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Aspectos processuais do controle abstrato da constitucionalidade
Authors: Binenbojm Gustavo
Published: November 2017

I. O sistema eclético de controle da constitucionalidade adotado no Brasil: origens históricas e desenvolvimento. O Projeto de Lei nº 2.960/97. - II. A ação direta de inconstitucionalidade contra atos comissivos: II. 1. natureza jurídica do processo: processo objetivo. sem contraditório (controvérsias); II.1.1. indisponibilidade da ação (vedação à desistência); II.1.2. hipóteses restritas de parcialidade dos julgadores; II.1.3. inexistência de fase instrutória (controvérsias); II.2. partes: II.2. I pertinência temática; II.2.2. capacidade postulatória dos entes legitimados; II.2.3. confederação sindical e entidade de classe de âmbito nacional; II.2.4. litisconsórcio e assistência; II.2.5. a figura do amicus curiae; II.2.6. o papel do Advogado-Geral da União; II.2.7. a posição do Chefe do Poder Executivo nos casos de sanção e veto; II.3. objeto: II.3. 1. o significado da expressão "lei 011 ato normativo"; II.3.2. atos normativos de 2º grau; II.3.3. atos normativos municipais; II.3.4. atos normativos distritais; II.3.5. atos normativos anteriores à Constituição; II.3.6. atos normativos revogados antes ou no curso do procedimento; 1/.3.7. atos de efeitos concretos; II.3.8. verbetes de súmula de jurisprudência; II.3.9. proposta de emenda constitucional; II.3. 10. atos normativos que revogam ou sustam a eficácia de outro ato; II.3.11. medidas provisórias; II.4. causa de pedir: não vinculação dos julgadores; II.5. pedido: II.5.1. vedação do julgamento extra ou ultra petita; II.5.2. inconstitucionalidade a fortiori de outros dispositivos decorrentes ou vinculados ao que foi declarado inconstitucional; II.6. efeitos da decisão: II.6. 1. eficácia declaratória de nulidade do ato normativo (efeitos ex tune); II.6.2. a declaração da inconstitucionalidade sem a pronúncia da nulidade (precedentes na jurisprudência do STF e o Projeto de Lei nº 2.960/97); II. 7. medida cautelar: requisitos gerais e específicos: II.7.I. efeitos da concessão da liminar. - III. A ação direta de constitucionalidade em âmbito estadual: III. I. cabimento quando se trata de norma constitucional estadual que reproduz dispositivo da Constituição Federal; III.2. cabimento de recurso extraordinário e de suspensão de segurança. - IV. A ação declaratória de constitucionalidade: IV.I. o efeito vinculante (diferença em relação à ADIN?); IV.2. requisito de admissibilidade: divergência jurisprudencial sobre a constitucionalidade do ato normativo; IV.3. cabimento de medida cautelar. inobstante a ausência de previsão constitucional expressa (poder geral de cautela); IV.4. efeitos da concessão da liminar; IV.5. obrigatoriedade de contraditório? - V. Conclusão.
Atividade administrativa - Poder legislativo - Inconstitucionalidade
Authors: Velloso Carlos
Published: November 2017

Dispositivos consubstanciadores de inegável intromissão do Poder Legislativo nas atividades administrativas do Estado, com ostensiva ofensa ao princípio da separação dos Poderes. Patente, portanto, não apenas a relevância dos fundamentos do pedido, mas também a conveniência para que seja, de logo, suspensa a eficácia dos dispositivos impugnados. Cautelar deferida.
Servidor público - Serventuário de registro de imóveis - Responsabilidade do Estado
Authors: Galvão Ilmar
Published: November 2017

Esta Corte, quando em vigor a ordem constitucional anterior, firmara entendimento no sentido de que o serventuário de serventia não oficializado era servidor público e por ato seu respondia o Estado, com base no art. 107 da EC 1/69. Posteriormente, já sob a égide da Carta vigente, no julgamento do RE 178.236, Relator Ministro Octávio Gal/otti, o STF manteve o entendimento de que os titulares das serventias de notas e registros são .. ocupantes de cargo público criado por lei, submetido à permanente fiscalização do Estado e diretamente remunerado à conta da receita pública (custas e emolumentos fixados por lei), bem como provido por concurso público..."O acórdão recorrido, ao reconhecer estar plenamente evidenciado o nexo de causalidade entre a consumação do dano e a negligência administrativa por parte do prestador de serviço público,fazendo aplicação da regra prevista no art. 37, § 6"-, da Constituição Federal, não discrepa da orientação firmada pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal no tocante à responsabilidade civil do Estado por dano causado por tabeliães.Recurso não conhecido
Servidor público - Demissão - Processo administrativo
Authors: Corrêa Maurício
Published: November 2017

- A ausência de decisão judicial com trânsito em julgado não torna nulo o ato demissório aplicado com base em processo administrativo em que foi assegurada ampla defesa, dado que a aplicação da pena disciplinar ou administrativa in depende da conclusão da ação penal, eventualmente instaurada em razão dos mesmos fatos. Precedente.- Mandado de segurança indeferido.EMENTA: MANDADO DE SEGURANÇA CONTRA ATO DO PRESIDENTE DA REPÚBLICA. DEMISSÃO DE AGENTE DE POLÍCIA FEDERAL DO DEPARTAMENTO DE POLÍCIA FEDERAL. ALEGAÇÃO EQUIVOCADA DE QUE A DECISÃO DO PROCESSO ADMINISTRATIVO DEVERIA AGUARDAR O TRÂNSITO EM JULGADO DO PROCESSO-CRIME.
Mandado de segurança - Prescrição - Exame de prova
Authors: Mello Celso Antônio Bandeira de
Published: November 2017

MANDADO DE SEGURANÇA - AUTORIDADE COATORA - DECRETO DE DEMISSÃO. O fato de o Ministro de Estado subscrever o decreto de demissão não o torna autoridade coatora. A responsabilidade, em si, pelo ato é do Chefe do Poder Executivo a quem ele auxilia. PRESCRIÇÃO - PROCESSO ADMINISTRATIVO - INTERRUPÇÃO. A instauração de comissão de inquérito interrompe o qüinqüênio prescricional. Conforme precedente, este apenas volta a correr uma vez encerrado o prazo de cento e quarenta dias para a conclusão do processo administrativo (Mandados de Segurança nº.s 22.278 e 22.679, relatados pelos Ministros Carlos Velloso e Sepúlveda Pertence, respectivamente). MANDADO DE SEGURANÇA - PROVA. A inexistência de fase de instrução propriamente dita no mandado de segurança conduz à impropriedade de tal meio para comprovar a improcedência do que apurado em processo administrativo (Recurso em Mandado de Segurança nº. 22.033, Relator Ministro Celso de Mello, Diário da Justiça de 8 de setembro de 1995, e Mandado de Segurança nº. 21.098-DF, redator designado para o acórdão Ministro Celso de Mello, Diário da Justiça de 27 de março de 1992).
Mandado de segurança - Exame de provas - Processo disciplinar
Authors: Mello Celso Antônio Bandeira de
Published: November 2017

1. Não cabe reexaminar em mandado de segurança os elementos de provas e os concernentes à materialidade e autoria do delito. porque exigem instrução probatória.2. A ausência de decisão judicial com trânsito em julgado não torna nulo o ato demissório aplicado com base em processo administrativo em que foi assegurada ampla defesa. pois a aplicação da pena disciplinar ou administrativa independe da conclusão dos processos civil e penal. eventualmente instaurados em razão dos mesmos fatos. Interpretação dos artigos 125 da Lei nº 8.112/90 e 20 da Lei nº 8.429/92 em face do artigo 41, § 1º, da Constituição. Precedentes.3. Mandado de segurança conhecido, mas indeferido, ressalvando-se ao impetrante as vias ordinárias.
Tribunal de Contas - Aumento de vencimento - Inconstitucionalidade
Authors: Aurélio Marco
Published: November 2017

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Ação Civil pública - Tributo - Direito individual
Authors: Delgado José
Published: November 2017

- Não cabe ação civil pública para substituir ação de inconstitucionalidade e impedir a cobrança de imposto ou taxa.- Contribuinte de tributo não é consumidor a ser representado pelo Ministério Público.- Pagamento de tributo corresponde o direito individual, divisível e quantificável, não se equiparando a interesse difuso.
Partido político - Funcionamento parlamentar - Bloco parlamentar
Authors: Borja Celio
Published: November 2017

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Novos canais públicos da TV digital e o direito à comunicação no Brasil
Authors: Pieranti Octavio Penna , Carvalho Lucas Borges de
Published: November 2017

Quais são os principais obstáculos à implementação dos sistemas público e estatal de radiodifusão no Brasil? Partindo desse problema, este artigo tem, por objetivo, situar a criação dos novos canais públicos, previstos na regulamentação do Sistema Brasileiro de TV Digital, no contexto do fortalecimento do direito à comunicação no Brasil. Demonstra-se que tanto esses canais quanto o sistema público de radiodifusão estão intimamente vinculados à garantia desse direito e, consequentemente, à própria democracia brasileira. Para atingir esse objetivo, o artigo discute os conceitos de democracia e direito à comunicação; aborda a constituição dos sistemas público e estatal de radiodifusão, definidos como complementares ao sistema privado; narra a história da TV digital no país, desde o processo decisório de escolha do sistema; e apresenta os novos canais digitais como espaço público para a manifestação da comunidade e do poder público, estabelecendo-se sua vinculação com o direito à comunicação e com a democracia. Conclui-se que, se enfrentados adequadamente os principais problemas e desafios apontados, os novos canais públicos têm o potencial de modificar o quadro da radiodifusão no país. What are the mains obstacles to the implementation of state and public broadcasting systems in Brazil? Taking into account this problem, this article’s objective is to place the creation of the new public channels, mentioned in the regulation of the Brazilian Digital TV System, in the context of development of the right to communicate in Brazil. It is shown that both the channels and the public broadcasting system are closely linked to the guarantee of the right to communicate and, consequently, the Brazilian democracy. To achieve this goal, the article discusses the concepts of democracy and the right to communicate; debates the formation of public and state-owned broadcasting systems, defined as complementary to the private system; tells the story of Digital TV in the country since its decision-making process; and presents the new public channels as a public space for the manifestation of the community and the Government, establishing a connection with the right to communicate and democracy. In conclusion, we demonstrate that, if the main problems and challenges are properly faced, the new public channels will have the potential to modify the broadcasting framework in the country.
Licitações internacionais: regime jurídico e óbices à abertura do mercado público brasileiro a empresas estrangeiras
Authors: Marrara Thiago , Campos Carolina Silva
Published: November 2017

O artigo busca apresentar as licitações internacionais como uma ferramenta para efetivar a competitividade e a busca por melhores propostas à administração pública. A questão não é de fácil compreensão, dadas a ausência de sistematicidade com que a Lei nº 8.666/1993 trata do tema e a inexistência de um conceito legal do que seja licitação internacional. Assim, o artigo se propôs a diferenciar licitações internacionais e licitações sob normas internacionais, tratou das modalidades procedimentais cabíveis, examinou a problemática da habilitação e do julgamento envolvendo licitantes estrangeiros, discutiu regras restritivas relativas à formação de consórcios e teceu considerações acerca das barreiras criadas por entidades profissionais, para demonstrar a necessidade de adequar a disciplina legal do tema ao texto constitucional vigente. This article aims at presenting the discipline of international public procurement, as a tool to carry out competitiveness and the search for better proposals for the Public administration. The comprehension of such procurement procedure, however, is not easy, given the absence of systematization in the Federal Act 8.666/93 and the absence of a legal concept. It also proposes a differentiation between international procurement and procurement under international rules. Besides that, it debates the applicable procedural modalities, examines the qualification of competitors and the judgment of commercial bids. It discusses finally restrictive rules on the formation of consortia and comments how professions regulatory bodies try to impose barriers against foreign competitors, problem that shows the need to review the legal provisions regarding international procurement in Brazil.
Prática de crimes hediondos e penas de reclusão
Authors: Zavascki Ministro Teori
Published: November 2017

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Recent advances in acute pain management: understanding the mechanisms of acute pain, the prescription of opioids, and the role of multimodal pain therapy
Authors: Wardhan Richa , Chelly Jacques
Published: November 2017

In this review, we discuss advances in acute pain management, including the recent report of the joint American Pain Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine task force on the classification of acute pain, the role of psychosocial factors, multimodal pain management, new non-opioid therapy, and the effect of the “opioid epidemic”. In this regard, we propose that a fundamental principle in acute pain management is identifying patients who are most at risk and providing an “opioid free anesthesia and postoperative analgesia”. This can be achieved by using a multimodal approach that includes regional anesthesia and minimizing the dose and the duration of opioid prescription. This allows prescribing medications that work through different mechanisms. We shall also look at the recent pharmacologic and treatment advances made in acute pain and regional anesthesia.
Out-of-pocket health expenditure and fairness in utilization of health care facilities in Cambodia in 2005 and 2010
Authors: Dalal Koustuv , Aremu Olatunde , Ussatayeva Gainel , Biswas Animesh
Published: November 2017

Background: Out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for health care are highly pervasive in several low-and-middle income countries. The Cambodian health system has envisaged massive repositioning of various health care financing to ensure equitable access to health care. This analysis examines catastrophic, economic, as well as fairness, impacts of OOP health care payments on households in Cambodia over time.

Methods: Data from two waves of a nationally representative household survey conducted in Cambodia (CDHS Surveys 2005 and 2010) were utilized. Healthcare utilizations based on economic status were compared during 2005 and 2010. Variables of interests were i) where care was sought and the instances of treatments, i.e. was treatment sought the first, second or third time; (ii) the mode of payment for treatment of the respondent or for any household member due to sickness or injury in the last 30 days prior to the survey period. Lorenz curves were applied to assess the degree of distribution of inequality in OOP expenditures between different income brackets.

Results: The findings revealed that there was inequality and unfairness in health care payments, and catastrophic spending is more common among the poor in Cambodia. The majority of people from poorer households experienced economic hardship and have taken to catastrophic health care spending through sales of personal possessions. 

Conclusion: Based on the findings from this analysis, more attention is needed on effective financial protection for Cambodians to promote fairness. The government should increase spending on services being provided at public health care facilities to reduce ever increasing reliance on private sector providers. These approaches would go a long way to reduce the economic burden of care utilization among the poorest.
INVESTIGATION OF SOIL MOTION ALONG THE WORKING SURFACE OF A DISK CULTIVATOR
Authors: Валиев Айрат , Valiev Ayrat
Published: November 2017

The results of theoretical studies of a disk cultivator are presented, the working units of which consist of two flat discs, inclined to each other in the horizontal and vertical planes. The distance between the upper leading edges of the discs is greater than between the lower rear edges. When the discs move in the soil, the layer is jammed between them, breaks off from the bottom of the furrow, rises slightly upwards and is laid back into the furrow in the loosened state. The main constructive and adjusting parameters of the working unit are the inclination angles of discs γ, the distance between the discs d and the radius of the disks R. The purpose of this work is a theoretical study of the soil movement process in the inter-disk space and the rationale for the design and adjusting parameters of the developed disc cultivator. Based on the methods of theoretical mechanics, the terms for separating the soil particles from the main monolith and their motion along the working surface of the disks are investigated. Equations, describing the trajectories of soil particles with allowance for specific soil conditions, characterized by the basic mechanical parameters of the soil and also depending on the parameters of the working organ and the depth of soil cultivation are obtained. Based on the results of solving these equations, it is established that in the process of working at a depth of up to 16 cm, with a distance between the disks d = 0.15 ... 0.20 m, disc angles γ = 6 ... 90 and disk radius R = 0.25 m, the soil will be guaranteed to tear off from the monolith, rise to a height above the horizontal axis of the disk working units and leave the interdisk space. At the same time, on the one hand, the limiting value of the relative deformation of the soil is reached in the layer being processed, its fracture and crumbling are ensured, and on the other hand, the soil particles are thrown forward and the working organs of the disk cultivator are blocked.
TECHNOLOGY OF RABBIT’S FUR PROCESSING
Authors: Зиганшин Булат , Ziganshin Bulat , Шамин Евгений , Shamin Evgeniy , Новикова Галина , Novikova Galina , Белов Евгений , Belov Evgeniy
Published: November 2017

Analyzed shadowy the method of keeping rabbits, the design of cells. Developed two technologies of processing of skins of rabbits with use of energy of electromagnetic radiation. The first technology involves the drying skins of rabbits on pravicah in the electromagnetic field of ultrahigh frequency (MPSVC). Designed installation can provide periodic or continuous mode of operation. The second technology involves separating the fur from the leather hides of rabbits with the simultaneous rychle-tion, beating and separating fibres from bunches. Discusses the design of facilities that implement these technologies of processing of skins of rabbits. The sequence of development of technological process of heat treatment of fur raw materials: a study of the shapes and sizes surround the cavity of the microwave generator; the development of modes of processing of raw materials; selection of equipment and controls. Taking into account the structural features of the device, intended for primary processing of wool, developed by the working chamber of the microwave unit that provides the melting of the skin, breaking and separation of the fibers from the fur of fried dross. The working chamber is made in the form of a rotating perforated cylinder containing the inner side surface of the special pins. On the vertical axis of the cylinder, the shaft. On the shaft wearing the stationary pipe, the outer surface of which also has pins. The cylinder is coaxially installed in the cylindrical shielding housing containing an inlet for pneumatic transport fur squares. On the upper base of the body has a generator and the drum dispenser of raw materials. Proposed operational-technological scheme of processing of fur raw materials using electromagnetic fields of ultrahigh frequency. Analyzed electrical parameters of the components of raw materials. One of the proposed variants of the working chamber of the microwave installation, ensuring continuous operation. The working chamber is made as a coaxial screen-roumega housing, the perforated cylinder with pegs and hollow pipe with pegs, inside of which a shaft for rotation of the cylinder.
PREVENTION OF CRACK FORMATION IN DETAILS IN PROVISION OF RELIABLE COMPOUNDS WITH A TENSION
Authors: Попов Сергей , Popov Sergey , Русанов Анатолий , Rusanov Anatoliy
Published: November 2017

When repairing agricultural machinery, the pressing of repair bushings for the restoration of worn parts is widely used. In the process of assembling a joint in the external part, cracks are often formed, which can be caused either by defects in its surface or by structural defects. Therefore, increasing the crack growth resistance of the press connection during assembly is an urgent task. The work analyzes the impact of the geometry of the external part on the resistance to fracture. Since it is possible to obtain complete information on defects by nondestructive testing methods only in individual cases, a technique for modeling the defects of the surface crack of a semielliptical shape was used. To evaluate the crack resistance, the force criterion of fracture mechanics is used - the stress intensity factor. As a result, it was found that the relationship between the thickness of the wall of the external part and its outer diameter makes a significant impact on the fracture toughness of the compression joint, which makes it possible to reduce the probability of nucleation and development of cracks by changing these parameters. Such a technique can be used in cases where the mechanical assembly is used for assembling the connection - by means of a press and a thermal one - with heating of the external part, methods of assembly. The greatest strength of the connection is achieved by cooling the internal part during assembly, but in this case the probability of formation and growth of cracks increases. This is due to a decrease in the critical stress intensity factor (fracture toughness), which is a mechanical characteristic of crack resistance when the temperature of the external part is lowered. The effect of this factor can be reduced by using a combined method of assembling the joint by cooling the internal and heating the external part. To evaluate the fracture resistance at low temperatures, it is optimal to carry out full-scale tests, where the cooling and heating temperatures of the press connection parts act as experimental factors.
MANAGERIAL COST ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL OF EFFICIENCY OF PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Authors: Клычова Гузалия , Klychova Guzaliya , Алборов Ролик , Alborov Rolik , Концевая Светлана , Koncevaya Svetlana
Published: November 2017

The production of crops and livestock under modern conditions remains a time-consuming, complex, and social and significant problems of agricultural activities. The solution of this problem requires the development of intensification processes of agricultural production and introduction of new modern technologies of cultivation of biological assets. All this allows to significantly increase production volumes, improve product quality and reduce sebestoimosti the basis of rationalization of production and management of agricultural activities. In successfully addressing these challenges to achieve food independence and security of the country plays an important role in the improvement of management accounting of production costs in agriculture by identifying and selecting objects reflect costs (object of analytical accounting), use the most advanced methods and systems of accounting, control and evaluation of production costs. In the article the practical recommendations for improving the organizational, methodological and technical aspects of management accounting, control and analysis of production costs of crop products and livestock. The approbation of these developments carried out in JSC "July JIGSHA" zavyalovsky district, skhpk (kolkhoz) im. Michurina Vavozhskoe district of the Udmurt Republic. The results of testing confirmed that information – analytical and monitoring and evaluation functions of management accounting are implemented in conjunction as a single tool of technology and mechanism of the practical development of content and structural aspects of managerial cost accounting in the performance management system of agricultural production.
METHODICAL ASPECTS OF OPTIMIZATION OF RICE PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT IN AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES
Authors: Газетдинов Миршарип , Gazetdinov Mirsharip , Семичева Ольга , Semicheva Ol'ga , Абилдаева Жансая , Abildaeva Zhansaya
Published: November 2017

The article considers methodical aspects of rice production planning in agricultural enterprises. The existence of a multitude development options for the rice production is affirmed, and in this connection the necessity of its optimal industrial structure is justified. The relationship between the distribution and specialization of agricultural production, as two different sides of the same process, is shown, the intertwining of natural and economic conditions, the uneven use of labor resources and fixed productive assets, that determine the territorial division of labor in agriculture and whose existence necessitates a combination of industries that are rational selection of crops and their varieties.
‘Nothing added, nothing taken away’ – or laboratory-made naturalness? The semiotics of food product packaging in Germany in the 1990s and today
Authors: Janich Nina
Published: November 2017

The hypothesis of the article is that discourses on nutrition always find expression in the way food is marketed and, in particular, in the design of product packaging. A linguistic-semiotic analysis of food packaging in Germany in the 1990s and today explores the relationship between society and nature as it is expressed through packaging designs and texts and is offered to consumers as both orientation and promise. Food advertising in Germany has long focussed on issues of regional origin and natural quality alongside those of taste and enjoyment. Exactly what is meant by ‘natural’ in relation to food produced in an age of industrialization is a matter of debate, however: our understanding of nature can, after all, only be regarded as ‘provisional pragmatic fictions of nature’. The present article takes the results of a 1998 semiotics-based study of the way product packaging, product names and packaging texts make use of scientific language and allusions to biotechnology, comparing this with contemporary marketing strategies. It highlights various pragmatic fictions of nature in food advertising, from ‘probiotic’ promises to a new ‘innocent’ naturalness.
A trial of women
Authors: Fauchon Mireille
Published: November 2017

The following article is an articulation of practice-based research that seeks to situate the process of ‘illustrative thinking’ (Vormittag 2014) as an inventive social research methodology. The study, an enquiry into a medieval witch trial, asserts the embodied sensory experiences of the illustration researcher as a form of non-representational ethnography (Thrift 2007). Illustration here manifests as ficto-critical (Muecke 2002) image, and writing employs narrative description to offer an interpretation of what remains of a historical happening within everyday collective consciousness (Wright 1985). Notes have been utilized creatively to interweave intersubjective narratives, and accompanying illustrations offer a visual recording of experience. Produced post-encounter, the imagery is informed by primary and secondary research but is also evocative of personal memory and autobiography. This article endeavours to embody a holistic creative outcome, manifesting at once as a creative practice, a critical discourse and a compelling story.
Picturing the perils of greed: Kladderadatsch and the 1873 financial crash
Authors: Morton Marsha
Published: November 2017

This article examines the coverage of the 1873 stock market crash and its aftermath in the Berlin satirical paper Kladderadatsch, whose illustrations were drawn by Wilhelm Scholz. Images and texts together reported on government activities, offered critical commentaries on the state of society, and acted as the voice of the country’s liberal conscience. The illustrations critiqued not only prominent political figures but also the general public who were investors in the stock market and readers of Kladderadatsch. Scholz’s caricatures employed a variety of techniques in which figures were depicted realistically or transformed in different historical, literary or mythological settings. These pictorial strategies allowed him to contextualize the flux of contemporary events and patterns of human behaviour in a historical continuum. At their most successful, the images stimulated discourses on German identity and moral values and visualized the nature of modernity. This material will appeal to readers interested in the history of visual culture, journalism, capitalism and the early Wilhelmine Empire.
‘What lies beyond’: Mimesis and transcendence in the portrait poetry and poetic translations of Peter Dane
Authors: Franke Norman P.
Published: November 2017

A former professor of English, Peter Dane spent the last years of his life as a poet and environmentalist in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. In his poetry, unlike that of many (post) modern writers, this revolutionary traditionalist celebrated form and beauty as a means of realizing and contemplating the limited and contingent, yet potentially transcendent and universal liberty of the arts. In his portrait poetry, the transcendental ‘beyond’ is ‘firmly rooted in the everyday’. I argue that according to Dane’s portrait poems, a poet is not a genius by dint of their superior skill or of their calculating or knowing mind, but on the strength of living the tension between the human experience of transience and the intended but never fully obtainable telos of art, which is not perfection but ‘its own indicative stillness [...] and a stillness beyond it’. Assisted by Walter Benjamin’s and Lawrence Venuti’s theories, this article also looks at Dane’s renderings of German poetry into English. For Dane, translation of poetry does not consist primarily in the accurate rendering of propositions or poetic devices but in invoking those ‘transcendent moments’ that touch and alter our being. Based on readings of Dane’s poetry about Michelangelo and August Kekulé and Dane’s translation of Novalis’ poem ‘Wenn nicht mehr Zahlen und Figuren’, this article analyses, contextualizes and celebrates Dane’s transcendental poetry.
‘That degree of isolation is the measure of our appreciation of the great work you are beginning’: Trans-Pacific aviation as an opportunity and a challenge
Authors: Meaher Augustine
Published: November 2017

Pan American World Airways’ (Pan Am) decision to establish regular air service between the United States and the South Pacific in the 1930s forced Australia and New Zealand to reconsider their position within the Empire and challenged their understanding of the Asia-Pacific. Technological improvements were outpacing the imperial system. The Pacific was no longer a British lake and America threatened to dominate the new and vital air links so valuable to the isolated Dominions. Furthermore, Pan Am was not prepared to proceed at the slow gentlemanly pace that had previously characterized imperial relations. The opening of the air routes to the South Pacific led to diplomatic and military interests in previously all but ignored atolls and reefs in the South Pacific, which thrust New Zealand into the forefront of imperial relations. New Zealand responded to the opportunities and challenges posed by Pan Am’s decision to begin operating a trans-Pacific service with considerable diplomatic finesse and sought to ensure that its own interests were preserved without offending the mother country. Pan Am’s operations also challenged Anglo-American relations when at the time Britain could ill-afford to offend Washington. In a period that witnessed the rise of fascism in Europe and an expansionist Japan in Asia, the Royal Navy and the United States Navy were facing off over an uninhabited atoll in the South Pacific. Britain’s high-risk diplomatic tactics over Canton Island thus exposed not just a trans-Pacific air link but endangered the Anglo-American relationship and threatened to upset a significant Pacific ally. This article is the first to make use of unrestricted access to the archives of Pan Am and places the establishment of Pan Am’s South Pacific operations into an imperial context.
Necrotizing pneumonia pada anak
Authors: Nataprawira Heda Melinda , Elfira Vanda , Indriyani Sang Ayu Kompiyang , Olivianto Ery
Published: November 2017

Pneumonia merupakan penyakit dengan angka morbiditas dan mortalitas tinggi pada anak usia di bawah 5 tahun, terutama negara berkembang. Necrotizing pneumonia (NP)  merupakan komplikasi yang jarang dan berat dari community acquired pneumonia (CAP). Destruksi parenkim paru normal disertai nekrosis multipel, abses, kavitas atau pneumatokel sebagai akibat oklusi trombotik kapiler alveolus di area konsolidasi terjadi pada NP. Pneumonia yang dalam perjalanannya terlihat lebih sesak, respon yang tidak adekuat dengan antibiotik konvensional, demam yang menetap dapat diperkirakan terjadi NP. Diagnosis ditegakkan dengan CT-scan toraks dengan kontras. Komplikasi berupa fistula bronkopleura, empiema, dan abses paru.
Conjurar la muerte en la esquina de mi barrio. Análisis estético de los murales funerarios de las “juntas” de jóvenes en contextos metropolitanos de Argentina
Authors: Soneira Ignacio
Published: November 2017

En diferentes contextos metropolitanos de Argentina se encuentran murales con retratos de jóvenes fallecidos como consecuencia de situaciones de violencia intrabarrial o institucional. Sus compañeros de junta se hacen cargo del aparente homenaje, apelando a la plástica como mediación para sacralizar un espacio y elaborar colectivamente la muerte del par. La construcción del dispositivo de visibilidad revela uno de los sentidos posibles de las artes visuales en sectores populares y expone la remanida pregunta en torno al arte popular y su discutible autonomía con otros ámbitos de la cultura. En esa clave, la presentación del registro fotográfico que constituye parte del presente artículo, supone indagar asimismo por los fundamentos del arte y las concepciones estéticas vigentes en contextos de redes sociales, reproductibilidad masiva de la imagen y nuevas formas de sensibilidad en contextos barriales.
Virtualisation devices for student learning: Comparison between desktop-based (Oculus Rift) and mobile-based (Gear VR) virtual reality in medical and health science education
Authors: Moro Christian , Štromberga Zane , Stirling Allan
Published: November 2017

Consumer-grade virtual reality has recently become available for both desktop and mobile platforms and may redefine the way that students learn. However, the decision regarding which device to utilise within a curriculum is unclear. Desktop-based VR has considerably higher setup costs involved, whereas mobile-based VR cannot produce the quality of environment due to its limited processing power. This study aimed to compare performance in an anatomical knowledge test between two virtual reality headsets, the Oculus Rift and Gear VR, as well as to investigate student perceptions and adverse health effects experienced from their use. An identical lesson on spine anatomy was presented to subjects using either the Oculus Rift or Gear VR, with no significant differences observed in test scores from participants using either device, with both groups answering 60% of the questions correctly. However, 40% of participants experienced significantly higher rates of nausea and blurred vision when using the Gear VR (P < 0.05). It was established that the more cost effective mobile-based VR was just as suitable for teaching isolated-systems than the more expensive desktop-based VR. These outcomes show great promise for the effective use of mobile-based virtual reality devices in medical and health science education.
Three-year customer satisfaction survey in laboratory medicine in a Chinese university hospital
Authors: Guo Siqi , Duan Yifei , Liu Xiaojuan , Jiang Yongmei
Published: November 2017

Background:

Customer satisfaction is a key quality indicator of laboratory service. Patients and physicians are the ultimate customers in medical laboratory, and their opinions are essential components in developing a customer-oriented laboratory.

Methods:

A longitudinal investigation of customer satisfaction was conducted through questionnaires. We designed two different questionnaires and selected 1200 customers (600 outpatients and 600 physicians) to assess customer satisfaction every other year from 2012 to 2016. Items with scores <4 were considered unsatisfactory, and corrective actions should be taken.

Results:

The completion rates of physicians were 96.8% in 2012, 97% in 2014 and 96.5% in 2016, whereas the rates of patients were 95.3%, 96.2% and 95.2%, respectively. In 2012, the most dissatisfaction items were test turnaround time (3.77 points) and service attitude (3.87 points) from physicians, whereas waiting time (3.58 points) and examination environment (3.64 points) were the most dissatisfaction items from patients. After corrective actions were taken, the result of satisfaction in 2014 was better, which illustrated our strategy was effective. However, some items remained to be less than 4, so we repeated the survey after modifying questionnaires in 2016. However, the general satisfaction points of the physicians and patients reduced in 2016, which reminded us of some influential factors we had neglected.

Conclusions:

By using dynamic survey of satisfaction, we can continuously find deficiencies in our laboratory services and take suitable corrective actions, thereby improving our service quality.
Estimation of fractions metabolized by hepatic CYP enzymes using a concept of inter-system extrapolation factors (ISEFs) – a comparison with the chemical inhibition method
Authors: Umehara Ken-ichi , Huth Felix , Gu Helen , Schiller Hilmar , Heimbach Tycho , He Handan
Published: November 2017

Background:

For estimation of fractions metabolized (fm) by different hepatic recombinant human CYP enzymes (rhCYP), calculation of inter-system extrapolation factors (ISEFs) has been proposed.

Methods:

ISEF values for CYP1A2, CYP2C19 and CYP3A4/5 were measured. A CYP2C9 ISEF was taken from a previous report. Using a set of compounds, fractions metabolized by CYP enzymes (fm,CYP) values calculated with the ISEFs based on rhCYP data were compared with those from the chemical inhibition data. Oral pharmacokinetics (PK) profiles of midazolam were simulated using the physiologically based pharmacokinetics (PBPK) model with the CYP3A ISEF. For other CYPs, the

Results:

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Conclusions:

The rhCYP data with the measured ISEFs provided reasonable calculation of fm,CYP3A4 values, showing slight over-estimation compared to chemical inhibition.
The combined theoretical and experimental approach to arrive at optimum parameters in friction stir welding
Authors: Jagadeesha C.B.
Published: November 2017

Even though friction stir welding was invented long back (1991) by TWI England, till now there has no method or procedure or approach developed, which helps to obtain quickly optimum or exact parameters yielding good or sound weld. An approach has developed in which an equation has been derived, by which approximate rpm can be obtained and by setting range of rpm ±100 or 50 rpm over approximate rpm and by setting welding speed equal to 60 mm/min or 50 mm/min one can conduct FSW experiment to reach optimum parameters; one can reach quickly to optimum parameters, i.e. desired rpm, and welding speed, which yield sound weld by the approach. This approach can be effectively used to obtain sound welds for all similar and dissimilar combinations of materials such as Steel, Al, Mg, Ti, etc.
Sirolimus therapy for congenital hyperinsulinism in an infant with a novel homozygous KCNJ11 mutation
Authors: Korula Sophy , Chapla Aaron , Priyambada Leena , Mathai Sarah , Simon Anna
Published: November 2017

Background:

Congenital hyperinsulinism results in refractory hypoglycemia. If a therapy with diazoxide has been unresponsive this has been treated by subtotal pancreatectomy in the past. This therapeutic option poses an increased risk of developing diabetes at a later stage. There have been a few case reports on the use of sirolimus in such situations in the recent past.

Case presentation:

Our patient was started on sirolimus very early, on day 29 of life and at the age of 14 months is doing well on sirolimus therapy. His growth and development have been good and he has not had any major complications so far. Genetic testing showed a novel KCNJ11 homozygous mutation on next generation sequencing and the parents were heterozygous carriers.

Conclusions:

We report the successful use of sirolimus in the management of diazoxide unresponsive congenital hyperinsulinism with diffuse pancreatic involvement. We believe this is the youngest patient to be initiated on sirolimus so far.
Transfusion-associated necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants: an updated meta-analysis of observational data
Authors: Garg Parvesh , Pinotti Rachel , Lal C. Vivek , Salas Ariel A.
Published: November 2017

Background:

The number of observational studies that report an association between packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusions and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) has increased. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the association between PRBC transfusions and NEC in observational studies.

Methods:

Medline, Embase and Cochrane Library databases as well as the Pediatrics Academic Societies abstract archives were systematically searched to identify observational studies that investigated the association between PRBC transfusions and NEC. Key search terms included premature infant, blood transfusion and necrotizing enterocolitis. The generic inverse variance method with a random-effects model was used to meta-analyze selected studies. Odds ratios (ORs) and confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated.

Results:

A meta-analysis of 17 observational studies that reported the association between PRBC transfusions and NEC was performed. The meta-analysis revealed no evidence of an association between PRBC transfusions and a higher risk of NEC (OR: 0.96; 95% CI: 0.53–1.71; P=0.88). The effect estimates that suggested an association between PRBC transfusion and NEC in matched case-control studies (OR: 1.20; 95% CI: 0.58–2.47; P=0.63) differed from those reported in cohort studies (OR: 0.51; 95% CI: 0.34–0.75; P=<0.01).

Conclusions:

This updated meta-analysis of predominantly low-to-moderate quality observational studies suggests that there is no significant association between PRBC transfusions and NEC. A higher quality of evidence on this topic is needed.
Dynamic thiol-disulfide homeostasis is disturbed in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Authors: Asil Mehmet , Dertli Ramazan , Biyik Murat , Yolacan Ramazan , Erel Ozcan , Neselioglu Salim , Ataseven Huseyin , Polat Hakkı , Demir Ali
Published: November 2017

Background:

Oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Plasma thiols are major defense mechanisms against oxidative stress and undergo oxidation to form disulfides under oxidative conditions. This study was conducted to investigate thiol-disulfide homeostasis in NAFLD patients.

Methods:

Thirty patients with biopsy proven non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), 40 patients with simple steatosis and 50 healthy controls were included in the study. Serum total and native thiol concentrations and serum disulfide concentration were measured using the Erel and Neselioglu’s method.

Results:

The mean serum total thiol concentrations in the NASH, simple steatosis and control groups were 415±64 μmol/L, 447±38 μmol/L and 480±37 μmol/L, respectively (p<0.001). The mean serum native thiol concentrations in the NASH, simple steatosis and control groups were 378±62 μmol/L, 416±41 μmol/L and 451±36 μmol/L, respectively (p<0.001). The mean serum disulfide concentrations in the NASH, simple steatosis and control groups were 18.5±6.3 μmol/L, 15.5±4.8 μmol/L and 14.9±3.6 μmol/L, respectively (p=0.005). The native thiol/total thiol ratio was significantly lower and the disulfide/total thiol and disulfide/native thiol ratios were significantly higher in the NASH group than in the simple steatosis and control groups.

Conclusions:

Thiol-disulfide homeostasis is disturbed and shifted toward disulfide side in NAFLD and NASH patients.
The controllable intensity and polarization degree of random laser from sheared dye-doped polymer-dispersed liquid crystal
Authors: Ye Lihua , Li Fangjie , Lu Changgui , Cheng Zhixiang , Hu Guohua , Lu Yanqing , Cui Yiping
Published: November 2017

The random laser from sheared dye-doped polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (DDPDLC) is investigated. As the emission intensity weakens, the threshold of random laser from DDPDLC increases from 2.0 mJ/pulse to 4.0 mJ/pulse, and the degree of polarization (DOP) increases from 0.1 to 0.78, obviously when the shear distance increases from 0 mm to 4 mm. As the liquid crystal droplets are gradually oriented in the shear direction caused by alignment direction of polymer chain and anisotropy of droplet shape, the scattering intensity perpendicular to the shear direction gradually decreases and that parallel to the shear direction gradually increases. The anisotropic absorption of the laser dye also plays a certain role as the shear distance is 0 mm. The controllable intensity and polarization degree of random laser have a huge potential for sensing applications.
Glass fiber–reinforced polypropylene composites fabricated by direct fiber feeding injection molding
Authors: Yan Xiaofei , Yu Lichao , Shen Hua
Published: November 2017

This article investigates the effect of process parameters on the mechanical properties of polypropylene-glass fiber (GF/PP) composites made using a new injection molding method known as direct fiber feeding injection molding (DFFIM). In the DFFIM process, continuous fibers are directly guided into the barrel of the injection molding machine through the designed vent and are fed into the polymer melt by the shearing motion of the screw of the injection molding machine during the plasticization process. The DFFIM process improves the fiber length and avoids excessive fiber attrition, resulting in enhanced mechanical properties in the composites. The effect of process parameters on the mechanical properties of manufactured composite specimens is discussed based on the results of tensile tests, three-point flexural tests, and Izod impact tests. Scanning electron microscopy was performed on the fracture surfaces to observe cross-section morphology. There is a fiber agglomeration phenomenon that occurs in the core layer of GF/PP composites made using DFFIM. The number of fiber rovings, number of fiber filaments, matrix feeding speed, and screw speed influence the GF content and distribution in the composites, ultimately affecting the mechanical properties.
Synthetic draw solutes for forward osmosis: status and future
Authors: Chen Qiaozhen , Xu Wenxuan , Ge Qingchun
Published: November 2017

Forward osmosis (FO) has developed rapidly over the past decade. The development of draw solutes, a key component of FO processes, has also progressed remarkably. A wide range of synthetic draw solutes have been explored in recent years. Synthetic draw solutes exhibit superiority over the conventional draw solutes obtained commercially in terms of lower reverse solute fluxes and less energy consumption in draw solute recycling. However, there are still some big challenges for synthetic draw solutes, such as complicated synthetic procedures, low water fluxes, severe concentration polarization (CP) and decreased water recovery efficiency when recycled draw solutes are reused in FO. These challenges are also the current research focus on the exploration of novel draw solutes. This article aims to review the recent progress especially on synthetic draw solutes. Their design strategies, synthesis routes and FO performance are assessed. Some representative applications involving the synthetic draw solutes-facilitated FO processes are exemplified. The advantages and disadvantages of the existing synthetic draw solutions are evaluated. The challenges and future directions in exploring novel draw solutes are highlighted.