bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
An Improved Water Bath for Ultrasound Biomicroscopy
Authors: Kapetansky Frederick M
Published: January 2019

Abstract. A beveled, oval-shaped eyecup molded from a medical-grade polymer with a round fluid reservoir fused to the top of it has been designed for use with the ultrasound biomicroscope. This new design addresses the problem of saline leaking out from under the water bath, improves comfort for patients with various lid fissures, and increases room for oscillations of the ultrasound probe. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 2005;36:523-525.]
Combined Pars Plana Vitrectomy and Cataract Surgery: Outcome of Phacoemulsification Versus Manual Extracapsular Cataract Extraction Through a Sclerocorneal Tunnel
Authors: Axer-Siegel Ruth , Dotan Gad , Rosenblatt Irit , Benjamini Yoav , Weinberger Dov
Published: January 2019

* BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To compare the results of combined pars plana vitrectomy and cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation by phacoemulsification versus manual extracapsular cataract extraction through a sclerocorneal tunnel.

* PATIENTS AND METHODS: Retrospective chart review of all patients who underwent combined pars plana vitrectomy with intraocular lens implantation and phacoemulsification or extracapsular cataract extraction through a sclerocorneal tunnel between March 1992 and July 2002.

* RESULTS: Fifty-four eyes of 51 patients were evaluated. Mean age was 69.68 ±9.11 years, and mean follow-up was 9 months. Phacoemulsification was performed in 35 cases (64%) and manual extraction in 19 cases (36%). Visual acuity improved from mean logarithm of the minimal angle of resolution 1.69 ± 0.54 before surgery to 1.22 ± 0.76 after surgery. There was a greater improvement of visual acuity in the phacoemulsification group (0.59 ± 0.67) than in the extracapsular cataract extraction group (0.22 ± 0.68) (P = .06). Final visual acuity was correlated to the vitreoretinal pathology. Ultrasound biomicroscopy showed well-positioned foldable or rigid intraocular lens in the bag or in the sulcus.

* CONCLUSION: Combined cataract extraction by phacoemulsification or extracapsular cataract extraction through sclerocorneal tunnel and pars plana vitrectomy are safe and effective procedures.

[Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 2006;37:94-98.]
A Systematic Exploration on Challenges and Limitations in Middleware Programming for IoT Technology
Authors: Taveras Pedro
Published: January 2019

In a distributed environment, such as IoT, the requirement for constant sensing and actuating from a diverse source of devices increases the complexity and therefore, the operational cost of the software required to keep the system running. The article covers the conceptual and technological aspects, together with a series of previous experiences, findings, and literature that constitute the essence of the body of knowledge related to the issues and challenges for developing a middleware that supports the IoT domain's independent functionality. The article provides the foundation to understand the challenges faced in the development of IoT middleware, focusing on five sensitizing elements, namely, IoT evolution, architecture, security, middleware, and programming. The systematic exploration on limitations for IoT software development revealed the need for programming methods and language abstractions to cope with the demands of IoT scenarios, specifically to deal with the challenges of massive communications, limited infrastructure, and multiplicity of devices.
A política e o espetáculo em Jair Bolsonaro, João Doria e Nelson Marchezan
Authors: Cioccari Deysi , Persichetti Simonetta
Published: January 2019

O cenário político brasileiro tem mudado drasticamente nos últimos anos. João Doria Junior, prefeito de São Paulo, Nelson Marchezan, prefeito de Porto Alegre e Jair Bolsonaro, deputado federal presidenciável em 2018, têm se tornado atores políticos relevantes, não sendo mais possível ignorar suas presenças no espaço público. O objetivo desse trabalho é analisar a disputa entre atores políticos e mídia na construção da imagem a partir da transformação dos espaços sociais com as novas tecnologias. Entendemos que a transformação dos fatos em acontecimentos políticos espetaculares só é viável quando há confluência de interesses da mídia e do campo político. Dialogam nesse trabalho os conceitos de Guy Debord sobre a Sociedade do Espetáculo, Maria Helena Weber e os estudos sobre imagem pública.
Uma proposta de reforma para a ética jornalística
Authors: Christofoletti Rogério
Published: January 2019

“Disruptivo” tem sido um dos adjetivos mais vocalizados em eventos sobre avanços tecnológicos na mídia e suas inadiáveis mudanças sociais. A palavra da moda tenta demarcar o alcance e a intensidade de rupturas com práticas, ideias e hábitos que estavam consolidados até muito pouco tempo atrás. A palavra-fetiche circula com facilidade na atmosfera jornalística atual, rarefeita de certezas e ao mesmo tempo carregada pelo enxofre da crise na indústria. Disrupting Journalism Ethics, de Stephen J. A. Ward, atrai as angústias e a efervescência desses tempos para refletir sobre o que resta da ética jornalística nas nossas sociedades convulsivamente hiper-conectadas. Se o jornalismo já não é mais o que pensávamos e se nossos princípios erodiram, o raciocínio mais imediato é imaginar que tudo se perdeu. Ward sustenta a hipótese de que a ética jornalística precisa de uma profunda reforma conceitual, disposta a sacrificar algumas ideias que hoje já não mais se mantêm em pé e capaz de absorver noções mais oxigenadas das práticas profissionais emergentes. Numa expressão: uma ética jornalística disruptiva, consequência do abandono de alguns valores e da assunção de outros.
DESTAQUE TERRITORIAL: PROPOSTA DE MODELAGEM SOCIOECONÔMICA E AMBIENTAL PARA AVALIAR A INSERÇÃO SOCIAL NOS PROGRAMAS DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM CIÊNCIAS AMBIENTAIS
Authors: Nobrega Rodrigo Affonso de Albuquerque , Ribeiro Sonia Maria Carvalho , Da Costa Elaine Lopes , Macedo Diego Rodrigues , Bilotta Patricia , Grimm Isabel Jurema , Sampaio Carlos Alberto Cioce , Schypula Andreia , Chaves Joselisa Maria , Rocha Washington de Jesus Sant’Anna da Franca , De Vasconcelos Rodrigo Nogueira
Published: January 2019

Este artigo propõe um método para mapear e qualificar a inserção socialdos Programas de Pós-Graduação (PPG) na área de Ciências Ambientais daCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES).A construção do modelo consistiu na integração espacial de três componentes:o índice de vulnerabilidade socioeconômica (infraestrutura, capital humano,renda e trabalho); o índice de hemerobia (grau de antropização no uso e naocupação do solo); e a densidade geográfica dos PPG. O modelo utiliza álgebrade mapas para produzir o mapa de destaque territorial com índices variandoentre 1 (baixo) e 10 (alto). A validação ocorreu na avaliação quadrienal 2017,quando consultores da CAPES utilizaram o mapa de destaque territorialpara interpretar qualitativamente a inserção social dos PPG frente àsvulnerabilidades socioeconômicas e ambientais regionais. Outras aplicaçõesvislumbradas são: diagnóstico de regiões prioritárias para novos cursos,direcionamento de recursos (humano e financeiro), incentivo à criação deredes colaborativas e análise da inserção profissional dos egressos dos PPG.
Malignant obstructive jaundice; NCI Cairo University study: Review of 232 patients
Authors: Zakaria Ashraf Sobhy , Gamil Mohammed , Eldin Nelly Hassan Ali , Mebed Ali Hassan
Published: January 2019

Background: Obstructive jaundice is a common problem in the medical and surgical gastroenterological practice. Malignant obstructive jaundice can be caused by cancer head of pancreas, periampullary carcinoma, carcinoma of the gall bladder and cholangiocarcinomas.Objective: To review the etiological spectrum of malignant obstructive jaundice in NCI Cairo university during a period of 3 years (2008 till 2010).Patients and methods: Retrospective study including 232 patients who presented with malignant obstructive jaundice between (2008 to 2010). Data were collected from the biostatistics and cancer epidemiology department.Results: Out of 232 patients; 156 (67.2%) were male and 76 (32.8%) were female; the median age of the study population was 49 years (range 19-80 years). Our results indicate that the expression of CXCR4 and mTOR may be poor prognostic biomarkers in DLBCL. The commonest cause of malignant obstructive jaundice was pancreatic head cancer, 72% (167/232), followed by the ampullary carcinoma 15% (36/232). The last cause was cholangiocarcinoma 12.5% (29/233). Regarding the commonest symptom; clay colored stools (98.7%) was more frequent in patients with malignant disease whereas abdominal pain (97.7%) was2nd common symptom.Conclusion: Obstructive jaundice is more common among males and cancer head of pancreas is the commonest malignancy. US, ERCP and CT-Scan are important diagnostic modalities for evaluation of patient with obstructive jaundice with ERCP having the additional advantage of being therapeutic as well.
Clothing Involvement Profiles of African-American Students for Marketing Strategies
Authors: Dillahunty Terani J. , Seo Jung-Im
Published: January 2019

Successful marketing strategies for clothing business are strongly dependent on understanding the way in which consumers become involved with clothing product before making a purchasing decision. This study revealed that African-American college students have higher mean scores of clothing involvement than the other ethnic consumers have, which is caused by the highly skewed distribution pattern of clothing involvement. 240 completed data were analyzed to explain such unique characteristics of African-American students’ consumption behavior using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA). As a result, many of African-American college students think it is very important to choose clothing that makes them look good with the fit and style. In particular, the high-involvement groups tend to follow the latest fashion trends and dynamic clothing styles in order to create their better personal image with best-fitting clothing. Fashion magazine is one of the most important information sources to them because it usually deals with lots of the current fashion issues for young consumers compared to other information sources.
Legal Documents – Modernising the Formalities
Authors: McBain Graham
Published: January 2019

Legal Documents – Modernising the Formalities.
The Growth of Different Probiotic Microorganisms in Soymilk from Different Soybean Varieties and their Effects on Anti-oxidant Activity and Oligosaccharide Content
Authors: Niyibituronsa Marguerite , Onyango Arnold N. , Gaidashova Svetlana , Imathiu Samuel , Boevre Marthe De , Leenknecht Diederik , Neirnck Ellen , Saeger Sarah De , Vermeir Pieter , Raes Katleen
Published: January 2019

Soymilk is a good source of proteins and health-promoting isoflavones, but it contains oligosaccharides that cause flatulence. Fermenting it with probiotic bacteria may reduce the oligosaccharides and enhance its health benefits.The present study determined the growth of different lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in soymilk obtained from soybean varieties grown in Rwanda and the effect of fermentation on oligosaccharides that cause flatulence (stachyose, raffinose and verbascose), and antioxidant activity of fermented soybean milk. After fermentation at 30°C for 24 hours, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus brevis, Lactobacillus reuteri, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactococcus cremoris and Lactobacillus casei attained around 8 log CFU/ml, which is sufficient for probiotic effects. However, only L. reuteri, L. brevis and L. plantarum caused sufficient drop in pH and increase in viscosity characteristic of a good fermented product. Soymilk from different soybean varieties did not show significant differences in the growth of these three LAB.These LAB reduced content of oligosaccharides and total polyphenols, but increased antioxidant activity in soymilk, which translate into health benefits of fermented soybean products.
Diseño e implementación de una experiencia para trabajar la interculturalidad en Educación Infantil a través de realidad aumentada y códigos QR
Authors: Rodríguez-García Antonio-Manuel , Hinojo-Lucena Francisco Javier , Ágreda-Montoro Miriam
Published: January 2019

Los últimos años se han caracterizado por el incremento y llegada a las aulas escolares de alumnado procedente de países distintos, unidos al aumento de una sociedad ampliamente multicultural. Las necesidades que esta situación demanda han de trabajarse desde edades tempranas en el sistema educativo, para acercar a los alumnos al entendimiento mutuo de la sociedad multicultural. Siendo este el punto de partida para nuestro diseño e implementación de un proyecto donde se trabaja la educación intercultural a través de herramientas TIC emergentes como son la realidad aumentada y los códigos QR, la experiencia fue llevada a cabo en el período de prácticas de los futuros docentes del Grado de Educación Infantil, como trabajo de la asignatura de Recursos Didáctico-Tecnológicos Aplicados a la Educación Infantil durante el curso 2016-2017. Los resultados muestran la gran aceptación de estas tecnologías, tanto de los maestros en activo como de los futuros docentes, y su empleo para trabajar de manera innovadora los contenidos didácticos, resaltando una mejora de la motivación, interés e implicación de sus alumnos.
Polish-Ukrainian military units in the years 1991-2018
Authors: Żyła Marek
Published: January 2019

The history and traditions of Polish-Ukrainian military contacts are as rich as the relations
between the two nations. Intensive military cooperation dates back to the mid-16th century
and is connected with the pursuit of the military capabilities of the Cossacks. The next
chapter of Polish-Ukrainian military cooperation started just after the end of the First
World War. The state authorities, analysing the political and military situation, noticed the
importance of Ukraine for the future balance of power in Europe and its impact on Poland’s
security in the east. The leader of the Ukrainian National Republic (UNR), ataman Symon
Petlura, had a similar approach. The need for joint action in the face of growing threat led
both parties to intensify negotiations and to sign a political and military agreement.

The findings made on 14 January 1992 during the visit of the Minister of Defence of
Ukraine, Colonel Konstantin Morozov, to Poland should be regarded as the beginning
of contemporary military contacts with Ukraine. In formal terms, the legal basis for
cooperation was the agreement on this matter, signed on 3 February 1993 in Kiev. In its
framework, both parties agreed to develop, inter alia, training and training-operational
cooperation. It was intended to be implemented through contacts between units stationed
in the border regions, transferring the main effort to the lower levels of command.
Verification of boundary conditions of numerical modeling of the track substructure thermal regime – influence of the snow cover
Authors: IŽVOLT Libor , DOBEŠ Peter , PIEŠ Juraj
Published: January 2019

The initial part of the paper briefly characterizes a long-term experimental activity at the Department of Railway Engineering and Track Management (DRETM). The research of the DRETM focuses, besides other research activities and specific problems in the field of railway engineering (application of new structures and construction materials in conventional and modernized railway tracks, modernisation and rehabilitation of existing railway tracks for higher speeds, track diagnostics, influence of track operation on noise emissions and design of structural measures, possibility of application of recycled ballast bed material in the track substructure, ballast recycling technologies, ecological assessment of recycled material of the track substructure), on various factors affecting track substructure freezing. In 2012-2017, in the campus of the University of Žilina (UNIZA), an Experimental stand DRETM was built for the research purposes. The experimental stand DRETM consists of 6 types of track substructure placed in an embankment or a cut, in the 1:1 scale. Besides conventional building materials (crushed aggregate), these structures also include various thermal insulation materials (Liapor concrete, Styrodur, foam concrete). A significant part of the paper deals with numerical modeling of the freezing process of track substructure (an embankment with the embedded protective layer of crushed aggregate, fr. 0/31.5 mm) for various boundary conditions (air frost index, average annual air temperature), using SoilVision software. The aim of this research is to identify the thermal insulation effects of different thicknesses of snow cover on the depth of penetration of the zero isotherm into the track substructure (railway track). The paper conclusion specifies the influence of different snow cover thicknesses, or nf factor (factor expressing the dependency between the mean daily air temperature and the temperature on the ballast bed surface) and various climatic conditions (frost indexes and average annual air temperatures), affecting the railway infrastructure, on the resulting depth of freezing of the track substructure (railway track). These outputs will be in the further research used for the design of nomogram for determining the thickness of the protective layer of the frost-susceptible subgrade surface of the track substructure.
Estimation of stochastic traffic capacity using extreme value theory and censoring: A case study in Salem, New Hampshire
Authors: LAFLAMME Eric M. , OSSENBRUGGEN Paul J.
Published: January 2019

In this work, we introduce a method of estimating stochastic freeway capacity using elements of both extreme value theory and survival analysis. First, we define capacity data, or estimates of the capacity of the roadway, as the daily maximum flow values. Then, under a survival analysis premise, we introduce censoring into our definition. That is, on days when flows are sufficiently high and congestion occurs, corresponding flow maxima are considered true estimates of capacity; otherwise, for those days that do not observe high flows or congestion, flow maxima are deemed censored observations and capacities must be higher than the observations. By extreme value theory, the collection of flow maxima (block maxima) can be appropriately approximated with a generalized extreme value (GEV) distribution. Because of small sample sizes and the presence of censoring, a Bayesian framework is pursued for model fitting and parameter estimation. To lend credence to our proposed methodology, the procedure is applied to real-world traffic stream data collected by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) at a busy location on Interstate I-93 near Salem, New Hampshire. Data were collected over a period of 11 months and raw data were aggregated into 15-minute intervals. To assess our procedure, and to provide proof of concept, several validation procedures are presented. First, using distinct training and validation subsets of our data, the procedure yields accurate predictions of highway capacity. Next, our procedure is applied to a training set to yield random capacities which are then used to predict breakdown in the validation set. The frequency of these predicted breakdowns is found to be statistically similar to observed breakdowns observed in our validation set. Lastly, after comparing our methodology to other methods of stochastic capacity estimation, we find our procedure to be highly successful.
Design of brake force distribution model for front-and-rear-motor-drive electric vehicle based on radial basis function
Authors: SUN Binbin , ZHANG Tiezhu , GAO Song , GE Wenqing , LI Bo
Published: January 2019

To achieve high-efficiency and stable brake of a front-and-rear-motor-drive electric vehicle (FRMDEV) with parallel cooperative braking system, a multi-objective optimal model for brake force distribution is created based on radial basis function (RBF). First of all, the key factors, which are the coefficient of brake force distribution between the front and rear shafts, the coefficient of brake force distribution at wheels, the coefficient of regenerative brake force distribution between front and rear axles, that influence the brake stability and energy recovery of the FRMDEV are analyzed, the fitness functions of brake stability and energy recovery are established. Secondly, the maximum allowed regenerative brake torque influenced by the state of charge of battery is confirmed, the correction model of the optimal distribution coefficient of regenerative brake force is created according to motor temperatures. Thirdly, based on HALTON sequence method, a two-factor database, vehicle velocity and brake strength, that characterizes vehicle operation is designed. Then an off-line response database of the optimal brake force distribution is established with the use of particle swarm optimization (PSO). Furthermore, based on hybrid RBF, the function model of the factor database and the response database is established, and the accuracy of the model is analyzed. Specially, the correlation coefficient is 0.995 and the predictive error variance is within the range between 0.000155 and 0.00018. The both indicate that the multi-objective distribution model has high accuracy. Finally, a hardware-in-loop test platform is designed to verify the multi-objective optimal brake force distribution model. Test results show that the real-time performance of the model can meet the demand of engineering application. Meanwhile, it can achieve both the brake stability and energy recovery. In comparison with the original brake force distribution model based on the rule algorithm, the optimized one proposed in this paper is able to improve the energy, recovered into battery, by 14.75%.
Eye movements and human face perception: An holistic analysis and proficiency classification based on frontal 2D face images
Authors: Varela Victor P. L. , Ribeiro Estela , Orona Pedro A. S. S. , Thomaz Carlos E.
Published: January 2019

Human faces convey a collection of information, such as gender, identity, and emotional states. Therefore, understanding the differences between volunteers’ eye movements on benchmark tests of face recognition and perception can explicitly indicate the most discriminating regions to improve performance in this visual cognitive task. The aim of this work is to qualify and classify these eye strategies using multivariate statistics and machine learning techniques, achieving up to 94.8% accuracy. Our experimental results show that volunteers have focused their visual attention, on average, at the eyes, but those with superior performance in the tests carried out have looked at the nose region more closely.
A Grammar-based Genetic Programming Approach to Optimize Convolutional Neural Network Architectures
Authors: Diniz Jessica Barbosa , Cordeiro Filipe R. , Miranda Pericles B. C. , Da Silva Laura A. Tomaz
Published: January 2019

Deep Learning is a research area under the spotlight in recent years due to its successful application to many domains, such as computer vision and image recognition. The most prominent technique derived from Deep Learning is Convolutional Neural Network, which allows the network to automatically learn representations needed for detection or classification tasks. However, Convolutional Neural Networks have some limitations, as designing these networks are not easy to master and require expertise and insight. In this work, we present the use of Genetic Algorithm associated to Grammar-based Genetic Programming to optimize Convolution Neural Network architectures. To evaluate our proposed approach, we adopted CIFAR-10 dataset to validate the evolution of the generated architectures, using the metric of accuracy to evaluate its classification performance in the test dataset. The results demonstrate that our method using Grammar-based Genetic Programming can easily produce optimized CNN architectures that are competitive and achieve high accuracy results.
Is P-value<0.05 Enough?
Two Case Studies in Classifiers Evaluation
Authors: Neumann Nadine M. , Plastino Alexandre , Pinto Junior Jony A. , Freitas Alex A.
Published: January 2019

Uma ferramenta comumente utilizada no processo de comparação de classificadores é a análise da significância estatística, realizada atravées de teste de hipóteses. Entretanto, percebe-se que muitos pesquisadores estão buscando cegamente a significância estatística por meio da condição p-valor
A Machine Learning Approach Based on Automotive Engine Data Clustering for Driver Usage Profiling Classification
Authors: Barreto Cephas Alves da Silveira , Xavier-Júnior João C. , Canuto Anne M. P. , Da Silva Ivanovitch M. D.
Published: January 2019

The potential for processing car sensing data has increased in recent years due to the development of new technologies. Having this type of data is important, for instance, to analyze the way drivers behave when sitting behind steering wheel. Many studies have addressed the drive behavior by developing smartphone-based telematics systems. However, very little has been done to analyze car usage patterns based on car engine sensor data, and, therefore, it has not been been explored its full potential by considering all sensors within a car engine. Aiming to bridge this gap, this paper proposes the use of Machine Learning techniques (supervised and unsupervised) on automotive engine sensor data to discover drivers’ usage patterns, and to perform classification through a distributed online sensing platform. We believe that such platform can be useful used in different domains, such as fleet management, insurance market, fuel consumption optimization, CO2 emission reduction, among others.
Parameters configuration for interest points in images obtained by Drone
Authors: Rebouças Rodrigo A. , Shiguemori Elcio H. , Guimarães Lamartine N. F.
Published: January 2019

Drone use has grown with the use of image processing and computer vision techniques, such as autonomous image navigation, mosaic generation, elevation modeling, 3D reconstruction, and object recognition. In all techniques, an important step is an extraction of features, such as methods of interest points. This work addresses the modes of application of interest points, such as BRISK, ORB, FREAK, AKAZE and LATCH with the parameters configured automatically using the optimization method for images with different textures. This process is one of the pieces of final software that selects the use of a meta heuristic the best parameters automatically according to an input image.
Circadian rhythm and pain: a modeling using multiagent systems
Authors: Dos Santos Angélica T. , Machado Catia M. S. , Adamatti Diana F.
Published: January 2019

The circadian rhythm is responsible for the daily routines without metabolism and its disorders have great repercussion, such as obesity and mental disorders. This study is, the work approach has metate the study of synchronization and synchronization cycle circadian and influenced the variable of the, in the perspective of an integrated system with an computational system and computational. Results show the circadian rhythm periodicity is modified by the pain variable.
Transfer Learning for Synthetic Examples Selection in Meta-learning
Authors: Parente Regina R. , Prudencio Ricardo B. C.
Published: January 2019

In Meta-learning, training examples are generated from experiments performed with a pool of candidate algorithms in a number of problems (real or synthetic). Generating a good set of examples can be difficult due to the low availability of real datasets in some domains and the high computational cost of labeling. In this paper, we focus on the selection of training meta-examples by combining data manipulation and Transfer Learning via One-class classification. So, the most relevant examples are selected to be labeled. Our experiments revealed that it is possible to reduce the computational cost of generating meta- examples and maintain the meta-learning performance.
Das Heuerverhältnis nach dem Seearbeitsgesetz 2013
Authors: Müller Ricarda
Published: January 2019

Maritime labour law is currently changing. In order to meet both the international legal requirements of the Maritime Labour Convention of the International Labour Organisation and the requirements of EU law, the German legislator has recodified maritime labour law. With the Maritime Labour Act 2013, it has attempted to replace the Maritime Labour Act of 1958 with a modern regulation. To what extent the legislator succeeds in balancing the recast of proven contents of the Maritime Labour Act 1958 with the implementation of its obligations under public international and EU law is the subject of this work. The provisions of the law are not only analysed from the perspective of German civil and labour law, but also in the multi-level system of public international and EU law. The author works as a lawyer in the Cologne office of CMS Hasche Sigle and advises national and international companies on labour law issues.
Attitudes to Health of Czech and Polish University Students
Authors: Chrásková Marie
Published: January 2019

The paper describes the main results of an international comparative research study that compared the attitudes of Czech and Polish university students to 30 concepts associated with two significant areas of life. The first was lifestyle, health and health promotion. The second social area included interpersonal relationships, self-conception and subjective perception of the future. The research method used to measure the participants’ attitudes was ATER, the twofactor semantic differential. Regarding the fact that the measuring instrument was standardized for the Czech population, we performed a cross-check factor analysis of semantic differential scales and selected the most appropriate scales for measuring the evaluation and energy of the concepts presented. The results of the research indicate that various concepts were perceived differently by Czech and Polish university students. The most significant differences were observed in their attitudes to physical health, diet, education, professional preparation, and knowledge of a foreign language.
Multicultural Career Counselling: Helping Minority Groups
Authors: Drabik-Podgórna Violetta
Published: January 2019

The article deals with multicultural career counselling. It introduces the situation of minorities in a globalized world and the consequences of the migration process. The author mainly focuses on the concept and principle of career counselling. She also pays great attention to the issue of multicultural counselling, which belongs among the three main categories of counselling interventions.
Young Christians in Ancient Pagan Societies. The Benefits of Reading pre-Christian Writings
Authors: Pech Filip
Published: January 2019

The article discusses Christian education in the ancient times, in particular the problematic question of whether it was appropriate to use the literary legacy of pagans, often distant from the ideals of the Church, as a tool for education. Based on a treatise by Basil the Great the author strives to prove that reading pre-Christian writings can not only be good, but even necessary for Christians and their intellectual development. Without becoming rooted in the ancient pagan culture, the Christians would have never become rightful members of the society of that time.
Aleksander Gieysztor and Gerard Labuda (For the 100th Anniversary of Two Great Historians’ birthdays 1919–2016)
Authors: Kosman Marceli
Published: January 2019

Two Polish historians and friends, both born in 1916, were among the most eminent medievalists in Poland in the 20 th century. Their academic debut came in the years preceding the outbreak of WWII, while their careers progressed brilliantly in the years following the end of the war. For several decades, they marked their academic presence as the authors of great works, and they held the most prominent offices in academic life in Poland and in the international arena. They took an active part in the process of political transition, leading to Poland regaining full sovereignty in 1989, and they approved of its evolutionary mode. They were unquestionable moral authorities for scolarly circles and beacons in public activities. Aleksander Gieysztor died in 1999, followed eleven years later by Gerard Labuda (2010), who remained active until his last days. The 100th anniversary of their birthdays reminds historical circles, first and foremost, albeit not only, of Warsaw and Poznań, about their academic and public achievements.
Identificação de estratégias utilizadas por professores de Educação Física para coibir o Bullying
Authors: Martins Maxiano Dâmaso , Silva Slomara Aparecida , Coelho Daniel Barbosa , Becker Lenice Kappes , Oliveira Emerson Cruz
Published: January 2019

O objetivo do trabalho foi investigar a percepção dos professores de Educação Física sobre a ocorrência de bullying nas escolas que atuam e elencar as ações utilizadas para prevenir o problema. Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo que utilizou como instrumento uma entrevista semiestruturada. Com base nos resultados é possível afirmar que as escolas não assumem o compromisso de planejar e aplicar estratégias que possam prevenir o fenômeno do bullying. Os dados também indicam que a formação inicial pode ter sido deficiente na preparação de professores para compreender e combater esse tipo de violência. Espera-se que este estudo possa levar à reflexão não somente os professores envolvidos, mas também as instituições de ensino superior assim como as escolas para que o bullying seja corretamente estudado e combatido.
Efeito da idade relativa nas seleções mundiais de base sub 17 e sub 20
Authors: Julião Rodrigo Oliveira , Silva César Milagres , Braga Wanda Costa , Silva Siomara Aparecida
Published: January 2019

O presente estudo objetivou investigar a presença dos Efeitos da Idade Relativa nas seleções de base que participaram dos mundiais sub 17 e sub 20 no ano de 2017. A amostra foi constituída por 462 atletas, sendo 231 da categoria sub 17 e 231 da categoria sub 20. Todos foram divididos por quartis baseados no seu mês de nascimento. Os resultados evidenciam uma consistente superioridade de atletas nascidos nos Q1 e Q2, nas duas categorias, mas com uma pequena migração no número de atletas para Q3 e Q4 na categoria sub 20. Assim, Efeitos da Idade Relativa esteve presente nos dois mundiais de base, sub 17 e sub 20 de 2017, e que não há um critério de seleção que considere por base a data de nascimento, mas sim uma tendência em escolher atletas mais maturados nas categorias de base.
Le tourisme procréatif : vers une réforme contrainte de l’adoption en droit français ?
Authors: Vedel Camille
Published: January 2019

Le tourisme procréatif englobe principalement deux techniques de procréation, soit la gestation pour autrui et l’insémination artificielle avec donneur à l’étranger. La Cour de cassation, juridiction suprême française, recourt en partie à l’adoption afin de traduire juridiquement les liens qui unissent l’enfant et les auteurs du projet parental. L’illicéité du processus de conception au regard du droit français ne constitue donc plus un obstacle au prononcé de l’adoption : seules les conditions légales de cette dernière sont vérifiées. Il ressort de cette position jurisprudentielle une institution de l’adoption conçue comme une technique créatrice de lien de filiation sans aucune restriction relative au mode de conception de l’enfant. L’avènement d’une règle de droit français consacrant l’indifférence au mode de conception de l’enfant en matière d’adoption est ainsi latent, de même qu’une dénaturation de l’institution de l’adoption, laquelle devient l’aboutissement d’un processus de conception impossible en droit français.
Parental Alienation in Quebec Custody Litigation
Authors: Zaccour Suzanne
Published: January 2019

This article is a study of all Quebec custody cases dealing with parental alienation in 2016. It explores the definitions, findings and implications of parental alienation in legal disputes, in light of the models of parental alienation and parental alienation syndrome described in the academic literature. This research confirms feminists’ skepticism toward the use of parental alienation in custody litigation. It concludes that alienation has varying and inconsistent definitions in law, that there is a considerable disconnect between scientific knowledge and judges’ understanding of alienation, and that the concept of parental alienation in law is ambiguous and over-inclusive, seemingly to the detriment of mothers. There is a dire need for clearer and stricter guidelines on the use of parental alienation to ensure the accuracy, coherence, and fairness of the case law.
El Teatro Aplicado como campo interdisciplinario de investigación en los Estudios Teatrales
Authors: Sedano-Solis Ana Soledad
Published: January 2019

En este artículo se justifica el posicionamiento del Teatro Aplicado como un campo de investigación interdisciplinario dentro de los Estudios Teatrales. Se considera que situarlo como campo de investigación permitirá organizar una serie de prácticas que actualmente fluctúan entre diferentes disciplinas, para estudiarlas desde el lugar y con la rigurosidad que les corresponde, delimitando un conjunto de problemas teóricos y métodos de investigación propios.

A partir de la revisión y sistematización de la información bibliográfica disponible, se analizaron los orígenes del concepto, sus principales características y formas en las que se ha desarrollado en el ámbito académico. Con estos resultados se pretende establecer un punto de partida común que permita abordar las múltiples dimensiones que comprende el Teatro Aplicado en la actualidad.

Finalmente, se plantea que el Teatro Aplicado comprende tres grandes áreas (Teatro Aplicado en Educación, Teatro Aplicado en Salud y Teatro Aplicado en Comunidad), que a su vez agrupan una serie de prácticas teatrales que comparten líneas comunes de acción, así como un propósito y contexto de ejecución determinado. Se trata de contribuir al surgimiento de un cuerpo científico acotado y preciso que resulte, consecuentemente, más accesible para académicos e investigadores.
Editorial: El impacto de la tecnología sobre algunas cuestiones historiográficas
Authors: Rodríguez Granell Ana
Published: January 2019

Tenemos el placer de presentar este número 23 de la revista como una propuesta heterogénea que reúne aquellos artículos seleccionados provenientes de tres convocatorias distintas. Por un lado, cerramos el volumen dedicado a la arqueología de los medios con esta segunda relación de textos. La sección dedicada a las humanidades digitales la componen también una serie de interesantes propuestas vinculadas al III Congreso de la Sociedad Internacional de Humanidades Digitales Hispánicas. La última sección de este número recoge otros artículos provenientes de la llamada regular de la revista y lo componen miradas diversas sobre temas que vienen a conformar el foco de atención de la revista. Todas estas secciones e investigaciones recogidas aquí resultan inevitablemente dispares entre sí; sin embargo, en una mirada conjunta, el lector dará cuenta de un marco común en este número, como puede ser el impacto de ciertas tecnologías que han operado sobre nuestra mirada al pasado. Y es que el alcance histórico de las tecnologías opera no solo en una dirección, sino en la totalidad del tiempo.
La formación de postgrado de los directores de comunicación españoles
Authors: Matilla Kathy , Miranda Thais , Compte-Pujol Marc , Oliveira Andréa
Published: January 2019

Our main objective is to identify the postgraduate university training of Spanish communication directors associated with Dircom in order to understand the link between the studies they undertake and the orientation and quality of their praxis. To do so, we developed a cross-sectional descriptive study followed by a content analysis. As a limitation to the study, we note that the size of the sample does not allow one to chart a generalized map on the object of study, although it can be considered a highly representative sample of opportunity, and the results can be taken as trends. We observed that the work position of the communication director is predominantly nurtured by professionals trained in postgraduate courses in Communication, of highly atomized typologies and specialized in highly dispersed disciplines. Future research is necessary to verify whether, in the coming years, there is a greater consensus in the postgraduate curricula of Spanish communication directors. The results obtained could infer some recruitment criteria of the Spanish communication directors in terms of postgraduate training received and, thus, the results of the research may be of interest to guide general managers and human resources in improving the profile design of knowledge and skills required for the strategic exercise of the communication director role.
Asociacionismo y marketing en la transformación de barrios históricos hacia destinos turísticos. Análisis de Barrio Italia (Santiago de Chile) y Barrio de las Letras (Madrid)
Authors: García Henche Blanca , Pareti Petruccelli Stefanía , Salvaj Carrera Erica
Published: January 2019

Due to the widespread proliferation of urban tourism at an international level, there is a need to enhance and understand how historic neighborhoods can be experiential tourism services, strategically intervened, by valuing resources and services that in turn improve tourism life of the local population.

The objective of this work is to explore and describe how the strengthening of associations and the networks between them make up the cultural, commercial and tourist offer of said historical neighborhoods is fundamental for the development and sustainability of them. This is why it has selected the historic neighborhoods such as Barrio Italia (Santiago de Chile) and Barrio de las Letras (Madrid) for being in different stages of their life cycle.
ProPheno: An online dataset for completely characterizing the human protein-phenotype landscape in biomedical literature
Authors: Pourreza Shahri Morteza , Kahanda Indika
Published: January 2019

Identifying protein-phenotype relations is of paramount importance for applications such as uncovering rare and complex diseases. One of the best resources that captures the protein-phenotype relationships is the biomedical literature. In this work, we introduce ProPheno, a comprehensive online dataset composed of human protein/phenotype mentions extracted from the complete corpora of Medline and PubMed. Moreover, it includes co-occurrences of protein-phenotype pairs within different spans of text such as sentences and paragraphs. We use ProPheno for completely characterizing the human protein-phenotype landscape in biomedical literature. ProPheno, the reported findings and the gained insight has implications for (1) biocurators for expediting their curation efforts, (2) researches for quickly finding relevant articles, and (3) text mining tool developers for training their predictive models. The RESTful API of ProPheno is freely available at http://propheno.cs.montana.edu.
A Rare Cause of Heel Pain: A Calcaneal Spur Fracture
Authors: Arican Mehmet , Turhan Yalcin , Karaduman Zekerya Okan
Published: January 2019

Heel pain is a complaint frequently encountered in orthopedic clinics that has peculiar symptoms and may have various etiologic causes. Calcaneal spur fracture is an extremely rare cause of heel pain, and only four cases had previously been reported in the English language literature. We present a 45-year-old woman who had heel pain on her right foot after falling from a height onto the heel. Radiographic examination of her right foot showed a fractured calcaneal spur, which was successfully treated with conservative methods. Calcaneal heel pain is a complaint that may be attributable to many different etiologic causes, which often have specific symptoms, and we frequently encounter them in the orthopedic clinic. Calcaneal spur fracture after trauma should be remembered in the differential diagnosis of heel pain as a rare cause. Our case is the fifth reported case in the English language literature of this extremely rare condition.
Estudos citogenéticos: condensação cromossômica prematura (PCC) em culturas de linfócitos do sangue periférico e culturas de lesões de verrugas cutâneas induzidas pela infecção espontânea do papilomavírus em bovinos
Authors: Marins Rachel Siqueira de Queiroz Simões , Nogueira Denise Monnerat , Pereira Sílvia Regina Ferreira Gonçalves , Cassiano Keila Mara , Maues Tábata , Dias Viviane Guimarães , Moreira Lio , Carvalho Eulógio Carlos Queiroz de
Published: January 2019

O papilomavírus é um vírus DNA oncogênico dermotrópico que induz a lesões benignas e malignas descrita em uma ampla variedade de hospedeiros. Evidências sugerem que o vírus é espécie e tecido específico. No entanto, vários relatos tem mostrado o desenvolvimento de lesões em hospedeiros filogeneticamente próximos. Foram analisadas um total de 30 amostras de sangue e tumores de bovinos afetados por lesões papilomatosas cutâneas. Nosso estudo relatou a condensação cromossômica prematura (PCC) em culturas de linfócitos do sangue periférico e em culturas de verrugas cutâneas, detectando a hiperproliferação celular epitelial, confirmada pelo processamento de tecidos histológicos. A morfologia da PCC reflete a fase do ciclo celular, exibindo níveis específicos da cromatina condensada prematuramente. Estes resultados indicaram uma falha no mecanismo de controle celular, com o rompimento de barreiras mitóticas, induzidas pela infecção espontânea do vírus.
Blastopore Fate: Amphistomy, Protostomy or Deuterostomy
Authors: Nielsen Claus
Published: January 2019

The bilaterian tubular gut with mouth and anus is generally believed to have evolved from the sack‐shaped gut of a gastrula‐like organism. Cell‐lineage studies show that gastrulation through epiboly and invagination follow similar patterns with the cells of the blastopore rim bordering the cells which give rise to endo‐mesoderm. Three theories for the evolution of the tubular gut prevail: (1) Protostomy in which the blastopore should become the mouth and the anus develop secondarily, (2) Deuterostomy in which the blastopore should become the anus and the mouth develop secondarily and (3) Amphistomy in which the blastopore should become divided into mouth and anus through fusion of the lateral blastopore lips. A recent review has discussed the most informative characters related to the blastopore fates, viz. fate of the actual blastoporal opening; fate of the tissues surrounding the blastoporal opening, studied both through cell‐lineage and gene expression; morphology and embryology of the central nervous systems; and morphology of larval ciliary bands according to the trochaea theory. It is concluded that the tubular gut with mouth and anus most probably evolved through amphistomy.

Key Concepts

The latest common ancestor of the eumetazoans (ctenophores and placozoans are not discussed here) was a gastrula‐like organism, with a sac‐shaped gut with a blastopore.

The tubular gut of the bilateral animals evolved from the sack‐shaped gut of the common ancestor.

Amphistomy is a condition in which the tubular gut evolved from the sack‐shaped gut through lateral blastopore closure, leaving mouth and anus.

Protostomy is a condition in which the blastopore was retained as the bilaterian mouth, the anus developing as a secondary opening.

Deuterostomy is a condition in which the blastopore was retained as the bilaterian anus, the mouth developing as a secondary opening.

In invagination gastrula, the gastrula develops from a blastula through invagination of the endoderm forming the archenteron with the blastopore.

In epibolic gastrula, there is no invagination, but the endo‐mesodermal cells become internalized through overgrowth by the ectodermal cells; the endoderm differentiates into the gut, and mouth and anus develop from ectodermal invaginations, stomodaeum and proctodaeum, respectively.