bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ARTIGO - A MEDIAÇÃO PEDAGÓGICA NA ESCRITA INVENTADA DE CRIANÇAS NO PROCESSO DE ALFABETIZAÇÃO: PALAVRAS COM ESTRUTURA SILÁBICA CVC E CV NASAL
Authors: RESENDE VALÉRIA BARBOSA de , MONTUANI DANIELA FREITAS B.
Published: January 2020

RESUMO: Neste artigo, analisamos os efeitos da mediação pedagógica do adulto na escrita inventada de palavras compostas por sílabas com estrutura consoante-vogal-consoante (CVC) e consoante-vogal nasal (CV nasal), realizada por crianças de 6 anos de uma escola pública. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de intervenção que, segundo Spinillo e Lautert (2009), visa a um engajamento do pesquisador com a realidade educacional, oferecendo evidências para a construção de modelos teóricos e para a transformação da prática. Foi desenvolvido um Programa de Escrita Inventada (ALVES MARTINS, 2017), com a realização de 10 sessões com grupos de quatro crianças. O estudo revelou um avanço das crianças na escrita de palavras com as estruturas silábicas investigadas. Ademais, foi possível identificar não só as estratégias de mediação (scaffolding) nomeadas em sete categorias principais (Gestão, Instrução, Indagação, Sinalização, Elaboração, Reelaboração e Avaliação), bem como o predomínio de algumas delas nas sessões (Indagação, Gestão, Sinalização e Elaboração), demonstrando sua importância para o processo de aprendizagem da língua escrita.
Un “traslamento dellʼAndria di Terenzio” di M. Mondo ritrovato in un manoscritto napoletano datato al 1744. Una prima trascrizione
Authors: Bellucci Nikola D.
Published: January 2020

L'articolo prende in esame e fornisce una prima trascrizione del manoscritto (BNN, VA50, Ba IIId/13) presente alla Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli e contenente “L'Andriana di P. Terenzio. Recata in toscano da Marco Mondo”, si tenterà così preliminarmente di ricostruire il contesto del documento fornendo alcune brevi note esplicative circa le specificità dell'opera, in vista di futuri ed auspicabili lavori circa tale versione.
O ritual das Lemúrias nos Fastos de Ovídio: tradução performativa
Authors: Frohwein de Salles Moniz Fábio , Pontes de Mendonça Walace
Published: January 2020

Um dos primeiros desafios da tradução performativado dístico elegíaco consiste em emular, na língua de chegada, a alternância métrica característica da estrofe. Márcio Meirelles Gouvêa Júnior (ovídio, 2015) traduziu os Fastos, recriando o hexâmetro com dodecassílabos e o pentâmetro com decassílabos. Guilherme Gontijo Flores (2011) apresenta dez propostas de tradução para a elegia 20 do livro iii, de Tibulo, composta em dístico elegíaco, empregando, basicamente, dois sistemas opositivos: 1) verso núnico para o hexâmetro X “pentâmetro aproximado”, verso em língua portuguesa dotado de quatorze sílabas poéticas com tônicas obrigatórias em 4-7-8-11-14; 2) “tradução em dístico elegíaco alemão”, isto é, criação de um dístico brasileiro a partir de regras da metrificação alemã, empregando, para a emulação do hexâmetro, seis tônicas, entre as quais uma ou duas sílabas átonas, para recriar possibilidades de espondeu ou dátilo; e técnica semelhante para pentâmetro, mas sem a diérese obrigatória após o terceiroictus, como em latim. Luiza dos Santos Souza (2016) propõe uma emulação do ritmo original do dístico elegíaco latino a partir das propostas de Carlos Alberto da Costa Nunes (virgílio, 1983) e de Leonardo Antunes (2009). Nossa tradução partiu dessas abordagens e estratégias, mas sem concordância completa com uma determinado tradutor, buscando emular o padrão rítmico do hexâmetro datílico sem variações, tal como nas traduções núnicas. Com base nesse critério técnico, aplicamos o mesmo tratamento à tradução do pentâmetro datílico.
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Environmental Summary, Aquatic Resources Program, Boston Children's Hospital 2019 v5
Authors: Lawrence Christian , Best Jason , James Althea , Hurley Shane , Shia Mitchel , Urh Michelle , Hirshfeld Brady , Bakker Nina , Perdomo Hugo , Krueger Aaron
Published: January 2020

Environmental and housing conditions experienced by laboratory animals exert profound effects on their biology, physiology, and behavior. These parameters are important and often overlooked sources of potential variation in experiments, and should be reported in peer-reviewed publications in order to promote scientific reproducibility. To that end, here we provide a summary of the environmental conditionsin zebrafish (Danio rerio) aquaculture facilities at Boston Children's Hospital (BCH). We include data on the physico-chemical, health, and nutrition of zebrafish in three separate facilities at BCH: Karp, Enders SSB, and Enders Lobby. In this year's version, we also include new information on our sanitization protocol validation, and dietary inputs. We also provide some additional characterization of our sampling methods for water parameters and health in an updated legend. This information will be applicable to any study involving zebrafish conducted in one of these three facilities during the year of 2019.
Analysis of variables of the nutrition index alcohol and medicament use and PTSD
Authors: Sarač-Hadžihalilović Aida , Rakanović - Todić Maida , Ajanović Zurifa , Šljuka Senad , Dervišević Amela
Published: January 2020

Introduction: The main aim of the study was to examine the interdependence of values of the nutrition index, the use of medicaments, and alcohol consumption in the group of subjects with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and in control group without PTSD.

Methods: To determine the interdependence of different indices of nutrition and the alcohol and drug consumption in both groups, the crosstab model was used.

Results: In both of the tested groups, medicament users had higher average values for nutritional indexes compared to the subjects that are not the consumers of medicaments, but the confirmed differences were not statistically significant. The subjects with PTSD who consume alcohol had lower average values for nutritional indexes compared to the subjects who do not consume alcohol. In the control group, subjects who consumed alcohol had higher mean values for nutritional indexes than those who did not consume alcohol. Differences in the values of the nutrition index between alcohol and non-alcohol subjects were not statistically significant either in the PTSD group or in the control group. The subjects with PTSD had less average values of all the used nutrition indexes compared to the control group subjects, but the confirmed differences were not statistically significant.

Conclusion: Our results indicate that medicaments use and alcohol consumption do not exert a statistically significant effect on the values of the nutrition index in any of the study groups. Possible concomitant use of drugs with the opposite effect on the monitored parameter (nitrazepam and amitriptyline vs. SSRI and bupropion) can lead to findings like this. We recommend further research to eliminate influence of pharmacodynamic effects of alcohol, drugs, and stress on the development of weight gain or loss.
A Accelerating tooth movement with modified surgical and dentoalveolar distraction technique- a case report
Authors: Bayomy Mohamed Wael Ahmed , Hassan Rozita , Rahman Shaifulizan Abdul
Published: January 2020

The duration of treatment is the most concern among orthodontic patients. It is of a challenge for an orthodontist to shorten the treatment time. A new surgical technique was introduced to accelerate tooth movement during orthodontic treatment. This new technique is the surgical reduction of bone mass in the pathway of desired tooth movement before orthodontic treatment. This case report explained the treatment of a 21-year-old male patient with severe-to-moderate crowded dentition and he requested to get the treatment done in a short period of time. Upper right first premolar and lower left second premolar were extracted, the bone in the desired pathway of all teeth movement was reduced and the dentoalveolar distraction procedure performed using nickel-titanium closing coil spring and rubber power chain. Full teeth alignment was achieved in 3 months period and the anchorage teeth were able to withstand the retraction forces with minimal anchorage loss.
Customer Segmentation Based On Recency Frequency Monetary Model: A Case Study in E-Retailing
Authors: KABASAKAL İnanç
Published: January 2020

Marketing studies have often drawn attention to the importance of customers for businesses that aim to endure in a harsh competitive environment. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) has been a prominent approach in marketing management that aims to improve relationships with customers. A practical implication of the CRM approach is the analysis of customer data to extract value for businesses, as well as customers. In this context, customer segmentation has been a useful task that helps to group customers with similar attributes and designate better-tailored marketing strategies for customer groups. Among a variety of approaches for customer segmentation, Recency Frequency Monetary (RFM) Model stands out as an easy-to-adopt and effective technique. Based on three dimensions regarding the sales data, the RFM Model depends on scoring customers with different approaches. In this study, a prototype software is introduced that helps to apply the RFM technique with two scoring approaches. Moreover, the sales data obtained from an e-retailer has been analyzed for clustering using the prototype software, and clusters discovered with RFM variants were compared using cluster evaluation metrics. Finally, the segments were presented along with relevant offers for marketing strategies.
FashionCapsNet: Clothing Classification with Capsule Networks
Authors: KINLI Furkan , KIRAÇ Furkan
Published: January 2020

Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are one of the most commonly used architectures for image-related deep learning studies. Despite its popularity, CNNs have some intrinsic limitations such as losing some of the spatial information and not being robust to affine transformations due to pooling operations. On the other hand, Capsule Networks are composed of groups of neurons, and with the help of its novel routing algorithms, they have the capability for learning high dimensional pose configuration of the objects as well. In this study, we investigate the performance of brand-new Capsule Networks using dynamic routing algorithm on the clothing classification task. To achieve this, we propose 4-layer stacked-convolutional Capsule Network architecture (FashionCapsNet), and train this model on DeepFashion dataset that contains 290k clothing images over 46 different categories. Thereafter, we compare the category classification results of our proposed design and the other state-of-the-art CNN-based methods trained on DeepFashion dataset. As a result of the experimental study, FashionCapsNet achieves 83.81% top-3 accuracy, and 89.83% top-5 accuracy on the clothing classification. Based upon these figures, FashionCapsNet clearly outperforms the earlier methods that neglect pose configuration, and has comparable performance to the baseline study that utilizes an additional landmark information to recover pose configuration. Finally, in the future, proposed FashionCapsNet may inherit extra performance boost on the clothing classification due to advances in the relatively new Capsule Network research.
Computer vision in agriculture, application development using open source tools and systems
Authors: Tóth Mihály , Dér Dániel , Botos Szilvia Borbásné , Szilágyi Róbert
Published: January 2020

Nowadays the optimization of agricultural production is a crucial task. The use of computer vision may serve in increasing efficiency as this technology has achieved significant results in many research and practical applications to date. In the following years, we will experience more and more use cases of the technology and its usability in the intensification of agricultural production to meet the demand of the growing population. Computer vision appears as a sub-domain, also in the new and popular concept of Industry 4.0, ensuring an integrated aspect of the technology. Our practical experiment was performed to examine the utility of the currently available open-source toolkits in commuter vision, utilizing OpenCV and Google TensorFlow libraries. In this experiment, the typical processes of computer vision were implemented using various algorithms for each step, including imaging, pre-processing, post-processing and finally, classification. For the experiment, pictures of apples have been used as training data, representing various conditions. The steps including processing, segmentation, and identification of the fruit, were presented. The most commonly used detection algorithms were tested to determine estimated size, shape, and texture properties. Using a convolutional neural network, the identification of the fruit was presented with a recognition accuracy greater than 93%.
Does the antidepressant-like effect of mirtazapine and venlafaxine differ between male and female rats?
Authors: Álvarez Silva Adriana , Fernández-Guasti Alonso
Published: January 2020

Introduction. Depression is a global health problem with nearly 350 million people affected, mainly women. However, nowadays a rising amount of men are being diagnosed. This makes necessary the screening of new treatment options that are effective in women as well as in men. Objective. To analyze if the administration of mirtazapine and venlafaxine to male and female rats shows a sex-related antidepressant-like effect, and the possible associated neurochemical mechanisms. Method. Mirtazapine (40 mg/kg) or venlafaxine (60 mg/kg) were administered subchronically to young adult male and female (ovariectomized and steroid-primed) rats, and their antidepressant-like effects were evaluated using the forced swim test (FST). The active behaviors, swimming and climbing, were also analyzed. Results. a) mirtazapine and venlafaxine reduced immobility in the FST in males and females; b) both antidepressants increased climbing and swimming in male rats; c) in female rats, mirtazapine and venlafaxine only increased swimming. Discussion and conclusion. In males, the effects of mirtazapine and venlafaxine seem to be produced by the activation of the serotonergic and noradrenergic systems. Conversely, estradiol might be modulating the mechanisms of action of both antidepressants in females producing only an increased swimming and suggesting the participation of the serotonergic system.
Electroencephalographic changes and testosterone levels in a pubertal stress animal model: effects on adult sexual motivation
Authors: Hernández González Marisela , Hernández Arteaga Enrique , Guevara Miguel Ángel , Bonilla Jaime Herlinda , Arteaga Silva Marcela
Published: January 2020

Introduction. Stress during puberty exerts long-term effects on endocrine systems and brain structures, such as the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and basolateral amygdala (BLA), two cerebral areas that participate in modulating sexual behavior and whose functioning is regulated by androgenic hormones. Objective. To evaluate the effect of pubertal stress due to social isolation on the sexual motivation, serum testosterone levels, and electroencephalographic activity (EEG) of the PFC and BLA in male rats. Method. Sixty sexually-experienced male rats were used. Thirty were stressed by social isolation during puberty (SG, housed 1 per cage, postnatal days 25-50); the other 30 formed the control group (CG, 5 per cage). All rats were implanted bilaterally with stainless steel electrodes in the PFC and BLA. EEGs were recorded during the awake-quiet state in two conditions: without sexual motivation (WSM), and with sexual motivation (SM). After EEG recording, the rats were sacrificed by decapitation to measure their testosterone levels. Results. SG showed lower sexual motivation and testosterone levels, but higher amygdaline EEG activation in the presence of a receptive female, while CG showed higher prefrontal EEG activation. Discussion and conclusion. It is probable that the decreased testosterone levels resulting from pubertal stress affected prefrontal and amygdaline functionality and, hence, sexual motivation. These data could explain some of the hormonal and cerebral changes associated with stress-induced sexual alterations, though this suggestion requires additional clinical and animal research.
Association between prolactin serum levels and cognitive function in chronic schizophrenia patients
Authors: Medina-Loera Susana , Flores-Medina Yvonne , Escamilla-Orozco Raúl Iván , Saracco-Álvarez Ricardo Arturo , Rosel-Vales Mauricio , Flores-Ramos Mónica , Mondragón-Maya Alejandra
Published: January 2020

Introduction. Several studies have explored the relationship between serum prolactin levels, symptomatology, and cognitive dysfunction in individuals at high risk for psychosis and patients with a first psychotic episode. However, the relationship between such variables is poorly understood in the case of chronic patients. Objective. To assess the relationship between prolactin levels, neuropsychological impairment, and symptom severity in patients with chronic schizophrenia. Method. A total of 31 patients with diagnosis of schizophrenia were evaluated between May and December 2018. The age range was 18 to 60 years, with patients receiving antipsychotic treatment during a month at least. Data was obtained from clinical records, interviews, clinimetry, and with the application of the PANSS and the MCCB battery. For the prolactin measurement, the analysis was performed on a sample of 500 microliters of serum, with a chemiluminescence technique. Results. The sample was comprised mostly by men (77.4%), with a mean age of 37.65 years, 13.29 years of formal education, and disease duration of 11.58 years. No correlations were observed between prolactin levels and PANSS components and subscales. Only in male patients is there a negative correlation was found between prolactin levels with the overall combined score of the MCCB battery and cognitive domains of reasoning and verbal learning. Discussion and conclusions. Men diagnosed with schizophrenia may be particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of hyperprolactinemia on cognition. These preliminary data have clinical implications for close monitoring of prolactin and cognitive decline in males with schizophrenia. Theoretically, these data are suggestive of a protective effect of hormones in women with this condition.
Evaluation of hormonal and metabolic factors related to depression in reproductive age women
Authors: Flores-Ramos Mónica , Burrola-Suárez Martín Armando , Guiza-Zayas Rodrigo , Enciso-Araujo J. Miguel , Islas-Preciado Dannia , Estrada Camarena Erika
Published: January 2020

Introduction. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a prevalent disease affecting women more than men worldwide. Various factors are involved in the genesis of depression, including hormones such as testosterone and certain metabolic factors Objective. To evaluate hormone levels and metabolic variables in women with major depression and healthy controls. Method. A cross-sectional, comparative analytical study was conducted in 40 participants, 23 patients with an MDD diagnosis and 17 controls, all of women in reproductive age between the ages of 18 and 45. Sociodemographic variables, hormonal profile, and metabolic variables were assessed and the 17-item Hamilton Depression Scale was used to evaluate depressive symptoms. Results. No statistically significant differences were observed between the groups in the hormonal and metabolic variables explored. Nevertheless, it was observed that the lower the testosterone levels and the higher the serum glucose levels, the more intense depressive symptoms were. Discussion and conclusion. Testosterone is associated with a lower depressive symptoms score on the Hamilton Depression scale, suggesting a potential antidepressant effect, whereas high glucose levels are associated with a higher score on this scale. We believe that the measurement of hormonal and metabolic variables in women can contribute to a better understanding of the pathophysiology of depression.
THE WAY TO THE AUTOCEPHALY OF THE UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN 1918 (THROUGH THE PRIZE OF DOCUMENTS OF THE SECOND SESSION OF THE ALL-UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX COUNCIL)
Authors: Sliusarenko A. , Pshenychnyi T.
Published: January 2020

The events that are taking place today in the church field of the Ukrainian State testify to the importance of the national church in building the national security of the country. The union of the church with the state has been formed for centuries, and to consider the absence of this tandem today would be wrong. However, such an alliance can be dangerous for the state if the church provokes separatism, ignites national conflict, undermines the national security of the state. Evidence of this is the aggressive policy of the leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church towards Ukraine throughout history, which has turned the church into an instrument of political games. Thus, by annexing the Metropolitan of Kiev in 1686 and establishing a protectorate over the Ukrainian church space, the leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church did everything to destroy the Ukrainian church tradition.

History of Ukraine of the twentieth century testifies to the repeated attempts of Ukrainians to get out of the grip of the Russian Orthodox Church and build their own independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church. A striking example of this is the All-Ukrainian Orthodox Church Council of 1918, which, in the context of national competitions of the Ukrainian people for their own state, brought to the agenda of the revolutionary events the question of independence of the Ukrainian Church.

At the second session of the Council, the idea of autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church for the first time in many years consolidated a small part of the Ukrainian church and political elite around it. This article is devoted to analyzing the documents of this council session. The author tries to present the main stages of the competition for the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the difficulties that have arisen.
PLAN Z-4: AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT OF A PEACEFUL SOLUTION OF THE CONFLICT IN CROATIA
Authors: Demeshchuk A.
Published: January 2020

In this article the author analyze the central attempt of a peaceful negotiation and ending of the war in Croatia (1991-1995) – the plan Z-4 (Zagreb-4), which was created and presented for the discussion to Croatian and Serbian sides in the second half of 1994 and at the beginning of 1995 by a team of international negotiator from the USA, Great Britain, Russian Federation and Germany with the main role of a US ambassador in Zagreb – Peter Galbraith. The prehistory of this peaceful plan, the process of his preparation and development, its content (it is reviewed profoundly and cautiously), authorship and as well as discussions around it implementation and outcomes of its failure are considered it this article. The special author’s attention is paid to difficulties that were constantly appearing during the creation of the plan Z-4, because of two major reasons, Firstly, they were connected with different views and positions of great powers that were included in a process of Croatian-Serbian normalization and peace negotiations. And secondly, the history of Z-4 was highly troublesome because of an enormous level of enmity between Croats and Serbs, between Croatian government and leaders of self-declared Republic of Serbian Krajina, who were directly supported by Belgrade and Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic. The author engaged original Croatian and other foreign materials – sources and literature, including the text of Z-4, various media and memoirs of the people, which were dealing with a development of this peaceful plan. According to all these materials the author comes to an outcome that the plan Z-4 could be an optimal solution from the Croatian-Serbian war, especially for the Serbian side: due to Z-4 Croatian Serbs would get a high level of territorial autonomy in areas where they composed an ethnic majority. Croatian government wasn’t content with such a prospect however it was ready to accept this peaceful plan. But Serbian side was very stubborn that led to the failure of Z-4 and to a military scenario (two major Croatian military operations in 1995) that eliminated Republic of Serbian Krajina at all.
JEWS AND JEWISH CULTURE OF GALICIA AND GREAT UKRAINE IN GERMAN TRAVEL GUIDES (late 19th – first half of the 20th centuries)
Authors: Radchenko O.
Published: January 2020

The article deals with travel guides in German language about current territory of Ukraine at the end of 19th – first half of 20th centuries. It is noted that they represent quite a small group of literary sources. Major part of their content is reference information about geography, history, specific features of daily life and household traditions of one region or another, but major function is imposing of normative perception of foreign, alien culture. The most well-known are those, which were issued by publishing house “Baedeker”, as well as those, published in the times of Austrian-Hungarian monarchy. The author analyses image of Jews as ethnic community in the regions of Eastern Galicia and so-called Great Ukraine before the First World War, in the interwar period and during the Second World War. It is emphasized that thorough consideration of image of the Jews through prism of travel guides during dramatic and tragic events of the end of XIX – the first half of XX centuries may open to the readers of the XXI century new perspectives in understanding of such socio-political phenomena, as a state policy towards ethnic minorities; collective auto- and hetero-stereotypes; dynamics of antisemitism from common level of everyday life to discrimination and extermination of Jews.

Moreover, travel guides contain various materials for analysis of issues, related to cultural transfer, models of journeys, attractiveness of certain destinations and objects of cultural and historical heritage at the territory of regions, which for centuries were known by coexistence of various ethnic groups and frequent changes of borders. Necessity of usage of interdisciplinary approach was an additional stimulus for research on the subject under consideration.

The author stressed that the book of Franz Obermeyer “Ukraine. Land der schwarzen Erde”, as well as the travel guide by Baedeker, 1943, and the travel guide for Kyiv, 1942, were instruments of the criminal Nazi-Propaganda, contrary to publications during Austrian-Hungarian monarchy, which to certain measure can be considered as a source of knowledge about inter-cultural communications and tolerance. But in both cases the character of these books depended on a political and ideological conjuncture. While in the books, published before the WWI, the image of a Jew was presented mainly from the ethnographic perspective, but in Nazi publications during WWII it was transformed into the image of an enemy. But the authors avoided usage of formulations like “judo-bolshevism” or “worldwide Jewish conspiracy”. Most likely, the traditional format of a travel guide as an instrument of inter-cultural communication limited its actual transformation into a primitive racial or anti-Semitic propaganda.

Certain attention in the article is given to the soviet travel guides, edited by Alexander Rado and published by All-Union Society of Cultural Relations in the 1920-ies, which were and are still little known.
UMA ABORDAGEM DE GEODIREITO DO MAR TERRITORIAL, DA ZONA ECONÔMICA EXCLUSIVA E DA PLATAFORMA CONTINENTAL
Authors: Silva Jorge Kleber Teixeira , Emygdio Romeu Ferreira
Published: January 2020

O presente artigo reflete a visão dos tecnologistas que espelham suas trajetórias profissionais. Esse artigo é um esforço epistemológico de uma interpretação tridimensional do objeto de estudo, o mar, visando uma abordagem interdisciplinar de geodireito no tocante ao tema de bens da União: mar territorial, recursos da zona econômica exclusiva e da plataforma continental. Tem como objetivo destacar a importância da soberania e da jurisdição marítima. Partiu-se de uma abordagem qualitativa, com método descritivo de interpretação e com apoio de uma abordagem teórica e revisão bibliográfica de autores especializados em geografia, direito do mar, direito constitucional, direito internacional, teoria geral do Estado, ciências marítimas e geociências. Os principais resultados são questões ligadas à área de classificação científica como interdisciplinar entre os campos dos saberes das geociências e do direito, assim como resultados no campo da cartografia por meio de geoprocessamento e produtos em mapas e sistematização em metadados de dados espaciais. Esse artigo não reflete a opinião institucional da fundação IBGE.
ANÁLISE DA RESPOSTA TECIDUAL E ATIVIDADE ANTINEUROINFLAMATÓRIA COLÔNICA DO METIL JASMONATO NA RETOCOLITE ULCERATIVA CRÔNICA INDUZIDA POR ÁCIDO TRINITROBENZENOSULFÔNICO EM RATOS
Authors: Carrera Alefe Luiz Caliani , Moreno Isabela Ferraro , Besson Jean Carlos Fernando , Natali Maria Raquel Marçal
Published: January 2020

As doenças inflamatórias intestinais (DIIs) são caracterizadas por processo inflamatório crônico, sendo duas principais: Doença de Crohn (DC) e Retocolite Ulcerativa (RCU). Desta forma, produtos naturais surgem como alternativas terapêuticas, sendo o metil jasmonato (MeJA) uma provável alternativa de tratamento, visto suas comprovadas atividades anti-inflamatórias, antiproliferativas e antioxidantes. Tal composto é isolado a partir do óleo essencial de Jasminum grandiflorum. Analisou-se o potencial efeito tecidual e neuroinflamatório do MeJA, na dose de 300 mg/kg, em ratos adultos com colite induzida por ácido trinitrobenzenosulfônico (TNBS). Os animais foram distribuídos em quatro grupos, eutanasiados após o tratamento. Foram utilizados amostras do cólon distal de 20 animais para a obtenção de cortes histológicos transversais. Foram realizadas análises morfométricas das túnicas intestinais, por amostragem de imagens capturadas em microscópio óptico; e o perfil antineuroinflamatório do sistema nervoso entérico pela avaliação microscópica de 30 gânglios localizados nos gânglios mioentéricos por animal em contagem e caracterização de células inflamatórias. Notou-se mimetização eficaz de DII pelo TNBS através da redução de células inflamatórias em gânglios entéricos, principalmente linfócitos e monócitos; efeito regenerativo tecidual nas túnicas submucosa e muscular.
A EDUCAÇÃO EM VALORES COMO CONDIÇÃO ESSENCIAL PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DA CONSCIÊNCIA SOCIAL: JURÍDICA E MORAL
Authors: Serrano Pablo Jiménez , Nascimento Grasiele Augusta Ferreira
Published: January 2020

O presente estudo tem por objetivo destacar a correlação necessária entre o direito a uma educação em valores em face da moralidade e a convivência social que se sabe em crise. Com base numa investigação teórico-bibliográfica, jurídica e filosófica discutem-se importantes conceitos próprios da pedagogia e da jusfilosofia modernas, possibilitando, com isso, a construção de uma base teórica que permita a compreensão da necessidade de uma formação crítica e integral do ser humano. Apresenta-se a educação moral e cívica como uma condição necessária ao desenvolvimento da probidade, do respeito e da não violência. Conclui-se que o caminho para o desenvolvimento humano, a paz e o respeito se firmam na educação edificadora que, fundada num marco ético/moral, possibilita a formação da consciência social.
Features of psychological status in women with functional ovarian cysts
Authors: Sandakova E. A. , Zhukovskaya I. G. , Vaganova A. F.
Published: January 2020

Aim. To analyze the psychological status indices in women with functional cysts of the ovaries.

Materials and methods. The group of observation (group I) included 35 women with functional ovarian cysts (follicular and yellow body cysts), the group of comparison (group II) 34 patients with no cysts available and normal ovarian volume. The mean age of the patients examined was 28.7 5.2 and 29.3 4.8 years, respectively. The methods used included registration of complaints and anamnesis data, standard general clinical and gynecological studies, ultrasound scanning of pelvic organs using apparatus Sonoscape 6000, survey with Beck Depression Inventory, Spielberger-HaninScale, MOS SF-36.

Results. Health status of women with functional cysts of the ovaries is characterized by abdominal pain syndrome (91.3 % and 14.7 6.0%; p 0.001), mastodynia in the second phase of cycle (37.1 % and 8.8 4.9 %; p 0.01), dysmenorrhea (37.1 % and 14.7 6.0 %; p 0.05) that undoubtedly influences the indices of psychoemotional status. It is worth noting that the prevalence of smoking among women of group I is high (26.5 % and 2.9 % respectively; p 0.01). The characteristic features of psychological status of group I patients are the following: high level of reactive anxiety (Spielberger-Hanin Anxiety Scale 45.7 1.9 and 35.8 0.9 scores; p 0.001), elevated level of depression (Beck scale 18.9 3.4 and 9.5 5.3 scores; p 0.01) and, as a result, decrease in the quality of life, especially with the Role Functioning Scale (25.71, 61.79 scores, p 0.01) and Social Functioning Scale (26.60 and 62.93 scores, p 0.05).

Conclusions. Improvement of health among women with functional ovarian cysts should be complex and include modification of the way of life (refusal from smoking), anti-inflammatory therapy, correction of hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction and psychological status.
Clinical case of invasive candidiasis in phthisiatrician’s practice
Authors: Shurygin A. A. , Shirinkina A. E. , Makarova E. A. , Sergeev A. V. , Marusich I. A.
Published: January 2020

The paper presents a case of generalized candidomycosis in a 67-year old woman. Literature data regarding the cases of respiratory mycoses and candida sepsis are summarized. This case is interesting from the point of view of difficulty of differential diagnosis in patients with respiratory mycosis and tuberculosis, choice of adequate treatment.
Hyperuricemia prevalence in Indian subjects with underlying comorbidities of hypertension and/or type 2 diabetes: a retrospective study from subjects attending hyperuricemia screening camps
Authors: Patel Himanshu , Shah Dhiren
Published: January 2020

Background: To determine the prevalence of HU in Indian subjects attending the HU screening camps and in subjects with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), Hypertension (HTN), and T2DM+HTN.Methods: This was a retrospective, non-interventional study where medical records of subjects attending HU screening camps across 592 locations in India, between June 2017 to May 2018, were analyzed.Results: A total of 197097 subjects (T2DM: 19.69%; HTN: 14.08%; T2DM+HTN: 21.60%) attended the screening camps. Mean age of the study participants was 48.43±13.38 years (Male: 53.80%). A total of 48606(24.66%) subjects had HU. In the overall population, a higher proportion of subjects with T2DM + HTN (7.36%) had HU in comparison to subjects with T2DM (5.63%) and HTN (4.25%) alone. Similar results were reported when the data was evaluated only in HU subjects (T2DM+HTN: 29.85%; T2DM: 22.82%; HTN: 17.22%). Proportion of HU subjects increased with age, with the maximum prevalence evident in subjects aged >50 years (12.94%), followed by 30-50 years (10.65%) and <30 years (1.07%). Gender-wise, a slightly higher proportion of males (14.13%) were found to be hyperuricemic than females (10.53%). Higher proportion of subjects with disease (T2DM and/or HTN) duration of 2-5 years were found to be hyperuricemic in comparison with subjects with disease duration of >5 years or <2 years. Similar results were reported when the data was evaluated in the overall HU subjects and by indication.Conclusions: Authors observed a high prevalence of HU among subjects attending HU camps and those with associated comorbidities. The prevalence of HU was higher in males and has an increasing trend with age. Furthermore, the prevalence of HU was observed to be higher in subjects with 2-5 years of duration of T2DM and/or HTN.
Cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament and its post surgical outcome analysis
Authors: Gupta Vipul Kumar , Rao T. Narsimha
Published: January 2020

Background: Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is a complex multi-factorial disease process having both metabolic and biomechanical factors. The objective of this study was to assess the surgical out come and post operative functional improvement in patients with cervical OPLL at a tertiary care centre.Methods: This prospective observational study included 35 patients undergoing surgery for cervical OPLL in the department of neurosurgery, Care hospitals Hyderabad from October 2015 to October 2016 with follow up at 3months and 6 months.Results: Total 35 patients who underwent surgery, majority (77.15%) were males and (22.85%) were female. The age of the patients was between 30 to 70 years. The most common type of OPLL was found to be segmental and mixed type. Nurick grade improved by 1.12 in anterior approach vs 0.66 in posterior approach. Recovery rates observed in anterior approach is 57.72% while in posterior surgical approach it is 48.87%. No complication was observed in this study.Conclusions: OPLL is more common in males as compared to females. The average age of presentation is sixth decade. Younger patients have better outcomes. The most common variant of OPLL is segmental.  The recovery rate achieved from anterior approach are better than those from the posterior approach. Improvement in NURICKS score is more in anterior surgical group than in posterior surgical group. No complications seen in this study. No mortality seen in this study.
Nerve conduction study: can it diagnose leprosy early?
Authors: Sunki Karthik , Koneti Bramhini B. , Sreerangapuri Navya , Mounika Yerrabelli , Pinjala Padmaja , Prasad J. V. D. S.
Published: January 2020

Background: Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease which predominantly involves skin and peripheral nerves. Most important consequences of leprosy are due to the involvement of peripheral nerves which leads to gross deformities and disabilities. Detection of preclinical nerve function impairment can help in the prevention of deformities and disabilities. The objective of the study was role of nerve conduction study (NCS) to detect nerve function impairment (NFI) in leprosy.

Methods: An electrophysiological study was conducted for 50 newly diagnosed cases of leprosy from December 2017 to July 2019 at Department of Dermatology, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad. Nerve conduction velocities, amplitude, and latencies of ulnar, median, common peroneal, posterior tibial, sural nerves are measured.

Results: 10 nerves in each patient with a total of 500 nerves were studied by NCS. Only 8 (16%) cases had totally normal NCS. And rest 42 (84%) cases have abnormal NCS. Most common pattern observed is sensory motor axonal neuropathy. A total of 268 (53.6%) nerves were normal before starting multidrug therapy and 232 (46.4%) nerves have abnormal NCS. Among these nerves the involvement of Sensory nerves (49%) are more than motor nerves (42%).

Conclusions: NCS is a reliable and reproducible test to detect the early NFI. Though it cannot directly diagnose leprosy, it can be used in suspected cases, newly diagnosed cases, and household contacts to detect the NFI early and prevent the complications associated with it.

 
Eficiência dos programas de pós-graduação: estudo evolutivo da área de Engenharias III
Authors: Vasconcelos Maria Eugenia Santana Soares , Santos Roberta Alvarenga dos , Hora Henrique Rego Monteiro da
Published: January 2020

O sistema de avaliação estabelecido no Brasil é baseado na atribuição de notas (conceitos). O presente trabalho é um estudo evolutivo dos programas stricto sensu da área de Engenharias III. Com a aplicação da metodologia, demonstrou-se que 12 programas    de pós-graduação obtiveram eficiência máxima em todo ciclo avaliativo, sendo a maior parte decorrente de instituições públicas. A pesquisa também aponta que as regiões Sul e Sudeste do Brasil são as que apresentam programas com melhores eficiências. Resultados mostraram um aumento considerável do número de programas autorizados e uma baixa correlação do conceito do programa e eficiência, corroborando o pressuposto que nem todos os programas com conceitos elevados terão um alto índice de produção científica.
Oportunidades educacionais no Brasil: o que dizem os dados do Saeb
Authors: Souza Vieira Ivan
Published: January 2020

Este trabalho visa a contribuir para a pesquisa da desigualdade e da eficácia escolar,  mapeando a distribuição das oportunidades educacionais no Brasil com base nos dados do Saeb 2013. Para tanto, avaliamos as oportunidades dos alunos do ensino fundamental de acesso, segundo o seu nível socioeconômico (NSE), a professores mais qualificados e escolas com melhores condições de recursos físicos, humanos e pedagógicos. Demonstramos que o nível socioeconômico do aluno aparece como uma variável que atua de forma significativa na distribuição das oportunidades educacionais no Brasil, mesmo num contexto de ampliação e universalização do acesso ao ensino fundamental.

Palavras-chave: Desigualdades Socioeducacionais, Nível Socioeconômico, Ensino Fundamental, Brasil

 

Oportunidades educativas en Brasil: qué dicen los datos de Saeb

Este trabajo tiene el propósito de contribuir para la investigación de la desigualdad y la eficacia escolar, mapeando la distribución de las oportunidades educacionales en Brasil en base a los datos del Saeb 2013. Para ello, evaluamos las oportunidades de acceso     de los alumnos de educación básica, según su nivel socioeconómico (NSE), a profesores más cualificados y escuelas con mejores condiciones de recursos físicos, humanos y pedagógicos. Demostramos que el nivel socioeconómico  del  alumno  aparece  como  una variable que actúa de forma significativa en la distribución de las oportunidades educacionales en Brasil, incluso en un contexto de ampliación y universalización del acceso a la educación básica.

Palabras clave: Desigualdades Socioeducativas, Nivel Socioeconómico, Educación Básica, Brasil

 

Educational opportunities in Brazil: what Saeb data say

This paper aims to contribute to the research on inequality and school effectiveness by mapping the distribution of educational opportunities in Brazil based on data from the 2013 SAEB. To do so, we evaluated the opportunities of elementary school students to have access, according to their socioeconomic level (NSE), to more qualified teachers and schools with better physical, human and pedagogical resources. We have demonstrated that the student’s socioeconomic level is an important variable in the distribution of educational opportunities in Brazil, even in a context of expansion and universalization of access to elementary education.

Keywords: Socio-Educational Inequalities, Socio-Economic Level, Elementary School, Brazil
Uma análise sobre a Taxonomia SOLO: aplicações na avaliação educacional
Authors: Mol Solange Maria , Matos Daniel Abud Seabra
Published: January 2020

Os objetivos desta pesquisa são apresentar a Taxonomia SOLO como instrumento metodológico na avaliação educacional e realizar uma revisão da literatura sobre o uso dessa na avaliação educacional no Brasil. A SOLO é uma taxonomia cognitiva composta por cinco níveis que crescem em complexidade: 1) pré-estrutural; 2) uniestrutural; 3) multiestrutural; 4) relacional; e 5) abstrato estendido. Esses níveis são subdivididos em duas categorias de aprendizagem: superficial e profunda. A SOLO apresenta muitas aplicações: avaliação de sala de aula, avaliação externa, formação de professores, elaboração de questões, entre outras. O número reduzido de pesquisas encontradas confirma o pouco uso dessa taxonomia no cenário brasileiro. Assim a contribuição do nosso trabalho é apresentar a SOLO e seus usos.
Christian Pastors and Alleged Child Witches in Kinshasa, DRC
Authors: Priest Robert J. , Ngolo Abel , Stabell Timothy
Published: January 2020

Against earlier predictions, witch accusations are proliferating and flourishing in many modern, urban, and Christian environments. And they are taking new forms. One dramatic change involves who is accused, with children now often the prime suspects when misfortunes occur. Another dramatic change relates to who is consulted when witch suspicions are present. Rather than non-Christian diviners or traditional healers, many now consult Christian pastors and prophets for help in identifying witches and dealing with them. Based on a survey of 713 pastoral leaders in Kinshasa from all major church traditions, and on supplemental qualitative research, this report 1) explores the profile of accused children, 2) identifies what these children are accused of, 3) identifies what sorts of evidence are used to establish the guilt of the accused child, and 4) considers the consequences to the child of being labeled a witch. Furthermore, this report explores what it is that church leaders believe, teach, and practice in relationship to child-witch allegations—considering the role of church tradition and theological education on their patterns of understanding and engagement. Specifically, we identify and examine two broad paradigms widely present in Kinshasa churches—a “witch diagnosis and deliverance paradigm” and a “child protection paradigm.” We consider some grassroots strategies of transformative engagement engaged in by l’Équipe Pastorale auprès des Enfants en Détresse [EPED] leaders, and end by inviting African theological and pastoral leaders into a conversation about the impact of theological understandings, congregational discourses, spiritual disciplines, and pastoral practices on the well-being and flourishing of vulnerable children.
Wychowanie dzieci przez rodziców w poradnikach chrześcijańskich doradców
Authors: Dudziak Urszula
Published: January 2020

Wychowanie dzieci to pierwsze, podstawowe, doniosłe, ale i bardzo trudne zadanie rodziców. Dużą pomocą w wychowaniu są poradniki napisane przez chrześcijańskich doradców. Rozdział przedstawia ogólne zasady wychowania sformułowane przez św. Jana Chryzostoma, Kongregację Nauki Wiary oraz takich autorów jak: R. Cambell, G. Chapman, J. Dobson, J. McDowell, M. Dziewiecki, A. Urbaniak, M. i P. Wołochowicz. Konkretną i szczegółową pomocą w procesie wychowania jest zwrócenie uwagi na rozwój miłości, wzrastanie w cnocie czystości i tworzenie sprzyjających warunków do życia zgodnego z wyznawaną wiarą. Informacja o treściach zawartych w poradnikach chrześcijańskich doradców może być przydatna dla osób odpowiedzialnych za wychowanie młodego pokolenia: rodziców, nauczycieli, katechetów, księży i pracowników duszpasterstwa rodzin.
Niektóre predyktory związków z rówieśnikami dla adolescentów z rodzin samotnych matek
Authors: Napora Elżbieta
Published: January 2020

Celem badań było oszacowanie modelu zależności między ilością kontaktów z nieobecnym ojcem i wsparciem od dziadków a komunikowaniem się z rówieśnikami dla adolescentów z rodziny samotnej matki. Hipoteza, że ilość kontaktu z nieobecnym ojcem i wsparcie od dziadków pozwala przewidywać komunikowanie się z rówieśnikami dla adolescentów z rodziny samotnej matki była weryfikowana za pomocą Berlińskich Skal Wsparcia Społecznego, autorską Skalą Komunikowania się z Rówieśnikami oraz danych dotyczących ilości kontaktu dziecka z nieobecnym ojcem w grupie 182 adolescentów z rodziny samotnej matki. Wyniki pokazały, że ilość kontaktów dorastającego z ojcem nieobecnym w rodzinie istotnie wiąże się ze spostrzeganym wsparciem od dziadków i z otwartym komunikowaniem się z rówieśnikami.