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Association of osteocalcin, insulin resistance and oxidative stress during noncomplicated pregnancy
Authors: Pijanović Marina , Stefanović Aleksandra , Miljković Milica , Marić-Krejović Snežana , Spasić Slavica 
Published: July 2016

Abstract

Background:
The aim of this study was to explore longitudinal changes of serum osteocalcin during normal, uncomplicated pregnancy and after delivery, and its correlations with parameters of glucose homeostasis, lipid status, and oxidative status in late pregnancy.

Methods:
Osteocalcin, glucose, insulin, lipid status parameters, total oxidative status (TOS), and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) were measured in sera of 38 healthy pregnant women. The sera were collected at the midpoint of the 1st, in the 2nd and 3rd trimester, and after delivery. Homeostatic model assessment (HOMA) indices were calculated and used as surrogate markers of insulin resistance.

Results:
Repeated measures analysis of variance showed a progressive increase in total cholesterol, triglycerides, and low density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol, with a postpartum decrease. High density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol increased in the 2nd trimester and decreased after delivery. Total oxidative status (TOS) increased significantly in the 3rd trimester (p<0.001). TAC showed a significant increase after delivery (p<0.05). Insulin showed a significant increase in the 3rd trimester (p<0.05). Homeostatic model assessment (HOMA)-%B increased significantly in the 3rd trimester (p<0.001). Osteocalcin showed a decrease in the 2nd trimester, and a marked increase in the 3rd trimester and postpartum (p<0.001). Osteocalcin was significantly positively correlated with BMI, insulin, HOMA of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), HOMA-%B, TAC (p<0.05), triglycerides and uric acid (p<0.001). Multiple regression analysis showed that TAC is independently associated with osteocalcin level during 3rd trimester (p<0.05).

Conclusions:
We observed the changes in pregnancy that may lead towards atherogenic, prooxidant and insulin resistant state, which are possibly counterbalanced by various protective systems, one of which might be osteocalcin.
4 The Publicity of Reason(ing)
Authors: Gosepath Stefan 
Published: July 2016

Abstract
Which role does publicity play in an adequate theory of individual and collective reasoning? To analyze the role publicity should play in our societies in solving societal problems, I will start, in the first part, with some general remarks about problems and problem solving. In the second part, I will deal with the role responsible reasoning plays in problem solving. Finally, I will argue that, and why, the public use of reason is necessary for finding the best solutions for problems in society.
14 Public Sphere and Open Society from the Perspective of Axial Age China
Authors: Roetz Heiner 
Published: July 2016

Abstract
The open society together with a pluralistic public sphere is a cornerstone of modernity and a necessary element of democracy. However, it has been maintained that the possibility of such a society depends on liberal convictions that are not applicable to non-Western cultures and also contradict the Confucian value orientation.
The article argues that such an assumption is based on a number of problematic premises. There is no one-sided dependence of the socio-political system on culture, and the contemporary Chinese society is much too diverse to be dominated by Confucian values. Moreover, China’s cultural history and also Confucianism can be brought into the debate in yet another way than as a negative factor inhibiting and restricting an open society. There is textual evidence that forms of open society existed already in ancient China. Though they were not always supported by the elite, China’s intellectual heritage offers enough points of reference in order to refute the claim that the open society is an alien element in Chinese culture.
15 How to Jointly Decide What Ought to Be Done?
Authors: Brunozzi Philippe 
Published: July 2016

Abstract
This paper focuses on contemporary Chinese theories of public moral justification and engages in the mainly descriptive project of introducing how, according to at least some contemporary Chinese theorists, we ought to decide which moral order shall figure as the common normative framework for our undertakings so that it can be considered to be publicly justified to all. Giving a closer reading of four Chinese theorists (Zhao Tingyang, Wan Junren, Fan Hao and Gao Zhaoming), it will become apparent that these accounts display an internal dynamic that shall allow us to relate them so as to draw the rough outlines of a possible coherent account of public moral justification. In the centre of this account will figure a standpoint that may be coined as a “first-person plural standpoint”.
18 International Justice and the Limit of Public Reason
Authors: Dunhua Zhao 
Published: July 2016

Abstract
The issue of international justice is both theoretical and practical. Being involved difficulties in both perspectives, this issue became one of major problems in public debates between liberalism and conservatism, the Right and the Left, globalization and nationalism, modernity and traditionalism, democratic and centralist claims, etc. This paper wants to clarify key conceptions involved, such as “private” and “public”, “society” and “state”, “global” and “universal”, “ideology” and “management”.
29 Marx’s Theory of the Historical Path and its Commitment to Concretization
Authors: Xiaoming Wu 
Published: July 2016

Abstract
Many scholars tend to misunderstand Marx’s theory on the historical path by either taking it as a supra-historical principle or using it in the sense of a subjective external reflection. It is argued in this paper that we should start from the essential foundation of historical materialism to explain Marx’s theory of the historical path, so that its inherent commitment to concretization, which is of essential importance to the whole theory, can be seen clearly. Due to its being separated from Hegelian philosophy, the commitment to concretization within Marx’s theory cannot be actualized through speculative logic. It can only be actualized via the investigation of the life. Such commitment to concretization requires that we should take the changing structure of the mode of production as the axis, and carry out concrete research into all areas of essential difference. In this sense, concretization (investigating real life itself) becomes the “categorical imperative” (kategorischer Imperativ) of Marx’s theory of the historical path.
Maternal Gametophyte Effects on Seed Development in Maize
Authors: Chettoor Antony M , Phillips Allison R , Coker Clayton T , Dilkes Brian , Evans Matthew M S 
Published: July 2016

Abstract
Flowering plants, like placental mammals, have an extensive maternal contribution toward progeny development. Plants are distinguished from animals by a genetically active haploid phase of growth and development between meiosis and fertilization, called the gametophyte. Flowering plants are further distinguished by the process of double fertilization that produces sister progeny, the endosperm and the embryo, of the seed. Because of this, there is substantial gene expression in the female gametophyte that contributes to the regulation of growth and development of the seed. A primary function of the endosperm is to provide growth support to its sister embryo. Several mutations in Zea mays subsp. mays have been identified that affect the contribution of the mother gametophyte to the seed. The majority affect both the endosperm and the embryo, although some embryo-specific effects have been observed. Many alter the pattern of expression of a marker for the basal endosperm transfer layer, a tissue that transports nutrients from the mother plant to the developing seed. Many of them cause abnormal development of the female gametophyte prior to fertilization, revealing potential cellular mechanisms of maternal control of seed development. These effects include reduced central cell size, abnormal architecture of the central cell, abnormal numbers and morphology of the antipodal cells, and abnormal egg cell morphology. These mutants provide insight into the logic of seed development, including necessary features of the gametes and supporting cells prior to fertilization, and set up future studies on the mechanisms regulating maternal contributions to the seed.
GRAMSCI, ESCOLA UNITÁRIA E A FORMAÇÃO HUMANA
Authors: Zen Eliesér Toretta , Melo Douglas Christian Ferrari de 
Published: July 2016

O artigo tem como escopo refletir, do ponto de vista teórico, sobre a formação humana a partir da vida e obra do pensador italiano, Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937). Nesse sentido, objetiva abordar algumas categorias filosóficas de sua práxis político-pedagógica, entre elas, escola unitária, hegemonia e onilateralidade, como expressões de uma concepção teórica e política de um projeto socialista de sociedade e de ser humano. Nessa perspectiva, a escola unitária, ao integrar de forma dialética trabalho manual e intelectual, a dimensão técnica e política, autonomia intelectual e moral, conforma-se em princípio educativo do processo de formação humana. E, por fim, inaugura um autêntico humanismo em que o ser humano é compreendido como o conjunto das relações sociais, um ser concreto e histórico, um devir humano-social.Palavras-chave: Gramsci. Escola unitária. Formação humana. GRAMSCI, UNITARY SCHOOL AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Abstract: The scope of this article is to reflect from the theoretical point of view about the human formation on the basis of Antonio Gramsci's life and work (1891-1937). In this way, this text aims to address some philosophical categories of this Italian thinker's political and pedagogical praxis, such as Unitarian school, hegemony and omnilaterality. These expressions are instruments to build a political and theoretical conception of a socialist project of society and human being. On this perspective, the unitarian school, by integrating in a dialectic way the manual and intelectual job, the technical and political dimensions, the moral and intelectual autonomy, conforms it, in an educational principle of human's formation process. And finally, he inaugurates a authentic humanism in which human being is understood as a group of social relations, a be concrete and historical, a becoming social and human.Keywords: Gramsci. Unitarian school. Human Formation. GRAMSCI, ESCUELA UNITÁRIA Y FORMACIÓN HUMANAResumen: El artículo tiene como alcance reflejar desde el punto de vista teórico de la formación humana de la vida y el trabajo del pensador italiano Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937). En este sentido, tiene como objetivo hacer frente a algunas categorías filosóficas de su praxis político-pedagógica, entre ellos, la escuela unitaria, hegemonía y onilateralidade, como expresión de una concepción teórica y política de un proyecto socialista de la sociedad y del ser humano. Desde esta perspectiva, la escuela unitaria, mediante la integración del trabajo manual e intelectual dialécticamente, la dimensión técnica y política, autonomía intelectual y moral, se ajusta en principio educativo del proceso de desarrollo humano. Por último, inaugura un auténtico humanismo en el que el ser humano se entiende como un conjunto de relaciones sociales, un ser concreto y de la historia, convirtiéndose en un ser humano-social.Palabras clave: Gramsci. Escuela de unidad. Formación humana.
CONSIDERAÇÕES SOBRE A APARÊNCIA A PARTIR DE ROUSSEAU E KANT: aproximações e diferenças
Authors: Carvalho Zilmara de Jesus Viana de 
Published: July 2016

A presente investigação visa analisar o tema do refinamento dos costumes no séc. XVIII à luz do pensamento de Rousseau e Kant, assim como o consequente jogo da aparência que o envolve. Considera-se, para tanto, que, se por um lado, tais filósofos tecem, de forma recorrente, considerações sobre a civilidade, entendendo-a como um sintoma do progresso e vendo-a como algo que não pode ser pretendido como o estágio final da humanidade, sob pena do estranhamento do homem em relação ao seu ser, por outro, possuem diferenças insuperáveis em suas abordagens. Sendo assim, nossa pretensão é demonstrar que são precisamente as concepções distintas que estes têm acerca do homem e de seu desenvolvimento que definirão as expectativas que ambos possuem em relação à espécie. Palavras-chave: Civilidade. Aparência. Progresso. Moralidade. CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT APPEARANCE FROM ROUSSEAU AND KANT: similaritiesand differencesAbstract: This research aims to analyze the theme of refinement of manners in the century. XVIII in the light ofthe thought of Rousseau and Kant, as well as the consequent appearance of game that involves. It is considered,therefore, that on the one hand, these philosophers analyzes on a recurring basis, consideration of civility, understandingit as a symptom of progress and seeing it as something that can not be intended as the final stage of humanity,on pain of estrangement of man in relation to his being on the other, have insurmountable differences in theirapproaches. Therefore, our intention is to demonstrate that are precisely the different conceptions they have aboutthe man and his development, outlining the expectations that both have in relation to the species.Keywords: Civility. Appearance. Progress. Morality. CONSIDERACIONES ACERCA DE LA APARIENCIA DE ROUSSEAU Y KANT: similitudes y diferencias Resumen: Esta presente investigación analiza el tema del refinamiento de las costumbres en el siglo XVIII a la luz del pensamiento de Rousseau y Kant, así como el consecuente juego de apariencia que envuelve. Se considera, por lo tanto, que, por un lado, estos filósofos tejen de manera recurrente, consideraciones sobre la civilidad, entendiéndola como un síntoma de progreso y verla como algo que no puede ser destinado como la etapa final de la humanidad, con pena de extrañamiento del hombre en relación con su ser, en el otro, tienen diferencias insuperables en sus abordajes. Así, nuestra intención es demostrar que son precisamente las concepciones distintas que que estos tienen sobre el hombre y su desarrollo que establecerá las expectativas de que ambos tienen en relación con la especie. Palabras clave: Civilidad. Apariencia. Progreso. Moralidad.
FILOSOFIA DA EDUCAÇÃO NO CONTEXTO DE ERASMO DE ROTTERDAM E ROUSSEAU
Authors: Nascimento Sidnei Francisco do 
Published: July 2016

Erasmo e Rousseau concordavam com o cuidado que os pais deveriam ter com a escolha da ama de leite. Criticavam o despotismo dos professores e o método de ensino que não respeitasse a liberdade e a individualidade da criança. Propagavam uma religiosidade sincera e interior sem ritos e formalismos e concebiam como princípio de uma boa educação a formação intelectual e moral baseada em suas concepções sobre a natureza. Palavras-chave: Erasmo. Rousseau. Religião. Educação. Razão. Natureza. PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION IN THE CONTEXT OF ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAMAND ROUSSEAU Abstract: Erasmus and Rousseau agreed in relation to the caution that parents should have when choosing awet-nurse. They criticized teachers’ despotism and teaching methods that did not respect the children’s freedom andindividuality. They spread an inner and sincere religiosity, without rites and formality and understood as the principlefor good education the intellectual and moral formation that was based on their conception on nature.Keywords: Erasmus. Rousseau. Religion. Education. Reason. Nature. FILOSOFIA DE LA EDUCACIÓN EN EL CONTEXTO DE ERASMO DE ROTTERDAM Y ROUSSEAUResumen: Erasmus y Rousseau estuvieron de acuerdo con la atención que los padres deben tener la opción de nodriza. Criticado el despotismo de los profesores y el método de enseñanza que no respeta la libertad y la individualidad del niño. Se propaga una religiosidad sincera e interior sin ritos y formalidades y concebido como un principio de una buena educación la formación intelectual y moral basado en sus puntos de vista sobre la naturaleza. Palabras-clave: Erasmus. Rousseau. La religión. La educación. La razón. La naturaleza.
ESCRITURA, VERDADE, VIRTUDE
Authors: Pissarra Maria Constança Peres 
Published: July 2016

O texto, “Os devaneios de um caminhante solitário” é uma obra póstuma e inacabada, cujo inicio ocorreu em 1776 e a redação continuou até 1778 quando foi interrompida pela morte de seu autor, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Nos parágrafos iniciais, ele a define como a obra de um homem que não esperava mais nada do mundo, que vivia apenas de suas lembranças e que escrevia tão somente para si mesmo: “Eis-me, portanto, sozinho na terra, tendo apenas a mim mesmo como irmão, próximo, amigo, companhia”. […] Tudo está acabado para mim sobre a terra. […] Sózinho pelo resto de minha vida, visto que somente em mim encontro a consolaçao, a esperança e a paz, não devo nem quero mais ocupar-me senão comigo mesmo é nesse estado que retomo a continuação do exame severo e sincero que outrora chamei minhas Confissões” (ROUSSEAU, 1995, p. 23 e 26). Palavras-chave: Devaneios de um caminhante solitário. Confissões. Lembranças. Devaneios. SCRIPTURE, TRUTH, VIRTUE Abstract: The text, Reveries of a Solitary Walker, is a posthumous and unfinished work, which began in 1776and the writing continued until 1778 when it was interrupted by the death of its author, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Inthe opening paragraphs, he defines this work like a man who did not expect anything else in the world, who livedonly by his remembrance and who wrote only for himself, “Here I am, therefore, alone on earth, having just myselfas a brother, as neighbor, as friend, as companion “. [...] It’s all over for me on earth. [...] Alone for the rest of my life,since is only in myself that I find solace, hope and peace, It’s my duty and my wish to be concerned entirely with myself,in that state that I return and continued the severe and sincere examination that once I called my Confessions”(ROUSSEAU, 1995, p. 23 e 26).Keywords: Reveries of a Solitary Walker. Confessions. Remembrance. Reveries. ESCRITURA, VERDAD, VIRTUD Resumen: El texto "Los devaneos de un caminante solitario" es una obra póstuma e inacabada que se inició en 1776 y cuya redacción continuó hasta 1778 cuando fue interrumpida por la muerte de su autor, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. En los parágrafos iniciales, él a define como la obra de un hombre que no esperaba más nada del mundo, que vivía apenas de sus recuerdos y que escribía unicamente para sí mismo. “Estoy, por lo tanto, solo en la tierra, tengo solamente a mí mismo como hermano, vecino, amigo, compañía" [...] Todo está acabado para mí sobre la tierra […] Solo por el resto de mi vida, visto que solamente en mí encuentro consuelo, esperanza y paz, no debo ni quiero más ocuparme a no ser conmigo mismo y es en este estado que retomo a continuación del examen severo y sincero que antes llamé mis Confesiones" (ROUSSEAU, 1995, p. 23 e 26). Palabras clave: Devaneos de un caminante solitário. Confesiones. Recuerdos. Rousseau.
Notícia
Authors: Editores Os 
Published: July 2016

Lançamento da Coleção “Patrimônio Histórico-Educativo”, sob a coordenação de Maria Cristina Menezes e Carmen Sylvia Vidigal Moraes. I Concurso Nacional de Dibujo y Pintura: “Una mirada crítica al pasado de la escuela” - plazo para el envío de las obras de arte: hasta el 10 de noviembre de 2016.
High Voltage Testing of Gas (SF6) Insulated Substation
Authors: C John De Britto 
Published: July 2016

<div><p><em>A resonant test system with variable frequency has been used to perform the On-Site Testing. The paper mainly describes about the concept of High Voltage testing using resonant test system with variable frequency and the concept of high voltage fault sensing and tripping mechanism. A design of a 220 V switchgear arrangement is described and performance of high voltage testing is explained. A fault sensing circuit along the arrangement has also been briefed. </em></p></div>
Acoustic Wireless Telemetry Reduces Uncertainty in Deepwater Drillstem Tests
Authors: Kool Henk , Zeller Vince 
Published: July 2016

Technology Update
The drillstem test (DST) is one of the oldest methods used to test a formation’s capability to produce hydrocarbons. An early patent filed on drillstem testing in 1926 describes it as a method for “testing the productivity of formations encountered in drilling oil and other deep wells.” While frontiers such as deepwater drilling were far in the future, the industry was already seeking methods and equipment that were more efficient and economical than those in use then. Technology has continued to advance from mechanical openhole testing to modern annulus pressure controlled cased hole drillstem testing.
An impressive array of annulus pressure-operated downhole test tools is available and provides operators with versatility and flexibility in drillstem testing. Downhole tool technology has advanced to extreme limits, with tools capable of handling bottomhole conditions of 35,000 psi and 500°F.
Meanwhile, drilling technology has also progressed, with wells drilled to greater depths and in deeper water. Operating conditions pose new challenges to cost efficiency and annular pressure limitations.
The inherent complexity of deepwater DST operations implies that a significant number of downhole test tools require some form of annular pressure manipulation. Tubing string tester valves, primary and backup circulating valves, bottomhole sampler triggers, and primary and backup firing heads for tubing-conveyed perforating are some examples.
In deep water, the maximum allowable casing pressure has become the limiting factor in an increasing number of instances, and this reduces flexibility in designing the downhole test string.
Advances in acoustic wireless telemetry have led to a novel and reliable alternative approach to operating downhole test tools in drillstem testing and providing real-time feedback of tool status, bottomhole pressure and temperature, and bottomhole fluid sample conditions.
Wireless Telemetry
Although wireless telemetry for downhole applications in the oil industry has been used since the 1940s, it did not gain much traction until the 1990s. Different wireless technologies have been studied and tested. Mud pulse telemetry found little use in drillstem testing because of low bandwidth and operational limitations. Electromagnetic telemetry saw some early use but also had limited data transmission capabilities, and the method does not work in subsurface salt layers.
A Global Subsea-Hardware-Standardization Program Applied Offshore Brazil
Authors: Carpenter Chris 
Published: July 2016

This article, written by JPT Technology Editor Chris Carpenter, contains highlights of paper OTC 25699, “The Contribution From an Operator’s Global Subsea-Hardware- Standardization Program to 10,000-psi Subsea Hardware in Parque das Conchas (BC-10),” by Thiago Palmeira Freire de Carvalho and Luiz Olijnik, Shell, and Alan Labes, FMC Technologies, prepared for the 2015 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 4–7 May. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
The Parque das Conchas field in the Campos basin offshore Brazil is a phased ultradeepwater heavyoil development tied to the Espírito Santos floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, moored at a water depth of 1780 m (Fig. 1). This paper addresses the standardized features applied to the 10,000-psi-rated subsea-system components at BC-10.
Introduction
The BC-10 development is located 120 km offshore Brazil. Comprising several low-pressure reservoirs with medium- to high-viscosity oil, and in depths to 2000 m, the field’s development production was enabled by the use of subsea-boosting-and-separation caisson electrical submersible pumps (ESPs), each powered up to 1,500 hp through a high-voltage three-phase alternating-current transmission system, with pressure boosting of up to 2,300 psi from each pump. The development was divided into three distinct phases that tied five different reservoir structures to the host by use of subsea-tieback field architecture. The three phases are detailed in the complete paper.