bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Ecuaciones de volumen total y de razón para estimar el volumen comercial de Swietenia macrophylla King
Authors: Hernández Ramos Jonathan , Hernández-Ramos Adrián , García-Cuevas Xavier , Tamarit-Urias Juan Carlos , Martínez-Ángel Luis , García-Magaña Jesús
Published: December 2017

La estimación del volumen es indispensable para el manejo forestal sustentable. En el trópico de México, la especie arbórea de mayor interés comercial es caoba (Swietenia macrophylla King). Por tanto, la actualización constante y uso de herramientas cuantitativas es fundamental en su óptimo aprovechamiento. El objetivo fue ajustar modelos de volumen total y generar un sistema de volumen comercial para S. macrophylla a partir de modelos de razón de volumen. Se utilizó información dasométrica de 116 árboles para ajustar dos modelos de volumen total y cinco de razón de volumen. Por los valores en los estadísticos y la significancia de parámetros, el modelo de volumen total de Spurr y los modelos de razón de volumen de Van Deusen y Zepeda fueron los mejores. Los sesgos y la diferencia agregada muestran que las estimaciones son precisas, por lo que los sistemas se pueden usar para estimar el volumen de manera confiable.
Pentaerythrityltetranitrate (PETN) improves utero- and feto-placental Doppler parameters in pregnancies with impaired utero-placental perfusion in mid-gestation – a secondary analysis of the PETN-pilot trial
Authors: Bowkalow Sandy , Schleussner Ekkehard , Kähler Christiane , Schneider Uwe , Lehmann Thomas , Groten Tanja
Published: December 2017

Aim:

In pregnancies complicated by impaired utero-placental perfusion, pentaeritrithyltetranitrate (PETN) has been shown to reduce the risk of severe fetal growth restriction (FGR) and perinatal death by 39%. The effect is most likely related to the vasodilatative influence of PETN. To assess its impact on utero-placental and fetal perfusion, we analyzed the Doppler parameters measured during the PETN pilot-trial.

Methods:

One hundred and eleven pregnancies presenting impaired utero-placental resistance at mid-gestation were included in the trial. Fifty-four women received PETN, while 57 received a placebo. Doppler velocimetry measurements were monitored biweekly. Statistical analysis was performed using a mixed linear model.

Results:

Within the first week of treatment, the mean pulsatility index (PI) of the uterine artery (UtA) dropped more prominently in the PETN group [−0.20, 95% confidence interval (CI): −0.34 to −0.05, P=0.007). The adjusted relative risk (RR) for abnormal cerebro-placental ratio (CPR) was significantly reduced by PETN [RR 0.412 (95% CI: 0.181–0.941)]. Kaplan-Meier analysis demonstrates the postponement of absent end-diastolic flow (AED), absent or reverse end-diastolic flow (ARED), brain sparing and abnormal cerebroplacental ratio (CPR) in the PETN group.

Conclusion:

The demonstrated effect of PETN on utero-placental and feto-placental perfusion strengthens the evidence for a positive impact in pregnancies complicated by impaired placental perfusion and might explain the effect on neonatal outcome, as shown in the PETN-pilot trial.
The Politics of Selfhood with Constant Reference to Kierkegaard
Authors: Klee Louis
Published: December 2017

In searching Kierkegaard’s authorship for a politics, what emerges most clearly is the negativity of his task: he does not so much write about politics, as lay the foundations for one through his conception of the self. Kierkegaard’s notion of the self challenges the prevailing understanding of selfhood in classical liberal economic models as an egoistic individual engaged in the maximisation of preferences-a vision that entails a community posited on the endless growth of material means to fulfil these preferences. In contrast, Kierkegaard presents a rich and nuanced depiction of the dialectical path of selfhood through immediacy and negativity to faith. The result is a complex understanding of the self in faith as answerable to its own ideals and dependent on the infinite that exceeds it. Such a self also demands a form of community: one that is dialectical and non-teleological, structured by each individual’s responsibility to their better I and the relationality of the self. This model of the self and community, I suggest, holds the potential for a Kierkegaardian politics.
«Être sans destin»: Imre Kertész, ou le concept d’existence constamment rapporté à Kierkegaard
Authors: Fox-Muraton Mélissa
Published: December 2017

In his literary works as well as his published journals and papers, Imre Kertész develops a philosophy of existence inspired by the experience of Auschwitz and of the communist regime in Hungary. Questioning human existence under the hold of the forms of totalitarianism developed in the twentieth century, which make man a simple function of the system or supernumerary being, Kertész’s works develop a radical philosophy of existence (or non-existence) in quest of subjectivity, interiority and ethics. Reader of Kierkegaard, Kertész also revives some of the fundamental themes of Kierkegaardian philosophy of existence underestimated by existentialist philosophers.
Network Automation and Abstraction using Python Programming Methods
Authors: Mihăilă Paul , Bălan Titus , Curpen Radu , Sandu Florin
Published: December 2017

Network programmability is a trend, enhanced and inspired by Software Defined Networks, that are based on scripting methods and standard programming languages used for controlling and monitoring of network elements. This paper is illustrating some new methods in configuring network devices by using automation, reducing time for equipment configuration and easier maintenance. It also improves network security by recognizing and fixing security vulnerabilities and it increases the network stability. These methods represent the future of networks, allowing the management of an increased number of devices in a unitary way.
DMA tests for 3D printed polymer specimens of fatigue test examination
Authors: Fodor Antal
Published: December 2017

Alongside the using of „technical materials’, the direct 3D printed different plastic also speeded up lately. Accordingly to this, it is often designed parts, which have to sustain extreme stress. The proper definition of material qualities is expensive; despite in every phase of designing, we need it to be done perfectly. In every industrial section, it is important to work with exact material characteristics, especially in fields where strict safety rules have to be kept (in connection with the lifespan) the design of fatigue tests of 3D printed polymer specimens. We planned the examinations on the way to avoid the critical temperature range shown by the DMA examinations’ results in the bending point of the inner friction coming up in the local range. This information could be important for the Military to change the busted parts quickly and sound. That is the reason why we designed these examinations in this way, so, it could help for designers in the field of military, in development of security technology and improvement of recovery.
On some properties ofk-subadditive lattice group-valued capacities
Authors: Barbieri Giuseppina , Boccuto Antonio
Published: December 2017

We investigate some properties of (uniformly) absolutely continuous, singular and non-concentratedk-subadditive lattice group-valued capacities, and we examine some relations between them. Furthermore, we pose some open problems.
On disruptions of nonautonomous discrete dynamical systems in the context of their local properties
Authors: Pawlak Ryszard J. , Korczak-Kubiak Ewa , Loranty Anna
Published: December 2017

The aim of the paper is to examine topological properties of disruptions of nonautonomous discrete dynamical system by other “close” systems. Our considerations will be connected with entropy of a system at a point and with stable points of a system.
Comparison of cardiac and lung doses for breast cancer patients with free breathing and deep inspiration breath hold technique in 3 dimensional conformal radiotherapy - a dosimetric study
Authors: Raj Mani Karthick , Poudel Suresh , Maria Das K J
Published: December 2017

Purpose: To investigate the cardio-pulmonary doses between Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH) and Free Breathing (FB) technique in left sided breast irradiation.

Materials & Methods: DIBH CT and FB CT were acquired for 10 left sided breast patients who underwent whole breast irradiation with or without nodal irradiation. Three fields single isocenter technique were used for patients with node positive patients along with two tangential conformal fields whereas only two tangential fields were used in node negative patients. All the critical structures like lungs, heart, esophagus, thyroid, etc., were delineated in both DIBH and FB scan. Both DIBH and FB scans were fused with the Dicom origin as they were acquired with the same Dicom coordinates. Plans were created in the DIBH scan for a dose range between 50 Gy in 25 fractions. Critical structures doses were recorded from the Dose Volume Histogram for both the DIBH and FB data set for evaluation.

Results: The average mean heart dose in DIBH vs FB was 13.18 Gy vs 6.97 Gy, (p = 0.0063) significantly with DIBH as compared to FB technique. The relative reduction in average mean heart dose was 47.12%. The relative V5 reduced by 14.70% (i.e. 34.42% vs 19.72%, p = 0.0080), V10 reduced by 13.83% (i.e. 27.79 % vs 13.96%, p = 0.0073). V20 reduced by 13.19% (i.e. 24.54 % vs 11.35%, p = 0.0069), V30 reduced by 12.38% (i.e. 22.27 % vs 9.89 %, p = 0.0073) significantly with DIBH as compared to FB. The average mean left lung dose reduced marginally by 1.43 Gy (13.73 Gy vs 12.30 Gy, p = 0.4599) but insignificantly with DIBH as compared to FB. Other left lung parameters (V5, V10, V20 and V30) shows marginal decreases in DIBH plans compare to FB plans.

Conclusion: DIBH shows a substantial reduction of cardiac doses but slight and insignificant reduction of pulmonary doses as compared with FB technique. Using the simple DIBH technique, we can effectively reduce the cardiac morbidity and at the same time radiation induced lung pneumonitis is unlikely to increase.
Applying “Spark Plasma Sintering” Technology to Enhance the Resistance to Contact Fatigue of Sintered Steel Based on Astaloy CRL
Authors: Rodziňák D. , Čerňan J. , Puchý V.
Published: December 2017

The article deals with the effect of porosity on the contact fatigue of sintered material type Astaloy CrL with 0.3 and 0.4% C. Sets of samples were used with densities beginning from the value of 7000 kg.m−3to the value of almost 7859 kg.m−3which represents almost zero porosity (compact material). It has been found out that the increase of compacting pressure applied simultaneously with temperature results in the reduction of porosity from the value of 9.10% to 0.0005% and increase in hardness from 145 to 193 HV10, depending on the carbon content. Logically there is also an increase in the fatigue life by the contact fatigue tests for the value of 50×106cycles from the value of 900 MPa to 1150 MPa for samples with 0.3% of C and from 900 MPa to 1300 MPa for samples with 0.4% C. These investigations were also carried out in the past, but to achieve the reduction of porosity, different technonologies were used at each level such as double pressing, hot pressing, saturation, hot forging, etc. In this case, the single technology of “spark plasma sintering” making use of compacting at high temperatures is capable to continuously reduce porosity to zero.
Achieving thermal comfort and sustainable urban development in accordance with the principles of bioclimatic architecture: A case study of Ulcinj (Montenegro)
Authors: Bajçinovci Bujar
Published: December 2017

Human communities have always taken actions to create a healthier environment for living and working. Those efforts are best documented in the architectural structure everywhere, starting from ancient history to the present. It is assumed that the town of Ulcinj is one of the earliest cities on the Adriatic coast. The building morphology and urban structure of Ulcinj is 2,500 years old and is continued by multi-ethnical society. Hence, the urban structure of Ulcinj developed harmonically across the rock hills which encompass the city beach, forming the urban structure which is perceived as the unity of land and sea. The study investigates the Ulcinj urban structure, urban management, sustainable development, focusing on human comfort, and environmental actions with a view to accomplish better and more natural life. Bioclimatic passive design principles are associated with an environmental sustainable design, interrelated to the microclimate of the region, connected to the thermal, spatial, visual, acoustic, and air quality. The research method consists of empirical observation through the city and riviera. According to the conceptual findings of this paper, with a proper implementation of bioclimatic passive principles, the work seeks to indicate that it is possible to achieve a higher level than the current one. Hence, the huge number of tourists and overnight stays can make a difference in eco-tourism, and sustainable development if we can achieve energy efficiency, and preserve the natural resources in accordance with passive bioclimatic principles.
Additive and Non-Additive Genetic Variances for Tree Growth in Several Hybrid Poplar Populations and Implications Regarding Breeding Strategy
Authors: Berguson W.E. , McMahon B.G. , Riemenschneider D.E.
Published: December 2017

Populus species (P. deltoides, P. maximowiczii, P. nigra) and their inter-specific hybrids were tested for growth rate over a five year period at four test locations in Minnesota, USA, to estimate genetic variance components. The breeding scheme incorporated recurrent selection of full-sib families of pure species parents, production of F1 inter-specific hybrids from selected families, and selection of clones within the F1s. Improvement of yield through time using this scheme is predicated on the assumption that additive effects comprise a significant portion of the total genetic variance. The estimates of additive and non-additive variances reported are not traditional point estimates, because a fully balanced mating design was impossible due to parental incompatibilities which result in incomplete breeding matrices. Instead, bounded estimates, not previously used in tree genetics research, are derived from linear combinations of formulae of genetic expectations observed among-family, among-clone, and environmental variances. Our results suggest that combined family and mass selection would lead to increases in growth rate of 27 % and 47 % per generation in P. deltoides and P. nigra, respectively. Broad sense-based clonal selection within the F1 could yield selection responses in excess of 90 % of the mean of such populations. Among-family variance comprised about 1/3 of total genetic variance while within-family variance was always about 2/3 of total genetic variance, regardless of pedigree. The results indicate that recurrent intraspecific selective breeding followed by interspecific hybridization and non-recurrent selection based on broad sense genetic variation would constitute an effective yield improvement strategy.
Chinese and Indian Restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area since the 1960s
Authors: Jayasanker Laresh
Published: December 2017

Accelerated global trade and mass immigration have brought rapid change to food culture in the United States over the past fifty years. San Francisco has been at the center of these changes. Bay Area restaurateurs Cecilia Chiang (The Mandarin) and her son Philip Chiang (P.F. Chang's), illustrate how Chinese food changed in the United States, moving out of historic Chinatowns and into the suburbs. David Brown's India House restaurant in San Francisco embodied the way Indian food was understood before the 1960s – interpreted through the lens of the British Empire. By the 2000s, Indian food had broken free of this colonial association and was available in its diverse regional variations – especially in the Bay Area suburbs fueled by the computer industry. These case studies all illustrate the impact of globalization and immigration on American food culture through the lens of San Francisco.
Voci pari Motets and Convent Polyphony in the 1540s: The materna lingua Complex
Authors: Stras Laurie
Published: December 2017

In the 1540s the great Venetian publishing houses of Scotto and Gardano issued a cluster of publications whose title pages advertised a particular vocal disposition—“voci pari,” or equal voices. Analysis of the motets, their texts, and their musical treatment reveals an intimate connection with convents and conventual worship. In this article I describe the relationships between the books, speculate as to how convents might have used the motets, and consider what the works can tell us about performance practice in female-voice ensembles. Drawing on aspects of the books’ publication history, the liturgical function of certain texts, and musical relationships with works composed at the Ferrarese court, I propose a candidate for the composer of at least some of the anonymous pieces in Musica quinque vocum: motteta materna lingua vocata (RISM 15432): Suor Leonora d'Este (1515–75), daughter of Duke Alfonso I d'Este and Lucrezia Borgia and the abbess of the convent of Corpus Domini in Ferrara.
Clara Schumann's Interiorities and the Cutting Edge of Popular Pianism
Authors: Stefaniak Alexander
Published: December 2017

In her contemporaries’ imaginations Clara Schumann transcended aesthetic pitfalls endemic to virtuosity. Scholars have stressed her performance of canonic repertory as a practice through which she established this image. In this study I argue that her concerts of the 1830s and 1840s also staged an elevated form of virtuosity through showpieces that inhabited the flagship genres of popular pianism and that, for contemporary critics, possessed qualities of interiority that allowed them to transcend merely physical or “mechanical” engagement with virtuosity. They include Henselt's études and variation sets, Chopin's “Là ci darem” Variations, op. 2, and Clara's own Romance variée, op. 3, Piano Concerto, op. 7, and Pirate Variations, op. 8. Her 1830s and early 1840s programming offers a window onto a rich intertwining of critical discourse, her own and her peers’ compositions, and her strategies as a pianist-composer. This context reveals that aspirations about elevating virtuosity shaped a broader, more varied field of repertory, compositional strategies, and critical responses than we have recognized. It was a capacious, flexible ideology and category whose discourses pervaded the sheet music market, the stage, and the drawing room and embraced not only a venerated, canonic tradition but also the latest popularly styled virtuosic vehicles. In the final stages of the article I propose that Clara Schumann's 1853 Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, op. 20, alludes to her work of the 1830s and 1840s, evoking the range of guises this pianist-composer gave to her virtuosity in what was already a wide-ranging career.
Cardiac Rehabilitation Increases the Reliability of the 6-Minute Walk Test in Patients After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Authors: Hayta Emrulah , Korkmaz Özge
Published: December 2017

Background: Few data are available on the capacity for functional exercise after cardiac rehabilitation in patients who have undergone coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical and biochemical factors that affect the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) results in patients who have undergone CABG.Methods: Data were prospectively collected from 56 patients consecutively admitted at our hospital between January 2013 and May 2015 for a 3-month cardiac rehabilitation program. Data were analysed retrospectively up to 90 days after cardiac surgery. In addition to clinical and biochemical parameters, the functional capacity of patients was evaluated by an exercise 6-minute walking test and echocardiography. Functional capacity was evaluated at baseline and after three months of cardiac rehabilitation. Results: Before cardiac rehabilitation, the 6MWT values were negatively correlated with Body Mass Index (BMI) and abdominal and buttock diameters (r = -0.375, -0.386, and -0.370, respectively; P < .05), and were positively correlated with metabolic equivalent (MET) values (r = 0.493, P < .05). After cardiac rehabilitation, the 6MWT values were negatively correlated with body mass index (BMI) and abdominal and buttock diameters (r = -0.382, -0.274, and -0.405, respectively; P < .05) and were positively correlated with MET and VO2 max values (r = 0.456 and 0.573, respectively; P < 0.05). Before cardiac rehabilitation, VO2 max and FEV1/FEVC values were found as factors that significantly increased 6MWT values (P < .05). After cardiac rehabilitation, VO2 max values were found as factors that significantly increased 6MWT values (P < .05).Conclusion: Overall, in current clinical settings, cardiac rehabilitation increases the reliability of the 6MWT. Improvement in pulmonary function after cardiac rehabilitation reduces the impact of pulmonary function on 6MWT values. The functional capacity of patients may be more reliably determined by 6MWT after cardiac rehabilitation.
Degradation of Phenol With A Microwave-Uv Irradiation Treatment System Using NANO-TiO2
Authors: Abha Verma  , Venkatesh Meda  , Sandeep Badoga  , Ajay Dalai
Published: December 2017

The degradation of phenol from various industrial effluents becomes essential and studied in this work. The microwave (MW), ultra-violet (UV) and combination treatment systems were designed and TiO2 nanoparticles were used as photocatalyst for the degradation of 1500ppm phenol in a solution. It was observed that the degradation efficiency was less than 10% in both MW and MW-UV systems without a catalyst. However, the addition of TiO2 particles in MW-UV system has increased the phenol degradation efficiency significantly. The extent of increase in degradation efficiency is dependent on the structural and optical characteristics of TiO2, which is affected by the TiO2 preparation method. In this work, the TiO2 nanoparticles with anatase structure were synthesized by hydrothermal (HT) and sol-gel (SG) methods. The synthesized materials were characterized using X-ray diffraction, FT-IR, thermogravimetric analysis, SEM, high resolution TEM and BET method. The higher degradation efficiency of 24% shown by MW-UV-TiO2 (HT) system in 120 minutes as compared to 20% shown by MW-UV-TiO2 (SG) system could be due to higher surface area and better textural properties of TiO2 prepared by hydrothermal treatment. The effect of various initial concentration of phenol (500-1500ppm) on degradation efficiency of MW-UV-TiO2 (HT) system revealed that the increase in the initial phenol concentration decreased the phenol degradation efficiency.
Diferenciación morfológica de Carollia brevicauda y C. perspicillata (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) de Perú y Ecuador
Authors: Ruelas Dennisse
Published: December 2017

En el género Carollia, Carollia brevicauda y C. perspicillata son las especies más abundantes y ampliamente distribuidas del género en América del Sur, además de tener distribuciones casi complemente sobrepuestas. Debido a que estas especies son morfológicamente similares en algunas localidades son frecuentemente mal identificadas. El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar las diferencias morfológicas y morfométricas de C. brevicauda y C. perspicillata. para esto, se empleó un análisis morfológico detallado y diversos métodos estadísticos y multivariados. Se evaluaron 26 variables cráneo-dentales con distribución normal de 375 especímenes adultos entre ambas especies procedentes de poblaciones peruanas y ecuatorianas. Además, para efectos de comparación se incluyeron a 54 especímenes entre Carollia benkeithi, C. manu y Carollia sp. Se encontró que C. brevicauda y C. perspicillata son diferentes en 28 caracteres discretos y significativamente diferenciables en 25 variables morfométricas. Además, los análisis multivariados sugirieron que C. brevicauda, C. perspicillata y C. manu forman un grupo morfológico distinto del grupo de C. benkeithi y Carollia sp. Estos resultados son concordantes con estudios previos y adicionan varios caracteres que diferencian a C. brevicauda de C. perspicillata, los cuales necesitan ser probados en otras regiones.
Розвиток методик аналізу мікросередовища підприємства на прикладі закладу аптечної галузі
Authors: Zinchenko O. A. , Malyshko U. D.
Published: December 2017

У сучасних умовах функціонування бізнесу все більшу роль відіграє аналіз середовища підприємства. Це – початковий етап формування стратегії діяльності підприємства, оскільки забезпечує відповідну базу для визначення місії і цілей його функціонування. Однак наявні методики аналізу більше концентрують увагу саме на факторах макросередовища, стосовно ж мікросередовища, то його досліджують комплексно, не акцентуючи на його винятковій ролі в процесі ухвалення управлінських рішень. Це обумовлює необхідність розвитку методики та підходів діагностики середовища бізнесу, їх апробації в умовах конкретного підприємства.

Мета роботи – розробка на основі методів SWOT- і PEST-аналізу нової методики, яка дозволить оцінити вплив факторів мікросередовища на результати поточної й майбутньої діяльності підприємства аптечної галузі.

Розроблено нову методику CLCP-аналізу, за допомогою якої можна оцінити вплив факторів мікросередовища на результати поточної й майбутньої діяльності підприємства. Для проведення нового аналізу було виділено чотири групи факторів мікросередовища, які в разі своєї зміни здатні впливати на діяльність підприємства. Це фактори впливу споживачів (Сonsumers), законодавства країни (Legislation), конкурентів (Сompetitors) і постачальників (Providers).

Запропоновано алгоритм виконання CLCP-аналізу, який включає п’ять етапів: визначення факторів, які можуть впливати на діяльність компанії; аналіз значущості й ступеня впливу кожного фактора; оцінка імовірності змін факторів; оцінка реальної значущості фактора; складання зведеної таблиці CLCP-аналізу. Розроблено табличні форми подання інформації, що стосується CLCP-аналізу.

Апробовано дану методику в умовах закладу аптечної галузі. Виявлено чинники, які можуть найбільше впливати на підприємство у разі зміни, – це поява нових вимог споживачів до асортименту, підвищення державою податків, застосування конкурентами нових технологій у сфері обслуговування та несвоєчасне постачання товару постачальниками. Проведено ранжування цих факторів на основі методу експертних оцінок. Запропоновано дії підприємства для мінімізації загроз і використання можливостей, що можуть виникнути у зв’язку зі змінами у мікросередовищі.

На відміну від інших запропонована авторами методика дозволить повніше та комплексно оцінити фактори мікросередовища й деталізувати процеси, які в ньому відбуваються. Може бути застосована для здійснення бізнес-діагностики під час розробки конкурентної стратегії підприємства.

Важливі наукові завдання як теоретичного, так і прикладного характеру в перспективі реалізації даної методики – вартісна оцінка впливу кожного фактора мікросередовища на фармацевтичне підприємство, розробка механізмів мінімізації ризиків, пов’язаних зі змінами мікросередовища, аналіз взаємозв’язку мікро- і макросередовища. Їх виконання сприятиме розвитку стратегічного менеджменту і впровадженню його підходів у практику підприємств фармацевтичної галузі.
Affect, Animality, and Islamophobia
Authors: Hotham Matthew
Published: December 2017

American internet Islamophobia is fascinated with Muslim attitudes towards animals – especially pigs. Through an examination of internet memes found on right-wing and white supremacist websites and social media groups, this essay argues that affective relations to certain animals are part of what mark the Muslim as other and worthy of hate in American Islamophobic rhetoric. More importantly, this Islamophobic pig imagery, which often mischaracterizes or willfully misrepresents Muslim dietary restrictions, reveals that Islamophobic internet memes are not primarily aimed at Muslims nor are they first and foremost an expression of fear of Islam. Instead this Islamophobic rhetoric takes the form of an inside joke, affectively linking those who are “in” on the joke, uniting them in a jovial transgression of “politically correct" norms. This form of Islamophobia might be better termed “Islamophobophilia,” since it marks some Americans as insiders and others as outsiders. It is a method for non-Muslim Americans to signal to other other non-Muslim Americans that they are the right kind of American.
‘Only one can rule the night’
Authors: Trowell Ian
Published: December 2017

This article charts and examines the relationship between popular music and the British travelling fairground in the post-war years. I set out a historical trajectory of the importance of sound and noise within the fairground, and examine how music in the post-war years emerged as an important aspect of this wider soundscape. The complex spatial characteristics of the fairground are considered as fragmented zones with ‘interiors-within-interiors’ forming to facilitate certain music and sounds. This progresses to encompass and engage the subcultural explosion in British society. The fairground becomes a complex mode of musical consumption, enhancing the sound through somatic engagement and providing a temporary space for subcultures to flourish. I draw on historical materials, archival evidence and gathered testimony to look at the 1950s period of new music, then plot a course to the current phase of dance music and club culture.
The multi-layered transnationalism of Fran Palermo
Authors: Mazierska Ewa , Kránicz Bence
Published: December 2017

Fran Palermo is an indie band based in Budapest which started performing in 2011, initially as a cover band, and has produced over 30 original songs and 2 LPs, Fran Palermo and Razzle Dazzle, in 2015 and 2016 respectively, to significant critical acclaim. Its current line-up includes eight musicians, with Henri Gonzalez, a musician of Cuban and Spanish descent, being its leader. This article considers the transnational character of Fran Palermo’s work in the context of the history of pop-rock in Hungary and Eastern Europe at large, arguing that it does not fit the prevailing narrative of Eastern European music as imitator of a Western idiom. The lyrics often engage with exotic landscapes, and are populated by tourist-like clichés, yet the way they are juxtaposed suggests that the band does not try to recreate realistically an experience of travelling to the South, but rather plays with its representations. The large number of instruments, including a trumpet, two saxophones and a conga, allows for the creation of a rich, eclectic sound. The music betrays a multitude of influences, from Anglo-American rock to South American and African music. The study draws on the idea of ‘world music’, understood as a music produced in the periphery and offered for Western consumption. Our argument is that Fran Palermo’s music complicates this idea, as it originates from the place which is neither West nor a typical East, and it is produced by neither Westerners nor ‘proper’ Easterners, neither outsiders nor insiders. We also use the concept of heterotopia to explain the textual characteristics of Fran Palermo’s music.
Resource notes
Authors: Young Timothy
Published: December 2017

Resource notes: Popular music collections at Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Michael Brocken, 'The Twenty-First-Century Legacy of The Beatles: Liverpool and Popular Music Heritage Tourism'. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2015. 224 pp. £70. ISBN 978-1-47243-399-2 (hbk)
Authors: Centawer Marlie
Published: December 2017

Michael Brocken, 'The Twenty-First-Century Legacy of The Beatles: Liverpool and Popular Music Heritage Tourism'. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2015. 224 pp. £70. ISBN 978-1-47243-399-2 (hbk)
AS RELAÇÕES PATRIARCAIS DE GÊNERO NA FAMÍLIA: INFLUÊNCIA DA MÍDIA TELEVISIVA
Authors: Alcantara Patricia Pereira Tavares de , Peixoto Camila Lopes , Silva Adriana Maria Simião da
Published: December 2017

O presente estudo tem como objetivo a reflexão sobre as relações patriarcais de gênero refletidas na família através da mídia televisiva. Partindo do pressuposto de que estas relações encontram-se naturalizadas na sociedade. Sua origem é retrógrada, remota ao surgimento da propriedade privada e da monogamia, como bases de sustentação do sistema patriarcal (Saffioti, 2004). Este sistema organiza as relações de opressão-exploração das mulheres, instituindo papéis sociais e sexuais a serem cumpridos por ambos os sexos. Estes papéis são reproduzidos em todos os segmentos sociais, inclusive nos meios de comunicação, em especial a televisão, fonte de acessibilidade em massa (Engels, 2007). O estudo fora realizado numa abordagem bibliográfica, com o intuito de reflexão e conhecimento para uma possível transformação da realidade e visibilidade das relações patriarcais de gênero.
EL PAPEL DE LOS PROFESIONALES Y LA FAMILIA ANTE LA DIVERSIDAD FUNCIONAL DESDE LA REVISIÓN TEÓRICA
Authors: Llamazares de Prado Jose Enrique , Arias Gago Ana Rosa , Melcon Alvarez Maria Antonia
Published: December 2017

Son escasos los estudios que tratan la relación entre la familia, la discapacidad y los profesionales de la educación y la salud. El presente trabajo tiene como principal objetivo la revisión de los estudios sobre el papel de las familias de las personas con diversidad funcional y su relación con los profesionales implicados. Pretendemos una reflexión sistematizada de la estimación cuantitativa sintética de todos los estudios disponibles, estableciendo un marco teórico sobre la situación de las familias de personas con diversidad funcional y su relación con los profesionales de la salud y la educación. En este estudio se aportan valoraciones personales acerca de las variables anteriormente citadas. Dentro de las conclusiones obtenidas, se evidencia la relevancia de la cooperación conjunta de familiares y profesionales para una educación eficaz, con una implicación más significativa por parte de los padres en la escuela
PROGRAMAÇÃO DA PRODUÇÃO EM FLOW SHOP PERMUTACIONAL ENVOLVENDO MEDIDAS DE ATRASO: UMA CONTRIBUIÇÃO BIBLIOMÉTRICA A PARTIR DA BASE DE DADOS WEB OF SCIENCE
Authors: Hordones Paulo Antonio , Fuchigami Helio
Published: December 2017

A organização de dados sobre a produção científica de um período contribui para a continuidade da pesquisa e para o desenvolvimento de um campo particular do conhecimento. O principal objetivo desta pesquisa é conhecer o panorama da produção científica sobre programação da produção em sistemas flow fhop permutacional envolvendo medidas de atraso, de maneira quantitativa, identificando os periódicos de destaque, autores que mais abordaram o tema e os trabalhos mais representativos. Tratou-se de um estudo de análise bibliométrica, através da base de dados Web of Science e seu tratamento pelos softwares ResearcherID® e VosViewer®. Para a pesquisa, utilizou-se os seguintes expressões-chave: "permu * flow * e tard *" ou "permu * flow* e atras*", gerando uma amostra constituída por 133 artigos. Ao final do estudo, apresentou-se resultados de estatística descritiva com várias identificações, como os principais autores e os artigos e periódicos mais referenciados por estudiosos em todo o mundo. Além das principais redes sociais: de citações e cocitações. Tem-se neste trabalho, portanto, um importante aliado no desenvolvimento de novas abordagens sobre o tema.
Mechanical properties and reaction products of reactive magnesia and CFB slag/silica fume pastes
Authors: Chen Shuo , Wang Lijiu , Wu Zhenlin , Zhang Tingting
Published: December 2017

Reactive magnesium oxide (RMO) and circulating fluidised bed combustion (CFB) slags were used to prepare magnesium silicate cements using sodium hexametaphosphate (NaHMP) as a water reducer. The effects of curing condition and the initial levels of RMO and silica fume (SF) were studied for up to 90 d. The mechanical properties of the prepared pastes were evaluated through measurements of compressive strength. Mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) was employed to investigate the pore structure. X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, mercury penetration analysis and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were carried out to investigate the reaction products and final products. The results indicated that the final products were mainly magnesium silicate hydrate, hydrotalcite phases and hydromagnesite. Steam curing yielded higher strength, increased reaction products and closure of the macropores. SEM analysis showed that the product after steam curing exhibited abundant nanolattice structures (length ≤100 nm). MIP analysis showed that steam curing led to lower porosity and fewer macropores. The specimen prepared with 64 wt% CFB slag, 16 wt% SF and 20 wt% RMO exhibited the highest compressive strength (105 MPa).
Driverless cars – advantages of not owning them: car share, active travel and total mobility
Authors: Watkins Stephen J.
Published: December 2017

This opinion paper, building on discussions about total mobility within the Transport & Health Study Group, challenges the idea that driverless cars will be used as cars are now. Shared use opens wider opportunities than merely safety, roadspace and parking. It is healthy to walk and cycle for short journeys and to the station for longer journeys. Driverless vehicles could promote or undermine this. The paper discusses the following: when people still need to own their own cars; when door-to-door transport might be needed; how to use driverless vehicles in a system that encourages walking to the station; dichotomy between individual and mass transport; balance between highly autonomous vehicles and existing technologies for tracked systems; spatial planning; loss aversion as an explanation of reluctance to change; guided hotlanes as a first step; and shared road/rail infrastructure from variable block communicating with vehicles.
Mortalidade de Mulheres em Idade Fértil por Causas Externas: Análise de 2274 Necropsias do IML-BH
Authors: Polyanna Helena Coelho Bordoni  , Alice de Sá Gontijo Silva  , Ana Carolina Fernandes Monteiro  , Luciana de Resende Neiva  , Talita Alvarenga Petrini Carvalho  , Wilson Junior Maia Marinho  , Leonardo Santos Bordoni
Published: December 2017

A mortalidade feminina apresenta importantes particularidades em relação à masculina, em especial quando se estudam as mortes por causas externas (MCE). Estas são a terceira causa mais importante de óbitos entre mulheres no Brasil. Considerando a importância das MCE para as ciências forenses criminais bem como a deficiência de informações nacionais envolvendo estudos necroscópicos com estas causas de morte nas mulheres em idade fértil (MIF), esta pesquisa objetivou avaliar seu perfil epidemiológico no Instituto Médico Legal de Belo Horizonte (IML-BH). Foi realizado um estudo descritivo e retrospectivo no qual foram avaliadas as MCE de MIF autopsiadas no IML-BH no período de 2006 a 2012. Os 2.274 laudos de MIF no período estudado corresponderam a 5,39% do total de necropsias e a 24,8% das autopsias femininas realizadas no IML-BH no período estudado. Tal amostra perfez 67,8% do total de mulheres vítimas de morte violenta necropsiadas no mesmo período. A idade média foi de 29,4 anos, a maior parte apresentava pele morena e 79,6% eram solteiras, viúvas ou separadas judicialmente. A circunstância de morte mais frequente foi o homicídio (42%) e o suicídio a segunda (33%). A pesquisa de alcoolemia foi positiva em 25,1% dos casos pesquisados. Nos casos positivos para o exame toxicológico, cocaína e maconha foram as substâncias mais encontradas. Em conjunto, estes dados melhor definem o perfil epidemiológico das mortes por causas externas nas mulheres em idade fértil, instrumentalizando a elaboração de estratégias de intervenção e prevenção.
A Reforma Psiquiátrica Brasileira e a Criação dos Centros de Atenção Psicossociais (CAPS)
Authors: Vanessa Jaqueline Calsavara  , Bethânia Buzato Marques
Published: December 2017

Há décadas vem ocorrendo no Brasil manifestações a favor da reforma psiquiátrica e a desinstitucionalização do hospital psiquiátrico e o regime de internação. O objetivo deste estudo é apresentar uma revisão sistemática da literatura científica a respeito da reforma psiquiátrica e a implantação de formas alternativas de tratamento em saúde mental. A metodologia utilizada foi a analise de artigos científicos publicados na íntegra, no período de 2003 a 2013, em três bases de dados indexadas a BVS-Psi: SciELO, LILACS e PEPSIC. Os descritores utilizados foram: Reforma psiquiátrica e CAPS. Critérios de inclusão foram: artigos científicos cujo tema fosse a relação entre a reforma psiquiátrica brasileira e as novas formas de tratamento em saúde mental, em especial o CAPS, sem restrição de gênero, idade ou grupo amostral, no idioma português. A busca totalizou 919 artigos. 152 na Pepsic, 416 pelo SciELO e 351 pela LILACS. Os artigos recuperados segundo os critérios de inclusão totalizaram 8 estudos. De acordo com os resultados, a reforma psiquiátrica colaborou satisfatoriamente para a reabilitação das pessoas portadoras de transtornos mentais e a implementação dos CAPS contribuiu para a reinserção social dos pacientes. Este avanço na saúde mental brasileira ainda está em curso e busca uma abordagem integral e humanizada, não se restringindo ao tratamento medicamentoso e proporcionando qualidade de vida ao usuário. Por meio da análise dos estudos, foi possível concluir que se faz necessário que os Centros de Atenção Psicossocial ampliem-se, para que assim possa haver melhora no atendimento, na reinserção social destes pacientes e na garantia de direitos.
Language Use and Social Inclusion in International Retirement Migration
Authors: Gustafson Per , Laksfoss Cardozo Ann Elisabeth
Published: December 2017

The migration of older people in search for improved quality of life has become an important form of human mobility, and popular retirement destinations are often highly multilingual settings. This article explores language use and social inclusion in international retirement migration through a case study of Scandinavian retirees in the Alicante province in Spain. It examines the linguistic landscape they meet, their language use and their inclusion in their new home country. Interviews with retired migrants and key local individuals show that many migrants try to learn the host country language, but that these attempts are often not very successful. As a result, they frequently use either their native language or English for everyday communication. This article elaborates on three theoretical and political notions of inclusion—assimilation, multiculturalism and civic integration—and discusses how retired migrants’ language use can be interpreted in the light of these notions.
EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF A TRAINING COURSE ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE TOWARD PATIENT RIGHT AMONG HEALTH WORKFORCES IN SULAIMANI
Authors: Fattah Fattah , Karim Zamadar , Muhammad Huda
Published: December 2017

Background 

Awareness of the patient’s rights among health care providers increase satisfaction of the patient, physician and other medical team and hospital staff and will lead to the spread of good morals among patients and medical team. Neglecting patients’ rights in a health care system can give rise to a challenging situation between health care providers and patients.

Objective

 

The aim of the study is to explore the role of the training course on the knowledge, and attitude toward patient rights among health workforces.

Materials and Methods

This study is an observational explanatory study, 442 participants from the health care providers from a Sulaimani and Erbil Governorates were included. Valid tool was used for pre- and post- test evaluation through 4 hours of training course including 22-28 participants with total 16 training courses. The training course was carried out between 2014 and 2015. The collection of data was performed by self-administered method. Descriptive statistics, and analytical statistics to test hypothesis was used to test statistical difference and associations by using statistical package for social science-Version 21.

Results 

The majority of the participants were from Sulaimaniya governorate, 53.2% were females, more than 51% with age group 30-39 years. Most of them (58.5%) had Diploma degree. The percentage of strongly agreement  toward  the sum of all patient right charters was changes  from 36% percentages at pre training status to the 71% after performing of training, these improvement in the percentage of knowledge was statistically highly significant (P values=<0.001).

Conclusion

Results of this study indicate that health workforces are not well-informed and aware about the patient’s rights, there is clear effect of training courses in improving of knowledge toward patient rights.
FATORES SOCIODEMOGRÁFICOS E CLÍNICOS DOS PACIENTES QUE TIVERAM PERDA DO ENXERTO RENAL
Authors: Dos Santos Monize Caroline , Helú Mendonça Ribeiro Rita de Cássia , Comelis Berolin Daniela , Bernardi Cesarino Claudia , Ishigooka Fernandes Camila Harumi , Mazer Livia Emilia , Ribeiro Daniele Favaro
Published: December 2017

Introdução: O transplante renal é uma terapia renal substitutiva que proporciona resultados mais expressivos na qualidade de vida do paciente dialítico. A sobrevida do enxerto depende do tipo de doador (falecido ou vivo), se houve complicações no pós-operatório e se adquiriu infecções (trato urinário, do trato respiratório, das sondas e da ferida operatória). Objetivos: Caracterizar os fatores sociodemográficos e clínicos dos transplantados renais que tiveram perda do enxerto renal; correlacionar a causa da perda do enxerto com o tempo e a idade do transplantado renal. Material e Métodos: estudo retrospectivo, descritivo, de natureza quantitativa realizado na unidade de transplante renal de um hospital do interior paulista, com 63 pacientes transplantados renais que tiveram a perda do enxerto, no período de janeiro de 2010 a dezembro de 2015. Resultados: Entre os 63 pacientes, a média de idade foi de 42,4±12,4 anos, sexo masculino (60,3%), casados (57,1%) e escolaridade entre 05 e 08 anos de estudo (54%). O serviço mais utilizado foi o Sistema Único de Saúde (74,6%). A doença de base foi a Hipertensão Arterial (85,7%). A duração do transplante variou de zero dia a 53,8 meses, média de 10,9 meses. Analisando a idade e a causa da perda do enxerto, nos menores de 60 anos prevaleceu a glomerulonefrite. Ao se comparar a causa da perda do enxerto, em pacientes submetidos ao transplante renal, verificou-se que houve correlação com a idade(coeficiente = 0,30; p = 0,01). Conclusão: Os resultados possibilitaram caracterizar que os transplantados renais que tiveram perda do enxerto no período do estudo eram homens, de idade produtiva, casados, com baixa escolaridade, usuários do sistema único de saúde e com doença de base hipertensão arterial. Verificou-se que houve correlação da causa da perda do enxerto com a idade do transplantado
ADAPTAÇÃO CULTURAL E VALIDAÇÃO DA ESCALA PARA AVALIAR AS CAPACIDADES DE AUTOCUIDADO
Authors: Da Silva José Vitor , Domingues Elaine Aparecida Rocha
Published: December 2017

Introdução: A obtenção do autocuidado é o objetivo da enfermagem, pois é um indicativo de qualidade da saúde. Objetivo: realizar a adaptação transcultural e validação da Escala Para Avaliar as Capacidades de Autocuidado. Casuística e Métodos: após a tradução, análise das equivalências e back-translation, o instrumento foi aplicado em 316 participantes, sendo 216 pessoas da comunidade e 108 pacientes hospitalizados. Resultados: o Alfa de Cronbach foi 0,8493 para o total de entrevistados; 0,8614, para as pessoas da comunidade e 0,8158, para os pacientes hospitalizados. A análise do teste-reteste mostrou concordância entre as respostas (r = 0,873; p = 0,035). A validação concorrente indicou que a Escala de Interesse/Preocupação Com a Saúde se correlacionou com a Escala Para Avaliar as Capacidades de Autocuidado (r = 0,429; p < 0,001). A validação discriminante registrou que não existe diferença entre as capacidades de autocuidado das pessoas da comunidade e hospitalizadas (p = 0,116). Conclusão: os resultados são indicativos de que a Escala Para Avaliar as Capacidades de Autocuidado, adaptada culturalmente, é uma alternativa útil para estudos que se propõem a avaliar as capacidades de autocuidado.