bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Colgajo dorsolateral versus colgajo en isla mediopalmar radial para el tratamiento de lesiones traumáticas distales de pulgar. Evaluación clínica
Authors: Pastrana Martín José , Zaidenberg Carlos Rodolfo , Zaidenberg Ezequiel Ernesto , Juárez Cesca Fernando , Martínez Ezequiel , Pastrana José Américo
Published: August 2020

Objetivo: Evaluar clínicamente a pacientes con lesiones distales combinadas del pulgar tratados mediante colgajo dorsolateral o colgajo en isla mediopalmar radial. Materiales y Métodos: Se comparó retrospectivamente a 20 pacientes (14 hombres y 6 mujeres; promedio de edad 35 años) con lesiones traumáticas combinadas distales del pulgar, operados por dos cirujanos, con técnicas diferentes. Los pacientes no tenían antecedentes quirúrgicos y el seguimiento mínimo fue de 24 meses. Se evaluaron el resultado subjetivo usando el índice de satisfacción, la escala analógica visual para dolor y el puntaje QuickDASH, y el resultado objetivo mediante el test de discriminación de 2 puntos, el tiempo quirúrgico promedio y la necesidad de reeducación espacial digital. Resultados: La media desde el ingreso hasta el alta laboral fue de 7 semanas (rango 6-8). Resultados promedio posoperatorios: escala analógica visual 01/10, ambos grupos. Grupo con colgajo dorsolateral: índice de satisfacción 97%, test de discriminación de 2 puntos 4 mm, puntaje QuickDASH 2,5; tiempo quirúrgico 45 min, sin necesidad de reeducación espacial digital. Grupo con colgajo en isla mediopalmar radial: índice de satisfacción 92%, test de discriminación de 2 puntos 6 mm, puntaje QuickDASH 8, tiempo quirúrgico 60 min; 4 pacientes requirieron reeducación espacial digital. Conclusión: Los colgajos dorsolateral y en isla mediopalmar radial resultaron eficaces en el tratamiento de lesiones traumáticas distales del pulgar, aunque el colgajo dorsolateral tuvo mejores puntajes de evaluación objetiva y requirió menos tiempo quirúrgico. Nivel de Evidencia: III
Localismo, desempenho institucional e (in)justiça territorial
Authors: Martins da Fonseca Antonio Angelo
Published: August 2020

A emergência de localismos no contexto do federalismo brasileiro estimula o debate recente sobre justiça territorial na geografia. O objetivo deste artigo é contribuir nesse debate analisando comparativamente o desempenho institucional dos 81 municípios do Estado da Bahia, Brasil, emancipados desde a década de 1980, conforme com o Índice de Desempenho de Gestão do Território (IGT) e com o quadro tipológico constituído por 20 tipos de serviços, oriundos de indicadores sociais, econômicos, gerenciais e de infraestrutura. Os procedimentos metodológicos para a elaboração e cálculo do igt envolveram o levantamento de dados secundários em torno dos indicadores relacionados: a) aos instrumentos de planejamento, regulação e gestão; b) a descentralização política; c) e a justiça e segurança pública. Para o quadro tipológico, os procedimentos envolveram trabalhos de campo e a realização de 112 entrevistas semiestruturadas com 16 lideranças de cada município. Os resultados apontaram que os novos municípios emancipados vêm evoluindo em termos sociais, participativos e gerenciais. Porém, ainda apresentam conteúdos de injustiças territoriais devido às carências de serviços essenciais como rede de esgotos, segurança, lazer e assistência jurídica. A conclusão que se chegou é que as injustiças territoriais são, de fato, os conteúdos mais representativos dos localismos no Estado da Bahia.Ideias destacadas: artigo de pesquisa sobre como as emancipações de municípios são exemplos de ações localistas. Os localismos expressam a densidade de justiça territorial dos municípios. O Índice de Desempenho de Gestão do Território (IGT) revela a (in)justiça territorial. Os novos municípios apresentam (in)justiça territorial.
Fixos e fluxos: revisitando um par conceitual
Authors: Barros José D'Assunção
Published: August 2020

O artigo propõe revisar e discutir o par conceitual “fluxos e fixos” proposto pelo geógrafo brasileiro Milton Santos nos anos 1970, ampliando um quadro de exemplos pertinentes e produzindo um esquema compreensivo válido para este sistema conceitual. O uso desse par conceitual na Geografia e em outras áreas das Ciências Humanas é ainda pertinente na atualidade, pois permite apreender tanto as estruturas como o movimento de uma cena geográfica. Em vista disto, retomar o conceito e ampliar suas possibilidades e campos de aplicação torna-se relevante. Em uma sessão inicial, comenta-se a importante percepção de que o espaço contém tempo, encaminhada por geógrafos do início do século XX, como Vidal de La Blache. Entrementes, sustenta-se que, se foi uma contribuição vital a percepção do tempo acumulado no espaço geográfico, é preciso também dar a perceber que o tempo também está presente nas paisagens geográficas pelo simples fato de que estas não são estáticas, aspecto contemplado pela complementaridade recíproca do par conceitual fixos-fluxos.Ideias destacadas: artigo de revisão e reflexão sobre o par conceitual “fluxos/fixos” proposto pelo geógrafo brasileiro Milton Santos. Reexamina-se a contribuição desse geógrafo, e exploram-se os desdobramentos dessa perspectiva teórica. Acrescenta-se um refinamento original através de uma tipologia mais especificada de diferentes tipos de fluxos e fixos.
As duas maiores papeleiras do mundo e seus cativeiros de papel: reflexões sobre o caso de um assentamento localizado no bolsão sul-matogrossense
Authors: Lopes Cláudio Ribeiro , Miranda Napoleão
Published: August 2020

A incidência de indústrias papeleiras na região de Três Lagoas, a partir de 2009, trouxe uma série de compromissos e consequências aos assentados da reforma agrária. Com a oferta de isenções fiscais ilimitadas, financiamento público via BNDES e outros programas e projetos de fomento industrial, as indústrias se estabeleceram e iniciaram os processos para duplicação de suas plantas industriais. Já, os assentados ficam à mercê, pois, não têm condições de obter acesso a investimentos, nem a financiamentos dos bancos públicos e demais agências de fomento. Nessa perspectiva, a única fonte de financiamento da produção agrícola familiar acaba sendo as próprias papeleiras, por meio de seus PDS – planos e programas de desenvolvimento sustentável. Apenas no assentamento onde se desenvolveu a empiria há 181 lotes, mas, menos de 20 foram beneficiados pelos financiamentos. Nesse sentido, a forma e o modelo de financiamento, a velocidade e volume de recursos aportados ficam à discricionariedade absoluta e exclusiva das próprias papeleiras, o que repercute social e economicamente entre os assentados, criando como que uma zona de aprisionamento dos assentados às papeleiras, aqui denominadas cativeiros de papel.
Desenvolvimento sustentável empresarial: práticas e concepções sobre sustentabilidade na cadeia produtiva do plástico verde
Authors: Wolffenbüttel Rodrigo Foresta , Garcia Sandro Ruduit
Published: August 2020

A partir do pressuposto que economias de mercado são reguladas por ordens sociais que regulam ou limitam as trocas com base em convenções, normas e valores, o presente estudo busca investigar o conjunto de sentidos atribuídos à sustentabilidade pelos atores empresariais e sua transformação em cursos de ação produtiva e econômica nas empresas. Uma vez que a sustentabilidade se refere a um valor em constante disputa e a efetividade dos sentidos atribuídos a ela depende da representação sobre a sua validade, a pesquisa voltou-se para as concepções de sustentabilidade e transformações promovidas por empresas que aderiram ao plástico verde, um plástico cuja matéria-prima é renovável. A análise dos dados aponta para uma concepção de sustentabilidade como um modelo de gestão endógeno ao negócio, sensível às críticas e contestações, mas perpassado por suas limitações em relação ao crescimento econômico. Os resultados apontam ainda para a relevância da sustentabilidade na construção de expectativas que permitem a complexa coordenação de ações diversas no processo econômico capitalista.
Quando o desenvolvimento sustentável esconde o óbvio: violação de direitos e os limites da justiça ambiental no caso da proibição de circulação de carroças em Porto Alegre
Authors: Baggio Roberta Camineiro
Published: August 2020

O presente artigo busca problematizar, em um cenário marcado pelas narrativas de desenvolvimento sustentável, a insuficiência do conceito de injustiça ambiental como uma questão distributiva a partir da análise do caso da proibição de circulação de carroças na cidade de Porto Alegre. Propõe-se a análise teórica das situações de injustiça ambiental a partir da teoria do reconhecimento que, ao buscar compreender as causas de desrespeito social, pode contribuir para o desvelamento do cinismo existente em propostas de modernização ecológica que utilizam a proteção da natureza para manter ou produzir modos de exclusão social.
A insustentável invisibilidade do nuclear: os processos de publicização dos problemas sociais e ambientais decorrentes da exploração do urânio em Caetité, BA
Authors: Rocha Israel de Jesus
Published: August 2020

O artigo discute os processos de publicização dos problemas do nuclear em Caetité, Bahia. Desde o início da operação da mina de urânio na região, no ano de 1999, uma série de atores locais e não locais tem produzido evidências dos problemas decorrentes da extração do mineral para combustível das usinas nucleares brasileiras. Neste artigo argumenta-se que esse processo, ao mesmo tempo que constitui o nuclear e o urânio como uma situação problemática, também transforma os atores a ela concernidos, construindo os processos através dos quais questões do nuclear se tornam visíveis. Para isso, baseia-se em documentos, relatórios técnicos, materiais publicados em jornais e observação de campo de parte dos atores envolvidos nas questões do nuclear. Concluímos que as exigências dos atores passam a ser construídas a partir de evidências que seguem constrangimentos metodológicos próximos daqueles produzidos pela operação da mina, baseado em monitoramento e avaliação de dados técnicos. Mas, diferente da manutenção do nuclear como uma caixa preta, os atores publicizam o urânio e o nuclear como um problema público.
Figuras párias em Georg Simmel: a mulher, o pobre, o estrangeiro
Authors: Da Silva Santos Patrícia
Published: August 2020

Este artigo tem como objetivo explorar algumas das maneiras como a sociologia desenvolvida por Georg Simmel lida com as assimetrias presentes nas relações de reciprocidade social, tomando como referências as figuras do pobre, da mulher e do estrangeiro. A perspectiva geral é a de que essas três categorias atualizam, cada uma a seu modo, uma oposição onipresente nas discussões simmelianas, a saber: o conflito entre indivíduo e grupo. Nesse sentido, em suas experiências particulares, a mulher, o pobre e o estrangeiro refletem os problemas da rigidez das formas sociais. Por outro lado, em certos casos, é justamente a assimetria constitutiva de suas relações com o grupo que pode ser utilizada em favor de uma renovação das relações sociais por demais enrijecidas pelas formas objetivas da sociedade moderna.
Representações e discursos sobre Amazônia na arte contemporânea: análise da cobertura jornalística sobre o trabalho dos artistas-xamãs
Authors: Cordovil Daniela
Published: August 2020

Este artigo se propõe a refletir sobre as representações em torno da Amazônia na cobertura midiática sobre projetos artísticos contemporâneos de Bené Fonteles e Ernesto Neto, a partir da forma como obras e artistas têm sido noticiados pela mídia. Analisa-se como entrelaçam-se temas como ecologia, meio ambiente e xamanismo em exposições e no trabalho artístico de artistas brasileiros e amazônicos, e qual a recepção destes temas no circuito da arte contemporânea, a partir de uma análise sobre como estas obras são noticiadas pela mídia. A pesquisa discute as principais categorias mobilizadas pelo discurso midiático para noticiar a repercussão destes trabalhos artísticos e quais os referenciais simbólicos associados a Amazônia presentes nestes discursos.
Meio-ambiente em disputa: um desafio à democracia
Authors: Sobottka Emil A. , Dios Maria Luísa Célia E. de , Ribeiro Fernanda Bittencourt , Salata André Ricardo
Published: August 2020

Está cada vez mais presente na esfera pública local, regional e internacional a consciência de que as bases materiais da vida no planeta são finitas, estão se esgotando ou sendo contaminadas. Isso se deve tanto a umuso acima da capacidade de reprodução e regeneração da natureza como a uma apropriação concentradora desmesurada de recursos escassos. O texto toma como base a noção de esfera pública como lugar para as disputas detemas controvertidos em democracias para abordar a temática. Antes, porém, de abordar o risco decorrente da destruição do ambiente físico, recupera outro período de crise, igualmente mobilizador, e a forma como foi enfrentado: o risco de disrupções sociais em consequência dos efeitos negativos da industrialização acelerada dentro de uma lógica capitalista – que ironicamente está na raiz do risco atual. Ao mesmo tempo, destaca como, mesmo contra resistências, desenvolve-se paralelamente a formações discursivas questionáveis sobre um suposto “desenvolvimento sustentável” uma sociedade civil que resiste e se articula para regenerar e proteger tanto as bases materiais da vida como as instituições democráticas fundamentais à sociedade.
Incontinência urinária em idosos da estratégia saúde da família: prevalência e fatores de risco
Authors: Ulrich Vivian , Farias Raquel Rousselet , Knorst Mara Regina , Kanan João Henrique Corrêa , Resende Thais de Lima
Published: August 2020

Objetivos: determinar a prevalência da incontinência urinária (IU) e a sua relação com aspectos sociodemográficos, antropométricos, funcionais e clínicos em idosos da Estratégia Saúde da Família de Porto Alegre/RS (ESF/POA).Métodos: estudo transversal analítico, coletado prospectivamente em amostra aleatória (30 unidades da ESF/POA). Foram coletados dados sociodemográficos, antropométricos e de saúde, sendo aplicados o Questionário Minessota de atividades físicas e de lazer, o Miniexame do Estado Mental, a Escala de Silhuetas de Stunkard (imagem corporal) e testes funcionais (Senta/Levanta, força de preensão manual e velocidade de caminhada).Resultados: foram estudados 575 idosos (68,9±7,1 anos; mulheres= 64,35%) dos quais 33,04% relataram IU (mulheres= 69,5%). Foram estimados como fatores de risco para a IU: menor escore do Miniexame (OR= 0,939; p= 0,033; IC95%= 0,887– 0,995); presença de prejuízo cognitivo (OR= 1,625; p= 0,010; IC95%= 1,351– 3,113); velocidade de caminhada mais lenta (OR= 1,160; p= 0,016; IC95%= 1,028– 1,309); e menor escore no teste Senta/Levanta (OR= 0,013; p= 0,874; IC95%= 0,712 – 0,932). Quedas, atividade física, satisfação com a imagem corporal e ingestão medicamentosa não apresentaram associação significativa com a IU.Conclusão: nessa amostra, foi alta a prevalência da IU. Apresentar menor força de membros inferiores, menor velocidade de caminhada e prejuízo cognitivo foram identificados como fatores de risco para a incontinência, todos modificáveis.
Epigenomic profile and biological age
Authors: Machado Denise Cantarelli
Published: August 2020

Man ages at a constant chronological rate while their biological aging rate is extremely variable. Interventions to improve, or to slow the rate of biological aging are the subject of several research. The broad spectrum of molecules and its intricate role from the biological point of view and its relation with environmental factors are being investigated. Recently, researchers have been putting its efforts to understand the epigenetic mechanisms and how it can interfere with alterations in gene expression that leads to predisposition and, or pathological outcome. Some of these investigations have shed light about how one can determine the biological age from a simple blood sample, just by detecting the epigenetic alterations on only three CpGs sites with a reasonable certainty. Also, the enzymes inhibitors that can interfere with methylation and demethylation were effective to reverse the epigenetic mechanisms. Other studies have shown how the environmental changes since from early life can affect these alterations on the epigenome. Taking all together, some biomolecular markers are already available to determine the genetic background of an individual and this information can be used to guide the lifestyle in order to prevent some future diseases development and/or improve the quality of later life.
Geographical terms used in reference to the lakes in Moksha-Mordovian dialects of the Samara Bend
Authors: Belenov Nikolai V.
Published: August 2020

Introduction. The article considers geographic terms for lakes and ponds, which can be found in three Moksha-Mordovian dialects of Samara Bend: Tornovoye, Shelekhmet and Bakhilovo. Until now, the geographical vocabulary of these dialects has not been the subject of special study, nor has it been put into academic discourse. The purpose of this study was to describe and to conduct lexico-semantic and etymological analysis of geographical terms used to define ponds and lakes in these dialects.
Materials and Methods. The general theoretical and methodological basis of the research consists of the works of national and international researchers. Their subject of research is the toponymy and geographical vocabulary of the Mordovian languages. In lexical terms the work is based on the materials of the author’s field studies conducted in the villages of Tornovoye and Shelekhmet of the Volga region and Bakhilovo of the Stavropol district of the Samara region during the field seasons in 2017 and 2018. When collecting and analyzing linguistic field material, descriptive and comparative methods of linguistic research were used.
Results and Discussion. The results of the study showed that the geographical lexemes differ both from the corresponding literary-written Mordovian forms and from the majority of dialect variants. Each of the studied dialects uses its own unique term in these meanings. When comparing limnonymy terms of Moksha dialects of the Samara Bend, with an appropriate geographical terminology of other Mordovian dialects of the Samara Volga region, only the term pandalu found in shelekhmetsky dialect shows full compatibility. The term bua found in tornovsky dialect cannot be found in other Mordovian dialects of the Samara Volga region.
Conclusion. The study made it possible to establish that the geographical terms of the Moksha-Mordovian dialects of Samara Bend, used to designate lakes and ponds, have significant differences from the composition of the corresponding terminology of the literary and written Mordovian languages and their dialects, and also significantly differ from dialect to dialect.
Las relaciones de fiestas del reino de Guatemala (1663-1814): La construcción del corpus
Authors: Sánchez Mora Alexander
Published: August 2020

Este artículo ofrece un inventario pormenorizado de las relaciones de fiestas del antiguo reino de Guatemala, el cual comprendía desde los estados mexicanos de Chiapas hasta la actual República de Costa Rica, desde 1663 hasta 1814. Con ello, se intenta subsanar la situación de desconocimiento generalizado sobre este género literario que predomina entre los investigadores del área, al tiempo que promueve el estudio de esta larga tradición textual.
La identidad a la intemperie: Roberto Bolaño y el palimpsesto de la soledad latinoamericana
Authors: Bizzarri Gabriele
Published: August 2020

Este ensayo se propone estudiar el complejo sistema de guiños intertextuales mediante el cual, solapada pero obsesivamente, el macrotexto literario de Roberto Bolaño reenvía a las series narrativas del boom. En efecto, el escritor chileno entabla con los padres narradores del canon local un diálogo intergeneracional entre pares que, superando tanto la necesidad de la imitación fetichista como los límites de la agresión paródica, redefine críticamente el abusado tópico de la identidad latinoamericana acompañándolo hacia una nueva etapa de su evolución.
Islamic Defending Action And Fatwa Defenders Movement Indonesian Ulema Council
Authors: Muhsin Fuad , Hanifah Hani , Ari Muhammad Hasan Al As
Published: August 2020

TThe purpose of this study is to photograph the background of the birth of the National Movement for Defending Fatwa (GNPF) MUI and the methods used by the GNPF activist figures. By using social movement analysis and qualitative methods, this study successfully concluded that the GNPF-MUI and ABI are a consequence of the events and movements of group movements that occurred within the MUI, especially after the New Order. The existence of GNPF and ABI stems from the accommodating Islamist-puritan-conservative groups and tends to be revolutionary in the management of the 2015-2020 MUI. The strategy used by the GNPF actors was carried out by asking for support from revolutionary groups such as FPI to mobilize the period so that their actions receive sociological legitimacy from the Indonesian Muslim community
Ngabungbang Ritual Culture in Peasant Communities
Authors: Irwansyah Shindu , Nuramin Hadi , Wahyudin Dede
Published: August 2020

The purpose of this study is to explore the purpose of carrying out the rituals of ngabungbang and increase the local wisdom of Sundanese people, especially the people of Cihideung. This research uses descriptive qualitative methods, data collection techniques used are observation, interviews, document studies, literature studies, namely by investigating and covering the analysis and interpretation of data to conclusions based on research. Humans basically have bad traits which must be cleaned in order to bring kindness, peace and comfort to other beings. Cihideung residents believe that spirits and spirits who occupy their place can give good or bad. ngabungbang is silent outside the building by staying up all night especially in the sacred place of the full moon calendar which is usually done on the fourteenth of the month of mulud because in this month the birth of the prophet Muhammad SAW. the mosque. The mourning ritual is still carried on from generation to generation which mediates the people of Cihideung to rid themselves of bad traits, stay away from reinforcements in order to get good and be kept away from the ugliness that befalls them when living life, and respect their spirits with media used as media symbol in ritual. The media in this ritual are offerings for the karuhun which consist of: Gapar mulud, Gapar Kabulan, Nyimbel Red and white porridge, bitter coffee, brown sugar, milk, and clear water, salt, rice cone, rice and money.
LAW OF SUBSTANCE AND CONSISTENCY OF REGIONAL REGULATION NUMBER 3 OF 2006 CONCERNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN KARIMAH
Authors: Anwar Anwar
Published: August 2020

Laying Islamic Sharia as an agenda of local government is also quite common among the people. Various institutions and activities aimed at campaigning for the "institutionalization" of Islamic Shari'a in public spaces continue to be echoed. With various weaknesses and strengths, one of which is in the district of Cianjur with the Movement for Community Development with morality, the purpose of this article is to see how the consistency of regional regulation number 3 of 2006 applies to regulations issued by the government, both regional and regent regulations, with the analytical research method. Descriptive supported by documents related to the researchers concluded that the regional regulations and the regulations of the regents have not yet optima to incorporate the morality element of karma into each Regulation that is ratified.
THE EFFECT OF MUDHARABAH FINANCING PRODUCTIVITY AND INCREASING THE MEMBER'S CAPITAL BUSINESS ON THE INCOME OF MARDHOTILAH BMT MEMBERS
Authors: Suyandi Dedi
Published: August 2020

The economic sector in Indonesia is the sector with the most contribution to the creation of employment opportunities and sources of income especially in rural areas that have low incomes. The problem of this study is about how much influence the productivity of mudharabah financing and increasing member business capital on the income of Mardhotillah BMT members in Tanjungsari District, Sumedang District by using quantitative research methods, the researchers concluded that the effect was quite strong.
Morrigan as a “Dark Goddess”
Authors: Warren Áine
Published: August 2020

This research examines the contemporary worship of an Irish folkloric figure, the Morrigan, as expressed on the new media platform of YouTube, and within the context of the wider concept of the Dark Goddess. While narratives of a “dark”’ Goddess existed in earlier Pagan and Goddess-focused texts, material describing a Dark Goddess archetype who enables women’s healing and empowerment developed from the 1990s alongside third-wave feminism. As the Morrigan is portrayed in the online Pagan community as a “dark goddess,” this folkloric figure is transformed or re-imagined through Dark Goddess discourse. Morrigan devotees reinterpret the Morrigan through self-narration in new media, a therapeutic process through which they recontextualise and give new meaning to autobiographical experiences. The Morrigan is reconfigured by devotees as a force which has brought about, assisted them through, and healed them from personal struggles. This discourse allows practitioners—predominantly women—to reconfigure personal narratives of struggle as transformational rites of passage.
High Glamour
Authors: Rodgers Charlotte
Published: August 2020

The iconography and visuals associated with magic are highly evocative and responsible for a major part of its appeal. The strong, often iconoclastic imagery exerts a particularly powerful draw for the artist or craftsperson because of its ability to fire the imagination, and to inspire creative work in response. Until recent times, creative interpretations of magic within mainstream fashion have mainly been on a subtle and subversive level; generally within a counter cultural context.  So why is magical symbolism being appropriated within high fashion at this particular point in time?
Breeding population increase and range expansion of the Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus in southeastern Norway
Authors: Dale Svein
Published: August 2020

The Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus is listed as near-threatened on the Norwegian red list due to small population size, estimated in 2015 at 220–380 pairs. Population size is considered to be stable. Approximately one quarter of the population (50–100 pairs) is thought to occur in Oslo and Akershus, but this estimate is not based on detailed data, and the only previous systematic estimate was 90–100 pairs in 13 sites in 1982. In 2018, I conducted a comprehensive survey of all known and potential breeding sites to assess current population size in Oslo and Akershus. I recorded 233 pairs in 34 sites, suggesting a large increase in population size. To analyse the population increase in more detail, I collected all known records of Great Crested Grebes during the breeding season for the period 1995–2018. Analyses confirmed that there has been a strong increase, at a yearly rate of 4.2%. The increase was both due to increases in already established populations (69% of total increase), and establishment of new sites (31%). New sites were colonised in particular the last 10–15 years, and new sites were located gradually further away from the sites that were already used in 1982, indicating continuous range expansion. New sites were also located in smaller, less nutrient-rich lakes at higher elevations, perhaps indicating occupation of lower quality sites that could limit further population increase. Similar population increases have also occurred in other parts of the distribution range of Great Crested Grebes in Norway, and I present a new population size estimate for Norway at 531–634 pairs. Hence, the species no longer qualifies for red listing, and one may consider to downlist the species to least concern.

 

Cover photo: A pair of Great Crested Grebes with chicks. Photo: Frode Falkenberg.
Ni0.1Co0.9Fe2O4 spinel ferrite as a promising magneto-dielectric substrate for X-band Microstrip Patch Antenna
Authors: Pubby Kunal , Bindra Narang Sukhleen , Bhongale Sanjay R. , Vasambekar P.N.
Published: August 2020

In the present study, the suitability of Ni-Co spinel ferrites as dielectric substrate for microstrip patch antenna has been reconnoitered in X-band frequency range. The scrutinized spinel ferrites with chemical composition Ni1-xCoxFe2O4
(x=0.00,0.30,0.60,0.90) were synthesized using Pechini’s sol gel method. For the present study, Ansoft Designer SV2 was used to design and analyze the microstrip patch antenna. Simulation of antenna was done at resonant frequency of 10.02 GHz, which makes this research to find application
in military and surveillance. Firstly, the antenna dimensions were calculated using resonant frequency and electromagnetic properties of the compositions. The antenna output parameters such as return loss, bandwidth, VSWR (Voltage Standing Wave Ratio), Smith Chart and radiation pattern were
subsequently analyzed by the simulation Based on the analysis, Ni-Co ferrite Ni0.1Co0.9Fe2O4 has come out to be the best alternative out of the studied compositions for its possible usage as efficient dielectric substrate in microstrip patch antenna
in 8.2 – 12.4 GHz frequency range.
Simulation of emergent compaction banding fronts caused by frictional boundaries
Authors: Shahin G. , Buscarnera G.
Published: August 2020

This study examines the role of boundary friction in promoting heterogeneous compaction in soft rock specimens loaded at high confining pressure outside the domain of compaction localisation. An elastoplastic constitutive model characterised by tunable hardening/softening behaviour is used to conduct the analyses. Finite-element simulations suggest that material instability is a non-necessary condition for the emergence of compaction fronts. Such fronts propagated as a result of a severe deviation in the local responses induced by frictional constraints. These findings suggest that boundary effects can bias the assessment of the extent of the compaction localisation domain. Experimental countermeasures and informed model calibration procedures are therefore necessary to minimise such bias and enable more accurate predictions of soft rock compaction.
New Financial Market Measures of the Neutral Real Rate and Inflation Expectations
Authors: Aronovich Alex , Meldrum Andrew
Published: August 2020

Long-term U.S. interest rates have fallen substantially over the last two decades. The 5-to-10-year nominal forward interest rate implied by the prices of U.S. Treasury securities is now about 7 percentage points lower than it was at the start of the 1990s.
“It was an oasis in a busy life, a busy city”: the Centre for Learning, Teaching and Development writing retreat
Authors: Castle Jane , Keane Moyra
Published: August 2020

A growing body of research literature indicates that writing retreats for academics are conducive for the development of writer confidence and competence, and for increasing participants’ rate of research publication. Can writing retreats also restore a sense of community and collegiality? This paper addresses this question by presenting a case study of a series of small-group, process-oriented writing retreats held at an urban, research- intensive university in Johannesburg from 2011 to 2015. Data in the form of participants’ free writes and post-retreat written evaluations, as well as facilitators’ reflective dialogues and observations were collected and analysed. Dirkx’s (2001) theory of transformative learning provides the main analytical lens. Key findings are that such retreats restore the sense of community and collegiality that seems to be fast disappearing in the high stress university environment in which the retreat is located. The authors argue that residential, process-oriented writing retreats provide a safe, accountable and generative space for writers to test their ideas and skills, and draw strength from the experiences of those around them. “To have time and focus. . . to retreat from all else and concentrate on writing.”
Socioecological resilience of typical citrus fruit agroecosystems
Authors: Cleves-Leguizamo José Alejandro , Salamanca-Sanjuanes Hernan , Martínez-Bernal Liven Fernando
Published: August 2020

This paper, as a tool for analysis, considered the capacity of the interaction that open systems have against the occurrence of disturbances so that they can continue to function with minimal losses of energy, called resilience, an emerging characteristic of agroecosystems. To establish a method to measure this characteristic, ten variables were evaluated, including seven cultural variables: level of schooling, land tenure type, saving capacity, social organizational identity, farm infrastructure, weed control and production system; and three ecosystem variables: water resource availability, phytosanitary management and Main Agroecological Structure (MAS) in typical citrus fruit agroecosystems. These were methodologically grouped into six recommended domains: groups of farms and citrus growers with similar ecosystem and cultural conditions that have been characterized and typified in a previous study. In each of these groups, three farm types were selected for a total of 18 production units (department of Meta, Colombia). To determine the difference between the variables, Chi-square tests were applied (using the Pearson and Fisher statistics). Network analysis was applied to determine the relationship between the variables. The resilience was not significantly correlated with level of schooling, farm infrastructure or MAS. The relationship between the resilience and cultural variables presented a high significance, whereas the ecosystem variables showed a low statistical significance.
Essential oil of Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E.Br. influences the germination, vigor and emergence of lettuce seeds
Authors: Thiesen Leonardo Antonio , Schmidt Denise , Pinheiro Marcos Vinícius Marques , Holz Ezequiel , Altissimo Bruna Stringari , Holz Evandro
Published: August 2020

Secondary metabolites are produced by certain plant species and may influence the development of some species through the action of allelopathic effects. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the allelopathic effect of Lippia alba essential oil on the germination, emergence and vigor of seedlings of different batches of lettuce seeds. This experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design with a 3´5 factorial scheme consisting of three batches of seeds of the cultivar Grand Rapids® and five doses of L. alba essential oil (0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 and 1.00%) diluted in distilled water and homogenized in Tween® 80. Seed germination and vigor, in the laboratory (experiment I), and emergence, in a protected environment (experiment II), were evaluated. The results demonstrated that there was an inhibitory effect with a significant reduction of germination, vigor and seed emergence when L. alba essential oil was added starting at concentrations of 0.25%. The essential oil showed allelopathic potential over different lettuce seed lots, affecting germination, vigor and seed emergence.
Salt water and silicon application on growth, chloroplastid pigments, chlorophyll fluorescence and beet production
Authors: Melo-Filho José Sebastião de , Silva Toshik Iarley da , Gonçalves Anderson Carlos De Melo , Sousa Leonardo Vieira de , Véras Mario Leno Martins , Dias Thiago Jardelino
Published: August 2020

In recent years, the use of saline water in agriculture has become an alternative mainly because of water scarcity. However, plants do not tolerate high salt contents; so, the use of salt stress attenuators could enable saline water usage in agriculture. This study aimed to assess the effect of saline water and silicon applications on growth, chloroplastid pigments, chlorophyll fluorescence a and beet production. The experiment was conducted with complete randomized blocks in a 5 x 5 combined factorial arrangement according to the Central Composite of Box experiment matrix for the electrical conductivity in the irrigation water (ECw) and silicon doses (Si), with minimum (- α) and maximum (α) values from 0.5 to 6.0 dS m-1 and from 0.00 to 18.16 mL L-1, totaling nine treatments, with four replicates and three plants per plot. The irrigation water ECw increase reduced growth and beet production, but the chlorophyll contents, biomass and fluorescence production were not affected by salinity. Silicon applications via the soil increased growth and chlorophyll fluorescence a but did not reduce the harmful effect of the salt stress. The irrigation water ECw above 0.50 dS m-1 negatively affected the beet crop. The silicon dose of 9.08 mL L-1 is the most recommended application.
Inheritance of seed size in watermelon populations
Authors: Nascimento Tiago Lima do , Souza Flávio De França , Dias Rita De Cássia Souza , Santos Joice Simone dos , Melo Natoniel Franklin de
Published: August 2020

Seed size is an important agronomic trait and is applicable to different abilities. Small seeds guarantee the greater use of the pulp, while larger seeds facilitate sowing. However, there is little work on the genetic control of this characteristic in watermelon. The objective of this work was to study the seed size inheritance in watermelon populations by crossing contrasting genotypes, seeking to gain information to provide technical support during the selection of seed size for the development of new watermelon genotypes. The seed lengths of six populations, P1, P2, F1, F2, BC1 and BC2, were measured using the GENES software segregating and nonsegregating generations procedure. This trait is controlled by two genes with incomplete dominance. In addition, depending on the populations studied, inheritance for the characteristic in question may behave differently. Nevertheless, the selection of superior individuals within populations can be performed based on this phenotype, which allows the exploitation of these individuals within breeding programs to develop lines or hybrids.
The ecophysiology of cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.) - an Andean fruit crop. A review
Authors: Fischer Gerhard , Melgarejo Luz Marina
Published: August 2020

In order to review the literature on the ecophysiology of the cape gooseberry, it was found that this typical Andean plant, in Colombia adapts to a wide altitudinal range of the tropical cold climate, that is, between 1,800 and 2,800 meters above sea level (m a.s.l.), with optimal medium temperatures between 13 and 16°C and base (minimum) temperatures for stem and fruit growth are relatively low, 6.3 and 1.9°C, respectively, however it does not withstand temperatures <0°C. Likewise, the Andean conditions of the tropics such as high solar radiation and day lengths <12 hours, rather short, favor the flower initiation. 1,500-2,000 hours year-1 of direct sunshine are the most favorable for the size, quality and ripening of the fruit. Under field conditions in Bogota, a photosynthesis rate of A = 10.545 μmol CO2 m-2 s-1 and light compensation point Ic = 13.645 μmol photons m-2 s-1 was measured. As a plant with an indeterminate growth habit, a constant supply of water is essential, while high amounts or heavy rains after a dry season cause cracking of the fruits, just as the plant does not tolerate waterlogging for more than 4 days. Cape gooseberry is classified as moderately tolerant to salinity and 30 mMol NaCl curiously promote growth, having mechanisms, such as increased antioxidant activity, to protect against saline conditions.
BLUP (Best Linear Unbiased Predictors) analysis for the selection of superior genotypes in the yellow diploid potato (Solanum tuberosum group Phureja)
Authors: Pacheco José E. , Urquijo Johan Sebastian , Darghan Aquiles Enrique , Rodríguez Luis Ernesto
Published: August 2020

Uno de los principales desafíos que enfrentan los mejoradores es la respuesta diferencial de los genotipos de un entorno a otro, conocida como la interacción genotipo × ambiente (GxE). El procedimiento óptimo restringido de máxima verosimilitud/mejor predictor imparcial lineal (REML / BLUP) permite la estimación simultánea de parámetros genéticos y la predicción de valores genotípicos. Los predictores BLUP se presentan como una alternativa al estrechamiento de los valores sesgados. Se basa en las variaciones por genotipo para determinar su valor de respuesta como complemento al índice de selección (SI). El índice de selección (IS) ESIM (Eigenvalue Selection Index) permite seleccionar genotipos basados en dos o más variables o caracteres de selección siempre y cuando la matriz económica posea los valores adecuados para resaltar la variable respuesta deseada. Se evaluaron tres etapas de selección en un programa avanzado de mejoramiento de papa diploide, se obtuvieron los valores BLUP para las variables rendimiento y gravedad específica (GE), y a partir de ellos los parámetros genéticos y el IS. La ganancia genética para rendimiento correspondió a 1.228 kg/planta con una heredabilidad (H2)=0,82, mientras que la GA para GE fue 0,02 con una H2 = 0,935. El IS a partir de los valores BLUP seleccionó en las etapas finales tres nuevos cultivares (Criolla Dorada, Criolla Ocarina y Criolla Sua Pa) que fueron registradas ante el Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA). Aunque BLUE y BLUP están altamente correlacionadas, el análisis BLUP/ESIM da ventaja al predictor pues reduce las respuestas con efecto ambiental, seleccionando eficientemente genotipos con alto potencial varietal.
Relationship between soil fertility and plantain nutrition in Cundinamarca (Colombia) with the incidence of two bacterial diseases
Authors: Bautista-Montealegre Luis Gabriel , García-Guzmán Sebastián David , Bolaños-Benavides Martha Marina
Published: August 2020

The bacteriosis and moko of plantain are ones of the most important phytosanitary problems in the production of musaceae in Colombia. To contribute to the management of these diseases in the department of Cundinamarca, soils and foliar tissues were analyzed, as well as the symptoms of the diseases in 149 farms of producers in the municipalities of Chaguani, La Palma, La Vega, and Viota (Cundinamarca). A descriptive analysis of the chemical properties of soils and foliar concentration of nutrients was carried out; the Student-Welch t-test was applied (P<0.05); the distribution patterns of the diseases were represented cartographically. According to the results obtained, the sampled soils are not saline, they have extreme to strong acidity, low effective cation exchange capacity and low fertility; meanwhile plants show a deficit of elements such as nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, copper, zinc, and boron. Considering the total number of farms evaluated, the incidence of bacteriosis and moko disease was reported in 63 and 14% at the departmental level, respectively. A higher concentration of sulfur and zinc was observed in farm soils free of both diseases. Finally, plants reported as free of bacteriosis showed a higher concentration of potassium and lower concentrations of calcium and manganese; while plants reported as free of moko disease showed higher concentrations of nitrogen, sodium, and copper, and a lower concentration of calcium. The results obtained contribute to the planning of large-scale management strategies, in order to reduce the risk of dissemination of diseases of economic importance for plantain crop.
Effects of the phenological stage, type of cutting and plant growth regulators on the propagation by stem cutting of Poiretia latifolia Vogel, a brazilian native medicinal plant
Authors: Verdi Rovier , Bettoni Jean Carlos , Werner Simone Silmara , Boff Mari Inês Carissimi , Boff Pedro
Published: August 2020

Poiretia latifolia Vogel has bioactive potential that includes antibiotic properties for human uses. The aim of this research was to develop an efficient method for vegetative propagation of P. latifolia by using cuttings as an aid to the selection and multiplication of interesting genotypes. In the first experiment, the cuttings were collected in vegetative and reproductive stages and treated with six plant growth regulators and distilled water. In the second experiment, the treatments consisted of cuttings from the apical, median, and basal branch segments. The treatment with the immersion of cuttings in 4,000 mg L-1 of IBA provided greater number and length of the roots, while high dilution of Calcarea phosphorica at 20CH produced longer branches. The cuttings of the middle and basal part of the branch were found to be more viable. It was achieved 79.17% of cuttings rooting using Calcarea phosphorica 20CH. The vegetative propagation employed in this work is a feasible option for the domestication, preservation, and cultivation of Poiretia latifolia.
Use of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) in postharvest of cajá-manga (Spondias dulcis)
Authors: Silva Franciele Cristian Da , Santana Hygor Amaral , Menezes Juliana Oliveira Silva De , Tavares Mírian Carvalho , Martins Rodolfo David , Siqueira Ana Paula Silva
Published: August 2020

The cajá-manga (Spondias dulcis Parkinson) is an exotic fruit originally from the Polynesian Islands. It is a climacteric fruit, and the postharvest life of its fruits is very short, due to its fast ripening. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of auxin concentrations on delaying the ripening process of cajá-manga fruits. One hundred twenty cajá-manga fruits obtained from, Hidrolândia-GO, Brazil, at 16°55'32.35" S and 49°21'39.76" W). A completely randomized design in a 5×2+2 factorial scheme was used. Five indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) concentrations (0, 50, 100, 150 and 200 mg L-1), two moments of evaluations (at 5 and 10 days after IAA applications), and two additional treatments (ripe and unripe fruits) were evaluated. Evaluations were carried out every 5 days, in triplicates. The physicochemical variables, pulp firmness, titratable acidity (TA), soluble solids (SS), ascorbic acid content, and color of pulp and peel were evaluated. The concentrations of 50 and 100 mg L-1 of IAA presented the best results, causing a delay in ripening and the lowest sensory losses in the fruits of cajá-manga.
ADAPTATION OF THE METHOD OF STRUCTURAL-MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS TO THE GIS ENVIRONMENT FOR PALEOGEOMORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE KANIV DNIEPER
Authors: Ivanik O. , Tustanovska L. , Kravchenko D. , Hadiatska K.
Published: August 2020

Kaniv Dnieper area is a unique region that has evolved through the Neogene-Quaternary phase. The application of geological and geomorphological methods, remote sensing data and GIS made it possible to identify the genetic relationship between the processes of geomorphogenesis and tectogenesis within the Kaniv Dnieper region, to build a number of geological and geomorphological models. The methodology of structural-morphometric analysis is adapted to the GIS and the process of cartometric constructions is automated. An algorithm for creating order maps of valleys and basal surfaces has been developed. Basal surfaces are complex surfaces that combine local erosion bases and express the total movements of the earth's crust over various time intervals. A study of the morphogenesis and tectogenesis of the territory of the Kaniv Dnieper region showed that the neotectonic movements within this region had a differentiated character. Five stages of tectonic evolution were determined during the Neogene-Quaternary stage of its development. Hypsometry of basic surfaces of five orders was investigated, and a detailed comparison of the morphology of single-order surfaces has been made. On the basis of the obtained data on the nature of the surfaces, absolute and relative elevations, the nature of the isobasite pattern, the geomorphological structure of each stage has been analyzed in detail. The conducted studies revealed a regular relationship between the relief and tectonics.