguel
Published: July 2018

Antecedente imprescindible para el acercamiento a la realidad histórica del México moderno son las investigaciones, tanto sobre el pasado indígena, como las que buscan una más honda comprensión de los tres siglos del virreinato. Si los milenios de cultura precolombina constituyen lo que pudiera llamarse raíz y subsuelo histórico de la Nación Mexicana, el periodo novohispano, que marca el transplante de las instituciones culturales del Viejo al Nuevo Mundo, es asimismo el marco de innumerables procesos de contacto y fusión entre indígenas y europeos de los que habría de derivarse la fisonomía mestiza de México. Obvio es por consiguiente que en centros como el Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas de la Universidad, al estudiarse las épocas moderna y contemporánea de la historia de México desde el punto de vista de la evolución interna de sus instituciones políticas, sociales, económicas y en una palabra culturales, además de atender a sus múltiples relaciones con otros pueblos y estados del mundo moderno, se busque asimismo una más adecuada comprensión de los propios antecedentes que se remontan a su periodo colonial al igual que a su pasado indígena.
La introducción del estudio del Derecho en el Colegio de San Nicolás de Valladolid
Authors: Pérez San Vicente Guadalupe
Published: July 2018

España en el siglo XVI mostraba claramente el resultado de la etapa que los tratadistas llamaron de recepción1 y que consistió en el renacimiento del derecho romano y su influencia en los derechos nacionales. El derecho romano, en España, amalgamó la pluralidad de derechos locales y fundamentó el poder real. Con esa base los reyes católicos orientaron su política a consolidar una monarquía absolutista, mediante la sujeción de la Iglesia, del pueblo y de la nobleza.
Relaciones geográficas de Nueva España siglos XVI y XVIII
Authors: Carrera Stampa Manuel
Published: July 2018

Deseando vehementemente Felipe II, rey de España, poseer una completa descripción de sus dominios de ultramar, dio por sí y por medio de su Consejo de Indias una serie de recomendaciones y de disposiciones legales tendientes a obtener tales informes.
Los primeros interrogatorios remitidos a las autoridades de sus virreinatos, audiencias y gobernaciones son del año de 1569. Estos cuestionarios eran impresos y en ellos se pedían datos suficientes para tener una descripción completa de la geografía, mineralogía, botánica, zoología, historia, lengua, costumbres y estadísticas demográfica y económica de todas y cada una de las regiones, ciudades, villas y pueblos de las Indias: “de todas las tierras y poblados”
Evolución cuantitativa y ”desplazamientos” de la población indígena de Oaxaca
Authors: Miranda José
Published: July 2018

Los movimientos de la población, en sí misma o sobre el territorio, cuéntanse entre los fenómenos que más han llamado la atención de los historiadores modernos, pues su determinación contribuye a aclarar importantísimos problemas suscitados por la evolución económica y social de los pueblos. Y sin embargo, esos movimientos apenas han sido estudiados entre nosotros. Sólo en lo general los han aflorado algunos investigadores, y limitándose a periodos relativamente reducidos. Un planteamiento plausible de la indagación en este campo nos llevaría a concluir que es necesario centrarlo en los análisis regionales y locales, y dentro de ámbitos temporales no muy amplios. Pues la generalización satisfactoria, la lograda, sólo podría venir después, cuando se dispusiese de sólidos cimientos analíticos.