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Offloading of diabetic foot wounds using Amit Jain’s offloading system: an experience of 23 cases
Authors: Dath Roshan , Rao U. Venkatkrishna , Kumar Kishore , Kumar Harish , Kumar Suresh 
Published: July 2017

Background: It is a well-known fact that around 15% of patients with diabetes are likely to be affected by foot ulcers during their lifetime. The aim of this study was to evaluate and analyze Amit Jain’s offloading system used in diabetic foot wounds.Methods: A cross-sectional, retrospective study was done at 3 centres namely Brindhavvan Areion Hospital, Synergy Centre for Diabetes and South City hospital in Bangalore, India. The study period was for 1 year from April 2016 to March 2017.Results: 23 cases were included in the study. 16 patients (69.57%) had right foot involved whereas 7 patients (30.43%) had left foot involved. Majority of the patients had foot problems located at forefoot (86.96%). The most common condition where Amit Jain’s offloading was used was in trophic ulcer (61%). In 22 patients (95.65%), the microcellular rubber and ethyl vinyl acetate combination was used whereas in one patient (4.35%), 7 mm of single layered EVA was used. 9 patients (39.13%) had their wounds healed within 8 weeks whereas 11 patients (47.83%) had their wounds healed within 8-16 weeks.Conclusions: Amit Jain’s offloading device is a new offloading device that can be effectively used as an alternative to felted foam. It is based on deflective technique just like felted foam. In this series, 86.98% of the wounds had healed by 16 weeks with this new offloading device. The Amit Jain’s offloading device, which has a scientific rationale based on the deflective offloading as well as usage of visco-elastic material that is accepted worldwide, produces effective wound healing without any complication and without inhibiting patient’s mobility. Amit Jain’s offloading is a level one recommendation for diabetic foot wounds.
Comparative study on association between serum TSH concentration and Thyroid cancer
Authors: C. Prasad , Kumar Supreet , Y. Tej Tej 
Published: July 2017

Background: In India, thyroid cancer accounts for less than 1% of all malignancies (2% of women and 0.5% of men). Thyroid cancer is responsible for 6 deaths per 1 million persons annually. Serum TSH is a well-established growth factor for thyroid nodules, however its role in thyroid malignancy is inconclusive hence this study was conducted with the objective to determine the association between serum Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) concentrations with thyroid carcinoma.Methods: Case control study was conducted in a tertiary care centre. 120 Benign and malignant thyroid subjects respectively were included in the study. Newly diagnosed and record based data collection was done. Measurements of serum TSH concentrations were performed by automated immune chemiluminescent assay. Data was analyzed using SPSS 22 version software, Chi-square test was used as test of significance for qualitative data, p value of <0.05 was considered as statistically significant.Results: Majority of them were females in the age group 26 to 40 years in both the groups and were diagnosed to have solitary thyroid nodule. In malignant thyroid nodules 51.7% were diagnosed to have follicular carcinoma, 46.7% had papillary carcinoma and 1.7% were diagnosed to have Hurthle cell carcinoma. Significant association was observed between TSH levels and diagnosis of thyroid lesions. TSH was raised (>4mIU/L) in 46.6% of malignant nodules and in 15% of benign nodules. Raised TSH had an odds ratio of 4.958 for Thyroid malignancy compared to benign nodulesConclusions: Higher TSH levels were associated with Thyroid malignancy and the risk of malignancy rises in parallel with serum TSH within normal range, and high levels of serum TSH concentrations was associated with advanced stage of thyroid cancer.
Study on outcome of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy
Authors: S. K. Subha Kanesh , P. Govindarajan 
Published: July 2017

Background: Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy is being performed in increasing numbers since 1995. Now laparoscopic donor nephrectomy has been accepted as good alternate to open procedure as seen in various other abdominal surgeries. This was the basis of the present study. So, the present study was designed to analyse and compare the outcome of Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy and Open donor nephrectomies.Methods: The prospective and observational study was conducted at Stanley Medical College in Department of Urology in 61 Patients aged between 25-50 years who underwent left donor nephrectomy The Mean operating time, warm ischemic time, blood loss, analgesic requirement and duration of hospital stay were recorded and analysed statistically.Results: Out of 61 donor nephrectomies, 16 kidneys harvested by laparoscopic method with only 2 (12%) conversion to open due bleeding. Mean operating time was 179.9±47.6 minutes. Present study showed mean blood loss of (163±93 ml). Analgesic requirement of the LDN (mean 1.25 days) was significantly lower when compared to open group (mean 3.75 days). The present study shows duration of hospital stay was lower in LDN (mean 5.1days).Conclusions: Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy is an effective, safe and rewarding though it is time consuming and technically challenging. The analgesic requirement, duration of hospital stay and the blood loss were less with the laparoscopic surgery. Results of graft functioning of kidneys in both procedures were equivalent. So laparoscopic donor nephrectomy can be made as the procedure of choice in future.
Avaliação Estatística dos Inventários do Ciclo de Vida da Produção de Soja no Brasil
Authors: Barden Grillo Igor , Maciel Vinícius Gonçalves , Zortea Rafael Batista , Seferin Marcus 
Published: July 2017

A observação de divergências em resultados de estudos de Avaliação do Ciclo de Vida (ACV) que contemplam a produção de commodities agrícolas, mesmo que tenham objetivos e escopos similares, tem sido atribuída especialmente à representatividade estatística de dados utilizados na construção dos inventários de ciclo de vida. Uma vez que é frequente o uso de dados que obtidos a partir de médias nacionais na construção de ICVs de produtos agrícolas, torna-se interessante estudar a representatividade de dados nacionais agrupados ou se é aconselhável levar-se em consideração dados regionais. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo a realização de testes estatísticos relacionados com a representatividade dos dados nacionais e regionais da produção do grão de soja no Brasil e a relação entre a dispersão dos dados com as informações de região, ano, e qualidade dos dados através de métodos de Análise Multivariada. Para isso, dados de inventário de ciclo de vida de 8 trabalhos, referentes a 11 safras de cultivo de soja foram selecionados. As variáveis estudadas incluem as aplicações de defensivos e fertilizantes, uso de Diesel, emissões caracterizadas de CO2, quantidade de sementes e produtividade, o ano da safra, e origem dos dados coletados. A Análise de Componentes Principais (PCA) foi aplicada à matriz de dados para reduzir sua dimensionalidade e tornar possível a identificação de relações e agrupamentos. Análise de Variância também foi empregada, com objetivo de testar as relações quantitativas entre grupos regionais e as variáveis do estudo. A partir da PCA foi possível observar a correlação entre a produtividade, calcário e os fertilizantes fosfatados e potássicos. O uso de defensivos agrícolas e a quantidade de sementes apresentam forte correlação, e a adição de nitrogênio e uso de Diesel não apresentaram padrões significativos. Os escores de PCA indicam forte agrupamento dos inventários do Mato Grosso com o de São Paulo e considerável dissimilaridades entre os trabalhos que contemplam a produção nacional. Os testes de significância confirmaram a relação entre os dados de produtividade com a região. O mesmo foi encontrado para fósforo e potássio. Para o uso de Diesel é possível afirmar que não há diferenças. Em conclusão, verifica-se que os dados regionais não são estatisticamente similares aos dados nacionais para a avaliação de sistemas de produto da produção primária de soja no Brasil, independente da parcela de contribuição para a produção total.
Implicações do multinaturalismo na educação ambiental / Implications of multinaturalism on the environmental education
Authors: Mateus Wagner de Deus 
Published: July 2017

Perspectivas de mundo são condutas para interagir com as diversas formas de vida no ambiente. Baseado nisto, a temática a ser discutida traz consigo pensamentos para perceber o ambiente pela ótica indígena, em detrimento da ocidental etnocêntrica, e assim articular a ideia do perspectivismo ameríndio como abordagem reflexiva ao entendimento e discussão de questões socioambientais em voga no atual cenário do contexto educativo brasileiro. Dessa forma, partiu-se do debate antropológico a fim de abordar o etnocentrismo, o multiculturalismo e o perspectivismo ameríndio para compreender a discussão acerca da relação Cultura e Natureza. Na sequência, tem-se uma reflexão sobre a concepção multinaturalista ameríndia para desfazer a dicotomia Cultura e Natureza, e com isso pensar nossas interações e relações com outros seres vivos e o ambiente pela ótica ameríndia e suas considerações ecossistêmicas como constructo para uma abordagem educativa. A partir do perspectivismo ameríndio ou multinaturalismo tem-se a possiblidade de exercitar outra percepção do mundo, e suas formas de interações entre seres vivos no ambiente. Trata-se, portanto, de pensar para além do egocentrismo, e com isso compreendermos que somos apenas mais uma espécie na terra, entre outras milhares.Palavras-chave: Perspectivismo; Educação ambiental, Cultura e natureza; Percepção. ABSTRACT: World perspectives are conduits for interacting with the various forms of life in the environment. Based on this, the theme to be discussed brings with it thoughts to perceive the environment from the indigenous perspective, to the detriment of the ethnocentric Western, and thus articulate the idea of Amerindian perspectivism as a reflexive approach to the understanding and discussion of socio-environmental issues in vogue in the current context scenario Education. Thus, we started with the anthropological debate in order to approach ethnocentrism, multiculturalism and Amerindian perspectivism to understand the discussion about the relation Culture and Nature. A reflection on the Amerindian multiculturalist conception to undo the dichotomy of Culture and Nature, and with it, our interactions and relations with other living beings and the environment from the Amerindian perspective and its ecosystemic considerations as a construct for an educational approach. From Amerindian perspectivism or multinaturalism one has the possibility of exercising another perception of the world, and its forms of interactions between living beings in the environment. It is therefore a question of thinking beyond egocentrism, and with this we understand that we are just another species on earth, among thousands.Keywords: Perspectivism; Environmental education; Culture and nature; Perception.
Impressões sobre o atendimento na secretaria de um curso de licenciatura intercultural indígena: FIEI/UFMG / Experiences on work in a secretariat of an undergraduate course...
Authors: Silva Luciana Gomes da Luz 
Published: July 2017

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo discorrer sobre algumas experiências vividas durante o desenvolvimento das atividades de secretaria do curso de Formação Intercultural Para Educadores Indígenas, no que se refere ao atendimento aos estudantes, aos docentes e ao público em geral. Serão apresentados alguns desafios do processo de institucionalização do curso assim como da inserção e aceitação do estudante indígena pela comunidade universitária. Observa-se que os indígenas buscam fortalecer suas identidades na interação com os não indígenas e mesmo entre indígenas. Há também um esforço por parte dos professores e outros profissionais mais próximos deles no curso de que os mesmos tenham seus direitos assegurados. A inserção dos povos indígenas na universidade demonstra o quão importante e necessário é a troca de experiências entre os dois mundos: indígena e não indígena. Aponta também para a necessidade de que se promova o debate e reflexão sobre os povos indígenas e suas demandas. Nesse sentido, considera-se que a reflexão sobre o dia a dia da secretaria poderá contribuir para o aprimoramento da inserção indígena na universidade uma vez que neste espaço o exercício de compreensão do mundo indígena para atendimento às suas demandas é potencializado.Palavras-chave: Povos indígenas; Direitos; Ensino Superior. ABSTRACT: The present work aims to discuss some experiences during the development of the activities of secretariat of the course of Intercultural Training for Indigenous Educators, regarding the attendance to students, teachers and the public in general. It will present some challenges of the process of institutionalization of the course as well as the insertion and acceptance of the indigenous student by the university community. It is observed that indigenous peoples seek to strengthen their identities in interaction with non-indigenous people and even among indigenous peoples. There is also an effort on the part of teachers and other professionals who are closest to them in the course that they have their rights guaranteed. The insertion of indigenous peoples in the university demonstrates how important and necessary is the exchange of experiences between the two worlds: indigenous and non-indigenous. It also points to the need to promote debate and reflection on indigenous peoples and their demands. In this sense, it is considered that the reflection on the day-to-day work of the secretariat can contribute to the improvement of the indigenous insertion in the university since in this space the exercise of understanding of the indigenous world to attend to their demands is enhanced.Keywords: Indigenous people; Indigenous rights; Higher Education.
Lições indígenas para a descolonização dos museus: processos comunicacionais em discussão / Indigenous people's lessons for decolonizing museums: communication processes under discussion
Authors: Cury Marilia Xavier 
Published: July 2017

Os museus passam por transformações, novas funções se reorganizam e novos desafios são levados a essa instituição. Após anos de crítica da sociedade e academia ao museu, pela forma fechada como operava e interpretava coleções, há um movimento de transformação. Os processos de descolonização do museu etnográfico vêm trazendo grandes avanços, também porque essa categoria de museu passa pelo processo de indigenização. A comunicação museológica tem papel preponderante tanto na descolonização quanto na indigenização, pois promove o diálogo entre profissionais de museus e indígenas. O artigo apresenta situações em que o museu, em fase de transição entre modelos, é analisado pela Comunicação, considerando o deslocamento dos meios para as mediações, ou seja, do museu para a cultura, no caso tratado as culturas Kaingang, Terena e Guarani Nhandeva, tendo como locus o oeste do estado de São Paulo. Os resultados da ação de comunicação museológica revelam dois aspectos a serem aprofundados pelo museu: a política de gestão de acervo e a ressacralização do museu.Palavras-chave: Indígenas no Oeste Paulista; Políticas museais; Descolonização dos museus. ABSTRACT: Museums are undergoing changes, new roles are created for, and new challenges are posed to those institutions. After years of criticism levelled by society and academia at museums for the closed manner in which they ran and interpreted collections, a transformation is now underway. The decolonization of ethnographic museums has made major advances, especially because this type of museum is currently being indigenized. Museal communication plays a key role both in decolonization and indigenization, because it fosters dialogue between museum professionals and indigenous people. The article describes situations where museums, which are undergoing a transition between different models, are analyzed by Communication, considering the move from the means to mediation, in other words, from museums to culture, specifically the cultures of the Kaingang, Terenaand and Guarani Nhandeva indigenous people who live in the west of the state of São Paulo. The results of the museal communication initiative show two aspects to be explored by museums: The collection management policy and the renewed sacralization of museums.Keywords: Indigenous people in the west of the state of São Paulo; Museum policies; Decolonizing Museums.
Avaliação da toxicidade de resíduo de lavanderia industrial de jeans
Authors: Longhin Sandra Regina , Da Silva Paulo Henrique 
Published: July 2017

Os efluentes de lavanderias industriais de beneficiamento do jeans promovem impactos ambientais com o desequilíbrio do sistema aquático. Neste estudo analisou-se o potencial toxicológico dos efluentes utilizando-se o bioensaio sistema-teste Allium cepa. Para efeito comparativo, o bioensaio foi realizado em resíduo bruto (RB), resíduo tratado (RT) em paralelo com água potável (CN). O resultado para RB não apresentou diferença significativa frente ao CN (ANOVA); porém no RT observamos as menores médias de crescimento radicular. O bioensaio se mostrou satisfatório para avaliar a toxicidade de efluentes, resultando na necessidade de neutralização do RT ou mudança no reagente floculante.
Risk and Reward: Going Deep: Is Deepwater Experiencing a Resurgence?
Authors: Judah Janeen 
Published: July 2017

President's column
Across a single-week period this spring, I spent time in three very different basins and business environments: Saudi Arabia, the Midland/Permian basin, and at the Offshore Technology Conference. What a difference you see among these three areas, and each has a vastly different future predicted.
Saudi Arabia and Aramco are operations unlike any other. If “everything is bigger in Texas,” it is much bigger in Saudi Arabia. Aramco approaches business differently from international oil companies and independents—not always looking to maximize net present value, but always taking the long-term view. Reservoir management is key, and the most sophisticated tools are used to maximize ultimate recovery from the stunningly prolific reservoirs. Everything takes a long-term view, from training and developing national staff to managing reservoirs to building infrastructure with future development in mind.
While in Saudi Arabia, I was fortunate enough to get a brief but memorable tour of Aramco’s Manifa field, which is located both onshore and in very shallow water, roughly 15 m deep.
Perhaps most remarkable about Manifa is that Saudi Aramco created 27 artificial islands and 42 km of connecting causeways. This infrastructure is used as shallow-water development platforms, all while preserving the delicate coral reefs and fisheries in the shallow bay. It is a remarkable story of developing a characteristically huge Arabian field. The Manifa Crude Oil Increment has a capacity of 900,000 B/D, 90 million scf/D of nonassociated gas, and 65,000 barrels of condensate per day. Massive and massively remarkable.
The Permian Basin churns on and is the hottest area in the world. A professor of mine at Texas A&M University (who also taught at Texas Tech University in the 1970s), J.T. Rollins, told his eager students, “The best place to find oil is in an oil field.” The Permian Basin continues to prove that adage. Many times, the Permian Basin has been written off, properties sold off, and portfolios rebalanced. Then someone comes up with a new approach, and the race is on again.
As I flew to Midland on a perfectly clear day, I could easily see the changes and activity in the oil fields below. I was reminded of my first flight to Midland on long-gone Texas International Airlines in the fall of 1980. I also remember looking down at the “roads to nowhere” without realizing they were well locations. I had never seen Texas west of San Antonio; all of my oilfield experience was in east or south Texas. I stepped out from the airport that fall afternoon to see 360 degrees of horizon for the first time. I went on to spend most of the 1980s in Midland, learning the oil field from the bottom up. I still find the topography of west Texas fascinating, where you can see the contours from the air and the geology on the ground.
Guest Editorial: Ushering in a New Era of Oilfield Innovation With the Internet of Things
Authors: Mahdavi Mehrzad 
Published: July 2017

Guest editorial
The Internet of Things (IoT)—the connected network of Internet-enabled physical devices that collect and exchange information with each other—is rapidly growing in both acceptance and applicability across a number of industries.
This trend shows no signs of slowing down. Studies predict that by 2020, the IoT will include nearly 50 billion devices worldwide with 212 billion sensors producing 44 zetabytes of data. These devices, the “things” in the IoT, include everything from smartphones and automobiles to valves and pumps in industrial plants.
The growing momentum of IoT adoption is mainly driven by the reduction in cost of connectivity and computation. According to market studies, over the past 10 years, the cost of sensors has been cut in half, the cost of bandwidth has dropped by a factor of 40, and the cost of processing has decreased by a factor of 60. Although further efforts are required to lower the cost of sensors, the number of new IoT use cases has grown and a greater number of technology companies are developing IoT-specific services and technologies ranging from sensors and chip sets to platforms and software systems. The main barriers to IoT adoption by industries—network security and scalability—have also been addressed, with reliable and highly secure communication systems and analytics.
What do these advances mean for the oil field? The oil and gas industry finds itself at the precipice of a new era of innovation, spurred by a normalization of oil prices over the past 2 years. Now, as E&P companies slowly ramp up drilling and production activities while adjusting to a new period of “lower for longer” prices, the time is right for widespread adoption of the IoT.
Advancing the Digital Transformation
While several operators and service companies have begun implementing the IoT in some parts of their daily operations, the industry as a whole still seems uncertain about how to integrate it for optimal business impact. Fortunately, the industry does not have to start from first principles to implement IoT technologies, thanks to an infrastructure built in support of the first iteration of the digital oil field more than a decade ago.
The digital oil field has made strides in certain areas, such as affording project collaboration with colleagues located across the globe via real-time operating centers. However, the concept has not fulfilled its ultimate promise of enabling information-based business decisions that deliver end-to-end optimized operations, increased uptime, and new value creation.