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The influence of Emotional Intelligence and Adaptability on Lecturers’ Performance in Private Universities (Higher Private Education Institutions) in Timor-Leste
Authors: Coelho Armindo , Amaral Alvaro Menezes , Da Costa Carla Alexandra 
Published: January 2021

Nowadays, education continues rapidly change and develop. The development of education always become a competition with the related education competitors, especially in higher education. To achieve the better quality of education, lecturers or teachers in high education intitutions must be able to master of teaching materials, teaching methodology, and particularly ability of emotional intelligence (EI), also adaptability on teachers’ performance. This research conducted in 10 higher private education institutions in Timor-Leste. This study used survey in the questionnaire and the hypoteses were tested using Smart-PLS 3.0 tool.
The result indicated that emotional intelligence has a positively significant impact on adaptability and it is shown in the t-statistic correlation value on working performances. The result also indicated that EI and adaptability have a significant effect on lecturers’ performance the T-statistic (2,575; p value 0.010). This justified that the T-statistic value must be more than 1.96 and p value must be less than 0.05. Therefore, the result showed the positive significant as the T-Statistic value are more than 1.96 and the p value less than 0.05. Furthermore, the four hypotheses were supported. Therefore, the practical implication from this research contributed to the goverment of Timor-Leste particularly the ministry of higher education instituions to provide further attention for the development of human resources, building lecturers capabilites and prefessionalism in higher private education institutions in Timor-Leste. This study also contibuted to the education institutions especially for higher private education institutions to fully pay attentions to develop their lecturers’ capabilites in order to provide better services to university students in Timor-Leste
FORMAÇÃO INICIAL E A PRÁTICA PEDAGÓGICA DO PROFESSOR DE EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA INICIANTE
Authors: Santos da Conceição Victor julierme , Krug Hugo Norberto , Von Borowski Eduardo Batista , Frasson Jéssica Serafim 
Published: January 2021

O objetivo deste estudo é compreender como a formação inicial influencia a prática pedagógica de cinco professores de Educação Física no início da docência. Investigamos a trajetória e a prática educativa dos professores de Educação Física na fase de início da docência a partir de uma entrevista semiestruturada. Em um processo de considerações transitórias, destacamos que os professores em início da docência, possuem dificuldades ao lidar com os alunos quanto ao domínio da turma, dificuldade de preparar a aula, de organizar um planejamento e de rotinizar no ambiente escolar, e ainda, colocam a formação inicial como um dos principais motivos desse problema, pois acreditam em um processo formativo definitivo. Já outros professores afirmam que o conhecimento nela adquirido é essencial, mas que se precisam continuar a busca pelo mesmo, para que sempre se possa refletir a sua prática pedagógica.
The Dystopian Discourse of “Success but a Failure” Between Science and Ethics in the Korean Science Story “Dr. K's Research”
Authors: Piao Yuming 
Published: January 2021

Abstract
Dong-in Kim's short story “Dr. K's Research” provides the first example of Korean science fiction literature. It is also considered as an important scientific story because it gives the first try of exploring what kind of relationship should be constructed between science and ethical concern in Korean literary world. As the story about Dr. K's experiment of inventing artificial food made from feces unfolded, Dr. K's blindness of science in recognition, his deviation of the action in science, and his inability to comprehend the complexity between science and ethics are shown in a flashback step by step. Through describing Dr. K's experimental process from “success to failure” with a strong ironic and dystopian meta-narrative style, the writer emphasizes that scientifically Dr. K's experiment is successful, yet the consequence of the research is an ethical failure in comprehension of the relationship between science and ethical application. The significance of Dong-in Kim's story is to set the example of fathoming the possibilities of the relationship between science and ethics in a contemporary world, and to examine what the impact of science and technology might have on the understanding of ethical discussion.
From Nature to Humanity: Renaissance of Chinese Cosmology and Technology in Ken Liu's The Grace of Kings
Authors: Mu Yang 
Published: January 2021

Abstract
What is the value of the difference brought by traditional Chinese culture to worldwide science fiction and fantasy writing today? The pessimistic argue that due to the heterogeneity of Chinese culture, such writing with Chinese background has to identify itself as the monster Other in order to get along with Western notions of scientific progress, whereas the optimistic believe that this genre welcomes possibilities, and thus will embrace the difference positively without demeaning Chinese culture. This article takes Ken Liu's Nebula winning novel The Grace of Kings (2015) as an example to illustrate how Chinese writing may blaze an alternative trail for the genre and suggest a possible way out for the alienated humanity in the era of advanced technology by adopting the philosophical, the political, and the scientific technologies in classical Chinese thoughts, especially correlative cosmology, organic naturalism, and scientific mysticism, following the Chinese literary line of Tao Te King, Zhuangzi, The Book of Changes, and Shan Hai Jing.
Assessment Sequences in Korean Conversation and Their Pedagogical Applications
Authors: Ha Kyoungmi 
Published: January 2021

ABSTRACT
The purpose of this article is to explain common patterns of assessment sequences in Korean conversation and to suggest their pedagogical applications. This article focuses on the sentence-ending (SE) suffixes -ney and -ci and their roles in marking assessments expressing affiliation and speakers' access to knowledge (Ha, 2018; Heritage & Raymond, 2005; Pomerantz, 1984; Stivers, 2008). Unlike in English, where speakers utilize semantic upgrades/downgrades and repeats to express their epistemic dominancy, the SE suffixes are the main resources by which Korean speakers mark their epistemic positions in assessment sequences (Ha, 2018; Hayano, 2011; Heritage & Raymond, 2005; Pomerantz, 1984). Studying the syntactic structures and the use of the SE suffixes offers Korean language learners a greater awareness of their use of expressions of affiliation, syntactic structuring of assessments, expressions of access to knowledge, and ways to initiate and respond to social actions.
“Topic Marker” Nun in Conversation: Interactional Practices and Pedagogical Implications
Authors: Kim Kyu-hyun 
Published: January 2021

ABSTRACT
This article, from a conversation analytic perspective, presents an analysis of two contexts where nun's uses can be identified in terms of “practices”: (a) itemized news enquiries through which the speaker enquires about the nun-marked referent and (b) assessments through which the speaker formulates a nun-marked descriptive domain as a potentially relevant feature to be ascribed to the assessable at hand. Often formatted as a negative question, nun-marked itemized news enquiries tend to be designed as a question optimized for the recipient's confirmation, where the nun-marked referent, as the object of enquiry, tends to be formulated as a “minor”/“peripheral” member that can be readily discarded by the confirming recipient. In assessment contexts, nun-marked expressions tend to reference a referential/descriptive domain. Often inferentially drawing upon the prior context, the nun-marked domain is invoked through the practice of overly expanding or narrowing the scope of the domain to be designedly negated and leveraged. This practice furnishes the speaker with a resource for “doing being affiliative” in implementing assessments in an oblique way. These two practices are used as exemplary cases illustrating the analytic and pedagogical benefit of using authentic Korean as a basis for developing language teaching activities grounded in patterned interactional practices.
COVID-19 en niñez y adolescencia
Authors: Oliva Marin Jose Eduardo 
Published: January 2021

El compromiso en los niños y adolescentes se ha hecho más evidente a medida que la epidemia de COVID-19 progresó a pandemia; y hoy, casi seis meses después de haberse iniciado, los niños comprenden del 1 % al 6 % de los casos. La mayoría de casos en pediatría son leves y el sexo masculino se ve más afectado que el femenino. Los niños de menor edad como los lactantes y preescolares son proclives a desarrollar cuadros clínicos más graves. La gama de manifestaciones clínicas en los pacientes pediátricos es tan diversa como en los adultos, y ha llevado ya a varios niños y adolescentes a la muerte, usualmente asociada a comorbilidades, coinfecciones o a una extensa respuesta inflamatoria sistémica. En lo que respecta a la distribución temporal, hay una tendencia de rápido aumento de los casos durante las primeras etapas de la epidemia en cada país, seguida de una gradual y constante disminución. En abril de 2020 se identificó un nuevo síndrome en niños y adolescentes de 2 a 15 años asociado a COVID-19. Si bien el síndrome es muy raro, puede ser peligroso. La afección se ha denominado síndrome inflamatorio multisistémico en niños o síndrome multisistémico inflamatorio pediátrico.
Low-Grade Monoclonal Epstein-Barr Virus–Associated Lymphoproliferative Disorder of the Brain Presenting as Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Associated Encephalopathy in a Child With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Authors: Kingma D. W. , Mueller B. U. , Frekko K. , Sorbara L. R. , Wood L. V. , Katz D. , Raffeld M. , Jaffe E. S. 
Published: January 2021

Abstract
The association of the Epstein-Barr virus with human immunodeficiency virus–associated primary central nervous system lymphomas is well known. We describe a pediatric patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus who developed a lesion in the central nervous system that appeared to be histologically reactive and that proved to be an Epstein-Barr virus–associated monoclonal B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder by molecular analysis. An 8-year-old girl was diagnosed with vertically transmitted human immunodeficiency virus infection at age 5, for which she was treated empirically with a combination of zidovudine and didanosine. At the age of 7 years, during evaluation for entry into an antiretroviral protocol, a single hypodense frontal lobe lesion was identified by computed tomography. After unsuccessful treatment for presumed toxoplasmosis and progressive neurologic deterioration, a stereotactic brain biopsy was performed. Although the biopsy contained a polymorphic lymphoid infiltrate that appeared to be cytologically reactive, polymerase chain reaction and in situ hybridization studies revealed a monoclonal Epstein-Barr virus–associated B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder, which was reminiscent of polymorphic B-cell hyperplasia observed in the setting of immunosuppression following organ transplantation. Postoperative therapy included steroids and antiretroviral therapy. The lesion decreased slightly in size, and the child's neurologic status was relatively unremarkable for 5 months. Subsequently, she developed cytomegalovirus retinitis, progressive encephalopathy, and died with pancytopenia. This case represents a newly described manifestation of Epstein-Barr virus–associated lymphoproliferative disorder, a diagnosis that should be considered in patients with neurologic symptoms and immunodeficiency. In addition, this case exhibited histologic features reminiscent of posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease, a histologic pattern that to our knowledge has not previously been reported in the setting of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Coexistence of Erythrocyte Agglutination and EDTA-Dependent Platelet Clumping in a Patient With Thymoma and Plasmocytoma
Authors: Bizzaro Nicola , Fiorin Francesco 
Published: January 2021

AbstractFor 8 years, EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia was observed in a 55-year-old woman with a history of rheumatoid arthritis who had undergone surgery for lymphoepithelial thymoma 11 years earlier. The clinical picture was characterized by the presence of platelet clumps and antiplatelet antibodies of the IgM class. With the recent appearance of a solitary extramedullary plasmocytoma in the right retrobulbar region and the detection of an IgGλ monoclonal gammopathy, blood examination also revealed erythrocyte agglutinates alongside the platelet clumps and the presence of a cold IgG antibody with anti-l specificity. Both phenomena were observed in vitro when the sample temperature declined to 20°C to 25°C, but not at 37°C. While the EDTA-dependent antiplatelet antibodies did not appear to be chronologically correlated with the patient’s diseases, the cold antierythrocyte autoantibodies were strictly related to the plasmocytoma and the IgGλ monoclonal component in serum. To our knowledge, this is the first description of an association between EDTA-dependent platelet and erythrocyte agglutinates, with a clinical picture of pseudothrombocytopenia and pseudoerythrocytopenia due to cold agglutinins.
Severe Intrahepatic Cholestasis Caused by Amiodarone Toxicity After Withdrawal of the Drug
Authors: Chang Chung-Che , Petrelli Mary , Tomashefski Joseph F. , McCullough Arthur J. 
Published: January 2021

AbstractCholestasis has been reported as a rare presentation among patients with severe liver injury secondary to amiodarone hepatic toxicity. We report an unusual case of amiodarone-induced cholestatic hepatotoxicity occurring after amiodarone had been discontinued and the initial abnormal liver function findings had improved. The patient, without jaundice at the initial presentation, developed severe jaundice about 4 months after withdrawal of amiodarone. Light and transmission electron microscopic examination of a specimen secured by computed tomographically guided liver biopsy was consistent with amiodarone hepatic toxicity as the cause of intrahepatic cholestasis. An abdominal ultrasound, endoscopic retrograde cholangiography, and dimethyl iminodiacetic acid and computed tomographic scans of the abdomen all failed to demonstrate any other causes for jaundice other than amiodarone toxicity. Thus, amiodarone hepatic toxicity may occur after drug withdrawal even if results of liver function tests improve. Histopathologic examination of a liver biopsy specimen is of value for diagnosis and prognosis. The liver biopsy findings, clinical course, and liver function test results are discussed, and the English-language literature on amiodarone cholestatic hepatotoxicity is reviewed.
Assessment of Laboratory Performance With Streptococcus pneumoniae Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing in the United States
Authors: Doern Gary V. , Brueggemann Angela B. , Pfaller Michael A. , Jones Ronald N. 
Published: January 2021

Abstract
Objective.—To assess the performance of clinical microbiology laboratories in the United States when conducting in vitro susceptibility tests with Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Methods.—The results of a nationwide College of American Pathologists Proficiency Survey test sample, in which susceptibility testing of an isolate of S pneumoniae was performed, were assessed with respect to precision and accuracy.
Results.—Wide variability was noted among participating laboratories with both minimum inhibitory concentration procedures and disk diffusion susceptibility tests when both methods were applied to S pneumoniae. Despite this high degree of variation, categorical interpretive errors were uncommon. Numerous laboratories reported results for antimicrobial agents that are not recommended by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards for tests with S pneumoniae.
Conclusions.—Current susceptibility testing practices with S pneumoniae in the United States indicate limited precision and a tendency for laboratories to test and report results obtained with antimicrobial agents of questionable therapeutic value against this organism. Continued efforts to standardize susceptibility testing of S pneumoniae in the United States are warranted. In addition, modifications of existing interpretive criteria may be necessary.
Zygomycosis Due to Apophysomyces elegans
Authors: Kimura Masatomo , Smith Michael B. , McGinnis Michael R. 
Published: January 2021

Abstract
Objective.—The zygomycete Apophysomyces elegans is an unusual human pathogen that is being reported with increasing frequency as a cause of infection in previously healthy patients following trauma or after invasive procedures. We report 2 cases of infection caused by this emerging fungal pathogen.
Methods.—Histologic sections of tissue removed from the infected patients and the isolates in culture were examined. Other infections caused by A elegans that have been reported in the literature were reviewed.
Results.—Both patients developed infection due to A elegans after sustaining trauma that required tissue debridement because of tissue necrosis. Histologic examination showed broad, sparsely septate, thin-walled hyphae and angioinvasion with thrombosis. Extensive coagulation necrosis of surrounding tissue was seen. A rapidly growing mold with sporangiophores having funnel-shaped apophyses and pyriform sporangia, characteristic of A elegans, was isolated from each case.
Conclusion.—Apophysomyces elegans is an opportunistic pathogen that can cause infection in previously healthy patients who suffer an injury to the cutaneous barrier, such as trauma or burns. Infection with this zygomycete should be considered when there is progressive necrosis of a wound in a previously healthy patient. Successful treatment requires tissue debridement and amphotericin B. Histologic examination for early diagnosis and frozen section evaluation of surgical margins are required for optimal therapy.
Testicular Fibroma of Gonadal Stromal Origin With Minor Sex Cord Elements
Authors: de Pinieux Gonzague , Glaser Claire , Chatelain Denis , Perie Guy , Flam Thierry , Vieillefond Annick 
Published: January 2021

Abstract
Objective.—To report the histologic and immunohistochemical features of 2 cases of intratesticular fibromatous tumors.
Results.—Microscopically, these tumors were composed of short, randomly interweaving fascicles of spindle cells dispersed within a fibrocollagenous stroma. A sex cord component was detected in one case by microscopic examination and in both cases by immunohistochemical study using MIC2 and anti-inhibin antibodies.
Conclusions.—The presence of minor sex cord elements, morphologically or by immunohistochemistry, suggests that these fibromatous tumors are related to and are a subset of sex cord–stromal tumors. Intratesticular fibromatous tumors, of which 11 other cases lacking sex cord elements have been reported, could be considered as the testicular equivalent of ovarian fibroma. These tumors could then be referred to as testicular fibroma of gonadal stromal origin, with or without minor sex cord component.
An Overview of State Efforts to Improve Transfusion Medicine: The New York State Model
Authors: Linden Jeanne V. , Schmidt Gale B. 
Published: January 2021

Abstract
Objective.—New York State must provide effective oversight for more than 400 facilities that provide blood services, ensuring the safety of transfusion recipients.
Program Structure.—Oversight is based on educated, trained program staff; a council of transfusion medicine experts; regulations governing laboratories and blood banking services; proficiency testing; requirements for reporting transfusion-related errors and incidents; tracking collection, testing, and disposition of all blood; inspections; partnership with the Food and Drug Administration; and investigation of incident reports. Policy letters and guidelines (eg, umbilical cord blood, transfusion-associated infections, intraoperative blood recovery) supplement regulations.
Observations.—Standards are maintained through education by a responsive, proactive oversight program. Areas warranting stricter regulation or supplemental educational guidelines are identified by periodic assessment of standards of practice and review of reported information.
Conclusion.—The multifaceted oversight program contributes to efforts to improve transfusion medicine.
How to Improve Transfusion Medicine: A Treating Physician's Perspective
Authors: Alving Barbara , Alcorn Kirsten 
Published: January 2021

Abstract
As transfusion medicine becomes more complex, cooperative strategies are gaining increasing importance in relaying information to the treating physician and in incorporating the treating physician into the education and quality control processes. The broad domain of transfusion medicine is illustrated by the variety of disciplines involved in defining the use of products such as fresh frozen plasma and the newly released solvent-detergent–treated plasma, fibrin glue and highly purified fibrin sealant, and leukoreduced and irradiated blood products. Cooperative efforts among physicians and other personnel of multiple disciplines are essential to ensure appropriate use and continuous evaluation of blood products.
The “P's and Q's” of Quality Systems
Authors: Hanson Margaret 
Published: January 2021

Abstract
Quality improvement in blood collection centers has been a priority of regulatory and accrediting agencies for the past several years. The Food and Drug Administration and the American Association of Blood Banks have developed guidelines for quality assurance activities. Inspection programs have focused on evaluation of processes and how they are controlled to assure the safety and efficacy of blood components. A review of Food and Drug Administration enforcement actions shows that all such actions cite similar deficiencies related to management control, personnel training, error, and record management policies. A quality program that includes management commitment to compliance and continuous improvement, defined personnel training, internal audit, and error management policies provides documented evidence to management and regulatory agencies that operations are in control.
Outcomes in Transfusion
Authors: Sherman Laurence A. 
Published: January 2021

Abstract
Outcomes data in medicine can be limited by subjective methodologic issues such as poor selection of end points and use of nonvalidated systems for quality adjustment. Blood transfusion analyses are further complicated by the fact that transfusion seldom is primary therapy but is usually supportive or adjunctive. Thus, much of the outcome data in transfusion medicine are either unavailable or in one of two areas. The first area is prevention of bad sequelae of various cytopenias or factor deficiencies. The second is decreasing adverse effects of transfusion itself. A different useful area for outcome and root cause approaches in individual institutions is examining preanalytical and postanalytical processes of their own. Examples are sample labeling accuracy, quality and timeliness of blood suppliers, internal delivery processes and times, and product wastage. Use review can be changed to real time from retrospective time. By reducing complaints about service to objective data, realistic change can be made in internal and external processes.