bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
“The Foundations of Freedom and Civilization”: The Durham Report, Municipal Institutions and Liberalism
Authors: Morissette Benoît
Published: July 2019

Lord Durham was sent to Canada to investigate the causes of the Rebellions of 1837–1838 and to propose constitutional reforms to restore stability in the province. In his report, presented to the Colonial Office on February 4, 1839, he recommended the legislative union of the two Canadas, as well as the implementation of responsible government. He also noted that the proper functioning of such a government required the creation of a system of municipal institutions. This article offers a new reading of Lord Durham’s recommendations concerning municipal institutions, included in the last section of his famous report. By placing the document in the context of the debates raised by the constitutional and administrative reforms conducted in Britain during the 1830s, it shows that its author understood autonomous municipalities as an essential components of a modern mixed government. Such language was then employed by reformist Whigs in order to justify the policies which they thought were necessary to strengthen the country’s political institutions by adapting them to changing social circumstances. The analysis presented here challenges the interpretation provided by most contemporary commentators on the report. Many of them have concluded that Lord Durham’s understanding of local institutions is based on a liberal conception of political life, found in the writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. These studies tend to reduce early British liberalism to philosophical radicalism. They seek to demonstrate that liberals wish to deprive local communities of their political autonomy by integrating their institutions into the juridical structure of a highly centralized state. By focusing on the rhetoric used by Lord Durham to write his report, this article allows us to appreciate the heterogeneity of the definition of the municipality developed by liberalism.
Signatures of Strong Vibronic Coupling Mediating Coherent Charge Transfer in Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy
Authors: De Sio Antonietta , Nguyen Xuan Trung , Lienau Christoph
Published: July 2019

The role of molecular vibrations for the persistence of quantum coherences, recently observed in photoinduced charge transfer reactions in both biological and artificial energy conversion systems at room temperature, is currently being intensely discussed. Experiments using two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES) suggest that vibrational motion – and its coupling to electronic degrees of freedom – may play a key role for such coherent dynamics and potentially even for device function. In organic photovoltaics materials, strong coupling of electronic and vibrational motion is predicted, especially for ubiquitous C=C stretching vibrations. The signatures of such strong vibronic couplings in 2DES are, however, debated. Here we analyse the effect of strong vibronic coupling in model simulations of 2DES spectra and dynamics for an electronic dimer coupled to a single high-frequency vibrational mode. This system represents the simplest conceivable model for a prototypical donor–acceptor interface in the active layer of organic solar cells. The vibrational mode is chosen to mimic C=C stretching vibrations with typical large vibronic couplings predicted in organic photovoltaics materials. Our results show that the decisive signatures of strong vibronic coupling mediating coherent charge transfer between donor and acceptor are not only temporally oscillating cross-peaks, but also most importantly characteristic peak splittings in the 2DES spectra. The 2DES pattern thus directly reflects the new eigenstates of the system that are formed by strong mixing of electronic states and vibrational mode.
curious case of travel-related events in public libraries
Authors: Pisanski Jan , Švab Katarina
Published: July 2019

Public libraries should be community centres that nurture cultural development, lifelong learning and socializing. All of these aspects are typical for library events. This paper presents research into how travel-related events support a library’s mission, how they are organized, promoted and how users view them. Several studies were conducted in Mestna knjižnica Ljubljana (MKL) at travel-related events in 2015 and 2016, including interviewing ten librarians and four users, questionnaire survey with 160 participants and analysis of 129 travel-related events. The results revealed that travel-related events are frequently organized in all branches of MKL, they are well visited and users are generally satisfied with them. However, there is still room for improvement in organization and promotion of events. Furthermore, this paper argues that this type of event is a good opportunity to help fulfil the library mission and bring people into the library.
Validation and Characterization of Maize Multiple Disease Resistance QTL
Authors: Martins Lais B , Rucker Elizabeth , Thomason Wade , Wisser Randall J , Holland James B , Balint-Kurti Peter
Published: July 2019

Southern Leaf Blight, Northern Leaf Blight, and Gray Leaf Spot, caused by ascomycete fungi, are among the most important foliar diseases of maize worldwide. Previously, disease resistance quantitative trait loci (QTL) for all three diseases were identified in a connected set of chromosome segment substitution line (CSSL) populations designed for the identification of disease resistance QTL. Some QTL for different diseases co-localized, indicating the presence of multiple disease resistance (MDR) QTL. The goal of this study was to perform an independent test of several of the MDR QTL identified to confirm their existence and derive a more precise estimate of allele additive and dominance effects. Twelve F2:3 family populations were produced, in which selected QTL were segregating in an otherwise uniform genetic background. The populations were assessed for each of the three diseases in replicated trials and genotyped with markers previously associated with disease resistance. Pairwise phenotypic correlations across all the populations for resistance to the three diseases ranged from 0.2 to 0.3 and were all significant at the alpha level of 0.01. Of the 44 QTL tested, 16 were validated (identified at the same genomic location for the same disease or diseases) and several novel QTL/disease associations were found. Two MDR QTL were associated with resistance to all three diseases. This study identifies several potentially important MDR QTL and demonstrates the importance of independently evaluating QTL effects following their initial identification.
Control blade history reactivity and pin power effects evaluated with Westinghouse BWR nodal core simulator POLCA8
Authors: Guimaraes Petri Forslund
Published: July 2019

The so-called “Control Blade History” (CBH) effect has always posed a serious challenge for any nodal core simulator in performing Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) core analyses. In this paper a method to handle such CBH effects is proposed based on the idea of interpolating lattice physics data between two extreme cases with regard to CBH, namely, the case with the control rod always inserted during depletion and the case with the control rod never inserted during fuel irradiation. In POLCA8, the latest upgrade of the Westinghouse BWR nodal core simulator POLCA, one applies the methodology to macroscopic cross sections, discontinuity factors, pin powers and detector constants. Overall, the proposed CBH model performs very well in terms of predictive accuracy of reactivity and pin powers although simultaneous presence of control rods (CRs) and burnable absorbers (BAs) still poses a challenge due to some observed interference of their impact on reactivity. Applying the CBH model for pin power reconstruction is particularly promising and provides excellent prediction accuracy in the vicinity of the CR and at the point of CR withdrawal being the most challenging and critical condition with regard to CBH.
Evaluation of the conventional and synchrotron X-ray tomography applied to heterogeneous oil reservoir rocks
Authors: Ramos Guilherme José , De Oliveira Paula Campos , Surmas Rodrigo , Ferreira Leandro De Paulo , Markötter Henning , Kardjilov Nikolay , Manke Ingo , Montoro Luciano Andrey , Isaac Augusta
Published: July 2019

Carbonate and sandstone reservoirs play an important role in oil industry as they host over 50% of the world’s hydrocarbon reserves. For an accurately assessment of porosity and pore size distribution of such complex pore-network, which affect directly the macroscopic characteristics of multiphase fluid flow, X-ray computed microtomography (micro-CT) emerges as a powerful tool. In contrast to lab-based X-ray micro-CT (XCT), synchrotron X-ray micro-CT (SXCT) images are commonly free of artefacts (i.e. beam hardening) and the unique properties of synchrotron sources enable the X-ray imaging of complex and heterogeneous materials in greater detail, with higher quality, and short acquisition time. This work reports results of cone beam computed microtomography (XCT) in comparison with synchrotron computed microtomography (SXCT) applied to very heterogeneous carbonate and sandstone reservoir rocks. We analyze the quality of the image generated in terms of detection of details and artefacts, the advantages and limitation of each technique, as well as features like contrast, sharpness, and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Although SXCT offers significant advantages over XCT, the latter gains in cost of operation, accessibility and user-friendliness.
Monitoring internal contamination from OEW of an 18F-FDG production plant: WBC or head counting setup?
Authors: Mendes Bruno Melo , Trindade Bruno Machado , Fonseca Telma Cristina Ferreira , Campos Tarcisio Passos Ribeiro de
Published: July 2019

The production 18F-FDG for positron emission tomography (PET) has consistently increased over the past two decades. The risk of internal contamination at 18F-FDG production facilities exists. A setup for evaluation of the 18F-FDG activity incorporated into the OEW brain, called Head Counting System (HCS), was presented in previous works. In this study, the whole body counter setup (WBC) was evaluated for monitoring 18F incorporations. The Monte Carlo Virtual Software (VMC in-vivo) and the MCNPx code were used to assess the system calibration coefficient (CC). Three 18F distributions were simulated: i) uniformly distributed in soft tissue (UDST); ii) Na18F biodistribution (NAFB); and iii) 18F-FDG biodistribution (FDGB). The calibration coefficient of WBC was compared to the current head counting system CC under the same biodistribution conditions. The ICRP male reference voxelized phantoms (RCP_AM) was used in the simulations. The results showed that the WBC setup was more efficient than the head counter for all the studied 18F distributions: UDST = 1060 %, FDGB = 488 % and NAFB = 340 %. Despite this, especially for 18F-FDG, the possibility of bladder voiding before measurement can lead to considerable uncertainties when the WBC setup is used.  On the other hand, bladder activity does not show great influence the calibration coefficient of the head counting system. Future work will evaluate the WBC sources of uncertainties in the measurement of 18F incorporated activity.
Evaluation of the factor of enrichment of atmospheric particulate matter in the Campus of UFMG, Belo Horizonte
Authors: Moura Igor Felipe Silva , Cesar Raisa Helena Sant'Ana , Barreto Alberto Avellar , Menezes Maria Ângela B. C.
Published: July 2019

The particulate matter present in the atmospheric air of large cities is one of the pollutants that causes great environmental risks. Due to their composition of solids and liquids varying in size, shape, composition and origin, they have an impact on the health of the exposed population, agriculture, forests and acidification of lakes. In this scenario, the present work had as objective to evaluate the concentration of the 10-micrometer particulate matter, commonly called PM10, and the elementary concentrations in air filters whose sampling was carried out at the Campus of the Federal University of Minas Gerais. For this, a high-volume sampler was used to collect the particulate matter. The elementary concentration of the particulate matter was determined via neutron activation analysis, method k0. Applying the enrichment factor technique, the influence of anthropogenic sources at the sampled site was investigated. The results showed anthropogenic interferences of zinc, sodium, chromium and iron and a geogenic impoverishment of cobalt.
Therapeutic efficacy of Boerhaavia diffusa (Linn.) root methanolic extract in attenuating streptozotocin-induced diabetes, diabetes-linked hyperlipidemia and oxidative-stress in rats
Authors: Akhter Firoz , Sultan Alvi Sahir , Ahmad Parvej , Iqbal Danish , Alshehri Bader Mohammed , Khan M. Salman
Published: July 2019

Introduction: We have previously demonstrated that sequentially extracted methanolic fractions of Boerhaavia diffusa (Linn.) showed marked antioxidant, antidiabetic and oxidative-DNA damage protective properties in vitro. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the beneficial effects of B.diffusa (Linn.) methanolic root extract and its partially purified bioactive fraction on streptozotocin (STZ)-induced hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia in rats.

Methods: The diabetic rats were treated for fourteen weeks either with methanolic extract of B. diffusa root (D-MT1, D-MT2, and D-MT3 : doses of 50, 150, and 300 mg/rat/day, respectively), partially isolated bioactive fraction (DBT: 0.5 mg/rat/day), or glibenclamide (D-GT: 0.5 mg/rat/day).

Results: The level of fasting blood glucose (FBG) and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) were significantly alleviated in D-MT- and D-BT treated groups after fourteen weeks of administration. Moreover, plasma lipid profile, free fatty acids (FFAs), phospholipids (PLs), HMG-CoA reductase (HMG-R) activity, conjugated diene (CD), lipid hydroperoxide (LOOH), and malondialdehyde (MDA) were also markedly ameliorate d in all treatment groups. In addition, the activity of antioxidant enzymes, e.g., superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione reductase (Gred), and glutathione-S-transferase (GST), were also significantly restored by D-MT — and D-BT — treated groups. Furthermore, histologically, all the unseemly features of nephropathy were extensively regressed and normalized by the administration of B. diffusa and its bioactive fraction.

Conclusions: Our results demonstrate a strong antidiabetic and hypolipidemic impact of B. diffusa extract an ideal alternative therapeutic agent in the prevention and treatment of diabetes as well as diabetes-linked hyperlipidemia.
Szemfenéki arteria centralis retinae érelzáródás miatt kialakult hirtelen látásromlás spontán restitúciója cilioretinalis artéria jelenlétében
Authors: Angeli Orsolya , Nagy Zoltán Zsolt , Schneider Miklós
Published: July 2019

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Retinal arterial occlusion causes acute, painless vision loss, and it requires immediate emergency care. There are two separate arterial systems (retinal and ciliary) in the retina, and in most cases only the central retinal artery and its branches supply blood to the inner retinal layers. Cilioretinal artery is an anatomical variant, which can also supply blood to the macula from the ciliary arterial system, and in the case of a retinal arterial occlusion, the cilioretinal artery could save central vision. We report a case of a 67-year-old woman who suffered a central retinal arterial occlusion while having a patent cilioretinal artery and she had a complete recovery of her central visual acuity. A series of fundus photography and optical coherence tomography images are presented that were taken during follow-up. The patient’s complaints started one week before she presented in our department therefore acute therapy was not given. However, during the course of the follow-up her status gradually improved, and she finally regained 1,0 (20/20) visual acuity. In the presence of a cilioretinal artery following a central retinal arterial occlusion, there is a chance of visual acuity preservation. Orv Hetil. 2019; 160(29): 1146–1152.
EKG-gyöngyszem: tónusos-clonusos epilepsziás roham kimutatása implantábilis loop recorderrel
Authors: Tomcsányi János , Nényei Zoltán , Kelemen Anna , Kamondi Anita
Published: July 2019

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A 52-year-old woman is presented with repetitive transient loss of consciousness. Implantable loop recorder (ILR) recorded muscle artifacts during the generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Seizure was diagnosed and antiepileptic drug was started. The patient has been asymptomatic for 9 months. Orv Hetil. 2019; 160(29): 1143–1145.
A májtranszplantáció új kihívásai
Authors: Wettstein Dániel , Tóth Szabolcs József , Máthé Zoltán
Published: July 2019

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In the last decades, the results of liver transplantation have shown significant improvement. More patients are eligible for liver transplantation, while the indications are changing. The worldwide shortage of donor organs urges the profession for the development of new strategies. With rational extension of donor criteria, more precise organ allocation, personalized donation, living related donation, machine perfusion, and donation after cardiac death, liver transplantation is becoming available for more and more patients suffering from end stage liver disease. Hereby we summarize the new possibilities and challenges in the light of the Hungarian liver transplant program. Orv Hetil. 2019; 160(29): 1127–1135.
AUTOIMMUNE ORIGIN OF SARCOIDOSIS: DETERMINATION OF SPECIFIC IMMUNE COMPLEXES IN PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY SARCOIDOSIS
Authors: Zinchenko Yu. S. , Starshinova A. A. , Filatov M. V. , Denisova N. V. , Landa S. B. , Burdakov V. S. , Yablonskiy P. K.
Published: July 2019

The etiology of sarcoidosis is not completely understood. A hypothesis exists about the relationship between sarcoidosis and a complex of pathological autoimmune reactions that occur under the influence of triggering factors. In this study, specific immune complexes in the blood plasma of patients have been determined, which can indirectly reveal the causes of the disease.

The study included 33 patients with lung sarcoidosis (I group), compared to 24 healthy donors who served as a control group (II group). The patients underwent standard examination. Their blood plasma was investigated by the dynamic light scattering method with addition of tuberculosis antigens (ESAT-6/SFP-10) and “lung healthy tissue extract”. Statistical analysis was performed using the Statistica 7.0 program. Test results were considered significant at p < 0.05.

Аccording to the data obtained, addition of ESAT-6/SFP-10 to patient’s blood plasma almost did not lead to the formation of immune complexes in most samples. Meanwhile, development of such complexes after addition of “lung tissue extract” was revealed in all the patients. The immune complexes were not detected in any donor from control group after stimulation with both kinds of antigens (p < 0.01).

The data on distinct formation of immune complexes with the addition of “lung healthy tissue extract” in patients with lung sarcoidosis may be considered an indirect evidence for occurrence of autoimmune reaction under the influence of some pathogenic factors. Absence of de novo immune complex formation after addition of tuberculosis antigens (ESAT-6/SFP-10) makes it unlikely any direct effects of tuberculosis bacteria upon development of sarcoidosis.
CONTENTS OF CD4+ AND CD8+ EFFECTOR MEMORY CELLS AND PROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY OF T LYMPHOCYTES IN BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
Authors: Barkovskaya M. Sh. , Blinova E. A. , Grishina L. V. , Leonova M. I. , Nepomniashchikch V. M. , Demina D. V. , Kozlov V. A.
Published: July 2019

Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the respiratory tract. T-lymphocytes play a key role in pathogenesis of this allergic disease. The reduction in number of naïve T cells and the accumulation of memory T cells in bronchial asthma are accompanied by dysregulation of T lymphocyte function. In present study, we have investigated the contents of different T lymphocyte subpopulations in peripheral blood as well as in resting and PHA-stimulated cultures, along with their proliferative capacity in patients with bronchial asthma and healthy donors. The study included 10 patients with bronchial asthma (age 45.4±11.8 years). One-half of patients was in remission state, the others having been at the stage of clinical exacerbation. The group of donors was formed by healthy individuals matched by gender and age to the patients. Based on expression of cell surface markers CD45R0, CD62L and CD197 (CCR7), the CD4+ and CD8+T lymphocytes were divided into central (Tcm) and effector memory cells (Tem), naïve T lymphocytes (Tnaïve) and terminally differentiated effector cells (Temra) using flow cytometry technique. The proliferative activity of Tcm, Tem and Tnaïve was evaluated in response to PHA as a functional marker of T cells. We have found that the percentage of peripheral CD4+TemCD62L+ and CD8+TemCD62L+ cells in the patients with asthma exacerbation was significantly reduced, if compared to the donors. Following PHA stimulation, these differences in T cell subsets between the groups of patients and donors were not detectable. We performed a correlation analysis between the memory T cell contents and age of the subjects studied. It was shown that the relative amounts of CD4+ and CD8+ memory cells increased with age in asthmatics, but not in healthy donors. Analysis of mitogen-induced proliferation showed that Tcm and Tnaïve cells proliferated more actively than other subpopulations in both groups. Meanwhile, the proliferative activity of CD4+T lymphocytes and subsets of CD8+Tcm, CD4+Tcm and CD4+Tem62L was higher in the group of asthma patients in remission state than in the patients with exacerbating disease, and healthy donors. The revealed increase in the relative number of memory T cells with age suggests that these cells participate in development of bronchial asthma. Proliferative response of the studied subpopulations, which was comparable to the donor values, suggests a functional maintenance of memory T cells and naïve T lymphocytes in bronchial asthma. The increased proliferation of some T-cell subpopulations in asthmatics in remission suggests an activated state of memory T cells. The observed decrease in the number of CD4+TemCD62L+ and CD8+TemCD62L+ in patients with asthma exacerbation may be, by our opinion, associated with an active inflammatory process in the airways.
PROTECTIVE EFFECT INDUCED BY THE NEW SUBUNIT TUBERCULOSIS VACCINE WHEN USED AS A BCG BOOST IS ASSOCIATED WITH INHIBITION OF MYCOBACTERIAL DISSEMINATION
Authors: Yeremeev V. V. , Shepelkova G. S. , Dukhovlinov I. V. , Gergert V. Ya.
Published: July 2019

Since 1924, BCG vaccine is used to protect children from the most severe forms of tuberculosis. At the same time, the protective effect of BCG in adults is variable. The potential for revaccination with live vaccine is further limited by the rapid spread of HIV infection. The early-secreted Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteins have been used extensively in TB vaccine development, due to their high immunogenicity and have shown protective effect in animal models. The aim of our study was to evaluate the opportunity to increase the anti-TB resistance in experimental animals by re-vaccination with a new subunit vaccine preparation following primary immunization with BCG. To perform such boost vaccination, we used a combination of the Ag85B-TB10.4-FliC chimeric protein, and the plasmid DNA encoding Ag85A antigen. Efficiency of the boost vaccination was evaluated in a model of M. tuberculosis H37Rv aerosol infection of C57BL / 6 laboratory mice, either in the intact animals, or those vaccinated with BCG only, or BCG followed by revaccination with the test vaccine. The data concerning mycobacteria outgrowth from the organs, and life-span of animals after infection were subject to comparative analysis. We have demonstrated that additional boost vaccination with the vaccine under study, as compared with conventional BCG vaccination, leads to further inhibition of mycobacteria dissemination from the site of infection, and significantly prolonged survival of infected animals.
Perfiles de familias con factores de riesgo y problemas comportamentales en niños con déficit de atención con hiperactividad
Authors: Berenguer Carmen , Roselló Belén , Baixauli Inmaculada
Published: July 2019

Introducción. La literatura evidencia que las familias de niños con déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH) experimentan factores de riesgo relacionados con niveles elevados de estrés, menor apoyo social, o menor capacidad de afrontamiento. Estos factores familiares contextuales pueden verse agravados por la presencia de problemas comportamentales y sociales en niños con TDAH. Objetivos. El presente estudio se planteó los siguientes objetivos: 1) Identificar perfiles de familias de niños con TDAH en edad escolar de acuerdo con indicadores contextuales y variables socioemocionales como el nivel de estrés, las estrategias de afrontamiento y el apoyo social. 2) Evaluar las diferencias entre los grupos establecidos en diferentes dominios de dificultades comportamentales y emocionales. Método. Participaron en este estudio 35 niños, entre 7 y 11 años, que habían recibido un diagnóstico clínico de TDAH. Se determinó un índice de riesgo familiar a partir de la información que aportaron las familias sobre el nivel educativo de los padres, la situación laboral, la existencia de psicopatología parental y la tipología familiar. Además, se evaluó el nivel de estrés parental, el apoyo social, las habilidades de afrontamiento y los problemas comportamentales y emocionales del niño. Resultados. Los análisis cluster jerárquicos realizados determinaron la existencia de dos grupos de familias; una con “riesgo severo” y otra con “riesgo moderado-bajo”. El perfil severo se asoció con mayores problemas sociales en los niños. Concretamente se apreció mayor hiperactividad y más problemas con los iguales. Conclusiones. Los factores contextuales y socioemocionales de las familias deberían tenerse en cuenta en el abordaje de los problemas comportamentales que presentan los niños con TDAH.
Habilidades de persuasión en niños y niñas de 6 a 12 años. El papel de la teoría de la mente y de la competencia lingüística
Authors: Barajas Carmen , Linero Mª José , Cedeño Carolina
Published: July 2019

Los objetivos de este estudio son: a) analizar la habilidad persuasiva (egoísta y prosocial) de los niños/as de Educación Primaria y b) su relación con la competencia lingüística y la comprensión de la mente. Método. A 103 niños/as de 6 a 12 años se les administró dos tareas de producción persuasiva (una egoísta y una prosocial), el test PPVT-III y una batería de tareas de ToM. Resultados. En la persuasión prosocial los niños/as producen más argumentos distintos y de valencia positiva; en cambio, en cuanto a la calidad, es similar la producción de argumentos mentalistas en ambos tipos de persuasión. Además, los niños con mayor competencia lingüística y mentalista (especialmente atribución de estados emocionales, más que epistémicos) producen argumentos persuasivos más variados y de mayor calidad (la valencia sólo se relaciona con la competencia mentalista); concretamente, la atribución de emociones vinculadas a creencias está relacionada con la variedad de argumentos de persuasión egoísta, y la atribución de emoción a la víctima de una metedura de pata con la variedad y la valencia en la persuasión prosocial. Estos datos pueden ser útiles para guiar la promoción de la influencia prosocial entre iguales en la edad escolar.
Una intervención psicoeducativa y musical en educación primaria
Authors: Almoguera Martón Arantza
Published: July 2019

Este trabajo se enmarca en unas prácticas en el Grado de Psicología. Las necesidades del centro en el que se realiza el Prácticum, así como la formación musical de la estudiante, propician una intervención psicoeducativa desde la música en un aula de Educación Primaria.Un repaso por los diferentes estudios relacionados con la educación musical nos permite afirmar que la música es un excelente instrumento de educación que contribuye y favorece el desarrollo integral del alumnado (Jauset, 2017; Bisquerra, 2017; Blasco, 2016; Andreu y Godall, 2012). Por tanto, el objetivo principal de nuestro estudio es contribuir al desarrollo físico, cognitivo, social y emocional de un grupo de discentes de Educación Primaria a través de una intervención musical en el aula. Además, dadas las características concretas del grupo, pretendemos incrementar y mejorar las relaciones entre el alumnado, así como facilitar al docente diferentes recursos y herramientas musicales para el abordaje de la música en el aula.A partir de tres sesiones musicales se trabajan aspectos como las emociones, el bienestar personal y la mejora de la convivencia y cohesión en el grupo. Dada la brevedad de la intervención, la evaluación de los cambios que se producen en el aula se basa en la percepción de la maestra, así como en la observación participante de la propia estudiante que realiza la intervención. Estudios como el que presentamos defienden la presencia de la educación musical en la escuela como recurso psicoeducativo que contribuye positivamente al desarrollo del alumnado.
La inhibición, el autocontrol emocional, la memoria de trabajo y la supervisión ¿predicen las manifestaciones típicas de adultos con TDAH?
Authors: Roselló Belén , Berenguer Carmen , Baixauli Inmaculada
Published: July 2019

Introducción. Los déficits en inhibición, control emocional, memoria de trabajo y supervisión se han evidenciado en numerosas investigaciones focalizadas en el trastorno por déficit de atención con hiperactividad (TDAH), pero la información sobre su posible influencia diferencial en las manifestaciones características del trastorno es escasa. Objetivos. El presente estudio se propuso analizar las relaciones de las funciones ejecutivas de regulación (inhibición y control emocional) y metacognitivas (memoria de trabajo y supervisión) con manifestaciones del TDAH y determinar el poder de predicción de esas cuatro funciones ejecutivas en dichas manifestaciones. Método. Sesenta y un jóvenes adultos entre18 y 24 años con un diagnóstico clínico de subtipo combinado de TDAH en la infancia completaron la Escala Conners de síntomas de TDAH y el Inventario de Funcionamiento Ejecutivo (BRIEF). Resultados. Se encontraron relaciones estadísticamente significativas entre inhibición, regulación emocional, memoria de trabajo y supervisión y las subescalas del Conners.Además, los déficits en las funciones ejecutivas fueron diferencialmente sensibles en la predicción de problemas significativos del TDAH. La memoria de trabajo y la supervisión fueron predictores de los problemas de atención, la inhibición predijo los problemas de autoconcepto y la hiperactividad/ inquietud mientras que el autocontrol emocional fue el mejor predictor de la impulsividad. Conclusiones. La medida de funciones ejecutivas de regulación y metacognitivas pueden ayudar tanto en el diagnóstico como en las evaluaciones de seguimiento del tratamiento de adultos con TDAH.
Relaciones entre las actitudes sexistas, la comunicación familiar y la agresión hacia los iguales
Authors: Carrascosa Laura , Clemente A.J. , Iranzo B. , Ortega-Barón J.
Published: July 2019

La violencia escolar entre iguales es una problemática con graves consecuencias psicosociales. Además, se produce en una etapa del ciclo vital en que la familia y las actitudes sexistas tienen cierta influencia en las conductas violentas de los adolescentes. Desde esta perspectiva, el objetivo del presente trabajo fue analizar posibles diferencias en el sexismo hostil, sexismo benevolente, comunicación con la madre y comunicación con el padre entre tres grupos de adolescentes establecidos según su diferente implicación en violencia hacia los iguales: “baja implicación”, “implicación ocasional” y “implicación frecuente”. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 1034 adolescentes de ambos sexos (50.6% chicos y 49.4% chicas), de edades comprendidas entre los 12 y los 18 años. Los resultados muestran que los adolescentes con una implicación frecuente en conductas de violencia hacia los iguales presentan más actitudes sexistas benévolas y hostiles y más problemas de comunicación con ambos progenitores. Asimismo, los implicados en conductas agresivas frecuentes y ocasionales muestran menos comunicación abierta con la madre y con el padre. Los resultados evidencian la necesidad de ayudar a los adolescentes que ejercen agresión frecuente hacia sus iguales e indica la importancia de incluir estas variables en los programas de prevención.
Caídas previas y riesgo de caídas en relación a la fragilidad
Authors: Santamaría -Peláez Miriam , González-Bernal Jerónimo , González-Santos Josefa , Jahouh Maha , Collazo Riobó Carla
Published: July 2019

Esta investigación descriptiva transversal estudia la relación entre el número de caídas durante el último mes y el riesgo de caídas de una parte; y la situación de fragilidad en adultos mayores de otra parte; en una muestra de 194 personas mayores institucionalizadas.La fragilidad se mide con la herramienta Short Physical Performance Battery, las caídas previas durante el último mes se recogen de manera numérica y el riesgo de caídas se mide mediante la escala Downton. Los resultados no muestran diferencias significativas entre los grupos de fragilidad en relación al número de caídas previas durante el último mes. Sin embargo, sí que existen diferencias significativas entre los grupos de fragilidad que establece el SPPB y el riesgo de caídas; así, ya desde los resultados descriptivos se observa como las medias obtenidas en riesgo de caídas aumentan según el continumm robusto-prefrágil-frágil-dependiente avanza hacia la dependencia. En relación a las diferencias entre grupos, se encuentra que el grupo dependiente tiene diferencias significativas con todos los demás (p=,001); además, existen diferencias significativas entre frágil y robusto (p=,003).Por el contrario en las relaciones frágil-prefrágil y prefrágil-robusto las diferencias no son significativas. Los resultados obtenidos permiten la detección de la población con mayor riesgo de caídas, lo que posibilitaría implementar intervenciones precoces encaminadas a la prevención de caídas en base a las diferencias encontradas entre los grupos.
Influencia de las experiencias vitales sobre la calidad de vida percibida de adultos y mayores
Authors: Díaz Prieto Cristina , García Sánchez Jesús Nicasio
Published: July 2019

Las experiencias vitales de una persona determinan en gran medida su presente. Su identidad, su personalidad, su estilo de vida, sus intereses, sus rutinas, todo ello está en gran medida determinado por eventos acontecidos en su vida. A pesar de ello, buena parte de la investigación se ha ocupado tan solo del estudio de los eventos vitales estresantes y su impacto sobre la salud física y mental. Por ello, el objetivo de este estudio es describir la relación existente entre experiencias vitales, tanto favorables como estresantes, y diferentes percepciones de calidad de vida, identificando consecuentemente factores de riesgo y protectores en aras de promover un envejecimiento activo y saludable. Para tal fin, diseñamos y administramos un cuestionario online, PRAMA, a una muestra de 1095 personas adultas y mayores españolas. Se practicaron análisis descriptivos y multivariados utilizando el Modelo Lineal General. Los resultados muestran un mayor impacto de las experiencias vitales estresantes sobre la calidad de vida percibida. De este modo, los adultos y mayores con una calidad de vida más baja experimentan un mayor número de emociones negativas derivadas de dichas experiencias vitales, a lo que se une mayores efectos a corto y medio plazo y un mayor impacto actual. De igual modo, hacen un mayor uso de estrategias desadaptativas como por ejemplo la negación, la renuncia y la autocrítica, en detrimento de las estrategias de afrontamiento activo.Los resultados aquí obtenidos pueden contribuir al desarrollo de actuaciones psicológicas y sociales más exitosas.
Comparison of Parametric and Non-Parametric Estimation Methods in Linear Regression Model
Authors: Zaman Tolga , Alakuş Kamil
Published: July 2019

In this study, the aim was to review the methods of parametric and non-parametric analyses in simple linear regression model. The least squares estimator (LSE) in parametric analysis of the model, and Mood-Brown and Theil-Sen methods that estimates the parameters according to the median value in non-parametric analysis of the model are introduced. Also, various weights of Theil-Sen method are examined and estimators are discussed. In an attempt to show the need for non-parametric methods, results are evaluated based on real life data.
Measuring Digital Divide by Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis and MANOVA : A Case of Turkey
Authors: ARICIGİL ÇİLAN Çiğdem
Published: July 2019

The aim of the study is to determine the factors of individuals’ skills with regard to internet usage in Turkey by Confirmatory Factor Analysis, and to analyze the factor indicators in order to clarify if they vary by gender, age and education level, i.e. if a digital divide is in question, by Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) method. For that purpose, the data on “IT Usage – 2016” of Turkish Statistical Institute was selected as baseline. All data used in this study is categorical. Though, since Confirmatory Factor Analysis and MANOVA are methods using continuous variables, firstly, the variables were transferred to quantified variables by Optimal Scaling method, and before employing Confirmatory Factor Analysis and MANOVA methods, the validity of both multivariate normality and equality of variance-covariance matrices hypotheses was checked. The results obtained showed that the skill with regard to internet usage consists of four factors: personal intended internet activities, e-learning, e-government services, and software related activities. According to the MANOVA results, these factors significantly vary by gender, age, and education level, and thus, there’s a second and a third level digital divide between individuals in Turkey.
O PROCESSO DE MONSTRIFICAÇÃO COMO METÁFORA DO MAL NOS MITOS DE METAMORFOSE
Authors: ALMEIDA Natasha De Queiroz , SIMÕES Maria do Perpétuo Socorro Galvão
Published: July 2019

As mitologias registram narrativas regidas pelo tema da metamorfose. Entretanto, as metamorfoses analisadas dentre narrativas do imaginário grego clássico e as narrativas do imaginário amazônico paraense expõem punições, restrições, bem como questões morais, geralmente resultantes de malefícios e transtornos sofridos pelos sujeitos que passam pelo processo físico da metamorfose. O objetivo deste estudo é estabelecer, numa abordagem comparativa, as relações entre a metamorfose do episódio da Antiguidade Clássica registrado no canto X, da Odisseia (VIEIRA, 2011) e a narrativa de metamorfose relatada no bairro do Jurunas (1994), a partir da figura do monstro, enquanto agente causador/sofredor do mal. Será realizado um levantamento bibliográfico sobre o caso de metamorfose como símbolo do mal na Odisseia, cuja tradução é de Trajano Vieira (2011) e sobre o caso de metamorfoses relatadas em narrativas orais de Belém, catalogadas e salvaguardadas no acervo IFNOPAP, em 1994 (O imaginário das formas narrativas orais da Amazônia paraense). A análise comparada versou sobre: Como o mal é representado na figura do monstro? Como os casos de metamorfoses apontam para questões de cunho sociomoralizante? Que motivações gerem cada um dos processos metamórficos? Os metamorfoseados ou monstros representam que tipo de homem? Observou-se que em ambos os episódios, as metamorfoses apresentaram questões de fundo moralizante e algum efeito nocivo ao agente metamorfoseado, sendo estas consequências derivações do mal causado, mal este entendido aqui como o sofrimento sentido pelo sujeito metamorfoseado por sua condição de abjeto, de objeto ou de privado de expressão. Além disso, por serem desdobramentos míticos, nos casos analisados jazem parâmetros de afinidades e de concorrência que: 1) mostramo quanto as narrativas de caráter mítico podem se reatualizar incessantemente pela palavra; 2) ilustram bem como as sociedades estão ordenadas e regidas por forças hierárquicas, quer sejam representadas por uma ordem natural humana, quer seja via uma ordem sobrenatural; 3) aproximam os homens de culturas diversas pelos interesses, comportamentos, buscas e receios. Assim, o estudo dos mitos de metamorfoses elucida bem a relação homem-mundo-sociedade, principalmente porque aponta para o ‘momento de trânsito em que nos encontramos em que espaço e tempo se cruzam para produzir figuras complexas de diferença e identidade, passado e presente, interior e exterior, inclusão e exclusão’ (BHABHA, 1998).
O SÍSIFO DA FLORESTA NOS BRAÇOS DO MAPINGUARI: DIÁLOGOS ENTRE EUCLIDES DA CUNHA E FLORENTINA ESTEVES
Authors: ALMEIDA Luis Fernando Ribeiro , CASTRO José Guilherme De Oliveira
Published: July 2019

Este artigo tem por objetivo fazer um estudo comparativo entre o texto “Mapinguari”, de Florentina Esteves e “Um clima caluniado”, de Euclides da Cunha, a fim de identificar os possíveis pontos de confluências discursivas. Este estudo está baseado em levantamento bibliográfico, utilizando-se dos postulados da Literatura Comparada e do conceito de dialogismo de Bakhtin. É possível observar a presença da figura do seringueiro nos textos analisados, verificando-se assim, que tanto no texto de Florentina Esteves, quanto no de Euclides da Cunha, embora remotos no tempo, tomam o mesmo espaço como pano de fundo de suas narrativas: a floresta, que se mostra gigantesca, “engolindo” o homem, “carregando-o” nos braços, revelando sua pequenez diante da “prisão celular”
CÁRCERE FEMININO: SALA DE ENCONTROS, SUJEITOS, DE MOVIMENTOS IDENTITÁRIOS...
Authors: MORAIS Mirna Lúcia Araújo , CASTRO José Guilherme De Oliveira
Published: July 2019

Este artigo tem por objetivo desvelar os sentidos produzidos pela escrita literária expandida de Eneida de Moraes, no texto Companheiras, cujo contexto histórico – a efervescência do Estado Novo, revela pela formação discursiva utilizada pela escritora identidades ameaçadas pelas inscrições políticas culturais capturadas das experiências das presas, na cela 4, da Casa de Detenção – Pavilhão dos primários. Lugar de retalhos de vida, de jogos de memória; tecido literário transformado em narrativa documental, visto que a seleção cuidadosa da linguagem constrói percepções das identidades feridas, já que ameaçadas por serem mulheres, bem como por serem filiadas ao Partido Comunista Brasileiro. Pelas transgressões de todas as ordens vivenciadas pela individualidade de cada uma e conferindo consciência de grupo, teremos a visibilidade de que a cela/o cárcere assume funções antitéticas: espaço das representações da tortura, de corpos seviciados, como ainda representação de intercâmbio de saberes, de um projeto compartilhado. A referência metodológica utilizada foi amparada pela revisão bibliográfica de escritos sobre identidades, constituição de 1937 e outros documentos.
O DISCURSO MÍTICO E MEMORIALÍSTICO NOS TEXTOS DE LITERATURA DE EXPRESSÃO AMAZÔNICA PRESENTES NOS TEXTOS DE INGLÊS DE SOUSA, MARIA LÚCIA MEDEIROS E MILTON HATOUM
Authors: ALVES Cristiane De Mesquita , CASTRO José Guilherme De Oliveira , AMORIM Joyce Cristina Farias de , REIS Wellingson Valente dos
Published: July 2019

Este trabalho se desenvolve a partir da análise da presença do discurso mítico e memorialístico dentro de três obras da Literatura de expressão amazônica, duas oriundas do Pará: O rebelde de Inglês de Sousa e Quarto de hora de Maria Lúcia Medeiros e outra de Manaus, Dois Irmãos do escritor Milton Hatoum. O recorte para estudo foi alicerçado nas leituras e nas seleções de passagens das obras, tendo como referencial teórico-metodológico a Análise do Discurso nas formações discursivas, ideológicas e a ideologia presentes em Foucault (2013) e Bakhtin (2000); na ideia de horizonte de expectativa da Estética da Recepção de Jauss (1994), nos preceitos acerca da Literatura amazônica em Loureiro (2015); nas questões pertinentes à memória Bosi (1987), Halbwachs (2013), Pêcheux (1999), e sobre o mítico Joseph Campbell (1997), os quais nortearam a realização dessa escrita.
A FIGURAÇÃO DA AMAZÔNIA EM MAD MARIA, DE MÁRCIO SOUZA
Authors: COELHO Wanessa De Oliveira , FURTADO Marlí Tereza
Published: July 2019

Este artigo discorre sobre a figuração da Amazônia no romance Mad Maria, de Márcio Souza. Verificam-se no romance, os avanços e recuos, em confronto com uma tradição, no retrato da Amazônia brasileira, além disso, investigam-se as técnicas de elaboração literária da obra. Importa-nos averiguar, em Mad Maria, a continuidade da quebra de paradigmas na configuração da Amazônia representada por Galvez, imperador do Acre, naquele contexto dos anos 70, bem como para assinalar Márcio Souza como um diferencial na literatura brasileira. Pois, diferente de outras narrativas que repetem o assunto e o estilo daquelas pautadas na economia local, principalmente a da borracha, soando até anacrônicas, Mad Maria ressignifica o assunto por meio de recursos como o humor, opondo-se as narrativas advindas da tradição literária que se estabeleceu a partir de À margem da História, de Euclides da Cunha. A base teórica utilizada para consolidar este artigo pode ser encontrada nos trabalhos de João Carlos de Carvalho - Amazônia revisitada: de Carvajal a Márcio Souza (2011) – de Allison Leão - Amazonas: natureza e ficção (2013)- e de Márcio Souza - A expressão amazonense: do colonialismo ao neocolonialismo (1977), entre outros.
BRUNO DE MENEZES E LÉOPOLD SÉDAR SENGHOR: POÉTICA, NEGRITUDE E RELIGIOSIDADE
Authors: Alves Mariana Janaina dos Santos
Published: July 2019

O artigo apresenta reflexões críticas e algumas considerações teóricas sobre os aspectos de religiosidade e da negritude contidos no poema Toiá Verequête, retirado do livro Batuque de Bruno de Menezes. O poema analisado foi publicado, pela primeira vez, em 1931. Sabemos que Batuque, ao longo do século passado, recebeu várias edições, dentre elas, citamos algumas, como a de 1966, 1984, 1993 e 2005. A obra, ao nosso ver, é uma das mais importantes da expressão poética moderna na Amazônia e Bruno de Menezes é um escritor fundamental deste período, pois, ele apresenta em seus livros uma abordagem inovadora da lírica do norte do Brasil com usos particulares da linguagem, personagens marcadas pela cor local, cenas do cotidiano popular, além da escrita registrada pela musicalidade, o ritmo, a religiosidade e a festa. Por esse motivo, escolhemos para esta análise, um poema retirado da edição especial comemorativa que foi lançada em Belém, no ano de 1966. Assim, o artigo, que ora se apresenta, discorre sobre a religiosidade, o misticismo e a negritude no poema citado aliando os postulados da literatura, aos estudos culturais e antropológicos, como vieses complementares. Os autores escolhidos nessas perspectivas teóricas foram Bosi (2010), Ferretti (1996/1997) e Ribeiro (1995). Destarte, para comparar a poética meneziana vista sob os aspectos da negritude, citamos elementarmente outro autor, desta vez, oriundo da literatura moderna francófona, o intelectual Léopold Sédar Senghor. Destacamos, por fim, que o artigo se compõe a partir dos estudos realizados em tese de doutorado, pesquisa que se encontra em andamento, intitulada Tradução Cultural, Intersemiótica e Négritude nos poemas de Bruno de Menezes de Léopold Sédar Senghor: Modernismo na obra Batuque e Éthiopiques, desenvolvida na Universidade Estadual Paulista- UNESP.