bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Sexual health and sexuality in people with a stoma: a literature review
Authors: Humphreys Nadine 
Published: December 2017

Introduction:The creation of a stoma can have a negative impact on sexuality and sexual health. A literature review was undertaken to explore what factors impact on sexual health and sexuality of people with a stoma.Methodology:A review of the literature was undertaken using online databases Cinahl, Medline, PsychInfo, Embase and Pubmed. The search was limited to articles on colostomates and ileostomates in the English language that have been peer-reviewed and written in the past 10 years.Results:Stoma creation greatly impacts on a patient's sexuality. The main themes identified were body image, physical factors, relationships with others and information provided by health professionals.Recommendations:Health professionals need to ensure they have the knowledge and skills to confidently discuss sexual health and sexuality with patients to improve their quality of life. Further research is required regarding the situation in the UK, pain and lubrication in women and homosexual relationships.
Improving the quality of nursing documentation in a palliative care setting: a quality improvement initiative
Authors: Stewart Kate , Doody Owen , Bailey Maria , Moran Sue 
Published: December 2017

Aim: This paper reports on a quality-improvement project to develop nursing documentation that reflects holistic care within a specialist palliative centre. Background: The World Health Organization definition of palliative care includes impeccable assessment and management of pain and other symptoms. However, existing nursing documentation focuses mainly on the management of physical symptoms, with other aspects of nursing less frequently documented. Methods: Supported by a project team and expert panel, cycles of review, action and reflection were used to develop a new palliative nursing documentation. The project was divided into three phases: audits of existing nursing documentation, development of a new palliative nursing care document and audit tool, and pilot implementation and audit of the new nursing documentation. Results: The new palliative nursing care document demonstrated a higher level of compliance in relation to nursing assessments and a more concise, accurate and comprehensive approach to documenting holistic nursing care and recording of patients' perspective. Conclusions: This project has enabled the consistent documentation of holistic nursing care and patients' perspectives; however, continuous education is necessary in order to sustain positive results and ensure that documentation does not become a ‘tick box’ exercise. Organisational support is required in order to improve documentation systems.
Use of medical honey in patients with chronic venous leg ulcers after split-skin grafting
Authors: Schumacher H.H.A. 
Published: December 2017

Objective: To assess the use of medical honey on healing times and complications in patients with venous leg ulcers after split-skin grafting. Method: Healing time and morbidity were evaluated in six patients with chronic venous leg ulcers who underwent split-skin grafting followed by the application of medical honey at the vascular unit of University Hospital Aintree in Liverpool. Results: Mean healing time was 22 days. There were no complications. Conclusion: The use of medical honey in patients who have received split-skin grafts for chronic venous leg ulcers appears to give a similar healing time to that seen without the application of honey. There were no major complications. Larger prospective randomised controlled trials are needed to confirm the findings. Declaration of interest: None.
THE COMPONENT COMPOSITION AND FUMIGANTN ACTIVITY OF ESSENTIAL OILS OF SPECIES OF GENUS ARTEMISIA L.
Authors: Алескерова (Aleskerova) Аделя (Adelja) Новруз (Novruz) , Алиев (Aliev) Намиг (Namig) Нариман (Nariman) , Алиев (Aliev) Мубариз (Mubariz) Искендер (Iskender) , Серкеров (Serkerov) Сираджеддин (Siradzheddin) Велиевич (Velievich) , Рустамова (Rustamova) Лала (Lala) Ислах (Islah) , Асбагиан (Asbagian) Шива (Shiva) , Ибрагимовв (Ibragimovv) Седа (Seda) Ибрагим (Ibragim) , Расулов (Rasulov) Фаиг (Faig) Али (Ali) 
Published: December 2017

The article presents data on the study of fumigantn activity of 12 species (A. fragrans Willd., A szowitziana (Bess.) Grossh., A. spicigera Koch., A. santonica L., A. kobstanica Rzazade, A. scoparia W.et. K., A. scoparioides Grossh., A. annua L., A. maritima L., A. marschalliana Spreng., A. pausiflora Web.ex Stechm., A. tournefortiana Rchb., A. hanseniana Grossh. genus Artemisia L. It is revealed repellent effects of essential oils for 3–8 hours.Duration of repellent action depends on the major component of essential oils. Maximum duration (8 hours.) was observed in action of essential oils Artemisia fragrans Willd, A.santonica, A szowitziana and A.spicigera. Duration repellent action also depends on the ambient temperature. Essential oils of the studied species are repellents and can be used in the prevention of malaria, Zeke disease and other illnesses. Repellent effect of essential oils is associated with majore various components of essential oils; A.fragrans 1,8-cineole (3,6%) and λ-thujone (28%); A.szowitziana β-thujone, 75% and λ-tuyon (9%); A. spicigera camphor (48%) and 1,8-cineole (46%); A.santonica β-citral (34%) and λ-citral (33%).
Performance of a Direct-Detection Spot Mode Division Multiplexing in Multimode Fiber
Authors: Fazea Yousef , Alobaedy Mustafa Muwafak , Ibraheem Zeyid T. 
Published: December 2017

AbstractMultimode fiber (MMF) regarded as an excellent choice for providing large capacity and high-speed for applications such as data centers due to its adaptability and unwavering quality. The ceaseless development and the increase of Internet users that emphasis on increasing data capacity have promoted mode division multiplexing (MDM) as a promising contender for providing further level of multiplexing freedom by propagating several and dissimilar channels in different mode stream. This paper investigates and analyzes the effects of launching MDM spot mode with various vortex order using vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser array in conjunction with equalization scheme. A capacity of 40 Gbit/s transmitted over MMF long distance of 1500 m has been achieved at a wavelength of 1550.12 nm.
Safety problems in vehicles with adaptive cruise control system
Authors: Yadav Arun K. , Szpytko Janusz 
Published: December 2017

Abstract
In today’s world automotive industries are still putting efforts towards more autonomous vehicles (AVs). The main concern of introducing the autonomous technology is safety of driver. According to a survey 90% of accidents happen due to mistake of driver. The adaptive cruise control system (ACC) is a system which combines cruise control with a collision avoidance system. The ACC system is based on laser and radar technologies. This system is capable of controlling the velocity of vehicle automatically to match the velocity of car, bus or truck in front of vehicle. If the lead vehicle gets slow down or accelerate, than ACC system automatically matches that velocity. The proposed paper is focusing on more accurate methods of detecting the preceding vehicle by using a radar and lidar sensors by considering the vehicle side slip and by controlling the distance between two vehicles. By using this approach i.e. logic for calculation of former vehicle distance and controlling the throttle valve of ACC equipped vehicle, an improvement in driving stability was achieved. The own contribution results with fuel efficient driving and with more safer and reliable driving system, but still some improvements are going on to make it more safe and reliable.
Finding the Optimal Parameters for Robotic Manipulator Applications of the Bounded Error Algorithm for Iterative Learning Control
Authors: Yovchev Kaloyan 
Published: December 2017

Abstract
This paper continues previous research of the Bounded Error Algorithm (BEA) for Iterative Learning Control (ILC) and its application into the control of robotic manipulators. It focuses on investigation of the influence of the parameters of BEA over the convergence rate of the ILC process. This is performed first through a computer simulation. This simulation suggests optimal values for the parameters. Afterwards, the estimated results are validated on a physical robotic manipulator arm. Also, this is one of the first reports of applying BEA into robots control.
Sport – In Praise of Doping on its Usefulness and Necessity
Authors: Kosiewicz Jerzy 
Published: December 2017

Abstract
The author points out that in contemporary competitive, record oriented, professional, spectacular, top-level sport, elite sport, marketability sport or Olympic sport – whose beginnings should be dated to the turn of the 19th and the 20th century – mistaken decisions, which inhibited development of the abovementioned forms of sport, took place.
Primarily it was restricted to circle of financially well-off gentlemen, women’s participation was forbidden, participation of professional athletes was also forbidden to a considerable degree (and during the Olympic games – totally). The need of commercialization of sport was negated and definite forms of doping were banned.
When talented persons from the lower social strata – workingmen (as well as women) and athletes earning money by practicing sport – were permitted to participate in sports competition and commercialization of sport was accepted, sport started to develop more rapidly and it became more attractive and spectacular. It contributed to intensification of investment in sport, to enrichment and modernization of its infrastructure, to optimization of research, technologization, production of better equipment and a considerable increase in athletes’ and coaches’ remuneration.
Another radical qualitative leap in sport can be contributed to by abolition of a ban on doping. It is going to implicate necessary and competent medical and pharmacological care, to facilitate maximization of results, to increase interest in sports spectacles. Skillful application of doping is going to release athletes’ considerable capacity, endurance and proficiency potentials which have not been used yet.
Prevalencia de depresión en hombres y mujeres mayores en México y factores de riesgo
Authors: De los Santos Perla Vanessa , Carmona Valdés Sandra Emma 
Published: December 2017

El objetivo de esta investigación fue determinar la prevalencia de depresión en hombres y mujeres mayores de 60 a 103 años en México a partir de los resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Envejecimiento. La metodología utilizada fue de corte tipo expo facto, no experimental, transaccional, en la que a través de un modelo de regresión logística binomial se determinó la prevalencia de depresión en las 5275 personas de un rango de edad de 60 a 103 años de edad. Dentro de los principales resultados se encontró que existe una prevalencia de depresión en personas mayores de 74.3% (1734 hombres mayores y 2186 mujeres). Además se evidenció que variables como la edad, la escolaridad, el estado civil, el nivel de somatización, la ocupación y las actividades sociales son factores estadísticamente asociados a la aparición de depresión en personas mayores. El estudio concluye que los factores de riesgo personales, estructurales, económicos, sociales y de salud analizados en este estudio actúan de forma diferenciada al hablar de hombres y mujeres.
Estudos Coloniais e Globalização: fluxos, fricções e confluências
Authors: Sallum Marianne 
Published: December 2017

Resumo: o presente ensaio tem por finalidade discutir a complexa teia de relações estabelecida entre grupos humanos, no contexto específico dos estudos coloniais de nossa contemporaneidade, considerando as dinâmicas de fluxos, fricções e confluências. Estas, observadas a partir da perspectiva antropológica, suscitam questionamentos fundamentais à pesquisa científica latino-americana, tendo em vista os desafios e possibilidades que emergem no contexto da globalização.
Palavras-chave: Estudos coloniais. Fluxos. Confluências. Globalização. América-latina.
Porto Nacional: entre o lugar como referência cultural e as intervenções no espaço urbano
Authors: Pereira Marielle Rodrigues 
Published: December 2017

Resumo: este artigo tem por objetivo contribuir para a discussão atual sobre as práticas de preservação do espaço urbano, no que tange aos projetos de intervenção pelo poder público, e a preservação das referências culturais a partir da noção conceitual de lugar. A argumentação proposta para este artigo será apresentada em três partes: de uma reflexão sobre o conceito de lugar como referência cultural, passaremos a uma breve caracterização da relação
entre centro histórico e apropriação para o consumo visual, que aponta para o surgimento de espaços urbanos sem corporeidade e, a seguir, trataremos da importância da inserção do conceito de lugar nos processos de intervenção em centros históricos a partir do estudo no sítio urbano de Porto Nacional, localizado no estado do Tocantins e tombado pelo Iphan.
Palavras-chave: Lugar. Referência cultural. Intervenção no espaço urbano.
Eating habits of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with regard to body mass index
Authors: Janion Karolina , Szczepańska Elżbieta 
Published: December 2017

WstępW ostatnich latach odnotowuje się znaczący wzrost zachorowalności na cukrzycę, zwłaszcza typu 2, co ściśle koreluje z narastającym problemem nadwagi i otyłości. Celem pracy było porównanie nawyków żywieniowych pacjentów z cukrzycą typu 2 o różnej masie ciała oraz odpowiedź na pytanie, czy występują zależności pomiędzy nawykami a wskaźnikiem masy ciała (BMI) badanych osób.Materiał i metodyBadanie zostało przeprowadzone w poradniach diabetologicznych wśród 353 pacjentów z cukrzycą. Składało się z dwóch części – przeprowadzenia ankiety z wykorzystaniem autorskiego kwestionariusza oraz wykonania pomiarów antropometrycznych.WynikiSpożywanie zalecanej liczby 4–5 posiłków w ciągu dnia zadeklarowało 48,6% osób z prawidłową masą ciała, 50,3% z nadwagą oraz 48,4% z otyłością. Codzienne spożywanie I śniadania potwierdziło odpowiednio 77,1%, 73,9% oraz 77,8% z nich. Codzienną konsumpcję pełnoziarnistego pieczywa i gruboziarnistych kasz najczęściej deklarowały osoby z prawidłową masą ciała (62,8%), rzadziej osoby z nadwagą i otyłością, odpowiednio 22,9% i 23% wskazań. Spożycie mleka i mlecznych napojów fermentowanych każdego dnia deklarowało odpowiednio 24,3% i 15,7% osób z prawidłową masą ciała, 22,3% i 14,7% z nadwagą oraz 16,7% i 12% z otyłością.WnioskiNawyki żywieniowe badanych pacjentów z cukrzycą typu 2 są zróżnicowane, przy czym największą liczbę prawidłowych nawyków żywieniowych zaobserwowano u osób z prawidłową masą ciała. Stwierdzono, iż występuje zależność pomiędzy BMI badanych pacjentów a niektórymi nawykami żywieniowymi i częstością spożycia poszczególnych produktów spożywczych.
Team Approach: Osteosarcoma of the Distal Part of the Femur in Adolescents
Authors: Stitzlein Russell N. , Wojcik John , Sebro Ronnie A. , Balamuth Naomi J. , Weber Kristy L. 
Published: December 2017

* Osteosarcoma, while rare, is the most common primary bone sarcoma and accounts for up to 10% of all new pediatric cancer diagnoses annually in the United States.* Most commonly, osteosarcoma affects the distal part of the femur and occurs as a high-grade intramedullary (conventional) subtype.* Patients with osteosarcoma are managed with a multidisciplinary team approach. Often, an orthopaedic oncologist initiates the workup after making a presumptive diagnosis on the basis of classic clinical and radiographic findings. Advanced imaging and a tissue biopsy are performed to evaluate the extent of disease and to histologically confirm the diagnosis. Musculoskeletal radiologists and pathologists are key team members who evaluate the imaging and tissue samples to make a definitive diagnosis, establish a prognosis, and help the clinicians to develop a treatment plan. Medical/pediatric oncologists are essential team members who provide the appropriate neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy treatment and assist with long-term surveillance to monitor for local or distant relapse. Orthopaedic oncologists develop and execute a plan for resection of the tumor followed by appropriate reconstruction.* The current standard of care for distal femoral osteosarcoma is neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by limb salvage for the surgically resectable tumor, reconstruction of the bone and soft-tissue defect, and adjuvant chemotherapy.* The survival rate for patients with isolated osteosarcoma is approximately 70% and has not substantially improved in >25 years.
A Numerical Model for Simulating Pressure Response of Well Interference and Well Performance in Tight Oil Reservoirs With Complex–Fracture Geometries Using the Fast Embedded–Discrete–Fracture–Model Method
Authors: Yu Wei , Xu Yifei , Weijermars Ruud , Wu Kan , Sepehrnoori Kamy 
Published: December 2017

Summary
The effect of well interference through fracture hits in shale reservoirs needs to be investigated because hydraulic fracturing is abundantly used in the development of unconventional oil and gas resources. Although numerous pressure tests have proved the existence of well interference, relatively few physical models exist to quantitatively simulate the pressure response of well interference. The objective of the present study is to develop a numerical compositional model in combination with a fast embedded-discrete-fracture-model (EDFM) method to simulate well interference. Through nonneighboring connections (NNCs), the fast EDFM method can easily and properly handle complex-fracture geometries, such as nonplanar hydraulic fractures and a large amount of natural fractures. Using public data for Eagle Ford tight oil, we build a reservoir model including up to three horizontal wells and five fluid pseudocomponents. The simulation results show that the connecting hydraulic fractures play a more-important role than natural fractures in declining bottomhole pressure (BHP) of the shut-in well. Matrix permeability has a relatively minor effect on pressure drawdown, and well productivity remains only slightly affected by the overall low permeability used. The BHP pressure-decline profiles change from convex to concave when the conductivity of the connecting fractures increases. At early times, the BHP of the shut-in well decreases when the number of natural fractures increases. At later times, the natural-fracture density has a lesser effect on the pressure response and no clear trend. The opening order of neighboring wells affects the well-interference intensity between the target shut-in well and the surrounding wells. After a systematic investigation of pressure drawdown in the reservoir, we formulate practical conclusions for improved production performance.
REFLEXOS DO JAZZ NA LITERATURA PORTUGUESA
Authors: PETRESCU Cristina 
Published: December 2017

Reflexions of jazz in Portuguese literature. Portuguese literature has often intoned the hymn to liberty rewritten under innumerable forms by jazz music. André Shan Lima, Jorge de Sena, Almada Negreiros, Natália Correia, Levi Condinho, Manuel de Freitas and Adolfo Casais Monteiro have drawn upon the ambiguous resonance of jazz in order to appropriate the art of the unpredictable. António Ferro descried, between the electrifying sounds of the jazzband, “the voltaic arch of the universe”. Lídia Jorge built in her romance “A Noite das Mulheres Cantoras” the empire of the everlasting present. Francisco Duarte Azevedo bemoaned, in “O Trompete de Miles Davis”, the impossibility of forgetting jazz, which is as pervasive as nicotine, and João Tordo turned “O Ano Sabático” into an identity labyrinth inhabited by the mythical indetermination of jazz. We can thus assert that Portuguese literature has entirely assimilated the kaleidoscopic game of possibilities inherent in jazz music.
Rezumat. Reflectări ale jazzului în literatura portugheză. Literatura portugheză a intonat adeseori imnul libertăţii rescris sub nenumărate forme de muzica de jazz. André Shan Lima, Jorge de Sena, Almada Negreiros, Natália Correia, Levi Condinho, Manuel de Freitas şi Adolfo Casais Monteiro au recurs la sonorităţile ambigue ale jazzului pentru a-şi însuşi arta imprevizibilului. António Ferro a întrevăzut, între sunetele electrizante ale jazzbandului, “arcul voltaic al Universului”. Lídia Jorge a construit, în romanul “Seara Cântăreţelor”, “imperiul clipei prezente”. Francisco Duarte Azevedo a deplâns, în “O Trompete de Miles Davis”, imposibilitatea de uita jazzul, la fel de penetrant ca nicotina, iar João Tordo a transformat “O Ano Sabático” într-un labirint identitar cu imprevizibile lapsusuri temporale şi spaţiale, locuit de mitica nedeterminare a jazzului. Putem afirma astfel că literatura portugheză a asimilat în întregime caleidoscopicul joc al posibilităţilor tradus prin muzica de jazz.
Cuvinte-cheie: jazz, libertate, timp, spaţiu, identitate
«“(IN-)TRADUCIBILITÀ“» ÜBERSETZUNGSTHEORIEN IN ITALIEN: EIN «SONDERWEG»?
Authors: HEMPEL Karl Gerhard 
Published: December 2017

«(Un-)translatability». Translation theories in Italy: a «special way»? In Italy, modern theories of translation have developed lately, and occasionally reference has been made to a «special way» of Italian translation culture. From an overview about the tendencies since about 1960, it results that most studies and theoretical reflections in Italy are on literary translation and many scholars refuse the idea that a translation theory should exist. Research, however, early on succeeded in overturning the traditional idealistic prejudice of «untranslatability», developing an aesthetic approach that puts the accent on translation as part of a reception process of the literary text. During the last decades, the discussion about translation has caught up with tendencies in other macro cultures, being increasingly influenced by linguistics and mostly semiotics. Today, reflection on translation in Italy is multi-faceted, but continues to be characterized by specific focuses and interests.
ABSTRACT. (In-)traductibilitatea. Teoriile cu privire la traducere în Italia : o cale aparte ? În Italia, teoriile moderne privitoare la actul traducerii s-au dezvoltat în ultima vreme; ocazional, s-au făcut referiri la o specificitate a culturii italiene în domeniul traducerii. O privire de ansamblu asupra tendințelor din jurul anului 1960 conduce la ideea că majoritatea studiilor și reflecțiilor teoretice din Italia se referă la traducerea literară și mulți cercetători refuză ideea că ar trebui să existe o teorie generală a traducerii. Cu toate acestea, cercetările recente au reușit să răstoarne prejudecata tradițională idealistă a "netranslatabilității", dezvoltând o abordare estetică care pune accentul pe traducere ca parte a procesului de recepție a textului literar. În ultimele decenii, discuția despre traducere a înregistrat orientări spre alte domenii macroculturale, fiind din ce în ce mai influențată de lingvistică și, mai ales, de semiotică. În contemporaneitate, reflecția asupra traducerii în Italia este multidimensională, dar continuă să se caracterizeze prin focare și interese specifice.
Cuvinte cheie : teoria traducerii, Italia, traductibilitate, traducere literară, studii de traductologie
La cuchara menguante - Reseña
Authors: Vázquez Rodríguez Gabriela A. 
Published: December 2017

Sam Kean es un joven divulgador científico, en cuyo libro La cuchara menguante (Ariel, Barcelona, 2011) presenta de un modo muy entretenido cómo los elementos químicos han siempre acompañado la historia humana. En esta reseña se muestran algunos de los muchos hechos interesantes narrados en el libro, y se recomienda ampliamente su lectura.