bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Immediate Postoperative Alignment Measurements as a Predictor of Alignment Stability in Fixed Suture Strabismus Surgery
Authors: Boente Charline S. , Jardine Griffin J. , Damarjian Tina G. , Sprunger Derek T. , Roberts Gavin J. , Neely Daniel E. , Haider Kathryn M. , Plager David A. 
Published: April 2018

Purpose:
To evaluate the use of immediate postoperative alignment measurements as a predictor of future alignment stability in fixed suture strabismus surgery.

Methods:
Forty-seven patients were prospectively evaluated after undergoing horizontal or vertical rectus muscle surgery using a fixed suture technique. Alignment measurements were taken approximately 1 hour, 1 to 3 weeks, and 2 to 3 months postoperatively. A Spearman correlation coefficient was used to compare measurements from the immediate postoperative period to the 2- to 3-month postoperative period. Patients with dissociated strabismus, only oblique muscle surgery, or poor vision in one or both eyes precluding precise alternate cover test were excluded.

Results:
Mean age of all patients was 46.7 years (range: 12 to 86 years). Twenty-two patients underwent surgery for exotropia: 19 for esotropia and 6 for hypertropia. Mean alignment for all surgeries was 2 prism diopters (PD) undercorrection in the immediate postoperative period, which was similar to the mean of 4.6 PD undercorrection at 2 to 3 months postoperatively. However, the Spearman correlation between the immediate postoperative and 2- to 3-month postoperative measurements was 0.18 for all surgeries, 0.03 for exotropia, 0.56 for esotropia, and 0.40 for hypertropia. The overall success rate, defined as 8 PD or less of horizontal deviation and 4 PD or less of vertical deviation, was 77% at 2 to 3 months postoperatively.

Conclusions:
The relationship between immediate postoperative alignment and future alignment stability in fixed suture strabismus surgery has not been previously defined. The current study demonstrated that although the surgical success rate was reasonably good, poor correlation occurred between the alignment immediately postoperatively and 2 to 3 months postoperatively.

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J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus
. 2018;55(4):240–244.]
Protein extracts from <em>streptomyces</em> sps. inhibits beta-lactamases secreted by pathogenic bacteria
Authors: Yadava Rohit Mani , Kalyani Manjula Ishwara 
Published: April 2018

<p>Beta-lactamases are enzymes produced by pathogenic microorganisms which exhibit resistance to beta-lactam group of antibiotics and are of considerable clinical importance. In our study, we examined the pathogenic organisms for the secretion of beta-lactamase using the antibiotic ampicillin. The extracted beta-lactamase from the isolates was characterized biochemically for enzyme activity and to initiate their inhibition activities. The protein extracts separated from the potential actinomycetes species were analyzed by targeting against the beta lactamase enzyme activity. The beta-lactamase enzymes from bacterial isolates were purified from the cell free culture extract and activity was estimated spectrophotometrically.<em> </em>The actinomycetes isolated from the soil source were tested for their efficiency to inhibit the beta-lactamase enzyme activity. The protein fractions were extracted by salt precipitation using ammonium sulfate and further salt removal by dialysis technique. The assays for enzyme inhibition were performed by plate well diffusion along with absorbance readings of the enzyme and substrate using spectrophotometer. The beta-lactamase enzyme activity of <em>Proteus</em> sp. had shown highest enzymatic activity followed by <em>Staphylococcus aureus </em>and <em>Pseudomonas </em>sp<em>. </em>The protein extracts of four actinomycetes isolates that showed beta-lactamase inhibition were identified belonging to the genus <em>Streptomyces </em>based on their colony morphology, microscopic observation, and biochemical tests. The beta-lactamase inhibition activities were analyzed to combat antibiotitc resistances exerted by the pathogenic bacteria in infections.</p><p> </p>
Development and evaluation of floating tablet of metoprolol succinate for increased bioavailability
Authors: Fatema Kauser , Shahi SR , Tauqeer Shaikh 
Published: April 2018

<p>The present study is based on development and evaluation of gastroretentive floating tablets of metoprolol succinate by direct compression method, to increase the oral bioavailability of MS. For this, we used a combination of two different hydrophilic polymers that is polyethylene oxide PEO N-80 (X1) and hydroxy ethylcellulose HEC (X2) as independent variables and studied its effect on drug release (as dependent variable) at 20h for MS. A 3<sup>2</sup> factorial design was used for optimization purpose.</p><p>The DSC result shows no interaction between two polymers and the drug (MS). Further, in vitro drug release studies have shown a sustained drug release for more than 20h in upper gastrointestinal region (stomach). In vivo study using rabbits have shown increased AUC<sub>0-24 </sub>(bioavailability) of prepared optimized F6 formulation as compared to the marketed sustain release tablet of MS. Stability study shows no comparable differences on physical parameters and the drug release after 3 months of accelerated stability testing. Hence, we can conclude that a floating tablet containing combination of hydrophilic polymers can be used for gastric retention for more than 20hr which will increase the oral bioavailability of MS.</p>
The Effects of Antioxidant Application and Time Factor on Fiber Post Bonding to Root Dentin after Intracoronal Bleaching
Authors: Aslan Tuğrul , Üstün Yakup , Sağsen Burak , Şener İbrahim , Biricik Eda , Tatlı Şifa 
Published: April 2018

Aim: The aim was to evaluate the effects of antioxidant application and delayed cementation on the bond strength of fiber posts after intracoronal bleaching.
Methodology: Fifty-five maxillary central incisors were used. Root canals were enlarged using Reciproc system up to R40 instrument. Root canals were irrigated, dried with paper-points, and obturated with gutta-percha and a sealer. In 44 teeth, root canal fillings were removed 2-mm coronally and canal orificies were sealed with glass-ionomer-cement. A 37% CP gel was used to bleach the teeth. Five experimental groups were defined (n=11). G1: No bleaching, G2: Immediate FPC, G3: Immediate FPC after SA application, G4: 14-days delayed FPC, G5: 14-days delayed FPC after SA application. Push-out tests were performed. Statistical interpretations were made (α=0.05).
Results: There was no significant difference among the groups in apical thirds (p>0.05). However, significant differences were detected among the groups in middle and coronal thirds (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The 14-days delayed cementation seems to be a more reliable method than the SA application before FPC procedure after intracoronal bleaching.
Investigating the cognitive mechanisms of music listening interventions in pain management settings: A Scoping Review Protocol
Authors: Howlin Claire , Guerin Suzanne , Rooney Bendan 
Published: April 2018

Aim: The aim of this review is to examine what is known from the existing literature about the characteristics of effective music listening interventions used in analgesic settings. Background: While meta-analyses demonstrate the effectiveness of music listening interventions, regardless of whether they are classed as music medicine or music therapy, it is not yet clear how the positive effects of music listening interventions (MLIs) are mediated. The absence of defined cognitive mechanisms coincides with inconsistencies in terms of how MLIs are delivered and evaluated with wide variability in terms of duration, frequency, style, genre, equipment, preparation, choice, rationale, personnel adopted and often a lack of suitable controls. Future improvement and refinement of MLIs depends on identifying the characteristics that mediate analgesic effects.Design: The protocol was designed using the principles from Arksey and O’Malley (2005) and Levac (2010).Methods: The protocol includes decisions about the review objectives, search strategy, inclusion/exclusion criteria, article selection process, data charting and synthesis and quality assessment.Discussion: The scoping review will help to identify what is known from the existing literature about the characteristics of effective MLIs used in analgesic settings and will contribute to guidance on optimal MLI design.
Improved quality of life and joint functions in patients with knee rheumatoid arthritis who underwent five portal arthroscopic synovectomy
Authors: Liu Wen-Xin , Jiang Yao , Hu Qing-Xiang , You Xie-Bo 
Published: April 2018

Objectives
To evaluate the outcomes of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) of the knee who underwent five portal arthroscopic synovectomy, with or without post-operative negative pressure drainage (NPD).

Material and Methods
A prospective clinical trial was performed. Patients with class I, II, and III RA of the knee were enrolled. They underwent five portal arthroscopic synovectomy. Post-operatively, they received either NPD (group A) or non-NPD (group B). Health assessment questionnaire (HAQ), disease activity score 28 (DAS 28), and Lysholm knee joint score were evaluated before the operations, and at six weeks, three months, and one year after the operations.

Results
A total of 36 patients were enrolled into the study, with 63.9% (23) female patients and mean age of 47.2 years old. All of the patients had clinical symptoms (joint swelling, pain, and dysfunction) for at least six months with poor responses to the traditional pharmaceutical therapy. There were 12, 16, and eight patients in class I, II, and III RA groups, respectively (six IA, six IB, eight IIA, eight IIB, four IIIA, and four IIIB). One year after the operation, patients had statistically significant improvements on HAQ, DAS 28, and Lysholm knee joint scores. More improvements were observed in patients with class I diseases. There were no statistically significant differences between group A and B.

Conclusion
Five portal arthroscopic synovectomy could increase the quality of life, decrease disease activities, and improve joint functions in patients with RA. More benefits were observed in patients with early disease developments. Patients in the NPD group did not show more improvements compared to the patients in the non-NPD group.
Um Rigor Outro: sobre a questão da qualidade na pesquisa qualitativa
Authors: Bitencourt Lais Andrade , Souza Mírian Loiola 
Published: April 2018

O texto que segue para a apreciação é fruto de um trabalho realizado na disciplina Métodos e Técnicas de Pesquisa sob a orientação do professor Roberto Sidney no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Federal da Bahia.
Se trata da resenha do livro "Um rigor outro: sobre a questão da qualidade na pesquisa qualitativa" dos autores: Roberto Sidney, Dante Galeffi e Álamo Pimentel.
Como não conseguimos encontrar o espaço no site para enviar a resenha, tomamos a liberdade de encaminhar a resenha nesse espaço destinado ao artigo para que a mesma possa ser analisada.
O Canto das Sereias: da escuta á travessia poética
Authors: De Castro Manuel Antônio 
Published: April 2018

A música numa sociedade de consumo e a música como Escuta. Interpretação do mito, do canto das sereias, da odisséia, do ponto vista mítico. O mito e a arte. O mito e o rito como linguagem e língua. Ulisses e o destino. O destino e a liberdade. A liberdade e o horizonte. O horizonte e a liminaridade. O apelo radical da Escuta e a experiência de vida como travessia poética. <br>
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<B>Palavras-chave</B>: música-escuta, destino-travessia.<br>
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<B>Abstract</B>: Music in a consumption society and music as Listening. Interpretation of myth, of mermaid singing, of odyssey, from mythical point of view. Myth and art. Myth and ceremony as speech and language. Lysses and destiny. Destiny and freedom. Freedom and horizon. Horizon and threshold. The radical call of Listening and life experience aspoetic
crossing. <br>
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<B>Key words</B>: music - listening - destiny – crossing.
Topografias Psi e Cartografias Pedagógicas: Psicologia, Pedagogia e História
Authors: Gurgel Paulo 
Published: April 2018

Este artigo analisa as relações entre psicologia e educação sob uma perspectiva histórico-crítica. Em primeiro lugar, ele analisa os limites de uma história das idéias centrada exclusivamente nas contribuições teóricas de psicólogos educacionais para a construção de práticas psicopedagógicas no cotidiano da escola. Fazendo uso do pensamento de Michel Foucault, tenta-se compreender as íntimas relações estabelecidas entre psicologia e pedagogia através da intricada rede de relações entre saber e poder que se materializa na escola, instituição social chave para instauração e manutenção das regras do contrato social que regem as sociedades liberais do ocidente a partir da segunda metade do século XIX. Então, propõe-se que a história da psicologia da educação só pode ser escrita a partir do pressuposto de que a Psicologia é uma poderosa tecnologia de produção do sujeito-aluno no coração da escola – a instituição social, por excelência, responsável pela produção de sujeitos autogovernados. <br>
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<B>Palavras-chave</B>: Psicologia, Educação, História, Escola e Subjetivação. <br>
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<B>Abstract</B>: This article aims to analyse the close relations between psychology and education under a historical and critical perspective. Firstly, it analyses the limits of a history of ideas certered exclusively in the theoretical contributions of educational psychologists to the construction of psychopedagogical practices in the everyday school life. Departing from Michel Foucault’s contributions to a history of education and psychology, it tries to understand the very close relations betweeen knowledge and power materialized in the school, a key social institution to instalation and maintainance of the governing social contract
of the western liberal societies from the second half of the 19th century onwards. Then, it proposes that a history of educational psychology can only be written if one assumes the perspective that psychology itself is a very powerful tecnology used to assemble the student as a subject in the very heart of the school scene – an institution itself designed to produce self-governed subjects. <br>
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<B>Key words</B>: Paychology, Education, History, schooling and subjectivation.
Os valores do ONDE na Língua Falada
Authors: Portella Monteiro de Souza Emília Helena 
Published: April 2018

O texto apresenta um estudo sincrônico do ONDE na fala de Salvador, a partir de um corpus oral em que se verificam os valores desse item gramatical, correlacionados a fatores sociais: faixa etária, escolaridade e gênero. Os valores do ONDE são considerados numa perspectiva cognitivista e a freqüência de uso e suas implicações sociais numa perspectiva da Teoria Variacionista. Os dados analisados evidenciam valores abstratos do ONDE que vêm se firmando nesta sincronia, ao lado do valor de espaço físico, o mais básico desse item. <br>
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<B>Palavras-chave</B>: ONDE, valores semânticos, fatores sociais. <br>
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<B>Abstract</B>: This text presents a synchronic study of the word ONDE in the dialect of Salvador, using an oral corpus in order to verify the values of this grammatical word correlating it to social factors: age, schooling and gender. ONDE’s values are considered in a cognitivist perspective and the frequency of its use and social implications in a perspective of the Variacionist Theory. The analysed data make evidence of ONDE’s abstract values that is being firmed in this synchrony side by side of the physique space value, the most basic value of this word. <br>
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<B>Key words</B>: ONDE, semantic values, social factors.
Comunidades virtuais: os relacionamentos no Orkut
Authors: Couto Edvaldo Souza , Fonseca Daisy Da Costa Lima 
Published: April 2018

O artigo apresenta uma discussão teórica na cena contemporânea sobre as comunidades virtuais, analisa suas estratégias, funcionamentos, características, sedução e emergência no ciberespaço. Verifica de modo especial como
milhares de pessoas se encontram e se relacionam no site Orkut, numa dinâmica que acelera o processo de digitalização da vida cotidiana e das relações existentes. O texto enfatiza que essa experiência ultrapassa as barreiras geográficas e
temporais e conclui que as comunidades virtuais constituem diferentes modalidades de relacionamentos neste milênio. <br>
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<B>Palavras-chave</B>: comunidades virtuais, ciberespaço, Orkut, relacionamentos, sociabilidade. <br>
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<B>Abstract</B>: The article presents a theoretical discussion in the contemporary scene on the virtual communities; it analyzes their strategies, operations, characteristics, seduction and emergency in the cyberspace. it verifies in a special way about thousands of people meet and they link in the site Orkut, accelerating the process of digitization of the daily life and of the existent relationships. The text emphasizes that this experience crosses the geographical and temporary barriers and it concludes that the virtual communities constitute different modalities of relationships on this millennium. <br>
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<B>Key words</B>: virtual communities, cyberspace, orkut, relationships, conviviality.
“.... Para ser macho não pode negar fogo, tem que ser viril. Então não tem nada a ver com a dança...”
Authors: Giuseppe Erik , Romero Elaine 
Published: April 2018

Este empreendimento se propõe a analisar a percepção de alunos de graduação em Educação Física sobre construção sociocultural do corpo masculino. Com o propósito de colher informações, empreendemos um estudo inserido no paradigma fenomenológico-hermenêutico, utilizando análise de discurso e envolvendo 27 alunos de ambos os sexos do curso de graduação em Educação Física das diversas universidades do Rio de Janeiro. Os instrumentos empregados constaram de uma entrevista semi-estruturada e da exibição de uma foto, na qual bailarinos do sexo masculino pousavam com tutu (vestimenta tradicionalmente utilizada pelo sexo feminino). Incursionando nas respostas dos entrevistados, identificamos 6 elementos
marcantes: 1- o símbolo da vestimenta; 2- as atividades ditas femininas; 3- o futebol; 4- “Outros”; 5- a homossexualidade e; 6- raça e gênero. <br>
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<B>Palavras-chave</B>: gênero, corpo e educação física.
No labirinto da educação infantil: as falas de educadoras sobre gênero e sexualidade
Authors: Ribeiro Cláudia Maria 
Published: April 2018

Este texto busca problematizar as falas de educadoras que atuam na Educação Infantil concebendo-as como enunciados. Esse é um conceito cunhado por Michel Foucault que gera perguntas tais como: o que pode ser dito? Quem está autorizado/a a dizer? Penetro então num labirinto de enunciados que são geradores de tantas perguntas: por que gênero e sexualidade são questões? Quais os governos exercidos por múltiplas forças, por autoridades que se consideram capazes de vigiar, julgar, marcar a sexualidade e o gênero? Por que ainda hoje as expressões da sexualidade das crianças causam tanta agitação? Qual o contexto em que as crianças, em algumas instituições de Educação Infantil, expressam sua sexualidade? Qual a concepção de sexualidade e como essa temática integra ou não os currículos de formação de educadores e educadoras? Que discursos legais, científicos, médicos, morais, religiosos, educacionais, jurídicos engalfinham-se na Educação Infantil? Todas essas perguntas constituem um emaranhado de caminhos – um labirinto – e desafiam nossa capacidade para pensar as multiplicidades e as interconexões desses discursos que podem ser produzidas no cotidiano da Educação Infantil.
A coragem de ser tedioso: aproximações entre dândis e corpos queers
Authors: Duarte Filho Ricardo 
Published: April 2018

O presente artigo almeja discorrer sobre a ligação entre o dandismo e os corpos queers através do conceito do camp e da performatividade. Para tal, traça uma ligação histórica entre o dândi e os corpos aristocráticos e argumenta que os dândis formam uma espécie de proto-subjetividade queer através da discussão sobre os julgamentos de Oscar Wilde, vistos aqui como espetáculos midiáticos públicos que acabaram por incutir em esferas diversas, como a judicial, a médica e a pública, a ideia de traços e poses que poderiam se cristalizar como indicadores da existência da homossexualidade. A hipótese aqui levantada é que o dândi, por sua ambígua relação com a norma, possibilita novas formas de resiliência e contestação através da artificialidade, do tédio e da performance. Como forma de discutir sobre essa possibilidade de subversão e também como tentativa de ampliar o emprego de uma sensibilidade dândi e camp para além da cultura anglo-saxã, o objeto analisado no presente artigo é o filme brasileiro contemporâneo A Seita (André Antônio, 2015).
Cat Power. A toma da Terra
Authors: Palmeiro Cecilia 
Published: April 2018

O trecho, traduzido por Helder Thiago Maia, é parte da primeira novela de Cecília Palmeiro, Cat Power. La toma de la Tierra (Buenos Aires, Tenemos las máquinas, 2017), onde o narrador é um um gato alienígena, cuja raça se encontra próximo da extinção, que passa a narrar, com altas doses de ironia ativista, os infortúnios da Madrinha durante a escrita da sua tese entre Buenos Aires, Nova Iorque e Rio de Janeiro. Nessa jornada Rorro (o gato) descobre que através da consciência da Madrinha é quase impossível cumprir o objetivo para o qual foi enviado à terra, mas mesmo assim dá um jeito para a conquista felina do planeta. Cecília Palmeiro é professora de teoria literária e literatura latino-americana na Universidade Nacional Tres de Febrero e na Universidade de Nova York em Buenos Aires. É autora dos livros Desbunde y Felicidad: de la cartonera a Perlongher (2011) e editou o livro Correspondencia de Néstor Perlongher (2016)
<b>Notas sobre conhecimento e mestiçagem na América Latina</b> <br>[Amálio Pinheiro]
Authors: Repertório Teatro & Dança 
Published: April 2018

<span style="font-family: monospace;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: medium;"><div>Reflexão sobre o referencial epistemológico necessário para o estudo e compreensão da América Latina, considerando-se suas características naturais e processos singulares de mestiçagem como elementos estreita e estruturalmente associados à cultura barroca que aí s constituiu em marca identitária. <br /></div></span></span>