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Mechanical Consequences of Suffusion on Undrained Behaviour of a Gap-Graded Cohesionless Soil - An Experimental Approach
Authors: Mehdizadeh Amirhassan , Disfani Mahdi M. , Evans Robert , Arulrajah Arul , Ong D. E. L. 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
Fine particles may migrate in the preexisting pores of an internally unstable soil matrix caused by water flow. This migration changes the fine particle distribution and content at different zones and can affect the mechanical properties of these soils. Due to the different roles that fine particles can play in the force chains of an internally unstable soil, the available geometrical assessment methods do not predict post-erosion behavior of the soil. The fine particles may sit loose in the voids, provide lateral support for the primary soil matrix, or participate directly in stress transfer. This will depend on the fine content, particle size distribution, constriction size, relative density, stress path, and particle shape. However, to evaluate the post-erosion behavior accurately, computational modelling or experimental investigation needs to be conducted. A modified triaxial apparatus connected to a water supply system and collection tank was developed to investigate the post-erosion behavior of an internally unstable cohesionless soil under different loading patterns in undrained conditions. This system allowed all test phases to be completed, including erosion inside the triaxial chamber to remove any possible impact of specimen disturbance. The results suggest that the undrained shear strength of the eroded specimen increased at small vertical strains (0–4 %) under monotonic and cyclic loadings, whereas the initial modulus of elasticity remained unchanged. Also, the eroded specimen showed much higher resistance against cyclic loadings, whereas the non-eroded specimen was liquefied during less than five cycles of loading. This improvement was due to a better interlock between coarse particles due to erosion of fine particles. The hardening strain behavior of the non-eroded specimen changed to limited flow deformation due to a decrease in the fine content. The flow deformation of the eroded specimen at medium strain may be due to the local increase in lubrication effect of fine particles in the eroded specimen.
Toward a Revolutionary Model of Music Pedagogy
Authors: Rubinoff Kailan R. 
Published: October 2017

Established in 1795 in the aftermath of the French Revolution, the Paris Conservatoire emerged from a training school for National Guard musicians. Aligned with the French Republic’s broader educational reforms, the Conservatoire was marked by its secularization, standardized curriculum, military-style discipline, and hierarchical organization. Among its most ambitious achievements was the publication of new instruction treatises from 1799 to 1814. Covering elementary theory, solfège, harmony, and all the major instruments, these methods articulated the Conservatoire’s pedagogy and circulated widely in nineteenth-century Europe. Hugot and Wunderlich’s Méthode de flûte (1804) exemplifies the Conservatoire’s approach, making a distinct break from methods published only a few years earlier: abstract technical drills predominate, evenness of tone quality in all key areas is emphasized, and the instruction of improvisation is curtailed. Airs, brunettes, and other pieces typical of ancien régime tutors are replaced with exercises demanding repetitive practicing. Meticulous instructions for the mastery of the flute’s four-key mechanism bear a striking resemblance to rifle-handling directions in contemporary military training and combat manuals by Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte, Comte de Guibert, and others.
The Conservatoire instruction manuals serve not only as guidebooks to historical fingerings and period performance style; they also can be read as social and political texts. Meant to advance a more rational music pedagogy, these treatises show the extent to which the military model permeated everyday life in post-revolutionary France. Further, they demonstrate a new conception of musical training beyond personal development toward the creation of professional musicians serving a patriotic, republican function. The treatise thus becomes what Michel Foucault calls a “simple instrument,” disciplining musicians’ bodies for the political goals of the state.
The Faenza Codex
Authors: Robinson Richard 
Published: October 2017

Owing to gaps in the documentary evidence, the study of medieval instrumental music remains beset with uncertainties. Yet once a context can be established for a given manuscript, it is often possible to establish where the manuscript was probably used, what function it performed, and for which instrument or instruments it was most likely intended.
No example highlights this point more clearly than the Faenza Codex (FaenBC 117; henceforth Faenza), an Italian manuscript containing the largest surviving collection of instrumental music from before 1450. This article re-examines the repertorial context of Faenza, challenging in particular the widely held view that the manuscript contains distinct “secular” and “sacred” repertoire. When combined with the results of a comprehensive investigation of voice-crossings in the manuscript, it is possible to demonstrate beyond all doubt that the Faenza intabulations were intended for solo organ.
Efficacy of resveratrol to supplement oral nifedipine treatment in pregnancy-induced preeclampsia
Authors: Ding Jian , Kang Yan , Fan Yuqin , Chen Qi 
Published: October 2017

Objective
Preeclampsia (PE) is a complication affecting pregnant women worldwide, which usually manifests as severe maternal hypertension. Resveratrol (RESV), a naturally existing polyphenol, is known to exhibit beneficial effects in cardiovascular disease including hypertension. We evaluated the outcome of treatment combining oral nifedipine (NIFE) and RESV against PE.

Design and methods
Using a randomized group assignment, 400 PE patients were enrolled and received oral treatments of either NIFE + RESV or NIFE + placebo. Primary endpoints were defined as time to control blood pressure and time before a new hypertensive crisis. Secondary endpoints were defined as the number of doses needed to control blood pressure, maternal and neonatal adverse effects.

Results
Compared with the NIFE + placebo group, the time needed to control blood pressure was significantly reduced in NIFE + RESV group, while time before a new hypertensive crisis was greatly delayed in NIFE + RESV group. The number of treatment doses needed to control blood pressure was also categorically lower in NIFE + RESV group. No differences in maternal or neonatal adverse effects were observed between the two treatment groups.

Conclusion
Our data support the potential of RESV as a safe and effective adjuvant of oral NIFE to attenuate hypertensive symptoms among PE patients.
Injury rate in the pediatric population of Saint Petersburg
Authors: Solovyova Karina S. , Zaletina Anna V. 
Published: October 2017

Introduction. The injury rate in children remains an urgent and unresolved problem in the field of medicine. In recent years, the average injury rate in 0- to 17-year-old children is 116–118 injuries per 1000 children of the corresponding population in Russia.
Aim. The study aimed to analyze the injury rates in the children in St. Petersburg in 2016 and to compare them with the injury rates of previous years and those of children in Russia.
Material and methods. Based on state statistics, the indices of injury rate in the children in St. Petersburg in 2016 were evaluated. The disability in children as a result of external actions and the activities of medical and preventive institutions for providing specialized care to children with injuries were also investigated.
Results and discussion. A new form of reporting by Rosstat enabled the clarification of the data with respect to the nature of the injuries and the number of bone fractures in various locations of the body in accordance with the XIX class of the ICD-10, as well as with respect to the morbidity and mortality in children owing to external causes (class XX of the ICD) that include road-traffic accidents and physical abuse.
Conclusions. The rate of injury in children aged 0–14 years decreased when compared with that suggested by the previous year’s data. Further, in adolescents aged 15–17 years, the rate of injury was significantly higher than the average rate in Russia. The disability in children as a result of external actions has decreased. However, the prevention of child injuries in St. Petersburg, especially in adolescents, remains an urgent medical and social problem.
Psyсhologiсal defense mechanisms of children with cerebral palsy in the context of mothers attitude to a child’s disease
Authors: Pyatakova Galina V. , Mamajchuk Irina I. , Umnov Valery V. 
Published: October 2017

Introduction. Cerebral palsy (CP) has a significant prevalence in industrialized countries and is characterized by a high level of disability. Children and adolescents with CP face challenging situations. Physical defects repeatedly manifest in the daily life of a child in the form of other extraordinary events such as hospitalization, surgery, prolonged immobilization, and separation from family. Such events can be accompanied by feelings of fear, anxiety, helplessness, and pronounced symptoms of maladjustment. Under these conditions, certain biological and social compensatory manifestations help to identify such complicated conditions and restore the normal functioning of the body. Compensatory manifestations are a type of compensatory defense mechanisms. The major role in establishing a system of protection is played by the relationship between a child and his or her parents. Defense mechanisms can be formed during the process of assimilation of protective parental behavior, or because of the inappropriate attitude of mothers to the child’s illness. The purpose of the research was to study the defense mechanisms in children with CP in the context of mothers’ relationship to her child’s illness.
Materials and methods. The research involved 120 people. The experimental group included 30 children with CP aged 5 to 11 years and their mothers. The control group consisted of relatively healthy children (30) and their mothers. The following was used to achieve the goal: the elements of clinical and biographical method, projective technique, the technique of diagnostics of attitude to the child’s illness.
Results and discussion. The repertoire of psychological defense mechanisms in children with CP is limited in comparison with those in healthy children. Children with CP are dominated by the defense mechanism of “denial” that can play a negative role in the process of adaptation of these children in a situation involving complex treatments. The mothers of children with CP share an emotionally intense relationship with their child’s disease. Excessively disturbing attitudes of the mother to the disease of her child can contribute to the formation of negative psychological defense mechanisms of negation type in the child, which reduces the child’s psychological compensatory capacity and capability of adaptation in conditions of complex treatment.
Editorial
Authors: Santos Gildenir Carolino 
Published: October 2017

Chegamos ao final de 2014 e com ele fechamos mais um fascículo do volume 16, que traz como temática a Educação Ambiental e Políticas Públicas na Educação. Percebemos que na nossa revista não havíamos contemplado nem publicado nada a respeito, e por colaborar no enriquecimento da revista, ousamos colocar à tona um tema pouco pautado no meio educacional, mas que é de grande e suma relevância. Neste fascículo, cujo edital esteve aberto de 26 de setembro a 14 de novembro, foram avaliados pelos pareceristas ad hoc 11 trabalhos sobre a temática em questão, sendo nove publicados na Seção ARTIGOS, um na Seção RELATO DE EXPERIÊNCIA e um na Seção PESQUISA
Modos de atualizar o enunciado catastrófico do Planeta Terra na revista Veja
Authors: Garré Bárbara Hees , Henning Paula Corrêa 
Published: October 2017

O artigo pretende discutir sobre o modo pelo qual a mídia brasileira, especialmente a revista Veja, vem discutindo sobre a problemática ambiental da atualidade. Comumente a mídia enuncia de forma catastrófica e terrorista a eminência de uma hecatombe ecológica e que, muito, provavelmente, o fim da vida no Planeta se aproxima. Os aportes teóricos que tomamos nesse estudo são aqueles alinhados aos estudos foucaultianos. Como corpus empírico selecionou-se algumas enunciações da revista Veja, um importante artefato cultural, que subjetiva sujeitos, constitui suas vidas e, especialmente, produz modos de ser e de se comportar frente à problemática ambiental. As análises provocam o leitor a olhar catastrofismo como uma das condições de possibilidade para a emergência da Educação Ambiental no Brasil. A partir de tal discussão buscamos, através do material empírico e do campo metodológico desse estudo, dar visibilidade ao que entendemos por atualização do enunciado catastrófico do Planeta Terra.
OFENÍSIA SOARES FREIRE: o exercício do magistério no Atheneu Sergipense
Authors: Cardoso Souza Renilfran , Conceição Joaquim Tavares da 
Published: October 2017

Este artigo é uma abordagem histórica a respeito do ingresso e atuação da professora Ofenísia Soares Freire no colégio Atheneu Sergipense no período de 1941 a 1948. Foram utilizadas tipologias diversas de fontes coletadas no CEMAS – Centro de Educação e Memória do Atheneu Sergipense. Ofenísia Freire nasceu em Estância-SE em dezembro de 1913. Mudou-se para Aracaju para estudar no Colégio Nossa Senhora Santana, e, após concluir seus estudos no curso primário, ingressou na Escola Normal Rui Barbosa, concluindo a formação para o magistério em 1930. Utilizando de seu capital social, a professora ingressou no ensino secundário em 1941 como professora de Português do Atheneu Sergipense, período que identificamos que todos os professores catedráticos eram do sexo masculino. Além de realizar as atividades em sala de aula, a professora participava de bancas examinadoras para admissão de alunos do Atheneu Sergipense.
Congenital Quintus Valgus: An Extremely Rare Anomaly
Authors: Electricwala Ali J. , Electricwala Jaffer T. 
Published: October 2017

Case:
We present an unusual case of unilateral congenital quintus valgus of the left foot (congenital lateral deviation of the fifth [little] toe) in a 1.5-year-old boy. The child had no other congenital malformations. Radiographs revealed the abnormal presence of 2 accessory phalangeal ossicles in the fourth web space, leading to lateral deviation of the fifth toe. Remarkably, the ossicles of the middle and distal phalanges of the fifth toe were absent. Surgical excision of the accessory ossicles was performed, and correction of the deformity was achieved.

Conclusion:
Congenital quintus valgus, to the best of our knowledge, has not been reported in the medical literature. Physicians must be aware of the possibility of such a condition while treating congenital malformations of the foot.
Evaluasi Tingkat Serangan Penggerek Buah Kopi Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) pada Kultivar Kopi Arabika AGK-1
Authors: Soesanthy Funny , Randriani Enny , Syafaruddin Syafaruddin 
Published: October 2017

<em>The yellow Arabica coffee (AGK-1) is a superior local cultivar that has been widely developed in the Garut regency and several other districts in West Java. The advantages of this cultivar are high productivity, large berry size, and specialty flavor quality. One of the obstacles in its development is the coffee berry borer (CBB attack), caused by </em>Hypothenemus hampei<em>, which is the main pest of coffee plants worldwide. The objective of the study was to evaluate the percentage of infestation in Arabica coffee cultivars of AGK-1 both in laboratory and on field studies. The research was conducted from March to August 2016. The observation of CBB infestation level in the field was carried out in Ciawer and Legok Gede Village, </em>Cikajang<em> District, Garut Regency, West Java, taken on 4 years old plants (1,450 m asl), 6 years (1,300 m asl), 9 years (1,350 m asl), and 11 years (1,300 m asl). Infestation testing of CBB was conducted in laboratory of Plant Protection of Indonesian Industrial and Beverage Crops Research Institute (IIBCRI), Sukabumi, using the method of choice and non choice test. The result showed that the percentage of </em>H. hampei<em> infestation on AGK-1 yellow Arabica coffee cultivar on field at all age and altitudes was low (3.24%–6.76%). Whereas laboratory testing showed that infestation level of CBB on yellow Arabica coffee cultivar AGK-1 as the highest, both from the choice and non choice test (51.25% and 17.5% respectively). On the other hand, the berry damage was low and not significantly different from other cultivars/varieties (19.37% and 6.25% respectively).</em>
Re-Visit Impact of High Temperature Conditions &gt;150 °C on Sulphate Scale Dissolver Performance
Authors: Lu J. , Gabrysch A. , Gao S. , Yadav M. , Lee J. , LePage J. , Daigle B. , Tomson R. , Guraieb P. , Yan C. 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
Scale issues are expected in new ultra HPHT (high pressure high temperature) fields. Scale dissolvers are the essential part of scale management. Using chemicals to treat scale deposition is regarded as much safer and more cost effective than physical removal. Unexpected significant performance decline of BaSO4scale dissolver at 176 °C was reported in 2014 SPE scale conference in Aberdeen (reference 1). 2014 paper suggested a temperature limit (&lt; 176 °C) on effective removal of sulphate scales, although thermal degradation of chemicals was ruled out.
This paper reports BaSO4 dissolver test results at different temperatures with chemicals from multiple chemical suppliers, in an effort to identify workable scale treatment chemicals for HT fields. Repeated tests, with varied test procedures, revealed that suggested temperature limit (&lt;176 °C) did not exist. Enhanced sulphate scale dissolution at increased system temperature was observed.
Impact of chemical nature and application conditions on dissolution capacity and rates will be presented. Potassium salt of DTPA chemical at high pH is most effective in removal of BaSO4 scales. Different test processes and test results will be discussed.
Optimization of operational variables and kinetic modeling for photocatalytic removal of Direct Blue 14 from aqueous media by ZnS nanoparticles
Authors: Mehrizad Ali , Gharbani Parvin 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
Zinc sulfide nanoparticles (ZnS-NPs) were synthesized via a simple and facile co-precipitation method and were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). Photocatalytic activity of synthesized nanoparticles was evaluated in removal of double azo dye Direct Blue 14 (DB14) from aqueous media. Optimization of photocatalytic removal of DB14 was studied using response surface methodology (RSM). Based on the results, DB14 removal efficiency increased with increasing intensity and duration of UV light irradiation, whereas the higher pH and higher initial dye concentration were unfavorable. Under optimum conditions (initial DB14 concentration =10 mg L−1, ZnS-NPs amount = 0.7 g L−1, pH = 3.5, UV light intensity =16 W m−2, and irradiation time = 48 min), dye removal efficiency reached up to 88.26%. In continuation of our researches, non-linear regression analysis was used to development a kinetics model based on the Langmuir–Hinshelwood model and an empirical equation was obtained for estimation of apparent pseudo-first-order rate constant (kap) as a function of the operational variables. Findings indicated a high similarity was between the model prediction and experimental results.
Performance and stability of an expanded granular sludge bed reactor modified with zeolite addition subjected to step increases of organic loading rate (OLR) and to organic shock load (OSL)
Authors: Pérez-Pérez T. , Pereda-Reyes I. , Pozzi E. , Oliva-Merencio D. , Zaiat M. 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
This paper shows the effect of organic shock loads (OSLs) on the anaerobic digestion (AD) of synthetic swine wastewater using an expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) reactor modified with zeolite. Two reactors (R1 and R2), each with an effective volume of 3.04 L, were operated for 180 days at a controlled temperature of 30 °C and hydraulic retention time of 12 h. In the case of R2, 120 g of zeolite was added. The reactors were operated with an up-flow velocity of 6 m/h. The evolution of pH, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, chemical oxygen demand (COD) and volatile fatty acids (VFAs) was monitored during the AD process with OSL and increases in the organic loading rate (OLR). In addition, the microbial composition and changes in the structure of the bacterial and archaeal communities were assessed. The principal results demonstrate that the presence of zeolite in an EGSB reactor provides a more stable process at higher OLRs and after applying OSL, based on both COD and VFA accumulation, which presented with significant differences compared to the control. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis band profiles indicated differences in the populations of Bacteria and Archaea between the R1 and R2 reactors, attributed to the presence of zeolite.
Effects of Isolated Isoflavones Intake on Health
Authors: Smeriglio Antonella , Calderaro Antonella , Denaro Marcella , Laganà Giuseppina , Bellocco Ersilia 
Published: October 2017

Background:Isoflavones are naturally occurring flavonoids, commonly found in the food consumed for centuries in the East-Asian population, characterized by a structure able to exert nonsteroidal estrogen-like activity on human cells. They have attracted researcher interest all around the word, following the results obtained in epidemiological and clinical studies. The involvement of isoflavones and their metabolites in various biological processes suggests that they can influence several metabolic pathways and can influence the gene expression at epigenetic level, involving effects that probably are due to early life exposure. They show positive health effects on several diseases, especially in the prevention of coronary heart and neurological diseases, hormone-related cancers, osteoporosis, and postmenopausal symptoms.Methods:We have performed a critical evaluation of available literature trough a structured search of bibliographic databases about isoflavones health promoting properties, risk assessment and mechanisms of action. In addition, we supplied useful information on their biochemical properties, sources and bioavailability.Results:Although these molecules have been the subjects of numerous researches, their role for the wellness of the human organism remains controversial. Moreover, there are substantial inconsistencies between the results obtained by epidemiologic studies conducted on Eastern population, which found high health promoting properties, and Western clinical trials, which found much less positive effects.Conclusion:Further epidemiologic studies and well-designed prospective human studies are to determine the beneficial effects of isoflavones exposure, as well as establishing its safe therapeutic.