bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
MODELAGEM MATEMÁTICA E ESTATÍSTICA A PLICADA À HIDROGEOGRAFIA E AGROMETEOROLOGIA
Authors: Manzione Rodrigo Lilla 
Published: October 2018

MODELAGEM MATEMÁTICA E ESTATÍSTICA A PLICADA À HIDROGEOGRAFIA E AGROMETEOROLOGIA RODRIGO LILLA MANZIONE1 1 Campus Experimental de Ourinhos – Universidade Estadual Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho”, Ourinhos, SP. Avenida Renato Costa Lima, 451 - Ville de France, Ourinhos - SP, 19903-302. E-mail: rlmanzione@gmail.com 1 RESUMO Essa nota científica apresenta a transcrição na íntegra da prova escrita elaborada pelo autor como parte dos exames realizados durante o concurso de livre docência nas disciplinas de Hidrogeografia e Agrometeorologia no Campus de Ourinhos da UNESP em 07 de dezembro de 2016, cujo ponto sorteado foi “Modelagem matemática e estatística aplicada a hidrogeografia e agrometeorologia”. A nota traz conceitos e termos elementares da modelagem aplicada a essas duas áreas do conhecimento, reflexões sobre os elementos da modelagem e suas aplicações, e perspectivas sobre os usos presentes e futuros de técnicas de modelagem. Palavras-chave: hidrologia, meteorologia, agricultura, ensino, pesquisa MANZIONE, R. L.MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL MODELING APPLIED TO HYDROGEOGRAPHY AND AGROMETEOROLOGY 2 ABSTRACT This scientific note brings an integral transcription of the written test performed by the author as part of the exams for habilitation in the disciplines of Hydrogeography and Agrometeorology at the Ourinhos Campus of UNESP (São Paulo State University) on December 7, 2016, whose drawn subject was “Mathematical and statistical modeling applied to hydrogeography and agrometeorology”. The note presents elementary modeling concepts and terms applied to these two fields of knowledge, reflections on modelling elements and its applications, and perspectives on present and future uses of modeling techniques. Keywords: hydrology, meteorology, agriculture, teaching, research
SMARTIRRIGATION: UM SISTEMA DE GERENCIAMENTO REMOTO DA IRRIGAÇÃO LOCALIZADA E POR ASPERSÃO
Authors: Feitosa Robson Gonçalves Fechine , Silva Erllens Éder , Vásquez Manuel Antonio Navarro , Santos Francisco Gauberto Barros dos 
Published: October 2018

SMARTIRRIGATION: UM SISTEMA DE GERENCIAMENTO REMOTO DA IRRIGAÇÃO LOCALIZADA E POR ASPERSÃO

ROBSON GONÇALVES FECHINE FEITOSA1; ERLLENS ÉDER SILVA1; MANUEL ANTONIO NAVARRO VÁSQUEZ1 E FRANCISCO GAUBERTO BARROS DOS SANTOS1

1Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará, Campus Crato, Rodovia CE 292, KM 15, Gisélia Pinheiro - CEP 63115-500, Crato - CE, Fone (88) 3586 8161. E-mail: robsonfeitosa@ifce.edu.br; erllens@ifce.edu.br; avasquez@ifce.edu.br; gauberto@ifce.edu.br.

1 RESUMO

O uso não racional dos sistemas de irrigação gera desperdício de água e energia elétrica. Assim, o presente trabalho ilustra o processo de desenvolvimento de um Sistema Web (SmartIrrigation) para gerenciar remotamente sistemas de irrigação localizada e por aspersão. Para alimentar o sistema, o usuário insere informações dos dias da semana, setores e horários que ele deve funcionar, sendo o número de agendamentos cadastrados ilimitado. Como principais resultados tem-se um sistema que segue boas práticas de IHC (Interface Humano-Computacional); a economia de energia, pelo uso eficiente da água; e, a comodidade do usuário para gerenciar o sistema.

Palavras-chave: automação, culturas irrigadas, sistema web.

FEITOSA, R. G. F.; EDER-SILVA, E.; VÁSQUEZ, M. A. N.; SANTOS; F. G. B.
SMARTIRRIGATION: REMOTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR LOCALIZED IRRIGATION AND ASPERSION

2 ABSTRACT

The non-rational use of irrigation systems generates waste of water and electricity. Thus, the present work illustrates the process of developing a Web System (SmartIrrigation) to remotely manage localized irrigation and sprinkler systems. To feed the system, the user inserts information of the days of the week, sectors and schedules that he / she should work, with unlimited number of schedules registered. As main results we have a system that follows good practices of IHC (Human-Computational Interface); energy saving, efficient use of water; and the convenience of the user to manage the system.

Keywords: automation, irrigated cultures, web system.
Correction of hypoxic state by metabolic precursors of endogenous activator of mitochondrial ATP-dependent K+channels
Authors: Krylova Irina B. , Safonova Albina F. , Evdokimova Natalia R. 
Published: October 2018

Aim. The antihypoxic properties of uridine and uridine-5'-monophosphate (UMP), which are the metabolic precursors of the natural activator of mitochondrial ATP-dependent K+ channels (mitoKATP channels) uridine diphosphat were investigated on the models of hypoxic hypoxia with hypercapnia (HHH), hemic hypoxia and local circulatory hypoxia.
Methods. HHH was created in males and females white mice weighing 28-30 g. The animals were placed one by one in hermetically closed container and the duration of their life was determined. The antihypoxic activity of the substances was compared with the reference anthypoxant amtizole (50 mg/kg). Hemic hypoxia was caused in Wistar rats weighing 350-370 g by the injection of sodium nitrite (intramuscularly, 100 mg/kg). Uridine or UMP 30 mg/kg was injected intraperitoneally 30 minutes before the onset of HHH and hemic hypoxia. Local circulatory hypoxia was modeled in male Wistar rats weighing 250-300 g. Acute coronary occlusion lasting 60 min was reproduced by legation of descending branch of the left coronary artery (LCA). Uridine or UMP (30 mg/kg) was administered intravenously 5 minutes prior to LCA occlusion. Selective blocker of mitoKATP channels 5-hydroxydecanoate (5 mg/kg, intravenously, 5 minutes prior uridine or UMP) was used to determine the role of these channels in the mechanism of antihypoxic action of the studied drugs. The volume of the damaged myocardium was used as the marker of antihypoxic activity of uridine and UMP.
Results. Different resistance to hypoxia in female and male mice was observed in HHH. The female mice were more resistant, their life duration was 43% more than the males. Uridine and UMP displayed antihypoxic activity only in male mice, increasing their life duration by 25% and 20% respectively. This effect was 2 times less than that of amtisol. In similar conditions in females mice the preparations did not show a protective effect. In hemic hypoxia the life duration of rats treated with uridine and UMP did not differ from the control values. Circulatory hypoxia, caused by occlusion of the LCA, led to the formation of a local zone of myocardial damage. Uridine or UMP decreased the damage zone in 2 and 3,5 times respectively. The inhibitor of mitoKATP channels blocked the protective effect of these compounds.
Conclusion. Uridine and UMP have a distinct antihypoxic effect in HHH and a marked protective effect in local circulatory hypoxia. The antihypoxic activity of druges in HHH is manifested differently in female and male mice. It may be due to sexual differences in the resistance to hypoxia. The maximum effect is observed in male who have initially low resistance to oxygen deficiency. The mechanism of the protective action of uridine and UMP in the circulatory hypoxia is associated with the activation of mitoKATP channels.
Contribution of media on knowledge generation about tuberculosis in Palpa district, Nepal
Authors: Karki Deelip Kumar , Singh Birendra Kumar , Khanal Pravin Kumar 
Published: October 2018

Background: Media is the means of communication, as radio, television and newspaper that reach or influence people widely. It is a tool for the transfer of information and ideas to audiences. The media plays the crucial role in instructing, motivating and guiding the public for control of tuberculosis. The objectives of the study were to study the knowledge and the source of information regarding tuberculosis.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted whereas multistage sampling was adopted.Results: Around half of respondents (46.5%) were 15-24 years of age and 63.9 per cent were female. Overwhelming number of the respondents (95.1%) had radio and more than one fourth (76.4%) had television at home. More than three quarter (88.9%) respondents said droplet infection is the mode of transmission of tuberculosis but 11.1 per cent said sharing common utensil. 97.2 per cent respondents had good behaviour towards TB patient. In respect to knowledge score, 18.1 per cent had high level of knowledge followed by 56.2 per cent had medium and 25.7 per cent had low level. Fifty per cent respondents said television, 46.5 percent said radio were the source of information for tuberculosis.Conclusions: The study found that majority of the respondents had satisfactory knowledge level about tuberculosis. The results exemplify the contribution of media on improving TB related knowledge. Most of the respondents ranked media, i.e., radio and television is the number one source of information.
Contribution of long-term dysphagia monitoring to first line treatment of head and neck cancer patients
Authors: Falewee Marie Noëlle , Hebert Christophe , Benezery Karen , Bozec Alexandre , Guigay Joël , Chamorey Emmanuel , Michel Cécile 
Published: October 2018

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Dysphagia is a serious sequel of head and neck cancer (HNC) and its treatment. This dysfunction is frequent and likely underreported by clinical exam. It seems necessary to assess its global burden during the pre, per and post treatment periods (up to 18 months), regardless of the treatment received.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> This was a prospective cohort study assessing the rate of dysphagia in first-time treated HNC patients, using the deglutition handicap index questionnaire (DHI) and the clinician reporting. Time to occurrence, severity and length of the dysfunction were recorded. The benefit of an evaluation by the patient himself was investigated. </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Of 134 evaluable patients: 22 were treated by surgery alone (16.4%), 16 by radiotherapy (RT) alone (11.9%), 3 by chemotherapy (CT) alone (2.2%), 28 by RTCT (20.9%), 31 by induction chemotherapy followed by RTCT (23.1%), 11 by surgery+RT (8.2%) and 23 by surgery+RTCT (17.2%). Patients completed 87.9% of the expected DHI. The dysphagia frequency reported was 92.2% by patient-reporting and 80.9% by clinicians-reporting, whatever the intensity. Self-perceived moderate to severe dysphagia was reported in 69.8% of patients.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Given the strong impact of dysphagia on the quality of life and prognosis of HNC patients, it appears essential to perform screening and systematic monitoring. Using a simple and well accepted questionnaire, such as DHI, which is also well correlated with clinical evaluation, we demonstrated a significant frequency of dysphagia. The use of real-time patient-reported outcomes for its early detection would be an asset, particularly during long-term follow-up.</p><p class="abstract">Registered under ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier no. NCT03068559.</p>
The correlation between allergic rhinitis with hyperactive lower airway disorders and effect of management of allergic rhinitis on lower airway
Authors: Ekhar Vipin Ram , Shelkar Ritesh N. , Pardhi Krupal , Vedi Jeevan N. 
Published: October 2018

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Allergic rhinitis and brochial asthma are interrelated diseases because of the shared respiratory epithelium and the common allergens affecting both the areas. The treatment of both these conditions is often overlapping. Although no treatment modality is perfect in treating the disease, corticosteroids are the mainstay of the treatment for both the conditions. This study was conducted to quantify strength of association between allergic rhinitis and hyperactive lower airway disorders and to study the effect of topical intranasal steroid Fluticasone on Bronchial hyperactivity in patients with allergic rhinitis.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> Patient with moderate to severe allergic rhinitis presenting to ENT OPD with symptoms of lower airway hyperactivity were subjected to pulmonary function tests. After all routine investigations, the patients were started on fixed dose of intranasal fluticasone furoate nasal spray for a period of 2 months and the pretreatment and post treatment FEV<sub>1</sub> and PEFR were compared and statistically analysed for the effect. </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Approximately 50% of patients with allergic rhinitis showed associated lower airway hyperreactivity. There was statistically significant improvement in pulmonary function test readings after 2 months therapy with intranasal fluticasone spray.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The study showed that the treatment of inflammation in the upper airways indirectly improves the symptoms of hyperactive lower airway disorders and decreased bronchial hyperactivity.</p>
Management of invasive fungal rhino sinusitis in a tertiary health care center
Authors: Thaduri Abhinav , Kamanur Samson Deva Kumar , Vishnuvardan Dipin Kumar , Hanumantha Rao A. V. S , Sravani Reddy K. , Chandrashekar Annam 
Published: October 2018

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Invasive fungal sinusitis, though considered to be rare entity, is nowadays frequently encountered, mostly in immunocompromised patients like uncontrolled diabetes, haematological malignancy and organ transplants on immunosuppressive drugs. There are only a few landmark studies from the Indian subcontinent on invasive fungal rhino sinusitis. The lack of awareness among clinicians regarding the varying clinical presentations of fungal rhino sinusitis prompted us to undertake this study, as our hospital is referral centre we get to see varying presentations and most terminal stages of disease.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> This is a prospective study in which we report 30 cases reported to Gandhi Hospital, Secunderabad, invasive fungal rhino sinusitis. Evaluated in detail the clinical presentation, radiological features, specimens collected were subjected to both microbiology and pathologic examination; data collected and were analysed. Treated medically and surgically. </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> The most common co-morbid condition is uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. Mucoraceae (53%) and Aspergillus (10%) were the main fungi found. Mucosal biopsy confirmed fungal invasion to the nasal mucosa in all cases. Computed tomography and endoscopic findings showed a predominance of unilateral disease, with various stages of nasal involvement. All patients underwent surgical debridement and systemic antifungal therapy immediately after diagnosis.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Early medical and surgical treatment is essential to improve the prognosis along with better control of comorbidities.</p>
Results of distal femur fractures managed by blade plate 95° at Brazzaville teaching hospital
Authors: Marius Monka , Kevin Bouhelo-Pam , Terence Olivier Ohoya Etsaka , Albert Ngatsé Oko , Armand Moyikoua 
Published: October 2018

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> The objective of the study was to report the anatomical and functional results of distal femur fractures treated by blade plate 95° AO at CHU-Brazzaville.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> This is a retrospective study of patients operated by blade plate for distal femur fractures between January 2012 and December 2016. Fourteen out of seventeen patients operated by blade plate met the inclusion criteria. Fractures of the distal femur were divided according to Chiron's classification. The anatomical and functional results were evaluated according to the analysis criteria of the SOFCOT 1988 round table.<strong></strong></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Of the 14 patients in our study, 8 were men and 6 were women. The average age was 35 (range 18 to 54). The fractures were consecutive to a road accident (n=13) and a fall in a gutter in 1 case. Bone healing was achieved in all our patients. The reduction was anatomic in 13 patients and in 1 patient there was a 10° angulation of the recurvatum type. According to the criteria of the SOFCOT 1988 round table, the results at the average follow-up of 12 months were judged very good in 7 patients, good in 3 patients, average in 1 patient and bad in 3 patients..</p><p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The results of our study confirm the performance of blade plate fixation in fractures of the distal femur. However, the other implants constitute a therapeutic arsenal of complex epiphyseal fractures of the distal femur, which should benefit trauma-orthopedics surgery wards for the management of all varieties of fractures of the distal femur. </p>
Patient reported satisfaction following 1578 primary total knee arthroplasties in different ethnic groups in Leicester: are Caucasian patients more satisfied?
Authors: Suzangar Mehdi , Esler Colin , Kennedy James , Chatterji Urjit 
Published: October 2018

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Several non-UK and non-European studies, have suggested differences in post-operative outcome measures, including patient satisfaction, following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) when assessed against ethnicity. The aim of our study was to assess patient reported satisfaction following primary TKA in an ethnically diverse part of the UK, Leicestershire, to find out whether the Caucasian patients were more satisfied compared to non-Caucasians.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> Using our regional joint Registry, the Trent and Wales Arthroplasty Audit Group (TWAAG) registry, a retrospective analysis of the prospectively collected patients’ reported satisfaction following primary TKA was performed. 1578 patients from Leicester province who had undergone their first TKA in Leicester between 1990 and 2007, and who had responded to their 12 month validated post-operative questionnaires were included.<strong></strong></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Overall patient reported satisfaction was 87.6%. Patient satisfaction was 87.7% in ‘British White’, 92.4% in ‘Other White’, 83.5% in ‘Indian/Pakistani’ population. When categorising patient ethnicity to ethnic groups, reported satisfaction was 88.1% in the ‘Caucasian’ group and 83.4% in the ‘non-Caucasian’ groups. Fisher’s exact test did not indicate a statistically significant difference in the reported satisfaction between these ethnic groups.</p><strong>Conclusions:</strong>In our study, ethnicity was not a significant attributing factor in patient reported satisfaction following primary TKA. <p> </p>
Isolated muscle tuberculosis: exceptional location
Authors: Bouya Ayoub , Rhounimi Mounir , Boufettal Moncef , Berrada Mohamed Salah 
Published: October 2018

<p class="abstract">The authors report the exceptional case of isolated muscular tuberculosis affecting the anterior compartment of the right thigh in a 38-year-old man. The diagnosis was based on histology and GeneXpert. The subject received a surgical treatment followed by medical treatment for 6 months. The GeneXpert test has proved to be useful in the diagnosis of muscular tuberculosis. We have not found in the literature the use of GeneXpert in this type of localization of tuberculosis whose diagnostic is not always easy. Through the study of this case and a review of the literature, the authors review the pathogenesis of this particular affection as well as the diagnostic and therapeutic modalities.</p><p class="abstract"> </p>
STEM Eğitim Yaklaşımında Dinamik Matematik Programlarının (Geogebra) Kullanımına Yönelik Öğrenci Görüşlerinin İncelenmesi
Authors: ŞAHİN Erhan , KABASAKAL Vedat 
Published: October 2018

Bu
araştırmada üstün ve özel yetenekli öğrencilerin STEM eğitim yaklaşımı
çerçevesinde kullandıkları GeoGebra yazılımına yönelik görüşlerinin ortaya
çıkarılması amaçlanmıştır. Bu araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden biri
olan durum çalışması kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunun
belirlemesinde, amaçlı örnekleme yöntemlerinden ölçüt örnekleme yöntemi
kullanılmıştır. 2017-2018 eğitim öğretim
yılında Ankara İlinde bir Bilim ve Sanat Merkezinde (BİLSEM) 9. sınıf seviyesinde
15 (9 erkek, 6 kız) üstün ve özel yetenekli öğrenci araştırmanın çalışma
grubunu oluşturmuştur. Yarı-yapılandırılmış görüşme yöntemi ile toplanan
araştırma verilerinin değerlendirilmesinde içerik analizi kullanılmıştır.
İçerik analiz yöntemi doğrultusunda görüşme verileri kodlanarak temalar
oluşturulmuştur. İçerik analizi sonrası araştırma sonucunda öğrencilerin STEM
eğitim yaklaşımına ve GeoGebra yazılımına yönelik yönelik olumlu yönde
görüşlere sahip oldukları tespit edilmiştir.
TM-Builder: An Ontology Builder based on XML Topic Maps
Authors: Librelotto Giovani Rubert , Ramalho Jose Carlos , Henriques Pedro Rangel 
Published: October 2018

Everyday a huge number of new information resources are linked to the web. This way the web is growing very fast, making search tasks more and more difficult with worse results. To solve the problem several initiatives were undertaken and a new area of research and development emerged: the one called Semantic Web.When we refer to the semantic web we are thinking about a network of concepts. Each concept has a group of related resources and can be related to other concepts; we can then use this concept network to navigate among web resources or simply among information resources. From the undertaken initiatives one became an ISO standard: Topic Maps ISO 13250.
The aim of this paper is to introduce a Topic Map (TM) Builder, that is a processor that extracts topics and relations from instances of a family of XML documents.A TM-Builder is strongly dependent on the resources structure. So, to extract a topic map for different collections of information resources (sets of documents with different structures) we have to implement several TM-Builders, one for each collection. This is not very easy! To overcome this inconvenient we have created an XML abstraction layer for TM-Builders that enables us to specify the topic map we want to build from a concrete family of resources, in order to generate automatically the intended extractor.
To describe that process, i.e. the extraction of knowledge from XML documents to produce a TM, we present a language to specify topic maps for a class of XML documents, that we call XSTM (XML Specification for Topic Maps). We also discuss a XSL processor that automatically generates the Extractor from its formal specification written in XSTM, the XSTM-P.
Biológia das células-tronco mesenquimais de felinos obtidas a partir de nichos presentes no tecido adiposo objetivando sua aplicação terapêutica na medicina veterinária
Authors: SANTOS Enrico 
Published: October 2018

O tecido adiposo vêm representando uma fonte em potencial para a obtenção de células-tronco mesenquimais (CTMs). Estudos recentes têm demonstrado que as CTMs apresentam potencial de utilização tanto na pesquisa básica como aplicada. Podendo ser obtidas, em grandes quantidades, por meio de anestesia local e com o mínimo de desconforto, as CTMs vêm sendo objeto de intensa pesquisa. Neste estudo, o tecido adiposo de felino, obtido por meio de biópsia realizada na região subcutânea, foi processado de forma a obter uma população celular morfologicamente homogênea. As células-tronco mesenquimais derivadas do tecido adiposo felinos (CTMs-TAF) foram mantidas, in vitro, em crescimento exponencial até a 9ª passagem apresentando-se como uma população estável e com baixos níveis de senescência. As CTMs-TAF foram capazes de se diferenciarem, in vitro em células adipogênicas, condrogênicas e osteogênicas na presença de factores de indução linhagem específica. Quando injectado em camundongos nude, as CTMs-TAF não foram capazes de dar origem a teratocarcinomas. Estes resultados demonstram de que as CTMs-TAF possuem propriedades que sugerem a sua possível utilização na terapia celular.