bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
HPV with genital pathogens and antibiotics resistance genes among female sex worker
Authors: Tovo Sessi Frida Appoline , Zohoncon Théodora Mahoukèdè , Dabire Amana Metuor , Ilboudo Régine , Tiemtoré Rahimatou Yasmine , Obiri-Yeboah Dorcas , Yonli Albert Théophane , Ouédraogo Rogomenoma Alice , Ouattara Abdoul Karim , Sorgho Pegdwende Abel , Ouermi Djeneba , Djigma Florencia Wendkuuni , Ouédraogo Charlemagne , Sangaré Lassana , Simporé Jacques
Published: November 2020

Context: Genital infections and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) remain a real public health problem in the world predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of this study was to determine co-infection of HPV, Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG); Chlamydia trachomatis (CT); Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) and Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) among female sex workers in West Africa and to search antibiotics resistance genes. This study could serve as a support for the management of patients infected. Methods: The study took place in Ouagadougou in July 2019 and from June to July 2020. It was a cross-sectional study with descriptive and analytical aims. A total of 182 samples from sex workers of West and Central African origins, were analyzed by real-time PCR and resistance genes by classical PCR after DNA extraction. Data were entered and analyzed using the IBM SPSS software in its 21 version and Epi Info 6. Tables and figures were produced using IBM SPSS Statistics version 20 and Microsoft Excel 2007. Chi-square and fischer tests were used for comparisons Epi info version 7. with a significant difference for p ˂ 0.05. Results: These women, who came from nine different countries, were aged 17–50 years with an average age of 27.12 ± 6.09 years and had an average of 415.9 ± 75.2 sexual partners per year. HPV and vaginosis co-infection (NG, CT, MG and TV) was 85%. The prevalence of bacteria was: NG 13.74%, CT 11.54% and MG 11.54%. Among the HPV co-infections the most common were HPV/NG (15%), HPV/MG (12%), and HPV/CT (8%). %). The antibiotic resistance genes identified are: bla QNR B 24%, bla GES 22%, bla SHV 17%, bla CTX−M 13%; bla QNR S 1%. Conclusions: This study showed that the majority of sex workers of West and Central African origin working in Ouagadougou were infected with multiple STIs. This confirms that the presence of genital infections and STIs remains a real public health problem. The scale of these infections and the detection of associated resistance genes require increased surveillance of the molecular epidemiology of these pathogens.
Preference for Initiation of End-of-Life Care Discussion: a quantitative study
Authors: Eng Venita , Hewitt Victoria , Kekalih Aria
Published: November 2020

Background: Initiating discussion about end of life is often considered a difficult topic for healthcare providers, thus there is a need for further research to understand this area, particularly in developing countries. This study seeks to describe preferences for the initiation of end-of-life care conversations in Indonesia, comparing the general population and health care professionals.Methods: This study was a cross-sectional descriptive study to gain quantitative data utilizing a questionnaire distributed online. There was a total of 368 respondents (254 general population (69%); 114 healthcare professionals (31%)) with a consecutive sampling method. Result: Overall, most respondents (80.4%) would like to discuss the end of life issues with a healthcare professional in case of terminal illness. This was more marked amongst health care professionals compared with the general population (94% vs. 75%, respectively, p < 0,001). The preferred time for discussion was at first diagnosis (63%) or the request of the patients (27%), and the preferred person to start the discussion was the doctor (64%). Depth of information varies as fewer respondents would want to know about prognosis than diagnosis (76% v 93%).Conclusion: Doctors have vital role in end-of-life care discussion, and attempts should be made to encourage physicians to initiate end-of-life care discussion when needed. Further qualitative study in this topic would help to create a practical guideline to aid physicians in end-of-life care discussion.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on other respiratory virus outbreaks
Authors: Yum Sujin , Hong Kwan , Kim Jeehyun , Chun Byung Chul
Published: November 2020

The preventive measures to control the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic could affect other virus outbreaks. However, any changes in their incidence have not been evaluated. This study aimed to determine how the COVID-19 management policy has influenced the positive rates of other respiratory viruses. We collected data from the weekly reports of Korea Influenza and Respiratory Viruses Surveillance System on eight targeted viruses—adenovirus, human bocavirus, human coronavirus, human metapneumovirus, human rhinovirus, influenza virus, parainfluenza virus, and respiratory syncytial virus—from weeks 1 to 18 per year for the past 10 years. We compared the mean of each week in 2020 with the past 10 years using paired t-test. The study period was divided based on the date of the first COVID-19 case in South Korea (before: weeks 1–4; after: weeks 5–18). The overall positive rate of the respiratory viral infection was 38.7% in 2020 and 62.0% in 2010–2019. The positive rates of respiratory viruses with seasonality—hRV, IFV, and PIV—decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the positive rate of RSV increased significantly in the early weeks, the changes after week 5 were not significant. This phenomenon may be attributed to the strict COVID-19 control measures.
Multiparametric MRI and 18F-DCFPyL PET/CT for detection of locally recurrent prostate cancer after low dose rate brachytherapy
Authors: Walker Stephanie M. , Fernandez Martina , Roy Soumyajit , Mena Esther , Sackett Jonathan , Mease Ronnie , Merino Maria , Pomper Martin , Salerno Kilian , Schott Erica , Wood Bradford , Pinto Peter , Lindenberg Liza , Choyke Peter , Citrin Deborah , Turkbey Baris
Published: November 2020

Background and purpose: Both multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) and prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeting positron emission tomography (PET) imaging have shown promise in early localization of prostate cancer (PCa) recurrence after primary external beam radiotherapy. Detecting recurrence after brachytherapy for PCa using MRI is significantly hampered by susceptibility artifacts secondary to brachy seeds. Here, we compare the efficacy of 18F-DCFPyL (2-(3-{1-carboxy-5-[(6-18F-fluoro-pyridine-3-carbonyl)-amino]-pentyl}-ureido)-pentanedioic acid) PET/CT versus mpMRI for detecting sites of local recurrence after low dose rate (LDR) brachytherapy for prostate cancer.Materials and methods: A total of 155 patients with a history of recurrent PCa who underwent mpMRI at 3 Tesla and 18F-DCFPyL PET/CT were retrospectively reviewed. Patients who underwent LDR brachytherapy for PCa and had subsequent biochemical recurrence (BCR) followed by mpMRI and 18F-DCFPyL PET/CT were included in this study. mpMRI was performed on a 3T scanner with endorectal and surface coils and images were prospectively read by a single expert radiologist. The 18F-DCFPyL PET/CT scan was prospectively interpreted by two nuclear medicine physicians. Patients underwent targeted biopsy when deemed clinically necessary and specimens were interpreted by an expert GU pathologist. Positivity rates (PR) from mpMRI and 18F-DCFPyL PET/CT were compared, and pathology results were used to calculate the positive predictive value (PPV) of each imaging modality for detecting PCa recurrence.Results: 15 patients who underwent LDR brachytherapy and had subsequent biochemical failure were imaged with mpMRI and 18F-DCFPyL PET/CT. 18 non-lymph node lesions were identified on at least one imaging modality. The PR for detection of intraprostatic lesions was 60% (9/15) for both PET/CT and mpMRI, with 3 prostate lesions detected by only one modality. 18F-DCFPyL PET/CT identified pelvic and extra-pelvic lymph nodes in 8 (53%) patients, while mpMRI noted positive lymph node findings in only 2 (13%) patients. A total of 15 lesions corresponding to 9 patients were targeted for biopsy. The PPV of 18F-DCFPyL PET/CT and mpMRI for the detection of local recurrence were 84.6% and 71.4%, respectively. For the detection of intraprostatic lesions, 18F-DCFPyL PET/CT and mpMRI had a PPV of 87.5% and 71.4%, respectively. Conclusion: This case series analysis suggests that 18F-DCFPyL PET/CT may detect local and regional recurrent PCa after LDR brachytherapy at a higher rate than mpMRI and that it has the potential to detect suspicious pelvic lymph nodes at a much higher rate. Further studies are needed to validate these findings in larger cohorts.
A Genomic Census of the Chicken Gut Microbiome using Metagenomics and Culture
Authors: Gilroy Rachel , Ravi Anuradha , Getino Maria , Pursley Isabella , Horton Daniel , Alikhan Nabil-Fareed , Baker David , Gharbi Karim , Hall Neil , Watson Mick , Adriaenssens Evelien M. , Foster-Nyarko Ebenezer , Jarju Sheikh , Secka Arss , Antonio Martin , Oren Aharon , Chaudhuri Roy , Ragione Roberto La , Hildebrand Falk , Pallen Mark
Published: November 2020

Background. The chicken is the most abundant food animal in the world. However, despite its importance, the chicken gut microbiome remains largely undefined. Here, we exploit culture-independent and culture-dependent approaches to deliver a genomic blueprint of this complex microbial community.Results. We performed metagenomic sequencing of fifty chicken faecal samples from two breeds and analysed these, alongside all (n=582) relevant publicly available chicken metagenomes, to cluster over 20 million non-redundant genes and to construct over 5,500 metagenome-assembled bacterial genomes. In addition, we recovered nearly 600 bacteriophage genomes This represents the most comprehensive view of the chicken gut associated microbiome to date, encompassing dozens of novel candidate bacterial genera and hundreds of novel candidate species. Keen to provide a stable, clear and memorable nomenclature for novel species, we devised a scalable combinatorial system for the creation of hundreds of well-formed Latin binomials. We cultured and genome-sequenced bacterial isolates from faeces, documenting thirty novel species, together with three species from the genus Escherichia, including the newly named species Escherichia whittamii.Conclusions. Our metagenomic and culture-based analyses provide new insights into the bacterial, archaeal and bacteriophage components of the chicken gut microbiome. The resulting datasets expand the known diversity of the chicken gut microbiome and provides a key resource for future high-resolution taxonomic and functional studies on the chicken gut microbiome.
Clinicopathological correlation of p63 in Urothelial Carcinoma: Immunohistochemical Study
Authors: Kaur Rupinderjit , Manjari Mridu , Piplani Sanjay
Published: November 2020

Background: Urothelial cancer (UCa) poses a significant medical and public health concern in most parts of the world and is defined as a pan- urothelial disease in which entire urothelium of the renal pelvis to the urethra can undergo malignant transformation.  Bladder tumors account for 90–95% of urothelial carcinomas and are the most common urinary tract malignancy. It is three times less common in females.

Methods: The study was conducted on 40 cases of Urothelial Carcinoma received as biopsy specimens in a tertiary care hospital. There were 20 cases each of low grade and high grade and after grading these were subjected to p63 expression.

Result: 78% of the patients were from 50-75 year age group with Male to Female ratio being 4:1. Painless hematuria was most common complaint. The size varied from 0.5 to 7.2 cm.

For P63, 38 (95%) cases showed positive p63 expression. Of which 20 cases were low grade and 18 (90%) were high grade papillary urothelial carcinomas. Of P63 positive cases 36 cases showed moderate to strong staining intensity whereas two cases showed mild staining intensity. The p63 expression decreased with grade and invasion.

Conclusion:   P63 immunoexpression decreases with increasing grade of tumor as well as with invasion thus showing that its expression is related with good prognosis.
Mesenteric Paraganglioma-A Cyst in The Mist
Authors: B Saniha P , Jadhav M N , Kittur S K
Published: November 2020

Extraadrenal paraganglioma is rarely found in the mesentery. It accounts only for 5-10% of cases and may present incidentally as abdominal mass. We report a case of 30 year old male presented as mass per abdomen. A differential diagnosis of neurogenic tumor or cystic mesothelioma was considered based on CT-abdomen. Histopathological examination showed features of mesenteric paraganglioma and confirmed on immunohistochemistry. This case report highlighted several important key issues regarding diagnosis of paraganglioma, including malignant or metastatic potential, recurrence rate, pre and postoperative imaging study and lifelong follow-up of the patient.
Analysis of Reasons for Discard of Blood and Blood Components in a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India
Authors: Mani Deepika , C Megala , R Thamil Selvi
Published: November 2020

Background: Blood transfusion is an important and essential constituent of present health-care delivery system. Millions of lives are saved every year in regular and emergency situations by the accessibility of safe blood transfusion services. This emphasizes the need for proper utilization of blood and its components with preferably “NO” or minimal wastage. The aim of this study was to find out causes for discarding blood and blood components.

 

Methods: Retrospective analysis was carried out at Vinayaka Missions Medical College and Hospital Blood Bank from October 1st, 2018 to October 31st, 2019.

 

Results: The total number of donors from whom blood was collected during this study period was 2522. Out of which 2507 units of components were prepared. The overall discard rate of blood and its components was 5.95%. Among those 5 (33.33%) whole blood, 28 (1.25%) packed red blood cell concentrate, 93 (4.16%) fresh frozen plasma, 157 (57.51%) platelet concentrate were discarded. The common causes of discarding blood components were due to expiry date 211 (74.56%), 30 (10.60%) were due to sero-reactivity for transfusion transmitted infections, 23 (8.13%) due to leakage of components, 13 (4.59%) due to low volume and other causes were 6 (2.12%).

 

Conclusion: Blood being irreplaceable source, discard rate can be reduced by proper counselling of blood donors, conducting donor screening, adhering to strict donor deferral criteria, notification and counselling of permanently deferred donors. Properly implementing blood transfusion policies will help to utilize the blood components in a proper way, thus resulting in discarding a smaller number of blood bags due to expiry. Continued medical education for technicians with regards to maintenance of proper stock, quality indicators, review of blood management system will further help in reducing discard rate.
HMB-45 Negative Adrenal Angiomyolipoma With A Synchronous Adrenal Adenoma – An Unusual Association
Authors: Nair Gayathri G , Raju Sreeja , Augustine Joy , Nair Vijayalakshmi
Published: November 2020

Background:

Angiomyolipoma (AML) is an uncommon mesenchymal tumour usually found in the kidney. The most common extrarenal site is usually the liver. We report a case of adrenal AML with a predominant vascular component co-existing with an adrenal adenoma.

Case report:

A fifty-year-old male presented with two months history of dysuria. Computed tomography showed a heterogeneous lesion involving the right adrenal gland abutting the right kidney and adjacent liver capsule.  Urine noradrenaline levels were elevated.  Adrenalectomy specimen showed an encapsulated mass measuring 8 x 5 x3.5 cm with a lobulated, grey to tan brown cut surface with areas of haemorrhage and tiny cystic spaces. Another yellowish nodule measuring 1.3 x 1.2 x 1 cm was also noted at one pole. Microscopy showed a neoplasm composed predominantly thick-walled vascular channels admixed with foci of smooth muscle bundles and adipocytes. Yellowish nodule showed features of adrenal adenoma.   HMB-45 was negative and CD34 positivity highlighted the thick and thin walled vessels.

Conclusion:

We present the very first case of HMB-45 negative adrenal AML with a predominant vascular component and a synchronous adrenal adenoma.
Immunohistochemical Expression of Extracellular Matrix Protein-1 in Neoplastic Thyroid Lesions
Authors: Khan Nazoora , Ansari Hena Ayyub , Hasan Naba , Khan Mohammad Amanullah
Published: November 2020

Background: Upregulated Extracellular matrix protein 1 (ECM 1) expression has been observed in several malignancies including breast, thyroid carcinoma, cutaneous melanoma and gastric carcinoma. ECM 1 expression has been evaluated in various epithelial malignancies using real time – reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The purpose of current study is to evaluate the immunohistochemical expression of ECM 1 in various neoplastic lesions of thyroid.

 

Methods: The study included 81 neoplastic thyroid tissue specimens (21 benign and 60 malignant lesions) received over a period of 5 years (2012-2017). Hematoxylin and Eosin stained sections of the tissue specimens were carefully examined under light microscope in order to establish the histopathological diagnosis. The immunohistochemical marker ECM 1 was applied on appropriate sections and the slides were evaluated accordingly.

 

Result: The expression of ECM 1 was nil (grade 0, 47.62% cases) or weak (1+, 52.38% cases) in benign lesions while majority of malignant lesions (78.33%) showed strong homogenous and crisp staining (3+). The difference in the expression of ECM 1 between benign and malignant lesions was found to be statistically significant (p < 0.001). ECM 1 has a diagnostic accuracy of 0.82 and sensitivity of 100% in differentiating benign from malignant lesions.

 

Conclusion: ECM 1 is uniformly upregulated in all malignant thyroid neoplasms irrespective of the histological type of malignancy. Immunohistochemical expression of ECM 1 shows comparable results to RT-PCR. ECM 1 immunohistochemistry can thus serve as an important standalone marker of malignant thyroid tissue.
Diffuse Midline Glioma (H3K27M mutant) in Adult: A Diagnostic Challenge
Authors: Paul Sonal , Gadgil Nitin M , Chaudhari Chetan
Published: November 2020

Introduction: Diffuse midline glioma (DMG), H3K27M mutant is an infiltrative midline high grade glioma with predominantly astrocytic differentiation and K27M mutation in either H3F3A or HIST1H3B/C.

Case Report:  A 45-year-old female presented with complaints of headache and memory loss for 3 months. MRI was suggestive of an infiltrative mass lesion in the quadrigeminal plate cistern suggestive of pineal neoplasm. Squash and histomorphology showed a low-grade astrocytic tumour with infiltrative growth pattern. Microvascular proliferation and necrosis were absent. Immunohistochemistry showed loss of ATRX protein, focal positivity for p53 proteinand IDH1R132H negativity. On molecular analysis, H3K27M mutation was noted and the case was labelled as DMG H3K27Mmutant (WHO IV)

Conclusion: DMG (H3K27M) is a newly added entity in the WHO 4th revised editionof 2016. It presents with a diagnostic challenge as it has varied histomorphology, not requiring atypia, mitosis, endothelial hyperplasia and necrosis for diagnosis as Grade IV.
A Study to Assess the Utility of Cell Block Morphology and Immuno-Cytochemistry For Improving the Pre-Operative Diagnosis of Nodular Thyroid Lesions
Authors: Mishra Shruti , S Kishore Kumar , Das Saumik , Samaddar Aparajita , Das Nandini , Nag Dipanwita
Published: November 2020

Background: Thyroid nodules are quite common in the general population of India with increasing incidence of malignancy worldwide.  Fine Needle Aspiration [FNA] has been the primary modality of pre-operative diagnosis of such lesions till date. But it has got its own share of fallacies and pit-falls. Cell-block [CB] can be done in the same sitting and it gives the advantage of architectural assessment with easy subjectivity to immuno-cytochemical [ICC] staining.

Material and methods: FNA was done in all patients and CB was prepared by formalin method. ICC stains were used in cases with provisional diagnosis of malignancy and in all follicular neoplasm cases. SPSS v.20 was used for analysis. Sensitivity and specificity of cell block was calculated. Diagnostic correlation of both FNA and CB with respect to histopathological examination was done by using student t-test with confidence interval of 95%.

Results: CB showed a correlation coefficient of 0.704 and a p value of 0.0001while FNA showed a correlation coefficient of .464 and a p-value of .001. So, CB showed a strong positive correlation and a high statistical significance. Cell block helped in diagnosing almost all the cases showing discordance in FNA except that of papillary carcinoma where the cellular yield was poor due to   cystic degeneration. Sensitivity of cell block was 89.5% and Specificity was 96.9%.

Conclusions: Cell block is definitely a good ancillary examination for thyroid nodular lesions in addition to FNA. It should be routinely performed in all thyroid cases as it improves the diagnostic yield and accuracy of cytological diagnosis.
THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON DETONATION PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY OF THE DIFLUOROAMINO-PRISMANE DERIVATIVES
Authors: Li Butong , LI Lulin , Peng Ju
Published: November 2020

The difluoroamino derivatives of prismane were designed and calculated at the B3LYP/6-311G** level. The detonation performances, as well as the band gap, were investigated to look for high energy density compounds. Our calculations showed that difluoroamino group is an effective substitute group for increasing density and heats of formation. All compounds have large heats of formation, and there is a linear relationship between the heats of formation (HOFs) and the substituent numbers. Bond dissociation energies of trigger bonds are all over 200kJ/mol, which indicated that these prismane derivatives have good stability. More than three substituted groups made the detonation performances meet the requirement of energetic materials. Our calculations provided basic information for the further syntheses of title molecules.
Retractos da arqueologia portuguesa na imprensa: (in)visibilidades no feminino
Authors: Costeira Catarina , Luís Elsa
Published: November 2020

In this paper, we address the visibility of women in Portuguese archaeology and how that image is perceived by the society, through the lens of the digital written press of the last ten years. Considering sources found in archeology news as a representation of the distribution of women in different areas of archaeological activity, and their respective positions, we’ve noticed a surprising disparity found in male and female sources, especially at a time when we have reached gender parity in active archeology professionals. This female invisibility contributes to the maintenance of gender prejudices and limits the examples that we pass on to the new generations
O Caderno Reivindicativo e as condições de trabalho em Arqueologia
Authors: Rocha Miguel , Carvalho Liliana Matias , Barbosa Regis , Correia Mauro , Simões Sara , Bugalhão Jacinta , Brito Sara , Carvalho Liliana Veríssimo , Peace Richard , Peça Pedro , Santos Cézer
Published: November 2020

Being an archaeology professional in Portugal means, for the vast majority, working under job insecurity and labour law deregulation, in unworthy and unfair working conditions. In this sense, the elaboration of a Caderno Reivindicativo (a list of demands) for work in Archaeology is a concrete proposal for discussion and mobilization towards change and improvement of working conditions. Therefore, it is a fundamental and urgent line of action for STARQ – The Portuguese archaeologists’ union. By inviting others to discuss the announced claims, STARQ seeks to expand the understanding of workers’ rights, creating among them a greater sense of organization and unity, essential to the achievement and warranty of their rights
O fim do ciclo. Saneamento e gestão de resíduos nos edifícios termais de Mirobriga (Santiago do Cacém)
Authors: Felício Catarina , Sousa Filipe
Published: November 2020

The bath buildings identified in Mirobriga were built a low area, surrounded by several hills. Both are well preserved allowing for a detailed analysis of a fundamental part of its functioning: the sewage system. Despite being dedicated to bathing and body care, bath buildings are, none the less, responsible for a great amount of pollution, due to the vast volume of wastewater generated. The analysis of the drainage/sewage system and of the overall waste produced within these buildings has brought some light to the subject as well as giving a clearer picture of what could have been overall atmosphere and salubrity in and around these places of leisure and socialization.
Instrumentos de pesca recuperados numa fábrica de salga em Ossonoba (Faro)
Authors: Rasteiro Inês , Silva Ricardo Costeiro da , Botelho Paulo
Published: November 2020

This paper addresses a group of fishing tools gathered in 2017 at an archaeological survey in a new fish production complex identified on the riverside of Faro. Like similar sets found on identical officinae, this collection is composed by hooks, needles and a clay net weight. Regarding the historic and archaeological significance of the instruments, it was intended, in addition to their catalogue and morpho-typological description, a mention of the fishing techniques used in this chronological period, confronting with the information provided by similar researches in the region
Yábura e o seu território – uma análise histórico‑arqueológica de Évora entre os séculos VIII‑XII
Authors: Santos José Rui
Published: November 2020

The attack carried out on Évora by the hand of the Christian knight Ordonho II in 912 was a decisive event for the change of paradigm and evolution of the city. This vulnerability of the Garb’s territories led to Évora being rebuilt and repopulated, becoming a relevant city for the Taifa of Badajoz in the 11th century, bringing to this territory a culturally mostly Islamized paradigm, assuming, from here, as an essential point in the relationship between the land routes that crossed the middle and lower marks of al-Andalus
A encosta sul do Castelo de Palmela – resultados preliminares da escavação arqueológica
Authors: Pereira Luís Filipe , Santos Michelle Teixeira
Published: November 2020

Presentation of the preliminary results of the archaeological excavation in the South hillside of the Castle of Palmela
O registo material de movimentações populacionais no Médio Tejo, durante os séculos XII-XIII. Dois casos de “sunken featured buildings”, nos concelhos de Cartaxo e Torres Novas
Authors: Liberato Marco , Santos Helena , Santos Nuno
Published: November 2020

This paper presents and discusses two cases of sunken featured buildings in Tagus Valley region. The pottery recovered in association with the structures is similar to the productions of central e northern provinces of the Iberian Peninsula, where Islamic influences were tenuous or even non-existent. Both the typology of these contexts and the likely origin of their builders, allows us to equate their correspondence with temporary habitats of newcomers ready to settle after the Christian conquest of the area, in the XIIth century. In conclusion, we are probably dealing with the material record of the human element that supported the progressive implementation in this region of a different social formation, promoting new formulas of territorial control
O nordeste transmontano nos alvores da Idade média. Notas para reflexão
Authors: Oliveira Ana Maria da Costa
Published: November 2020

To understand the border of the northeastern region of Trás-os-Montes, it’s defense system and dynamics in the context of the Portuguese Kingdom formation, requires a knwoledge of the territorial ocupation whose genisis dive in ancestral periods. The strategies and settlement options of the population over the centuries, obeyed different conditions and opportunities and draw a scenario that would come to frame, with all its difficulties and vicissitudes, the autonomic policy in relation to the Leonese / Castilian territory. The imbalance in the knowledge that has been produced about these ancestral periods, namely the absence of information about the early medieval period in this region, raised some questions and gave rise to a critical analysis of the known data, leading to the proposal of diversified approaches and new perspecives
Sepulturas escavadas na rocha do Norte de Portugal e do Vale do Douro: primeiros resultados do Projecto SER-NPVD
Authors: Barroca Mário Jorge , Guedes César , Arezes Andreia , Oliveira Ana Maria
Published: November 2020

In this text, we present the preliminary results of the project “Rock-cut graves from Northern Portugal and the Douro Valley (SER-NPVD)”, a project that intends to systematize the information about the rock graves in the North of Portugal, covering both banks of the Douro valley and the entire territory located north of this river. We also present an outline of the identified sites and correlated graves, approaching their main features and the type of funerary space in which they are inserted. Furthermore, we propose a first insight focused both on the integration of these monuments in the landscape, and on their relation with some of the structuring patterns of settlement.
Um Espaço Funerário Conventual do séc. XV em Lisboa: o caso do Convento de São Domingos da Cidade
Authors: Pedroso Sérgio , Casimiro Sílvia , Silva Rodrigo Banha da , Cardoso Francisca
Published: November 2020

In 1999-2001, an archaeological excavation took place at Praça da Figueira (Lisbon), in response to a municipal plan for the rehabilitation and revitalization of public space. The knowledge about the physiognomy of the area in Late Middle Ages was poorly understood, although several coeval documents ensured it corresponded in most of the area excavated to the vegetable gardens area of the Dominican Convent, founded in the 1242, and on which it would rise, from 1492, the Royal Hospital of All Saints. It is in this context that a medieval enclosed area was recognized, which in the 15th century, was used for funerary practice. Eight shallow graves were identified, in a framework that suggests a regular spatial management
Um perfil de consumo do século XVIII na foz do Tejo: O caso do Mercado da Ribeira, Lisboa
Authors: Ferreira Sara da Cruz , Silva Rodrigo Banha da , Bargão André
Published: November 2020

In late 2003 and in 2004, urban remodelation of the east wing of Mercado da Ribeira revealed the remains of São Paulo´s Fort and Quay. Both structures were built on top of a land filing originated by post-1755 Lisbon Earthquake city reconstruction of S. Paulo’s parish. In the layers a large set of pottery was collected, enclosing chronologies within the first half of the 18th century, a fine example of consumption pattern of Lisbon’s Western Riverfront here displayed, including some pottery categories present in 18th century daily life, often neglected by Early Modern Archaeology studies
As muitas vidas de um edifício urbano: História, Arqueologia e Antropologia no antigo Recreatório Paroquial de Penafiel
Authors: Bernardo Helena , Sampaio Jorge , Borges Marta
Published: November 2020

The work presented here summarizes the results of the archaeological intervention carried out between October 2018 and April 2019, within the Recovery and Restoration Project of the Recreatório Paroquial Penafidelense (parish and municipality of Penafiel, district of Porto), located in the primitive nucleus of the place Arrifana de Sousa, in the old parish of S. Martinho de Moazares, today in the heart of the Historic of the city of Penafiel. The building is a particular patrimonial interest due to the varied set of functions that were assigned to it between the 14th century (?) and today: hostel/hospital, chapel, headquarters of the Irmandade da Misericórdia and theater.
A antiga fortificação de Quelba / Khor Kalba (E.A.U.). Resultados de quatro campanhas de escavações, problemáticas e perspectivas futuras
Authors: Carita Rui , Gomes Rosa Varela , Gomes Mário Varela , Kamyad Kamyar
Published: November 2020

Four brief archaeological digging campaigns, taking place from 2017 to 2020, lead to the identification of the old Quelba/Khor Kalba (Sharjah Emirate) fortress remains, on the Oman Gulf coast, where the Portuguese, under the Gaspar Leite command, took in 1624 and they stayed about two decades. The fortress was built with mud walls, only partially laying on stone foundations, with quadrangular shape plan, measuring 50 m each side, and was protected, at least, on the two corners turned to the see, by circular plan towers. Inside the fortification walls we have found living floors made with gypsum and sand, house postholes, ovens, fire places, dirt pits and a well, as diversified artefacts remains, namely ceramics, that we can date between the late 16th and 18th centuries
Colónias para homens novos: arqueologia da colonização agrária fascista no noroeste ibérico
Authors: Vila Xurxo Ayán , Señorán Martín José Mª
Published: November 2020

From a comparative approach, we propose in this communication an Archaeology of some of the agrarian colonies implanted in the northwest of the Iberian peninsula: Lamas (Paredes de Coura), the colonization project of the wastelands of Montalegre and Boticas (Barroso) and the Plan de Colónización de la Tierra Llana (Lugo, Galicia). Despite being an area that shares common characteristics (same climate, small landowners, marginality), the solutions adopted have generated different materialities. From the Archaeology of the Recent Past, recently developed in Portugal, we raised theoretical and methodological questions for the study of this type of contemporary domestic space. This research is carried out within the scope of the Archaeology of Contemporary Past and Heritage Socialization project, funded by FCT (CEECIND / 04218/2017)
Arqueologia na Cidade de Peniche
Authors: Constantino Adriano , Rendeiro Luís
Published: November 2020

The valuation and concept of heritage interpretation has changed over the last hundred years in Peniche. Until the middle of the 20th century, there was a constant destruction of the built heritage (religious and military) in favor of “progress”. In response to this destruction and in an attempt to defend the existing heritage, in the second half of the same century the classification of several monuments emerged through the publication of decree-laws. However, the archaeological heritage has been neglected, and it will be necessary to wait for the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the next for urban archeology to gain a prominent role and source of information
A aproximação da Arqueologia à sala de aula: um caso de estudo no 3º ciclo do Ensino Básico
Authors: Gil Luís Serrão
Published: November 2020

In this article we intent to synthesize part of the activities developed during the realization of our Supervised Teaching Practice (PES) within the scope of the master’s thesis, (The use of artifacts in the teaching of history), in history teaching by the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences. This took on a qualitative and quantitative methodological approach that aimed to make the artifacts into fundamental pedagogical tools for the teaching of history
Mediação cultural: peixe que puxa carroça nas Ruínas Romanas de Troia
Authors: Pinto Inês Vaz , Magalhães Ana Patrícia , Brum Patrícia , Santos Filipa
Published: November 2020

The enhancement project of the Roman fish-salting production centre of Troia began in 2006 with a strong component of cultural mediation answering the demand of the public. This mediation continued as a natural development of the investigation and valorization of the site, opened to the public in 2011, and became a proposal of cultural activities and a strong investment in heritage education. Several “carts” have been pulling this cultural mediation, such as the visit of the site, and specially the guided tour, but also school programs and thematic animations for children and adults through small and large events. The main goal is the knowledge and the recognition of the monument as cultural inheritance to be respected and preserved
Imagens fantasmagóricas, silhuetas elusivas: as figuras humanas na arte do Paleolítico Superior da região do Côa
Authors: Reis Mário
Published: November 2020

The representation of the human figure is rare in European Paleolithic art, and the Côa region is no exception, although Paleolithic anthropomorphs have been known in its open-air art since the beginning. At first restricted to two sites, their quantity and territorial dispersion has considerably expanded in recent years, with the continued work of survey, review and registration of decorated rocks, and currently amount to almost half a hundred, despite the doubts concerning the classification of several among them. This text presents the complete set of these figures in the Côa art, divided in their main chronological and typological groups, and briefly reflecting on their possible continuation for the cultural phase subsequent to the Upper Paleolithic
O Castro do Muro (Vandoma/Baltar, Paredes) – notas para uma biografia de ocupação da Idade do Bronze à Idade Média
Authors: Silva Maria Antónia D. , Bettencourt Ana M. S. , Silva António Manuel S. P , Félix Natália
Published: November 2020

This work intends to update the knowledge related to the human occupation of “Castro do Muro” from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages. This place has a significant tradition in archaeological literature due to the presence of an imposing walled circuit, whose width oscillates between 3.5 to 4 meters and a perimeter of 3.927 meters, within which was built an important settlement that emerged during the Late Bronze Age and extends to the Old Iron Age. There was also a Roman occupation, a probable rock castle and a medieval monastery, as attested by the ceramic, lithic and metallic materials collected in archaeological works and surface findings.
Do castro de S. João ao Mosteiro de Santa Clara: notícia de uma intervenção arqueológica, em Vila do Conde
Authors: Pinheiro Rui
Published: November 2020

This article aims to make known the data obtained with the archaeological excavation carried out on the terrace located to the east of the Santa Clara conventual building, in Vila do Conde. After the diagnostic surveys carried out in the first phase and with the measured data, the full excavation of the above-mentioned area was carried out
O castro de Ovil (Espinho), um quarto de século de investigação – resultados e questões em aberto
Authors: Salvador Jorge Fernando , Silva António Manuel S. P.
Published: November 2020

Castro of Ovil is a small Iron Age settlement located on the coastal cord between the rivers Douro and Vouga, center-north Portugal. After several campaigns of archaeological excavations, between 1981 and 2006, its study was recently restarted. The site has an uncommon defensive system, structured only by a deep ditch, partially duplicated, and presents an exclusively indigenous architecture, composed of circular constructions, with and without a vestibule, nuclearized by their orientation towards shared yards. Archaeological studies, complemented by two radiocarbon dating, point to three horizons of occupation in the settlement: Phase IA (4th-3rd centuries BC), Phase IB (3rd-2nd centuries BC) and Phase II (2nd-1st centuries BC, with eventual abandonment at the beginning of the first century)
O Castro de Salreu (Estarreja), um povoado proto-histórico no litoral do Entre Douro e Vouga
Authors: Silva Sara Almeida e , Silva António Manuel S. P. , Lemos Paulo A. P. , Sá Edite Martins de
Published: November 2020

The Castro of Salreu, located in the municipality of Estarreja (Aveiro, center‑north of Portugal), is one of the most coastal proto‑historic settlements of the region between Douro and Vouga rivers, enjoying a privileged location on a meander of the river Antuã. The site has been the target, in recent years, of archaeological works that uncovered structures in two main areas, one of a housing nature and the other, corresponding to the de‑ fensive and delimiting structure of space. The five archaeological campaigns carried out allowed the collection of more than 35,000 ceramic fragments, some lithic artifacts, an engraved plaque, few metal objects and a set of more than two dozen glass paste beads. It is proposed that their occupation occurred between the 4th/3rd centuries BC and the change of the Age
Vasos gregos em Portugal: diferentes maneiras de contar a história do intercâmbio cultural na Idade do Ferro
Authors: Ferreira Daniela
Published: November 2020

This paper aimed to describe and interpret the archaeological data available associated to the Greek pottery and commercial relations concerning the Eastern Mediterranean and the current Portuguese territory, between the 7th and the 4th centuries b.C.
Os Mosaicos com decoração geométrica e geométrico-vegetalista dos sítios arqueológicos da área do Conuentus Bracaraugustanus. Novas abordagens quanto à conservação, restauro, decoração e datação
Authors: Abraços Maria de Fátima , Wrench Licínia
Published: November 2020

The present study allows us to revisit some of the mosaics already studied in the Corpus of Roman Mosaics of Conuentus Bracaraugustanus published in June 2019, by the Centro de Estudos Históricos da Universidade NOVA of Lisbon, regarding decoration and state of conservation. Examples of the decisions taken during archaeological interventions regarding the mosaic survey and the consequent diversification of approaches in the presentation and/or documentation of the mosaics under study will be indicated, which are mostly justified due to additional information that was known and was provided to us after the publication of the Corpus
Um almofariz centro-itálico na foz do Mondego
Authors: Penajoia Marco
Published: November 2020

The Santos Rocha Municipal Museum held an Exhibition and Colloquium entitled: “Santos Rocha, Archaeology and Territories of Figueira da Foz”. This event is aimed at raising awareness for archaeology and the local archaeological heritage, through the exhibition of some museum exhibits never before exposed and unpublished, including a fragment of a Roman mortar. With this article, we intend to disseminate and develop the study of this artefact. It is a centre-italic mortarium and Dramont D2 typology identified in the area called Igreja Velha do Negrote-Alqueidão. This type of artefact, given its specificity, supports the investigation regarding the degree of romanization at the mouth of the Mondego river. A geographical position with high fluvial-maritime dynamics
Intervenção arqueológica na Rua Marquês de Pombal/Largo do Espírito Santo (Bucelas, Loures)
Authors: Estevão Florbela , Antunes-Ferreira Nathalie , Neves Dário Ramos , Lisboa Inês
Published: November 2020

In May 2018, the need to replace an old wall, located at Rua Marquês de Pombal / Largo do Espírito Santo, in Bucelas, in the municipality of Loures, exposed the remains of an ancient cemetery that motivated an archaeological intervention, that run until December 2019. The archaeological excavations allowed the identification of a necropolis context, composed by 157 primary and secondary inhumations, two ossuaries (1 and 2) containing, respectively, 101 and 262 individuals, and bone reductions, distributed by a wide chronology (15th to 19th centuries). Under the necropolis layers, it was identified the remains of a Roman occupation dating back to the 1st and the 2nd centuries AD, consisting of simple mural structures, belonging to three sub-quadrangular compartments
Banco Nacional da Previdência Social
Authors: Moreira Oscar Victorino
Published: November 2020

Desde a Encíclica de Leão X III, «Rerum Novarum», que existe a preocupação geral de ser estudada e equacionada a questão social, sendo de notar os estudos feitos em diversos países. Infelizmente não tem predominado um espirito humano, econômico e cristão nesses estudos, prevalecendo o sentido político. Poucos são os exemplos de estudos visando aturadamente aqueles aspetos; muitos vestem as roupagens caracterizantes daquelas condições mas, em realidade, visam exclusivamente o lado político. A questão social é essencialmente de fundo humano e econômico, devendo ser tratada por um espírito cristão. Já houve tempo em que era dito que essa questão nada mais seria que um caso de polícia. Como poderia ser um caso de polícia, em seu todo, se observamos que ela resulta de fatores independentes do indivíduo? A seca do Nordeste, a geada, a superprodução, a recessão, a superpopulação, a escassez de alimentos, e tantas outras causas poderão ser desconhecidas para classificarmos a questão social como um caso de polícia? Aquelas causas, aliadas a diversas outras, são as determinantes da chamada questão social.
O Trabalho é que Importa
Authors: Hieronymus George H.
Published: November 2020

Ha uma tese amplamente reconhecida e que não provoca controvérsias — a de que um dos maiores objetivos da administração de pessoal consiste na criação de uma força de trabalho mais produtiva. Tal conceito, sem dúvida alguma, tem estado latente nas cogitações das equipes de administração de pessoal do governo, as quais talvez o saibam situado além de suas possibilidades e que, por longo tempo, não fazem a respeito senão afirmações algo pomposas. Nós, porém, acreditamos que esse tópico se deveria transformar num objetivo mais específico e mais cheio de sentido, em muitos dos atuais programas federais de pessoal. E se semelhante objetivo, tal como é expresso em justificações orçamentárias, relatórios anuais e planos de pessoal, deve significar algo mais que uma nobre ambição, há toda uma série de medidas a tomar, dentre elas sendo, talvez, uma das mais importantes a necessidade de examinarmos com cuidado algumas de nossas atitudes e certos conceitos gerais, alterando tudo aquilo que pareça precisar de revisão.
Salário-família de Mãe de Funcionário
Authors: Moreira Oscar Victorino
Published: November 2020

O benefício concedido, interpretado literalmente, está restrito à mãe viúva. Segundo o Código Civil Brasileiro, a viuvez é um dos estados civis, decorrente do falecimento do cônjuge. Condição fundamental, portanto, será o fato de ter havido casamento, porque sem este é impossível a viuvez. O intérprete, todavia, não pode submeter-se exclusivamente à letra da lei sem observar outros ângulos da questão, diretamente relacionados com a matéria, e é isso justamente o que iremos fazer.
Chefia e Produção
Authors: Xavier Zelyr
Published: November 2020

Chefe — é o responsável pelo resultado final das atividades de sua equipe de trabalho. Partindo da análise da própria conceituação, verificamos, logo, tratar-se — esse resultado final do trabalho da equipe — da sua produção.
Empresas Estatais na França, Itália e na Polônia
Authors: Modiano Maria de Lourdes
Published: November 2020

A atividade econômica do Estado desenvolveu-se no decurso de séculos, mas foi principalmente depois da segunda guerra mundial que conquistou importância essencial. O grande número de empresas estatais criadas após a guerra, tanto nos países socialistas, como nos capitalistas, constitui tema constante de discussão entre juristas e economistas do mundo inteiro. A questão gira, primordialmente, em torno das formas jurídicas e dos métodos de administração dessas entidades, isto é, quanto aos métodos de gestão mais indicados e eficazes, quer do ponto de vista econômico, quer sob o aspecto jurídico.
Orçamento e Administração
Authors: Enap RSP
Published: November 2020

A Lei de Orçamento não é uma lei de meios; é uma lei que aprova um programa de trabalho, para cuja realização o governo utiliza vários meios, entre os quais cumpre destacar os meios financeiros. Palestra realizada na série de conferências sobre cultura brasileira contemporânea pelo Prof. José Teixeira Machado Jr. do corpo docente da E.B.A.P. e Diretor-Adjunto do Instituto Brasileiro de Administração Municipal. O escopo desta palestra está definido na ementa acima, isto é, fazer com que tenhamos a ideia de que o orçamento moderno é, sobretudo, um plano de trabalho e não, simplesmente, a lei que "estima a receita e fixa a despesa”.