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  1. Cell scientist to watch - Sandra Rieger.

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    2018-06-19

    Sandra Rieger studied at the University of Applied Sciences at Fulda, Germany, and wrote her diploma thesis in collaboration with Zyomyx, Inc. (San Francisco, USA). She then joined the laboratory of Reinhard Koester at the Helmholtz Center in Munich to complete her PhD in developmental neurobiology in 2008. For her postdoctoral studies, Sandra moved to the University of California, Los Angeles to work with Alvaro Sagasti on axon regeneration in zebrafish. Since 2011, she has been Assistant Professor for regenerative biology and medicine at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Maine, USA. In the summer of 2018, Sandra will establish a laboratory at the University of Miami, Florida, to become a tenure-track Associate Professor at the Department of Biology. The Rieger laboratory studies cellular communication mechanisms between sensory neurons and injured epidermal cells, leading to wound healing, nerve regeneration and degeneration after injury or exposure to chemotherapeutic agents. © 2018. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.

  2. Läbipaistva saunaga Austraalias / Sandra Jõgeva

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    Jõgeva, Sandra, 1976-

    2010-01-01

    Kunstnike grupp Art Container osales Brisbane'i teatrifestivalil (4.-25. sept. 2010) interaktiivse etenduse ja saunainstallatsiooniga "Kümblejad" (autorid Tanel Saar, Erik Alalooga, Sandra Jõgeva, Janno Bergmann, Hans-Gunter Lock)

  3. Sandy ja Hugh - paar või mitte? / Hugh Grant, Sandra Bullock

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    Grant, Hugh, 1960-

    2003-01-01

    Romantilises komöödias "Kaks nädalat armumiseks" ("Two Weeks Notice"), režissöör Marc Lawrence, mängivad kaks kuulsat näitlejat. Staarid oma suhetest : Hugh Grant : "Sandra on geenius"; Sandra Bullock : "Oleme temaga nagu kaksikud!"

  4. Kaliningradi biennaal / Sandra Jõgeva

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    Jõgeva, Sandra, 1976-

    2008-01-01

    IX rahvusvaheline graafikabiennaal "Kaliningrad-Königsberg 2008" Kaliningradi kunstigaleriis 15. IX-15. XI. Eesti väljapanek (kuraator Eha Komissarov, kujundaja Marko Nautras, osalejad: Jaanika Okk, Kaarel Kütas, Lauri Koppel, Gerda Märtens, Raul Meel, Lembe Ruben, HULA, Villem Jahu, Tiiu Pirsko, Mati Veermets, Sandra Jõgeva) sai ekspositsioonipreemia. Grand prix - Paulis Liepa, I preemia - Olrik Kohlhoff, II - Dominica Sadowska, III - Raffael Rheinsberg, eripreemia - Markus Lampinen

  5. Malle Leisi ja Sandra Jõgeva kontrastvärvides perepilt / Malle Leis, Sandra Jõgeva ; intervjueerinud Tanel Veenre

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    Leis, Malle, 1940-

    2010-01-01

    Intervjuu 9. juulil 70. sünnipäeva tähistanud maalikunstniku ja graafiku Malle Leisi ning tema tütre, kunstniku ja kirjaniku Sandra Jõgevaga. Kunstnikud endast, oma ja teineteise loomingust, huvist selle vastu, neid ühendavast, ideede taaskasutamisest, praegusest maalist, sotsiaalsest kunstist jm. Kunstnike eluloolisi andmeid ja andmeid nende loomingulise tegevuse kohta

  6. Ellujäämiskursus / interv. Sandra Jõgeva

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    2008-01-01

    Non Grata Kunstikonteineris kuni 17. XI näitus "Dekonstruktsioon/Rekonstruktsioon", Orion Maxtedi ja Tanel Saare workshop'i jäädvustus. Workship'is osalesid performance'i-kunstnikud Beth Greenhalgh, Samuel Hasler, Yoko Ishiguro, maalikunstnik Josephine Wood, helikunstnik Simon Whetham ja Sandra Jõgeva

  7. Alytuse biennaal kui kaitsepolügon / Sandra Jõgeva

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    Jõgeva, Sandra, 1976-

    2007-01-01

    Leedus Alytuse väikelinnas 20.-26.08.2007 toimunud eksperimentaalkunsti festivalist. II Alytuse biennaali korraldaja Mantas Kazakevicius, osalejad Inglismaalt, Tšehhist, Iirimaalt, Madalmaadest, Lätist, Leedust ja Eestist (Erik Alalooga, Ville Karel Viirelaid ja Sandra Jõgeva)

  8. Patrick Hockey : his life and work / Sandra McGrath

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    McGrath, Sandra

    1994-01-01

    ... : the world of art and the world of commerce; the country and the city; the heterosexual and the homosexual; world of society and the world of the stockman; the loner and the bon vivant. Sandra Mcgrath, who was ...

  9. Starting from Marginalized Lives: A Conversation with Sandra Harding.

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    Hirsh, Elizabeth; Olson, Gary A.

    1995-01-01

    Presents a conversation with philosopher of science Sandra Harding, a major exponent of "feminist standpoint theory." Argues that objectivity is maximized not by excluding social factors from the production of knowledge but by starting the process of inquiry from an explicitly social location--the lived experience of those traditionally…

  10. Polymeri utoopiline festival meelitab uue maailma kunstnikke / Sandra Jõgeva ; intervjueerinud Mari Peegel

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    Jõgeva, Sandra, 1976-

    2011-01-01

    Festivali kava üks koostajaid Sandra Jõgeva 24.-28. augustini 2011 toimuvast kultuuritehase Polymer festivalist ja tähtsamatest esinejatest. Selle aasta festivalil tegeldakse utoopiliste visioonidega

  11. Battling Machismo in the Poetry and Prose of Sandra Cisneros.

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    Breshears, Russell D.

    Sandra Cisneros is giving a voice to farm workers, migrant workers, and Latinos living in the inner cities across the United States in poems and short stories that call attention to gender, class, and race issues that many would prefer to ignore. While her women protagonists challenge destructive "machismo," which takes the form of…

  12. Nüüd kunst, nüüd tulevik / Sandra Jõgeva

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    Jõgeva, Sandra, 1976-

    2008-01-01

    Vilniuse II rahvusvaheline graafikabiennal "Present Time. Now Art Now Future" Vilniuse Kaasaegse Kunsti Keskuses kuni 11. V. Kuraatorid Ignas Kazakevicius ja Jurate Rekeviciute. Eestist osalevad Peeter Allik, Eve Kask ja Sandra Jõgeva. Kuraator Jurate Rekeviciute biennaali alanäitusest "Valmis ajalooks" Gediminase avenüü kaubanduskeskuse galeriis

  13. Mi Casa Es Su Casa: Sandra Tauler--City Librarian, Calexico, CA

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    Library Journal, 2005

    2005-01-01

    Sandra Tauler has tailored her collection and services to the needs of a community that is 97 percent Hispanic. Unfortunately, that's only half the job. The other half is getting potential users through the door. The solution Tauler and other Imperial Valley librarians came up with was Proyecto Televista. With LSTA funding, and the assistance of…

  14. Sandra Steingraber: vähiepideemia vastu tuleb võidelda süsteemselt / intervjueerinud Epp Petrone

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    Steingraber, Sandra

    2010-01-01

    Vestlus ameerika bioloogi ja ise vähki põdenud Sandra Steingraberiga vähivastasest võitlusest. S. Steingraberil on ilmunud ka mitu raamatut, nendest "Having faith" on tõlgitud ka eesti keelde (Mina olen ookean. Tartu : Petrone Print, 2009)

  15. Sandra Szir (coord., Ilustrar e imprimir. Una historia de la cultura gráfica en Buenos Aires, 1830-1930

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    Antonela Pandolfi

    2017-09-01

    Full Text Available Reseña bibliográfica del libro de Sandra Szir (coord., Ilustrar e imprimir. Una historia de la cultura gráfica en Buenos Aires, 1830-1930, Buenos Aires, Ampersand, 2016, 298 pp. Ilustrar e imprimir. Una historia de la cultura gráfica en Buenos Aires, 1830-1930 reúne a un grupo de investigadores coordinados por Sandra Szir.  Se toman diferentes objetos de estudio relacionados con el diseño gráfico y se los analizan en función de la disciplina correspondiente pero también relacionados con el contexto histórico en el cual se enmarcan.

  16. An interview with Sandra C. Matherly and Shannon Hodges. Interview by Connie C. Curran.

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    Matherly, S C; Hodges, S

    1995-01-01

    Sandra C. Matherly, MA, RNC, FNP, is senior vice president, business development, and Shannon Hodges, MBA, is vice president, clinical development, Nurse On Call, Inc., Norcross, GA. Founded in 1993, Nurse on Call is a software and services company offering nursing, medical, and business expertise in setting up and operating a patient management unit using telecommunications and information systems. In this interview, Ms. Matherly and Ms. Hodges discuss the history and development of Nurse on Call, and offer advice for starting a successful nurse entrepreneur enterprise.

  17. Sandra Boehringer, L'Homosexualité féminine dans l'Antiquité grecque et romaine

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    Rostom Mesli

    2008-07-01

    Full Text Available La publication de L’Homosexualité féminine dans l’Antiquité grecque et romaine de Sandra Boehringer est, à plusieurs titres, une excellente nouvelle.Sur le plan universitaire et éditorial, d’abord, ce livre vient confirmer qu’après de longues années de chape de plomb, les départements de lettres classiques et d’histoire ancienne sont en train de s’ouvrir aux recherches sur la sexualité. L’université française ne s’est mise – c’est le moins que l’on puisse dire – que très lentement aux recherc...

  18. Feminist Refiguring of La Malinche in Sandra Cisneros’ Never Marry A Mexican

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    Dian Natalia Sutanto

    2016-12-01

    Full Text Available La Malinche, the mistress of Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, has evolved from a historical figure into Mexican national myth that connotes all the negative aspects of woman’s sexuality in Mexican and Mexican-American Culture. Sandra Cisneros in her Never Marry A Mexican reinterpretsLa Malinchein a more positive light and points out how women sexuality can be the site for women empowerment.By drawing on insights from feminist theories on motherhood, marriage, and incest taboo, this study identifies the way Cisneros revises the negative image of La Malinche as a dupe, passive and submissive mistress. This study identifies that Cisneros has created a strong protagonist character named Clemencia, who exerts her subjectivity and claims for her sexual agency totransgress patriarchal construction of woman passive sexuality, imposition of maternal identity as asexual mother and taboo on incestuous relationship. Cisneros’s La Malinche is no longer depicted as the victim duped by the patriarchy, but as the survivor who is able to preserve her sense of herself in the dominating patriarchal world.   DOI: https://doi.org/10.24071/llt.2015.180103

  19. "Cairo must address the equity issue." Interview: Sandra Postel.

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    1994-01-01

    Sandra Postel, of the Worldwatch Institute, believes that inequalities in consumption and income foster environmental degradation. The richest 20% are getting richer and consuming excessively. The bottom 20%, comprising about 1 billion people, are getting poorer and are degrading their environment in order to survive. Per capita availability of resources is continually being reduced. If there is a desire to improve the quality of life for the poorest segment of the world population, then the richest must forfeit something. Environmental taxation could reduce excessive consumption in general; this strategy would be the most efficient and useful. Taxes would be placed on pollution and resources in danger of depletion; income taxes could be reduced to balance the impact of increased taxes on the economy. Wealthy countries must make a renewed commitment to poverty alleviation and to realistic sustainable development. Aid budgets should no longer reflect military priorities or strategic objectives. Trade is clearly related to the environment and poverty, and these connections must be made publicly known. National and international trade policies must deal with poverty issues and not contribute to further environmental destruction. Eliminating debt problems is another problem in need of change. The World Bank and structural adjustment policies have not proved to be environmentally sound and have not benefitted the poor. Evaluation of programs is needed, and lending policies should reflect the growing awareness of the problems of the poor and environmental consequences. Consumption of energy, wood, paper, and water are all higher among industrialized wealthy countries. Technology needs to be applied to maximize resource use, and policies must reflect this commitment. Israel has set a good example with water consumption reduction through advanced technology.

  20. Cleófilas and La Llorona: Latin Heroines Against Patriarchal Marginalisation in ‘El arroyo de la Llorona’, a Short Story by Sandra Cisneros

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    Luis fernando Gómez R

    2012-01-01

    This paper discusses the short story ‘El arroyo de la Llorona’ by female Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros. In it the main character, Cleófilas, is subject to social, emotional and economic dependence on her husband, according to the cultural constructs on female identity that are still relevant in Latin-American patriarchal societies. Due to her circumstances of complete marginalisation and domestic violence, Cleófilas chooses to avoid reality, and this avoidance not only costs her men...

  1. The analysis of Sandra Cisneros' House on Mango Steet based on social criticism of Gloria Anzaldúa's Borderlands: La Frontera

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    Špela Grum

    2015-12-01

    Full Text Available The article deals with the main female characters that appear in Sandra Cisneros' collection of vignettes, House on Mango Street (1991. It sheds light on their lives and motives for their actions, through social criticism of Gloria Anzaldúa and the main points she establishes in her semi-autobiographical collection of essays Borderlands: La Frontera (1999. The topics Anzaldúa addresses give an insight into the Chicano identity, and the struggle of Chicano women in particular. Through her vantage point, I discuss gender roles, the immigrants' search for identity and their quest for a more dignified life, by trying to reconcile the antagonizing forces of the different parts of their identity.

  2. In Pompeii and Volterra the Earth Really Trembles: De-Territorialisation, European Art-Cinema, and the Fate of Neorealism in Roberto Rossellini's Journey to ltaly and Luchino Visconti's Sandra

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    Stefano Ciammaroni

    2007-06-01

    Full Text Available Este trabalho se utiliza de dois estudos de caso - Viagem to Italy (1953, de Roberto Rossellini e Sandra (1965, de Luchino Visconti para discutir questões políticas, historiográficas e estéticas [que interferem] no relacionamento entre o neo-realismo como cinema da nação italiana e o "cinema de arte europeu" como uma instituição desnacionalizada.

  3. Reescribir la historia desde la frontera: reparación de la memoria en Engel des Vergessens de Maja Haderlap y Caramelo o puro cuento de Sandra Cisneros

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    Ana Gimenez Calpe

    2016-04-01

    Full Text Available A parir del análisis comparativo de dos novelas recientes, Engel des Vergessens, de Maja Haderlap, y Caramelo o Puro cuento, de Sandra Cisneros, el artículo examina los mecanismos empleados en los textos para  reescribir la historia nacional, recuperando y reorganizando para ello los recuerdos familiares de las narradoras protagonistas. Este proceso se produce en un contexto transnacional, en el que los límites entre países vecinos quedan cada vez más difusos. En este sentido, el artículo examina la reescritura de la memoria nacional desde la perspectiva de unos actantes determinados, esto es, de unos personajes en continuo tránsito entre fronteras.  

  4. Cleófilas and La Llorona: Latin Heroines Against Patriarchal Marginalisation in ‘El arroyo de la Llorona’, a Short Story by Sandra Cisneros

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    Luis fernando Gómez R

    2012-08-01

    Full Text Available This paper discusses the short story ‘El arroyo de la Llorona’ by female Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros. In it the main character, Cleófilas, is subject to social, emotional and economic dependence on her husband, according to the cultural constructs on female identity that are still relevant in Latin-American patriarchal societies. Due to her circumstances of complete marginalisation and domestic violence, Cleófilas chooses to avoid reality, and this avoidance not only costs her mental well-being,but also annuls her will to make changes to her suffocating life. Oppressed by a patriarchal system,Cleófilas develops an unusual interest in the Llorona legend and, through the remembrance of this myth, these two female figures become symbols of resistance and liberation. In the story, the Llorona ceases to be the denigrated woman tradition has always made her out to be, and becomes the image of a contemporary heroine capable of challenging radical patriarchal norms.

  5. Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street: (Collective Memory Resonating from “the Barrio”

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    Jelena Nikodinoska

    2014-11-01

    Full Text Available  “The people I wrote about were real, for the most part, from here and there, now and then, but sometimes three real people would be braided together into one made-up person… I cut apart and stitched together events to tailor the story, gave it shape so it had a beginning, middle, and end, because real life stories rarely come to us complete. Emotions, though, can’t be invented, can’t be borrowed. All the emotions my characters feel, good or bad are mine.” (xxiii Although Sandra Cisneros draws on autobiographical elements in The House on Mango Street (1984, her novella does not stand for an autobiography, but it rather represents a collage of events, characters, and places that independently from one another constitute vignettes. These vignettes are not necessarily chronologically related, yet they make up a whole of voices, stories, colors, and movements that once reverberated along Mango Street. Through her (Cisneros’s stories, Esperanza Cordero’s stories, and Esperanza’s neighbors’ stories, Cisneros conveys the Southwestern Latino experience of the big city and the streets, of the barrios that is. Taking my cue from Cisneros’s “The House on Mango Street,” I will try to examine how personal experiences become memories and those memories transcend into stories. Is what comes from experience and memory that makes writing strong, powerful, persuasive, and to a certain extent relatable? Have Cisneros’s memories, reflected in Esperanza’s living experience and language contributed to the Latino’s collective memory of the life in the barrios coupled with racism, poverty and shame? On that note, I shall see how Maurice Halbwachs’s concept of collective memory applies to Cisneros’ story and the Latino experience, where Latinos’ memory is dependent upon the life in the barrio within which the majority were/are situated.

  6. LA PSICOLOGIA PARAGUAYA REPRESENTADA EN LA PSICOLOGIA DE JAMES O. WHITTAKER Y SANDRA J. WHITTAKER

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    José E. García

    2014-01-01

    Full Text Available En 1987 los psicólogos estadounidenses James O. Whittaker y Sandra J. Whittaker publicaron la cuarta edición de su famoso libro Psicología. Este fue uno de los textos de introducción más conocidos y utilizados en América Latina y a través de él muchos miles de estudiantes aprendieron sus primeros conceptos sobre la psicología. Esta edición estaba preparada especialmente para su utilización con los alumnos de habla castellana e introducía numerosos tópicos relacionados a la psicología latinoamericana. Además incluía menciones específicas a algunos psicólogos de la región y sus contribuciones a la psicología. Uno de ellos era José de Jesús Aguirre, psicólogo y sacerdote jesuita y uno de los pioneros de la psicología profesional en el Paraguay. Aguirre aplicó la teoría del filósofo holandés Gerard Heymans y su colaborador el psiquiatra Enno Dirk Wiersma con las modificaciones que unos años más tarde introdujo el psicólogo francés René Le Senne. El propósito de la investigación era el análisis de los rasgos tipológicos característicos en la población paraguaya. Con ello, Aguirre iniciaba el estudio científico de la personalidad en el Paraguay. Este artículo estudia la importancia que corresponde asignar a la investigación de Aguirre como parte del texto introductorio de Whittaker y Whittaker. Se analizan los fundamentos teóricos de la tipología de Heymans-Wiersma-Le Senne y las adaptaciones realizadas por Aguirre, además de su aplicación a una muestra superior a las setecientas personas. Esta provenía de diversos niveles educativos, tanto secundarios como universitarios. En la parte concluyente se analiza la relevancia de Aguirre y su trabajo en el contexto de la psicología paraguaya y latinoamericana.

  7. "Loomakari" kui uue ühiskonnakorralduse näide / Ernest Truely ; tõlkinud Ulla Juske

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    Truely, Ernest

    2009-01-01

    Sandra Jõgeva kuraatoriprojektist "Loomakari" Tallinna Kunstihoones, avatud 12. aprillini. Kujundaja Tanel Saar. Sandra Jõgeva, Tanel Saare, Anthony Faroux' (Inglismaa), Jenni Juulia Wallinheimo (Soome) ja Kjetil Kauslandi (Norra) töödest

  8. Amet kohustab / Sandra Peetso

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    Peetso, Sandra

    2008-01-01

    18.-22. okt. Pärnu teatris Endla toimunud rahvusvahelisest laste- ja noorteteatrite festivalist "NB festival 2008". Pikemalt lavastustest "Võimaluste aed" (Prantsuse teatritrupp Association 16 rue de Plaisance), "Sailor & Pekka" (Rootsi teater TRE), "Misantroop" (VAT-teater), "Maria Bonita" (Taani teater Batida), "Avatud ring" (Leedu teatrilabor Open Circle)

  9. Leningradi aktsioonid / Sandra Jõgeva

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    Jõgeva, Sandra, 1976-

    2006-01-01

    Eesti kunstnike väljapanekust "Empty Spaces and their Occupants" 12.-24. augustini 2006 a. toimuval Peterburi Maneezhi 6. rahvusvahelisel eksperimentaalkunsti festivalil, kuraator Maksim Surin. Osalevad Kaido Ole, Merike Estna, Meeland Sepp jt

  10. Anmeldelse af: Bruner og de små børns læring

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    Christensen, Bodil

    2013-01-01

    Anmeldelse af: Bruner og de små børns læring - en introduktion af Sandra Smidt, Hans Reitzels Forlag, 2013.......Anmeldelse af: Bruner og de små børns læring - en introduktion af Sandra Smidt, Hans Reitzels Forlag, 2013....

  11. Kuues "Diverse. Universe" / Sandra Jõgeva

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    Jõgeva, Sandra, 1976-

    2010-01-01

    Non Grata korraldatud rahvusvaheline performance'i-kunsti festival "Diverse Universe 2010" Pärnu Kunstihallis ja Pärnu Kunstnike Majas 23. ja 24. aprillil. Rühmituste Juurikasvu (Soome), Cnopt (Eesti), Rubensid (Eesti), Ornicart (Prantsusmaa), Zane Matule ja Gatis Vectirānsi (Läti) jt. performance'itest

  12. 1409-IJBCS-Article-Sandra Farias+

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    reduction, promoting greater social contact, and represent a ... Uberlândia-Brazil (CEP/UFU), receiving the .... Table 4: Profile of research subjects. .... Improvement of Higher Education Personnel ... Biominerals Company and to the teacher.

  13. Measuring Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (CBEP) Performance: Capacities, Capabilities, and Sustainability Enablers for Biorisk Management and Biosurveillance

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    2014-01-01

    Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation, MG-662-OSD, 2008. As of May 21, 2014: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG662.html de Sa, Joia , Sandra Mounier...Hanvoravongchai, Piya, Wiku Adisasmito, Pham Ngoc Chau, Alexandra Conseil, Joia de Sa, Ralf Krumkamp, Sandra Mounier-Jack, Bounlay Phommasack...This work should be of interest to CBEP and CTR leadership as they seek to improve program design , budget allocation, and execution and to

  14. Cyber Practices: What Can the U.S. Air Force Learn from the Commercial Sector?

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    2015-01-01

    dam/lockheed/data/isgs/documents/LMCSA%20Ov erview%20Fact%20Sheet_Final%20%282%29. pdf Lunt, Barry, Joseph J. Ekstrom, Sandra Gorka, Gregory Hislop ...Electronics Engineers, 2006, p. 33. 21 Barry Lunt, Joseph J. Ekstrom, Sandra Gorka, Gregory Hislop , Reza Kamali, Eydie Lawson, Richard LeBlanc, Jacob Miller...1 (January 1980 ). 106 Daft, 2008, p. 17. 107 Gerald D. Bell, “Determinants of Span of Control,” American Journal of Sociology 73, no. 1 (1967

  15. International Space Station Systems Engineering. Case Study

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    2010-01-01

    negotiators to move beyond an impasse.108  Don’t be so ready to chase revolutionary designs over evolutionary designs. A key lesson from Russian...112 2002 Oct. 7 2002 Oct. 18 9A S1 truss delivery Jeffrey S. Ashby, Pamela A. Melroy, David A. Wolf, Piers J. Sellers, Sandra H. Magnus , Fyodor...2002 Oct. 18 9A S1 truss delivery Jeffrey S. Ashby, Pamela A. Melroy, David A. Wolf, Piers J. Sellers, Sandra H. Magnus , Fyodor N. Yurchikhin

  16. Nooremas keskeas klassikute nukuteater / Sandra Jõgeva

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    Jõgeva, Sandra, 1976-

    2010-01-01

    Silja Saarepuu ja Villu Plingi näitus "Aknal" Pärnu Kunstihallis 28. veebruarini 2010. Suure osa eksponeeritud loomingust hõlmab nn väikeste inimeste teema. Jasper Zoova ruumiliste maalide näitus "Jass tuli koju" Jazz Cafés Pärnus 3. märtsini 2010

  17. Mitmekülgne universum / Sandra Jõgeva

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    Jõgeva, Sandra, 1976-

    2008-01-01

    26. V toimunud tegevuskunstifestivali "Diverse Universe 2008" performance''i-konverentsist Pärnus Academia Non Grata majas. Tutvustati kollektiive HorseCow (California, Sacramento), GoGoTrash (Kesselberg), Berliini kunstnikerühmitust Open Space, 500 korea performance'i-kunstnikku koondavat isetekkelist organisatsiooni KOPAS - Korea Performance Art Spirit, ettekandega esines Brightoni kunstnik Orion Maxted

  18. Smells Like Teen Spirit / Sandra Jõgeva

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    Jõgeva, Sandra, 1976-

    2009-01-01

    Kuigi on majanduslik langus, tekib praegu juurde loomelinnakuid ja kultuuriruume (Rotermanni loovala, Baltika loomeinkubaator, Telliskivi loomelinnak jne.). Riia kesklinnas olid septembris projekti Survival Kit raames avatud ajutised kunstigaleriid südalinna äripindadel. Autori sõnul on õhus üheksakümnendate hõngu, vanad jõuvahekorrad enam ei kehti, tekib uusi võimalusi

  19. Paraproletariaat ja vilets Valgre / Sandra Jõgeva

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    Jõgeva, Sandra, 1976-

    2008-01-01

    Eesti Kunstiakadeemia interdistsiplinaarsete kunstide osakonna ning Pärnu filmi- ja videofestivali alternatiivkino "Le Cinema Extraordinaire" (kuraatorid Erik Alalooga ja Ville-Karel Viirelaid) Tallinnas Nongrata Kunstikonteineris kultuuritehases Polymer 1.-22. II. Minna Hindi autoriõhtu (filmid "Kolm pilti elust ja ajast" ning "Sees või väljas") ja Jaan-Jürgen Klausi filmid "Sinitäheke" (peategelane Erkki Hüva) ning "Erakpoeet Marko Kompus"

  20. Los géneros efímeros: el caso del programa de mano

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    Sánchez, Sandra

    2014-01-01

    Fil: Di Stéfano, Mariana. Universidad Nacional de las Artes. Área Transdepartamental de Crítica de Artes. Instituto de Investigación y Experimentación en Arte y Crítica; Argentina Fil: Sánchez, Sandra. Universidad Nacional de las Artes. Área Transdepartamental de Crítica de Artes. Instituto de Investigación y Experimentación en Arte y Crítica; Argentina Fil: Sánchez, Sandra. Universidad de Ciencias Empresariales y Sociales; Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación; Argentina. Fil: Di ...

  1. A contemplation in negation and emphasizes of outstanding philosophers of Tehran philosophy school in immortality of subject in substantial movement.

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    mohamad khosravi farsani

    2015-03-01

    Full Text Available Agha Ali and Jelveh ,two of outstanding of Tehran philosophy school, have reconsidered Sandra's opinions in two opposite sides. Agha Ali is the claimant of negation and ambiguity in most of Sandra's opinions while emphasizing on transcendent theosophy foundations ,and he tries to make these ambiguities clear .However , Jelveh follows Avicenna's way and has the idea of criticizing Sandra .This article has chosen the problem Of immortality of subject in substantial movement between all debates of these two philosophers of the same age.in this essay we are going to survey Agha Ali's claims in his new explantation in one hand ,and survey and criticize the new explanation of Jelveh in negation Of substantial movement .One of the consequences of surveying and criticizing these two philosophers is that we recognize Agha Ali has succeeded in making Sadra's opinions clear by presenting a new explanation of substantial movement subject. However ,Jelveh has merged Sadra's opinions with Avicenna's instead of debilitating Sadra's opinions and stabilizing Avicenna's opinions.

  2. Pärnu kunstnikud tagasi kodus / Sandra Jõgeva

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    Jõgeva, Sandra, 1976-

    2011-01-01

    Pärnust pärit kunstnike näitus "Tagasi koju" Pärnu Linnagaleriis 13. augustini 2011. Kuraator Mari Kartau, kunstnikud Kaarel Kurismaa, Mari Kurismaa, Malle Leis, Marco Laimre, Maiu Rõõmus, Flo Kasearu, Elin Kard

  3. Kaasaegne kunst kui ekstreemne meelelahutus / Sandra Jõgeva

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    Jõgeva, Sandra, 1976-

    2005-01-01

    Tutvustatakse kümmet kaasaegset kunstirühmitust ja -projekti: USA anonüümne kollektiiv The Yes Men, rahvusvaheline rühmitus The Biotic Pie Bacing Brigade, Hispaania rühmitus Yomango, taani disainerite rühmitus N55, poolaka Krzystof Wodiczko projekt, USA rühmitus Basekamp, Austraalia tegevuskunstniku Stelarc' projekt, USA rühmitus Pink Bloque ja Inglismaa rühmitus My Dads Strip Club

  4. Lagunenud valitsusega Pakistan vaevleb kriisis / Sandra Maasalu

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    Maasalu, Sandra

    2008-01-01

    Ilmunud ka: Postimees : na russkom jazõke 27. aug. 2008, lk. 7. Pakistani valitsuse lagunemisest, kui endine peaminister Navaz Sharif oma parteiga koalitsioonist lahkus. Vt. samas: Pakistani ahistavad separatistid ja majanduse allakäik. Kaart: Pakistan

  5. Homme kell 13 algab Von Krahli teatris...

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    2005-01-01

    III rahvusvaheline video ja performance'i festival "Inport 2005", mille on kokku pannud Gert Hatsukov. Loetletud aktsioonide autorid (Eesti: Sandra Jõgeva, Yellow Wolfman [Andrus Joonas], Andres Tenusaar)

  6. Vetshera estonskogo iskusstva / Ruta Pels

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    Pels, Ruta, 1960-

    2001-01-01

    Eesti kunsti õhtutest Suurbritannia saadiku residentsis Tallinnnas, partneriks La Galerie Passage. Iga kuu muutuvas kunstikollektsioonis olevatest eesti kunstnike töödest (Rein Tammik, Malle Leis, Sandra Jõgeva jt.)

  7. 77 FR 16249 - Notice of Cancellation of Customs Broker Licenses

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    2012-03-20

    ... Dependable International Services 12574 New Orleans. and Transport, Inc.. Professional Customs Brokers, Inc.... Horizon Logistics, LLC 28432 Dallas. Sandra L. Smith 15266 Dallas. Barry E. Booth 09627 San Francisco...

  8. Kolmapäeval kroonitakse Raekoja platsil Lucia

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    2006-01-01

    Püha Lucia ehk luutsinapäeval kroonitakse heade jõulude kehastaja ja soojuse ning valguse tooja Lucia. Krooni valmistas Rootsi suursaatkonna algatatud konkursi võitja Sandra Savelli Eesti Kunstiakdeemiast

  9. 76 FR 8739 - Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification...

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    2011-02-15

    ... Equity Investors V, L.P. 20110468 G New Generations Trust; Thomas and Dafna Kaplan; New Generations Trust... Corporation; Exxon Mobil Corporation; TSRC Corporation. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay...

  10. Plaadid / Immo Mihkelson

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    Mihkelson, Immo, 1959-

    2002-01-01

    Uutest plaatidest Mike Oldfield "Collection", Compay Segundo "Duets", Sandra "Wheel Of Time", "Spirit Of Africa", Paddy's "Irish Folk", Edwin Collins "Doctor Syntax", Doors "Live in Hollywood", Sonic Youth "Murray Street"

  11. Pink Pungi näitusel valgub veri linale / Raimu Hanson

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    Hanson, Raimu, 1957-

    2006-01-01

    Kunstirühmituse Pink Punk (Sandra Jõgeva, Kristin Kalamees, Aino Ingrid Sepp, Kaarel Sammet) näitusest Y-galeriis. Lähemalt videoinstallatsioonist "Must turg" ja ruumiinstallatsioonist "Elulähedane kogemus"

  12. Animaalne antimagnetism / Mari Laaniste

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    Laaniste, Mari, 1977-

    2009-01-01

    Rahvusvaheline grupinäitus "Loomakari" Tallinna Kunstihoones kuni 12. aprillini. Kuraator Sandra Jõgeva, kujundaja Tanel Saar. Lühidalt Jenni Juulia Wallinheimo, Kjetil Kauslandi ja Loore Emilie Raavi töödest

  13. 76 FR 76411 - Ocean Transportation Intermediary License; Reissuance

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    2011-12-07

    ... Customs October 28, 2011. Brokers, 1386 Salford, Houston, TX 77032. 017582F Trans Global Logistics, Inc., 1 Conan Drive, Midland City, AL 36350. Sandra L. Kusumoto, Director, Bureau of Certification and...

  14. Romance With America: Americanization in the Bluest Eye and The House on Mango Street

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    Bronson, Niko

    2000-01-01

    .... Reading Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street in a comparative context allows an investigation of parallel identity issues that are represented through cultural specificity.

  15. Noortenäidend kulgeb teismeliste tempos / Sandra Sillaots

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    Sillaots, Sandra

    2009-01-01

    Pärnu Endla teatris etendunud lavastusest "Oma elu superstaarid". Autorid Triinu ja Laura-Marie Ojalo, lavastaja Enn Keerd, kunstnik Tuulikki Ojalo. Ka peategelase Eliis Vaiksaare (Lenna) osatäitmisest

  16. Eesti koomiks ja I Eesti koomiksibiennaal / Toomas Verrev

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    Verrev, Toomas, 1979-

    2010-01-01

    I Eesti Koomiksibiennaal Kultuuritehase Polymer Kunstikonteineris Tallinnas 16. aprillist 23. maini. Kuraatorid Elisabeth Salmin ja Sandra Jõgeva. Esitleti Ed Labetski ja Ago Visaki koomiksit "Kalevipoeg" ning Elisabeth Salmini koomiksikogumikku "Simulant ja teised"

  17. African Safety Promotion: A Journal of Injury and Violence ...

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    . Richard Matzopoulos, Ashley van Niekerk, Sandra Marais, Hilton Donson. A Qualitative Evaluation of Medico-Legal Services in Gauteng, South Africa: Service Accessibility and Quality of Care to Rape Survivors. Shahnaaz Suffla, Mohamed ...

  18. Veri, glamuur ja jänesed kirstus / Ave Randviir

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    Randviir, Ave, 1981-

    2006-01-01

    Näitus "Leave like a Lady" Draakoni galeriis, autorid Sandra Jõgeva & Kristin Kalamees, "Paradiis" Hobusepea galeriis, autor Marianne Männi ja "Väikeloomade surnuaed" HOP galeriis, autorid Ester Faiman ja Argo Männik

  19. Под сенью комиксов в цвету /Николай Караев

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    Караев, Николай, 1978-

    2010-01-01

    Eesti I Koomiksibiennaal Kultuuritehase Polymer Kunstikonteineris Tallinnas alates 16. aprillist. Kuraatorid on Elisabeth Salmin ja Sandra Jõgeva. Esitletakse kollektiivselt loodud kunstnikuraamatut "Comic Magazine", toimub kirjanduslike kohtumiste seeria "Üks hullem kui teine" koomiksieri

  20. 76 FR 34972 - USG Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

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    2011-06-15

    .... Forshay or Sandra E. Safro, Sutherland Ashbill & Brennan LLP, 1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington [email protected]sutherland.com , [email protected]sutherland.com or [email protected]sutherland.com . There are two ways...

  1. 75 FR 12749 - Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Reissuances

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    2010-03-17

    ... Logistics, Inc., February 13, 2010. One Cross Island Plaza, Suite 203-G, Rosedale, NY 11422. 018250F.... 021870N AKM International, LLC, 301 February 19, 2010. Varick Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302. Sandra L...

  2. Kinship and Beyond: The Genealogical Model Reconsidered

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    2010-08-01

    Full Text Available Review of Kinship and Beyond: The Genealogical Model Reconsidered. Sandra Bamford and James Leach, eds. 2009. Berghahn Books, New York. 292 pp., 21 illustrations, bibliography, index. $95.00 (hardback. ISBN 9781845454227.

  3. Etenduskunsti eetikast / Mari Saat

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    Saat, Mari, 1947-

    2007-01-01

    Pärnu nüüdiskunsti festivalil toimunud performance'i ja seal esinenud Eesti rahvusmeeskoori konfliktist. Näituse "Kehaturg" avamisel toimunud performance'ist "Kadalipp". Kommenteerivad Andrus Kallastu, Al paldrok, Ville-Karel Viirelaiu ja Sandra Jõgeva

  4. PUBLICATIONS and PRESENTATIONS | ITSC

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    Ranganath, Heggere S Ranganathan, J. Rao, S Raskin, Rob Raven, P H Redman, Sandra Reed, D Reed, Daniel Months Blakeslee RJ, Stewart MF, Hawkins DL, Mach DM, Wharton NA, Ranganathan J, He Y, Flynn SE, Garrett

  5. Десятка самых прибыльных актеров / Кая Коовит

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    Коовит, Кая, 1968-

    2010-01-01

    10 kõige enam teenivat Hollywoodi näitlejat (Quigley Publishing' andmeil) on Denzel Washington, Shia LaBeouf, Brad Pitt, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Robert Downey jr., George Clooney, Matt Damon, Johnny Depp ja Sandra Bullock

  6. Tudengite hea esinemine Willem C. Vis'i nimelisel harjutuskohtuvõistlusel

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    2013-01-01

    XX Willem C. Vis’i nimelise rahvusvahelise kaubandusõiguse harjutuskohtuvõistlusel Viinis saavutas Tartu Ülikooli õigusteaduskonna võistkond (Kristina Promet, Jaana Lints, Edgar-Kaj Velbri ja Sandra-Kristin Noot) 290 ülikooli seast 84. koha

  7. Celiac Family Health Education Video Series

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    Full Text Available ... you, Boston Children's is a place where we can write the greatest children's stories ever told. Sandra ... and CEO Connect with Boston Children's Hospital How can we help? Close How can we help? Request ...

  8. Fiftieth Anniversary at the summit : neither fear of heights nor the cold succeeded in cooling the ardour of four brave climbers from CERN who celebrated CERN's 50th Anniversary at the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 metres).

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    2005-01-01

    On the way back from the summit, Miguel Cerqueira Bastos (AB/PO), David Collados Polidura (IT/GM), Sandra Sequeira Tavares (PH/CMI) and Daniel Cano Ott (n_TOF) raised the official CERN Jubilee flag at 4750 metres altitude.

  9. Kolga koolis andsid tunde hiinlased / Ülle Tamm

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    Tamm, Ülle

    2016-01-01

    Tallinna Ülikooli Konfutsiuse Instituudi neli õppejõudu - Zhuoya Wu, Xiuping Huang, Sandra Sainio ja Kristiina Kraft viisid Kolga koolis toimunud Hiina päeval läbi töötubasid ja loenguid hiina keelest ja kultuurist

  10. 77 FR 61571 - Membership of the Departmental Performance Review Board

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    2012-10-10

    ... Geovette E. Washington, Deputy General Counsel Office of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant..., Chief Financial Officer and Director for Administration Economics and Development Administration Thomas Guevara, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Affairs Sandra Walters, Chief Financial Officer and...

  11. CONTOURS OF BIBLICAL SPIRITUALITY AS A DISCIPLINE

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    Three approaches are used for coming towards a definition of Biblical spirituality. The ..... Donahue is that he shows how the ideas of Sandra Schneiders are rooted in the .... The central part of the book of Kees Waaijman about spirituality.

  12. 77 FR 43410 - Data Collection Available for Public Comments and Recommendations

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    2012-07-24

    ... the collections, to Sandra Johnston, Program Analyst, Office of Financial Assistance, Small Business... Premier Certified Lenders Program (PCLP) transfers considerable authority and autonomy to Premier...) that are held in account at financial institutions and about SBIC borrowings from financial...

  13. 76 FR 54196 - Membership of the Departmental Performance Review Board

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    2011-08-31

    .... Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration, William J. Fleming, Director for... Assistant Secretary for Regional Affairs, Sandra Walters, Chief Financial Officer and Director of..., Robert J. Byrd, Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative Officer, NWS, Joseph, F. Klimavicz, Chief...

  14. Microbial ecology at the International Space Station : the use of rapid and easy molecular methods for the quantitative detection of bacteria

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    van Tongeren, Sandra P.

    2011-01-01

    Bij lange, bemande ruimtemissies, bijvoorbeeld naar Mars, kan gevaar schuilen in de kleinste hoekjes. Dat blijkt uit het promotieonderzoek van Sandra van Tongeren. Zij stelt onder meer vast dat al bij kortdurende ruimtemissies opmerkelijke veranderingen optreden in de hoeveelheden en soorten

  15. 75 FR 22689 - Fiscal Service

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    2010-04-29

    ... the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service, Financial Accounting and Services..., 2010. Sandra Paylor-Sanders, Acting Director, Financial Accounting and Services Division. [FR Doc. 2010... Bonding Company AGENCY: Financial Management Service, Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury. ACTION...

  16. Eesti harrastusfilm võitis esikoha

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    2007-01-01

    Tallinna V rahvusvahelise amatöörfilmide festivali peaauhind jagunes nelja filmi vahel, millest üks oli Eesti "Elevanti nägema" (tegijad Sandra Dürdorth, Maureen Apel, Kalev Saar, Leon Shamis). Teised võitjad olid Austria (2 filmi) ja Soome

  17. EU citizenship and social solidarity / Sandra Mantu, Paul Minderhoud

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    Mantu, Sandra

    2017-01-01

    Majanduslikult inaktiivsete ja mobiilsete Euroopa Liidu kodanike sotsiaalsetest õigustest Brexiti valguses. Euroopa Liidu kodanike liikumisvabadusest ja heaolu turismist. Sisaldab asjakohast kohtupraktikat

  18. Sinimustvalge junn... no mis kunst see ka on?! / Janno Zõbin ; interv. Janno Zõbin

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    Zõbin, Janno

    2003-01-01

    Kunstnikud Krista Rambak (24), Sandra Jõgeva (26) ja Kristin Kalamees (24) avasid moodsa kunsti seletamiseks kunstitelefoni, millele helistades on 24 tundi ööpäevas võimalik küsida nõu kunstiküsimustes. Projekti kaasosaline ja flaieri kujundaja Margus Tamm

  19. Exhibition

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    2016-01-01

    COLORATION Sandra Duchêne From September 5 to 16, 2016 CERN Meyrin, Main Building La recherche de l’Universel. Après tout ! C’est de l’Amour ! What else to say ? …La couleur, l’ENERGIE de la vie…

  20. The Brave Black Regiment: The Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers (Colored) January 1863 - September 1864.

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    1996-01-01

    additional references.. The material contained in this thesis was compiled from numerous books, magazines, official military records, pamphlets...Reedy Creek Road Raleigh, NC 27607-6410 13. Cynthia E. Williams 318 Petunia Path Chesapeake, VA 2332 5 14. Sandra K. Alston 17409 Park Lane

  1. Research for global challenges: IDRC's ninth annual public meeting ...

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    2018-01-02

    Jan 2, 2018 ... ... that are going to improve the lives of people in the developing world.” ... and in particular the brain power, can have the biggest impact.” ... IDRC Speakers, from left to right: Robert Hofstede, Sandra Gagnon, Jean Lebel ...

  2. Uued filmid sarjast "Eesti lood"

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    2008-01-01

    Novembris ja detsembris on ETV ekraanil uued dokumentaalfilmid sarjast "Eesti lood" - "Professionaalne amatöör" (I. Kangro film Jaan-Jürgen Klausist), "Sõjamäng" (M. Arjukese film Ilmar Raagi osalemisest Erna retkel), "Ars longa" (M. Lillaku film kunstnik Sandra Jõgevast)

  3. Globaalne konteiner, järjekorranumbriga 8 / Maarin Mürk

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    Mürk, Maarin

    2009-01-01

    Kunstikonteineri rahvusvaheline kunsti- ja performance'iüritus "Global Container 8" 27. augustil kultuuritehases Polymer. Justin Tyler Tate'i, Auseklis/Usinsi ja Sandra Jõgeva esinemisest. Tom Russotti ja Ernest Truely ürituse kohta valminud dokumentaalist. Simon B. Haefele vestlusringist teemal "Kunsti võim"

  4. Arts@CERN | ACCELERATE Austria | 19 May | IdeaSquare

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    2016-01-01

    ​Arts@CERN welcomes you to a talk by architects Sandra Manninger and Matias Del Campo, at IdeaSquare (Point 1) on May 19 at 6:00 p.m.   Sensible Bodies - architecture, data, and desire. Sandra and Matias are the winning architects for ACCELERATE Austria. Focusing on the notion of geometry, they are at CERN during the month of May, as artists in residence. Their research highlights how to go beyond beautiful data to discover something that could be defined voluptuous data. This coagulation of numbers, algorithms, procedures and programs uses the forces of thriving nature and, passing through the calculation of a multi-core processor, knits them with human desire. Read more. ACCELERATE Austria is supported by The Department of Arts of the Federal Chancellery of Austria. Thursday, May 19 at 6:00 p.m. at IdeaSquare.  See event on Indico. 

  5. BOOK REVIEW

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    Nadiia BUREIKO

    2016-06-01

    Full Text Available Tina Freyburg, Sandra Lavenex, Frank Schimmelfennig, Tatiana Skripka and Anne Wetzel. 2015. Democracy Promotion by Functional Cooperation. The European Union and its Neighbourhood. Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan, UK, 291 pages, ISBN: 978-1-137-48934-0

  6. Early home-based intervention for children at familial risk of dyslexia

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    van Otterloo, S.G.

    2011-01-01

    Veel ouders zijn in staat hun kleuters thuis deelvaardigheden van lezen en spellen aan te leren. Ook bij kinderen met een erfelijk risico op dyslexie. Sandra van Otterloo onderzocht de effectiviteit van een thuistraining die speciaal ontwikkeld is voor deze doelgroep. Een steekproef uit deze

  7. 27. XI esitles Kanuti gildi saalis Mooste avatud ateljee MOKS video-, heli- ja tegevuskunstiprogrammi "Põhi silmab kagu"...

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    2003-01-01

    Esinesid MOKSiga seotud kunstnikud ja rühmitused: John Grzinich, OPA: Slobodanka Stevceska, Denis Saraginovski (Obsessive Possessive Aggression, Makedoonia), Kaarel Vulla, Irene Roos, Jane Remm, OMP: maalikunstnikud Maris Palgi, Eva Orav ja ajakirjanik Maia Möller, Pink Punk: Kristin Kalamees, Margus Tamm, Sandra Jõgeva

  8. "Woman Hollering Creek" a Traves de la Musica: Articulating Mexicanidad to Pochismo

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    French, Lydia A.

    2011-01-01

    This essay intervenes in contemporary scholarship on Sandra Cisneros's "Woman Hollering Creek" (1991) by examining the canciones she uses as epigraphs and their relationship to the multiple nationalisms that Chicana/os actively negotiate. I argue that Cisneros's decision to include powerfully nationalist Mexican cancion traditions…

  9. Incorporating Feminist Standpoint Theory

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    Ahlström, Kristoffer

    2005-01-01

    As has been noted by Alvin Goldman, there are some very interesting similarities between his Veritistic Social Epistemology (VSE) and Sandra Harding’s Feminist Standpoint Theory (FST). In the present paper, it is argued that these similarities are so significant as to motivate an incorporation...

  10. Poliitiline sõnum ja igapäevaelu / Grete Nootre

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    Nootre, Grete

    2006-01-01

    56. Berliini filmifestivali auhinnasaajad - Jasmila Zhbavici film "Grbavica", Michael Winterbottom ja Mat Whitecross filmi eest "Teekond Guatanamosse" ("The Road to Guantanamo"), Pernille Fischer Christensen filmi "Seep" eest ja Jafar Panahi filmi "Suluseis" eest. Parimad näitlejad olid Sandra Hüller ja Moritz Bleibtreu

  11. Hotelli Radisson SAS mantra : jah, ma saan! / Kai Vare

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    Vare, Kai, 1968-

    2004-01-01

    Radisson SAS hotell Tallinnas on kliendirahulolu-uuringute järgi keti hotellide seas esimeste hulgas. Hotelli direktor Kaido Ojaperv ja müügijuht Ann-Kai Tõrs Radisson SAS-i standarditest, kliendi sajaprotsendilise rahulolu tagamise põhimõtetest, personali valikust, koolitusest. Kommenteerib Sandra Dimitrovich

  12. Kunst viib saunakultuuri maakera kuklapoolele

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    2010-01-01

    Kultuuritehases Polymer tegutsev Art Container tutvustab Austraalias Brisbane'i festivalil eesti saunakultuuri. Eksponeeritakse arhitektuurilist installatsiooni (kasutatud akendest ehitatud läbipaistev saun) ja esitatakse interaktiivset performance'it "Kümblejad". Töö autorid on Erik Alalooga, Tanel Saar, Sandra Jõgeva, Janno Bergmann, Hans-Gunter Lock

  13. Aftercare Guidelines for Drug and Alcohol Program Advisors

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    1991-10-21

    Relationships Relaxing Resentment Respect Responsibility Rigidity Risks Secrets Self-acceptance Self-esteem Serenity Shame Sharing Silence Slips Slippery ...Bit You (1967) 22041 A Time For Decision (1968) 22138 The Summer We Moved To Elm Street (1972) 22144 The Secret Love of Sandra Blain (1971) 22154

  14. El tamaño del daño

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    José Eduardo Rueda Enciso

    2000-01-01

    Chajeradó, el río de la caña flecha partida. Luz Marcela Duque, Iván Darío Espinosa, Afda Cecilia Gálvez, Diego Herrera y Sandra María Turbay. Premios Nacionales Colcultura 1996, Colcultura, Bogotá, 1997, 477 págs.

  15. 75 FR 57906 - Membership of the Defense Contract Audit Agency Senior Executive Service Performance Review Boards

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    2010-09-23

    ... publication of this notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra L. Burrell, Chief, Human Resources Management Division, Defense Contract Audit Agency, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 2133, Fort Belvoir... following are the names and titles of DCAA career executives appointed to serve as members of the DCAA...

  16. 76 FR 59664 - Membership of the Defense Contract Audit Agency Senior Executive Service Performance Review Boards

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    2011-09-27

    ... Date: Upon publication of this notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra L. Burrell, Chief, Human Resources Management Division, Defense Contract Audit Agency, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 2133, Fort...(c)(4), the following are the names and titles of DCAA career executives appointed to serve as...

  17. Editorial: Multicultural Education--Solution or Problem for American Schools?

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    Cochran-Smith, Marilyn

    2001-01-01

    Discusses the role of multicultural education in American education, examining Geneva Gay's book on culturally responsive teaching (which argues for culturally responsive teaching, with teaching having the moral courage to help make education more multiculturally responsive) and Sandra Stotsky's book (which argues that multicultural education is a…

  18. Measuring Institutional Performance in Higher Education.

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    Meyerson, Joel W., Ed.; Massy, William F., Ed.

    This collection of seven essays from the Stanford Forum for Higher Education Futures focuses on how downsizing, quality management, and reengineering have are affecting higher education. An introductory paper, "Introduction: Change in Higher Education: Its Effect on Institutional Performance," (Joel W. Meyerson and Sandra L. Johnson)…

  19. Tartu ja Tallinna boheemkond ning lotovõitjad : Valitud palu dokumentaalfilmide sarjast "Eesti lood" / Olev Remsu

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    Remsu, Olev, 1947-

    2009-01-01

    ETVs näidatud dokumentaalfilmidest sarjas "Eesti lood" - Indrek Kangro film Jaan-Jürgen Klausist "Professionaalne amatöör" (eetris 3. XII 2008), Margit Lillaku film kunstnik Sandra Jõgevast "Ars longa" (eetris 29. X 2008), Eva-Katariina Taimre "Jackpot" lotovõitjatest (eetris 19. XI 2008)

  20. Valgussähvatused saalipimedusest / Katrin Rajasaare

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    Rajasaare, Katrin

    2002-01-01

    6. Pimedate Ööde Festivali filmidest : "Puur" ("La Cage"), režissöör Alain Raoust : Prantsusmaa 2002, "Kuuvalgel" ("Kuutamolla"), režissöör Aku Louhimies : Soome 2001, "Kaunis Martha" ("Bella Martha"), režissöör Sandra Nettelbeck : Saksamaa 2001

  1. Paul Dirac lectures at CERN

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    CERN Bulletin

    2010-01-01

    When a group of physicists entered the Main Auditorium, during the evening of 29 June, they felt they had opened a time portal.   Paul Dirac in front of a blackboard showing his formula. ©Sandra Hoogeboom An attentive audience, dressed in early 1900 costumes, were watching a lecture by the elusive Paul Dirac, presenting for the first time his famous formula on the blackboard. Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (1902-1984) was a British mathematical physicist at Cambridge, and one of the "fathers" of quantum mechanics. When he first wrote it, in 1928, Dirac was not sure what his formula really meant. As demonstrated by Andersson four year later, what Dirac had written on the blackboard was the first definition of a positron, hence he is credited with having anticipated the existence of antimatter. The actor John Kohl performs as Paul Dirac. ©Sandra Hoogeboom What the group of puzzled physicists were really observing when they entered the CERN Auditorium was the shoo...

  2. Language universals without universal categories

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    Croft, W.; van Lier, E.

    2012-01-01

    In this article, the authors present their views on an article by author Sandra Chung related to lexical categories. According to them, Chung's article critiques an analysis of word classes in Chamorro by author Donald M. Topping. They discuss the restatements made by Chung on Topping's criteria for

  3. 75 FR 51167 - Bank of Ruston, Ruston, Louisiana; Approval of Conversion Application

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    2010-08-18

    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Thrift Supervision [AC-48 OTS Nos. 03912 and H4739] Bank of..., 2010, the Office of Thrift Supervision approved the application of Bank of Ruston, Ruston, Louisiana.... Dated: August 11, 2010. By the Office of Thrift Supervision. Sandra E. Evans, Federal Register Liaison...

  4. 75 FR 31511 - Oneida Financial Corp., Oneida, NY; Approval of Conversion Application

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    2010-06-03

    ... Office of Thrift Supervision approved the application of Oneida Financial, MHC and Oneida Savings Bank... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Thrift Supervision [AC-44: OTS No. H-4704] Oneida Financial... of Thrift Supervision. Sandra E. Evans, Federal Register Liaison. [FR Doc. 2010-13209 Filed 6-2-10; 8...

  5. Kaitstud magistritööd, 1. juuni 2012

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    2013-01-01

    Oma töid kaitsesid Claudio Julio Rodriguez Higuera, Davi William Ferreira Gomes, Karlina Vaivade, Mohamed Gamal Abdelmeged Elmaayergy, Sigita Tamošauskaite, Eduardo Chávez Herrera, Tyler James Bennett, Felipe Cuervo Restrepo, Julia Popova, Anastasiia Sidielnik, Thomas Mark Boyle, Mirjam Männik, Sandra Preiman, Tamara Stojanovic

  6. 77 FR 35384 - Ocean Transportation Intermediary License; Applicants

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    2012-06-13

    ... Logistics LLC (NVO), 9814 Goldenglade Drive, Houston, TX 77064, Officer: Sandra Lesage, Member/Manager... telephone at (202) 523-5843 or by email at [email protected] . ABC Trucking and Logistics L.L.C. (OFF), 3080...), Lawrence R. Lammers, President/CEO, Application Type: License Transfer Atlantic Cargo Logistics LLC (NVO...

  7. Litsid ja kunstnikud näitusesaalis / Teet Veispak

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    Veispak, Teet, 1955-

    2007-01-01

    Näitusest "Kehaturg" Tallinna Kunstihoones, kuraator Reet Varblane. Liina Siibi videost "Vastumeelne keha", soome kunstniku Teemu Mäki väljapanekust "Prostitutsioonist", malaisia fotograafi Diana Lui fotoseeriast, rootsi-eesti fotograafi Bie Erenurme väljapanekust "Mu ema on lits", Sandra Jõgeva näitusel eksponeeritud šokolaadiümbristest

  8. Muusika / Aimar Ventsel

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    Ventsel, Aimar, 1970-

    2005-01-01

    Uutest heliplaatidest "Sandra Sillamaa", "The Concretes", The Juan Maclean "Less Than Human", Joni Mitchell "Songs Of A Prairie Girl", Pedegree "Growing Apart", Shelton San "EP", The Five Corners Quintet "Chasin' The Jazz Gone By", "The Story of Popular Black Music", Foo Fighters "In Your Honor", A "Teen Dance Ordinance"

  9. Say No to Excess Salt (A Cup of Health with CDC)

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    Hypertension is a leading cause of heart disease and stroke and occurs in nearly one in three U.S. adults. Reducing salt intake can lower blood pressure, helping to prevent and treat hypertension. In this podcast, Dr. Sandra Jackson discusses the importance of consuming a diet low in sodium.

  10. Advocacy for School Leaders: Becoming a Strong Voice for Education

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    Whitaker, Sandra

    2007-01-01

    In today's political and global world, it's not enough to remain a solid educational leader; leaders must become advocates for education--on Capitol Hill, in state legislatures, and within communities. In this book, Sandra Whitaker examines key issues facing education, demonstrates methods for unpacking the issues, and discusses strategies to…

  11. Fungal treatment of lignocellulosic biomass

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    Kuijk, van S.J.A.

    2016-01-01

    Summary PhD thesis Sandra J.A. van Kuijk

    Carbohydrates in plant cell walls are highly fermentable and could be used as a source for ruminant nutrition or biofuel production. The presence of lignin in cell walls hampers the utilization of these carbohydrates and should thus

  12. Laboratory-scale simulations with hydrated lime and organic ...

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    +27 (18) 299-2508; e-mail: sandra.barnard@nwu.ac.za .... After 5 min exposure, an inverted light microscope was used to ..... Light microscopy images of C. hirundinella cells in source water (a) and the effects of chlorine concentrations after exposure to chlorine .... trations of organic carbon compounds measured during dif-.

  13. 27. V kell 16 avatakse Niguliste kirikus...

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    2002-01-01

    EKA interdistsiplinaarsete kunstide eriala magistritööde näitus "Nagu aamen kirikus". Eksponeeritud Kristin Kalamehe lühimängufilm "Igavene tuli", Mirja-Mari Smidti video ja maaliseeria "Kaaluta olek", Allan Tõnissoo videoskulptuur "Kristus", Avangardi (Sandra Jõgeva, Margus Tamm) fotoseeria ja video "Sõda ja rahu". Avamisel Avangardi performance

  14. Rainbow Nation's "Ubuntu": Discovering Distinctness as a Spectrum through South African Literature

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    Smith, Colin Bridges

    2007-01-01

    Apartheid created more than physical distances between color groups; South Africa is made up of people with often separated minds. Leaders of the democratic government draw from and modify the ancient African tribal value called "ubuntu" as the philosophic basis for their cultural strategy of unification. Sandra Chait has pointed out…

  15. Tiit Land: Anname panuse Alzheimeri tõve võimalikuks raviks / Kristel Toom

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    Toom, Kristel

    2008-01-01

    Tallinna Ülikooli Matemaatika ja Loodusteaduste Instituudis töötab uurimisrühm, kelle huvi on seotud organismis toimuva raua ainevahetuse ning selle häirete tagajärjel ilmnevate haiguslike protsessidega, mille hulka kuulub ka Alzheimeri tõbi. Teadusprojekte juhivad Tiit Land ja Sandra Zetterström Fernaeus

  16. The Puerto Ricans: Their History, Culture, and Society.

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    Lopez, Adalberto, Ed.

    Articles in this book cover Puerto Rican history from the Spanish colonization to the present day experience of Puerto Ricans in the United States. Political, social, economic, cultural, and historical issues are addresed by the following authors: Edna Acosta-Belen, Frank Bonilla, Juan Manuel Carrion, Diana Christopulos, Sandra Messinger Cypess,…

  17. 76 FR 70711 - Senior Executive Service; Performance Review Board

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    2011-11-15

    ... L BEKKEDAHL, LARRY N BELL, MELODY C BIENIAWSKI, ANDREW J BIERBOWER, WILLIAM J BISHOP, CLARENCE T... BROWN, FRED L BROWN, STEPHANIE H BRUCE, SANDRA D BRYAN, PAUL F BRYAN, WILLIAM N BURROWS, CHARLES W BUTTRESS, LARRY D BUZZARD, CHRISTINE M CADIEUX, GENA E CALBOS, PHILIP T CALLAHAN, SAMUEL N CAMPAGNONE, MARI...

  18. the effect of cooking time on the vitamin c, dietary fiber and mineral

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    Administrator

    (Sandra, 1995). Several methods of processing the vegetables are being use without considering the effect on the vitamin C, dietary fiber and minerals components. This study is designed to determine the effect of cooking time on the Vitamin C, dietary fiber. & mineral constituents of T. occidentalis (FP), V. amygdalina (BL),.

  19. 75 FR 76466 - Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Reissuance

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    2010-12-08

    ... Hollins Ferry Road, Halethorpe, MD 21227. 020253NF Concord October 22, 2010. International Transport, Inc... Logistics, Inc. October 30, 2010. dba LTH Express, 837 East Sandhill Avenue Carson, CA 90746. 021890F Empire Global October 31, 2010. Logistics, LLC, 160- 51 Rockaway Blvd., Suite 206, Jamaica, NY 11434. Sandra L...

  20. Informe científico de investigador: Fuselli, Sandra Rosa (2015)

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    Fuselli, Sandra Rosa

    2015-01-01

    El Grupo Microbiología Aplicada (GIMA), perteneciente al Centro de Investigación en Abejas Sociales (CIAS) de la FCEyN-UNMdP, bajo la dirección de Dra. SR Fuselli, desarrolla dos líneas de investigación: Sanidad apícola: Productos naturales bioactivos, y Calidad y trazabilidad de productos agroalimentarios. En este contexto, se están llevando a cabo estudios sobre la actividad antimicrobiana y antipatogénica de PRODUCTOS NATURALES, concr...

  1. The Average Expectable Environment Is Not Good Enough: A Response to Scarr.

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    Baumrind, Diana

    1993-01-01

    Takes the position, contrary to that of Sandra Scarr, that the details of socialization patterns are crucial to an understanding of normal and deviant development. Research is cited to support the argument that better than adequate parenting optimizes the development of both normal and vulnerable children and that parents' belief in their own…

  2. Diversity in the Workplace.

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    1996

    This document contains three papers presented at a symposium on diversity in the workplace moderated by Sandra Johnson at the 1996 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD). "Diversity and Development: An Assessment of Equal Opportunities and the Role of HRD in the Police Service" (Rashmi Biswas, Penny Dick) examines…

  3. Homme kell 13 avatakse Y-galerii hoovis linnafestivali "Eclectica" raames...

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    2004-01-01

    Performance'ikunsti ja kunstipärase rokkmuusika ühisfestival "In/Out". Esinevad Tartu Popi & Roki Instituut, Maris Palgi, Eva Orav, Kaie Luik, Maia Möller, Trikotaaž, Enn Tegova, Ruumi Trummid, Fashist Lendas Üle ja Avangard (Sandra Jõgeva & Margus Tamm). Festival päädib Erkki Hüva LP "Varjust rambini" esitlusega

  4. 78 FR 14808 - Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests Granted for the Fourth Quarter of Calendar Year 2012

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    2013-03-07

    ..., 2012, awarded a new contract to Hayes and Associates. On June 20, 2012, HUD began a forensic audit and... accordance with the Single Audit Act and OMB Circular A-133. Granted By: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant..., a contract to perform the Omaha Housing Authority (OHA) audit was awarded to the Reznick Group...

  5. Children as Consumers: Advertising and Marketing

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    Calvert, Sandra L.

    2008-01-01

    Marketing and advertising support the U.S. economy by promoting the sale of goods and services to consumers, both adults and children. Sandra Calvert addresses product marketing to children and shows that although marketers have targeted children for decades, two recent trends have increased their interest in child consumers. First, both the…

  6. Diversity in the Workplace [in HRD].

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    1995

    These four papers are from a symposium that was facilitated by Laura Bierema at the 1995 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development (HRD). "The Status of Valuing and Managing Diversity in Fortune 500 Manufacturing and Fortune 500 Service Organizations: Perceptions of Top Human Resource Professionals" (Sandra J. Johnson) reports a…

  7. Walking the Lines of Indian Leadership: Using Goals and Visions for Balance.

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    Evans, Lara

    1995-01-01

    Sandra Begay-Campbell, newly elected Chair of the Board of Directors for the American Indian Science and Engineering Society discusses difficulties she has faced, including almost failing college, struggling to find her place in a male-dominated field, and dealing with leadership issues as an American Indian woman. Begay-Campbell stresses the…

  8. Viin! / Karen Jagodin

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    Jagodin, Karen, 1982-

    2006-01-01

    Näitused austria kaasaegsest arhitektuurist Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseumis kuni 21. V: "Viin: linnaehitus ja uusim arhitektuur" suures saalis (kuraator Leopold Dungl), kaasneb kataloog; "Elamuehitus Viinis: arhitektuur igaühele" galeriil (näituse idee: Wolfgang Förster, Dietmar Steiner, Alexandra Viehhauser, kuraator A. Viehhauser, kujundus - Span-Arhitektid: Matias del Campo, Sandra Manninger, Sebastian Michalski)

  9. Heidegger and the source of meaning | Knowles | South African ...

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    Sandra Lee Bartky criticises the account of meaning contained in Heidegger's ontology in Being and Time. In her view, Heidegger must choose between the claim that meaning is received and the claim that it is created, but is unable to do so. This paper argues that Bartky's criticism is misconceived, by showing that ...

  10. Human Factors and Safety Considerations of Night Vision Systems Flight Using Thermal Imaging Systems

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    1990-04-01

    Duke) Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6200 26 Director of Professional Services U.S. Air Force School AFMSC/GSP of Aerospace Medicina Brooks Air Force Base...Force Base, CA 93523-5000 Commander Ms. Sandra G. Hart Code 3431 Ames Research Center Naval Weapons Center MS 229-S China Lake, CA 93555 Moffett Field, CA

  11. Influence of vermicompost humic acid on chlorophyll content and ...

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    Influence of vermicompost humic acid on chlorophyll content and acclimatization in banana clone, Enano Guantanamero. Marcia Beatriz Moya Fernández, Esteban Sánchez Chávez, Daniel Cabezas Montero, Andrés Calderín García, Dany Marrero López, Eduardo F. Héctor Ardisana, Sandra Pérez Álvarez ...

  12. 78 FR 56912 - Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests Granted for the Second Quarter of Calendar Year 2013

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    2013-09-16

    ... fraud and misuse of city funds, which resulted in a forensic audit investigation, the audited financial...) fiscal year end (FYE), in accordance with the Single Audit Act and OMB Circular A-133. Granted By: Sandra... Waived: The VHA requested a waiver of the audit due date as a result of the State of California...

  13. Schools as Sanctuaries

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    Stanwood, H. Mark; Doolittle, Gini

    2004-01-01

    The concept of sanctuary developed by psychiatrist Sandra Bloom is applied to building safe school cultures. In April 1999, when a group of superintendents in southern New Jersey first assembled to discuss the ramifications of Columbine, the authors had no vision of safe schools, little understanding of the complexities of change, and certainly no…

  14. Counterinsurgency in the Philippines. Problems and Prospects

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    1989-10-01

    funds and the farmer-producers in the rural areas are practically begging for start-up funds with which to finance a backyard poultry farm, a cottage...257-70. Burton, Sandra. "Aquino’s Philippines: The Center Holds." Foreign Affairs 65:3 (America and the World 1986): 524-37. Butcher , Scott. U.S

  15. Saving Mango Street

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    Van Winkle, Katie

    2012-01-01

    The author first learned about cultural diversity and racial justice in Mr. Sanderson's middle school English class. They read a book called "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros and learned about a different culture, but also about a community with striking similarities to their own. The main character in the novel, Esperanza,…

  16. Computer program for modelling the history of the in-service bending of fast power reactor fuel assemblies

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    Dienstbier, J.

    1979-04-01

    The studies into stresses and deformations in the core are mainly focused on the fuel rod and the fuel assembly can. In high neutron doses austenitic steel swells and this is associated with a considerable increase in the volume of material. The SANDRA computer program is used for solving the problems of can deformations and stress during long-term reactor operation. The block for the mechanical interaction of cans is the key part of the program. The program input data include temperature distribution, fast neutron flux distribution and coolant overpressure inside the cans. Reactor operation is modelled using operating modes A, B, C which may arbitrarily be combined. Mode A computes bending deformations and the deformations of the can cross-section due to temperature dilatation in the change in temperature fields in the reactor; mode B computes deformations due to swelling and creep in long-term operation; mode C computes thermal deformations in reactor shut-down. A flowsheet is shown of program SANDRA as are examples of computed deformations. (M.S.)

  17. NG Kunstikonteiner alustab kirjandusega

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    2008-01-01

    Kunstnik Sandra Jõgeva korraldab Tallinnas kultuuritehases Polymer alternatiivgaleriis Non Grata Kunstikonteiner kirjanduslike kohtumiste seeria "Üks hullem kui teine". Kirjandusüritused ei ole mõeldud ainult oma ala insider'itele. 17. juulil esinevad Armin Kõomägi teemal "Kirjandus ja äri", Andrus Elbing "Vangla sinus eneses" jt. Vt. ka Looming, 2008, nr. 8, lk. 1271

  18. Mineralogical and chemical characteristics of newer dolerite dyke ...

    Indian Academy of Sciences (India)

    Dunn and Dey 1942; Saha 1948, 1952; Saha et al. 1972, 1973). ... nuclei of the Indian landmass (Basu et al. 1981;. Goswami ... Geochemistry. In order to get an idea about petrogenetic process ...... Greenough John D, Fryer Brian J and Robinson Paul T ... 643–660. Mc Mullin David W A, Barr Sandra M and Raeside Robert.

  19. Putting the "Her" in Science Hero

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    Wentworth, Sandra

    2014-01-01

    In this article, Sandra Wentworth invites science teachers to ask a group of students to write the names of three famous scientists on a piece of paper within one minute. Chances are that most students will mention Einstein and be unable to name another scientist, specifically a woman, except for an occasional Marie Curie response. This article…

  20. Introducing Bruner: A Guide for Practitioners and Students in Early Years Education

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    Smidt, Sandra

    2011-01-01

    Sandra Smidt takes the reader on a journey through the key concepts of Jerome Bruner, a significant figure in the field of early education whose work has spanned almost a century. His wide-ranging and innovative principles of early learning and teaching are unpicked here using everyday language and the links between his ideas and those of other…

  1. Science.gov (United States)

    2005-09-01

    Screen break: nursing students Jackie Walsh, Laura Robinson and Liz Midgley join 'matron' Sandra McQuat, a ward manager at Beatson Oncology Centre, the Western Infirmary, Glasgow, as they try out nurse training 1950s style for a new BBC series to be televised this autumn. The series, Thoroughly Modern Matron, was filmed at Belvoir Park Hospital, Belfast.

  2. Loitsumees ja salapärane autojuht / Mare Müürsepp

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    Müürsepp, Mare, 1958-

    2014-01-01

    Artikkel on kirjutatud Sandra Rannastiku magistritöö põhjal (Tallinna Ülikool, kasvatusteaduste instituut, algõpetuse osakond, 2014). Magistritöö põhineb uuringul, mille jaoks valiti välja kümme raamatut, et uurida milliseid ootusi üks või teine raamat lastes tekitab ja viidi läbi 72 neljanda klassi õpilase hulgas

  3. author's correction 1..1

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    J. Genet. 89, e25Ye29 (http://www.ias.ac.in/jgenet/OnlineResources/90/e25.pdf). In table 1, for locus Aaz1, the core motif should be (ACAT)8 ATAAA(TG)6 and not (ACAT)8. Genetic polymorphism of serotonin transporter 5-HTTLPR: involvement in smoking behaviour. Maria Angelica Ehara Watanabe, Sandra Odebrechet ...

  4. Welcome to the Fun House: When Is a Children's Room Not a Children's Room? When It's The Trove

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    Kenney, Brian

    2006-01-01

    In this article, the author talks about The Trove, a children's space--library doesn't quite cut it--located in the White Plains Public Library, New York. Sandra Miranda, the library's director, came up with the idea for The Trove, although it took the work of many--from her staff to the architects to theatrical designers and fabrications--to…

  5. Leaving Mango Street: Speech, Action and the Construction of Narrative in Britton's Spectator Stance

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    Crawford-Garrett, Katherine

    2009-01-01

    This paper attempts to unite "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros with the participant and spectator theories of James Britton and D. W. Harding in the hopes that such a union will provide new insights into each. In particular, this article explores how the speech acts of Esperanza, the novel's protagonist, are indicative of a shifting…

  6. The Use of Nontreated Mosquito‑Net Mesh Cloth for a Tension Free ...

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    Wideochir Inne Tech Malo. Inwazyjne 2013;8:36‑42. 15. Taylor EW, Duffy K, Lee K, Hill R, Noone A, Macintyre I, et al. Surgical site infection after groin hernia repair. Br J Surg. 2004;91:105‑11. 16. Tongaonkar RR, Sandra DL, Kingsnorth AN. Ten year personal experience of using Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) mesh for.

  7. Zolotopia: A New Classic for Design

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    Payne, Janet

    2007-01-01

    While working on a graphic design job at FAO Schwartz, entrepreneurs Sandra Higashi and Byron Glaser recognized a need for something new in toys. The result was the birth of Zolo, an innovative, interactive toy, designed and produced by Higashi and Glaser and distributed by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. The initial idea for Zolo…

  8. Tallinna XIII graafikatriennaali grand prix' pälvis leedu graafik Egle Kuckaite

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    2004-01-01

    Kolm võrdset preemiat: Sang-gon Chung Lõuna-Koreast, Krishs Salmanis Lätist ja Joanne Soroka Shotimaalt. Diplomid: Anonymous Boh ja Eve Kiiler Eestist, Pete Nevin Inglismaalt, Hanna Oinonen Soomest ja venetsueela-soome kunstnik Sandra Vina de Karila. Tallinna linna preemia: John Smith (Marko Mäetamm & Kaido Ole) Eestist. Eesti Kunstimuuseumi preemia: Markus Lampinen Soomest. Eesti Panga preemia: Leonards Laganovskis Lätist

  9. Feminist Groupwork Feminist Groupwork Groupwork Butler S Wintram Sage SAGE £10.95 , 0-8039-8210-0 [Formula: see text].

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    1991-11-27

    Feminist Groupworkis a very thought-provoking book, although the thoughts and speculations stimulated aren't necessarily those intended. I wish that Sandra Butler and Claire Wintram had sorted out their research results with their tabula rasa in tact. When describing the effects on the female psyche of oppression, imbalance of power and exploitation, they accept continually that these stresses are confined to females.

  10. The Quest for Diversity in Library Staffing: From Awareness to Action

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    Jennifer Vinopal

    2016-01-01

    Full Text Available The work of diversity in libraries begins at the crossroad where superiority, inaction, and denial become intolerable. – Sandra Ríos Balderrama, “This Trend Called Diversity” In Brief: Despite our ongoing quest for diversity and a growing number of initiatives to increase it, the demographics of the professional librarian population haven’t changed in any significant way. […

  11. Janez Jansha. Euroopa oivik tõrjub solgiämbreid / Sandra Maasalu

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    Maasalu, Sandra

    2008-01-01

    2004. a. paremtsentristliku Demokraatliku Partei juhina valimistel võitnud Janez Jansha on populaarsust kaotamas ning peatsed valimised ei tõota ennustuste põhjal erilist edu. Dissidendist kõvakäemeheks. Korruptsioonisüüdistused seoses Soome relvafirma tehinguga

  12. Vikergallup : eesti kirjandus 2010 / Peeter Helme, Sandra Jõgeva, Mihkel Kaevats ... [jt.

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    2011-01-01

    24 arvustaja vastus küsimusele, milline oli 2010. aasta parim uudisteos ja debüüt. Parima uudisteosena nimetati enim Kalju Kruusa luulekogu "Tühhja", Ene Mihkelsoni luulekogu "Torn" ning Lauri Sommeri proosaraamatut "Kolm yksiklast". Parimaks debüüdiks peeti Siim Nurkliku näidendit "Kas ma olen nüüd elus".

  13. Sõrve 2008 / Nicholas Wurm, Steven Buchert, Mai Buchert, Sandra Buchert...[jt.

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    2008-01-01

    lapsed ja lapsevanemad Austraaliast meenutavad oma viibimist Sõrve lastelaagris: This is a story of a family from Sõrve; Nicholas Wurm - Age 9 (Adelaide); Alan and Debbie Mikkor (Melbourne); Jesse Mikkor's point of view: Age 8; Lauren Mikkor's point of view: Age 13

  14. Haiglavoodisse sattunud patsiendid küsivad internetti / Nils Niitra, Sandra Maasalu

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    Niitra, Nils, 1975-

    2006-01-01

    Vt. ka Tartu Postimees 16. juuni, lk. 1 ; Postimees : na russkom jazõke 19. juuni, lk. 9. Pärnu haiglas saavad kõik patsiendid, kel tervis lubab, palatis sülearvutiga traadita internetti kasutada. Tartu ja Tallinna haiglates levib WiFi esialgu tagasihoidlikumalt - kui üldse, siis ainult osas ruumidest

  15. Kunst aitab klisheesid lõhkuda : prostitutsioon / Reet Varblane

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    Varblane, Reet, 1952-

    2007-01-01

    Prostitutsiooniteemast kunstis, praeguste prostitutsiooni käsitlevate näituste ("Sex Work. Kunst. Mythos. Realität" Berliinis, Ann-Sofi Sideni projekt "Warte mal! Prostitutsion after the Velvet Revolution" jt.) rollist. Pikemalt näitusest "Kehaturg / Sex market" Tallinna Kunstihoones. Anu Juuraku, Foxy Haze'i, Teemu Mäki, Tatjana Antoshina, Kari Bie Erenurme, Sandra Jõgeva, Shula Kesheti, Deimantas Narkeviciuse ja Pal Hollenderi töödest

  16. Kuidas edasi, "Berlinale"? / Endel Link

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    Link, Endel

    2006-01-01

    56. Berliini filmifestivali auhinnasaajatest- Kuldkaru saaja bosnialanna Jasmila Zhbavic filmi "Grbavica" eest, režii Hõbekaru saajad britid Michael Winterbottom ja Mat Whitecross filmi eest "Teekond Guatanamosse" ("The Road to Guantanamo"), parima filmi Hõbekaru ja debüüdiauhinna saanud taanlanna Pernille Fischer Christensen filmi "Seep" eest ja iraanlane Jafar Panahi filmi "Suluseis" eest. Parimad näitlejad olid Sandra Hüller ja Moritz Bleibtreu

  17. Berlinale : snõ o Sarajeve

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    2006-01-01

    56. Berliini filmifestivali auhinnasaajatest- Kuldkaru saaja bosnialanna Jasmila Zhbavic filmi "Grbavica" eest, režii Hõbekaru saajad britid Michael Winterbottom ja Mat Whitecross filmi eest "Teekond Guatanamosse" ("The Road to Guantanamo"), parima filmi Hõbekaru ja debüüdiauhinna saanud taanlanna Pernille Fischer Christensen filmi "Seep" eest ja iraanlane Jafar Panahi filmi "Suluseis" eest. Parimad näitlejad olid Sandra Hüller ja Moritz Bleibtreu.

  18. Cybertherapy 2005: A Decade of VR

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    2005-07-01

    Theo & Seth: 1. Precalculus Test quences orally, to order numbers, to decom- (by Neva Milicic and Sandra Schmidt) that pose numbers through audio... Precalculus Test 81 7911 80 6975 -109 1 109 70 •100 91 e60 55 582:t5 30 •46 4 37 20 28 - 10 L _ _19- 10 3 7 - O Pre Test casos 0 Post Test Figure 6-7

  19. Say No to Excess Salt (A Cup of Health with CDC)

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    2016-01-14

    Hypertension is a leading cause of heart disease and stroke and occurs in nearly one in three U.S. adults. Reducing salt intake can lower blood pressure, helping to prevent and treat hypertension. In this podcast, Dr. Sandra Jackson discusses the importance of consuming a diet low in sodium.  Created: 1/14/2016 by MMWR.   Date Released: 1/14/2016.

  20. Сандра Баллок поблагодарила Алара Кивило / Тийт Туумалу

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    Туумалу, Тийт, 1971-

    2010-01-01

    Näitleja Sandra Bullock tänas oma Filminäitlejate Gildi Auhindade (American Screen Actors Guild Awards) tseremoonia tänukõnes ka operaator Alar Kivilod. Artiklis Kanadas sündinud ja Los Angeleses töötavast eesti päritolu filmioperaatorist ning lähemalt tema ühest südamelähedasemast tööst, filmist "Taking Chance" (USA 2009)

  1. Kuldkaru sai Bosnia naisrežissöör / Grete Nootre

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    Nootre, Grete

    2006-01-01

    56. Berliini filmifestivali auhinnasaajatest- Kuldkaru saaja bosnialanna Jasmila Zhbavic filmi "Grbavica" eest, režii Hõbekaru saajad britid Michael Winterbottom ja Mat Whitecross filmi eest "Teekond Guatanamosse" ("The Road to Guantanamo"), parima filmi Hõbekaru ja debüüdiauhinna saanud taanlanna Pernille Fischer Christensen filmi "Seep" eest ja iraanlane Jafar Panahi filmi "Suluseis" eest. Parimad näitlejad olid Sandra Hüller ja Moritz Bleibtreu. Lisatud nimekiri "Võitjad"

  2. Surm kevadises Tallinnas ehk Kunstnike valuline reaktsioon meie ajale / Reet Varblane

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    Varblane, Reet, 1952-

    2006-01-01

    Mark Soosaare näitus "Aeg" Tallinna Kunstihoone galeriis kuni 23. IV, Jaan Paavle maalinäitus "1 minut" 3.-15. IV Draakoni galeriis, Sandra Jõgeva ja Kristin Kalamehe "Leave like a Lady" Draakoni galerii keldrisaalis 4.-15. IV, Marianne Männi näitus "Paradiis" Hobusepea galeriis 5.-17. IV. Maailma positiivsemale poolusele osutab 20. IV Tallinna Linnagaleriis avatud Mari ja Kaarel Kurismaa ruumiinstallatsioon "Teine süütus"

  3. The Role of IDO in Muc1 Targeted Immunotherapy

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    2013-01-01

    Besmer*, Teresa L. Tinder , Lopamudra Das Roy, Joseph Lustgarten, Sandra J. Gendler, Pinku Mukherjee Intratumoral Delivery of CpG-Conjugated Anti...3073-87. Epub 2012 Jan 11. PMID: 22238308 3. Mahnaz Sahraei , Lopamudra Das Roy , Jennifer Curry , Teresa Tinder , Sritama Nath , Dahlia M...10.1038/onc.2011.651 4. Dahlia M. Besmer , Dr. Jennifer M. Curry , Dr. Lopamudra D. Roy , Ms. Teresa L. Tinder , Ms. Mahnaz M. Sahraei , Dr

  4. Pathophysiology, risk factors, and screening methods for prediabetes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

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    Gourgari, Evgenia; Spanakis,Elias; Dobs,Adrian

    2016-01-01

    Evgenia Gourgari,1 Elias Spanakis,2 Adrian Sandra Dobs3 1Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, 2Division of Endocrinology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 3Department of Endocrinology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Abstract: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a syndrome associated with insulin resistance (IR), obesity, infertility, and increased cardiometabolic risk. This is a des...

  5. Eripalgeline universum Polymeri kultuuritehases / Marian Kivila

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    Kivila, Marian

    2008-01-01

    23. V toimunud rahvusvahelise tegevuskunstifestivali "Diverse Universe IV" performance''i-programmist Non Grata Kunstikonteineris Kultuuritehases Polymer. Sandra Jõgeva ja rühmituse Cnopt, rühmituse Non Grata, korealase Kim Baek-Ki ning sakslaste Micha Stegeri ja Andreas Stadleri, poolakate Marta Zioleki ja Agata Siniarska, ameeriklase Travis McCoy Fulleri, Russ Butleri (Bermuda), rühmituse HorseCow (Sacramento) performance'itest. Lühidalt Non Grata videonäitusest

  6. Uus kaasaegse kunsti näitusepaik Riias / Inga Lace ; interv. Sandra Jõgeva

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    Lace, Inga

    2008-01-01

    Riia Kunstiruumi (Riga Art Space) turundusjuht Inga Lace Raekoja platsi all asuvast uuest näitusepaigast, selle tööpõhimõtetest ning eesti kunstnike - Jaan Tooniku ja Andrus Joonase näitus suures saalis, Kaido Ole ja Tõnis Saadoja näitus väikses saalis- vastuvõtust Lätis. Septembris avatakse Johannes Saare kureeritud rahvusvaheline projekt "Halb nali"

  7. Andrographolide potentiates the antitumor effect of topotecan in acute myeloid leukemia cells through an intrinsic apoptotic pathway

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    Hodroj,Mohammad Hassan; Jardaly,Achraf; abi Raad,Sarah; Zouein,Annalise; Rizk,Sandra

    2018-01-01

    Mohammad Hassan Hodroj, Achraf Jardaly, Sarah Abi Raad, Annalise Zouein, Sandra Rizk Department of Natural Sciences, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon Background: Topotecan (TP) is an anticancer drug acting as topoisomerase I inhibitor that is used in the treatment of many types of cancers including leukemia, but it has significant side effects. Andrographolide, a compound extracted from Andrographis paniculata, was recently proven to inhibit the growth of cancer cells and can ind...

  8. Microbial ecology at the International Space Station: the use of rapid and easy molecular methods for the quantitative detection of bacteria

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    van Tongeren, Sandra P.

    2011-01-01

    Bij lange, bemande ruimtemissies, bijvoorbeeld naar Mars, kan gevaar schuilen in de kleinste hoekjes. Dat blijkt uit het promotieonderzoek van Sandra van Tongeren. Zij stelt onder meer vast dat al bij kortdurende ruimtemissies opmerkelijke veranderingen optreden in de hoeveelheden en soorten micro-organismen in en op het lichaam van de ruimtevaarder. Van Tongeren analyseerde monsters die werden genomen tijdens korte ruimtemissies naar de Russische Zvezda-module van het ISS, van 2004 tot 2007....

  9. La pelle del selfie

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    Theresa Senft

    2015-12-01

    Full Text Available This is an essay about power and faces. Specifically, it about the faces that manifest in the global self-imaging practice referred to as “selfie culture.” More specifically still, it is about circulation of selfies featuring the face of Sandra Bland, an African American activist with the group Black Lives Matter, who police claim hung herself in a cell after being imprisoned after a routine traffic stop.

  10. Gateway. Volume 13

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    2003-01-01

    Unclassified 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR(S) Hart, Sandra G ; Drury , Colin G ; Hancock, Peter A ; Szalma, James...interventions, thereby improving threat inspection and, ultimately, homeland security. n For more information please contact: Colin G. Drury , Ph.D. University...at Buffalo, SUNY Department of Industrial Engineering 342 Bell Hell Hall Buffalo, NY 14260 A Unified Model of Security Inspection Colin G. Drury

  11. Celiac Family Health Education Video Series

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    Full Text Available ... condition. We are grateful to have been ranked #1 on U.S. News & World Report's list of the best children's hospitals in the nation for the fourth ... families who inspire us to do our very best for them. Thanks to you, Boston Children's is a place where we can write the greatest children's stories ever told. Sandra L. Fenwick, ... Boston Children's Hospital #1 Ranked Children's Hospital by U. S. News & World Report ...

  12. Poor physical function in elderly women in low-level aged care is related to muscle strength rather than to measures of sarcopenia

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    Walker, Karen; Woods,; Iuliano-Burns,Sandra; King,Susannah; Strauss,Boyd

    2011-01-01

    Julie L Woods1, Sandra Iuliano-Burns2, Susannah J King1, Boyd J Strauss1, Karen Z Walker11Nutrition and Dietetics Department, Monash University, Victoria, Australia; 2Endocrine Centre of Excellence, Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, West Heidelberg, AustraliaPurpose: To determine the prevalence of sarcopenia and investigate relationships among body composition, muscle strength, and physical function in elderly women in low-level aged care.Subjects and methods: Si...

  13. Effect of Multiple Simultaneous Vaccines on Polio Seroresponse and Associated Health Outcomes

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    2015-01-01

    Broderick M. Steven Oberste Deborah Moore Sandra Romero-Steiner Christian J. Hansen Dennis J. Faix Report No. 13-53 The views expressed in...michael.broderick@med.navy.mil (M.P. Broderick ). 1 Current address: Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, CDC, tlanta, GA 30333, USA. ttp...titers examined were those of polio, not of other vaccines givenM.P. Broderick et al. / V utcomes were associated with receipt of the same vaccinations

  14. Intelligence Operations In Small Wars: A Comparison Of The Malayan Emergency And Vietnam War

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    2013-04-01

    Effect, 18. 41 Spencer C. Tucker, David Coffey, Nguyen Cong Luan, Nike Nichols, and Sandra Wittman, eds, Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War Volume One: A...War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America’s Last Years in Vietnam, (Orlando, FL :Harcourt, Inc ., 1999), 72-73. 91 Sorley, A Better...Victories and Final Tragedy of America’s Last Years in Vietnam. Orlando, FL: Harcourt, Inc ., 1999. Stubbs, Richard. Hearts and Minds in

  15. Swarming Mechanisms in the Yellow Fever Mosquito: Aggregation Pheromones are Involved in the Mating Behavior of Aedes aegypti

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    2014-12-01

    behavior of Aedes aegypti Emadeldin Y. Fawaz1, Sandra A. Allan2, Ulrich R. Bernier2, Peter J. Obenauer3, and Joseph W. Diclaro II1 1Vector Biology... Aedes aegypti swarming behavior and identified associated chemical cues. Novel evidence is provided that Ae. aegypti females aggregate by means of...the isolated aggregation pheromones in controlling Ae. aegypti. Journal of Vector Ecology 39 (2): 347-354. 2014. Keyword Index: Aedes aegypti, swarm

  16. Lipid-lowering therapy: who can benefit?

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    Lewis, Sandra J

    2011-01-01

    Sandra J LewisNorthwest Cardiovascular Institute, Portland, OR, USAAbstract: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the US. Despite the decline in CVD-associated mortality rates in recent years, coronary heart disease (CHD) still causes one in every six deaths in this country. Because most CHD risk factors are modifiable (eg, smoking, hypertension, obesity, onset of type 2 diabetes, and dyslipidemia), cardiovascular risk can be reduced by timely and appropriate interven...

  17. Maailm Berlinale filmipeeglis. Kus oleme meie? / Annika Koppel

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    Koppel, Annika

    2006-01-01

    56. Berliini filmifestivali auhinnasaajatest- Kuldkaru saaja bosnialanna Jasmila Zhbavic filmi "Grbavica" eest, režii Hõbekaru saajad britid Michael Winterbottom ja Mat Whitecross filmi eest "Teekond Guatanamosse" ("The Road to Guantanamo"), parima filmi Hõbekaru ja debüüdiauhinna saanud taanlanna Pernille Fischer Christensen filmi "Seep" eest ja iraanlane Jafar Panahi filmi "Suluseis" eest. Parimad näitlejad olid Sandra Hüller ja Moritz Bleibtreu. Eestlased filmiturul. Lisatud nimekiri "56. Berliini rahvusvahelise filmifestivali auhinnad"

  18. Ljubav koja prihvaća i paradoksi (političke) umjetnosti u Sjevernoj Irskoj: Sandra Johnston = Accepting Love and the Paradoxes of (Political) Art in Northern Ireland: Sandra Johnston

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    Lerm-Hayes, C.M.

    2017-01-01

    City branding of contested cities with violent histories has taken hold of hearts, but what kind of love is conducive to establishing and furthering democratic communities - and how can artists approach this subject matter in a credible way? In Belfast, Northern Ireland, o cials decided to demolish

  19. Relationships Between the Bulk-Skin Sea Surface Temperature Difference, Wind, and Net Air-Sea Heat Flux

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    Emery, William J.; Castro, Sandra L.; Lindstrom, Eric (Technical Monitor)

    2002-01-01

    The primary purpose of this project was to evaluate and improve models for the bulk-skin temperature difference to the point where they could accurately and reliably apply under a wide variety of environmental conditions. To accomplish this goal, work was conducted in three primary areas. These included production of an archive of available data sets containing measurements of the skin and bulk temperatures and associated environmental conditions, evaluation of existing skin layer models using the compiled data archive, and additional theoretical work on the development of an improved model using the data collected under diverse environmental conditions. In this work we set the basis for a new physical model of renewal type, and propose a parameterization for the temperature difference across the cool skin of the ocean in which the effects of thermal buoyancy, wind stress, and microscale breaking are all integrated by means of the appropriate renewal time scales. Ideally, we seek to obtain a model that will accurately apply under a wide variety of environmental conditions. A summary of the work in each of these areas is included in this report. A large amount of work was accomplished under the support of this grant. The grant supported the graduate studies of Sandra Castro and the preparation of her thesis which will be completed later this year. This work led to poster presentations at the 1999 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting and 2000 IGARSS meeting. Additional work will be presented in a talk at this year's American Meteorological Society Air-Sea Interaction Meeting this May. The grant also supported Sandra Castro during a two week experiment aboard the R/P Flip (led by Dr. Andrew Jessup of the Applied Physics Laboratory) to help obtain additional shared data sets and to provide Sandra with a fundamental understanding of the physical processes needed in the models. In a related area, the funding also partially supported Dr. William Emery and Daniel

  20. Partnering with diabetes educators to improve patient outcomes

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    Burke SD; Sherr D; Lipman RD

    2014-01-01

    Sandra D Burke,1,2 Dawn Sherr,3 Ruth D Lipman3 1American Association of Diabetes Educators, Chicago, IL, USA; 2University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing, Urbana, IL, USA; 3Science and Practice, American Association of Diabetes Educators, Chicago, IL, USA Abstract: Diabetes is a chronic, progressive disease that affects millions worldwide. The paradigm of diabetes management has shifted to focus on empowering the person with diabetes to manage the disease successfully and to improv...

  1. Creativity in Transitions

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    Molly Bathje MS, OTR/L

    2014-01-01

    Full Text Available Professor Sandra Edwards, MA, OTR/L, FOATA, and professor emerita at Western Michigan University (WMU, provided the cover art for the winter 2014 issue of The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy. The oil painting, “Silent Witness, Cross Creek” was created over a period of two years. Professor Edwards has participated in many creative and artistic activities throughout her life, which have shaped her practice as an occupational therapist and her experience in life.

  2. Arsenic in your food: potential health hazards from arsenic found in rice

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    Carbonell-Barrachina, Ángel; Munera-Picazo,Sandra; Cano-Lamadrid,Marina; Burló,Francisco; Castaño-Iglesias,María Concepción

    2015-01-01

    Sandra Munera-Picazo,1 Marina Cano-Lamadrid,1 María Concepción Castaño-Iglesias,2 Francisco Burló,1 Ángel A Carbonell-Barrachina11Food Quality and Safety Group, Department of Agro-Food Technology, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Orihuela, 2Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, SpainAbstract: Rice is a staple food for over half of the world population, but there is some concern ab...

  3. Interviewing Francis Bacon

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    Kisters, Sandra

    2012-01-01

    British painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992) was known for the eloquence with which he talked about his art. He was easy to talk to, and was interviewed countless times by numerous critics. However, when studying Bacon's paintings one soon comes across the published interviews with art critic and curator David Sylvester (1924-2001), who interviewed him as many as 18 times between 1962 and 1986. Art historian Sandra Kisters argues that Sylvester's interviews with Bacon are carefully constructed a...

  4. Assessing the carcinogenic potential of low-dose exposures to chemical mixtures in the environment: the challenge ahead

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    Goodson, William H.; Lowe, Leroy; Carpenter, David O.; Gilbertson, Michael; Manaf Ali, Abdul; Lopez de Cerain Salsamendi, Adela; Lasfar, Ahmed; Carnero, Amancio; Azqueta, Amaya; Amedei, Amedeo; Charles, Amelia K.; Collins, Andrew R.; Ward, Andrew; Salzberg, Anna C.; Colacci, Anna Maria

    2015-01-01

    John Pierce Wise Sr. and Sandra S.Wise were supported by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (ES016893 to J.P.W.) and the Maine Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health; Jonathan Whitfield acknowledges support from the FERO Foundation in Barcelona, Spain; Joseph Christopher is funded by Cancer Research UK and the International Journal of Experimental Pathology; Julia Kravchenko is supported by a philanthropic donation by Fred and Alice Stanback; Jun Sun is supported by a...

  5. Development, characterization, and skin delivery studies of related ultradeformable vesicles: transfersomes, ethosomes, and transethosomes

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    Ascenso, Andreia; Raposo, Sara; Batista, Cátia; Cardoso, Pedro; Mendes, Tiago; Praça, Fabíola Garcia; Bentley, Maria Vitória Lopes Badra; Simões, Sandra

    2015-01-01

    Andreia Ascenso,1 Sara Raposo,1 Cátia Batista,2 Pedro Cardoso,2 Tiago Mendes,2 Fabíola Garcia Praça,3 Maria Vitória Lopes Badra Bentley,3 Sandra Simões1 1Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa), 2Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal; 3Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Monte ...

  6. Eesti-Leedu sõpruskohtumised / Maarin Ektermann

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    Ektermann, Maarin

    2007-01-01

    Noorte maalikunstnike ühisnäitused "Shoot or Shout - No Escape" Vilniuse Art's Printing House'is 19. X-3. XI 2006 (lisaks kodus maalitud töödele maalisid Aivar Reisner, Sirli Hein ja Rait Rosin remake'e leedu kunstnike töödest) ja "Fresh Paint" Vaal-galeriis 29. III-17. IV. Paaride Triinu Lill ja Agne Jonkute, Sirli Hein ja Sandra Lukoshevichiute, Agne Kulbyte ja Merike Estna ning Rait Rosina, Konstantinas Gaitanzhi ja Elis Saarevälja töödest

  7. Políticas e poéticas feministas : imagens em movimento sob a ótica de mulheres latino-americanas

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    Maria Célia Orlato Selem

    2013-01-01

    Resumo: A presente pesquisa busca identificar poéticas feministas no cinema de mulheres latino-americanas neste século XXI. Nesse intuito, foram selecionados os seguintes filmes: La teta asustada, de Claudia Llosa (Peru - 2009); Que tan lejos, de Tania Hermida (Equador - 2006); Rompecabezas, Natalia Smirnoff (Argentina, 2009); Entre nós, de Paola Mendoza e Gloria La Morte (Colômbia, 2009); Sonhos Roubados, de Sandra Werneck (Brasil, 2009); En la puta vida, de Beatriz Flores Silva (Uruguai, 20...

  8. Minskad miljöpåverkan av kapslar för kaffe, te och choklad : med avseende på materialval och utformning

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    Hollsten, Petra

    2012-01-01

    During the spring semester of 2012 did Petra Hollsten independently a thesis on reducing the environmental impact of capsule for coffee, tea and chocolate. The work was performed at Karlstad University, Faculty of Technology and Science under the Bachelor of Science program in innovation, technology and design. The project's scope is at 22.5 points. The employment for this project is the company Löfbergs Lila AB in Karlstad. Supervisor at the Principal has been Maria Herou Wallner and Sandra ...

  9. PR-konsulter och bloggare; en win-win situation? : En studie om PR-konsulters förändrade arbetssätt i och med modebloggarnas framväxt

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    Girell, Cecilia; Kjellström, Sandra

    2014-01-01

    Abstract Title: PR consultants and bloggers; a win-win situation? -  A study of PR consultants’ new adaptations in the labour market due to the emergence of fashion bloggers.  Authors: Cecilia Girell, Sandra Kjellström Tutor: Ylva Ekström Purpose: With the expansion of the Internet, fashion bloggers have gotten more power. A few companies have understood this powerful and reasonable cheap marketing channel. Despite this, most companies still feel powerless, but what has happened to the wor...

  10. Dynamics beetween 'old' and 'new' ethnicities and multiple identities in Sandra Cisneros' Caramelo

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    Branka Kalogjera

    2007-12-01

    Full Text Available The paper takes Candra Cisneros'  epic semi-biographical novel Caramelo asa literary insight into dynamics  between generations  within  a single ethnic (Chicano  community,  and compares  it against classics  of the genre in its shifting  definition  of one's  ethnic identity;  here the postmodern approach of entwining fiction and fact and awarding them equallegitimacy mirrors the possibility of embracing multiple identities, as exemplified by the novel's protagonist.

  11. Andres Elbingu gängstaräpp avas Polymeris ajutise alternatiivkino / Sandra Jõgeva

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    Jõgeva, Sandra, 1976-

    2008-01-01

    1.-22. veebruarini 2008 toimub Tallinnas Nongrata Kunstikonteineris Kultuuritehases Polymer Eesti Kunstiakadeemia interdistsiplinaarsete kunstide kateedri ja Pärnu filmi- ja videofestivali korraldatav alternatiivkino "La Cinema Extraordinaire"

  12. Kunstnike Liit

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    2004-01-01

    EKLi volikogu töökoosolek 5. IV. SA ERF alllfondina loodud Olev Soansi mälestusfondi toetamisest, EKLi 2005. a. aastanäituse korraldamisest Tallinna Kunstihoones, vajalikest täiendustest ja muudatustest põhikirjas, mis puudutavad tehinguid Tallinna Kunstihoone ja selle galeriiga. Võeti vastu tööjuhised SA Tallinna Kunstihoone Fondi nõukogule. EKLi uued liikmed: Kaarel Eelma, Piret Hirv, Sandra Jõgeva, Irene Jürna, Kristin Kalamees, Kristiina Laurits, Eve Margus-Villems, Villu Plink, Lembe Ruben, Katrin Sipelgas, Margus Tamm, Tanel Veenre

  13. Enhancing Human-Machine System Performance by Introducing Artificial Cognition in Vehicle Guidance Work Systems

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    2009-10-01

    evaluated after each mission using the NASA - TLX method [21]. Moreover, they were interviewed to be able to state problems and suggest system...France, 3 rd -4 th September 2008. [21] Sandra G. Hart & Lowell E. Staveland (1988). Development of NASA - TLX (Task Load Index): Results of...o b s e rv a b le b e h a v io u r o f C P = A C U b e h a v io u r Interpretation Figure 11: The Cognitive Process for generating knowledge

  14. APF-The Lick Observatory Automated Planet Finder

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    2014-04-01

    WILLIAM DEICH,1 BRIAN DUPRAW,1 WAYNE EARTHMAN,1 HARLAND EPPS,1 SANDRA FABER,1 DEBRA FISCHER ,3 ELINOR GATES,1 DAVID HILYARD,1 BRAD HOLDEN,1 KEN JOHNSTON,4...SANDY KEISER,2 DICK KANTO,1 MYRA KATSUKI,1 LEE LAITERMAN,1 KYLE LANCLOS,1 GREG LAUGHLIN,1 JEFF LEWIS,1 CHRIS LOCKWOOD,1,5 PAUL LYNAM,1 GEOFFREY MARCY,6...with S. Vogt as principal investigator, G. Marcy and D. Fischer as coinvestgators, and M. Radovan as project manager and principal engineer. A large

  15. Polémica em torno da liberdade da sexualidade: «liberdade de importunar» versus violências sexuais

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    Cova, Anne

    2018-01-01

    Na sequência do escândalo que explodiu nos EUA em Outubro de 2017 envolvendo o produtor americano de cinema Harvey Weinstein, nasceram os hashtags #Balancetonporc e #MeToo que levaram dezenas de milhares de mulheres a testemunhar sobre as violências sexuais. No Twitter, #Balancetonporc foi lançado no dia 13 de Outubro por uma jornalista francesa, Sandra Muller, e dois dias depois a atriz americana, Alyssa Milano, tomou uma iniciativa semelhante com #MeToo. O efeito bola de neve das redes soci...

  16. Globalization and FARC

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    2013-03-01

    through the National Security Doctrine, the ALCA (Area de Libre Comercio de las Americas, The Free Trade Area of the Americas) is, the Plan Colombia...of books such as El Mossad and Las Armas Secretas de la Cía). Other sources like El Universal of Mexico (30-OCT- 03), have stated that Al Qaeda has...María Edith Bordón”, Sandra Quiñónez, prosecutor of the Counter Kidnapping Unit said in El Tiempo newspaper. Bordón was kidnapped on September 21

  17. Fiftieth Anniversary at the summit

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    2005-01-01

    Neither fear of heights nor the cold succeeded in cooling the ardour of four brave climbers from CERN who celebrated CERN's 50th Anniversary at the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 metres). On the way back from the summit, Miguel Cerqueira Bastos (AB/PO), David Collados Polidura (IT/GM), Sandra Sequeira Tavares (PH/CMI) and Daniel Cano Ott (n_TOF) raised the official CERN Jubilee flag at 4750 metres altitude. How long will it be before a CERN flag is planted on the moon?

  18. El riesgo contable

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    Pérez, Haydée J.; Carboni, Sandra

    2005-01-01

    Se propone incluir el riesgo contable como una nueva categoría dentro del riesgo asistemático, conceptualizando dicho riesgo y analizando los factores que lo determinan, para incluir su estimación como una etapa dentro de la metodología del análisis económico-financiero basado en información contable. Fil: Pérez, Haydée J. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales; Argentina. Fil: Carboni, Sandra. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de...

  19. Fatores que influenciam o sobrepeso de crianças menores de quatro anos usuárias do SUS e Centros de Ensino Infantil do Município de Curitiba

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    Orientadora : Profª. Drª. Sandra M. W. Barreira Co-orientadora : Profª. Drª. Grace M. F. C. Wile Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas. Defesa: Curitiba, 27/03/2015 Inclui referências Área de concentração: Insumos, medicamentos e correlatos Resumo: A obesidade infantil se caracteriza como uma epidemia, sendo um dos principais desafios da saúde pública no momento. Seu combate pode ...

  20. Editorial

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    Full Text Available O quarto número dos Cadernos procura trazer estudos concernentes às três temáticas centrais da publicação, Patrimônio, Antropologia e Arqueologia. Composto por seis artigos e uma resenha, a composição autoral deste volume mescla, intencionalmente, autores consagrados em suas áreas de  pesquisa, como os historiadores Sandra Pesavento e Francisco Marshall, com jovens pesquisadores, formados na própria UFPEL, como Rafael Guedes Milheira, Welcsoner Silva da Cunha e Luiz Carlos da Silva Júnior.

  1. If it doesn’t spread it’s dead  : En kvalitativ studie över hur unga entreprenörer positionerar sig på marknaden och med hjälp av sociala medier sprider sitt varumärke

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    Hoffman, Anna; Ahlinder, Sandra

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    Abstract Title: If it doesn’t spread it’s dead - a qualitative study on how young entrepreneurs are positioning themselves in the marketplace and with the help of social media spreading their brand. (If it doesn’t spread it’s dead ­- en kvalitativ studie om hur unga entreprenörer positionerar sig på marknaden, med hjälp av sociala medier sprider sitt varumärke).   Number of pages: 48   Author: Sandra Ahlinder, Anna Hoffman   Tutor: Peder Hård af Segerstad Course: Media and Communications Stud...

  2. Ônibus 174: um olhar sobre a violência urbana e a exclusão social

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    2011-01-01

    Full Text Available This article aims to analyze the film Ônibus Linha 174 (José Padilha, 2002 as another interpretation of the episode narrated and commented based on a variety of texts. The film is a documentary, which was produced by Jose Padilha (also director and Marcos Prado, photography by Cesar Morales and Marcelo Guru and editing by Felipe Lacerda. The film focuses on urban violence, but this article discusses other issues, avoiding the repetition of what has already been said by great experts and even ordinary citizens. This film, the foundation of my research, is the guideline to the reflection that I propose, since the focus of my analysis the main character of two parallel stories narrated in the film: the young Sandro Rosa do Nascimento, who becomes an archetypal figure in the social context of stories, scenarios and the testimonies shown by Padilha. As the discussion progresses, another important character for the analysis emerges: Sandra Mara Herzer (1962-1982, a young woman whose life trajectory allows me to compare the two aiming to understand how these two characters who report a serious context that causes the multiplication of a series of other stories similar to theirs. It is unquestionable that, although both have achieved international visibility, there is a multitude of invisible Sandros and Sandras, living in the streets and "caregivens" institutions for children, going through the same stages of this monstrous metamorphosis that led them desperation in the final scene of their short lives.

  3. La Violencia del Lugar Violence of Site

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    Zulema Moret

    2010-12-01

    Full Text Available Este ensayo presenta personajes nómades, huérfanos, habitantes de la noche, sin hogar y sin ley. Estos personajes nos permiten analizar las relaciones entre violencia y lugar, en la cultura argentina durante los noventa y el inicio del 2000. Las películas elegidas son Un día de suerte (2002 de Sandra Gugliotta, Vagón Fumador (2001 de Verónica Chen y Hoy y Mañana (2003 de Alejandro Chomski. Las tres películas, filmadas a principios del 2000, tienen como escenario la ciudad de Buenos Aires, las historias siguen los desplazamientos de los jóvenes protagonistas por la ciudad, estableciendo nuevas fronteras entre el centro y la periferia, y la noción de no-lugar en la cartografía de la ciudad de Buenos Aires.This essay introduces nomadic characters, orphans, night crawlers, jobless and lawless people. These characters will allow us to analyze the bonds between violence and site in Argentine culture during the nineties and at the beginning of our century. The chosen films are Un día de suerte (A Lucky Day, 2002 by Sandra Gugliotta, Vagón Fumador (Smoking Car, 2001 by Verónica Chen, and Hoy y Mañana ( Today and Tomorrow, 2003 by Alejandro Chomski. These three movies, filmed at the beginning of the year 2000, are set in the city of Buenos Aires; the stories follow the wanderings of their young protagonists, showing new displacements between center and periphery in Buenos Aires' cartography.

  4. Les voix de l’éthique : justice et care .

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    Nathalie Zaccaï-Reyners

    2010-05-01

    Full Text Available Le célèbre essai de Carol Gilligan paraît aujourd’hui dans une traduction revue et sous son titre original, redonnant toute sa place à la voix . Publié en 1982 aux États-Unis et disponible en français dès 1986 sous le titre Une si grande différence , les enjeux qui accompagnent cette nouvelle édition sont explicités dans la présentation , sous les plumes de Sandra Laugier et de Patricia Paperman. L’occasion de revenir sur les arguments centraux de cet essai et sur son ...

  5. Vormiriietus teeb koolilapse shikiks ja paneb väärikalt käituma / Sandra Maasalu

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    Maasalu, Sandra

    2008-01-01

    Eesti koolides kantavatest koolivormidest. Pikemalt Katrin Kivi disainitud Tallinna Saksa gümnaasiumi koolivormist ja Tallinna Arte gümnaasiumi koolivormist. Katrin Kivi ja Peeter Kreitzbergi kommentaarid. 8 ill.

  6. ETHNICIZING WOMEN’S DOMESTIC ENTRAPMENT IN SANDRA CISNEROS’S ANTIBILDUNGSROMAN THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET

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    Lilijana Burcar

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    Full Text Available The House on Mango Street has been translated into more than 20 languages worldwide, including Croatian in 2005. The novel has secured a firm foothold in many a literature and cultural studies syllabus outside the USA and has served as one of central entry points for the discussion and understanding of the position of women in America’s ethnicized communities. In its treatment of women’s disadvantaged position, Cisneros’s novel relies heavily on the tenets of liberal feminism, which reduces the understanding of gendered oppression to personal relationships between individual men and women and to the attitudes of men towards women. Unlike liberal feminist literary theory, systemic feminist literary theory takes a broader social context into consideration by directing our critical gaze to the structural forces and institutional practices that shape gendered positions and defi ne the role of women inside and outside family settings. Th e paper shows that because of its subscription to the tenets of liberal feminism, the novel ends up treating gender constraints and women’s domestication as though these were phenomena limited only to ethnicized communities. As a result, women’s marginalization comes to be construed as a marker of ethnic otherness rather than a structural problem defining and permeating American society as a whole. Through translations, these constructs are inadvertently also carried over and can be uncritically disseminated in other cultural and academic environments outside the USA. The paper therefore argues for the need for a systemic literary approach, which can function as a welcome and much needed critical intervention in social milieus not yet fully acquainted with the problematic nature of liberal feminism and the ethnicization of women’s domestic entrapment.

  7. Editing Procedure for Anthropometric Survey Data

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  8. Endla teater 2006 : aasta omadramaturgiat / Luule Epner

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    Andrus Kivirähki "Rehepapp" (lav. Priit Pedajas), Liisu Krassi/ Sandra Sillaotsa "Sõbrapäev" (juh. Enn Keerd), August Kitzbergi "Kauka jumal" (lav. Andres Noormets), Silvi Väljali/Kiti Põllu "Jussikese seitse sõpra" (lav. Piret Rauk), A. H. Tammsaare /Urmas Lennuki "Vargamäe kuningriik" (lav. Jaanus Rohumaa), Jim Ashilevi "Nagu poisid vihma käes" (lav. Andres Noormets), Jaan Kruusvalli "Võikõllane üü" (lav. Enn Keerd), Friedebert Tuglase/Tiit Palu "Väike Illimar" (lav. Tiit Palu), Asrtid Reinla "Koduabiline" (lav. Tiit Palu), Jaan Kaplinski "Liblikas ja peegel" (lav. Madis Kalmet), Eva Koffi "Sabaga täht" (lav. Andres Noormets). Kasut. kirjandus lk. 39

  9. Estágio Supervisionado Educação Infantil III

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    Orlanda Oliveira Bueno

    2011-07-01

    Full Text Available ResumoEste relatório é resultado do estágio de docência em educação infantil III sob a orientação da Professora Sandra Luzia Wrobel Straub da professora. MS. Lenita Korbes do curso de pedagogia da Unemat, Campus de Sinop/MT. Foi realizado as observações nos dias 29/ 30/ 31/de Novembro de 2013 e a regência entre os dias05/11/2013 á 15/11/ 2012 dando um total de 52 horas de estágio no CMEI as restantes das horas foram na UNEMAT e as professoras deram os encaminhamentos e sanaram as dúvidas, O está localizado na Avenida, André Maggi no jardim São Paulo; nos períodos matutino e vespertino, com uma turma de creche II.  Nas datas 08/09/05/2013 retornamos a universidade onde as professoras Sandra Luzia Wrobel Straub e a prof. MS. Lenita Korbes contribuíram na elaboração do plano de aula, Com carga horária total de 76 horas. Tendo como objetivo aprimorar a prática de ensinar as crianças em sala de aula e de compreender como ocorre a ação pedagógica na Educação Infantil, com crianças deidade entre 4 e 5 anos de idade, seguindo um planejamento que cumpriu com o regimento interno da Creche e que foi elaborado de acordo com as fontes teóricas trabalhados no decorrer do curso de pedagogia, na universidade aconteceu à socialização onde trocamos as experiências obtidas durante os estágios e enceramos com uma confraternização.  Palavras-chave: ação pedagógica, teoria/prática e educação infantil.

  10. Õpetajate-õpilaste interaktsioon ja sisuloome suhtlusportaalides : õpetajate arvamused ja kogemused / Sandra Räim, Andra Siibak

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    Keskkooliõpetajatega läbi viidud intervjuude tulemused viitavad veebisisu loomega kaasnevatele põlvkondlikele erinevustele ning avavad õpetajate-õpilaste probleeme suhtlusportaali auditooriumi tajumisel

  11. Mulheres e Sustentabilidade: Ana Toni, Mara Régia, Marina Grossi, Thais Corral e Sandra Di Croce

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    Gabriela Litre

    2014-09-01

    Full Text Available No início de 2012, em um painel de alto nível da ONU sobre “Sustentabilidade Global”, os 22 líderes mundiais que redigiram o relatório Pessoas Resilientes, Planeta Resiliente: o caminho que vale a pena seguir - debatido também na Rio + 20 - argumentaram que as mulheres são fundamentais para o desenvolvimento sustentável. Mas, alertaram que, para valorizar esse papel, a igualdade de gênero e o empoderamento das mulheres devem alcançar uma dimensão mais significativa no âmbito econômico. “A persistente desigualdade de gênero tem que ser abordada como parte de qualquer virada séria em direção ao desenvolvimento sustentável”, afirmou o painel. Infelizmente, fora das recomendações de órgãos como a ONU, a realidade ainda está longe de ser a ideal. No mundo atual, mulheres de todas as idades, culturas e condições sociais enfrentam os maiores desafios socioeconômicos e culturais.

  12. Kunstikonteiner on avatud kõigile headele ideedele / Tanel Saar, Sandra Jõgeva ; interv. R[eet] V[arblane

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    2007-01-01

    Polymeri kultuuritehases Tallinnas (Ülase 16 / Madara 22) tegutsevast Academia Non Grata filiaalist ja alternatiivgaleriist Nongrata Kunstikonteiner. Näitustest, tulevikuplaanidest. Avanäituseks oli "Uus laine. 21. sajandi kunst", juuni lõpuni on avatud rahvusvahelise performance'ifestivali "Diverse Universe III" avanäitus "Aderlassenplatz" ja "Uus laine. II valik: tegevuskunst"

  13. Women at Home and Women in the Workplace in Matthew Weiner´s "Mad Men"

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    Susana Sánchez Renieblas

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    Full Text Available Matthew Weiner´s successful American TV series, Mad Men (2007, set in the 1960s in New York, unmasks the private and the public spaces of the home and the office. In these spaces, not only do the masculine protagonists interact, but also several feminine characters do as well. The three female characters (Betty, Peggy and Joan, who will be analyzed, represent the female stereotypes of this period: the idyllic housewife, the Sandra Dee prototype and the bombshell Marilyn Monroe archetype. In comparing the private and public spaces of the home and the office, these women´s sexuality and submission will be affected and influenced by the spaces they inhabit.

  14. Percorsi linguistici e semiotici: Critical Multimodal Analysis of Digital Discourse

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    Full Text Available The language section of LEA - edited by Ilaria Moschini - is dedicated to the Critical Multimodal Analysis of Digital Discourse, an approach that encompasses the linguistic and semiotic detailed investigation of texts within a socio-cultural perspective. It features an interview with Professor Theo van Leeuwen by Ilaria Moschini and four essays: “Retwitting, reposting, repinning; reshaping identities online: Towards a social semiotic multimodal analysis of digital remediation” by Elisabetta Adami; “Multimodal aspects of corporate social responsibility communication” by Carmen Daniela Maier; “Pervasive Technologies and the Paradoxes of Multimodal Digital Communication” by Sandra Petroni and “Can the powerless speak? Linguistic and multimodal corporate media manipulation in digital environments: the case of Malala Yousafzai” by Maria Grazia Sindoni. 

  15. Inventariar a fé? Apontamentos teóricos acerca da ‘materialidade’ e ‘imaterialidade’ nas crenças afro-brasileiras

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    Vanda Fortuna Serafim

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    Full Text Available Como inventariar as crenças afro-brasileiras? Como captar a diferença por meio da fotografia? Como construir uma imagem dos deuses? Essas são algumas das questões que norteiam a reflexão aqui apresentada. Visando contribuir ao estudo das relações entre o patrimônio imaterial e as religiões e religiosidades, buscamos compreender como Pierre Verger, em meados do século XX, na Bahia, buscou enunciar as divindades africanas por meio da fotografia. A fonte histórica utilizada consiste na obra Notas sobre o culto aos orixás e voduns e os aportes teóricos e metodológicos são Sandra Pesavento e François Hartog.

  16. Interconexões entre Linguística Aplicada e práticas de atenção à saúde: linguagem e identidades na prevenção de DSTs/Aids entre travestis profissionais do sexo Interconnections between Applied Linguistics and health care practices: language and identity in the prevention of STDs / AIDS among transvestite sex workers

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    Rodrigo Borba

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    Full Text Available Este artigo propõe aproximar a Linguística Aplicada de um contexto pouco estudado nos estudos da linguagem no Brasil: a prevenção de DST/Aids. Com base em uma perspectiva não essencialista das relações entre linguagem e identidades sociais, discute-se a importância de atentarmos ao uso de linguagem nesse contexto e descreve-se a construção interacional de identidades em intervenções para distribuição de preservativos entre travestis que se prostituem em uma região urbana do sul do Brasil. Os dados indicam que, durante as intervenções, Sandra e Márcia, mulheres em gênero e sexo, engajam-se em interações nas quais utilizam intertextos identitários associados a identidades não tradicionais e, assim, produzem o efeito de adequação de suas identidades às travestis e ao contexto interacional onde se inserem. Argumenta-se que linguagem, identidade e intertextualidade são construtos fundamentais para entendermos esse contexto interacional e para o combate à disseminação de DST/Aids.This paper proposes to approach Applied Linguistics to a little studied context in language studies in Brazil: the prevention of STD/AIDS. Based on a non-essentialist view of the relationship between language and social identities, it discusses the importance of minding the use of language in this context and describes the interactional construction of identities in interventions for distribution of condoms among transvestite prostitutes in an urban region of Southern Brazil. Data indicate that during the talks, Sandra and Marcia, female gender and sex, engage in interactions in which they use identity inter-texts associated with non-traditional identities and thus produce the effect of the adequacy of their identities to the transvestites and to the interactional context in which they operate. It argues that language, identity and inter-textuality are fundamental constructs to understand this interactional context and to address the spread of

  17. Curie Meitner Lamarr, indivisible

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    at CERN's Globe of Science and Innovation Directed by Sandra Schüddekopf, with Anita Zieher For over 20 years, CERN has made an effort to attract more women to scientific careers and enhance the gender balance of its workforce. In addition to structural measures, these efforts range from outreach activities for schoolgirls to participation in high-level panel discussions on the topic. Today, the CERN Diversity Office, in cooperation with the Education, Communication and Outreach group, is happy to announce a play celebrating the achievements of three exceptional women in the field of science and technology: double Nobel Prize laureate Marie Curie (1867-1934), who discovered radioactivity, Austrian-Swedish nuclear physicist Lise Meitner (1878-1968), and Viennese Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000), the inventor of frequency hopping. The play &quo...

  18. Pluralism, Pragmatism and Functional Explanations

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    Full Text Available While many philosophers speak of ‘pluralism’ within philosophy of biology, there has been little said about what such pluralism amounts to or what its underlying assumptions are. This has provoked so me anxiety about whether pluralism is compatible with their commitment to naturalism (Cussins 1992. This paper surveys three prominent pluralist positions (Sandra Mitchell and Michael Dietrich’s (2006 ‘integrative pluralism’, and both Peter Godfrey-Smith’s (1993 and Beth Preston’s (1998 pluralist analyses of functional explanations in evolutionary biology and demonstrates how all three are committed to a form of pragmatism. This analysis both clarifies the justification and grounding of pluralism and allows these pluralisms to avoid the criticisms of Cussins. I close by making some more general points about pluralism and its relationship to history and integration.

  19. Aktiivne eutanaasia : poolt või vastu? : [bakalaureusetöö] / Sandra Kallas ; Tartu Ülikool, õigusteaduskond ; juhendaja: Silvia Kaugia

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    Eutannasia mõistest ja liikidest, aktiivse eutanaasia õiguslikest ja eetilistest küsimustest, eutanaasiast teistes riikides (Holland, Belgia, Jaapan), eutanaasia seadustamise võimalikkusest Eestis

  20. Natural gas demand forecast system based on the application of artificial neural networks

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    Gas Natural BAN, as a distribution gas company since 1993 in the north and west area of Buenos Aires Argentina, with 1,000,000 customers, had to develop a gas demand forecast system which should comply with the following basic requirements: Be able to do reliable forecasts with short historical information (2 years); Distinguish demands in areas of different characteristics, i.e. mainly residential, mainly industrial; Self-learning capability. To accomplish above goals, Gas Natural BAN chose in view of its own necessities, an artificial intelligence application (neural networks). 'SANDRA', the gas demand forecast system for gas distribution used by Gas Natural BAN, has the following features: Daily gas demand forecast, Hourly gas demand forecast and Breakdown of both forecast for each of the 3 basic zones in which the distribution area of Gas Natural BAN is divided. (au)

  1. Relationship of motivation for motherhood with some sociodemographic variables and gender identity

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    Vuletić Georgije M.

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    Full Text Available Main goal of the research was to explore the relationship between motivation for motherhood and some of the sociodemographic variables which have been noticed as significant in the similar researches of other authors, as well as relation to the gender roles and gender identity, according to the model proposed by Sandra Bem. The study was conducted on the sample consisting of 571 female students in Belgrade. Statistically significant correlations are confirmed between motivation for motherhood and number of siblings, age of subject's mother and age of subject's mother at first birth. The highest correlation is found between motivation for motherhood and femininity. It is also proposed a preliminary questioner, as the first step of constructing an adequate instrument for measuring motivation for motherhood. The questioner is used for estimation of motivation for motherhood in this research.

  2. Slovensko-bolgarski in Bolgarsko-slovenski priročnik

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    Metod Čepar

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    Full Text Available Oktobra 2010 je pri Znanstveni založbi Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljublja ni izšel Slovensko – bolgarski in bolgarsko – slovenski priročnik, ki ga je uredil Ljudmil Dimitrov, lektor bolgarskega jezika na oddelku za slavistiko FF v letih 2005-2010. Pri pripravi gesel pa je sodelovala skupina nadarjenih študentov bolgarskega jezika: Ivana Angelova, Ana Drk, Lovro Kozamernik, Sandra Oman in Jaro Samobor. Knjiga je v grobem razdeljena na dva dela. Z ene strani je slovenskobolgarski del, z druge pa bolgarskoslovenski. Vsak posamezni del se dalje deli na enajst večjih poglavij/sklopov, ki se dalje delijo na podpoglavja oz. posamezne sklope. V njih je zajeta kratka predstavitev slovenskega oz. bolgarskega jezika, splošne besede, komunikacije, pa vse do kulture razvedrila, turističnih izrazov in izobraževanja.

  3. Resignificación del discurso informativo en clave policial

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    Full Text Available El siguiente trabajo es una reseña crítica del libro Matar a pobres corazones. Fronteras discursivas de la crónica policial, reflexiones sobre el caso de Sandra Cabrera en la prensa gráfica (Redactum, 2014, de Juan Pablo Robledo, comunicador y ensayista egresado de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario, en el que se reflexiona sobre las noticias del crimen atravesadas por múltiples factores tanto en su producción como en su circulación. Es un intento de pensar a partir de ellas, focalizadas en la práctica profesional, donde se abren más interrogantes que respuestas al fenómeno, cuyo análisis se escapa de los parámetros tradicionales de las empresas informacionales para construir un trabajo con argumentos concretos y delimitados.

  4. THE EFFECTS OF THE 2008/9 ECONOMIC RECESSION ON NGO SUSTAINABILITY AND FUNCTIONING IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIAL SERVICES, HEALTH AND EDUCATION SECTORS

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    Gebreselassie-Hagos, Eyesus

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    Full Text Available The economic crisis of 2008/2009 first emerged in the developed economies in 2008 and spilled over into developing countries and economies in transition through international financial and trade channels. This is the greatest financial crisis the world has faced since the Great Depression (Hanfstaengl, 2010; Sandra, 2008. At the height of the recession many feared that it would change into a depression. Banks were “unwilling to lend, credit spreads had widened sharply, stock markets had plunged and economies everywhere were stumbling” (Bustillo & Velloso, 2009:7. Some of the immediate effects of the economic recession on society included higher food prices and other living costs. Furthermore, corporations experienced reductions in their profit margins. It could reasonably be assumed that the NGO sector would suffer significantly as corporate donors and philanthropists typically contribute less during economic downturns.

  5. The gender of science: reflections on the actor-network theory and the feminist perspective

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    Gabriel Pugliese Cardoso

    2015-06-01

    Full Text Available This article discusses some of the principles that guide the descriptive forms of the actor-network theory (ANT of Bruno Latour and feminist standpoint theory formulated by Sandra Harding and Evelyn Fox Keller, through my research on the "Marie Curie Case". As a singular case between gender and science, the goal of thispaper is to play with ANT certainties against feminist perspective uncertainties. In the other hand, the certainties of feminist perspective are put against the uncertainties of ANT. With this counterpoint we intend to promote a reaction - in the chemical sense of the word – to the descriptive forms of the actor-network theory and feminist perspective taking away the obviousness of some of their assumptions. Doing that, we explore the moves of those reactions and their effects to the description which we do about science.

  6. Escultura em madeira em Laranjeiras/SE: Perspectivas do patrimônio material e imaterial no século XXI

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    Janaina Cardoso de Mello

    2015-10-01

    Full Text Available O trabalho traça o panorama conceitual e prático do “patrimônio material” e “patrimônio imaterial”, em suas intercessões, no contexto da cidade de Laranjeiras em Sergipe. A metodologia utiliza a entrevista gravada, semi-estruturada, com Demar (Ademar, escultor em madeira, cuja produção cria, expõe e comercializa no Centro de Artesanato, agraciado com o título de “patrimônio vivo” pela Prefeitura. Com a alta tecnologia, a Arqueologia Pública deve ir às comunidades, ouvir suas demandas para compartilhar de informações, registro e conservação do patrimônio cultural que congrega em si características de seu modus vivendi, valorizando a diversidade e a sobrevivência da arte. Como referência os trabalhos de Sandra Pelegrini, Pedro Paulo Funari, UNESCO, IPHAN e Ana Carla Reis.

  7. Michigan Senate Bill 826: Replace Common Core with pre-2011 Massachusetts Standards

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    Sandra Stotsky

    2016-04-01

    Full Text Available Interested in academic standards and assessments proven to raise student achievement? You won’t get that from the Common Core Standards and their associated consortium tests, PARCC and SBAC. Despite the boisterous hype of higher, deeper, richer, more rigorous, and so on, there exists no valid evidence to support their claims of higher quality, achievement, or college readiness. There is a set of state standards and assessments, however, proven through actual experience to have raised academic achievement for students at all levels and in all curricular pathways: those used in Massachusetts from 2000 to 2011. So, why not use them? Such a proposal was recently proposed, and passed, by the Michigan Senate Education Policy Committee. Here, we provide links to Sandra Stotsky’s testimony before that committee, along with other relevant links. - See more at: http://nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Resources/MichiganBill.htm

  8. Award ceremony for the "Crèche and School" competition

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    Whenever there is a competition, there are obviously participants – and especially winners! The awards ceremony for the competition to find a new name for the CERN Staff Association's Crèche and School took place on 15 May. During the ceremony, jointly led by Céline Grobon (President of the Crèche and School Steering Committee), Carole Dargagnon (Headmistress of the Crèche and School) and Jean-Baptiste Zenner (Staff Association delegate), the proposals selected by the jury were rewarded. The first place went to Marie-Luz Cavagna for her proposal "Le jardin des petits chercheurs", and the second place to Sarah Palluel for her proposal "Le Jardin des Zélectrons". Finally, Aude Mourey and Sandra Fleury tied for third place with their respective proposals "Les petits atomes" and "La crèche des particules". Can we find the winning name of the competition among...

  9. Complex phytohormone responses during the cold acclimation of two wheat cultivars differing in cold tolerance, winter Samanta and spring Sandra

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    Kosová, K.; Prášil, I.T.; Vítámvás, P.; Dobrev, Petre; Motyka, Václav; Floková, Kristýna; Novák, Ondřej; Turečková, Veronika; Rolčík, Jakub; Pešek, Bedřich; Trávníčková, Alena; Gaudinová, Alena; Galiba, G.; Janda, T.; Vlasáková, E.; Prášilová, P.; Vaňková, Radomíra

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    Roč. 169, č. 6 (2012), s. 567-576 ISSN 0176-1617 R&D Projects: GA ČR GA522/09/2058; GA MŠk MEB040713; GA MŠk MEB040924 Grant - others:GA ČR(CZ) GPP501/11/P637 Program:GP Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z50380511 Keywords : Cold stress * Dehydrin * Frost tolerance Subject RIV: ED - Physiology Impact factor: 2.699, year: 2012

  10. Normative climates of parenthood across Europe: judging voluntay childlessness and working parents / Veronique Eicher, Richard A. Settersten, Sandra Penic ...[jt.

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    Artiklis käsitletakse ühiskonna normatiivse kliima mõju indiviidi hoiakutele kahe ebatraditsioonilise soorolli (vabatahtlik lastetus ja töötamine täistööajaga ajal, mil lapsed on väiksed) puhul, aluseks 21 riigi (sh Eesti) Euroopa sotsiaaluuringu andmed

  11. Mathematics teachers' metacognitive skills and mathematical language in the teaching-learning of trigonometric functions in township schools / Johanna Sandra Fransman

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    Fransman, Johanna Sandra

    2014-01-01

    Metacognition is commonly understood in the context of the learners and not their teachers. Extant literature focusing on how Mathematics teachers apply their metacognitive skills in the classroom, clearly distinguishes between teaching with metacognition (TwM) referring to teachers thinking about their own thinking and teaching for metacognition (TfM) which refers to teachers creating opportunities for learners to reflect on their thinking. However, in both of these cases, thinking requires ...

  12. NOSTALGIA DO PARAÍSO: UM ESTUDO COMPARATIVO

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    2013-09-01

    Full Text Available Nostalgia do Paraíso é a busca pelo jardim paradisíaco, onde o homem encontra tudo que é necessário para sua vida e felicidade, com total ausência de dor e sofrimento, segundo Mircea Eliade (1993. Através de uma análise comparativa, o objetivo deste artigo é mostrar como a Nostalgia do Paraíso inspirou escritores e poetas. Escolhemos, para a análise, fragmentos das seguintes obras: Bíblia: Gênese (1983, Odisseia de Homero, sd, Os Lusíadas de Camões, sd, Grande Sertão-Veredas de Guimarães Rosa (1985 e a narrativa A árvore do mundo e outros feitos de Macunaíma reescrita por Ciça Fittipaldi (1986. O aparato teórico que norteará a pesquisa conta com obras de Gaston Bachelard (1991, Sandra Nitrini (1997, Mircea Eliade (1993, Junito Brandão (1993 e outros.

  13. Scratch's Third Body: Video Talks Back to Television

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    Leo Goldsmith

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    Full Text Available Emerging in the UK in the 1980s, Scratch Video established a paradoxical union of mass-media critique, Left-wing politics, and music-video and advertising aesthetics with its use of moving-image appropriation in the medium of videotape. Enabled by innovative professional and consumer video technologies, artists like George Barber, The Gorilla Tapes, and Sandra Goldbacher and Kim Flitcroft deployed a style characterized by the rapid sampling and manipulation of dissociated images drawn from broadcast television. Inspired by the cut-up methods of William Burroughs and the audio sampling practiced by contemporary black American musicians, these artists developed strategies for intervening in the audiovisual archive of television and disseminating its images in new contexts: in galleries and nightclubs, and on home video. Reconceptualizing video's “body,” Scratch's appropriation of televisual images of the human form imagined a new hybrid image of the post-industrial body, a “third body” representing a new convergence of human and machine.

  14. Sciences from below: feminisms, postcolonialities, and modernities.

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    Weaver, Harlan

    2010-01-01

    Sandra Harding's newest book, Sciences from Below: Feminisms, Postcolonialities, and Modernities, continues her work in feminist standpoint theory and science and technologies studies, asking how we might judge "good" science. Attentive to race, class, gender, and imperialism, Harding critically examines Northern and Southern sciences and technologies by adopting the perspective of those who see from below. This vision from the peripheries lets Harding question stories of modern scientific progress, revealing a multiplicity of "ethnosciences" and critiquing modernity itself. However, while Harding aims to produce knowledge for the North's others by emphasizing woman's experience, she fails to question the category "woman," ignoring contemporary transgender and queer scholarship. Further, it is Harding's care for the North's subjugated others that motivates her writing, revealing that the struggle to achieve the standpoint "from below" so critical to her project is fueled by what her ally Maria Puig de la Bellacasa would term not thinking from, but thinking with, or, more precisely, "thinking with care."

  15. Introducing "SandRA": Visual Representation of the Research-Teaching Nexus as a Tool in the Dissemination of a New Research Strategy

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    Couper, Pauline; Stoakes, Geoff

    2011-01-01

    The "research-teaching nexus" has been the subject of much recent debate, yet little attention has been paid to institutional initiatives to promote and encourage the integration of teaching and research. This article presents a novel diagrammatical representation of the relationship between research and teaching which was developed to aid the…

  16. COMMITTEES: SQM2009 - 14th International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter SQM2009 - 14th International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter

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    Local Organizing Committee Takeshi Kodama Chair, UFRJ Jun Takahashi Co-chair, UNICAMP Ignácio Bediaga e Hickman CBPF Eduardo Fraga UFRJ Frederique Grassi USP Yogiro Hama USP Gastão Krein IFT Erasmo Madureira Ferreira UFRJ Marcelo G. Munhoz USP Fernando Navarra USP Sandra Padula IFT Alejandro Szanto de Toledo USP César Augusto Zen Vasconcellos UFRGS International Advisory Committee Jörg Aichelin Nantes Federico Antinori Padova Tamás Biró Budapest Peter Braun-Munzinger GSI Jean Cleymans Cape Town Láaszló Csernai Bergen Timothy Hallman BNL Huan Zhong Huang UCLA Takeshi Kodama Rio de Janeiro Yu-Gang Ma Shanghai Jes Madsen Aarhus Ágnes Mócsy Pratt University Berndt Müller Duke University Grazyna Odyniec LBNL Helmut Oeschler Darmstadt Johann Rafelski Arizona Hans Georg Ritter LBNL Gunther Rolland MIT Karel Šafařík CERN Ladislav Sandor Kosice University Jack Sandweiss Yale University George S F Stephans MIT Horst Stöcker Frankfurt Larry McLerranBNL Helmut Satz Universitä Bielefeld Nu Xu LBNL Fuqiang Wang Purdue University William A. Zajc Columbia University Pengfei Zhuang Tsinghua University

  17. Winner of video contest inspired by the LHC

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    Laëtitia Pedroso

    2010-01-01

    A video contest was launched this year to mark the 10th anniversary of the Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Centre for Earth and Space. Luke Cahill, a 27 year-old BFA graduate, has just won the contest with a movie about CERN.   Luke, who works in the film industry in Los Angeles and also takes physics classes, came across a video promoting the contest while he was browsing the American Natural History Museum website. "It seemed like a perfect opportunity to combine my passion for science with my craft of filmmaking", says Luke. Luke decided to make a video about the LHC. To him, CERN embodies the ideals of scientific progress and discovery, continually expanding the boundaries of our knowledge. "I have never actually been to CERN but it's high on the list of places I want to visit when I travel to Europe", says Luke. There is a lot of misleading information on the Internet about CERN – especially about the LHC. Luke wanted to clarify what the ...

  18. Intergenerational Lessons and 'Fabulous Stories'.

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    Lewenson, Sandra B; Welch, Cathryne A; Hassmiller, Susan B

    2015-10-01

    While directing the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, Susan B. Hassmiller, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's senior adviser for nursing, realized the value that nursing history could bring to the campaign. She decided to interview her mother, Jacqueline J. Wouwenberg, a 1947 graduate of the Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing, in order to better understand and contextualize changes that had occurred in the nursing profession during the 20th century. In collaboration with nurse historians Cathryne A. Welch and Sandra B. Lewenson, Hassmiller participated in interviewing her mother and was also interviewed herself. The stories that emerged revealed a great deal: each woman had found that nursing had given them countless opportunities that reflected the time periods in which they lived. Wouwenberg's experiences, transmitted to Hassmiller through words and actions, also served as important lessons for her daughter. This article shares five lessons: be independent and courageous, know that nursing has no bounds, follow your passion, honor diversity, and give back. It also asks readers to reflect on the relevance of nurses' work from one generation to the next..

  19. Narrative Power From the Metaphor of Witnessing: Written Testimonio by Ethnic Groups Le pouvoir de la narration et la métaphore du témoignage : le testimonio écrit des communautés ethniques

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    Maria Antonia Alvarez

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    Full Text Available Des traces des expériences vécues par les Mexicains vivant aux États-Unis se retrouvent dans leurs textes autobiographiques, qui transforment l’histoire personnelle en permanence textuelle. Le Je narratif s’enferme dans un langage d’identité topographique et de pratique culturelle. Il en va ainsi des mémoires, journaux et lettres. Ces vies broyées, partiellement perdues à la marge de la page, restent suspendues jusqu’à ce que le lecteur ouvre le livre et lise. Il est temps de redécouvrir ces récits autobiographiques dont l’émergence remonte aux années qui ont suivi l’annexion d’une partie du Nord du Mexique par les États-Unis, après 1848. Ce travail envisage d’étudier la nouvelle « My Name » de Sandra Cisneros et de démontrer comment, en utilisant de nouvelles formes littéraires, les « chicanos » se sont construit une identité individuelle et non plus fondue dans une masse.

  20. JIMENO, Myriam; MURILLO, Sandra Liliana & MARTÍNEZ, Marco Julián (eds.). 2012. Etnografías contemporáneas: Trabajo de campo

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    A etnografia ganhou importância a partir dos trabalhos de Bronislaw Malinowski e de seus discípulos, que impulsionaram o desenvolvimento do método durante a chamada fase moderna da antropologia. Desde então, a etnografia, que inicialmente se referia à “descrição dos significados de um determinado grupo”, superou os limites dessa definição e do próprio pensamento antropológico e passou a ser utilizada com maior frequência no âmbito das ciências humanas e sociais, ainda que continue sendo vista...

  1. Barreras de acceso a los servicios de salud: narrativas de mujeres con cáncer de mama en Colombia

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    Celmira Laza V.

    2014-09-01

    Full Text Available Resumen Objetivo: explorar la existencia de barreras de acceso a los servicios de salud en las historias de mujeres con cáncer de mama, que han recibido apoyo de seis ong colombianas. Metodología: se llevó a cabo un estudio cualitativo descriptivo interpretativo, en cinco ciudades colombianas: Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Valledupar y Santa Marta, incluyendo 44 mujeres apoyadas por seis ong. Se realizaron grupos focales y entrevistas en profundidad. Resultados: en el proceso emergieron cuatro categorías: barreras ligadas a los determinantes estructurales, barreras originadas en los determinantes intermedios, herramientas para enfrentar las barreras y una categoría que hace referencia a la oportunidad de obtener un diagnóstico y un tratamiento de cáncer de mama. A partir de estas categorías, se propone un modelo de barreras de acceso en cáncer de mama, desde la perspectiva de los determinantes sociales. Discusión: a pesar de los esfuerzos del país por mejorar la oportunidad en prevención, diagnóstico y tratamiento del cáncer —incluyendo la promulgación de la ley 1384 de 2010 (Ley Sandra Ceballos—, las mujeres con cáncer de mama enfrentan barreras de acceso a los servicios de salud, que están determinadas socialmente, y frente a las cuales el sistema muestra cierto nivel de incapacidad. Abstract Objective: to explore the existence of barriers to healthcare access in the narratives of women with breast cancer who have received the support of six Colombian NGOs. Methodology: a descriptive qualitative interpretive study was carried out in five Colombian cities: Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Santa Marta and Valledupar. Data was collected through focus groups and interviews with 44 women supported by six NGOs. Results: in the process, four categories emerged: barriers linked to structural determinants, barriers arising from intermediate determinants, tools to address barriers and a category referring to the opportunity for diagnosis and

  2. Is The Water Shortage Crisis Really One of the Most Dangerous?

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    Narayanan, M.

    2010-12-01

    Author of the 1998 book, Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity, Dr. Sandra Postel predicts big water availability problems as populations of so-called “water-stressed” countries jump perhaps six fold over the next 30 years. The author has reported on this in his previous AGU presentations. In the next four decades, more than half of the world’s population will have to deal with sever water shortages. The United States has been blessed with several large fresh water lakes. In spite of having this fresh water supply, some states like Arizona could be facing sever fresh water shortages in the next couple of decades. Sid Wilson, general manager of the Central Arizona Project has indicated "It's not a question of if there is a water shortage anymore. It is in reality, when there will be a water shortage. " Several states share water from the Colorado river. The river has limited water supply to cater to the needs of Arizona, Nevada, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. World Health Organization, NASA, Department of the Interior, NOAA and several organizations have observed that there is a real water shortage crisis. This is because the world’s population has tripled in the twentieth century. This has resulted in a six-fold increase of water usage. Fresh water supply is limited. This is because water cannot be replaced with an alternative. It is important to observe that petroleum can be replaced with alternative fuel resources. It is necessary to recognize that fact that irrigation necessitates almost 65% to 70% of water withdrawal. Industry may utilize about 20% and domestic consumption is about 10% Evaporation from reservoirs is also a major factor, depending upon the climate and environment. Therefore there is an urgent need for all the countries to establish a strong, sound, sensible and sustainable management program for utilizing the available water supplies efficiently (Narayanan, 2008). References: Narayanan, Mysore. (2008). Hydrology, Water

  3. Suppression of vascular endothelial growth factor expression by cannabinoids in a canine osteosarcoma cell line

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    Figueiredo AS

    2013-07-01

    Full Text Available Andreza S Figueiredo,1 Hiram J García-Crescioni,1 Sandra C Bulla,1 Matthew K Ross,2 Chelsea McIntosh,1 Kari Lunsford,3 Camilo Bulla11Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, 2Department of Basic Sciences, 3Department of Clinical Sciences and Animal Health Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USAAbstract: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF is a key regulator in both physiologic and pathologic angiogenesis, and cannabinoids decrease VEGF release in human and murine cancer cells. The aim of this study was to assess the in vitro effects of a synthetic cannabinoid, WIN-55,212-2, on the expression of the proangiogenic factor VEGF-A in the canine osteosarcoma cell line 8. After analysis of gene expression by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, the compound decreased VEGF-A expression by 35% ± 10% (P < 0.0001 as compared with the control. This synthetic cannabinoid shows promise as a potential inhibitor of angiogenesis, and further studies are warranted to investigate its in vivo effects and to explore the potential of this and related compounds as adjuvant cancer therapy in the dog.Keywords: dog, cancer, angiogenesis, cannabinoids

  4. Managing patients with chronic cough: challenges and solutions

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    Full Text Available Jeanne-Marie Perotin,1,2 Claire Launois,1 Maxime Dewolf,1 Antoine Dumazet,1 Sandra Dury,1 François Lebargy,1 Valérian Dormoy,2 Gaëtan Deslee1,2 1Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospital of Reims, Reims, France; 2INSERM UMRS 1250, University Hospital of Reims, Reims, France Abstract: Chronic cough is a common complaint and a frequent cause of medical consultation. Its management can be difficult. We present here an overview of the current guidelines for the management of chronic cough. Different steps are detailed, including the initial research of an obvious etiology and alert signs that should lead to further investigation of underlying condition. The diagnosis of the most frequent causes: asthma, non-asthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease and upper airway cough syndrome should be considered, assessed and treated accordingly. Recent advances have been made in the comprehension of refractory chronic cough pathophysiology as well as its pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment, especially speech pathology therapy. Keywords: asthma, gastroesophageal reflux, upper airway cough syndrome, chronic hypersensitivity syndrome, refractory chronic cough, speech pathology therapy

  5. Was That Ethical? Feminist Critics’ Response to the “Queerness” of Modernist Women’s Writing

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    Meridith M. Kruse

    2013-12-01

    Full Text Available This article employs insights from contemporary theories of ethical reading to conduct a case study of feminist critics’ reaction to the queerness of modernist women’s writing. My aim is to develop a set of practices and principles for ethically responding to queerness in literary texts and everyday life, as well as contribute feminist acumen to the current claim that the humanities are the best site to train students how to do justice to texts. The introduction utilizes theories of ethical reading set forth by Jane Gallop and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick to develop a preliminary framework of ethical response. The subsequent section provides a historical overview of feminist critics’ reaction to the queerness of modernist women’s literature. I then take my preliminary framework “into the field” to see what it can tell us about how Marianne DeKoven and Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar react toward one type of queerness: Gertrude Stein’s experimental language. In my conclusion, I employ the knowledge gained from this analysis along with my theoretical framework to offer feminist insights to the contemporary claim that the humanities are the optimal location to teach ethical reading.

  6. A synopsis of the genus Ethmia Hübner in Costa Rica: biology, distribution, and description of 22 new species (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Depressariidae, Ethmiinae), with emphasis on the 42 species known from Área de Conservación Guanacaste

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    Phillips-Rodríguez, Eugenie; Powell, Jerry A.; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.

    2014-01-01

    Abstract We discuss 45 Costa Rican species of Ethmia Hübner, 1819, including 23 previously described: Ethmia delliella (Fernald), Ethmia bittenella (Busck), Ethmia festiva Busck, Ethmia scythropa Walsingham, Ethmia perpulchra Walsingham, Ethmia terpnota Walsingham, Ethmia elutella Busck, Ethmia janzeni Powell, Ethmia ungulatella Busck, Ethmia exornata (Zeller), Ethmia phylacis Walsingham, Ethmia mnesicosma Meyrick, Ethmia chemsaki Powell, Ethmia baliostola Walsingham, Ethmia duckworthi Powell, Ethmia sandra Powell, Ethmia nigritaenia Powell, Ethmia catapeltica Meyrick, Ethmia lichyi Powell, Ethmia transversella Busck, Ethmia similatella Busck, Ethmia hammella Busck, Ethmia linda Busck, and 22 new species: Ethmia blaineorum, Ethmia millerorum, Ethmia dianemillerae, Ethmia adrianforsythi, Ethmia stephenrumseyi, Ethmia berndkerni, Ethmia dimauraorum, Ethmia billalleni, Ethmia ehakernae, Ethmia helenmillerae, Ethmia johnpringlei, Ethmia laphamorum, Ethmia petersterlingi, Ethmia lesliesaulae, Ethmia turnerorum, Ethmia normgershenzi, Ethmia nicholsonorum, Ethmia hendersonorum, Ethmia randyjonesi, Ethmia randycurtisi, Ethmia miriamschulmanae and Ethmia tilneyorum. We illustrate all species and their male and female genitalia, along with distribution maps of Costa Rican localities. Immature stages are illustrated for 11 species, and food plants are listed when known. Gesneriaceae is added as a new food plant family record for Ethmia. CO1 nucleotide sequences (“DNA barcodes”) were obtained for 41 of the species. PMID:25561859

  7. The potential of erythropoietin to treat asphyxia in newborns

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    Pet GC

    2014-11-01

    Full Text Available Gillian C Pet, Sandra E Juul Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Abstract: Perinatal asphyxia is a cause of significant neonatal morbidity worldwide. Lack of oxygenation and perfusion to the neonatal brain leads to energy failure and cell death. Currently, therapeutic hypothermia is the standard of care for term infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, but as it has shown only modest effects on survival and morbidity, additional neuroprotective agents are needed. Erythropoietin has been extensively studied as a neuroprotective agent for infants who suffer a hypoxic-ischemic brain injury. It has multiple mechanisms of action, in both preventing cell death and promoting tissue repair. Studies have progressed over time from in vitro to in vivo studies, first in animals and now in humans, with several Phase I/II trials completed and Phase III trials underway. As therapeutic hypothermia has become the standard of care in treating term infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, studies must now evaluate other neuroprotective agents, including erythropoietin, used in concert with therapeutic hypothermia. Erythropoietin has shown promise as a neuroprotective agent in animal and human models, both alone and together with hypothermia. Keywords: neonate, brain injury

  8. Implementing the 2009 Institute of Medicine recommendations on resident physician work hours, supervision, and safety

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    Blum AB

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    Full Text Available Alexander B Blum1, Sandra Shea2, Charles A Czeisler3,4, Christopher P Landrigan3-5, Lucian Leape61Department of Health and Evidence Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; 2Committee of Interns and Residents, SEIU Healthcare Division, Service Employees International Union, New York, NY, USA; 3Harvard Work Hours, Health and Safety Group, Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 4Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 5Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 6Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USAAbstract: Long working hours and sleep deprivation have been a facet of physician training in the US since the advent of the modern residency system. However, the scientific evidence linking fatigue with deficits in human performance, accidents and errors in industries from aeronautics to medicine, nuclear power, and transportation has mounted over the last 40 years. This evidence has also spawned regulations to help ensure public safety across safety-sensitive industries, with the notable exception of medicine.

  9. Small farms, cash crops, agrarian ideals, and international development.

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    Effland, Anne

    2010-01-01

    This address is an exploration of a lifetime of disparate and often conflicting observations about how different people view what is right and good for agriculture, food, and farmers around the world. The exploration utilizes the concept of wicked problems to focus on the issue of differing historical interpretations of global agricultural development. Sandra Batie defines wicked problems as "dynamically complex, ill-structured, public problems" for which "there can be radically different views and understanding of the problem by different stakeholders, with no unique 'correct' view." The wicked problem construct is applied to four core ideas in the history of agricultural development -- small farms, cash crops, agrarian ideals, and international development -- to demonstrate the potential for using this concept to approach complex problems of historical interpretation and contribute to solutions to the challenges of global agricultural development. The author suggests historians should acknowledge contradictory interpretations adn work toward reconciliation and synthesis, where it is possible and, where not, toward a clear explication of the basis for remaining differences. The author also encourages historians to seek multidisciplinary research opportunities that will help bring insights about historical context to policy deliberations.

  10. Impactos da ocupação urbana na permeabilidade do solo: o caso de uma área de urbanização consolidada em Campina Grande - PB

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    Karla Azevedo Santos

    2017-07-01

    Full Text Available RESUMO A ocupação urbana intensa e não planejada acarreta problemas diretos à população. Um desses problemas é a diminuição do índice de permeabilidade do solo gerada pela pavimentação crescente que sempre acompanha o desenvolvimento urbano de uma região. Em consequência, o sistema de drenagem pode sofrer sobrecargas uma vez que a capacidade de infiltração do solo é alterada e a pavimentação aumenta a velocidade de escoamento e as vazões de pico. Este trabalho apresenta uma análise integrada da dinâmica do uso do solo ao longo de 32 anos e do comportamento do sistema de microdrenagem urbana para o cenário atual de ocupação dos bairros Catolé e Sandra Cavalcante, em Campina Grande (PB. Verifica-se a deficiência do sistema de microdrenagem em não acompanhar o acelerado crescimento da região, acarretando em pontos de alagamento que geram prejuízos e desconfortos à população em períodos de chuva mais concentrada.

  11. Shmuel Malkin (1934-2017) : Listening to photosynthesis and making music.

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    Herbert, Stephen K; Siderer, Yona; Govindjee

    2018-07-01

    We present here the life and work of Shmuel Malkin (1934-2017), an accomplished scientist and a gifted musician who touched the lives of many around the world. His early scientific work addressed the dynamics of light harvesting and electron transport in photosynthesis. Later, he used photoacoustic and photothermal methodologies to explore all aspects of photosynthesis. As a musician, Shmuel played the piano often for family and friends but after his formal retirement, he produced a body of original musical compositions, many of which were performed publicly. Throughout his life, Shmuel was a caring and deeply thoughtful man, respected and loved by colleagues, family, and friends. This tribute presents a summary of Shmuel's work as well as remembrances written by his wife, Nava Malkin, their son, Eyal Malkinson, and many of his colleagues: Michael Havaux from France; Sandra and Marcel Jansen from Ireland; David Cahen, Marvin Edelmann, Joop and Onnie de Graaf, Jonathan Gressel, Uri Pick, Yona Siderer, and Elisha Tel-Or from Israel; Ulrich Schreiber from Germany; James Barber and Alison Telfer from the UK; Govindjee, Stephen Herbert and Thomas Sharkey from the USA. Minnie Ho and Iris Malkin of the USA wrote contributions about Shmuel's music.

  12. Book reviews

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  13. Strengthening Routine Data Systems to Track the HIV Epidemic and Guide the Response in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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    Rice, Brian; Boulle, Andrew; Baral, Stefan; Egger, Matthias; Mee, Paul; Fearon, Elizabeth; Reniers, Georges; Todd, Jim; Schwarcz, Sandra; Weir, Sharon; Rutherford, George; Hargreaves, James

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    The global HIV response has entered a new phase with the recommendation of treating all persons living with HIV with antiretroviral therapy, and with the goals of reducing new infections and AIDS-related deaths to fewer than 500,000 by 2020. This new phase has intensive data requirements that will need to utilize routine data collected through service delivery platforms to monitor progress toward these goals. With a focus on sub-Saharan African, we present the following priorities to improve the demand, supply, and use of routine HIV data: (1) strengthening patient-level HIV data systems that support continuity of clinical care and document sentinel events; (2) leveraging data from HIV testing programs; (3) using targeting data collection in communities and among clients; and (4) building capacity and promoting a culture of HIV data quality assessment and use. When fully leveraged, routine data can efficiently provide timely information at a local level to inform action, as well as provide information at scale with wide geographic coverage to strengthen estimation efforts. ©Brian Rice, Andrew Boulle, Stefan Baral, Matthias Egger, Paul Mee, Elizabeth Fearon, Georges Reniers, Jim Todd, Sandra Schwarcz, Sharon Weir, George Rutherford, James Hargreaves. Originally published in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance (http://publichealth.jmir.org), 03.04.2018.

  14. Holistic approach to prevention and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in a family setting

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    Full Text Available Sandra N Ofori, Chioma N Unachukwu Department of Internal Medicine, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Abstract: Diabetes mellitus (DM is a chronic, progressive metabolic disorder with several complications that affect virtually all the systems in the human body. Type 2 DM (T2DM is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD. The management of T2DM is multifactorial, taking into account other major modifiable risk factors, like obesity, physical inactivity, smoking, blood pressure, and dyslipidemia. A multidisciplinary team is essential to maximize the care of individuals with DM. DM self-management education and patient-centered care are the cornerstones of management in addition to effective lifestyle strategies and pharmacotherapy with individualization of glycemic goals. Robust evidence supports the effectiveness of this approach when implemented. Individuals with DM and their family members usually share a common lifestyle that, not only predisposes the non-DM members to developing DM but also, increases their collective risk for CVD. In treating DM, involvement of the entire family, not only improves the care of the DM individual but also, helps to prevent the risk of developing DM in the family members. Keywords: cardiovascular disease, multifactorial management

  15. Development and Assessment of an E-learning Course on Pediatric Cardiology Basics.

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    Oliveira, Ana Cristina; Mattos, Sandra; Coimbra, Miguel

    2017-05-10

    Early detection of congenital heart disease is a worldwide problem. This is more critical in developing countries, where shortage of professional specialists and structural health care problems are a constant. E-learning has the potential to improve capacity, by overcoming distance barriers and by its ability to adapt to the reduced time of health professionals. The study aimed to develop an e-learning pediatric cardiology basics course and evaluate its pedagogical impact and user satisfaction. The sample consisted of 62 health professionals, including doctors, nurses, and medical students, from 20 hospitals linked via a telemedicine network in Northeast Brazil. The course was developed using Moodle (Modular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment; Moodle Pty Ltd, Perth, Australia) and contents adapted from a book on this topic. Pedagogical impact evaluation used a pre and posttest approach. User satisfaction was evaluated using Wang's questionnaire. Pedagogical impact results revealed differences in knowledge assessment before and after the course (Z=-4.788; Pe-learning course on Moodle and the evaluation of its impact, confirming that e-learning is a viable tool to improve training in neonatal congenital heart diseases. ©Ana Cristina Oliveira, Sandra Mattos, Miguel Coimbra. Originally published in JMIR Medical Education (http://mededu.jmir.org), 10.05.2017.

  16. SPICE IN THE MELTING POT: THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET, DE SANDRA CISNEROS E HOW THE GARCÍA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS, DE JULIA ALVAREZ

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    Chicano ou mexicano-americano e dominicano-americano: grupos com a latinidade presente em sua existência, uma língua e a origem hispânica em comum, mas com trajetórias distintas dentro dos Estados Unidos. A experiência de viver no hífen, o lugar da união (ou da colisão) entre dois mundos, se encontra dramatizada em obras de escritoras que, a partir de suas próprias experiências imigrantes, mostram a difícil travessia de uma cultura para outra e oferecem reflexões sobre a aceitação de su...

  17. Is Storage a Solution to End Water Shortage?

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    Narayanan, M.

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    Water shortage is a problem of supply and demand. Some authors refer to it as Water Scarcity. The author has discussed this in his previous presentation at the 2008 AGU International Conference. Part of it is reproduced here for purposes of clarification. It is important to recognize that water is essential for the survival of all life on earth. Many water-rich states have thought of water conservation as an art that is practiced mainly in the arid states. But one has to recite the famous quote: “You will never miss water till the well runs dry.” Researchers have also concluded that quantity deficiency experienced by groundwater supplies are affecting many communities around the world. Furthermore federal regulations pertaining to the quality of potable or drinking water have become more stringent (Narayanan, 2008). One must observe that water conservation schemes and efficient utilization practices also benefit the environment to a large extent. These water conservation practicies indeed have a short payback period althought it may seem that there is a heavy initial investment is required. Research scientists have studied MARR (Mean Annual River Runoff) pattern over the years and have arrived at some significant conclusions. Vörsömarty and other scientists have indicated that water scarcity exists when the demand to supply ratio exceeds the number 0.4. (Vörsömarty, 2005). Furthermore other researchers claim to have documented a six-fold increase in water use in the United States during the last century. It is interesting to note that the population of the United States has hardly doubled during the last century. This obviously, is indicative of higher living standards. Nevertheless, it also emphasizes an urgent need for establishing a strong, sound, sensible and sustainable management program for utilizing the available water supplies efficiently (Narayanan, 2008). Author of the 1998 book, Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity, Dr. Sandra Postel predicts big

  18. Tecnologias na educação: uma análise sociológica

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    Full Text Available Roger Dale é pesquisador da Universidade de Bristol e foi tambémCatedrático na Universidade de Auckland. É o coordenador acadêmicoda rede temática Globalisation and Europeanisation Network in Education(GENIE e co-fundador da revista Globalização, Sociedade e Educação. Emuma fria tarde de dezembro, o Professor Dale recebeu gentilmente em seugabinete de trabalho as doutorandas Márcia Barbosa da Silva e Sandra Marade Oliveira Souza, representantes da Base de Estudos e Pesquisas em Meiosde Comunicação e Educação (COMBASE, do Programa de Pós-Graduaçãoem Educação da UFRN para uma entrevista sobre Tecnologia e Educação doponto de vista da Sociologia Política. A entrevista foi registrada em vídeo pelojornalista Ric Pereira e brevemente será disponibilizada pela COMBASE. Oentrevistado, aborda assuntos atuais e relevantes no Reino Unido de hoje enós percebemos que os mesmos assuntos são atuais e pertinentes ao Brasil,que, entretanto, está tão distante da Educação Pública inglesa. Alguns mitossão apontados e se sente que muitos desses mitos também habitam o nossopensamento. Em resumo: a globalização fica mais clara para o leitor brasileiroatento.

  19. Music and Mind: In Memoriam Professor Carlo Alberto Pagni, MD, PhD: February 13, 1931 -March 1, 2009.

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    von Wild, Klaus R H

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    Carlo Alberto Pagni, born in La Spezia, Italy, on February 13, 1931, was an eminent and respected professor of neurosurgery and chairman of the neurosurgical clinic of the University of Turin from 1980 to 2003. He died on March 1, 2009. As a professor of neurology and neurological surgery he was renowned as an expert on vascular, tumor, and functional neurosurgery. Beyond the Italian Neurosurgical Society, he was the doyen of functional neurosurgery, specializing in motor cortex stimulation for the treatment of focal dystonia, Parkinson's disease, and postictal spasticity and pain. His home was his castle, and his family was fundamental to his life. He shared with his wife, Sandra, his passion for piano playing and for their remarkable library, and together with friends, he and his wife enjoyed dinners with fine food and Barolo wines. Listening to this Grand Seigneur talking about and explaining the music of, above all, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Richard Wagner, one felt he was emotionally just "music and mind". You can imagine this from his books on music, chess, and neuroscience. Indeed, he adored playing correspondence chess worldwide. A sportsman too, he loved hiking, mountaineering, skiing, swimming, and fishing. Nature was his source for slowing down, for regenerating, and for collecting his strength for new projects and new challenges. Friends will remember Dr. Pagni as a Grand Seigneur.

  20. Type 2 diabetes in Brazil: epidemiology and management

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    Full Text Available Bianca de Almeida-Pititto,1 Monike Lourenço Dias,2 Ana Carolina Franco de Moraes,3 Sandra RG Ferreira,3 Denise Reis Franco,4 Freddy Goldberg Eliaschewitz4,5 1Department of Preventive Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; 2Department of Endocrinology, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil; 3Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; 4CPClin Clinical Research Center, 5Albert Einstein Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil Abstract: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM is one of the most important epidemic diseases in the world this century, and accounts for 90% of cases of diabetes globally. Brazil is one of the most important examples of the alarming picture of T2DM in emergent societies, being the country with the fourth largest number of people with diabetes. The aim of this paper is to review the literature on diabetes in Brazil, specifically looking at the epidemiology and management of T2DM. A literature search was conducted using PubMed and LILACS to identify articles containing information on diabetes in Brazil. Official documents from the Brazilian government, World Health Organization, and International Diabetes Federation were also reviewed. Keywords: type 2 diabetes, Brazil, epidemiology, management

  1. Prebiotic Synthesis of Autocatalytic Products From Formaldehyde-Derived Sugars as the Carbon and Energy Source

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    Weber, Arthur L.

    2003-01-01

    Our research objective is to understand and model the chemical processes on the primitive Earth that generated the first autocatalytic molecules and microstructures involved in the origin of life. Our approach involves: (a) investigation of a model origin-of-life process named the Sugar Model that is based on the reaction of formaldehyde- derived sugars (trioses and tetroses) with ammonia, and (b) elucidation of the constraints imposed on the chemistry of the origin of life by the fixed energies and rates of C,H,O-organic reactions under mild aqueous conditions. Recently, we demonstrated that under mild aqueous conditions the Sugar Model process yields autocatalytic products, and generates organic micropherules (2-20 micron dia.) that exhibit budding, size uniformity, and chain formation. We also discovered that the sugar substrates of the Sugar Model are capable of reducing nitrite to ammonia under mild aqueous conditions. In addition studies done in collaboration with Sandra Pizzarrello (Arizona State University) revealed that chiral amino acids (including meteoritic isovaline) catalyze both the synthesis and specific handedness of chiral sugars. Our systematic survey of the energies and rates of reactions of C,H,O-organic substrates under mild aqueous conditions revealed several general principles (rules) that govern the direction and rate of organic reactions. These reactivity principles constrain the structure of chemical pathways used in the origin of life, and in modern and primitive metabolism.

  2. Use of circulation types classifications to evaluate AR4 climate models over the Euro-Atlantic region

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    Pastor, M.A.; Casado, M.J. [Agencia Estatal de Meteorologia (AEMET), Madrid (Spain)

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    This paper presents an evaluation of the multi-model simulations for the 4th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in terms of their ability to simulate the ERA40 circulation types over the Euro-Atlantic region in winter season. Two classification schemes, k-means and SANDRA, have been considered to test the sensitivity of the evaluation results to the classification procedure. The assessment allows establishing different rankings attending spatial and temporal features of the circulation types. Regarding temporal characteristics, in general, all AR4 models tend to underestimate the frequency of occurrence. The best model simulating spatial characteristics is the UKMO-HadGEM1 whereas CCSM3, UKMO-HadGEM1 and CGCM3.1(T63) are the best simulating the temporal features, for both classification schemes. This result agrees with the AR4 models ranking obtained when having analysed the ability of the same AR4 models to simulate Euro-Atlantic variability modes. This study has proved the utility of applying such a synoptic climatology approach as a diagnostic tool for models' assessment. The ability of the models to properly reproduce the position of ridges and troughs and the frequency of synoptic patterns, will therefore improve our confidence in the response of models to future climate changes. (orig.)

  3. Lymphogranuloma venereum: diagnostic and treatment challenges

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    Full Text Available Romana Ceovic,1 Sandra Jerkovic Gulin21Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital Center Zagreb and School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia; 2Department of Dermatology and Venereology, General Hospital Sibenik, Sibenik, CroatiaAbstract: Lymphogranuloma venereum is a sexually transmitted disease caused by L1, L2, and L3 serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis. In the last 10 years outbreaks have appeared in North America, Europe, and Australia in the form of proctitis among men who have sex with men. Three stages of disease have been described. The disease in primary stage may go undetected when only a painless papule, pustule, or ulceration appears. The diagnosis is difficult to establish on clinical grounds alone and frequently relies upon either serologic testing, culture, or more recently, nucleic acid amplification testing of direct specimens. A proper treatment regimen cures the infection and prevents further damage to tissues. Lymphogranuloma venereum causes potentially severe infections with possibly irreversible sequels if adequate treatment is not begun promptly. Early and accurate diagnosis is essential. Doxycycline is the drug of choice. Pregnant and lactating women should be treated with erythromycin or azithromycin. Patient must be followed up during the treatment, until disease signs and symptoms have resolved. Repeated testing for syphilis, hepatitis B and C, and HIV to detect early infection should be performed.Keywords: sexually transmitted disease, Chlamydia trachomatis, early and accurate diagnosis

  4. Events diary

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    as Imperial College, the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal College of Art, the Natural History and Science Museums and the Royal Geographical Society. Under the heading `Shaping the future together' BA2000 will explore science, engineering and technology in their wider cultural context. Further information about this event on 6 - 12 September may be obtained from Sandra Koura, BA2000 Festival Manager, British Association for the Advancement of Science, 23 Savile Row, London W1X 2NB (tel: 0171 973 3075, e-mail: sandra.koura@britassoc.org.uk ). Details of the creating SPARKS events may be obtained from creating.sparks@britassoc.org.uk or from the website www.britassoc.org.uk . Other events 3 - 7 July, Porto Alegre, Brazil VII Interamerican conference on physics education: The preparation of physicists and physics teachers in contemporary society. Info: IACPE7@if.ufrgs.br or cabbat1.cnea.gov.ar/iacpe/iacpei.htm 27 August - 1 September, Barcelona, Spain GIREP conference: Physics teacher education beyond 2000. Info: www.blues.uab.es/phyteb/index.html

  5. Chilean Teachers Begin Exchange Program Visit in Magdalena

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    Two teachers from the town of San Pedro de Atacama, in the northern desert of the South American nation of Chile, arrive in Magdalena, New Mexico, Sunday, January 28, for a two-week visit that is part of a Sister Cities program sponsored by Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI), the nonprofit research corporation that operates the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO). They will be accompanied by their town's mayor. Myriam Nancy Rivera Mercado, Head of the high school in San Pedro, Gabriela Fernanda Rodriguez Moraleda, a tourism teacher there, and San Pedro Mayor Sandra Berna Martinez will begin a visit that includes classroom observations in the Magdalena schools, a reception hosted by the Magdalena Village Council, and a Mayor's Breakfast with Magdalena Mayor Jim Wolfe. They also will meet local residents, tour the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge with a second-grade class, visit an area ranch, tour the Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope, and see Socorro's Community Arts Party. "These teachers will learn much about New Mexico, the United States, and our educational system, and will take this new knowledge back to their students and their community," said NRAO Education Officer Robyn Harrison. The visit is part of a Sister Cities program initiated and funded by AUI, which operates the NRAO for the U.S. National Science Foundation. Radio astronomy is a common link between San Pedro de Atacama and Magdalena. San Pedro is near the site of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international telescope project now under construction with funding by major partners in North America, Europe, and Japan. Magdalena is near the site of NRAO's VLA radio telescope. In Magdalena, the Village Council and Mayor Wolfe formalized their participation in the Sister Cities program last September, and San Pedro ratified the program in December. In San Pedro, the ceremony ratifying the agreement was attended by U.S. Ambassador to Chile Craig K

  6. VIDEIRA, Sandra Lúcia; COSTA, Pierre Alves; FAJARDO, Sérgio. (org. Geografia Econômica: (re leituras contemporâneas. Rio de Janeiro: Letra Capital, 2011. 193 p.

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    Full Text Available O livro aqui apresentado “Geografia Econômica: (re leituras contemporâneas” é uma coletânea com 9 capítulos, reunindo pesquisadores das regiões Sul, Sudeste e Centro-Oeste do Brasil, que se debruçam sobre a temática da Geografia Econômica. No prefácio, os organizadores apresentam ao leitor a riqueza de temas relacionados à Geografia Econômica abordados no livro, a saber: América do Sul, economia mundial, crise energética, indústria do petróleo, tradings agroindústrias, cooperativas, informação, internacionalização do capital, empresas internacionais, capital estrangeiro, dinâmica econômica, logística e reestruturação produtiva.

  7. “To Sing with the Spirit:” Psalms, Hymns and the Spirituality of Late Eighteen Century American Presbyterians

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    Full Text Available This paper contends that the contemporary discussion among theologians regarding the relationship between theology and spirituality can offer new insight into the eighteenth century religious world. This theological discussion has wrestled with, among other things, the questions of whether theology and spirituality are mutually exclusive and what exactly their relationship looks like. Resoundingly, theologians such as Alister McGrath, J. I. Packer, and Sandra Schneiders have concluded that any separation of the two represents a false dichotomy within Christianity. Accordingly, Christians are called to “the quest for a fulfilled and authentic Christian existence, involving the bringing together of the fundamental ideas of Christianity and the whole experience of living on the basis of, and within, the scope of the Christian faith.” Sound theology, then, necessitates living by the Spirit and vice versa. The benefit of this theological position for religious history lies in its reevaluation of the common categorization of Christians as either theologically or spiritually focused. By heeding the call of contemporary theologians and blurring these lines of distinction, historians can afford eighteen century American Christians the chance to better define themselves. Considered in this light, the actions of the Presbyterians, for instance, are freed from the manipulative “social control” framework as one of the “establishmentarian” churches. Instead, the Presbyterians reveal characteristics generally reserved for the democratically charged “sectarians,” such as a robust spiritual life compelled by music.

  8. Erosion and abrasion on dental structures undergoing at-home bleaching

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    Full Text Available Flávio Fernando Demarco1, Sônia Saeger Meireles2, Hugo Ramalho Sarmento1, Raquel Venâncio Fernandes Dantas1, Tatiana Botero3, Sandra Beatriz Chaves Tarquinio11Graduate Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil; 2Department of Operative Dentistry, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil; 3Cariology, Restorative Science, and Endodontics Department, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, MI, USAAbstract: This review investigates erosion and abrasion in dental structures undergoing at-home bleaching. Dental erosion is a multifactorial condition that may be idiopathic or caused by a known acid source. Some bleaching agents have a pH lower than the critical level, which can cause changes in the enamel mineral content. Investigations have shown that at-home tooth bleaching with low concentrations of hydrogen or carbamide peroxide have no significant damaging effects on enamel and dentin surface properties. Most studies where erosion was observed were in vitro. Even though the treatment may cause side effects like sensitivity and gingival irritation, these usually disappear at the end of treatment. Considering the literature reviewed, we conclude that tooth bleaching agents based on hydrogen or carbamide peroxide have no clinically significant influence on enamel/dentin mineral loss caused by erosion or abrasion. Furthermore, the treatment is tolerable and safe, and any adverse effects can be easily reversed and controlled.Keywords: peroxide, tooth bleaching, enamel, dentin, erosion, abrasion

  9. Arsenic in your food: potential health hazards from arsenic found in rice

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    Full Text Available Sandra Munera-Picazo,1 Marina Cano-Lamadrid,1 María Concepción Castaño-Iglesias,2 Francisco Burló,1 Ángel A Carbonell-Barrachina11Food Quality and Safety Group, Department of Agro-Food Technology, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Orihuela, 2Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, SpainAbstract: Rice is a staple food for over half of the world population, but there is some concern about the occurrence of arsenic (As in this cereal and the possible overexposure to this metalloid. Recently, the Codex Alimentarius Commission established a maximum limit of 200 µg kg–1 for inorganic arsenic (iAs in rice. Because the maximum content of As in water has been reduced to 10 µg L–1, intoxication through rice and rice-based products can be considered an important source of As poisoning. The chronic effects of this iAs exposure can be lung and bladder cancer, skin lesions, or other noncarcinogenic diseases. There is clear evidence of high levels of iAs in rice and rice-based products. Different solutions for the reduction of As intake are proposed at different levels: 1 during the plant-growing process through agronomic practices, 2 pretreatment of rice before its use in the food industry, 3 optimization of the conditions of unit operations during processing, and 4 by cooking.Keywords: arsenic speciation, food safety, dietary exposure, Oryza sativa

  10. História e literatura: entre narrativas literárias e históricas, uma análise através do conceito de representação

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    Gabriela de Lima Grecco

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    Full Text Available Este artigo busca clarear o conceito de representação, conforme as teorias da História Cultural, e analisar a aproximação entre História e Literatura, bem como a utilização da literatura como fonte documental para a historiografia. No campo da história, os nomes destacados, como os de Roger Chartier e Pierre Bourdieu, remetem às inovações metodológicas e epistemológicas da segunda metade do século XX, baseadas em perspectivas sócio-culturais. A partir dessas novas perspectivas e partindo de novos conceitos, foi possível historicizar a obra literária e assumi-la de vez como uma evidência histórica. Assim, se pretende conduzir um estudo que identifica que tanto o texto histórico como o literário compartilham um projeto similar de apreender as realidades humanas. Hoje, muitos historiadores já reconhecem no texto literário a possibilidade de se identificar dados históricos com a peculiaridade e expressividades próprias da linguagem artística, sendo a literatura, portanto, um campo privilegiado para a investigação histórica.Dentre as fontes referenciadas ao longo deste trabalho, dá-se ênfase a obras paradigmáticas para o pensar e fazer histórico e literário contemporâneo, são eles: Roger Chartier, Sandra Pesavento, Pierre Bourdieu

  11. Hydrology, Water Scarcity and Market Economics

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    Narayanan, M.

    2008-12-01

    Research scientists claim to have documented a six-fold increase in water use in the United States during the last century. It is interesting to note that the population of the United States has hardly doubled during the last century. While this indicates higher living standards, it also emphasizes an urgent need for establishing a strong, sound, sensible and sustainable management program for utilizing the available water supplies efficiently. Dr. Sandra Postel directs the independent Global Water Policy Project, as well as the Center for the Environment at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Author of the 1998 book, Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity, Dr. Postel predicts big water availability problems as populations of so-called "water-stressed" countries jump perhaps six fold over the next 30 years. The United Nations declared the years 2005 - 2015 as the "Water for Life" decade. It is also interesting and important to observe that the Oil - Rich Middle - East suffers from water scarcity to the maximum extent. It is also recognized that almost three-quarters of the globe is covered with water. Regardless, this is salt-water and there is very limited supply of freshwater to meet the needs of exploding global population. In excess of 10,000 desalination plants operate around the world in more than a hundred countries, but such a process is expensive and may seem prohibitive for developing countries with limited resources. Farmers can cut water usage by adopting the method known as drip irrigation which is known to be highly efficient. Drip Irrigation was pioneered by Israel and the Israeli farmers documented their efficiency by reducing the water used for irrigation by more than 30 percent. Unfortunately the rest of the world has failed to follow the lead set by this Great Jewish Nation. Worldwide, hardly 1percent of irrigated land utilizes efficient drip irrigation techniques. The problem lies in the fact that water is considered to be a free

  12. Bilimsel Toplantı Duyuruları

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    -6638 (fax e-mail deborah. newville 10\tCalifornia Association of Criminalists 1998 Spring Seminar, 6-9 Mayıs 1998, Monterey Beach Hotel, Monterey, California. Amy Mongan, Forensic Analytical, 3777 Depot Road Suite 409, Hayward, CA 94545. Tel: (510 887 8828. Fax: (510 887 4451. 11\t20th International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography, 25-29 Mayıs 1998, Riva del Garda, Italy. Prof Dr P Sandra, IOPMS, Kennedypark 20,\tB-8500 Kortrijk, Belgium. Tel: (32 56-204960. Fax: (32 56-204859- Email: ric.sandra 12\tThe 6th International Homicide Investigators Assoc. Symposium, 5-10 Temmuz 1998, Zutphen, Netherlands. International Homicide Investigators PO Box 520, Barnstable, MA 02630, USA. Tel: (800 742 1007. 13\tFirst Joint British Congress of Forensic Sciences 8-12 Temmuz 1998, Moat House Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland. B Stewart, Deparment of Forensic Medicine and Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ. 14\tISC 98 22nd International symposium on chromatography, 13-18 Eylül 1998, Rome, Italy. F Dondi, Department of Chemistry, Universita di Ferrara, Via L Borsari, 46, I- 44100 Ferrara, Italy. 15\t14th International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences 12\t- 16 Ekim 1998, Adelaide, Australia. Plevin & Assocs., PO Box 54, Burnside, S Australia5066. Tel: +61 8 83798177 Fax: +6l 8 83798222. Email: plevin www. camtech .net. au/~plevin/ANZISFS 14. Html

  13. Sandra Patricia Rodríguez Ávila. Sujeción, corrección y disciplina: pedagogía social de masas en Santa Fe de Bogotá 1780-1821

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    Juan Carlos Villamizar

    2008-01-01

    Full Text Available El libro ganador del vii Premio Nacional de Educación Francisca Radke, versión 2005-2006, se compone de una introducción y tres capítulos, en los que la autora se ocupa de las prácticas de sujeción, corrección y disciplina a finales del siglo xviii y comienzos del xix, en que la administración colonial llegó a su fin en América. Los dos primeros capítulos abordan la problemática de la pobreza y las propuestas de cómo tratarla. El tercer capítulo se ocupa de la pedagogía social de masas y de la asistencia, enseñanza y corrección de pobres, mendigos, vagos y malentretenidos en Santa Fe de Bogotá entre 1780 y 1820. A diferencia de los dos primeros capítulos, este último está construido estrictamente con fuentes primarias.

  14. Sandra patricia rodríguez ávila. sujeción, corrección y disciplina: pedagogía social de masas en santa fe de bogotá 1780-1821

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    Villamizar, Juan Carlos

    2011-01-01

    El libro ganador del vii Premio Nacional de Educación Francisca Radke, versión 2005-2006, se compone de una introducción y tres capítulos, en los que la autora se ocupa de las prácticas de sujeción, corrección y disciplina a finales del siglo xviii y comienzos del xix, en que la administración colonial llegó a su fin en América. Los dos primeros capítulos abordan la problemática de la pobreza y las propuestas de cómo tratarla. El tercer capítulo se ocupa de la pedagogía social de masas y de l...

  15. With thanks to our 2016 peer reviewers

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    2016 peer reviewers We are grateful to the following people for their significant contribution to Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada as peer reviewers in 2016. Their expertise ensures the quality of our journal and promotes the sharing of new knowledge among peers in Canada and internationally. Jillian Avis Sunday Azagba Sharon Bartholomew Michèle Boileau-Falardeau Jimmy Bourque Darren Brenner Robert Brison Yves Carrière Neena Chappell Guanmin Chen Yue Chen Edward Chesney Anna Chudyk Martin Cooke Erica Di Ruggiero Janet Durbin Charlene Elliott Peter Ellis Alexa Ferdinands Bradley Ferguson Lauren Fiechtner Maylene Fong Marilyn Fortin Nancy Gell Margo Greenwood Rita Henderson Erin Hobin Andrew Howell Natalie Iciaszczyk Jeff Johnson Janet Elizabeth Jull Tetyana Kendzerska Nicholas King Elaine Kingwell Victoria Kirsh Erin Kropac Liana Leach Claire Leblanc Yann Le Bodo Daniel Lebouthillier Isra Levy Elizabeth Lin Catherine Mah Loraine Marrett Caitlin McArthur Teri McComber Amy McPherson Verena Menec Leia Minaker Howard Morrison Yeeli Mui Kiyuri Naicker Tor Oiamo Scott Patten Marie-Claude Paquette Cheryl Peters Jennifer Petkovic William Pickett Michelle Ploughman Daniel Poremski Harry Prapavessis Steven Prus Jürgen Rehm Laurene Rehman Sandra Reynolds Annie Rhodes Celia Rodd Kaley Roosen Ellen Rosenberg Linda Rothman Jerry Schultz Kelly Skinner Robin Skinner Robin Somerville Becky Spencer Richard Stanwick Michael Stevenson David Streiner Laura Struik Anna Syrowatka Christopher Tait Chen Tang Kara Thompson Michelle Vine Claudio Violato JianLi Wang Stéphanie Ward Cynthia Weijs Russell Wilkins Keri Lynn Williams Renate Ysseldyk Tingting Zhang Christopher Zou

  16. Insights From Flutracking: Thirteen Tips to Growing a Web-Based Participatory Surveillance System.

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    Dalton, Craig; Carlson, Sandra; Butler, Michelle; Cassano, Daniel; Clarke, Stephen; Fejsa, John; Durrheim, David

    2017-08-17

    Flutracking is a weekly Web-based survey of influenza-like illness (ILI) in Australia that has grown from 400 participants in 2006 to over 26,000 participants every week in 2016. Flutracking monitors both the transmission and severity of ILI across Australia by documenting symptoms (cough, fever, and sore throat), time off work or normal duties, influenza vaccination status, laboratory testing for influenza, and health seeking behavior. Recruitment of Flutrackers commenced via health department and other organizational email systems, and then gradually incorporated social media promotion and invitations from existing Flutrackers to friends to enhance participation. Invitations from existing participants typically contribute to over 1000 new participants each year. The Flutracking survey link was emailed every Monday morning in winter and took less than 10 seconds to complete. To reduce the burden on respondents, we collected only a minimal amount of demographic and weekly data. Additionally, to optimize users' experiences, we maintained a strong focus on "obvious design" and repeated usability testing of naïve and current participants of the survey. In this paper, we share these and other insights on recruitment methods and user experience principles that have enabled Flutracking to become one of the largest online participatory surveillance systems in the world. There is still much that could be enhanced in Flutracking; however, we believe these principles could benefit others developing similar online surveillance systems. ©Craig Dalton, Sandra Carlson, Michelle Butler, Daniel Cassano, Stephen Clarke, John Fejsa, David Durrheim. Originally published in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance (http://publichealth.jmir.org), 17.08.2017.

  17. Selective cognitive empathy deficit in adolescents with restrictive anorexia nervosa

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    2013-10-01

    Full Text Available Sara Calderoni,1 Pamela Fantozzi,1 Sandra Maestro,1 Elena Brunori,1 Antonio Narzisi,1 Giulia Balboni,2 Filippo Muratori1,31Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, 2Department of Surgery, Medical, Molecular and Critical Area Pathology, University of Pisa, 3Department of Developmental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, ItalyBackground: A growing, but conflicting body of literature suggests altered empathic abilities in subjects with anorexia nervosa-restricting type (AN-R. This study aims to characterize the cognitive and affective empathic profiles of adolescents with purely AN-R.Methods: As part of a standardized clinical and research protocol, the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI, a valid and reliable self-reported instrument to measure empathy, was administered to 32 female adolescents with AN-R and in 41 healthy controls (HC comparisons, matched for age and gender. Correlational analyses were performed to evaluate the links between empathy scores and psychopathological measures.Results: Patients scored significantly lower than HC on cognitive empathy (CE, while they did not differ from controls on affective empathy (AE. The deficit in CE was not related to either disease severity nor was it related to associated psychopathology.Conclusion: These results, albeit preliminary, suggest that a dysfunctional pattern of CE capacity may be a stable trait of AN-R that should be taken into account not only for the clinical management, but also in preventive and therapeutic intervention.Keywords: anorexia nervosa-restricting type, cognitive empathy, affective empathy, female adolescents, Interpersonal Reactivity Index

  18. Invasive breast cancer in Argentine women: association between risk and prognostic factors with antigens of a peptidic and carbohydrate nature

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    2011-12-01

    Full Text Available Sandra O Demichelis, Marina T Isla-Larrain, Luciano Cermignani, Cecilio G Alberdi, Amada Segal-Eiras, María Virginia CroceCentre of Basic and Applied Immunological Research, Faculty of Medical Sciences, National University of La Plata, La Plata, ArgentinaObjective: In breast cancer, several tumor markers have been identified. The marker most extensively associated with breast cancer is MUC1. The objective of the study was to analyze prognostic and risk factors in relation to tumor markers in order to clarify breast cancer biology. A total of 349 primary tumor samples and lymph nodes from breast cancer patients were studied. Risk and prognostic factors were considered. An immunohistochemical approach was applied and an extensive statistical analysis was performed, including frequency analysis and analysis of variance. Correlation among variables was performed with principal component analysis.Results: All the antigens showed an increased expression according to tumor size increment; moreover, sialyl Lewis x expression showed a significant increase in relation to disease stage, whereas Tn and TF presented a positive tendency. Vascular invasion was related to sialyl Lewis x expression and number of metastatic lymph nodes. Taking into account risk factors, when a patient had at least one child, Lewis antigens diminished their expression. In relation to breastfeeding, sialyl Lewis x expression diminished, although its apical expression increased.Conclusion: Associations between MUC1 and carbohydrate antigens and risk and prognostic factors show the complexity of the cellular biological behavior that these antigens modulate in breast cancer.Keywords: breast cancer, Argentine women, risk factors, prognostic factors, antigenic expression

  19. Cross-species functionality of pararetroviral elements driving ribosome shunting.

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    Full Text Available BACKGROUND: Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV and Rice tungro bacilliform virus (RTBV belong to distinct genera of pararetroviruses infecting dicot and monocot plants, respectively. In both viruses, polycistronic translation of pregenomic (pg RNA is initiated by shunting ribosomes that bypass a large region of the pgRNA leader with several short (sORFs and a stable stem-loop structure. The shunt requires translation of a 5'-proximal sORF terminating near the stem. In CaMV, mutations knocking out this sORF nearly abolish shunting and virus viability. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Here we show that two distant regions of the CaMV leader that form a minimal shunt configuration comprising the sORF, a bottom part of the stem, and a shunt landing sequence can be replaced by heterologous sequences that form a structurally similar configuration in RTBV without any dramatic effect on shunt-mediated translation and CaMV infectivity. The CaMV-RTBV chimeric leader sequence was largely stable over five viral passages in turnip plants: a few alterations that did eventually occur in the virus progenies are indicative of fine tuning of the chimeric sequence during adaptation to a new host. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Our findings demonstrate cross-species functionality of pararetroviral cis-elements driving ribosome shunting and evolutionary conservation of the shunt mechanism. We are grateful to Matthias Müller and Sandra Pauli for technical assistance. This work was initiated at Friedrich Miescher Institute (Basel, Switzerland. We thank Prof. Thomas Boller for hosting the group at the Institute of Botany.

  20. Campobello’s Cartuchos and Cisneros’s Molotovs: Transborder Revolutionary Feminist Narratives

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    Geneva M. Gano

    2015-03-01

    Full Text Available Though “revolutionary” acts and attitudes were frequently claimed in various civil rights–era movements in the US, this article considers the specific meaning of the term in a Mexican-Chicano context through a simultaneous examination of Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street (1984 and Nellie Campobello’s Cartucho: relatos de la lucha en el norte de México (1931.  By way of a formal allusion to Campobello’s revolutionary text, Cisneros forces her readers to reconsider Mango Street from a hemispheric perspective, prompting new readings of her work. Most broadly, it resituates the text within a broader Latino tradition of the modern testimonio, which demands recognition of its sociopolitical significance. More specifically, the formal connection Cisneros forges insists on a similarity between the violent spaces of the post-WWII barrio and revolutionary Durango. Thus Cisneros collapses national and temporal distinctions that would assure US readers (Cisneros’s main audience that poverty, violence, and revolution cannot happen here. To Gano, this radical use of form threatens not just literary conventions (this is not simply an assertion of “revolutionary style” but also contains the suggestive threat that the barrio is a potential site of revolution, inseparable from violent acts. That this is a woman-centered story is significant: Cisneros’s kindling world is comprised largely of women and children who are inundated with daily episodes of violence. Often dismissed as political actors, these individuals are transformed in Cisneros’s work into potential revolutionaries.

  1. Enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease: some answers but more questions

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    Majid Alfadhel

    2011-02-01

    Full Text Available Majid Alfadhel1, Sandra Sirrs21Division of Biochemical Diseases, Department of Paediatrics, BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; 2Adult Metabolic Diseases Clinic, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaAbstract: Fabry disease (FD is a multisystem, X-linked disorder of glycosphingolipid metabolism caused by enzyme deficiency of α-galactosidase A. Affected patients have symptoms including acroparesthesias, angiokeratomas, and hypohidrosis. More serious manifestations include debilitating pain and gastrointestinal symptoms, proteinuria and gradual deterioration of renal function leading to end-stage renal disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and stroke. Heterozygous females may have symptoms as severe as males with the classic phenotype. Before 2001, treatment of patients with FD was supportive. The successful development of enzyme replacement therapy (ERT has been a great advancement in the treatment of patients with FD and can stabilize renal function and cardiac size, as well as improve pain and quality of life of patients with FD. In this review, we have provided a critical appraisal of the literature on the effects of ERT for FD. This analysis shows that data available on the treatment of FD are often derived from studies which are not controlled, rely on surrogate markers, and are of insufficient power to detect differences on hard clinical endpoints. Further studies of higher quality are needed to answer the questions that remain concerning the efficacy of ERT for FD.Keywords: Fabry disease, agalsidase α, agalsidase β, Replagal, Fabrazyme, critical appraisal, evidence-based medicine

  2. Medizinbibliotheken: inter:disziplinär – inter:national –inter:aktiv

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    Bauer, Bruno

    2017-12-01

    Full Text Available The focus of the current issue 3/2017 of GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information is the annual conference 2017 of the German Medical Libraries Association in Vienna. The motto of the conference was “Medical Libraries: inter:disciplinary – inter:national – inter:active”. The authors in this issue are Bruno Bauer (Austrian Transition to Open Access 2017–2020, Beata Górczynska (Development and structure of Polish veterinary school system and its libraries, Katharina Heldt, Henriette Senst & Jessica Riedel (Salon on the institute’s history: outstanding artifacts. 28.01.2016 to 15.12.2016, Jutta Matrisciano, Martina Semmler-Schmetz & Saskia Rohmer (Advice – From info snack to special menu: Solutions of the MedMA-Bib, Stefan Nortmann (The ‘Ersti-Café’ of the Medical Branch Library Münster, Sandra Rümmele (Toolbox: The new teaching library project of the Central Medical Library of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Eva Seidlmayer & Christoph Poley (One Health – Transdisciplinarity at ZB MED and Heike Andermann (“Medical Libraries: inter:disciplinary – inter:national – inter:active”. Annual Meeting of the German Medical Library Association (AGMB, September 25 to 27, 2017 in Vienna. Furthermore this focus issue features articles from Stefan Grün & Christoph Poley (Statistical evaluation of semantic entities from metadata and full text on German Medical Science corpora and Iris Reimann (German MLA News; Competition of the German MLA Pioneer projects in medical libraries 2017: Introduction of the winners; Competition of the German MLA (AGMB Pioneer projects in medical libraries 2018 – Announcement.

  3. Cytokine biomarkers in tear film for primary open-angle glaucoma

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    Full Text Available Divakar Gupta,1,* Joanne C Wen,2,* Janet L Huebner,3 Sandra Stinnett,1 Virginia B Kraus,3,4 Henry C Tseng,1 Molly Walsh1 1Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 2Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 3Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, 4Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA *These authors contributed equally to this work Purpose: To determine the utility of tear film cytokines as biomarkers for early primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG. Methods: Patients without POAG and eye drop-naïve patients with newly diagnosed POAG were recruited from an academic hospital-based glaucoma practice. Tear films of recruited patients were obtained and analyzed using a multiplex, high-sensitivity electrochemiluminescent enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for proinflammatory cytokines (IFNγ, IL-10, IL-12p70, IL-13, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, and TNFα. Results: Mean concentrations of tear film cytokines were lower in the glaucoma group for 8 of 10 cytokines tested. IL-12p70 (3.94±2.19 pg/mL in control vs 2.31±1.156 pg/mL in POAG; P=0.035 was significantly lower in the tear film of patients with newly diagnosed POAG. Conclusion: Proinflammatory cytokines were lower in eye drop-naïve newly diagnosed glaucoma patients. Tear film cytokine profiles may be used as biomarkers of early POAG. Keywords: glaucoma, biomarkers, tear film, cytokines, glaucoma diagnosis, lower limit of detection

  4. Pathophysiology, risk factors, and screening methods for prediabetes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

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    2016-08-01

    Full Text Available Evgenia Gourgari,1 Elias Spanakis,2 Adrian Sandra Dobs3 1Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, 2Division of Endocrinology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 3Department of Endocrinology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Abstract: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS is a syndrome associated with insulin resistance (IR, obesity, infertility, and increased cardiometabolic risk. This is a descriptive review of several mechanisms that can explain the IR among women with PCOS, other risk factors for the development of diabetes, and the screening methods used for the detection of glucose intolerance in women with PCOS. Few mechanisms can explain IR in women with PCOS such as obesity, insulin receptor signaling defects, and inhibition of insulin-mediated glucose uptake in adipocytes. Women with PCOS have additional risk factors for the development of glucose intolerance such as family history of diabetes, use of oral contraceptives, anovulation, and age. The Androgen Society in 2007 and the Endocrine Society in 2013 recommended using oral glucose tolerance test as a screening tool for abnormal glucose tolerance in all women with PCOS. The approach to detection of glucose intolerance among women with PCOS varies among health care providers. Large prospective studies are still needed for the development of guidelines with strong evidence. When assessing risk of future diabetes in women with PCOS, it is important to take into account the method used for screening as well as other risk factors that these women might have. Keywords: IR, OGTT, obesity, hyperandrogenism, anovulation, BMI, insulin resistance, PCOS

  5. The health burden of pollution: the impact of prenatal exposure to air pollutants

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    Vieira SE

    2015-06-01

    Full Text Available Sandra E Vieira Pediatrics Department, Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Abstract: Exposure to atmospheric pollutants in both open and closed environments is a major cause of morbidity and mortality that may be both controlled and minimized. Despite growing evidence, several controversies and disagreements exist among the studies that have analyzed the effects of prenatal pollutant exposure. This review article aims to analyze primary scientific evidence of the effects of air pollution during pregnancy and the impact of these effects on the fetus, infant health, and in particular, the respiratory system. We performed a review of articles from the PubMed and Web of Science databases that were published in English within the past 5 years, particularly those related to birth cohorts that began in pregnancy with follow-up until the first years of life. The largest reported effects are associated with prenatal exposure to particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and tobacco smoke. The primary effects affect birth weight and other parameters of fetal biometry. There is strong evidence regarding the impact of pollutants on morbidity secondary to respiratory problems. Growing evidence links maternal smoking to childhood asthma and wheezing. The role of passive maternal smoking is less clear. Great heterogeneity exists among studies. There is a need for additional studies on birth cohorts to monitor the relationship between the exposure of pregnant women to pollutants and their children’s progress during the first years of life. Keywords: air pollutants, pregnancy, birth weight, lung disease, tobacco, fetal development

  6. Something Spacey for Everyone

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    Bonett, D.; Cabana, C.; Thompson, P.; Noel, M.; Johnson, K.

    2001-12-01

    LPI scientists, education/outreach staff, and library staff participated in Space Day at K.E. Little Elementary in Bacliff, Texas on May 3. The school, which serves 925 students and more than 50 faculty, suspended regular classes for the entire day so that all could participate. Dr. Allan Treiman gave a talk on meteorites; Dr. Joe Hahn gave a talk on comets; Dr. Paul Spudis gave a talk on the Moon; Dr. Carl Allen (JSC) gave a presentation on Mars exploration; and Dr. Paul Schenk presented the solar system in 3D in the computer lab. Sandra Cherry, Delilah Cranford, Mary Ann Hager, Diane Myers, Mary Noel, and Pam Thompson gave presentations to K-5 classes on rocketry and space capsules and guided students in doing a related hands-on activity project. These activities were part of the EXPLORE Fun with Science program. Ms. Thompson also led a hands-on reflectance spectrometry lab with the 5th grade gifted and talented cluster. Space Day 2001 was a full day of hands on interactive space experience for all students pre-kindergarten to fifth grade. With the permission of principal, Mary Ann Cole, the school shut down the normal and went into outer space. Whether making moon cookies out of rice krispies and peanut butter, parachuting an "eggstronaut" from a fire truck, throwing a frisbee across the scaled solar system or listening to a planetary geologist discuss man's discoveries on the moon, Space Day 2001 at KE Little Elementary school wet the appetites of it's students and faculty and had everyone saying, "Lets do this again next year"!

  7. Supply chain challenges. building relationships.

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    Beth, Scott; Burt, David N; Copacino, William; Gopal, Chris; Lee, Hau L; Lynch, Robert Porter; Morris, Sandra

    2003-07-01

    Supply chain management is all about software and systems, right? Put in the best technology, sit back, and watch as your processes run smoothly and the savings roll in? Apparently not. When HBR convened a panel of leading thinkers in the field of supply chain management, technology was not top of mind. People and relationships were the dominant issues of the day. The opportunities and problems created by globalization, for example, are requiring companies to establish relationships with new types of suppliers. The ever-present pressure for speed and cost containment is making it even more important to break down stubbornly high internal barriers and establish more effective cross-functional relationships. The costs of failure have never been higher. The leading supply chain performers are applying new technology, new innovations, and process thinking to far greater advantage than the laggards, reaping tremendous gains in all the variables that affect shareholder value: cost, customer service, asset productivity, and revenue generation. And the gap between the leaders and the losers is growing in almost every industry. This roundtable gathered many of the leading thinkers and doers in the field of supply chain management, including practitioners Scott Beth of Intuit, Sandra Morris of Intel, and Chris Gopal of Unisys. David Burt of the University of San Diego and Stanford's Hau Lee bring the latest research from academia. Accenture's William Copacino and the Warren Company's Robert Porter Lynch offer the consultant's perspectives. Together, they take a wide-ranging view of such topics as developing talent, the role of the chief executive, and the latest technologies, exploring both the tactical and the strategic in the current state of supply chain management.

  8. Search for Signatures of Life in the Solar System

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    Race, M.; Schwehm, G.; Arnould, J.; Dawson, S.; Devore, E.; Evans, D.; Ferrazzani, M.; Shostak, S.

    The search for evidence of extraterrestrial life is an important scientific theme that fascinates the public and encourages interest in space exploration, both within the solar system and beyond. The rapid pace of mass media communication allows the public to share mission results and new discoveries almost simultaneously with the scientific community. The public can read about proposed sample return missions to Mars, listen as scientists debate about in situ exploration of the oceans on Europa, learn about the growing number of extrasolar planets, or use their personal computers to participate in searches for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). As the science community continues its multi-pronged efforts to detect evidence of extraterrestrial life, it must be mindful of more than just science and technology. It is important to understand public perceptions, misperceptions, beliefs, concerns and potential complications associated with the search for life beyond our home planet. This panel is designed to provide brief overviews of some important non-scientific areas with the potential to impact future astrobiological exploration. The presentations will be followed by open discussion and audience participation. Invited panelists and their topical areas include: SCIENCE FICTION AND MISPERCEPTIONS: Seth Shostak, Dylan EvansBattling Pseudo-Science, Hollywood and Alien Abductions LEGAL ISSUES: Marcus FerrazzaniLooming Complications for Future Missions and Exploration RISK COMMUNICATION: Sandra DawsonEngaging the Public, Explaining the Risks, and Encouraging Long-Term Interestin Mission Science EDUCATION: Edna DeVoreUsing the Search for Life as a Motivating Theme in Teaching Basic Science andCritical Thinking. ETHICAL ISSUES AND CONCERNS: Jacques ArnouldWhat Will it Mean if We Find "ET"? PANEL MODERATORS: Margaret Race, Gerhard Schwehm

  9. Medizinbibliotheken: Information

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    Bauer, Bruno

    2014-12-01

    Full Text Available [english] The focus of the current issue 3/2014 of GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information is the annual conference 2014 of the German Medical Libraries Association in Mannheim. The motto of the conference was “Medical libraries: Information”. The authors in this issue are Michaele Adam (Bibliometrics 2.0 – Altmetrics in Medicine, Bruno Bauer (Open access cooperation in Austria: Open Access Network Austria and Austria – recent developments since 2012, Fabian Gail & Ulrich Korwitz (Market and strategy – results of the ZB MED market study, Sabine Gehrlein (Library goes Anatomy: Anatomical teaching media at Heidelberg University Library, Kaja Scheliga (Opening science: New publication forms in science, Ulrike Ostrzinski (The four types of social media user in the academic and research community. Results of a nationwide study, Sandra Pfob & Alena Ittner (First aid for library use on PC: webinars increase library visits, reach everyone, save costs, Simone Waldboth (Integration of e-learning in the lecture “Information Literacy” at the Provincial College for Health-Care Professions Claudiana, Maike Piegler (The pick up box of the library of the Hamburg medical association – a way to bring scientific information to medical specialists and Christoph Wehrmüller & Heidrun Janka (Medical : Information – Annual meeting 2014 of the German MLA, September 22 to 24 in Mannheim.Furthermore this focus issue features articles from Bruno Bauer (: transformation strategies for subscription-based journaleport on the 8 Open Access Days at Cologne, September 8–9 2014, Eike Hentschel (German MLA News; Pioneer projects in medical libraries 2014: Introduction of the winners; Pioneer projects in medical libraries 2015 – Announcement and Franz J. Kühnen (Klaus Gerber 1934–2014.

  10. “LA VISIÓN DE UN SUEÑO”, UN LIBRO ADMIRABLE

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    Efraim Otero Ruiz

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    Alguien dijo -creo que fue Toynbee, el de “toda historia es contemporánea”- que para escribir la historia, hay que vivirla. Eso es lo que vemos quienes hemos leído el libro “La Visión de un Sueño” que se presenta esta noche, que mejor ha debido subtitularse “Una vida y una obra”, admirablemente sintetizada en las palabras de quienes me han precedido. Como los verdaderamente grandes, Alvaro emplea solamente el pronombre de tercera  persona, como si apenas se refiriera con modestia a ese “otro yo” que ha hecho las cosas más importantes en la oftalmología colombiana, dedicado siempre a construir obras magnas -comenzando por su familia, sus hijos-, a enseñar, a fundar, a hacer el bien. Parafraseando lo dicho recientemente por un gobernante en el homenaje póstumo a Rodrigo Lloreda Caicedo, la Academia debería reservar un nicho especial para aquellos que, mereciendo de sobra ser Presidentes, no han querido serlo por obedecer y cumplir antes el mandato hipocrático y humano que gobierna su vida. Sabemos que por cariño, por asiduidad, por generosidad, por nobleza, Alvaro y Helenita, seguirán siempre presidiendo en espíritu los corazones de quienes pertenecemos a esta ilustre corporación.

    Efectivamente el libro de 180 páginas en gran formato, bellamente editado por Punto aparte Editores e impreso por Panamericana Formas e Impresos, con la asesoría editorial de Martalucía Tamayo y Sandra Roca Garavito está diseñado para impactar visualmente, como sí resaltara el lema de FUNDO-NAL grabado desde la contraportada: Su visión es mi misión. Dividido en cuatro grandes partes o capítulos, a saber: I. La oftalmología en Colombia. II. La Fundación. III. Investigación y Educación y IV. Línea de tiempo, está precedido por los nobles testimonios de Alvaro, su hijo Francisco (La Fundación, Pasado y Presente y quienes lo han acompañado en su labor de 30 años: Bernardo Hoyos

  11. High-efficiency liposomal encapsulation of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor leads to improved in vivo toxicity and tumor response profile

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    Mukthavaram R

    2013-10-01

    Full Text Available Rajesh Mukthavaram,1 Pengfei Jiang,1 Rohit Saklecha,1 Dmitri Simberg,3,4 Ila Sri Bharati,1 Natsuko Nomura,1 Ying Chao,1 Sandra Pastorino,1 Sandeep C Pingle,1 Valentina Fogal,1 Wolf Wrasidlo,1,2 Milan Makale,1,2 Santosh Kesari1,21Translational Neuro-Oncology Laboratories, 2Department of Neurosciences, 3Solid Tumor Therapeutics Program, Moores Cancer Center, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 4Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USAAbstract: Staurosporine (STS is a potent pan-kinase inhibitor with marked activity against several chemotherapy-resistant tumor types in vitro. The translational progress of this compound has been hindered by poor pharmacokinetics and toxicity. We sought to determine whether liposomal encapsulation of STS would enhance antitumor efficacy and reduce toxicity, thereby supporting the feasibility of further preclinical development. We developed a novel reverse pH gradient liposomal loading method for STS, with an optimal buffer type and drug-to-lipid ratio. Our approach produced 70% loading efficiency with good retention, and we provide, for the first time, an assessment of the in vivo antitumor activity of STS. A low intravenous dose (0.8 mg/kg inhibited U87 tumors in a murine flank model. Biodistribution showed preferential tumor accumulation, and body weight data, a sensitive index of STS toxicity, was unaffected by liposomal STS, but did decline with the free compound. In vitro experiments revealed that liposomal STS blocked Akt phosphorylation, induced poly(ADP-ribose polymerase cleavage, and produced cell death via apoptosis. This study provides a basis to explore further the feasibility of liposomally encapsulated STS, and potentially related compounds for the management of resistant solid tumors.Keywords: liposomes, staurosporine, glioblastoma, biodistribution, efficacy

  12. Valved versus nonvalved cannula small-gauge pars plana vitrectomy for repair of retinal detachments with Grade C proliferative vitreoretinopathy

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    Oellers P

    2016-05-01

    Full Text Available Patrick Oellers, Sandra Stinnett, Paul Hahn Duke Eye Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA Purpose: Valved cannulas are a recent addition to small-gauge pars plana vitrectomy (PPV and provide stable intraocular fluidics. The goal of this study was to compare outcomes and postoperative complication rates of valved vs nonvalved cannula small-gauge PPV for repair of retinal detachments (RDs complicated by Grade C proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR.Methods: A retrospective chart review of 364 consecutive eyes with either valved or nonvalved cannula PPV for RD repair was performed. The primary outcomes were single surgery and final anatomic success and change in best-corrected visual acuity for repair of RDs complicated by Grade C PVR.Results: We identified 36 eyes in the valved group and 31 eyes in the nonvalved group with Grade C PVR RD. The single surgery success was 83% vs 77% (P=0.555 and the final anatomic success was 94% vs 87% (P=0.404 in the valved vs nonvalved eyes, respectively. The mean final visual acuity gain was −0.36 logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR; approximate Early Treatment Diabetes Retinopathy Study [ETDRS] score =17 letters in valved eyes vs −0.33 logMAR (approximate ETDRS score =16 letters in nonvalved eyes (P=0.81. Postoperative complication rates including postoperative day 1 hypotony, hypertony, and anterior chamber fibrin formation; postoperative retention of intraocular or subretinal perfluorocarbon liquid; and subsequent epiretinal membrane peel were not statistically different between groups.Conclusion: Valved cannula PPV yields equivalent visual acuity and anatomic outcomes without increased postoperative complication rates compared to traditional nonvalved cannula PPV for Grade C PVR-associated RD repair. Keywords: 23 gauge, 25 gauge, PVR, RD, chronic, single surgery success, final anatomic success

  13. Poor physical function in elderly women in low-level aged care is related to muscle strength rather than to measures of sarcopenia

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    Julie L Woods

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    Full Text Available Julie L Woods1, Sandra Iuliano-Burns2, Susannah J King1, Boyd J Strauss1, Karen Z Walker11Nutrition and Dietetics Department, Monash University, Victoria, Australia; 2Endocrine Centre of Excellence, Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, West Heidelberg, AustraliaPurpose: To determine the prevalence of sarcopenia and investigate relationships among body composition, muscle strength, and physical function in elderly women in low-level aged care.Subjects and methods: Sixty-three ambulatory women (mean age 86 years participated in this cross-sectional study where body composition was determined by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA; ankle, knee, and hip strength by the Nicholas Manual Muscle Tester; and physical function by ‘timed up and go’ (TUG and walking speed (WS over 6 meters. Body composition data from a female reference group (n = 62, mean age 29 years provided cut-off values for defining sarcopenia.Results: Elderly women had higher body mass index (P < 0.001, lower lean mass (P < 0.001, and higher fat mass (P < 0.01 than the young reference group. Only a small proportion (3.2% had absolute sarcopenia (defined by appendicular skeletal muscle mass/height squared whereas 37% had relative sarcopenia class II (defined by percentage skeletal muscle mass. Scores for TUG and WS indicated relatively poor physical function, yet these measures were not associated with muscle mass or indices of sarcopenia. In multivariate analysis, only hip abductor strength predicted both TUG and WS (both P = 0.01.Conclusion: Hip strength is a more important indicator of physical functioning than lean mass. Measurement of hip strength may therefore be a useful screening tool to detect those at risk of functional decline and requirement for additional care. Further longitudinal studies with a range of other strength measures are warranted.Keywords: aged care, body composition, muscle strength, sarcopenia 

  14. Nanopatterned acellular valve conduits drive the commitment of blood-derived multipotent cells

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    2016-10-01

    Full Text Available Rosa Di Liddo,1,2 Paola Aguiari,3 Silvia Barbon,1,2 Thomas Bertalot,1 Amit Mandoli,1 Alessia Tasso,1 Sandra Schrenk,1 Laura Iop,3 Alessandro Gandaglia,3 Pier Paolo Parnigotto,2 Maria Teresa Conconi,1,2 Gino Gerosa31Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, 2Foundation for Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Tissue Engineering and Signaling ONLUS, 3Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy Abstract: Considerable progress has been made in recent years toward elucidating the correlation among nanoscale topography, mechanical properties, and biological behavior of cardiac valve substitutes. Porcine TriCol scaffolds are promising valve tissue engineering matrices with demonstrated self-repopulation potentiality. In order to define an in vitro model for investigating the influence of extracellular matrix signaling on the growth pattern of colonizing blood-derived cells, we cultured circulating multipotent cells (CMC on acellular aortic (AVL and pulmonary (PVL valve conduits prepared with TriCol method and under no-flow condition. Isolated by our group from Vietnamese pigs before heart valve prosthetic implantation, porcine CMC revealed high proliferative abilities, three-lineage differentiative potential, and distinct hematopoietic/endothelial and mesenchymal properties. Their interaction with valve extracellular matrix nanostructures boosted differential messenger RNA expression pattern and morphologic features on AVL compared to PVL, while promoting on both matrices the commitment to valvular and endothelial cell-like phenotypes. Based on their origin from peripheral blood, porcine CMC are hypothesized in vivo to exert a pivotal role to homeostatically replenish valve cells and contribute to hetero- or allograft colonization. Furthermore, due to their high responsivity to extracellular matrix nanostructure signaling, porcine CMC could be useful for a preliminary

  15. Validation of reported physical activity for cholesterol control using two different physical activity instruments

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    Amy Z Fan

    2009-08-01

    Full Text Available Amy Z Fan1, Sandra A Ham2, Shravani Reddy Muppidi3, Ali H Mokdad41Behavioral Surveillance Branch, Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; 2Physical Activity and Health Branch, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA; 3College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA; 4Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAAbstract: The National Cholesterol Education Program recommends increasing physical activity to improve cholesterol levels and overall cardiovascular health. We examined whether US adults who reported increasing their physical activity to control or lower blood cholesterol following physician’s advice or on their own efforts had higher levels of physical activity than those who reported that they did not. We used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003–2004, which implemented two physical activity assessment instruments. The physical activity questionnaire (PAQ assessed self-reported frequency, intensity, and duration of leisure-time, household, and transportation-related physical activity in the past month. Physical movement was objectively monitored using a waist accelerometer that assessed minute-by-minute intensity (counts of movement/minute during waking time over a 7-day period. We adjusted our analysis for age, gender, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, and body mass index. Participants who reported increasing physical activity to control blood cholesterol had more PAQ-assessed physical activity and more accelerometer-assessed active days per week compared to those who did not. However, there were no significant differences in cholesterol levels between comparison groups. These findings suggest that self-report of exercising

  16. Effect of COPD treatments on MRP1-mediated transport in bronchial epithelial cells

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    Margaretha van der Deen

    2008-10-01

    Full Text Available Margaretha van der Deen1, Sandra Homan1, Hetty Timmer-Bosscha1, Rik J Scheper2, Wim Timens3, Dirkje S Postma4, Elisabeth G de Vries1Departments of 1Medical Oncology, 3Pathology, 4Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, The Netherlands; 2Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsBackground: Smoking is the principle risk factor for development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD. Multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (MRP1 is known to protect against toxic compounds and oxidative stress, and might play a role in protection against smoke-induced disease progression. We questioned whether MRP1-mediated transport is influenced by pulmonary drugs that are commonly prescribed in COPD.Methods: The immortalized human bronchial epithelial cell line 16HBE14o- was used to analyze direct in vitro effects of budesonide, formoterol, ipratropium bromide and N-acetylcysteine (NAC on MRP1-mediated transport. Carboxyfluorescein (CF was used as a model MRP1 substrate and was measured with functional flow cytometry.Results: Formoterol had a minor effect, whereas budesonide concentration-dependently decreased CF transport by MRP1. Remarkably, addition of formoterol to the highest concentration of budesonide increased CF transport. Ipratropium bromide inhibited CF transport at low concentrations and tended to increase CF transport at higher levels. NAC increased CF transport by MRP1 in a concentration-dependent manner.Conclusions: Our data suggest that, besides their positive effects on respiratory symptoms, budesonide, formoterol, ipratropium bromide, and NAC modulate MRP1 activity in bronchial epithelial cells. Further studies are required to assess whether stimulation of MRP1 activity is beneficial for long-term treatment of COPD.Keywords: bronchus epithelium, COPD, drugs, MRP1, multidrug resistance, oxidative stress

  17. "I’m a poor lonesome cowboy and a long way from home…": Serbian Documentary Films about Guest Workers

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    Marija Krstić

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    Full Text Available In this paper I will analyze Serbian documentary films about guest workers dating from the last decade of the 20th and the first decade of the 21st century, using the perspective of visual anthropology. I question the popular cultural notions about guest workers in films Весеље у Ждрелу (A Celebration in Zdrelo by author Kamenko Katic, Звона позне јесени (The Bells of Late Autumn by author Zoran Milenovic, Кад је Милорад удавао ћерку (When Milorad Gave His Daughter in Marriage by author Vladimir Milisavljevic, Странац тамо, странац овде (A Foreigner There, a Foreigner Here by author Sandra Mandic and 242 метра живота (242 Meters of Life by author Novica Savic. The films deal with a number of issues: the economic aspects of guest workers’ lives, their liminal character, the issues of the second and third generations of guest workers, going away "temporarily" to work, and religious rituals. Even though the films were made recently, they all follow the lives of Vlach and Serbian, or rather Yugoslav guest workers who left to find temporary work abroad in Western Europe in the 1960’s and 1970’s. This serves the purpose of avoiding to deal with contemporary reasons for emigrating from Serbia and thus the possible critiques of current regimes or policies in power at the time the films were made.

  18. A very rare case of HPV-53-related cervical cancer, in a 79-year-old woman with a previous history of negative Pap cytology

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    2014-04-01

    Full Text Available Roberta Zappacosta,1 Giuseppe Lattanzio,2 Patrizia Viola,2 Manuel Maria Ianieri,3 Daniela Maria Pia Gatta,1 Sandra Rosini11Cytopathology Unit, Experimental and Clinical Sciences Department, Gabriele d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy; 2Surgical Pathology Unit, 3Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, SS Annunziata Hospital, Chieti, ItalyAbstract: The introduction of organized cervical cancer (CC screening programs has drastically reduced the prevalence of CC. However the incidence is still too high, especially among elderly women. All guidelines strongly recommend a regular Papanicolaou (Pap testing for young and middle-aged patients. On the other hand, many international professional societies no longer advise screening in women who have undergone hysterectomy, and in women aged 65 years and above, who have a previous history of regular Pap smears. Here we report the case of poorly differentiated CC, involving the pelvic lymph nodes and urinary bladder, occurring in a 79-year-old woman who regularly underwent Pap tests, with no reported cytological abnormalities. In this very rare case, the CC cells, as well as cells from metastatic lymph nodes and cells from urinary specimens, molecularly showed human papilloma virus (HPV-53. With the limitations of a single case, this report brings important information to prevent CC in elderly patients: the utility of molecular tests to increase sensitivity of Pap smears in postmenopausal women; the importance of HPV-53 as one of the four “emergent” genotypes having a possible role in oncogenesis; and the presence of HPV-53 in lymph node metastases from cervical carcinoma, which would support the role of this virus in the maintenance of malignant status.Keywords: old women, molecular tests, cervical cancer screening, HPV-DNA test, HPV genotypingA Letter to the editor has been received and published for this articleCorrigendum for this paper has been published

  19. Proof of concept in cardiovascular risk: the paradoxical findings in blood pressure and lipid abnormalities

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    Fuchs FD

    2012-07-01

    Full Text Available Flavio Danni Fuchs, Sandra Costa Fuchs, Leila Beltrami Moreira, Miguel GusDivision of Cardiology and Postgraduate Studies Program in Cardiology, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilAbstract: High blood pressure and lipoprotein abnormalities were identified by many cohort studies as the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Laboratory experiments apparently confirmed their role in the causation of atherosclerosis, but a proof of concept requires the corroboration by clinical trials in human beings. The size of benefit in clinical trials regarding the control of high blood pressure was within the estimations of risk provided by cohort studies. For a reduction of 10 mmHg in systolic blood pressure or 5 mmHg in diastolic blood pressure, the relative risk reduction of coronary heart disease was 22% (95% confidence interval 27%–17% in a meta-analysis of clinical trials, close to the estimation of reduction of 25% (95% confidence interval 23%–27% provided by a meta-analysis of cohort studies. The corresponding values for stroke were 41% (95% confidence interval 33%–48% in clinical trials compared to a cohort risk prediction of 36% (95% confidence interval 34%–38%. This efficacy was shared by all blood pressure-lowering drugs. The same figure has not paradoxically happened with drugs that act over abnormalities of cholesterol and lipoproteins. Only statins, which have other beneficial actions as well, have consistently lowered the incidence of cardiovascular diseases, an efficacy that was not reproduced by older and newer quite potent lipid drugs. The adverse effects of these drugs may nullify their beneficial effects over lipoproteins and abnormalities of lipoproteins may only be surrogate markers of the underlying real risks.Keywords: proof of concept, hypertension, lipoproteins, clinical trials

  20. Assessment of a new biological complex efficacy on dysseborrhea, inflammation, and Propionibacterium acnes proliferation

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    Trompezinski S

    2016-08-01

    Full Text Available Sandra Trompezinski,1 Sophie Weber,1 Benoît Cadars,2 Florence Larue,1 Nathalie Ardiet,1 Marlène Chavagnac-Bonneville,2 Michèle Sayag,2 Eric Jourdan2 1NAOS, Aix-en Provence, 2Direction Scientifique Bioderma (NAOS, Lyon, France Introduction: Acne vulgaris is a common chronic inflammatory disease of the pilosebaceous unit triggered by Propionibacterium acnes. A bakuchiol, Ginkgo biloba extract, and mannitol (BGM complex has been developed to provide patients with acne with a specific dermocosmetic to be used adjunctively with conventional treatments. Objective: The aim of these studies was to assess the antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidative potential of BGM complex and its individual compounds as well as its impact on sebum composition. Methods: The antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidative potential of BGM complex and its compounds was assessed through in vitro, ex vivo, and clinical studies. The clinical benefit of BGM complex formulated in a cream was assessed in subjects prone to acne through sebum composition analysis and photometric assessments. Results: Results from the studies showed that the BGM complex has significant antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidative properties. At similar concentrations, bakuchiol has up to twice the antioxidative potential than vitamin E. In subjects, BGM complex regulated the sebum composition in acne patients by increasing the level of sapienic and linolenic acid and reducing the level of oleic acid. The reduced number of porphyrins on the skin surface showed that it is also effective against P. acnes. Conclusion: BGM complex provides a complete adjunctive care in patients with acne by targeting etiopathogenic factors of acne: dysseborrhea, inflammation, and P. acnes proliferation. Keywords: acne, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidation, cosmetics, sebum

  1. Magnitude and Uncertainty of Carbon Pools and Fluxes in the US Forests

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    Harris, N.; Saatchi, S. S.; Fore, A.; Yu, Y.; Woodall, C. W.; Ganguly, S.; Nemani, R. R.; Hagen, S.; Birdsey, R.; Brown, S.; Salas, W.; Johnson, K. D.

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    Sassan Saatchi1,2, Stephan Hagen3, Christopher Woodall4 , Sangram Ganguly,5 Nancy Harris6, Sandra Brown7, Timothy Pearson7, Alexander Fore1, Yifan Yu1, Rama Nemani5, Gong Zhang5, William Salas4, Roger Cooke81 NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA2 Institute of Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA3 Applied Geosolutions, 55 Main Street Suit 125, Newmarket, NH 03857, USA4 USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA5 NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA6 Forests Program, World Resources Institute, Washington, DC, 20002, USA7 Winrock International, Ecosystem Services Unit, Arlington, VA 22202, USA8 Risk Analysis Resources for the Future, Washington DC 20036-1400Assessment of the carbon sinks and sources associated with greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes across the US forestlands is a priority of the national climate mitigation policy. However, estimates of fluxes from the land sector are less precise compared to other sectors because of the large sources of uncertainty in quantifying the carbon pools, emissions, and removals associated with anthropogenic (land use) and natural changes in the US forestlands. As part of the NASA's Carbon Monitoring System, we developed a methodology based on a combination of ground inventory and space observations to develop spatially refined carbon pools and fluxes including the gross emissions and sequestration of carbon at each 1-ha land unit across the forestlands in the continental United States (CONUS) for the period of 2006-2010. Here, we provide the magnitude and uncertainty of multiple pools and fluxes of the US forestlands and outline the observational requirements to reduce the uncertainties for developing national climate mitigation policies based on the carbon sequestration capacity of the US forest lands. Keywords: forests, carbon pools, greenhouse gas, land use, attribution

  2. Children as consumers: advertising and marketing.

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    Calvert, Sandra L

    2008-01-01

    Marketing and advertising support the U.S. economy by promoting the sale of goods and services to consumers, both adults and children. Sandra Calvert addresses product marketing to children and shows that although marketers have targeted children for decades, two recent trends have increased their interest in child consumers. First, both the discretionary income of children and their power to influence parent purchases have increased over time. Second, as the enormous increase in the number of available television channels has led to smaller audiences for each channel, digital interactive technologies have simultaneously opened new routes to narrow cast to children, thereby creating a growing media space just for children and children's products. Calvert explains that paid advertising to children primarily involves television spots that feature toys and food products, most of which are high in fat and sugar and low in nutritional value. Newer marketing approaches have led to online advertising and to so-called stealth marketing techniques, such as embedding products in the program content in films, online, and in video games. All these marketing strategies, says Calvert, make children younger than eight especially vulnerable because they lack the cognitive skills to understand the persuasive intent of television and online advertisements. The new stealth techniques can also undermine the consumer defenses even of older children and adolescents. Calvert explains that government regulations implemented by the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission provide some protection for children from advertising and marketing practices. Regulators exert more control over content on scarce television airwaves that belong to the public than over content on the more open online spaces. Overall, Calvert concludes, children live and grow up in a highly sophisticated marketing environment that influences their preferences and behaviors.

  3. Acute effects of consumption of energy drinks on intraocular pressure and blood pressure

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    Ilechie AA

    2011-04-01

    Full Text Available A Alex Ilechie, Sandra TettehDepartment of Optometry, University of Cape Coast, GhanaBackground: Energy drinks contain a wide variety of ingredients including caffeine, for which there have been conflicting reports regarding its effects on intraocular pressure (IOP and blood pressure. The aim of this study was to investigate the acute effects of an energy drink (Red Bull® on the IOP and blood pressure of healthy young adults.Methods: Thirty healthy university students of either gender, aged 18–30 (mean 23.20 ± 2.81 years were randomly selected to participate in this study. The subjects were randomly divided into two groups (experimental and control and were asked to abstain from caffeine for 48 hours prior to and during the study. Baseline IOP and blood pressure were measured. The experimental group (n = 15 consumed one can of the energy drink (containing 85 mg of caffeine in 250 mL and measurements were repeated at 30, 60, and 90 minutes, while the control group drank 250 mL of water and were tested over the same time period.Results: When compared with baseline, a significant decrease (P < 0.05 in mean IOP at 60 and 90 minutes was observed in the experimental group. There was no corresponding change in systolic or diastolic blood pressure.Conclusion: Our results suggest that energy drinks (ie, Red Bull produce a significant reduction in IOP but have no effect on blood pressure. These findings may be interpreted as reflecting the effect of the combination of caffeine and taurine in the Red Bull energy drink. This effect may result from the known hypotensive effect of taurine, and warrants further study.Keywords: acute effect, intraocular pressure, blood pressure, glaucoma, caffeine, taurine

  4. Lipid-lowering therapy: who can benefit

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    Lewis S

    2011-08-01

    Full Text Available Sandra J LewisNorthwest Cardiovascular Institute, Portland, OR, USAAbstract: Cardiovascular disease (CVD is the leading cause of death in the US. Despite the decline in CVD-associated mortality rates in recent years, coronary heart disease (CHD still causes one in every six deaths in this country. Because most CHD risk factors are modifiable (eg, smoking, hypertension, obesity, onset of type 2 diabetes, and dyslipidemia, cardiovascular risk can be reduced by timely and appropriate interventions, such as smoking cessation, diet and lifestyle changes, and lipid-modifying therapy. Dyslipidemia, manifested by elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C, is central to the development and progression of atherosclerosis, which can be silent for decades before triggering a first major cardiovascular event. Consequently, dyslipidemia has become a primary target of intervention in strategies for the prevention of cardiovascular events. The guidelines of the Adult Treatment Panel (ATP III, updated in 2004, recommend therapeutic lifestyle changes and the use of lipid-lowering medications, such as statins, to achieve specific LDL-C goals based on a person’s global cardiovascular risk. For high-risk individuals, such as patients with CHD and diabetic patients without CHD, an LDL-C target of < 100 mg/dL is recommended, and statin therapy should be considered to help patients achieve this goal. If correctly dosed in appropriate patients, currently approved statins are generally safe and provide significant cardiovascular benefits in diverse populations, including women, the elderly, and patients with diabetes. A recent primary prevention trial also showed that statins benefit individuals traditionally not considered at high risk of CHD, such as those with no hyperlipidemia but elevated C-reactive protein. Additional evidence suggests that statins may halt or slow atherosclerotic disease progression. Recent evidence confirms the pivotal role of

  5. Predictors of awareness of standard drink labelling and drinking guidelines to reduce negative health effects among Australian drinkers.

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    Coomber, Kerri; Jones, Sandra C; Martino, Florentine; Miller, Peter G

    2017-03-01

    This study examined rates of awareness of standard drink labelling and drinking guidelines among Australian adult drinkers. Demographic predictors of these two outcomes were also explored. Online survey panel participants aged 18-45 years(n = 1061; mean age = 33.2 years) completed an online survey assessing demographics, alcohol consumption patterns, awareness of standard drink labels and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) guidelines, and support for more detailed labels. The majority (80%) of participants had seen standard drink labels on alcohol products; with younger drinkers, those from a regional/rural location and high-risk drinkers significantly more likely to have seen such labelling. Most respondents estimated at or below the maximum number of drinks stipulated in the NHMRC guidelines. However, their estimates of the levels for male drinkers were significantly higher than for female drinkers. High-risk drinkers were significantly less likely to provide accurate estimates, while those who had seen the standard drink logo were significantly more likely to provide accurate estimates of drinking levels to reduce the risk of long-term harms only. Just under three-quarters of respondents supported the inclusion of more information on labels regarding guidelines to reduce negative health effects. The current standard drink labelling approach fails to address high-risk drinkers. The inclusion of information about NHMRC guidelines on alcohol labels, and placing standard drink labelling on the front of products could improve awareness of what constitutes a standard drink and safe levels of consumption among Australian drinkers.[Kerri Coomber, Sandra C. Jones, Florentine Martino, Peter G. Miller. Predictors of awareness of standard drink labelling and drinking guidelines to reduce negative health effects among Australian drinkers. Drug Alcohol Rev 2017;36:200-209]. © 2016 Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs.

  6. An online survey to study the relationship between patients’ health literacy and coping style and their preferences for self-management-related information

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    Vosbergen S

    2014-05-01

    Full Text Available Sandra Vosbergen,1 Niels Peek,1 Johanna MR Mulder-Wiggers,1 Hareld MC Kemps,1,2 Roderik A Kraaijenhagen,3 Monique WM Jaspers,1,4 Joyca PW Lacroix51Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2Department of Cardiology, Máxima Medical Centre, Veldhoven, the Netherlands, 3NIPED Research Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 4Center for Human Factors Engineering of Health Information Technology (HIT Lab, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 5Department of Brain, Body and Behavior, Philips Research, Eindhoven, the NetherlandsObjective: To evaluate patients’ preferences for message features and assess their relationships with health literacy, monitor–blunter coping style, and other patient-dependent characteristics.Methods: Patients with coronary heart disease completed an internet-based survey, which assessed health literacy and monitor–blunter coping style, as well as various other patient characteristics such as sociodemographics, disease history, and explicit information preferences. To assess preferences for message features, nine text sets differing in one of nine message features were composed, and participants were asked to state their preferences.Results: The survey was completed by 213 patients. For three of the nine text sets, a ­relationship was found between patient preference and health literacy or monitor–blunter coping style. Patients with low health literacy preferred the text based on patient experience. Patients with a monitoring coping style preferred information on short-term effects of their treatment and mentioning of explicit risks. Various other patient characteristics such as marital status, social support, disease history, and age also showed a strong association.Conclusion: Individual differences exist in patients’ preferences for message features, and these preferences relate to patient characteristics such as health literacy and monitor

  7. Support management in schizophrenia: a systematic review of current literature

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    Pompili M

    2012-12-01

    Full Text Available Maurizio Pompili,1 Franco Montebovi,1 Alberto Forte,1 Mario Palermo,1 Henry Stefani,1 Ludovica Telesforo,1 Sandra Campi,1 Gloria Giordano,1 Lucia Longo,1 Dorian A Lamis,2 Gianluca Serafini,1 Paolo Girardi11Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; 2Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USABackground: Schizophrenia is generally considered a chronic disorder characterized by psychotic symptoms and relatively stable neurocognitive and interpersonal deficits. Antipsychotic medication has proven beneficial in reducing psychotic symptoms, but is often not enough to treat cognitive or functional impairments. Residual cognitive impairments are barriers to a patient’s full recovery from schizophrenia. Rehabilitation is an alternative and important approach which may be useful, and encompasses a variety of treatments including social skills training and psychoeducational and cognitive behavioral treatments.Objective: To investigate the efficacy of psychosocial treatments in schizophrenia, evaluating its effects in the short and long term, comparing psychosocial treatments with pharmacotherapy, and assessing the effects of treatment and the main indications for use in patients with schizophrenia.Methods: A careful MEDLINE®, Excerpta Medica, PsycLIT®, PsycINFO®, and Index Medicus search was performed to identify all papers and book chapters in English for the period 1970–2012.Results: Findings from the studies included in this qualitative analysis suggest that social skills therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, family intervention therapy, cognitive remediation therapy, and other nonpharmacological therapeutic strategies may be beneficial for patients with significant functional and symptomatic impairments.Conclusion: Schizophrenic patients treated with nonpharmacological

  8. Work Done For the Safety and Assurance Directorate

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    Struhar, Paul T., Jr.

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    The Safety and Assurance Directorate (SAAD) has a vision. The vision is to be an essential part of NASA Glenn's journey to excellence. SAAD is in charge of leading safety, security, and quality and is important to our customers. When it comes to programmatic and technical decision making and implementation, SAAD provides clear safety, reliability, maintainable, quality assurance and security. I worked on a couple different things during my internship with Sandra Hardy. I did a lot of logistics for meeting and trips. I helped run the budget for the SAAD directorate. I also worked with Rich Miller for one week and we took water samples and ran tests. We also calibrated the different equipment. There is a lot more to meetings than people see. I did one for a retirement party. I had to get work orders and set up the facilities where the event is going to take place. I also set up a trip to Plum Brook Station. I had to order vans and talk with the people up there to see when a good time was. I also had to make invitations and coordinate everything. I also help Sandy run the numbers in the budget. We use excel to do this, which makes it a lot easier. things. He is in the environmental safety office. I learned how to collaborate the equipment using alpha and beta sources. I went out with him and we took water samples and tested them for conductivity and chlorine. I have learned a lot in the short time I've been here. It has been a great experience and I have has the pleasure of meeting and working with great people.

  9. The impact of internalizing symptoms on autistic traits in adolescents with restrictive anorexia nervosa

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    Calderoni S

    2015-01-01

    Full Text Available Sara Calderoni,1,* Pamela Fantozzi,1,* Giulia Balboni,2 Veronica Pagni,1 Emilio Franzoni,3 Fabio Apicella,1 Antonio Narzisi,1 Sandra Maestro,1 Filippo Muratori1,4 1IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, 2Department of Surgery, Medical, Molecular and Critical Area Pathology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 3Child Neuropsychiatric Unit, Women, Children and Adolescents Health Department, University Hospital S Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy; 4Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy *These authors contributed equally to this work Background: Although previous studies indicated a positive association between restrictive anorexia-nervosa (AN-R and autistic traits, the potential interference of psychiatric internalizing comorbidity on this association is not yet fully investigated.Materials and methods: The aim of this study was to explore autistic traits and internalizing psychopathology in adolescents (age range: 11.7–17.2 years with AN-R. Twenty-five patients referred to two tertiary-care hospitals were compared to a large control group (N=170 with no differences in age and sex. AN-R patients and controls filled out instruments assessing autistic traits (autism spectrum quotient [AQ], psychopathology (youth self-report [YSR] 11–18, and eating patterns (eating attitude test [EAT]. In order to disentangle the possible mediating role of internalizing symptoms on autistic traits, two separate control groups (called True and False healthy control, both composed of 25 eating-problem-free participants were derived from the whole control group on the basis of the presence or absence of internalizing problems in the YSR.Results: AN-R patients scored significantly higher on AQ compared to the whole control group and to controls without internalizing problems (True HC, but these differences disappeared when only controls with internalizing problems (False HC were considered.Conclusion: Autistic traits in AN

  10. Phase I dose escalation safety study of nanoparticulate paclitaxel (CTI 52010 in normal dogs

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    Axiak SM

    2011-10-01

    Full Text Available Sandra M Axiak1, Kim A Selting1, Charles J Decedue2, Carolyn J Henry1,3, Deborah Tate1, Jahna Howell2, K James Bilof1, Dae Y Kim4 1Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA; 2CritiTech Inc, Lawrence, KS, USA; 3Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology; 4Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA Background: Paclitaxel is highly effective in the treatment of many cancers in humans, but cannot be routinely used in dogs as currently formulated due to the exquisite sensitivity of this species to surfactant-solubilizing agents. CTI 52010 is a formulation of nanoparticulate paclitaxel consisting of drug and normal saline. Our objectives were to determine the maximally tolerated dose, dose-limiting toxicities, and pharmacokinetics of CTI 52010 administered intravenously to normal dogs. Methods: Three normal adult hound dogs were evaluated by physical examination, complete blood count, chemistry profile, and urinalysis. Dogs were treated with staggered escalating dosages of CTI 52010 with a 28-day washout. All dogs were treated with a starting dosage of 40 mg/m2, and subsequent dosages were escalated at 50% (dog 1, 100% (dog 2, or 200% (dog 3 with each cycle, to a maximum of 240 mg/m2. Dogs were monitored by daily physical assessment and weekly laboratory evaluation. Standard criteria were used to grade adverse events. Plasma was collected at regular intervals to determine pharmacokinetics. Dogs were euthanized humanely, and necropsy was performed one week after the last treatment. Results: The dose-limiting toxicity was grade 4 neutropenia and the maximum tolerated dosage was 120 mg/m2. Grade 1–2 gastrointestinal toxicity was noted at higher dosages. Upon post mortem evaluation, no evidence of organ (liver, kidney, spleen toxicity was noted. Conclusion: CTI 52010 was well tolerated when administered intravenously to normal dogs. A starting

  11. DILEMAS MORALES

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    Sandra Realpe Quintero

    2001-01-01

    Full Text Available Antes del siglo XX la tradición filosófica moral ha reconocido la existencia de los conflictos morales pero ha rechazado la posibilidad de los auténticos dilemas morales. Para poder entender por qué hoy el tema de los dilemas morales ha reclamado para sí tanta atención, es importante ponernos de acuerdo en la definición de algunos conceptos. Un conflicto moral es una situación en la que un(a agente se ve confrontado(a con dos obligaciones morales que le instan a actuar. Un dilema moral es una situación extrema de conflicto moral en la que nuestro(a agente no puede seguir un curso de acción que sea conforme con sus dos obligaciones en conflicto. Para que un conflicto moral tenga el carácter de ser un auténtico dilema moral (genuine moral dilemma y no simplemente un aparente dilema moral (apparent moral di- DILEMAS MORALES SANDRA REALPE Licenciada en Filosofía, Univalle, Maestría en Filosofía, Univalle, Diplomado en Psicología Aplicada, Universidad de Londres, Diplomado en Etica de los Negocios Universidad de Colorado, profesora Universidad Icesi, Facultad de Derecho y Humanidades. E-mail: sandrarealpe@hotmail.com lemma, ninguna de las obligaciones en conflicto es en efecto más fuerte o logra invalidar a la otra obligación. A raíz de un artículo escrito en 1962 por E. J. Lemmon, titulado precisamente “Dilemas morales” (Moral Dilemmas, se abrió un debate entre los filósofos anglosajones contemporáneos acerca de la existencia o no de los auténticos dilemas morales. Informar sobre este debate reciente, esclarecer los argumentos de sus principales protagonistas, y hacer presente en nuestro medio un novedoso debate que es importante para reflexionar sobre un buen número de problemas morales, son nuestros principales propósitos en el presente ensayo. ...

  12. Apresentação

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    Geraldo Carlos do Nascimento

    2010-12-01

    Full Text Available Em sua edição 34, Significação – Revista de Cultura Audiovisual apresenta um conjunto de nove artigos e uma entrevista, analisan-do diversos aspectos relacionados à cultura audiovisual contempo-rânea. As perspectivas do cinema para além das produções hege-mônicas são tema do artigo de Roger Crittenden. Na sequência, a busca de identidades sociais expressa pelos meios de comunicação e a oscilação entre discursos referenciais e ficcionais presentes em narrativas audiovisuais são tema dos artigos de Mauro Wilton de Sousa e Rosana de Lima Soares, respectivamente. As marcas de enunciação no cinema, o trabalho como auto-representação e as imagens históricas sedimentadas em arquivos fílmicos e revistas atu-almente são temas tratados nos textos de Egle Spinelli, Ana Amado e Anita Leandro. Três artigos trazem contribuições aos estudos de cinema e televisão: a análise de diferentes representações das heroínas de obras fílmicas e de séries televisuais, de Ana Maria Balogh; a dimensão poética das configurações imagéticas, no cinema, que delineiam o lugar do deslugar no cotidiano, de Sandra Fischer; e a remissão histórica do figurino na construção de uma identida-de brasileira, de Solange Wajnman. Finalmente, a entrevista com Jacques Aumont, realizada por Lisandro Nogueira, revisita os prin-cipais conceitos e desdobramentos de sua obra. Na variedade de abordagens, objetos e autores, a revista espera contribuir, como tem feito ao longo das últimas décadas, para o debate e a consolidação do campo de estudos do cinema e do audiovisual.

  13. Population-based health promotion perspective for older driver safety: Conceptual framework to intervention plan

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    Sherrilene Classen

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    Full Text Available Sherrilene Classen1,2, Ellen DS Lopez3, Sandra Winter2, Kezia D Awadzi4, Nita Ferree5, Cynthia W Garvan61Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Public Health and Health Professions (CPHHP, University of Florida (UF, Gainesville, FL, USA; 2PhD Program in Rehabilitation Science, CPHHP, UF Gainesville, FL, USA; 3Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, CPHHP, UF, Gainesville, FL, USA; 4Department of Health Services Research, Management, and Policy, CPHHP, UF, Gainesville, FL, USA; 5Health Science Center Libraries, UF, Gainesville, FL, USA; 6Division of Biostatistics, College of Medicine, UF, Gainesville, FL, USAAbstract: The topic of motor vehicle crashes among the elderly is dynamic and multi-faceted requiring a comprehensive and synergistic approach to intervention planning. This approach must be based on the values of a given population as well as health statistics and asserted through community, organizational and policy strategies. An integrated summary of the predictors (quantitative research, and views (qualitative research of the older drivers and their stakeholders, does not currently exist. This study provided an explicit socio-ecological view explaining the interrelation of possible causative factors, an integrated summary of these causative factors, and empirical guidelines for developing public health interventions to promote older driver safety. Using a mixed methods approach, we were able to compare and integrate main findings from a national crash dataset with perspectives of stakeholders. We identified: 11 multi-causal factors for safe elderly driving; the importance of the environmental factors - previously underrated in the literature- interacting with behavioral and health factors; and the interrelatedness among many socio-ecological factors. For the first time, to our knowledge, we conceptualized the fundamental elements of a multi-causal health promotion plan, with measurable intermediate and long

  14. Wet, Carbonaceous Asteroids: Altering Minerals, Changing Amino Acids

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    Taylor, G. J.

    2011-04-01

    Many carbonaceous chondrites contain alteration products from water-rock interactions at low temperature and organic compounds. A fascinating fact known for decades is the presence in some of them of an assortment of organic compounds, including amino acids, sometimes called the building blocks of life. Murchison and other CM carbonaceous chondrites contain hundreds of amino acids. Early measurements indicated that the amino acids in carbonaceous chondrites had equal proportions of L- and D-structures, a situation called racemic. This was in sharp contrast to life on Earth, which heavily favors L- forms. However, beginning in 1997, John Cronin and Sandra Pizzarello (Arizona State University) found L- excesses in isovaline and several other amino acids in the Murchison carbonaceous chondrite. In 2009, Daniel Glavin and Jason Dworkin (Astrobiology Analytical Lab, Goddard Space Flight Center) reported the first independent confirmation of L-isovaline excesses in Murchison using a different analytical technique than employed by Cronin and Pizzarello. Inspired by this work, Daniel Glavin, Michael Callahan, Jason Dworkin, and Jamie Elsila (Astrobiology Analytical Lab, Goddard Space Flight Center), have done an extensive study of the abundance and symmetry of amino acids in carbonaceous chondrites that experienced a range of alteration by water in their parent asteroids. The results show that amino acids are more abundant in the less altered meteorites, implying that aqueous processing changes the mix of amino acids. They also confirmed the enrichment in L-structures of some amino acids, especially isovaline, confirming earlier work. The authors suggest that aqueously-altered planetesimals might have seeded the early Earth with nonracemic amino acids, perhaps explaining why life from microorganisms to people use only L- forms to make proteins. The initial imbalance caused by non-biologic processes in wet asteroids might have been amplified by life on Earth. Alternatively

  15. Predicting Consumer Effort in Finding and Paying for Health Care: Expert Interviews and Claims Data Analysis.

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    Long, Sandra; Monsen, Karen A; Pieczkiewicz, David; Wolfson, Julian; Khairat, Saif

    2017-10-12

    For consumers to accept and use a health care information system, it must be easy to use, and the consumer must perceive it as being free from effort. Finding health care providers and paying for care are tasks that must be done to access treatment. These tasks require effort on the part of the consumer and can be frustrating when the goal of the consumer is primarily to receive treatments for better health. The aim of this study was to determine the factors that result in consumer effort when finding accessible health care. Having an understanding of these factors will help define requirements when designing health information systems. A panel of 12 subject matter experts was consulted and the data from 60 million medical claims were used to determine the factors contributing to effort. Approximately 60 million claims were processed by the health care insurance organization in a 12-month duration with the population defined. Over 292 million diagnoses from claims were used to validate the panel input. The results of the study showed that the number of people in the consumer's household, number of visits to providers outside the consumer's insurance network, number of adjusted and denied medical claims, and number of consumer inquiries are a proxy for the level of effort in finding and paying for care. The effort level, so measured and weighted per expert panel recommendations, differed by diagnosis. This study provides an understanding of how consumers must put forth effort when engaging with a health care system to access care. For higher satisfaction and acceptance results, health care payers ideally will design and develop systems that facilitate an understanding of how to avoid denied claims, educate on the payment of claims to avoid adjustments, and quickly find providers of affordable care. ©Sandra Long, Karen A. Monsen, David Pieczkiewicz, Julian Wolfson, Saif Khairat. Originally published in JMIR Medical Informatics (http://medinform.jmir.org), 12.10.2017.

  16. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: emerging targeted therapies to optimize treatment options

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    Milic S

    2015-08-01

    Full Text Available Sandra Milic,1 Ivana Mikolasevic,1,2 Irena Krznaric-Zrnic,1 Marija Stanic,3 Goran Poropat,1 Davor Stimac,1 Vera Vlahovic-Palcevski,4 Lidija Orlic2 1Department of Gastroenterology, UHC Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia; 2Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation, UHC Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia; 3Department of Hematology, UHC Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia; 4Department for Clinical Pharmacology, University of Rijeka Medical School, UHC Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia Abstract: Diet and lifestyle changes have led to worldwide increases in the prevalences of obesity and metabolic syndrome, resulting in substantially greater incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD. NAFLD is considered a hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome and is related to diabetes, insulin resistance, central obesity, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH is an entity that describes liver inflammation due to NAFLD. Growing evidence suggests that NAFLD is a multisystem disease with a clinical burden that is not only confined to liver-related morbidity and mortality, but that also affects several extra-hepatic organs and regulatory pathways. Thus, NAFLD is considered an important public health issue, but there is currently no effective therapy for all NAFLD patients in the general population. Studies seeking optimal therapy for NAFLD and NASH have not yet led to development of a universal protocol for treating this growing problem. Several pharmacological agents have been studied in an effort to improve insulin resistance and the proinflammatory mediators that may be responsible for NASH progression. Cardiovascular risk factors are highly prevalent among NASH patients, and the backbone of treatment regimens for these patients still comprises general lifestyle interventions, including dietary changes and increased physical activity. Vitamin E and thiazolidinedione derivatives are currently the most evidence-based therapeutic options, but only

  17. Positive predictive value of the infant respiratory distress syndrome diagnosis in the Danish National Patient Registry

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    Thygesen SK

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    Full Text Available Sandra Kruchov Thygesen, Morten Olsen, Christian Fynbo ChristiansenDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, DenmarkBackground: Infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS is the most common respiratory disease in preterm infants, and is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Valid data on IRDS are important in clinical epidemiological research.Objectives: The objective of this study was to estimate the positive predictive value (PPV of the IRDS diagnosis registered in the population-based Danish National Patient Registry according to the International Classification of Diseases, 8th and 10th revisions.Methods: Between January 1, 1977 and December 31, 2008, we randomly selected three patients per year, 96 in total, who were registered with an IRDS diagnosis in the Danish National Patient Registry and living in the northern part of Denmark. Data on the infants included information on the presence of predefined clinical symptoms. We defined IRDS as the presence of at least two of four clinical symptoms (tachypnea, retractions or nasal flaring, grunting, and central cyanosis, which had to be present for more than 30 minutes. Using medical record review as the reference standard, we computed the positive predictive value of the registered IRDS diagnosis including 95% confidence intervals (CIs.Results: We located the medical record for 90 of the 96 patients (94%, and found an overall PPV of the IRDS diagnosis of 81% (95% CI 72%–88%. This did not vary substantially between primary and secondary diagnoses. The PPV was higher, at 89% (95% CI 80%–95%, for preterm infants born before 37 weeks of gestation.Conclusion: The PPV of the IRDS diagnosis in the Danish National Patient Registry is reasonable when compared with symptoms described in the corresponding medical records. The Danish National Patient Registry is a useful data source for studies of IRDS, particularly if restricted to preterm infants

  18. Neuroinflammatory responses to traumatic brain injury: etiology, clinical consequences, and therapeutic opportunities

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    2015-01-01

    Full Text Available Diego Lozano,* Gabriel S Gonzales-Portillo,* Sandra Acosta, Ike de la Pena, Naoki Tajiri, Yuji Kaneko, Cesar V Borlongan Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA *These authors contributed equally to this work Abstract: Traumatic brain injury (TBI is a serious public health problem accounting for 1.4 million emergency room visits by US citizens each year. Although TBI has been traditionally considered an acute injury, chronic symptoms reminiscent of neurodegenerative disorders have now been recognized. These progressive neurodegenerative-like symptoms manifest as impaired motor and cognitive skills, as well as stress, anxiety, and mood affective behavioral alterations. TBI, characterized by external bumps or blows to the head exceeding the brain’s protective capacity, causes physical damage to the central nervous system with accompanying neurological dysfunctions. The primary impact results in direct neural cell loss predominantly exhibiting necrotic death, which is then followed by a wave of secondary injury cascades including excitotoxicity, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, blood–brain barrier disruption, and inflammation. All these processes exacerbate the damage, worsen the clinical outcomes, and persist as an evolving pathological hallmark of what we now describe as chronic TBI. Neuroinflammation in the acute stage of TBI mobilizes immune cells, astrocytes, cytokines, and chemokines toward the site of injury to mount an antiinflammatory response against brain damage; however, in the chronic stage, excess activation of these inflammatory elements contributes to an “inflamed” brain microenvironment that principally contributes to secondary cell death in TBI. Modulating these inflammatory cells by changing their phenotype from proinflammatory to antiinflammatory would likely promote therapeutic effects on TBI. Because neuroinflammation occurs at

  19. Enhancing Executive Functions Among Dutch Elementary School Children Using the Train Your Mind Program: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Trial.

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    Bervoets, Joachim; Jonkman, Lisa M; Mulkens, Sandra; de Vries, Hein; Kok, Gerjo

    2018-06-07

    -regulation of elementary school children, in a cost-effective manner. Netherlands Trial Register NTR5804; http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=5804 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6z9twosJ8). RR1-10.2196/7908. ©Joachim Bervoets, Lisa M Jonkman, Sandra Mulkens, Hein de Vries, Gerjo Kok. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (http://www.researchprotocols.org), 07.06.2018.

  20. Danish Register of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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    Lange P

    2016-10-01

    Full Text Available Peter Lange,1,2 Sandra Søgaard Tøttenborg,1 Anne Dichmann Sorknæs,3 Jørgen Steen Andersen,4 Mette Søgaard,5 Henrik Nielsen,5 Reimar Wernich Thomsen,5 Katrine Abildtrup Nielsen6 1Section of Social Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, 2Lung Diseases Department, Respiratory Medicine Section, Lung Diseases Department, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 3Medical Department, Odense Universitetshospital–Svendborg Hospital, Svendborg, 4Danish College of General Practitioners, Copenhagen, 5Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, 6Registry Support Centre of Clinical Quality and Health Informatics (West, Århus, Denmark Aim of database: The Danish Register of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (DrCOPD is a nationwide database aiming to describe the quality of treatment of all patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD in Denmark. Study population: DrCOPD comprises data on all patients with a diagnosis of COPD. In the hospital setting, both in- and outpatients are included. In the setting of the general practice (GP, DrCOPD aims to include all patients with a COPD diagnosis who attend an annual control visit for COPD. Main variables: DrCOPD includes information on forced expiratory volume in 1 second, smoking status, body mass index, dyspnea, treatment modalities such as rehabilitation, smoking cessation, medical treatment, and the use of noninvasive ventilation during hospitalization due to exacerbations. The outcome variables include frequency of readmission and death 30 days after discharge from hospital. Descriptive data: Since 2008, the registration in the Danish hospitals has gradually become more comprehensive. In 2014, ~90% of 16,106 eligible patients had complete data sets that showed an improvement in the processes describing quality of care, including increased offering of smoking cessation, rehabilitation, and correct treatment with inhaled

  1. Trypanosoma cruzi in dogs: electrocardiographic and echocardiographic evaluation, in Malinalco, State of Mexico

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    González-Vieyra SD

    2011-12-01

    Full Text Available Sandra Díaz González-Vieyra1, Ninfa Ramírez-Durán2, Ángel H Sandoval-Trujillo3, Juan C Vázquez-Chagoyán1, Humberto G Monroy-Salazar1, Alberto Barbabosa-Pliego11Research Center of Advanced Studies in Animal Health, Veterinary Husbandry School, 2Medical and Ambiental Microbiology, Research Center of Advanced Studies in Health Science, School of Medicine, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, Toluca, Mexico; 3Department of Biological Systems, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Xochimilco, Mexico City, MexicoAbstract: Chagas disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi is an important public health problem in Latin America. Dogs are considered a risk factor for human Chagas disease, a sentinel for T. cruzi infection in endemic regions and an animal model to study pathological aspects of the disease. The potential use of dogs as indicators of human cardiac pathogenicity of local T. cruzi strains has been studied insufficiently. We studied electrocardiographic (EKG and echocardiographic (ECG alteration frequencies observed in an open population of dogs in Malinalco, Mexico, and determined if such frequencies were statistically associated with T. cruzi infection in dogs. Animals (n = 139 were clinically examined and owners were asked to answer a questionnaire about dogs’ living conditions. Two commercial serological tests (IHA, ELISA were conducted to detect anti-T. cruzi serum antibodies. Significant differences between seropositive and seronegative animals in cardiomyopathic frequencies were detected through EKG and ECG (P < 0.05. Thirty dogs (21.58% were serologically positive to anti-T. cruzi antibodies (to ELISA and IHA assays, of which nine (30% had EKG and/or ECG alterations. From the remaining 104 (78.42% seronegative animals, five (4.5% had EKG and/or ECG abnormalities. Our data support the hypothesis that most EKG and ECG alterations found in dogs from Malinalco could be associated with T. cruzi infection. Considering the dog as a

  2. Stress and burnout in residents: impact of mindfulness-based resilience training

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    Goldhagen BE

    2015-08-01

    Full Text Available Brian E Goldhagen,1 Karen Kingsolver,2 Sandra S Stinnett,1 Jullia A Rosdahl1 1Department of Ophthalmology, 2Department of Family and Community Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USABackground and objective: Stress and burnout impact resident physicians. This prospective study tests the hypothesis that a mindfulness-based resilience intervention would decrease stress and burnout in residents.Methods: Resident physicians from the Departments of Family Medicine, Psychiatry, and Anesthesia at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, participated in two or three 1-hour sessions of mindfulness-based resilience activities, which introduced mindful-awareness and included practical exercises for nurturing resilience. Anonymous surveys were distributed before (completed by 47 residents and after the intervention (both completed by 30 residents; a follow-up survey was distributed 1 month later (seven residents completed all three surveys. The survey included the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, 21-question version (DASS-21, the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory, the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, and ten questions from the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire.Results: At baseline, most residents’ scores were in the normal range with respect to stress; however, female residents had higher DASS-21 scores than male residents (31.7, females vs 18.4, males; P=0.002. Most residents’ burnout scores were in the abnormal range, both with respect to exhaustion (38/47 residents, subscore ≥2.25 and disengagement (37/47 residents, subscore ≥2.1. Higher perceived levels of stress correlated with the instruments. Analysis of the surveys before and after the intervention showed no significant short-term change in stress, burnout, mindful-awareness, or cognitive failure. There was a trend for females and post-medical school graduate year 1 and 2 (PGY1 and PGY2 residents to have a reduction in DASS-21 scores after intervention. There was also a trend of

  3. Determination of genotypic and clinical characteristics of Colombian patients with mucopolysaccharidosis IVA

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    Tapiero-Rodriguez SM

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    Full Text Available Sandra M Tapiero-Rodriguez,1 Johanna C Acosta Guio,1 Gloria Liliana Porras-Hurtado,2 Natalia García,3 Martha Solano,4 Harry Pachajoa,5 Harvy M Velasco1 1Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Departamento de morfología, Maestría de genética humana, Bogotá, 2Family Compensation Fund of Risaralda, Pereira, 3Faculty of Medicine, Manizales University, Manizales, 4Department of Neuropediatrics, Cardioinfantil Foundation, Bogotá, 5Centro de Investigaciones en Anomalías Congénitas y Enfermedades Raras, Universidad ICESI y Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia Background: As mucopolysaccharidosis IVA (MPS IVA is the most frequent MPS in Colombia, this paper aims to describe its clinical and mutational characteristics in 32 diagnosed patients included in this study. Methods: Genotyping was completed by amplification and Sanger sequencing of the GALNS gene. The SWISS-model platform was used for bioinformatic analysis, and mutant proteins were generated by homology from the wild-type GALNS code 4FDI template from the Protein Data Bank (PDB database. Docking was performed using the GalNAc6S ligand (PubChem CID: 193456 by AutoDock Vina 1.0 and visualized in PyMOL and LigPlot+. Results: Eleven variants were identified, and one new pathogenic variant was described in the heterozygous state, which is consistent with genotype c. 319 G>T or p.Ala107Ser. The pathogenic variant c.901G>T or p.Gly301Cys was the most frequent mutation with 51.6% of alleles. Docking revealed affinity energy of −5.9 Kcal/mol between wild-type GALNS and the G6S ligand. Some changes were evidenced at the intermolecular interaction level, and affinity energy for each mutant decreased. Conclusion: Clinical variables and genotypic analysis were similar to those reported for other world populations. Genotypic data showed greater allelic heterogeneity than those previously reported. Bioinformatics tools showed differences in the binding interactions of mutant proteins with the G6S

  4. Book reviews

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    Redactie KITLV

    2005-01-01

    Indian and Indonesian textiles (Sandra Niessen David Bourchier and Vedi R. Hadiz (eds, Indonesian politics and society; A reader (Seije Slager Howard Dick, Vincent J.H. Houben, J. Thomas Lindblad and Thee Kian Wie (eds, The emergence of a national economy; An economic history of Indonesia, 1800-2000 (Heather Sutherland Roderich Ptak, China, the Portuguese and the Nanyang; Oceans and routes, regions and trade (c. 1000-1600 (Heather Sutherland Stephen C. Headley, Durga’s Mosque; Cosmology, conversion and community in Central Javanese Islam (Robert Wessing

  5. Comparative effectiveness and safety of nab-paclitaxel plus carboplatin vs gemcitabine plus carboplatin in first-line treatment of advanced squamous cell non-small cell lung cancer in a US community oncology setting

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    Mudad R

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    Full Text Available Raja Mudad,1 Manish B Patel,2 Sandra Margunato-Debay,2 David Garofalo,3 Lincy S Lal4 1University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Hollywood, FL, USA; 2Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ, USA; 3Cardinal Health, Dallas, TX, USA; 4University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA Introduction: Real-world comparative effectiveness, safety, and supportive care use of nab-paclitaxel plus carboplatin vs gemcitabine plus platinum were analyzed in patients with advanced or metastatic squamous cell non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC.Materials and methods: Patients who received ≥ 1 cycle of first-line nab-paclitaxel plus carboplatin or gemcitabine plus platinum were identified from the Navigating Cancer database. Clinical effectiveness endpoints included overall survival (OS and time to treatment discontinuation (TTD. Other endpoints included safety and utilization of supportive care. Cox proportional hazards models were used to control for potential confounding effects of baseline characteristics.Results: In total, 193 patients were included (nab-paclitaxel plus carboplatin, n = 61; gemcitabine plus platinum, n = 132. Baseline characteristics were generally similar between the cohorts. Patients receiving nab-paclitaxel plus carboplatin had a significantly longer OS than those receiving gemcitabine plus carboplatin (median, 12.8 vs 9.0 months; P = 0.03. However, the adjusted difference was not statistically significant (adjusted HR 1.55; 95% CI, 0.99–2.42; P = 0.06. nab-Paclitaxel plus carboplatin-treated patients had significantly longer TTD than gemcitabine plus carboplatin-treated patients (median, 4.3 vs 3.5 months; P = 0.03; adjusted HR 1.39; 95% CI, 1.01–1.90; P = 0.04. Grade 3 or 4 anemia and neutropenia were significantly lower in patients treated with nab-paclitaxel plus carboplatin vs gemcitabine plus carboplatin. Nausea and neuropathy (grade not specified were significantly higher in the

  6. Patient inclusion in transfusion medicine: current perspectives

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    Full Text Available Mark T Friedman,1 Peyman Bizargity,1 Sandra Gilmore,2 Arnold Friedman3 1Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine Service, Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai St Luke's–Roosevelt Hospital Center, 2Patient Blood Management Program, Center for Blood Management and Bloodless Medicine and Surgery, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center, 3Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Abstract: Patients may have differing perceptions about blood transfusions based on their backgrounds, values, education levels, or cultural or religious beliefs, which may or may not be accurate. Unfortunately, despite the fact that transfusions are associated with a number of infectious and noninfectious risks, and in spite of the fact that there are ethical, accreditation, and regulatory requirements to provide information regarding transfusion risks, benefits, and alternatives to patients, transfusion consent remains inconsistently obtained. This can partly be attributed to the fact that clinicians may take on a paternalistic approach to transfusion decisions as well as to the fact that many clinicians have knowledge gaps in transfusion medicine that prevent them from obtaining transfusion consent adequately. As a result, unlike the case with other medical and surgical therapies, most patients are not included in the making of informed decisions regarding the need for transfusion versus alternative therapies, leading to many situations in which the transfusions provide little benefit to them. Recently however, a number of organizations, such as the American Association of Blood Banks and The Joint Commission in the US, have promoted multidisciplinary, evidence-based treatment strategies that aim to minimize the need for blood transfusion, the so-called patient blood management (PBM protocols. PBM strategies are expected to improve blood utilization through optimization of patients who may need

  7. Nanotechnology versus stem cell engineering: in vitro comparison of neurite inductive potentials

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    Morano M

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    Full Text Available Michela Morano,1,* Sandra Wrobel,2,3,* Federica Fregnan,1 Ofra Ziv-Polat,4 Abraham Shahar,4 Andreas Ratzka,2 Claudia Grothe,2,3 Stefano Geuna,1 Kirsten Haastert-Talini2,3 1Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, Università Degli Studi di Torino, Orbassano, Piemonte, Italy; 2Institute of Neuroanatomy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Lower-Saxony, Germany; 3Center for Systems Neuroscience (ZSN, Hannover, Lower-Saxony, Germany; 4NVR Research Ltd, Ness-Ziona, Israel *These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship Purpose: Innovative nerve conduits for peripheral nerve reconstruction are needed in order to specifically support peripheral nerve regeneration (PNR whenever nerve autotransplantation is not an option. Specific support of PNR could be achieved by neurotrophic factor delivery within the nerve conduits via nanotechnology or stem cell engineering and transplantation.Methods: Here, we comparatively investigated the bioactivity of selected neurotrophic factors conjugated to iron oxide nanoparticles (np-NTFs and of bone marrow-derived stem cells genetically engineered to overexpress those neurotrophic factors (NTF-BMSCs. The neurite outgrowth inductive activity was monitored in culture systems of adult and neonatal rat sensory dorsal root ganglion neurons as well as in the cell line from rat pheochromocytoma (PC-12 cell sympathetic culture model system.Results: We demonstrate that np-NTFs reliably support numeric neurite outgrowth in all utilized culture models. In some aspects, especially with regard to their long-term bioactivity, np-NTFs are even superior to free NTFs. Engineered NTF-BMSCs proved to be less effective in induction of sensory neurite outgrowth but demonstrated an increased bioactivity in the PC-12 cell culture system. In contrast, primary nontransfected BMSCs were as effective as np-NTFs in sensory neurite induction and demonstrated an impairment of neuronal differentiation in the PC-12

  8. Andrographolide potentiates the antitumor effect of topotecan in acute myeloid leukemia cells through an intrinsic apoptotic pathway

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    Full Text Available Mohammad Hassan Hodroj, Achraf Jardaly, Sarah Abi Raad, Annalise Zouein, Sandra Rizk Department of Natural Sciences, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon Background: Topotecan (TP is an anticancer drug acting as topoisomerase I inhibitor that is used in the treatment of many types of cancers including leukemia, but it has significant side effects. Andrographolide, a compound extracted from Andrographis paniculata, was recently proven to inhibit the growth of cancer cells and can induce apoptosis. The aim of this study is to investigate the possible synergism between TP and andrographolide in acute myeloid cells in vitro. Materials and methods: U937 acute myeloid leukemic cells were cultured using Roswell Park Memorial Institute (RPMI medium and then treated for 24 h with TP and andrographolide prepared through the dilution of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO stocks with RPMI on the day of treatment. Cell proliferation was assessed using cell proliferation assay upon treatment with both compounds separately and in combination. Cell-cycle study and apoptosis detection were performed by staining the cells with propidium iodide (PI stain and Annexin V/PI stain, respectively, followed by flow cytometry analysis. Western blotting was used to assess the expression of various proteins involved in apoptotic pathways. Results: Both TP and andrographolide showed an antiproliferative effect in a dose-dependent manner when applied on U937 cells separately; however, pretreating the cells with andrographolide before applying TP exhibited a synergistic effect with lower inhibitory concentrations (half-maximal inhibitory concentration. Treating the cells with TP alone led to specific cell-cycle arrest at S phase that was more prominent upon pretreatment combination with andrographolide. Using Annexin V/PI staining to assess the proapoptotic effect following the pretreatment combination showed an increase in the number of apoptotic cells, which was supported by

  9. "Click for Closer Care": A Content Analysis of Community Pharmacy Websites in Four Countries.

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    Zwier, Sandra

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    with commercial services. Previous research into the presence of a combination of commercial and professional services suggests that such a combination may lead to increased interest in commercial services that may be unnecessary or inappropriate to patients' health. ©Sandra Zwier. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 14.06.2017.

  10. Raising Awareness About Cervical Cancer Using Twitter: Content Analysis of the 2015 #SmearForSmear Campaign.

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    Lenoir, Philippe; Moulahi, Bilel; Azé, Jérôme; Bringay, Sandra; Mercier, Gregoire; Carbonnel, François

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    .456, 95% CI 3.101-58.378, PTwitter campaign to increase cervical cancer screening is yet to be evaluated. ©Philippe Lenoir, Bilel Moulahi, Jérôme Azé, Sandra Bringay, Gregoire Mercier, François Carbonnel. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 16.10.2017.

  11. Editorial, n. 12, 2001

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    Full Text Available EDITORIAL, n. 12, 2001 Este número da Encontros Bibli apresenta diferentes abordagens de questões relativas à sociedade do conhecimento. Esta sociedade vem acompanhada de uma evolução tecnológica que afeta, em diferentes graus, todos os países do mundo, produzindo impactos de natureza econômica, política, social e cultural. Tais impactos necessitam de parâmetros para sua análise e avaliação. A medição de bens intangíveis, neste caso, provenientes do uso das tecnologias da informação e da comunicação, é uma tarefa complexa. O artigo do professor Michel Menou, da City University, de Londres, apresenta uma metodologia original para análise desses indicadores na sociedade atual. O relato de pesquisa da professora Clarice Fortkamp Caldin, do Departamento de Ciência da Informação da UFSC, aborda o processo de leitura como função terapêutica. Este trabalho é baseado na sua dissertação de mestrado e representa um foco de abordagem pouco usual na Ciência da Informação. O professor Francisco das Chagas de Souza, também do Departamento de Ciência da Informação da UFSC, apresenta uma análise de sua experiência no ensino de fundamentos teóricos da Biblioteconomia. A estudante Maria Elizabeth Horn Pepulim, do Curso de Biblioteconomia da UFSC, reflete sobre o papel do bibliotecário na sociedade da informação, ressaltando os dilemas, atribuições e responsabilidades deste profissional no mundo globalizado. Esta edição divulga ainda uma pesquisa sobre bibliotecas públicas, sociedade da informação e tecnologia, que está sendo desenvolvida pelos colegas do Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas da Universidad de Buenos Aires: Elsa Barber, Nicolás Tripaldi, Silvia Pisano, Valeria Werner, Sofia D´Alessandro, Sandra Romagnoli, Verónica Parsiale, Carolina Gregui e Gabriela De Pedro. Miriam Vieira da Cunha, editora Disponibilizado na WWW em 28/12/2001. Enc. Bibli: R. Eletr. Bibliotecon. Ci. Inf., ISSN 1518

  12. Ultrasmall cationic superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles as nontoxic and efficient MRI contrast agent and magnetic-targeting tool

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    Full Text Available Mayara Klimuk Uchiyama,1 Sergio Hiroshi Toma,1 Stephen Fernandes de Paula Rodrigues,2 Ana Lucia Borges Shimada,2 Rodrigo Azevedo Loiola,2 Hernán Joel Cervantes Rodríguez,3 Pedro Vitoriano Oliveira,4 Maciel Santos Luz,4 Said Rahnamaye Rabbani,3 Henrique Eisi Toma,1 Sandra Helena Poliselli Farsky,2 Koiti Araki11Laboratory of Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanotechnology, Department of Fundamental Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, 2Laboratory of Experimental Toxicology, Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 3Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, Department of General Physics, Institute of Physics, 4Analysis and Research Group in Spectrometry, Department of Fundamental Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BrazilAbstract: Fully dispersible, cationic ultrasmall (7 nm diameter superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles, exhibiting high relaxivity (178 mM-1s-1 in 0.47 T and no acute or subchronic toxicity in Wistar rats, were studied and their suitability as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging and material for development of new diagnostic and treatment tools demonstrated. After intravenous injection (10 mg/kg body weight, they circulated throughout the vascular system causing no microhemorrhage or thrombus, neither inflammatory processes at the mesentery vascular bed and hepatic sinusoids (leukocyte rolling, adhesion, or migration as evaluated by intravital microscopy, but having been spontaneously concentrated in the liver, spleen, and kidneys, they caused strong negative contrast. The nanoparticles are cleared from kidneys and bladder in few days, whereas the complete elimination from liver and spleen occurred only after 4 weeks. Ex vivo studies demonstrated that cationic ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles caused no effects on hepatic and renal enzymes dosage as well as on leukocyte count. In addition, they were readily concentrated in rat

  13. Safety and tolerability of flexible dosages of prolonged-release OROS methylphenidate in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

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    Full Text Available Jan K Buitelaar1, J Antoni Ramos-Quiroga2, Miguel Casas2, J J Sandra Kooij3, Asko Niemelä4, Eric Konofal5, Joachim Dejonckheere6, Bradford H Challis7, Rossella Medori81Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center, St. Radboud and Karakter Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; 2Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron and Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 3PsyQ, Psycho-Medical Programs, Program Adult ADHD, Den Haag, The Netherlands; 4Oulu University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Oulu, Finland; 5Groupe Hospitalier Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris, France; 6SGS Life Sciences, Mechelen, Belgium; 7Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Titusville, NJ, USA; 8Janssen-Cilag EMEA, Neuss, GermanyAbstract: The osmotic release oral system (OROS methylphenidate formulation is a prolonged-release medication for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD in children, adolescents, and adults. We conducted a seven-week open-label extension of a double-blind study to assess the safety and tolerability of OROS methylphenidate in a flexible dose regimen (18–90 mg daily for the treatment of adults diagnosed with ADHD (N = 370. Medication was adjusted to optimize efficacy and tolerability for each patient. Adverse events, vital signs, and laboratory parameters were assessed. Most patients (337; 91% completed the seven-week treatment and the final dispensed dose was 18 mg (8%, 36 mg (29%, 54 mg (34%, 72 mg (20%, or 90 mg (9%. Adverse events were reported in 253 (68% patients and most were mild or moderate in severity; most frequently reported included headache (17%, decreased appetite (13%, and insomnia (11%. Adverse events were rarely serious (<1%; 2/370. Small mean increases in systolic and diastolic blood pressure (both 2.4 mmHg and pulse (3.2 bpm were observed. Body weight decreased

  14. Opioid growth factor improves clinical benefit and survival in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer

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    Full Text Available Jill P Smith1, Sandra I Bingaman1, David T Mauger2, Harold H Harvey1, Laurence M Demers3, Ian S Zagon41Departments of Medicine, 2Public Health Sciences, 3Pathology, and 4Neurosciences and Anatomy, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USABackground: Advanced pancreatic cancer carries the poorest prognosis of all gastrointestinal malignancies. Once the tumor has spread beyond the margins of the pancreas, chemotherapy is the major treatment modality offered to patients; however, chemotherapy does not significantly improve survival.Objective: Opioid growth factor (OGF; [Met5]-enkephalin is a natural peptide that has been shown to inhibit growth of pancreatic cancer in cell culture and in nude mice. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of OGF biotherapy on subjects with advanced pancreatic cancer who failed chemotherapy.Methods: In a prospective phase II open-labeled clinical trial, 24 subjects who failed standard chemotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer were treated weekly with OGF 250 μg/kg intravenously. Outcomes measured included clinical benefit, tumor response by radiographic imaging, quality of life, and survival.Results: Clinical benefit response was experienced by 53% of OGF-treated patients compared to historical controls of 23.8% and 4.8% for gemcitabine and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU, respectively. Of the subjects surviving more than eight weeks, 62% showed either a decrease or stabilization in tumor size by computed tomography. The median survival time for OGF-treated patients was three times that of untreated patients (65.5 versus 21 days, p < 0.001. No adverse effects on hematologic or chemistry parameters were noted, and quality of life surveys suggested improvement with OGF. Limitations: Measurements other than survival were not allowed in control patients, and clinical benefit comparisons were made to historical controls.Conclusion: OGF biotherapy improves the

  15. Perceived need to take medication is associated with medication non-adherence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

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    Full Text Available Hanneke E Zwikker,1,2 Sandra van Dulmen,3–5 Alfons A den Broeder,1,2 Bart J van den Bemt,1,2,6 Cornelia H van den Ende1,2 1Department of Rheumatology, 2Department of Pharmacy, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; 3Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; 4NIVEL (Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht, the Netherlands; 5Department of Health Science, Buskerud and Vestfold University College, Drammen, Norway; 6Department of Pharmacy, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands Background: This is the first cross-sectional study that aims to examine associations between beliefs about medication and non-adherence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA using disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, taking potential psychological confounders into account.Methods: Eligible patients (diagnosed with RA for ≥1 year or ≥18 years, using greater than or equal to one disease-modifying antirheumatic drug were included by their rheumatologist during regular outpatient visits between September 2009 and September 2010. Included patients received questionnaires. The Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire was used to measure the perceived need to take medication (necessity beliefs, the concerns about taking medication (concern beliefs, general medication beliefs, and attitudes toward taking medication. Medication non-adherence (no/yes was measured using the Compliance Questionnaire Rheumatology (CQR. Associations between beliefs and non-adherence, and the influence of demographical, clinical, and psychological factors (symptoms of anxiety/depression, illness cognitions, self-efficacy were assessed using logistic regression.Results: A total of 580 of the 820 eligible patients willing to participate were included in the analyses (68% female, mean age 63 years, 30% non-adherent to their medication. Weaker necessity beliefs (OR [odds ratio]: 0.8, 95% CI

  16. Kefir induces cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis in HTLV-1-negative malignant T-lymphocytes

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    Katia Maalouf

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    Full Text Available Katia Maalouf1, Elias Baydoun2, Sandra Rizk11Department of Natural Sciences, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon; 2Department of Biology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, LebanonBackground: Adult lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL is a malignancy that occurs in white blood cells. The overall cure rate in children is 85%, whereas it is only 40% in adults. Kefir is an important probiotic that contains many bioactive ingredients, which give it unique health benefits. It has been shown to control several cellular types of cancer.Purpose: The present study investigates the effect of a cell-free fraction of kefir on CEM and Jurkat cells, which are human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-1-negative malignant T-lymphocytes.Methods: Cells were incubated with different kefir concentrations. The cytotoxicity of the compound was evaluated by determining the percentage viability of cells. The effect of all the noncytotoxic concentrations of kefir on the proliferation of CEM and Jurkat cells was then assessed. The levels of transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-α, transforming growth factor- beta1 (TGF-β1, matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2, and MMP-9 mRNA upon kefir treatment were then analyzed using reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR. Finally, the growth inhibitory effects of kefir on cell-cycle progression/apoptosis were assessed by Cell Death Detection (ELISA and flow cytometry.Results: The maximum cytotoxicity recorded after 48-hours treatment with 80 µg/µL kefir was only 42% and 39% in CEM and Jurkat cells, respectively. The percent reduction in proliferation was very significant, and was dose-, and time-dependent. In both cell lines, kefir exhibited its antiproliferative effect by downregulating TGF-α and upregulating TGF- β1 mRNA expression. Upon kefir treatment, a marked increase in cell-cycle distribution was noted in the preG1 phase of CEM and Jurkat cells, indicating the proapoptotic effect of kefir, which was

  17. Evaluation of Technology-Enhanced Learning Programs for Health Care Professionals: Systematic Review.

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    Nicoll, Pam; MacRury, Sandra; van Woerden, Hugo C; Smyth, Keith

    2018-04-11

    satisfaction surveys, were found to be the most common types of TEL evaluations evident in the literature. The studies reviewed had low scores across reporting on ethical matters, design, and data collection categories. There continues to be a need to develop effective and standard TEL evaluation tools, and good quality studies that describe effective evaluation of TEL education for health care professionals. Studies often fail to provide sufficient detail to support transferability or direct future TEL health care education programs. ©Pam Nicoll, Sandra MacRury, Hugo C van Woerden, Keith Smyth. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 11.04.2018.

  18. Nanotetrac targets integrin αvβ3 on tumor cells to disorder cell defense pathways and block angiogenesis

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    Full Text Available Paul J Davis,1,2 Hung-Yun Lin,2,3 Thangirala Sudha,2 Murat Yalcin,2,4 Heng-Yuan Tang,2 Aleck Hercbergs,5 John T Leith,6 Mary K Luidens,1 Osnat Ashur-Fabian,7,8 Sandra Incerpi,9 Shaker A Mousa2 1Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA; 2Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, NY, USA; 3PhD Program for Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; 4Department of Physiology, Veterinary Medicine Faculty, Uludag University, Gorukle, Bursa, Turkey; 5Radiation Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA; 6Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center, Narragansett, RI, USA; 7Translational Hemato-oncology Laboratory, Hematology Institute and Blood Bank, Meir Medical Center, Kfar-Saba, Israel; 8Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; 9Department of Sciences, University of Roma Tre, Rome, Italy Abstract: The extracellular domain of integrin αvβ3 contains a receptor for thyroid hormone and hormone analogs. The integrin is amply expressed by tumor cells and dividing blood vessel cells. The proangiogenic properties of thyroid hormone and the capacity of the hormone to promote cancer cell proliferation are functions regulated nongenomically by the hormone receptor on αvβ3. An L-thyroxine (T4 analog, tetraiodothyroacetic acid (tetrac, blocks binding of T4 and 3,5,3'-triiodo-L-thyronine (T3 by αvβ3 and inhibits angiogenic activity of thyroid hormone. Covalently bound to a 200 nm nanoparticle that limits its activity to the cell exterior, tetrac reformulated as Nanotetrac has additional effects mediated by αvβ3 beyond the inhibition of binding of T4 and T3 to the integrin. These actions of Nanotetrac include disruption of transcription of cell survival pathway genes, promotion of apoptosis by multiple mechanisms, and interruption

  19. PatientVOICE: Development of a Preparatory, Pre-Chemotherapy Online Communication Tool for Older Patients With Cancer.

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    van Dulmen, Sandra; Driesenaar, Jeanine A; van Weert, Julia Cm; van Osch, Mara; Noordman, Janneke

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    back to an audio recording of a patient's own nursing visit. The development process resulted in PatientVOICE, a multi-component online intervention targeted to older patients with cancer. PatientVOICE contains information about the treatment as well as information about the role of the patient during treatment. Using different methods (QPS and audio facility), we hope to support these patients during their treatment. In the future, the utility and usability of this complex intervention will be evaluated in a group of older patients who receive or have received chemotherapy. ©Sandra van Dulmen, Jeanine A Driesenaar, Julia CM van Weert, Mara van Osch, Janneke Noordman. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (http://www.researchprotocols.org), 10.05.2017.

  20. Longitudinal change of COPD assessment test (CAT in a telehealthcare cohort is associated with exacerbation risk

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    Full Text Available Frank Rassouli,1 Florent Baty,1 Daiana Stolz,2 Werner Christian Albrich,3 Michael Tamm,2 Sandra Widmer,1 Martin Hugo Brutsche1 1Department of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Cantonal Hospital St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland; 2Department of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland; 3Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Cantonal Hospital St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland Background: There are only scarce data regarding the evolution of the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD assessment test (CAT over time. Our aim was to investigate the evolution of the CAT in a telehealthcare (THC cohort and to evaluate its potential to predict exacerbations.Patients and methods: The CAT was measured weekly over up to 1 year in 40 COPD patients undergoing a THC intervention. The evolution of the CAT was analyzed using linear regression. The association between this evolution and the occurrence of exacerbations was evaluated using the Andersen–Gill formulation of the Cox proportional hazards model for the analysis of recurrent time-to-event data with time-varying predictors.Results: The median CAT at inclusion was 17 (interquartile range 13–22 points. During the study, 25% of patients had a significant negative slope (median –7 points per year [ppy], 38% were stable (median +0 ppy and 38% had a significant positive slope (median +6 ppy. The median slope of the CAT in the overall cohort was +1 (interquartile range –3 to +6 ppy. A significant positive association was found between the change in CAT scores and the risk of exacerbations (hazard ratio =1.08, 95% CI: 1.03–1.13; p<0.001. There was an 8% increase of the risk of exacerbation per unit increase in CAT. We detected a significant learning effect in filling out the CAT in 18.4% of patients with a median learning phase of five filled questionnaires.Conclusion: Sixty-three percent of the COPD patients monitored by THC experienced a stable

  1. Caught Up In Between Doublets: Neo-Victorian (TransPositions of Victorian Femininities and Masculinities in Jane Eyre and Rebecca Entre les doublets : (transpositions néo-victoriennes des figures victoriennes de la féminité et de la masculinité dans Jane Eyre et Rebecca

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    Marta Miquel-Baldellou

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    Full Text Available En se départissant de la dichotomie victorienne manichéenne de l’ange du foyer et de la femme déchue pour éclairer les personnages de Jane et Bertha dans leur ouvrage pionnier The Madwoman in the Attic, Sandra Gilbert et Susan Gubar étudièrent la première épouse de Rochester, folle, comme le double subversif de Jane, faisant ainsi de Jane et de Bertha les facettes d’un seul et même personnage. Malgré le rejet moderniste des excès supposés de l’ère victorienne, Rebecca de Daphne du Maurier exploite une intrigue triangulaire similaire qui réinterprète et recrée Rochester, Bertha et Jane à travers Maxime de Winter, Rebecca et Mrs de Winter. Les conceptions victoriennes des féminités doubles, des doublets féminins pour ainsi dire, sont perpétuées et réactualisées à travers les textualités néo-victoriennes. Néanmoins, peut-on vraiment voir dans Bertha un personnage que Rochester tente d’assagir par l’entremise de la figure de l’ange du foyer, plutôt qu’un archétype de la femme déchue ? Jane n’est-elle pas destinée à découvrir le secret de Rochester avant de l’épouser ? Mrs de Winter a-t-elle à ce point le sens du sacré qu’elle ne cherche pas à entrer en concurrence avec Rebecca ? Rebecca est-elle à ce point élégante et infaillible qu’elle parvient à ne pas s’attirer le mépris de Maxime ? Cet article se propose d’examiner comment les héroïnes sont investies en termes de rôles sexuels dans l’écriture néo-victorienne – comment les rôles de l’ange du foyer et de la femme déchue dans Jane Eyre sont perpétués et subvertis à travers Rebecca en tant que texte moderne – et d’identifier et d’étudier les perceptions masculines victoriennes et néo-victoriennes.

  2. Fat- and fiber-related diet behavior among type 2 diabetes patients from distinct regions

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    Full Text Available Tereza Hendrychova,1 Magda Vytrisalova,1 Abdullah Alwarafi,2 Jurjen Duintjer Tebbens,3,4 Helena Vankatova,1 Sandra Leal,5 Ales Antonin Kubena,1 Alena Smahelova,6 Jiri Vlcek1 1Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic; 2Faculty of Dentistry, Ibb University, Ibb, Yemen; 3Department of Biophysics and Physical Chemics, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic; 4Institute of Computer Science, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic; 5Department of Clinical Pharmacy, El Rio Community Health Center, Tucson, AZ, USA; 6Diabetes Center, Department of Gerontology and Metabolism, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic Purpose: Diet and eating habits are of key importance in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM. The purpose of this comparative study was to analyze fat- and fiber-related behavior (FFB in patients with T2DM from distinct cultural areas. Patients and methods: Observational study was carried out in the Czech Republic (CR (n=200, the US (n=207, and Yemen (n=200. Patients completed the Fat- and Fiber-related Diet Behavior Questionnaire (FFBQ. Results: Differences in all aspects of FFB among countries were found (P<0.05. The best fat-related behavior reported was from patients from the CR. Patients from the US showed the worst fat-related behavior in total. On the other hand, patients from the US reported the best fiber-related behavior. Patients from Yemen reached the worst scores in all fat-related domains. Patients from all studied countries reported the best results in the “modify meat” and “avoid fat as flavoring” and the worst in the “substitute high fiber” subscales. Conclusion: Professionals involved in the diet education of T2DM patients

  3. Changes in coronary heart disease risk profiles of HIV patients in Zimbabwe over 9 months: a follow-up study

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    Full Text Available Danai Tavonga Zhou,1,2 Olav Oektedalen,3 Sandra Shawarira-Bote,4 Babill Stray-Pedersen5 1Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe; 2Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, 3Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; 4Newlands Clinic, Harare, Zimbabwe; 5Institute of Clinical Medicine, University in Oslo and Womens Clinic, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway Abstract: Dyslipidemia, hypertension, inflammation, and coronary heart disease (CHD are adverse events in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-infected patients even if they are receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART. Yet, data on CHD risk induced by HIV or ART in sub-Saharan Africa are limited. The aim of this longitudinal study was to describe changes in CHD risk profiles measured by lipids, inflammatory markers, and Framingham scores among HIV-positive patients previously reported from Harare, Zimbabwe. Patients were grouped into ART-experienced patients (n=147 and ART-naïve patients (n=23 and followed up for 9 months. Generalized least squares random-effects modeling was applied to explain changes in total cholesterol (TC, high-density lipoprotein (HDL, low-density lipoprotein, TC/HDL ratio, myeloperoxidase, highly sensitive C-reactive protein, and Framingham scores over the 9-month period. Independent variables included age, sex, monthly earning, body mass index, systolic blood pressure (SBP, diastolic blood pressure, duration of HIV diagnosis, duration of ART, viral load, and CD4 count. In ART-experienced patients, there was a substantial decrease in TC over time, ART-negative patients showed a significant increase in TC and HDL over time, and the increase in TC was associated with high viral load and low duration of HIV diagnosis, while increase in HDL was associated with young age, low body mass index, and low SBP. Framingham risk scores increased with time in

  4. 6th International Symposium on Molecular Allergology (ISMA

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    Christiane Hilger

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    -allergic humans Almedina Kurtaj, Christoph Hillebrand, Gerda Fichtinger, Martin Danzer, Christian Gabriel, Theresa Thalhamer, Sandra Scheiblhofer, Josef Thalhamer, Richard Weiss P4 Analyzing the cross-reactivity profile of the major ragweed allergen Amb a 1 Martin Wolf, Michael Hauser, Ulrike Pichler, Teresa Twaroch, Gabriele Gadermaier, Christof Ebner, Hidenori Yokoi, Toshiro Takai, Alain Didierlaurent, Adriano Mari, Peter Briza, Heidrun Behrendt, Angela Neubauer, Frank Stolz, Fátima Ferreira, Michael Wallner P5 LTP (Pru p 3 sensitisation in skin prick test: which means in clinical practice? Sara Carvalho, Tatiana Lourenço, Joana Cosme, Fátima Cabral Duarte, Amélia Spínola Santos, Ana Célia Costa, Manuel Pereira Barbosa P6 IgE profiles, allergen exposure and lifestyle of 501 Austrian pupils: investigation of influences on the development of allergic sensitizations Teresa Stemeseder, Eva Klinglmayr, Bettina Schweidler, Lisa Lueftenegger, Stephanie Moser, Patrick Doppler, Roland Lang, Martin Himly, Gertie J. Oostingh, Arne Bathke, Joerg Zumbach, Thomas Hawranek, Gabriele Gadermaier P7 Molecular profiles of sensitization to perennial inhalant allergens in a middle European region Petr Panzner, Martina Vachova, Tomas Vlas, Marek Maly P8 Evolution of the IgE response to house dust mite allergen molecules in childhood Daniela Posa, Serena Perna, Stephanie Hofmaier, Laura Hatzler, Alexander Rohrbach, Carl-Peter Bauer, Ute Hoffmann, Johannes Forster, Fred Zepp, Antje Schuster, Philippe Stock, Ulrich Wahn, Linus Grabenhenrich, Thomas Keil, Susanne Lau, Kuan-Wei Chen, Yvonne Resch, Susanne Vrtala, Rudolf Valenta, Paolo Maria Matricardi P9 Tropomyosin (Pen a1: to include or not to include in skin prick testing? Joana Cosme, Sara Carvalho, Tatiana Lourenço, Amélia Spínola Santos, Manuel Pereira Barbosa Immunoallergy Department - Hospital de Santa Maria – Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal; Immunoallergy Department - Hospital de Santa Maria

  5. Eduardo L. Holmberg, Dos partidos en lucha. Fantasía científica : Buenos Aires, Corregidor, 2006, introducción y selección de apéndices: Sandra Gasparini, colección Voces y Letras del Plata, 269 páginas

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    Fontana, Patricio

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    Es posible que, guiado por el título y por la fecha de la primera edición de Dos partidos en lucha (1875), un eventual lector sospeche que en esta novela breve se alude a las disputas que un año antes habían enfrentado a mitristas y alsinistas a propósito de la elección del candidato que debía suceder a Sarmiento en la presidencia; un conflicto que derivó en la elección de Nicolás Avellaneda y, a continuación, en el alzamiento de Mitre, reprimido finalmente por tropas leales al gobierno en la...

  6. Influence of Information and Communication Technologies on the Resilience and Coping of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth in the United States and Canada (Project #Queery): Mixed Methods Survey.

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    Craig, Shelley L; McInroy, Lauren B; D'Souza, Sandra A; Austin, Ashley; McCready, Lance T; Eaton, Andrew D; Shade, Leslie R; Wagaman, M Alex

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    data, (2) grounded theory analysis of qualitative data, and (3) an integrative, mixed methods analysis using a data transformation design. Theoretical and methodological triangulation of analyses integrates an interwoven pattern of results into a comprehensive picture of a phenomenon. Results will be reported in 2017 and 2018. This research study will provide critical insights into the emerging use of ICTs by sexual and gender minority youth and identify intervention strategies to improve their well-being and reduce risks encountered by this vulnerable population. Implications for practice, research, and knowledge translation are provided. ©Shelley L Craig, Lauren B McInroy, Sandra A D'Souza, Ashley Austin, Lance T McCready, Andrew D Eaton, Leslie R Shade, M Alex Wagaman. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (http://www.researchprotocols.org), 28.09.2017.

  7. Development, characterization, and skin delivery studies of related ultradeformable vesicles: transfersomes, ethosomes, and transethosomes

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    Ascenso A

    2015-09-01

    Full Text Available Andreia Ascenso,1 Sara Raposo,1 Cátia Batista,2 Pedro Cardoso,2 Tiago Mendes,2 Fabíola Garcia Praça,3 Maria Vitória Lopes Badra Bentley,3 Sandra Simões1 1Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa, 2Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal; 3Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Monte Alegre, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil Abstract: Ultradeformable vesicles (UDV have recently become a promising tool for the development of improved and innovative dermal and transdermal therapies. The aim of this work was to study three related UDV: transfersomes, ethosomes, and transethosomes for the incorporation of actives of distinct polarities, namely, vitamin E and caffeine, and to evaluate the effect of the carrier on skin permeation and penetration. These actives were incorporated in UDV formulations further characterized for vesicles imaging by transmission electron microscopy; mean vesicle size and polydispersity index by photon correlation spectroscopy; zeta potential by laser-Doppler anemometry; deformability by pressure-driven transport; and incorporation efficiency (IE after actives quantification by high-performance liquid chromatography. Topical delivery studies were performed in order to compare UDV formulations regarding the release, skin permeation, and penetration profiles. All UDV formulations showed size values within the expected range, except transethosomes prepared by “transfersomal method”, for which size was smaller than 100 nm in contrast to that obtained for vesicles prepared by “ethosomal method”. Zeta potential was negative and higher for formulations containing sodium cholate. The IE was much higher for vitamin E- than caffeine-loaded UDV as expected. For flux measurements, the following order was obtained: transethosomes (TE > ethosomes (E ≥ transfersomes (T. This result was consistent with the release and skin penetration

  8. Screening and management of gestational diabetes in Mexico: results from a survey of multilocation, multi-health care institution practitioners

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    Full Text Available Livia Dainelli,1 Alberto Prieto-Patron,1 Irma Silva-Zolezzi,1 Sandra G Sosa-Rubi,2 Salvador Espino y Sosa,3 Enrique Reyes-Muñoz,4 Ruy Lopez-Ridaura,5 Patrick Detzel1 1Nestlé Research Center, Lausanne, Switzerland; 2Health Economics Department, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico; 3Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Perinatology Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes, Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico; 4Endocrinology Department, National Institute of Perinatology Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes, Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico; 5Center for Research on Population Health, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico Purpose: To identify the most common practices implemented for the screening and treatment of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM and to estimate the GDM clinician-reported proportion as a proxy of the incidence in Mexico. Materials and methods: Three hundred fifty-seven physicians in four major cities were asked about their practices regarding GDM screening, treatment, clinical exams, and health care staff involved in case of GDM diagnosis, as well as the percentage of women with GDM they care for. Data management and statistical analyses were done with Stata 13. Results: The overall GDM clinician-reported proportion was 23.7%. Regional differences were expected and consistent with the data on the epidemiology of the obesity in the country. The most common screening test was the oral glucose tolerance test 75 g one step (46.6% of total cases. Diet and exercise were sufficient to treat GDM in 40.6% of cases; the rest of the sample relied on some form of medication, especially oral hypoglycemic agents (63.0% of cases, insulin (22.0%, or a combination of these (13.0%. To educate women on how to measure glycemia and eventually take medications, an average of 2–3 hours were necessary. The three most common prenatal screening tests were the “no stress”, the “Doppler ultrasound”, and the

  9. "Cognitive, emotion control, and motor performance of adolescents in the NCANDA study: Contributions from alcohol consumption, age, sex, ethnicity, and family history of addiction": Correction to Sullivan et al. (2016).

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    Reports an error in "Cognitive, emotion control, and motor performance of adolescents in the NCANDA study: Contributions from alcohol consumption, age, sex, ethnicity, and family history of addiction" by Edith V. Sullivan, Ty Brumback, Susan F. Tapert, Rosemary Fama, Devin Prouty, Sandra A. Brown, Kevin Cummins, Wesley K. Thompson, Ian M. Colrain, Fiona C. Baker, Michael D. De Bellis, Stephen R. Hooper, Duncan B. Clark, Tammy Chung, Bonnie J. Nagel, B. Nolan Nichols, Torsten Rohlfing, Weiwei Chu, Kilian M. Pohl and Adolf Pfefferbaum ( Neuropsychology , 2016[May], Vol 30[4], 449-473). A problem with a computation to invert speed scores is noted and explained in this correction. All statements indicating group differences in speed scores, as well as Table 5 and Figure 8A, have been corrected in the online version of this article. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2016-00613-001.) To investigate development of cognitive and motor functions in healthy adolescents and to explore whether hazardous drinking affects the normal developmental course of those functions. Participants were 831 adolescents recruited across 5 United States sites of the National Consortium on Alcohol and NeuroDevelopment in Adolescence 692 met criteria for no/low alcohol exposure, and 139 exceeded drinking thresholds. Cross-sectional, baseline data were collected with computerized and traditional neuropsychological tests assessing 8 functional domains expressed as composite scores. General additive modeling evaluated factors potentially modulating performance (age, sex, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and pubertal developmental stage). Older no/low-drinking participants achieved better scores than younger ones on 5 accuracy composites (general ability, abstraction, attention, emotion, and balance). Speeded responses for attention, motor speed, and general ability were sensitive to age and pubertal development. The exceeds-threshold group (accounting for age, sex

  10. A systematic literature review to compare quality of life in psoriasis with other chronic diseases using EQ-5D-derived utility values

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    Full Text Available Anders Holmen Møller,1 Sandra Erntoft,1 Gabrielle R Vinding,2 Gregor BE Jemec21LEO Pharma A/S, Ballerup, Denmark; 2Department of Dermatology, Roskilde Hospital, Health Sciences Faculty, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkBackground: Psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated dermatological disease associated with substantial economic, clinical, and humanistic burden.Objective: The aim of this study was to understand the disutility of patients with psoriasis vulgaris, using mean baseline EuroQoL five dimensions (EQ-5D index scores reported in the published literature, and to compare this to patients with other chronic diseases.Methods: Two systematic literature searches were conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA guidelines. Searches were conducted in ten databases including Embase, MEDLINE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL. The first search (December 2013 used search terms psoria* AND (EQ5D OR EQ OR EUROQoL. Only publications of original research, which reported baseline EQ-5D scores for mild/moderate/severe psoriasis, were included. The second search (March 2014 used the terms (systematic review AND (EQ5D OR EQ 5D OR EuroQoL. Titles were screened by two independent reviewers. Four independent reviewers reviewed titles and full-length papers. EQ-5D scores for psoriasis patients were qualitatively compared with scores from patients with other chronic diseases identified through the literature search.Results: Of 133 publications on psoriasis, 12 met the inclusion criteria. The mean EQ-5D index scores for psoriasis (all severities ranged from 0.52 (standard deviation: 0.39 to 0.9 (standard deviation: 0.1. Of the 48 results from the second search, six met the inclusion criteria. The reported EQ-5D lower limit for other diseases ranged from 0.20 (Type 2 diabetes mellitus to 0.66 (liver diseases. The highest EQ-5D estimates for other diseases ranged

  11. Accuracy of the ankle-brachial index using the SCVL®, an arm and ankle automated device with synchronized cuffs, in a population with increased cardiovascular risk

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    Full Text Available David Rosenbaum1,2, Sandra Rodriguez-Carranza1,3, Patrick Laroche4, Eric Bruckert1,2, Philippe Giral1,2, Xavier Girerd1,21Unité de Prévention Cardiovasculaire, Service d'Endocrinologie-Métabolisme, Assistance Publique/Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière – Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 2Dyslipoproteinemia and Atherosclerosis Research Unit, National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM and Pierre et Marie Curie University (UPMC – Paris VI, Paris, France; 3Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán Departamento de Endocrinología y Metabolismo, Delegación Tlalpan, México Distrito Federal; 4STACTIS, Paris, FranceObjective: To evaluate the accuracy of the ankle brachial index (ABI measured with the SCVL® (“screening cardiovascular lab”; GenNov, Paris, France, an automated device with synchronized arm and ankle cuffs with an automatic ABI calculation.Methods: Patients were consecutively included in a cardiovascular prevention unit if they presented with at least two cardiovascular risk factors. ABI measurements were made using the SCVL, following a synchronized assessment of brachial and ankle systolic pressure. These values were compared to the ABI obtained with the usual Doppler-assisted method.Results: We included 157 patients. Mean age was 59.1 years, 56.8% had hypertension, 22.3% had diabetes mellitus, and 17.6% were current smokers. An abnormal ABI was observed in 17.2% with the SCVL and in 16.2% with the Doppler. The prevalence rates of an abnormal ABI by patient measured with each device, ie, 15.7% (confidence interval [CI] 0.95: [11.8; 20.4] or 14.3% (CI 0.95: [10.7; 18.9], did not differ. The coefficient of variation of Doppler and SCVL measures was 15.8% and 15.1%, respectively. The regression line between the two measurement methods was statistically significant. The value-to-value comparison also shows a difference of mean equal to 0.010 (CI 0.95: [–0

  12. Direct to Public Peer Support and e-Therapy Program Versus Information to Aid Self-Management of Depression and Anxiety: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

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    Kaylor-Hughes, Catherine J; Rawsthorne, Mat; Coulson, Neil S; Simpson, Sandra; Simons, Lucy; Guo, Boliang; James, Marilyn; Moran, Paul; Simpson, Jayne; Hollis, Chris; Avery, Anthony J; Tata, Laila J; Williams, Laura; Morriss, Richard K

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    two digital interventions using a fully automated digital enrollment and data collection process are considered for people with depression and anxiety. International Standard Randomized Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN): 12673428; http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN12673428/12673428 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6uw6ZJk5a). ©Catherine J Kaylor-Hughes, Mat Rawsthorne, Neil S Coulson, Sandra Simpson, Lucy Simons, Boliang Guo, Marilyn James, Paul Moran, Jayne Simpson, Chris Hollis, Anthony J Avery, Laila J Tata, Laura Williams, REBOOT Notts Lived Experience Advisory Panel, Richard K Morriss. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (http://www.researchprotocols.org), 18.12.2017.

  13. Practice of the utilization of biomass from waste materials; Praxis der Verwertung von Biomasse aus Abfaellen

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    Wiemer, Klaus; Kern, Michael; Raussen, Thomas (eds.)

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    Within the 4th Witzenhaeuser Biomass Conference from 10th to 11th November, 2010, in Witzenhausen (Federal Republic of Germany) the following lectures were held: (1) Consequences of the amendment of the law of life-cycle management and biological waste regulations for the practice of acquisition and utilization of biological wastes (Claus-Gerhard Bergs); (2) An eco-efficient handling with biological wastes and composting wastes (Siegfried Kreibe); (3) Perspectives of the biological waste management (Michael Kern); (4) Assessment of waste biogas plants by environmental verifiers - implementation of the EEG novella (Michael Hub); (5) Fermentation of biogenic residuals - State of the art and perspectives (David Wilken); (6) Energy from cultivation masses and waste biomasses - Perspectives for Europe (Katja Bunzel); (7) Optimization of a biogas plant in practical operation (Michael Buchheit); (8) Odour situation and germ situation before and after an integration of a biogas plant in a composite system (Juergen Roth); (9) Aspects of immission protection rights according to the requirements on the permission and operation of biogas plants (Norbert Suritsch); (10) Actual veterinary regulatory, fertilizer regulatory and waste regulatory requirements on the treatment and utilization of fermentation products (Andreas Kirsch); (11) Utilization of fermentation residues from biological waste: Basic conditions and technology of processing (Thomas Raussen); (12) Practical experiences and new developments using selected examples: Pohlsche Heide, Baar (Switzerland) and Cesena (Italy) (Peter Lutz); (13) New facility concepts of dry fermentation in Lohfelden and Uelzen (Gunnar Ziehmann); (14) New facility concepts of plug flow fermentation (Michael Oertig); (15) Further development of the KOMPOFERM {sup registered} systems (Sandra Striewski); (16) Optimization of the gas yield and reduction of disruptive substances in the processing of biological wastes for the wet fermentation

  14. Validation and ease of use of a new pen device for self-administration of recombinant human growth hormone: results from a two-center usability study

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    2013-09-01

    Full Text Available Robert Rapaport,1 Paul Saenger,2 Heinrich Schmidt,3 Yukihiro Hasegawa,4 Michel Colle,5 Sandro Loche,6 Sandra Marcantonio,7 Walter Bonfig,8 Markus Zabransky,9 Fima Lifshitz10 1Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 2Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY, USA; 3University Children's Hospital, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Munich, Germany; 4Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan; 525 rue Boudet, Bordeaux, France; 6Servizio di Endocrinologia Pediatrica, Ospedale Microcitemico ASL Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy; 7Clinica de Endocrinologia Pediátrica, Londrina, Brazil; 8Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Technical University München, Munich, Germany; 9Sandoz International GmbH, Holzkirchen, Germany; 10Pediatric Sunshine Academics, Inc, Santa Barbara, CA, USA Abstract: Close adherence to the recommended treatment regimen is important for the success of recombinant human growth hormone therapy, although nonadherence can be common. Ease of use and safety during use/storage are among several important factors in the design of a growth hormone injection device intended for long-term use. This study was performed to validate the usability and assess the ease of use of a new pen device (SurePal™ that has been developed to support daily administration of the recombinant human growth hormone product, Omnitrope® (somatropin. The primary objectives of the study were to assess if study participants, representing intended users of the pen in clinical practice, were able to perform an injection procedure into an injection pad effectively and safely and disassemble the pen without receiving a needlestick injury. A total of 106 participants (61 adults and 45 children/adolescents were enrolled at two study centers (one in the US, one in Germany. Results for both primary usability tasks met the predefined acceptance criteria, with >85% of

  15. Self-Monitoring Kidney Function Post Transplantation: Reliability of Patient-Reported Data.

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    van Lint, Céline; Wang, Wenxin; van Dijk, Sandra; Brinkman, Willem-Paul; Rövekamp, Ton Jm; Neerincx, Mark A; Rabelink, Ton J; van der Boog, Paul Jm

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    . Adherence to SMSS feedback ranged from 53% (14/24) to 85% (33/39), depending on the specific feedback. Patients' tendency to postpone registration and to select lower creatinine values for registration and the suboptimal adherence to the feedback provided by the SMSS might challenge safety. This should be well considered when designing self-monitoring care systems, for example by ensuring that self-measured data are transferred automatically to an SMSS. ©Céline van Lint, Wenxin Wang, Sandra van Dijk, Willem-Paul Brinkman, Ton JM Rövekamp, Mark A Neerincx, Ton J Rabelink, Paul JM van der Boog. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 26.09.2017.

  16. Communication during counseling sessions about inhaled corticosteroids at the community pharmacy

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    2016-11-01

    Full Text Available Jeanine A Driesenaar,1 Peter AGM De Smet,2,3 Rolf van Hulten,4,5 Litje Hu,1 Sandra van Dulmen1,6,7 1NIVEL, Netherlands institute for health services research, Utrecht, the Netherlands; 2Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; 3IQ Healthcare, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; 4Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands; 5Department of Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaceutical Care, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; 6Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; 7Faculty of Health Sciences, University College of Southeast Norway, Drammen, Norway Background: Pharmaceutical care is one of the major tasks of pharmacists, which aims to improve patient outcomes. Counseling patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease about their use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS might enhance medication adherence and symptom control. Therefore, effective pharmacist–patient communication is very important. In this regard, both affective communication, for handling emotions, and instrumental communication, for exchanging biomedical and lifestyle information, are relevant. Until now, only few studies have explored pharmacist–patient communication, and further insight is needed in this regard. The aim of this study is to investigate how pharmacists and pharmacy technicians communicate about ICS with patients with asthma and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, what topics are discussed by them, and whether pharmacists and pharmacy technicians differ in their communication during counseling sessions. Methods: Patients aged ≥18 years who had used ICS for at least 1 year and filled at least two ICS prescriptions in the preceding year were recruited through 12 pharmacies. Participants had one counseling session with a pharmacist or a

  17. Patient experiences with self-monitoring renal function after renal transplantation: results from a single-center prospective pilot study

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    van Lint CL

    2015-12-01

    Full Text Available Céline L van Lint,1 Paul JM van der Boog,1 Wenxin Wang,2,3 Willem-Paul Brinkman,2 Ton JM Rövekamp,3 Mark A Neerincx,2 Ton J Rabelink,1 Sandra van Dijk1,4 1Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC, Leiden, 2Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Delft University of Technology, Delft, 3Department of Technology in Healthcare, Prevention and Health, Dutch Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO, Leiden, 4Department of Health, Medical and Neuropsychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands Background: After a kidney transplantation, patients have to visit the hospital often to monitor for early signs of graft rejection. Self-monitoring of creatinine in addition to blood pressure at home could alleviate the burden of frequent outpatient visits, but only if patients are willing to self-monitor and if they adhere to the self-monitoring measurement regimen. A prospective pilot study was conducted to assess patients’ experiences and satisfaction.Materials and methods: For 3 months after transplantation, 30 patients registered self-measured creatinine and blood pressure values in an online record to which their physician had access to. Patients completed a questionnaire at baseline and follow-up to assess satisfaction, attitude, self-efficacy regarding self-monitoring, worries, and physician support. Adherence was studied by comparing the number of registered with the number of requested measurements.Results: Patients were highly motivated to self-monitor kidney function, and reported high levels of general satisfaction. Level of satisfaction was positively related to perceived support from physicians (P<0.01, level of self-efficacy (P<0.01, and amount of trust in the accuracy of the creatinine meter (P<0.01. The use of both the creatinine and blood pressure meter was considered pleasant and useful, despite the level of trust in the

  18. What Patients Can Tell Us: Topic Analysis for Social Media on Breast Cancer.

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    Tapi Nzali, Mike Donald; Bringay, Sandra; Lavergne, Christian; Mollevi, Caroline; Opitz, Thomas

    2017-07-31

    /16,868) of topics in the cancerdusein.org corpus and 4.30% (3014/70,092) of the Facebook corpus. We found a good correspondence between detected topics on social media and topics covered by the self-administered questionnaires, which substantiates the sound construction of such questionnaires. We detected new emerging topics from social media that can be used to complete current self-administered questionnaires. Moreover, we confirmed that social media mining is an important source of information for complementary analysis of quality of life. ©Mike Donald Tapi Nzali, Sandra Bringay, Christian Lavergne, Caroline Mollevi, Thomas Opitz. Originally published in JMIR Medical Informatics (http://medinform.jmir.org), 31.07.2017.

  19. Proceedings of Patient Reported Outcome Measure’s (PROMs Conference Sheffield 2016: advances in patient reported outcomes research

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    Full Text Available Table of contents S1 Using computerized adaptive testing Tim Croudace S2 Well-being: what is it, how does it compare to health and what are the implications of using it to inform health policy John Brazier O1 “Am I going to get better?”—Using PROMs to inform patients about the likely benefit of surgery Nils Gutacker, Andrew Street O2 Identifying Patient Reported Outcome Measures for an electronic Personal Health Record Dan Robotham, Samantha Waterman, Diana Rose, Safarina Satkunanathan, Til Wykes O3 Examining the change process over time qualitatively: transformative learning and response shift Nasrin Nasr, Pamela Enderby O4 Developing a PROM to evaluate self-management in diabetes (HASMID: giving patients a voice Jill Carlton, Donna Rowen, Jackie Elliott, John Brazier, Katherine Stevens, Hasan Basarir, Alex Labeit O5 Development of the Primary Care Outcomes Questionnaire (PCOQ Mairead Murphy, Sandra Hollinghurst, Chris Salisbury O6 Developing the PKEX score- a multimodal assessment tool for patients with shoulder problems Dominic Marley, James Wilson, Amy Barrat, Bibhas Roy O7 Applying multiple imputation to multi-item patient reported outcome measures: advantages and disadvantages of imputing at the item, sub-scale or score level Ines Rombach, Órlaith Burke, Crispin Jenkinson, Alastair Gray, Oliver Rivero-Arias O8 Integrating Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs into routine primary care for patients with multimorbidity: a feasibility study Ian Porter, Jaheeda Gangannagaripalli, Charlotte Bramwell, Jose M. Valderas O9 eRAPID: electronic self-report and management of adverse-events for pelvic radiotherapy (RT patients Patricia Holch, Susan Davidson, Jacki Routledge, Ann Henry, Kevin Franks, Alex Gilbert, Kate Absolom & Galina Velikova O10 Patient reported outcomes (PROMs based recommendation in clinical guidance for the management of chronic conditions in the United Kingdom Ian Porter, Jose M.Valderas O11 Cross-sectional and

  20. Randomized clinical trial comparing manual suture and different models of mechanical suture in the mimicking of bariatric surgery in swine

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    Full Text Available Marcos AP Fernandes,1 Bruno MT Pereira,2 Sandra M Guimarães,1 Aline Paganelli,3 Carlos Manoel CT Pereira,1 Claudio Sergio Batista4 1Institute of Obesity and Advanced Video Laparoscopic Surgery of Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 2Division of Trauma, University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil; 3Laboratório de Patologia Micron Cell Diagnóstico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 4Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine of Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Context and objective: Variations in the ability of surgeons served as motivation for the development of devices that, overcoming individual differences, allow the techniques to be properly performed, and of which the end result was the best possible. Every technique must be reproduced reliably by the majority of surgeons for their results to be adopted and recognized as effective. The aim of this study was to compare the results, from the point of view of anatomic pathology, of manual sutures versus mechanical sutures using different models of linear mechanical staplers, in the procedure of gastroenteroanastomosis and enteroanastomosis in swine. Methods: Thirty-six healthy, adult, male Sus scrofa domesticus pigs, weighing between 20.7 and 25.5 kg, were used. The swine were randomly divided into four groups of nine pigs, according to the type of suture employed: group A, manual suture with Polysorb® 3-0 wire; group B, 80-shear linear stapler (Covidien® Gia 8038-S; group C, 75-shear linear stapler (Ethicon® Tlc 75; and group D, 75-shear linear stapler (Resource® Yq 75-3. A temporal study was established on the seventh postoperative day for histopathological analysis, and the degree of inflammation, fibrosis, and newly formed vessels, as well as the presence or absence of granulation tissue, foreign body granuloma, and necrosis were all evaluated qualitatively and semiquantitatively. The results were analyzed statistically. Results: Observations during the histopathological

  1. Diagnostic and treatment strategies in mucopolysaccharidosis VI

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    Full Text Available Filippo Vairo,1–3 Andressa Federhen,1,3,4 Guilherme Baldo,1,2,5–7 Mariluce Riegel,1,6 Maira Burin,1 Sandra Leistner-Segal,1,8 Roberto Giugliani1,5,6,81Medical Genetics Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil; 2Department of Genetics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; 3Clinical Research Group on Medical Genetics, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil; 4Post-Graduate Program in Child and Adolescent Health, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; 5Gene Therapy Center, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil; 6Post-Graduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; 7Department of Physiology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; 8Post-Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, BrazilAbstract: Mucopolysaccharidosis VI (MPS VI is a very rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the ARSB gene, which lead to deficient activity of the lysosomal enzyme ASB. This enzyme is important for the breakdown of the glycosaminoglycans (GAGs dermatan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate, which accumulate in body tissues and organs of MPS VI patients. The storage of GAGs (especially dermatan sulfate causes bone dysplasia, joint restriction, organomegaly, heart disease, and corneal clouding, among several other problems, and reduced life span. Despite the fact that most cases are severe, there is a spectrum of severity and some cases are so attenuated that diagnosis is made late in life. Although the analysis of urinary GAGs and/or the measurement of enzyme activity in dried blood spots are useful screening methods, the diagnosis is based in the demonstration of the enzyme deficiency in leucocytes or fibroblasts, and/or in the identification of pathogenic mutations in the ARSB gene

  2. Targeted polyethylene glycol gold nanoparticles for the treatment of pancreatic cancer: from synthesis to proof-of-concept in vitro studies

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    Full Text Available Jolanda Spadavecchia,1,2,* Dania Movia,3,* Caroline Moore,3,4 Ciaran Manus Maguire,3,4 Hanane Moustaoui,2 Sandra Casale,1 Yuri Volkov,3,4 Adriele Prina-Mello3,4 1Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris VI, Paris, 2Centre National de la recherche française, UMR 7244, CSPBAT, Laboratory of Chemistry, Structures, and Properties of Biomaterials and Therapeutic Agents, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France; 3AMBER Centre, CRANN Institute, 4Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland *These authors contributed equally to this work Abstract: The main objective of this study was to optimize and characterize a drug delivery carrier for doxorubicin, intended to be intravenously administered, capable of improving the therapeutic index of the chemotherapeutic agent itself, and aimed at the treatment of pancreatic cancer. In light of this goal, we report a robust one-step method for the synthesis of dicarboxylic acid-terminated polyethylene glycol (PEG-gold nanoparticles (AuNPs and doxorubicin-loaded PEG-AuNPs, and their further antibody targeting (anti-Kv11.1 polyclonal antibody [pAb]. In in vitro proof-of-concept studies, we evaluated the influence of the nanocarrier and of the active targeting functionality on the anti-tumor efficacy of doxorubicin, with respect to its half-maximal effective concentration (EC50 and drug-triggered changes in the cell cycle. Our results demonstrated that the therapeutic efficacy of doxorubicin was positively influenced not only by the active targeting exploited through anti-Kv11.1-pAb but also by the drug coupling with a nanometer-sized delivery system, which indeed resulted in a 30-fold decrease of doxorubicin EC50, cell cycle blockage, and drug localization in the cell nuclei. The cell internalization pathway was strongly influenced by the active targeting of the Kv11.1 subunit of the human Ether-à-go-go related gene

  3. Preparation, characterization, and safety evaluation of poly(lactide-co-glycolide nanoparticles for protein delivery into macrophages

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    Full Text Available Anne-Sophie Guedj,1 Arnold J Kell,2 Michael Barnes,2 Sandra Stals,1 David Gonçalves,3 Denis Girard,3 Carole Lavigne11National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, MB, 2National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, 3Laboratoire de recherche en inflammation et physiologie des granulocytes, Université du Québec, INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, QC, CanadaAbstract: Following infection, HIV establishes reservoirs within tissues that are inaccessible to optimal levels of antiviral drugs or within cells where HIV lies latent, thus escaping the action of anti-HIV drugs. Macrophages are a persistent reservoir for HIV and may contribute to the rebound viremia observed after antiretroviral treatment is stopped. In this study, we further investigate the potential of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA-based nanocarriers as a new strategy to enhance penetration of therapeutic molecules into macrophages. We have prepared stable PLGA nanoparticles (NPs and evaluated their capacity to transport an active molecule into the human monocyte/macrophage cell line THP-1 using bovine serum albumin (BSA as a proof-of-concept compound. Intracellular localization of fluorescent BSA molecules encapsulated into PLGA NPs was monitored in live cells using confocal microscopy, and cellular uptake was quantified by flow cytometry. In vitro and in vivo toxicological studies were performed to further determine the safety profile of PLGA NPs including inflammatory effects. The size of the PLGA NPs carrying BSA (PLGA-BSA in culture medium containing 10% serum was ~126 nm in diameter, and they were negatively charged at their surface (zeta potential =-5.6 mV. Our confocal microscopy studies and flow cytometry data showed that these PLGA-BSA NPs are rapidly and efficiently taken up by THP-1 monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs at low doses. We found that PLGA-BSA NPs increased cellular uptake and internalization of the protein in vitro. PLGA

  4. Prevalence and correlates of suicide ideation in patients with COPD: a mixed methods study

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    Full Text Available Sara Fleehart,1,* Vincent S Fan,2,3,* Huong Q Nguyen,4 Jungeun Lee,1 Ruth Kohen,3 Jerald R Herting,5 Gustavo Matute-Bello,2,3 Sandra G Adams,6,7 Genevieve Pagalilauan,3 Soo Borson3 1School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; 2VAPuget Sound Health Care Center, Seattle, WA, USA; 3School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; 4Reseach and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, USA; 5Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; 6School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center; 7South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, USA *These authors contributed equally to this paper Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation (SI in patients with stable moderate to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD. Patients and methods: We conducted an exploratory mixed methods analysis of data from participants in a longitudinal observational study of depression in COPD. We measured depression with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9, which includes an item on SI. We compared participants with and without SI in relation to sociodemographics, symptoms, anxiety, and healthcare resource use with independent t-tests and chi-square tests. Content analysis was performed on qualitative data gathered during a structured SI safety assessment. Results: Of 202 participants, 121 (60% had depressive symptoms (PHQ ≥6; 51 (25% had a PHQ-9 ≥10, indicating a high likelihood of current major depression; and 22 (11% reported SI. Compared to the 99 depressed participants without SI, those with SI were more likely to be female (59% vs 27%, P=0.004; had worse dyspnea (P=0.009, depression (P<0.001, and anxiety (P=0.003; and were also more likely to have received treatment for depression and/or anxiety (82% vs 40%, P<0.001 and more hospitalizations for COPD exacerbations (P=0.03 but had similar

  5. Self-stigma among caregivers of people with mental illness: toward caregivers’ empowerment

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    Full Text Available Eshetu Girma,1,2 Anne Maria Möller-Leimkühler,2,3 Sandra Dehning,2,3 Norbert Mueller,2,3 Markos Tesfaye,4 Guenter Froeschl2,5 1Department of Health Education and Behavioral Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia; 2CIHLMU Center for International Health, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany; 3Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany; 4Department of Psychiatry, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia; 5Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany Background: In addition to economic and material burdens, caregivers of people with mental illness are exposed to psychosocial challenges. Self-stigma is among the psychological challenges that can be exacerbated by intrinsic and/or extrinsic factors. Caregivers’ self-stigma can negatively influence the patients' treatment and rehabilitation process. The objective of this study was to measure the level and correlates of self-stigma among caregivers of people with mental illness. Methods: An interviewer-administered cross-sectional study was conducted in the Jimma University Specialized Hospital Psychiatry Clinic in Ethiopia on a sample of 422 caregivers. Data were collected by trained nurses working in the clinic using a pretested questionnaire. Multivariate linear regression was performed to identify the correlates of self-stigma among caregivers of people with mental illness. Results: The majority (70.38% of the caregivers were male. On a scale of 0 to 15, with 0 being low and 15 being high, the average self-stigmatizing attitude score was 4.68 (±4.11. A statistically significant difference in mean self-stigma score was found between urban and rural respondents (t=3.95, P<0.05. Self-stigma of caregivers showed significant positive correlation with perceived signs of mental illness (r=0.18, P<0.001, perceived supernatural explanations of mental illness (r=0.26, P<0.001, and

  6. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD – a new factor that interplays between inflammation, malnutrition, and atherosclerosis in elderly hemodialysis patients

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    Mikolasevic I

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    Full Text Available Ivana Mikolasevic,1 Vesna Lukenda,2 Sanjin Racki,1 Sandra Milic,3 Branka Sladoje-Martinovic,1 Lidija Orlic1 1Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Rijeka University Hospital Center, Rijeka, Croatia; 2Department of Internal Medicine, Dr Josip Bencevic General Hospital, Slavonski Brod, Croatia; 3Department of Gastroenterology, Rijeka University Hospital Center, Rijeka, Croatia Background/aim: In the past decade, in most regions of the world, an increasing number of adults aged 65 years and older were started on renal replacement therapy each year. In contrast to the general population for whom overnutrition or obesity is associated with increased cardiovascular risk, for patients who are maintained on hemodialysis (HD, malnutrition and malnutrition-inflammation complex syndrome are associated with poor outcome. In recent years, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD has been considered to be the liver manifestation of metabolic syndrome, and the development of NAFLD is strongly associated with all components of metabolic syndrome (arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, and diabetes mellitus type 2 in the general population. The primary end point of this study was to determine the patient’s survival in relation to nutritional and inflammatory state and the presence or absence of NAFLD. The secondary end point of this analysis was the association among NAFLD and various clinical and laboratory data, with the nutritional and inflammatory state of our elderly HD patients. Methods: Using a single-center, prospective, cohort study design, we followed the progress of 76 patients who were ≥65 years and treated with chronic HD for at least 6 months, at the Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation. All patients were followed for a minimum of 18 months or until death. Survival was defined as the time from study initiation to death (or end of study, if still alive.Results: The main findings of our study were a

  7. Book reviews

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    Full Text Available Sitor Situmorang, Toba na Sae; Sejarah lembaga sosial politik abad XIII-XX (Johann Angerler Raul Pertierra, Science, technology, and everyday culture in the Philippines (Greg Bankoff Françoise Gérard and François Ruf (eds, Agriculture in crisis; People, commodities and natural resources in Indonesia, 1996-2000 (Peter Boomgaard Kennet Sillander, Acting authoritatively; How authority is expressed through social action among the Bentian of Indonesian Borneo (Aurora Donzelli Kathleen M. Nadeau, Liberation theology in the Philippines; Faith in a revolution (Gareth Fisher Roy Ellen, On the edge of the Banda Zone; Past and present in the social organization of a Moluccan trading network (Gregory Forth Roy Ellen, On the edge of the Banda Zone; Past and present in the social organization of a Moluccan trading network (J.M. Gullick I.H.N. Evans, Bornean diaries, 1938-1942 (Fiona Harris S. Margana, Kraton Surakarta dan Yogyakarta 1769-1874 (Mason C. Hoadley Henry Frei, Guns of February; Ordinary Japanese soldiers’ views of the Malayan campaign and the fall of Singapore 1941-42 (Russell Jones Gerrit Knaap and Heather Sutherland, Monsoon traders; Ships, skippers and commodities in eighteenth-century Makassar (J. Thomas Lindblad David W. Fraser and Barbara G. Fraser, Mantles of merit; Chin textiles from Myanmar, India and Bangladesh (Sandra A. Niessen Kees Snoek, E. du Perron; Het leven van een smalle mens (Frank Okker Arthur J. Dommen, The Indochinese experience of the French and the Americans; Nationalism and communism in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (Vatthana Pholsena J.H.M.C. Boelaars and A.C. Blom, Mono Koame; ‘Wij denken ook’ (Anton Ploeg James J. Fox and Dionisio Babo Soares (eds, Out of the ashes; Destruction and reconstruction of East Timor (Johanna van Reenen Anke Niehof and Firman Lubis (eds, Two is enough; Family planning in Indonesia under the New Order 1968-1998 (Elisabeth Schr

  8. Socorro Students Translate NRAO Web Pages Into Spanish

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    Six Socorro High School students are spending their summer working at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) on a unique project that gives them experience in language translation, World Wide Web design, and technical communication. Under the project, called "Un puente a los cielos," the students are translating many of NRAO's Web pages on astronomy into Spanish. "These students are using their bilingual skills to help us make basic information about astronomy and radio telescopes available to the Spanish-speaking community," said Kristy Dyer, who works at NRAO as a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow and who developed the project and obtained funding for it from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The students are: Daniel Acosta, 16; Rossellys Amarante, 15; Sandra Cano, 16; Joel Gonzalez, 16; Angelica Hernandez, 16; and Cecilia Lopez, 16. The translation project, a joint effort of NRAO and the NM Tech physics department, also includes Zammaya Moreno, a teacher from Ecuador, Robyn Harrison, NRAO's education officer, and NRAO computer specialist Allan Poindexter. The students are translating NRAO Web pages aimed at the general public. These pages cover the basics of radio astronomy and frequently-asked questions about NRAO and the scientific research done with NRAO's telescopes. "Writing about science for non-technical audiences has to be done carefully. Scientific concepts must be presented in terms that are understandable to non-scientists but also that remain scientifically accurate," Dyer said. "When translating this type of writing from one language to another, we need to preserve both the understandability and the accuracy," she added. For that reason, Dyer recruited 14 Spanish-speaking astronomers from Argentina, Mexico and the U.S. to help verify the scientific accuracy of the Spanish translations. The astronomers will review the translations. The project is giving the students a broad range of experience. "They are

  9. 21st Century Water Conservation Principles

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    Narayanan, M.

    2013-12-01

    report details key priorities for the Agency: Many researchers are of the opinion that applying the principles of free market enterprise to water conservation ideas would result in a more efficient utilization of water supply and distribution everywhere. References: EPA's June 2011 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (SSPP) (PDF) (74 pp, 1MB) June 2010 EPA Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (PDF) (67 pp, 3.8MB) U.S. EPA Policy Statement on Climate-Change Adaptation (PDF) (3pp, 55KB) Narayanan, Mysore. (2008). Hydrology, Water Scarcity and Market Economics. 68th AGU International Conference. Eos Transactions: American Geophysical Union, Vol. 89, No. 53, Fall Meeting Supplement, 2009. H11E - 0801. Postel, Sandra L. The Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity. New York: W. W. Norton and Company. 1997. Falkenmark, M.J. and Rockström, J. (2004). Balancing Water For Humans and Nature. Sterling, VA. Earthscan. Giordano, M. (2006) Agricultural Groundwater Use and Rural Livelihoods Journal of Hydrogeology. 14, 310 - 318. Allan, J.A. (2003). Virtual Water. Useful Concept or Misleading Metaphor? Water International. 28, 4-11. Vörsömarty, C.J., Douglas, E.M., Green, P.A. and Revenga, C. 2005. Geospatial Indicators of Energing Water Stress. Ambio, 34. 230-236.

  10. Unmet needs in the management of schizophrenia

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    Full Text Available Francisco Torres-González,1,8 Inmaculada Ibanez-Casas,1,8 Sandra Saldivia,2,8 Dinarte Ballester,3,8 Pamela Grandón,4,8 Berta Moreno-Küstner,5,8 Miguel Xavier,6,8 Manuel Gómez-Beneyto7,8 1Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, University of Granada, Spain; 2Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Concepcion, Chile; 3Sistema de Saúde Mãe de Deus, Escola Superior de Saúde, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil; 4Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Concepcion, Chile; 5Andalusian Psychosocial Research Group and Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment, Faculty of Psychology, University of Malaga, Spain; 6Department of Mental Health, NOVA Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal; 7Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, University of Valencia, Spain; 8Maristán Network, University of Granada, Granada, Spain Abstract: Studies on unmet needs during the last decades have played a significant role in the development and dissemination of evidence-based community practices for persistent schizophrenia and other severe mental disorders. This review has thoroughly considered several blocks of unmet needs, which are frequently related to schizophrenic disorders. Those related to health have been the first block to be considered, in which authors have examined the frequent complications and comorbidities found in schizophrenia, such as substance abuse and dual diagnosis. A second block has been devoted to psychosocial and economic needs, especially within the field of recovery of the persistently mentally ill. Within this block, the effects of the current economic difficulties shown in recent literature have been considered as well. Because no patient is static, a third block has reviewed evolving needs according to the clinical staging model. The fourth block has been dedicated to

  11. Colloid transport in model fracture filling materials

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    Wold, S.; Garcia-Garcia, S.; Jonsson, M.

    2010-12-01

    Colloid transport in model fracture filling materials Susanna Wold*, Sandra García-García and Mats Jonsson KTH Chemical Science and Engineering Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden *Corresponding author: E-mail: wold@kth.se Phone: +46 8 790 6295 In colloid transport in water-bearing fractures, the retardation depends on interactions with the fracture surface by sorption or filtration. These mechanisms are difficult to separate. A rougher surface will give a larger area available for sorption, and also when a particle is physically hindered, it approaches the surface and enables further sorption. Sorption can be explained by electrostatics were the strongest sorption on minerals always is observed at pH below pHpzc (Filby et al., 2008). The adhesion of colloids to mineral surfaces is related to the surface roughness according to a recent study (Darbha et al., 2010). There is a large variation in the characteristics of water-bearing fractures in bedrock in terms of aperture distribution, flow velocity, surface roughness, mineral distributions, presence of fracture filling material, and biological and organic material, which is hard to implement in modeling. The aim of this work was to study the transport of negatively charged colloids in model fracture filling material in relation to flow, porosity, mineral type, colloid size, and surface charge distribution. In addition, the impact on transport of colloids of mixing model fracture filling materials with different retention and immobilization capacities, determined by batch sorption experiments, was investigated. The transport of Na-montmorillonite colloids and well-defined negatively charged latex microspheres of 50, 100, and 200 nm diameter were studied in either columns containing quartz or quartz mixed with biotite. The ionic strength in the solution was exclusively 0.001 and pH 6 or 8.5. The flow rates used were 0.002, 0.03, and 0.6 mL min-1. Sorption of the colloids on the model fracture

  12. PREFACE: Asia-Pacific Interdisciplinary Research Conference 2011 (AP-IRC 2011)

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    Sandhu, Adarsh; Okada, Hiroshi; Maekawa, Toru; Okano, Ken

    2012-03-01

    AP-IRC Logo Scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and policymakers gather at the first truly interdisciplinary conference held in Asia-Pacific http://www.apirc.jp/ The inaugural Asia-Pacific Interdisciplinary Research Conference 2011 (AP-IRC 2011) was held at Toyohashi University of Technology (Toyohashi Tech) on 17-18 November 2011. The conference is a forum for enhancing mutual understanding between scientists, engineers, policymakers and experts from a wide spectrum of pure and applied sciences, to resolve the daunting global issues facing mankind. The conference attracted approximately 300 participants including delegates from France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, USA and Vietnam. AP-IRC 2011 was chaired by Dr Yoshiyuki Sakaki, President of Toyohashi Tech, who opened the proceedings by stressing the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to research, to resolve global scientific and technical issues. Recalling his own experience as the leader of Japan's efforts in the Human Genome Project, Sakaki also encouraged participants to make an effort to try to understand the sometimes difficult concepts and terminology of other areas of research. The presentations at AP-IRC 2011 were divided into three focus sessions: innovative mechano-magneto-electronic systems, life sciences, and green science and technology. A total of 174 papers were presented over the two-day conference including eight by invited speakers. Highlights of AP-IRC 2011 included a first-hand account of the damage caused by the massive earthquake in March 2011 to experimental facilities at Tohoku University by Masayoshi Esashi; the fascinating world of bees and the inborn numerical competence of humans and animals by Hans J Gross; research on robots and cognition-enabled technical systems at Technische Universität München by Sandra Hirche; the history of events leading to the invention of the world's strongest NdFeB permanent magnet by Masato Sagawa

  13. Use of the Internet and Mobile Phones for Self-Management of Severe Mental Health Problems: Qualitative Study of Staff Views.

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    Berry, Natalie; Bucci, Sandra; Lobban, Fiona

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    responsibilities; and (4) digital health interventions should be used to enhance, not replace, face-to-face support. This study is the first, to our knowledge, to qualitatively explore the experiences and attitudes of mental health care staff toward individuals with severe mental health problems using the Internet, mobile phones, and digital health interventions to self-manage their mental health. Understanding the positive and negative experiences and views shared by staff toward both current and potential digital health intervention use has enabled the identification of several considerations for implementation. Additionally, the findings suggest mental health care staff need clear guidance and training in relation to their responsibilities in recommending reputable and secure websites, forums, and digital health interventions and in how to manage professional boundaries on the Internet. Overall, the study highlights that digital health interventions could be well received by staff working in mental health services but importantly, such management options must be presented to frontline staff as an avenue to enhance care and extend choice, rather than as a method to reduce costs. ©Natalie Berry, Sandra Bucci, Fiona Lobban. Originally published in JMIR Mental Health (http://mental.jmir.org), 01.11.2017.

  14. The Importance of Water Conservation in the 21st Century

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    2012-12-01

    Performance Plan. The report details key priorities for the Agency: 1. GHG emissions inventories and reduction through energy efficiency, renewable energy, and transportation management. 2. High-performance sustainable buildings. 3. Regional and local planning. 4. Water conservation. 5. Recycling and pollution prevention. 6. Sustainable acquisition. 7. Electronics stewardship. Many researchers are of the opinion that applying the principles of free market enterprise to water conservation ideas would result in a more efficient utilization of water supply and distribution everywhere. References: EPA's June 2011 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (SSPP) (PDF) (74 pp, 1MB) June 2010 EPA Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (PDF) (67 pp, 3.8MB) U.S. EPA Policy Statement on Climate-Change Adaptation (PDF) (3pp, 55KB) Narayanan, Mysore. (2008). Hydrology, Water Scarcity and Market Economics. 68th AGU International Conference. Eos Transactions: American Geophysical Union, Vol. 89, No. 53, Fall Meeting Supplement, 2009. H11E - 0801. Postel, Sandra L. The Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity. New York: W. W. Norton and Company. 1997.

  15. The Majority of Library Clients Still Use Person-to-Person Interaction When Asking Reference Questions. A review of: De Groote, Sandra L. “Questions Asked at the Virtual and Physical Health Sciences Reference Desk: How Do They Compare and What Do They Tell Us?” Medical Reference Services Quarterly 24.2 (Summer 2005: 11-23.

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    Full Text Available Objective - To identify similarities and difference in the questions asked at the virtual and physical refernece desks of a helath scienmces library, in order to better undertand user needs and highlight areas for service improvement. Also to retrospectively analyze reference statistics collected over the previous six years. Design - Use study; retrospective study of reference statistics for the period July 1997 to June 2003; literature review. Setting - Large academic helath sciences library in the United States. Subjects - All questions asked at the reference and information desks, plus questions submitted to the University-wide virtual reference service and answered by a health sciences librarian, over a period of one month. The questions were asked by faculty, staff, students and members of the public. Methods - A literature review was carried out to examine the types of information/reference questions typically asked in health sciences libraries both before and after the mass introduction of remote end-user searching of online resources and the establishment of virtual reference services. Next, the reference statistics collected at the University of Illinois at Chicage (UIC Library of the Health Sciences between July 1997 and June 2003 were examined. For most of this period a digital reference service was offered using a listserv address to which patrons would submit email queries. Beginning in March 2003, a formal virtual reference service (chat and email was provided using commercial software. Finally, data was gathered on questions answered by a health sciences librarians, and clients who asked the question, at either the physical or cirtual reference desk, during the month of November 2003 at the UIC Library of the Health Sciences. Library staff completed an online survey form for each question, and if a client asked more than one question, each question was coded individually. Data included: status of client using the service (faculty/staff. undergarduate student, graduate student, non0UIC, unknown; mode of submission (email, chat, phone, in person; and type of question asked (directional, ready reference, in-depth/mediated, instructional, technical, accounts/status and other. In subsequent analysis, the original seven types of questions were further broken down into 19 categories. Main results - It was not possible to undertake a meta-analysis or systematic review of the studies identified in the literature review because of differences in time frames, settings and the categories used to code reference questions. However the following trends emerged: directional questions accounted for between 30 and 35% of questions asked at both the physical and virtual reference desks; the remainder of questions were generally about known item searched, library policies and services, research, dadabase use and quick reference. The statistics collected at UIC Library of the Health Sciences over the period July 1997 to June 2003 were analyzed. Coded reference questions fell into one of four categories; ready reference, in-depth reference, mediated searched and digital reference. There was a noticeable drop in the number of reference questions received in 1999/2000 which reflects trends reported in some of the studies identified in the literature review. The number of mediated searches decreased from 154 in 1997-98 to 4 in 2002/2003, but the number of digital reference questions increased from 0 to 508 in the same period. Statistics were collected over the month of November 2003 for 939 questions asked at the reference and information desks which included: 38 email; 48 chat; 156 phone; and 697 in person. The major findings were as follows: - appoximately 55% of questions were reference questions (33.5% ready reference, 9.7% in-depth/mediated, 9.7% instructional; 30% were directional; and 10% were technical; it is not stated what the remaining 5% of questions were; - library clients who asked the questions comprised graduate students (26%, faculty (24%, undergraduate students (24% and non-UIC patrons (22%; - all groups were most likely to ask their reference questions in person; - graduate students were the largest group of email reference (34%, undergraduates were the largest group to use chat (35% and faculty/staff were the largest group to use the telephone (39%; - 28% of the questions were answered from the library's staff's general knowledge of the library; 22% using the online catalogue or electronic journals list; 22% by referrning the patron to, or using an online database or resource; 13% by referring the patron to another department in the library (such as circulation; 7% by consulting another individual; and 5% by using print resources. Conclusion - The results of the three parts of this study - literature review, study of 1997-2003 statistics, and in-depth collection of statistics for November 2003 - are difficult to compare with each other. However, the general trend emerging from the results is that some kinds of questions asked by health sciences library clients have remained very much the same regardless of the rise of remote end-user searching and the mode of transmission of the questions. These include questions about library policies and services, journal and book holdings, database searching and instructional support. Questions about citation verification and consumer health appear to be decreasing while technical questions and questions about accessing remote databases and online journals are increasing. The majority of reference questions are still asked in person.

  16. An Intervention Using Gamification to Increase Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men in California: Rationale and Design of Stick To It.

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    Mejia, Christopher M; Acland, Daniel; Buzdugan, Raluca; Grimball, Reva; Natoli, Lauren; McGrath, Mark R; Klausner, Jeffrey D; McCoy, Sandra I

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    group consisting of individuals meeting the inclusion criteria who attended study clinics in the 12 months prior to intervention implementation. Eligible participants in the pilot study (1) are 18 to 26 years old, (2) were born or identify as male, 3) report male sexual partners, and 4) have a zip code of residence within defined areas in the vicinity of 1 of the 2 implementation sites. The primary outcome is repeat HIV/STI screening within 6 months. This is an ongoing research study with initial results expected in the fourth quarter of 2017. We will develop and pilot test a gamification intervention to encourage YMSM to be regularly screened for HIV/STIs. The results from this research will provide preliminary evidence about the potential effectiveness of using gamification to amplify health-related behavioral change interventions. Further, the research aims to determine the processes that are essential to developing and implementing future health-related gamification interventions. Clinicaltrials.gov NCT02946164; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02946164 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6ri3G4HwD). ©Christopher M Mejia, Daniel Acland, Raluca Buzdugan, Reva Grimball, Lauren Natoli, Mark R McGrath, Jeffrey D Klausner, Sandra I McCoy. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (http://www.researchprotocols.org), 17.07.2017.

  17. Environmental and occupational causes of cancer: new evidence 2005-2007.

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    Clapp, Richard W; Jacobs, Molly M; Loechler, Edward L

    2008-01-01

    oils. In addition to NHL and prostate cancer, early findings from the National Institutes of Health Agricultural Health Study suggest that several additional cancers may be linked to a variety of pesticides. Our report also briefly describes the toxicological evidence related to the carcinogenic effect of specific chemicals and mechanisms that are difficult to study in humans, namely exposures to bis-phenol A and epigenetic, trans-generational effects. To underscore the multi-factorial, multi-stage nature of cancer, we also present a technical description of cancer causation summarizing current knowledge in molecular biology. We argue for a new cancer prevention paradigm, one based on an understanding that cancer is ultimately caused by multiple interacting factors rather than a paradigm based on dubious attributable fractions. This new cancer prevention paradigm demands that we limit exposure to avoidable environmental and occupational carcinogens, in combination with additional important risk factors like diet and lifestyle. The research literature related to environmental and occupational causes of cancer is constantly growing, and future updates will be carried out in light of new biological understanding of the mechanisms and new methods for studying exposures in human populations. The current state of knowledge is sufficient to compel us to act on what we know. We repeat the call of ecologist Sandra Steingraber: "From the right to know and the duty to inquire flows the obligation to act."

  18. Assessing Therapeutic Alliance in the Context of mHealth Interventions for Mental Health Problems: Development of the Mobile Agnew Relationship Measure (mARM) Questionnaire.

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    Berry, Katherine; Salter, Amy; Morris, Rohan; James, Susannah; Bucci, Sandra

    2018-04-19

    responsive to each person's unique needs. Furthermore, apps were not capable of portraying uniquely human-like qualities such as friendliness, collaboration, and agreement. We made a number of changes to the ARM that included revising 16 items; removing 4 items due to lack of suitable alternatives; and adding 1 item to capture a key theme derived from stage 1 of the study ("The app is like having a member of my care team in my pocket"). This study introduces the mHealth version of the ARM, the mARM, that has good face and content validity. We encourage researchers to include this easy-to-use tool in digital health intervention studies to gather further data about its psychometric properties and advance our understanding of how therapeutic alliance influences the efficacy of mHealth interventions. International Standard Randomized Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN) 34966555; http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN34966555 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6ymBVwKif). ©Katherine Berry, Amy Salter, Rohan Morris, Susannah James, Sandra Bucci. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 19.04.2018.

  19. Homenagem Póstuma à Professora Doutora Solange Barbosa de Moraes Barros

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    tica/política na ampliação de espaços para o Serviço Social.Amiga e companheira de todas as horas, o seu caminho na  Instituição, ficou registrado pelos seus dotes de amizade, educação e amor pelo ensino, enfatizando sempre a importância do conhecimento como o mais valioso patrimônio de um povo. Sem sombra de dúvidas, a professora Solange soube conquistar o respeito e admiração de todos: alunos, professores e agentes universitários desta Universidade.Nos deixa o sentimento do dever cumprido. Gisele Alves de Sá QuimelleLenir Ap. Mainardes da SilvaSandra Maria Sheffer

  20. Personal Communication Device Use by Nurses Providing In-Patient Care: Survey of Prevalence, Patterns, and Distraction Potential.

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    McBride, Deborah L; LeVasseur, Sandra A

    2017-04-13

    respondents believe that on average personal communication devices have a more negative than positive impact on patient care and 39.07% (481/1231) reported that personal communication devices were always or often a distraction while working. Respondents acknowledged their own device use negatively affected their work performance (7.56%, 94/1243), or caused them to miss important clinical information (3.83%, 47/1225) or make a medical error (0.90%, 11/1218). Respondents reported witnessing another nurse's use of devices negatively affect their work performance (69.41%, 860/1239), or cause them to miss important clinical information (30.61%, 378/1235) or make a medical error (12.51%, 155/1239). Younger respondents reported greater device use while at work than older respondents and generally had more positive opinions about the impact of personal communication devices on their work. The majority of registered nurses believe that the use of personal communication devices on hospital units raises significant safety issues. The high rate of respondents who saw colleagues distracted by their devices compared to the rate who acknowledged their own distraction may be an indication that nurses are unaware of their own attention deficits while using their devices. There were clear generational differences in personal communication device use at work and opinions about the impact of these devices on patient care. Professional codes of conduct for personal communication device use by hospital nurses need to be developed that maximize the benefits of personal communication device use, while reducing the potential for distraction and adverse outcomes. ©Deborah L McBride, Sandra A LeVasseur. Originally published in JMIR Human Factors (http://humanfactors.jmir.org), 13.04.2017.

  1. Apresentação

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    Full Text Available As linguagens visuais nas mídias têm suscitado, graças à ampliação constante do uso de novos dispositivos e da melhoria de suportes, especialmente daqueles que exploram o quesito definição - condição técnica indispensável para adequado trabalho com imagens -, apaixonados estudos de pesquisadores que se dedicam ao campo da comunicação, que não mais podem deixar de lado, ao que tudo indica, mídias que laboram com imagens visuais, caso da fotografia, TV, cinema, multimídias. As páginas de Significação têm registrado tal tendência e, esta edição, exceção feita a um único artigo, não foge à regra que vem se impondo. Os trabalhos de Kati Eliana Caetano, "A encenação da violência: um exemplo no filme Cidade de Deus” e o da dupla espanhola Manuel Palácio e Juan Carlos Ibáñez, "Os esquecidos de Luis Buñuel: o exílio republicano do cineasta espanhol e a revitalização do cinema social em Latino América" investigam, a partir de diferentes pontos de vista e diferenciados propósitos, o cinema. Os artigos de Renato Pucci, "A representação do índio brasileiro na interface pós-moderna de cinema e TV", e o de Sandra Nodari, "Ónibus 174: a intertextualidade entre cinema e televisão", detêm-se nas compatibilidades entre cinema e televisão, quer se apresentem no gênero ficcional, caso do primeiro artigo, ou no documentário, caso do segundo. Em seu artigo, "Programação direta da TV: sentido e hábito", Yvana Fechine, por sua vez, preocupa-se com a programação direta da TV, na qual o sentido, ressemantizado, decorre do hábito de se ver TV diariamente.Greice Schneider e José Benjamim Picado, no artigo "Construção de mundos em fotografias de representações: supressão e ambigüidade em Robert Doisneau", examinam o efeito discurso nas imagens do fotógrafo francês que as transformam em "pequenas narrativas". Denize Araújo, em "Referentes clonados ou corpos ambiguamente habitados", estuda o "texto

  2. 86th Annual Georgia Public Health Association Meeting & Conference Report.

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    Smith, Selina A; Abbott, Regina; Sims, Christy

    2015-01-01

    Ebola crisis, palliative care, and essentials of advocacy in action for public health. Concurrent workshops focused on Board of Health training, public health accreditation, capacity building, collaboration, patient-centered outcomes, synthetic cannabinoid use, the HIV care continuum, use of data for informed decision making, environmental threats, organizational development, epidemiology, policy, and regulation. Thirty-two (32) awards were presented, including Lawmaker of the Year Award to Governor Nathan and First Lady Sandra Deal for their active and engaged role in promoting public health in Georgia; and the Sellers-McCroan Award to Commissioner Brenda Fitzgerald, Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) State Health Officer, for her leadership of the Georgia Ebola Response Team and leadership of the newly formed department. The conference attracted 569 registrants primarily through pre-registration (n=561) with limited onsite registration (n=8). For this year's conference, there was a significant increase in attendance (36%) and exhibitors (33%) relative to 2014. Of registrants reporting GPHA section participation, representation included: academic (5%); administration (10%); boards of health (13%); career development (15%); emergency preparedness (2%); epidemiology (5%); health education and promotion (2%); information technology (2%); maternal and child health (3%); medical/dental (3%); nursing (10%); nutrition (<1%); and other/no record (15%). There was 100% participation in the conference from the state's 18 public health districts. The conference evaluation completed by a representative sample of registrants indicated areas of potential improvement as: starting sessions on time, using electronic and social media for the conference agenda/syllabus, and decreasing workshop sessions to 45 minutes. Most rated the conference as "good" or "excellent."

  3. The Living the Example Social Media Substance Use Prevention Program: A Pilot Evaluation.

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    Evans, William; Andrade, Elizabeth; Goldmeer, Sandra; Smith, Michelle; Snider, Jeremy; Girardo, Gunilla

    2017-06-27

    ; next 30-day personal drug use intentions; personal reasons to use drugs; reasons participants believe their peers would use drugs; self-reported exposure to the LTE program; and receptivity to the LTE program, among those reporting exposure. We constructed multivariable logistic regression models to analyze the relationship between program receptivity and outcomes. First, in a cross-sectional logistic regression model, we regressed self-reported LTE message receipt on drug use intent and actions related to LTE messaging. Then, for analysis of participants with matched pre- and posttest responses, we used multilevel generalized estimating equation (GEE) techniques to model changes in behavior from baseline to follow-up. Youth reported increased intentions to use marijuana (odds ratio [OR] 2.134, P=.02) between pre- and posttest. However, youth who reported exposure and receptivity to LTE reported a significant decrease in intentions (OR 0.239, P=.008). We observed a similar pattern for sedatives/sleeping pills-an increase in intentions overall (OR 1.886, P=.07), but a decrease among youth who reported exposure and receptivity to LTE (OR 0.210, P=.02). We saw the same pattern for use of any drug-an increase in reported intentions overall (OR 2.141, P=.02), but a decrease among youth who reported exposure and receptivity to LTE (OR 0.111, P=.004). We observed some evidence of significant LTE program effects. Social media may be an effective strategy for peer-to-peer substance use prevention in the future. These findings point both to the potential of LTE and the social media diffusion model and to the need for more research on a larger scale with an expanded youth population in the future. ©William Evans, Elizabeth Andrade, Sandra Goldmeer, Michelle Smith, Jeremy Snider, Gunilla Girardo. Originally published in JMIR Mental Health (http://mental.jmir.org), 27.06.2017.

  4. Editors note

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    Full Text Available Lifelong learning is a recurring theme in this journal. The present issue of Seminar.net has four contributions, covering a range from how elderly use ICT, how teachers and supervisors in higher education experience virtual learning environments, how producers of MOOC’s fail to observe quality frameworks, and last how “gamification” affects ideas about teaching and learning. They all bring vital arguments to the table about how digital environments cause changes in our lives, beginning with games for children and helping elderly to adjust to an increasingly digitized lifeworld in the other end of the life cycle. First, most of the technological innovations we are used to by now, was invented a long time ago – by persons who now are considered elderly. The ideologies supported around notions like “the digital natives” are exactly that, - ideologies. But even skilled and experienced elderly – and teachers in higher education are in dire need of keeping up with swift changes in technology and its use. I am very pleased that the articles we present here have a critical stance towards ideologies and are able to scrutinise the conditions for a democratic and factual base for education.The opening article in this issue, “Older active users of ICTs make sense of their engagement”by Magdalena Kania-Lundholm and Sandra Torres, who work at Uppsala University, Sweden enlightens us about how elderly people use digital media. Instead of seeing the elderly as a group of “digital immigrants”, this article focuses on elderly people who are active and skilled users of ICT. They are eager to share their skills and experiences and contribute to the wellbeing of other, not so eager users. The article contributes to the notion of “the digital spectrum” and furthers the very important discussion on the inequalities that using ICT continues to bring about.The second article is written by Chris O’Toole, of Lancaster University, and has the

  5. Ocena stopnia uzależnienia społeczeństwa od smartfonów oraz zdrowotnych i psychospołecznych skutków ich używania = Assessment of the degree of dependence of society from smartphones, and health and psychosocial effects of their use

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      Ocena stopnia uzależnienia społeczeństwa od smartfonów oraz zdrowotnych i psychospołecznych skutków ich używania Assessment of the degree of dependence of society from smartphones, and health and psychosocial effects of their use   Sandra Ćwikła1, Dominik Olejniczak2   1 Absolwentka kierunku Zdrowie Publiczne Wydział Nauki o Zdrowiu Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny   2 Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny Zakład Zdrowia Publicznego ul. Banacha 1a, 02-097 Warszawa     Słowa kluczowe: smartfon, zachowania zdrowotne, uzależnienie, internet Key words: Smartphone, Health Behavior, Addiction, Internet     Streszczenie Wprowadzenie: Badania pokazują, że smartfon staje się nieodłącznym elementem życia współczesnego człowieka. Powodem, dla którego ludzie chętnie kupują i użytkują smartfony jest ich wielozadaniowość. Zadaniem aplikacji mobilnej jest niezależne od czasu i miejsca umożliwienie użytkownikom dostępu do informacji, komunikacji oraz rozrywki. Celem głównym badania własnego było określenie stopnia uzależnienia respondentów od smartfonów. Materiał i metoda: Badanie przeprowadzone zostało za pomocą metody sondażu diagnostycznego. Za narzędzie badawcze posłużył autorski kwestionariusz w wersji papierowej oraz elektronicznej. Kwestionariusz został wypełniony anonimowo przez 319 osób. Wyniki: Ponad 2/3 badanych deklaruje, że używa telefonu przez cały dzień bądź kilkanaście razy dziennie. Badanie własne pokazuje, że ponad połowa respondentów używa smartfony do celów służbowych (30% lub służbowych I prywatnych (41%. Ponad połowa (58% respondentów nie wyobraża sobie spędzenia tygodnia bez telefonu. Spośród wszystkich respondentów, aż 65% zaliczyłoby samych siebie do osób zależnych od smartfona. Wnioski: Praca biurowa jest często związana z używaniem telefonu komórkowego, co może być również powodem uzależnienia. Smartfony stały się nieodłącznym i niezastąpionym

  6. Book Reviews

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    University Press, xiv + 299 pp. [Yale Southeast Asia studies monograph 48.] 1999 -Bernice de Jong Boers, Peter Just, Dou Donggo justice; Conflict and morality in an Indonesian society. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2001, xi + 263 pp. -Nico J.G. Kaptein, Howard M. Federspiel, Islam and ideology in the emerging Indonesian state; The Persatuan Islam (PERSIS, 1923 to 1957. Leiden: Brill, 2001, xii + 365 pp. -Gerrit Knaap, Els M. Jacobs, Koopman in Azië; De handel van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie tijdens de 18de eeuw. Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 2000, 304 pp. -Toon van Meijl, Bruce M. Knauft, From primitive to postcolonial in Melanesia and anthropology. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999, x + 320 pp. -Jennifer Nourse, Juliette Koning ,Women and households in Indonesia; Cultural notions and social practices. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xiii + 354 pp., Marleen Nolten, Janet Rodenburg (eds -Sandra Pannell, Clayton Fredericksen ,Altered states; Material culture transformations in the Arafura region. Darwin: Northern Territory University Press, 2001, xiv + 160 pp., Ian Walters (eds -Anne Sofie Roald, Alijah Gordon, The propagation of Islam in the Indonesian-Malay archipelago. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian sociological research institute, 2001, xxv + 472 pp. -M.J.C. Schouten, Mary Taylor Huber ,Gendered missions; Women and men in missionary discourse and practice. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1999, x + 252 pp., Nancy C. Lutkehaus (eds -Karel Steenbrink, Nakamura Mitsuo ,Islam and civil society in Southeast Asia. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian studies, 2001, 211 pp., Sharon Siddique, Omar Farouk Bajunid (eds -Heather Sutherland, Robert Cribb, Historical atlas of Indonesia, Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 2000, x + 256 pp. -Sikko Visscher, Lee Kam Hing ,The Chinese in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 2000, xxix + 418 pp., Tan Chee-Beng (eds -Edwin Wieringa, Jane Drakard, A kingdom of words; Language and power in Sumatra. Kuala

  7. UPR/Mayaguez High Energy Physics

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    2014-10-31

    This year the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM) High Energy Physics (HEP) group continued with the ongoing research program outlined in the grant proposal. The program is centered on the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the proton-proton (pp) collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. The main research focus is on data analysis and on the preparation for the High Luminosity (HL) LHC or experiment detector upgrade. The physics data analysis included Higgs Doublet Search and measurement of the (1) Λ0b branching fraction, (2) B meson mass, and (3) hyperon θ-b lifetime. The detector upgrade included work on the preparations for the Forward Pixel (FPIX) detector Silicon Sensor Testing in a production run at Fermilab. In addition, the group has taken responsibilities on the Software Release through our former research associate Dr. Eric Brownson who acted until last December as a Level Two Offline Manager for the CMS Upgrade. In support of the CMS data analysis activities carried out locally, the UPRM group has built and maintains an excellent Tier3 analysis center in Mayaguez. This allowed us to analyze large data samples and to continue the development of algorithms for the upgrade tracking robustness we started several years ago, and we plan to resume in the near future. This project involves computer simulation of the radiation damage to be suffered at the higher luminosities of the upgraded LHC. This year we continued to serve as a source of outstanding students for the field of high energy physics. Three of our graduate students finished their MS work in May, 2014, Their theses research were on data analysis of heavy quark b-physics. All of them are currently enrolled at Ph.D. physics program across the nation. One of them (Hector Moreno) at New Mexico University (Hector Moreno), one at University of New Hampshire (Sandra Santiesteban) and one at University of

  8. Close to the Sky

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    Today, a new ALMA outreach and educational book was publicly presented to city officials of San Pedro de Atacama in Chile, as part of the celebrations of the anniversary of the Andean village. ESO PR Photo 50a/07 ESO PR Photo 50a/07 A Useful Tool for Schools Entitled "Close to the sky: Biological heritage in the ALMA area", and edited in English and Spanish by ESO in Chile, the book collects unique on-site observations of the flora and fauna of the ALMA region performed by experts commissioned to investigate it and to provide key initiatives to protect it. "I thank the ALMA project for providing us a book that will surely be a good support for the education of children and youngsters of San Pedro de Atacama. Thanks to this publication, we expect our rich flora and fauna to be better known. I invite teachers and students to take advantage of this educational resource, which will be available in our schools", commented Ms. Sandra Berna, the Mayor of San Pedro de Atacama, who was given the book by representatives of the ALMA global collaboration project. Copies of the book 'Close to the sky' will be donated to all schools in the area, as a contribution to the education of students and young people in northern Chile. "From the very beginning of the project, ALMA construction has had a firm commitment to environment and local culture, protecting unique flora and fauna species and preserving old estancias belonging to the Likan Antai culture," said Jacques Lassalle, who represented ALMA at the hand-over. "Animals like the llama, the fox or the condor do not only live in the region where ALMA is now being built, but they are also key elements of the ancient Andean constellations. In this sense they are part of the same sky that will be explored by ALMA in the near future." ESO PR Photo 50c/07 ESO PR Photo 50c/07 Presentation of the ALMA book The ALMA Project is a giant, international observatory currently under construction on the high-altitude Chajnantor site in Chile

  9. Book Reviews

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    Full Text Available - Henri J.M. Claessen, Ross H. Cordy, A study of prehistoric social change: The development of complex societies in the Hawaiian Islands, New York: Academic Press, 1981, 274 pp., Maps, ills., index, Appendices. - Th. van den End, C. Guillot, L’affaire Sadrach. Un essai de christianisation à Java au XIXe siècle. Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris 1981.374 pp. Etudes insulindiennes/Archipel 4. - Renée Hagesteijn, A. Milner, Kerajaan: Malay political culture on the eve of colonial rule. The Association for Asian Studies, Monograph no. XL, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1982. - P. van Hees, Emile Henssen, Gerretson en Indië. Bouma’s Boekhuis/Wolters Noordhoff, Groningen 1983. 231 blz. + los register. - M. Hekker, H.D. Kubitschek, Geschichte Indonesiens. Vom Altertum bis zur Gegenwart, Akademie Verlag, Berlin, 1981. xiii + 266 pp., I. Wessel (eds. - Huynh Kim Khánh, W.R. Smyses, The independent Vietnamese: Vietnamese communism between Russia and China, Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Center for International Studies, Southeast Asia Program, 1980, 143 pages, bibliography. - Saskia Keller, Sandra Hira, Van Priary tot en met De Kom. De geschiedenis van het verzet in Suriname, 1630-1940, Rotterdam: Uitgeverij Futile, 1982. - Gerrit J. Knaap, R.Z. Leirissa, Maluku Tengah di masa lampau. Gambaran sekilas lewat arsip abad sembilan belas, Penerbitan Sumber-Sumber Sejarah no. 13, Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia, Jakarta 1982. XIV + 218 pp., Z.J. Manusama, A.B. Lapian (eds. - S. Kooijman, Tibor Bodrogi, Stammeskunst, Vol I, Australien, Ozeanien, Afrika, ed. by Tibor Bodrogi, 306 pp., 396 photographs (16 coloured, 13 sketch maps. Vol. II. Amerika, Asien, ed. by Tibor Bodrogi and Lajos Boglár, 274 pp., 238 photographs (16 coloured, 8 sketch maps. German translation of Tözsi Müvészet, Budapest, Corvina Kiadó, 1982., Lajos Boglár (eds. - H.M.J. Maier, R.G. Tol, Raja Ali Haji Ibn Ahmad, The Precious Gift (Tuhfat al-Nafis. An

  10. Apresentação

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    de Paris, fique em evidência, além de demarcar um território extremamente adequado ao trânsito da primeridade defendida por Peirce. Nessa perspectiva, não resulta estranho, mesmo que se crie um paradoxo, que, no espaço urbano tenhamos também uma paisagem sonora que, assumindo propriedades repetitivas, imita, de algum modo, o processo ritualístico que se acaba de mencionar. Pode-se dizer que também o trabalho destas duas pesquisadoras fornece elementos suficientes para estabelecer relações de conexão entre particularidades aparentemente distantes.Os outros textos centram seu interesse em temas mais concretos, Sandra Fischer e Reto Melchior analisam, respectivamente, processos de intertextualidade em Tudo sobre minha mãe e figurações de espelhamento em La nuit Sacrée. Ambos artigos, porém, apresentam pontos de coincidência e, em certa medida; se complementam no tocante à manipulação de pressupostos semióticos. O trabalho de Javier Herrera-Navarro possui, além da consistência de suas interpretações, o mérito histórico de apresentar por primeira vez ao público brasileiro a obra de Granell, surrealista espanhol que nos legou uma produção pictórica muito pessoal e que escreveu o romance El Indio Tupinambá, obra que foi recomendada a Buñuel como digna de ser filmada. E, finalmente, o artigo que Denize Correa Araujo dedica ao estudo das formas híbridas, tipos de manifestações que caracterizam tendências expressivas de nosso tempo.

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    Full Text Available - J. Huizinga, Ashley Montagu, Man: His first two million years. Columbia Univ. Press, New York and London, 1969, 262 pag. - W. van Hoorn, Warner Muensterberger, Man and his culture: Psychoanalytic anthropology after ‘Totem and Taboo’. Rapp and Whiting, London 1969. 397 p. - J.W.I.M. Simons, W.M. Pfeiffer, Transkulturelle Psychiatrie. George Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1971. 166 S., 9 Abb., 22 Tab. - J.W.I.M. Simons, J.H. Orley, Culture and mental illness. East African Publishing House, Nairobi 1970. 82 p. - E.M. Uhlenbeck, P.E. de Josselin de Jong, Contact der Continenten, Bijdrage tot het begrijpen van niet-westerse samenlevingen. Universitaire Pers Leiden, 1969, 144 pp. - H.J.M. Claessen, A.J.F. Köbben, Van primitieven tot medeburgers, 2e druk. Van Gorcum, Assen 1971. 278 blz. - R.J. Mohr, Antropica. Gedenkschrift zum 100. Geburtstag von P. Wilhelm Schmidt. Gesammelte Aufsätze, herausgegeben vom Anthropos-Institut. Studia Instituti Anthropos Vol. 21. Verlag des Anthropos-Instituts St. Augustin bei Bonn 1968. XII + 452 S. - Jairus Banaji, E. Nelson Hayes, Claude Lévi-Strauss: the anthropologist as hero. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1970. 264 pp., Tanya Hayes (eds. - J. Prins, Banton Michael, Political systems and the distribution of power, A.S.A. Monographs 2, London: Tavistock Publications; New York: Fred. A. Praeger, Publishers, 1965. XLIII en 142 bladzijden. - Ellen N. Buschkens-Holle, H.J.M. Duller, ‘Ekonomische ontwikkeling en ondernemerschap - een ekonomisch-sociologische benadering van het ontwikkelingsverschijnsel. - H. A. Luning, Sandra Wallman, Take out hunger. Two case studies of rural development in Basutoland. University of London, The Athlone Press, London 1969. 178 + xii pp. - A. A. Trouwborst, Vinigi L. Grottanelli, Het Leven der Volken: Culturele Antropologie. Deel 4, Akkerbouwers, Veehouders. Sesam, Bosch & Keuning N.V., Baarn 1969/70. 248 blz., ills. - I. Gurvic’, A.P. Okladnikov, Yakutia. H.N. Michael, ed. Mc

  12. Revista História da Educação - RHE - v. 14, n. 32, 2010.

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    éhère-Júnior e Sandra Farto Botelho Trufem, "O ensino profissionalizante na imperial cidade de São Paulo, Brasil (1823-1889, que analisa uma questão cada vez mais presente em nossos trabalho: a questão do ensino técnico.

    O pesquisador gaúcho Maximiliano Mazewski Monteiro de Almeida que tem se destacado na área da análise de textos didáticos, de modo especial os de ensino de história e de geografia nos brinda com um texto de grande qualidade O livro didático de geografia do RS para as escolas republicanas (1898.

    O pesquisador Nicola José Frattari Neto envereda por uma temática também bastante prestigiada em nossa área, isto é, a relação entre educação e confessionalidade religiosa. O texto Educação espírita em Minas Gerais: a presença do educandário Ituiutabano (1958-1978 representa uma incursão pioneira na relação entre espiritismo e educação.

    Com o trabalho Missão evangelizadora: mediações da prática esportiva, as pesquisadoras Flávia Obino Corrêa Werle e Ana Maria Carvalho Metzler adentram nesta mesma perspectiva em um trabalho de excepcional qualidade.

    O texto de María  Verónica  Cheli,  As  construções históricas do "outro" e seu impacto no campo pedagógico: uma análise da provincia de Buenos Aires, encerra esta seção de artigos com chave de ouro analisando as construções históricas do "outro" no campo pedagógico.

    Em nossa tradicional seção Documentos apresentamos a tradução  do  verbete  Laicidade  extraído  do  dicionário  de pedagogía publicado sob direção de Ferdinand Buisson e traduzido por Maria Helena Camara Bastos.

     

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  13. WE-AB-213-04: IAEA Support to Medical Physics in Africa and Latin America: Achievements and Challenges

    International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

    Meghzifene, A.

    2015-01-01

    AAPM projects and collaborations in Africa Adam Shulman (AA-SC Chair) The African Affairs Subcommittee (AA-SC) of the AAPM will present a multi-institutional approach to medical physics support in Africa. Current work to increase the quality of care and level of safety for the medical physics practice in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe will be presented, along with preliminary projects in Nigeria and Botswana. Because the task of addressing the needs of medical physics in countries across Africa is larger than one entity can accomplish on its own, the AA-SC has taken the approach of joining forces with multiple organizations such as Radiating Hope and TreatSafely (NGO’s), the IAEA, companies like BrainLab, Varian and Elekta, medical volunteers and academic institutions such as NYU and Washington University. Elements of current projects include: 1) Distance training and evaluation of the quality of contouring and treatment planning, teaching treatment planning and other subjects, and troubleshooting using modern telecommunications technology in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe; 2) Assistance in the transition from 2D to 3D in Senegal and Zimbabwe; 3) Assistance in the transition from 3D to IMRT using in-house compensators in Senegal; 4) Modernizing the cancer center in Senegal and increasing safety and; 5) Training on on 3D techniques in Ghana; 6) Assisting a teaching and training radiation oncology center to be built in Zimbabwe; 7) Working with the ISEP Program in Sub-Saharan Africa; 8) Creating instructional videos on linac commissioning; 9) Working on a possible collaboration to train physicists in Nigeria. Building on past achievements, the subcommittee seeks to make a larger impact on the continent, as the number and size of projects increases and more human resources become available. The State of Medical Physics Collaborations and Projects in Latin America Sandra Guzman (Peru) The lack of Medical Physicists (MP) in many Latin American (LA) countries leads to

  14. WE-AB-213-02: Status of Medical Physics Collaborations, and Projects in Latin America

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    Guzman, S.

    2015-01-01

    AAPM projects and collaborations in Africa Adam Shulman (AA-SC Chair) The African Affairs Subcommittee (AA-SC) of the AAPM will present a multi-institutional approach to medical physics support in Africa. Current work to increase the quality of care and level of safety for the medical physics practice in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe will be presented, along with preliminary projects in Nigeria and Botswana. Because the task of addressing the needs of medical physics in countries across Africa is larger than one entity can accomplish on its own, the AA-SC has taken the approach of joining forces with multiple organizations such as Radiating Hope and TreatSafely (NGO’s), the IAEA, companies like BrainLab, Varian and Elekta, medical volunteers and academic institutions such as NYU and Washington University. Elements of current projects include: 1) Distance training and evaluation of the quality of contouring and treatment planning, teaching treatment planning and other subjects, and troubleshooting using modern telecommunications technology in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe; 2) Assistance in the transition from 2D to 3D in Senegal and Zimbabwe; 3) Assistance in the transition from 3D to IMRT using in-house compensators in Senegal; 4) Modernizing the cancer center in Senegal and increasing safety and; 5) Training on on 3D techniques in Ghana; 6) Assisting a teaching and training radiation oncology center to be built in Zimbabwe; 7) Working with the ISEP Program in Sub-Saharan Africa; 8) Creating instructional videos on linac commissioning; 9) Working on a possible collaboration to train physicists in Nigeria. Building on past achievements, the subcommittee seeks to make a larger impact on the continent, as the number and size of projects increases and more human resources become available. The State of Medical Physics Collaborations and Projects in Latin America Sandra Guzman (Peru) The lack of Medical Physicists (MP) in many Latin American (LA) countries leads to

  15. WE-AB-213-00: Developments in International Medical Physics Collaborations in Africa and Latin America

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    2015-06-15

    The African Affairs Subcommittee (AA-SC) of the AAPM will present a multi-institutional approach to medical physics support in Africa. Current work to increase the quality of care and level of safety for the medical physics practice in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe will be presented, along with preliminary projects in Nigeria and Botswana. Because the task of addressing the needs of medical physics in countries across Africa is larger than one entity can accomplish on its own, the AA-SC has taken the approach of joining forces with multiple organizations such as Radiating Hope and TreatSafely (NGO’s), the IAEA, companies like BrainLab, Varian and Elekta, medical volunteers and academic institutions such as NYU and Washington University. Elements of current projects include: 1) Distance training and evaluation of the quality of contouring and treatment planning, teaching treatment planning and other subjects, and troubleshooting using modern telecommunications technology in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe; 2) Assistance in the transition from 2D to 3D in Senegal and Zimbabwe; 3) Assistance in the transition from 3D to IMRT using in-house compensators in Senegal; 4) Modernizing the cancer center in Senegal and increasing safety and; 5) Training on on 3D techniques in Ghana; 6) Assisting a teaching and training radiation oncology center to be built in Zimbabwe; 7) Working with the ISEP Program in Sub-Saharan Africa; 8) Creating instructional videos on linac commissioning; 9) Working on a possible collaboration to train physicists in Nigeria. Building on past achievements, the subcommittee seeks to make a larger impact on the continent, as the number and size of projects increases and more human resources become available. The State of Medical Physics Collaborations and Projects in Latin America Sandra Guzman (Peru) The lack of Medical Physicists (MP) in many Latin American (LA) countries leads to recruitment of professionals with incomplete education. In most LA

  16. WE-AB-213-05: Closing Remarks

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    Pipman, Y.

    2015-06-15

    AAPM projects and collaborations in Africa Adam Shulman (AA-SC Chair) The African Affairs Subcommittee (AA-SC) of the AAPM will present a multi-institutional approach to medical physics support in Africa. Current work to increase the quality of care and level of safety for the medical physics practice in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe will be presented, along with preliminary projects in Nigeria and Botswana. Because the task of addressing the needs of medical physics in countries across Africa is larger than one entity can accomplish on its own, the AA-SC has taken the approach of joining forces with multiple organizations such as Radiating Hope and TreatSafely (NGO’s), the IAEA, companies like BrainLab, Varian and Elekta, medical volunteers and academic institutions such as NYU and Washington University. Elements of current projects include: 1) Distance training and evaluation of the quality of contouring and treatment planning, teaching treatment planning and other subjects, and troubleshooting using modern telecommunications technology in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe; 2) Assistance in the transition from 2D to 3D in Senegal and Zimbabwe; 3) Assistance in the transition from 3D to IMRT using in-house compensators in Senegal; 4) Modernizing the cancer center in Senegal and increasing safety and; 5) Training on on 3D techniques in Ghana; 6) Assisting a teaching and training radiation oncology center to be built in Zimbabwe; 7) Working with the ISEP Program in Sub-Saharan Africa; 8) Creating instructional videos on linac commissioning; 9) Working on a possible collaboration to train physicists in Nigeria. Building on past achievements, the subcommittee seeks to make a larger impact on the continent, as the number and size of projects increases and more human resources become available. The State of Medical Physics Collaborations and Projects in Latin America Sandra Guzman (Peru) The lack of Medical Physicists (MP) in many Latin American (LA) countries leads to

  17. WE-AB-213-03: Challenges and Opportunities

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    Borras, C.

    2015-06-15

    AAPM projects and collaborations in Africa Adam Shulman (AA-SC Chair) The African Affairs Subcommittee (AA-SC) of the AAPM will present a multi-institutional approach to medical physics support in Africa. Current work to increase the quality of care and level of safety for the medical physics practice in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe will be presented, along with preliminary projects in Nigeria and Botswana. Because the task of addressing the needs of medical physics in countries across Africa is larger than one entity can accomplish on its own, the AA-SC has taken the approach of joining forces with multiple organizations such as Radiating Hope and TreatSafely (NGO’s), the IAEA, companies like BrainLab, Varian and Elekta, medical volunteers and academic institutions such as NYU and Washington University. Elements of current projects include: 1) Distance training and evaluation of the quality of contouring and treatment planning, teaching treatment planning and other subjects, and troubleshooting using modern telecommunications technology in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe; 2) Assistance in the transition from 2D to 3D in Senegal and Zimbabwe; 3) Assistance in the transition from 3D to IMRT using in-house compensators in Senegal; 4) Modernizing the cancer center in Senegal and increasing safety and; 5) Training on on 3D techniques in Ghana; 6) Assisting a teaching and training radiation oncology center to be built in Zimbabwe; 7) Working with the ISEP Program in Sub-Saharan Africa; 8) Creating instructional videos on linac commissioning; 9) Working on a possible collaboration to train physicists in Nigeria. Building on past achievements, the subcommittee seeks to make a larger impact on the continent, as the number and size of projects increases and more human resources become available. The State of Medical Physics Collaborations and Projects in Latin America Sandra Guzman (Peru) The lack of Medical Physicists (MP) in many Latin American (LA) countries leads to

  18. WE-AB-213-04: IAEA Support to Medical Physics in Africa and Latin America: Achievements and Challenges

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    Meghzifene, A. [International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)

    2015-06-15

    AAPM projects and collaborations in Africa Adam Shulman (AA-SC Chair) The African Affairs Subcommittee (AA-SC) of the AAPM will present a multi-institutional approach to medical physics support in Africa. Current work to increase the quality of care and level of safety for the medical physics practice in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe will be presented, along with preliminary projects in Nigeria and Botswana. Because the task of addressing the needs of medical physics in countries across Africa is larger than one entity can accomplish on its own, the AA-SC has taken the approach of joining forces with multiple organizations such as Radiating Hope and TreatSafely (NGO’s), the IAEA, companies like BrainLab, Varian and Elekta, medical volunteers and academic institutions such as NYU and Washington University. Elements of current projects include: 1) Distance training and evaluation of the quality of contouring and treatment planning, teaching treatment planning and other subjects, and troubleshooting using modern telecommunications technology in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe; 2) Assistance in the transition from 2D to 3D in Senegal and Zimbabwe; 3) Assistance in the transition from 3D to IMRT using in-house compensators in Senegal; 4) Modernizing the cancer center in Senegal and increasing safety and; 5) Training on on 3D techniques in Ghana; 6) Assisting a teaching and training radiation oncology center to be built in Zimbabwe; 7) Working with the ISEP Program in Sub-Saharan Africa; 8) Creating instructional videos on linac commissioning; 9) Working on a possible collaboration to train physicists in Nigeria. Building on past achievements, the subcommittee seeks to make a larger impact on the continent, as the number and size of projects increases and more human resources become available. The State of Medical Physics Collaborations and Projects in Latin America Sandra Guzman (Peru) The lack of Medical Physicists (MP) in many Latin American (LA) countries leads to

  19. WE-AB-213-01: AAPM Projects and Collaborations in Africa

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    Shulman, A.

    2015-06-15

    AAPM projects and collaborations in Africa Adam Shulman (AA-SC Chair) The African Affairs Subcommittee (AA-SC) of the AAPM will present a multi-institutional approach to medical physics support in Africa. Current work to increase the quality of care and level of safety for the medical physics practice in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe will be presented, along with preliminary projects in Nigeria and Botswana. Because the task of addressing the needs of medical physics in countries across Africa is larger than one entity can accomplish on its own, the AA-SC has taken the approach of joining forces with multiple organizations such as Radiating Hope and TreatSafely (NGO’s), the IAEA, companies like BrainLab, Varian and Elekta, medical volunteers and academic institutions such as NYU and Washington University. Elements of current projects include: 1) Distance training and evaluation of the quality of contouring and treatment planning, teaching treatment planning and other subjects, and troubleshooting using modern telecommunications technology in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe; 2) Assistance in the transition from 2D to 3D in Senegal and Zimbabwe; 3) Assistance in the transition from 3D to IMRT using in-house compensators in Senegal; 4) Modernizing the cancer center in Senegal and increasing safety and; 5) Training on on 3D techniques in Ghana; 6) Assisting a teaching and training radiation oncology center to be built in Zimbabwe; 7) Working with the ISEP Program in Sub-Saharan Africa; 8) Creating instructional videos on linac commissioning; 9) Working on a possible collaboration to train physicists in Nigeria. Building on past achievements, the subcommittee seeks to make a larger impact on the continent, as the number and size of projects increases and more human resources become available. The State of Medical Physics Collaborations and Projects in Latin America Sandra Guzman (Peru) The lack of Medical Physicists (MP) in many Latin American (LA) countries leads to

  20. WE-AB-213-02: Status of Medical Physics Collaborations, and Projects in Latin America

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    Guzman, S.

    2015-06-15

    AAPM projects and collaborations in Africa Adam Shulman (AA-SC Chair) The African Affairs Subcommittee (AA-SC) of the AAPM will present a multi-institutional approach to medical physics support in Africa. Current work to increase the quality of care and level of safety for the medical physics practice in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe will be presented, along with preliminary projects in Nigeria and Botswana. Because the task of addressing the needs of medical physics in countries across Africa is larger than one entity can accomplish on its own, the AA-SC has taken the approach of joining forces with multiple organizations such as Radiating Hope and TreatSafely (NGO’s), the IAEA, companies like BrainLab, Varian and Elekta, medical volunteers and academic institutions such as NYU and Washington University. Elements of current projects include: 1) Distance training and evaluation of the quality of contouring and treatment planning, teaching treatment planning and other subjects, and troubleshooting using modern telecommunications technology in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe; 2) Assistance in the transition from 2D to 3D in Senegal and Zimbabwe; 3) Assistance in the transition from 3D to IMRT using in-house compensators in Senegal; 4) Modernizing the cancer center in Senegal and increasing safety and; 5) Training on on 3D techniques in Ghana; 6) Assisting a teaching and training radiation oncology center to be built in Zimbabwe; 7) Working with the ISEP Program in Sub-Saharan Africa; 8) Creating instructional videos on linac commissioning; 9) Working on a possible collaboration to train physicists in Nigeria. Building on past achievements, the subcommittee seeks to make a larger impact on the continent, as the number and size of projects increases and more human resources become available. The State of Medical Physics Collaborations and Projects in Latin America Sandra Guzman (Peru) The lack of Medical Physicists (MP) in many Latin American (LA) countries leads to

  1. WE-AB-213-00: Developments in International Medical Physics Collaborations in Africa and Latin America

    International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

    2015-01-01

    The African Affairs Subcommittee (AA-SC) of the AAPM will present a multi-institutional approach to medical physics support in Africa. Current work to increase the quality of care and level of safety for the medical physics practice in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe will be presented, along with preliminary projects in Nigeria and Botswana. Because the task of addressing the needs of medical physics in countries across Africa is larger than one entity can accomplish on its own, the AA-SC has taken the approach of joining forces with multiple organizations such as Radiating Hope and TreatSafely (NGO’s), the IAEA, companies like BrainLab, Varian and Elekta, medical volunteers and academic institutions such as NYU and Washington University. Elements of current projects include: 1) Distance training and evaluation of the quality of contouring and treatment planning, teaching treatment planning and other subjects, and troubleshooting using modern telecommunications technology in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe; 2) Assistance in the transition from 2D to 3D in Senegal and Zimbabwe; 3) Assistance in the transition from 3D to IMRT using in-house compensators in Senegal; 4) Modernizing the cancer center in Senegal and increasing safety and; 5) Training on on 3D techniques in Ghana; 6) Assisting a teaching and training radiation oncology center to be built in Zimbabwe; 7) Working with the ISEP Program in Sub-Saharan Africa; 8) Creating instructional videos on linac commissioning; 9) Working on a possible collaboration to train physicists in Nigeria. Building on past achievements, the subcommittee seeks to make a larger impact on the continent, as the number and size of projects increases and more human resources become available. The State of Medical Physics Collaborations and Projects in Latin America Sandra Guzman (Peru) The lack of Medical Physicists (MP) in many Latin American (LA) countries leads to recruitment of professionals with incomplete education. In most LA

  2. WE-AB-213-03: Challenges and Opportunities

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    Borras, C.

    2015-01-01

    AAPM projects and collaborations in Africa Adam Shulman (AA-SC Chair) The African Affairs Subcommittee (AA-SC) of the AAPM will present a multi-institutional approach to medical physics support in Africa. Current work to increase the quality of care and level of safety for the medical physics practice in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe will be presented, along with preliminary projects in Nigeria and Botswana. Because the task of addressing the needs of medical physics in countries across Africa is larger than one entity can accomplish on its own, the AA-SC has taken the approach of joining forces with multiple organizations such as Radiating Hope and TreatSafely (NGO’s), the IAEA, companies like BrainLab, Varian and Elekta, medical volunteers and academic institutions such as NYU and Washington University. Elements of current projects include: 1) Distance training and evaluation of the quality of contouring and treatment planning, teaching treatment planning and other subjects, and troubleshooting using modern telecommunications technology in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe; 2) Assistance in the transition from 2D to 3D in Senegal and Zimbabwe; 3) Assistance in the transition from 3D to IMRT using in-house compensators in Senegal; 4) Modernizing the cancer center in Senegal and increasing safety and; 5) Training on on 3D techniques in Ghana; 6) Assisting a teaching and training radiation oncology center to be built in Zimbabwe; 7) Working with the ISEP Program in Sub-Saharan Africa; 8) Creating instructional videos on linac commissioning; 9) Working on a possible collaboration to train physicists in Nigeria. Building on past achievements, the subcommittee seeks to make a larger impact on the continent, as the number and size of projects increases and more human resources become available. The State of Medical Physics Collaborations and Projects in Latin America Sandra Guzman (Peru) The lack of Medical Physicists (MP) in many Latin American (LA) countries leads to

  3. WE-AB-213-05: Closing Remarks

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    Pipman, Y.

    2015-01-01

    AAPM projects and collaborations in Africa Adam Shulman (AA-SC Chair) The African Affairs Subcommittee (AA-SC) of the AAPM will present a multi-institutional approach to medical physics support in Africa. Current work to increase the quality of care and level of safety for the medical physics practice in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe will be presented, along with preliminary projects in Nigeria and Botswana. Because the task of addressing the needs of medical physics in countries across Africa is larger than one entity can accomplish on its own, the AA-SC has taken the approach of joining forces with multiple organizations such as Radiating Hope and TreatSafely (NGO’s), the IAEA, companies like BrainLab, Varian and Elekta, medical volunteers and academic institutions such as NYU and Washington University. Elements of current projects include: 1) Distance training and evaluation of the quality of contouring and treatment planning, teaching treatment planning and other subjects, and troubleshooting using modern telecommunications technology in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe; 2) Assistance in the transition from 2D to 3D in Senegal and Zimbabwe; 3) Assistance in the transition from 3D to IMRT using in-house compensators in Senegal; 4) Modernizing the cancer center in Senegal and increasing safety and; 5) Training on on 3D techniques in Ghana; 6) Assisting a teaching and training radiation oncology center to be built in Zimbabwe; 7) Working with the ISEP Program in Sub-Saharan Africa; 8) Creating instructional videos on linac commissioning; 9) Working on a possible collaboration to train physicists in Nigeria. Building on past achievements, the subcommittee seeks to make a larger impact on the continent, as the number and size of projects increases and more human resources become available. The State of Medical Physics Collaborations and Projects in Latin America Sandra Guzman (Peru) The lack of Medical Physicists (MP) in many Latin American (LA) countries leads to

  4. WE-AB-213-01: AAPM Projects and Collaborations in Africa

    International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

    Shulman, A.

    2015-01-01

    AAPM projects and collaborations in Africa Adam Shulman (AA-SC Chair) The African Affairs Subcommittee (AA-SC) of the AAPM will present a multi-institutional approach to medical physics support in Africa. Current work to increase the quality of care and level of safety for the medical physics practice in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe will be presented, along with preliminary projects in Nigeria and Botswana. Because the task of addressing the needs of medical physics in countries across Africa is larger than one entity can accomplish on its own, the AA-SC has taken the approach of joining forces with multiple organizations such as Radiating Hope and TreatSafely (NGO’s), the IAEA, companies like BrainLab, Varian and Elekta, medical volunteers and academic institutions such as NYU and Washington University. Elements of current projects include: 1) Distance training and evaluation of the quality of contouring and treatment planning, teaching treatment planning and other subjects, and troubleshooting using modern telecommunications technology in Senegal, Ghana, and Zimbabwe; 2) Assistance in the transition from 2D to 3D in Senegal and Zimbabwe; 3) Assistance in the transition from 3D to IMRT using in-house compensators in Senegal; 4) Modernizing the cancer center in Senegal and increasing safety and; 5) Training on on 3D techniques in Ghana; 6) Assisting a teaching and training radiation oncology center to be built in Zimbabwe; 7) Working with the ISEP Program in Sub-Saharan Africa; 8) Creating instructional videos on linac commissioning; 9) Working on a possible collaboration to train physicists in Nigeria. Building on past achievements, the subcommittee seeks to make a larger impact on the continent, as the number and size of projects increases and more human resources become available. The State of Medical Physics Collaborations and Projects in Latin America Sandra Guzman (Peru) The lack of Medical Physicists (MP) in many Latin American (LA) countries leads to

  5. Interstellar Chemistry Gets More Complex With New Charged-Molecule Discovery

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    2007-07-01

    knock an electron off a molecule, creating a positively-charged ion. Astronomers had thought that molecules would not be able to retain an extra electron, and thus a negative charge, in interstellar space for a significant time. "That obviously is not the case," said Mike McCarthy of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. "Anions are surprisingly abundant in these regions." Remijan and his colleagues found the octatetraynyl anions in the envelope of the evolved giant star IRC +10 216, about 550 light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo. They found radio waves emitted at specific frequencies characteristic of the charged molecule by searching archival data from the GBT, the largest fully-steerable radio telescope in the world. Another team from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) found the same characteristic emission when they observed a cold cloud of molecular gas called TMC-1 in the constellation Taurus. These observations also were done with the GBT. In both cases, preceding laboratory experiments by the CfA team showed which radio frequencies actually are emitted by the molecule, and thus told the astronomers what to look for. "It is essential that likely interstellar molecule candidates are first studied in laboratory experiments so that the radio frequencies they can emit are known in advance of an astronomical observation," said Frank Lovas of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Both teams announced their results in the July 20 edition of the Astrophysical Journal Letters. "With three negatively-charged molecules now found in a short period of time, and in very different environments, it appears that many more probably exist. We believe that we can discover more new species using very sensitive and advanced radio telescopes such as the GBT, once they have been characterized in the laboratory," said Sandra Bruenken of the CfA. "Further detailed studies of anions, including astronomical observations

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    Full Text Available -Sandra L. Richards, Judy S.J. Stone, Theatre. London: Macmillan Caribbean, 1994. xii + 268 pp. -Lowell Fiet, Errol Hill, The Jamaican stage, 1655-1900: profile of a colonial theatre. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1992. xiv + 346 pp. -Supriya Nair, Bruce King, V.S. Naipaul. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. viii + 170 pp. -Agnes Lugo-Ortiz, Donald E. Rice, The rhetorical uses of the authorizing figure: Fidel Castro and José Martí. Westport CT: Praeger, 1992. xviii + 163 pp. -Graciella Cruz-Taura, Juan A. Martínez, Cuban art and national identity: The Vanguardia painters, 1927-1950. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1994. xiv + 189 pp. -Graciella Cruz-Taura, Luis Camnitzer, New art of Cuba. Austin; University of Texas Press, 1994. xxx + 400 pp. -Gary Brana-Shute, Richard Price ,On the mall: Presenting Maroon tradition-bearers at the 1992 festival of American folklife. Bloomington: Folklore Institute, Indiana University, 1994. xi + 123 pp., Sally Price (eds -Erika Bourguignon, Stephan Palmié, Das Exil der Götter: Geschichte und Vorstellungswelt einer afrokubanischen Religion. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1991. vii + 520 pp. -Carla Freeman, Daniel Miller, Modernity, an ethnographic approach: Dualism and mass consumption in Trinidad. Oxford: Berg Publishers, 1994. 340 pp. -Daniel A. Segal, Kelvin Singh, Race and class: Struggles in a colonial state: Trinidad 1917-1945. Kingston; The Press - University of the West Indies, 1994. xxii + 284 pp. -Evelyne Huber, Patsy Lewis, Jamaica: Preparing for the twenty-first century. Kingston: Ian Randle, 1994. xvi + 272 pp. -Diane Vernon, Elisa Janine Sobo, One blood: The Jamaican body. Albany NY: State University of New York Press, 1993. vii + 329 pp. -Robert Myers, Patrick L. Baker, Centring the periphery: Chaos. order and the ethnohistory of Dominica. Kingston: The Press - University of the West Indies, 1994. xxviii + 251 pp. -Riva Berleant-Schiller, Debra Evenson, Revolution in the

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    NJ: Africa World Press, 1993. xxv + 115 pp. -Sandra Burr, Gretchen Gerzina, Black London: Life before emancipation. New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1995. xii + 244 pp. -Carlene J. Edie, Trevor Munroe, The cold war and the Jamaican Left 1950-1955: Reopening the files. Kingston: Kingston Publishers, 1992. xii + 242 pp. -Carlene J. Edie, David Panton, Jamaica's Michael Manley: The great transformation (1972-92. Kingston: Kingston Publishers, 1993. xx + 225 pp. -Percy C. Hintzen, Cary Fraser, Ambivalent anti-colonialism: The United States and the genesis of West Indian independence, 1940-1964. Westport CT: Greenwood, 1994. vii + 233 pp. -Anthony J. Payne, Carlene J. Edie, Democracy in the Caribbean: Myths and realities. Westport CT: Praeger, 1994. xvi + 296 pp. -Alma H. Young, Jean Grugel, Politics and development in the Caribbean basin: Central America and the Caribbean in the New World Order. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995. xii + 270 pp. -Alma H. Young, Douglas G. Lockhart ,The development process in small island states. London: Routledge, 1993. xv + 275 pp., David Drakakis-Smith, John Schembri (eds -Virginia Heyer Young, José Solis, Public school reform in Puerto Rico: Sustaining colonial models of development. Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 1994. x + 171 pp. -Carolyn Cooper, Christian Habekost, Verbal Riddim: The politics and aesthetics of African-Caribbean Dub poetry. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1993. vii + 262 pp. -Clarisse Zimra, Jaqueline Leiner, Aimé Césaire: Le terreau primordial. Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, 1993. 175 pp. -Clarisse Zimra, Abiola Írélé, Aimé Césaire: Cahier d'un retour au pays natal. With introduction, commentary and notes. Abiola Írélé. Ibadan: New Horn Press, 1994. 158 pp. -Alvina Ruprecht, Stella Algoo-Baksh, Austin C. Clarke: A biography. Barbados: The Press - University of the West Indies; Toronto: ECW Press, 1994. 234 pp. -Sue N. Greene, Glyne A. Griffith, Deconstruction, imperialism and the West Indian novel

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    éculo XX, com contribuições da neurologia, da psicologia, das ciências sociais e das ciências da linguagem, destacando os trabalhos de A. Damásio, B. Cyrulnik, E. Morin, D. Linke e H. Belting, que ofereceriam perspectivas mais complexas e processuais para o estudo da imagem no campo da comunicação.Refletindo sobre os meios de comunicação, o pesquisador chileno Víctor Silva Echeto argumenta que se não é possível compreender a historia moderna dos meios sem analisar o efeito das guerras, hoje se dá algo inverso: frente a sociedade do espetáculo, a industria cultural ou a cultura massiva, nos encontramos diante da estetização tecnocultural da guerra.A edição conta ainda com instigantes propostas de leitura. Reto Melquior apresenta uma exposição do filme Copacabana (2001, de Carla Camurati, comentando o dialogismo explícito do filme com várias obras literárias e cinematográficas, chamando a atenção para dois exemplos de intertextualidade visual com pinturas de Mantegna e Picasso, além de apontar jogos oníricos e técnicas narrativas que balizam uma poética do carnaval.Ao examinarem a canção "As Vitrines", de Chico Buarque, lvã Carlos Lopes e Luís Tatit mostram a trajetória de um sujeito apaixonado a perseguir a amada pelas ruas da cidade, sem nunca obter dela qualquer resposta efetiva, nem mesmo qualquer sinal de que ela nota sua existência. Letra e melodia contribuem, cada qual a seu modo, para retratar a ambigüidade da situação desse sujeito que pode ver, sem poder tocar.O artigo de Carla Longhi analisa as imbricações dos espaços público e privado no séc. XX através da abordagem do filme Capote (2005. Retomando a relação autor-fato-obra, a autora estabelece um diálogo com Hannah Arendt e Jurgen Habermas, buscando a compreensão da reconceituação destes espaços e suas consequências para a condição humana. Kati Eliana Caetano e Sandra Fischer voltam-se para a fotografia de imprensa, explorando suas possibilidades

  10. CBIOS Science Sessions - 2016 - Part I and III National Symposium on Nanoscience and Biomedical Nanotechnology - Proceedings

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    ências em Animais de Laboratório, Isabel V. Figueiredo Presidente da Sociedade Portuguesa de Fitoterapia, António Proença da Cunha Director da Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Luís Monteiro Rodrigues (Presidente do Simpósio Scientific Commitee /Comissão Científica António José Almeida, Universidade de Lisboa Catarina Pinto Reis, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Domingos Ferreira, Universidade do Porto Luís Monteiro Rodrigues, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Sérgio Simões, Universidade de Coimbra Organizing Commitee /Comissão Organizadora Ana Sofia Fernandes Catarina Pinto Reis Lídia palma Manuela Teixeira Marina Baptista Marisa Nicolai Patrícia Rijo Organization /Organização Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde (ECTS da U. Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias ALIES – Associação Lusófona para o Desenvolvimento do Ensino e Investigação das Ciências da Saúde CBIOS – Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde Open Session | Sessão de abertura Reitor da Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Mário Moutinho Diretor da Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Luís Monteiro Rodrigues (Presidente do Simpósio Vice-presidente do Conselho de Enfermagem, Maria José Costa Dias Presidente da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências em Animais de Laboratório, Isabel V. Figueiredo 1st Session |Sessão 1 Nanomedicine | Nanomedicina Chairman | Moderador - Catarina Pinto Reis Speakers | Prelectores Jorg Kreuter Sandra Simões Catarina Silva 1st Session (continuation | Sessão 1 (continuação Nanomedicine | Nanomedicina Chairman | Moderador - Luís P. Fonseca Speakers | Prelectores Elias Fattal Pedro Viana Baptista Diogo Matias 2st Session | Sessão 2 Biomedical nanotechnologies | Nanotecnologias biomédicas Chairman | Moderador - Hugo Alexandre Ferreira Speakers | Prelectores Sónia Fraga Lino Ferreira Filipe Pereira 3st Session | Sessão 3 Nanochemistry and

  11. UVES Investigates the Environment of a Very Remote Galaxy

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    present time. More information The results described in this Press Release are presented in a research paper "The Lyman-alpha forest of a Lyman-Break Galaxy: VLT Spectra of MS 1512-cB58 at z = 2.724" by Sandra Savaglio, Nino Panagia and Paolo Padovani, appearing in the research journal "Astrophysical Journal" this month. Notes [1]: The team consists of Sandra Savaglio (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, and Rome Observatory, Italy), Nino Panagia and Paolo Padovani (both European Space Agency and Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore) [2]: The measured redshift of MS 1512-cB58 is z = 2.724. In astronomy, the redshift denotes the fraction by which the lines in the spectrum of an object are shifted towards longer wavelengths. The observed redshift of a distant cloud or galaxy gives a direct estimate of the apparent recession velocity as caused by the universal expansion. Since the expansion rate increases with distance, the velocity is itself a function (the Hubble relation) of the distance to the object. The distances indicated in the text are based on an age of the Universe of 15 billion years. At the indicated redshift, the Lyman-alpha line of atomic hydrogen (rest wavelength 121.6 nm) is observed at 452.8 nm, i.e. in the blue spectral region. The Lyman-alpha absorption lines from intergalactic clouds along the line-of-sight (and at lower redshifts) are observed at shorter wavelengths. The lower limit of the UVES spectrum of MS 1512-cB58 (415 nm) corresponds to a Lyman-alpha redshift of 2.41, i.e. a distance of about 7.5 billion light-years. [3]: The importance of the Lyman-alpha line in absorption is that it is exquisitely sensitive to the presence of neutral hydrogen which only constitutes a small fraction of the total amount of hydrogen in the intergalactic medium (about 1/10,000). Still, the observed Ly-alpha forest is extremely rich. What we see is most likely the "tip of the iceberg" only and hydrogen in the intergalactic medium at high redshift is

  12. EDITORIAL Teoria do documentário ---> Marcius Freire, Manuela Penafria DOSSIER TEMÁTICO Novos territórios do documentário ---> Arlindo Machado Perspectivas da análise narrativa no cinema: por uma abordagem da narrativa no filme documentário ---> Sandra Straccialano Coelho Fotografía y realidad: notas para una fenomenología del cine documental ---> Rubén Dittus Retórica e pragmática do documentário: a experiência de realização cinematográfica compartilhada do projeto Vídeo nas Aldeias

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    Full Text Available The article examines the experience of shared filmmaking (preparation,shooting and editing of the Brazilian Project Video in the Villages from the analysis ofthree documentaries directed by indigenous filmmakers. It analyzes the rhetoric choices ofthe documentaries, as the mise en scène, the first person narration and the voice-over etc.,according to their rhetoric and pragmatic dimensions, as defined by Plantinga (1997.

  13. Editorial | Editorial

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    2008-11-01

    ção da construção conceitual do design no século 20, para perceber porque, hoje, um projeto de design não pode ser mais entendido somente como desenho: "o desenho é um dos códigos que se entrelaçam na ação projetual". No mundo contemporâneo, o design é ação interpretante complexa, uma vez rompidos os limites entre desenho industrial, publicidade, marketing etc. Sandra Souza, Departamento de Relações Públicas, Propaganda e Turismo da ECA/USP, e Christiane Santarelli, doutoranda na mesma escola, tematizam o processo persuasivo das campanhas publicitárias, fundamentalmente ancorado na visualidade, considerando o percurso analítico que incorpora a percepção dos elementos expressivos dos textos, bem como a interpretação da ação pretendida pelo anunciante. O corpus específico aqui desconstruído é a campanha da Fórum "ajude a limpar o Brasil". Juliane Noack, pós-doutoranda em Comunicação Social na PUC-MG, investiga o conceito de identidade a partir de uma visão semiótica. Trata-se de verificar se o sujeito pós-moderno, já dado tantas vezes como morto, ainda tem sua unidade, e coerência, ou se as teorias identitárias ancoradas na continuidade perderam sua validade. Será que se deve hoje abdicar do conceito de "identidade"? O que nos diz disso a semiótica escolhida pela autora? Finalmente, Walter Teixeira Lima Junior, professor do Programa de Pós- Graduação da Cásper Líbero, parte de outra preocupação em relação à memória: como escolher uma fonte jornalística? Seu ponto de inflexão está na memória biológica e na constituição de um software para tomada de decisões na escolha das melhores fontes jornalísticas. Dois livros são comentados nas Resenhas. O primeiro, de Muniz Sodré, As estratégias sensíveis: afeto, mídia e política, é apresentado por Kati Caetano. Trata-se de uma investigação filosófica de fôlego do conhecido e querido autor de Antropologia do espelho, incidindo agora na importância do

  14. Editorial

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    of view pointed by Leyla Perrone-Moisés in her essay “High literatures”, in 1988. Finally, we present an article by the authors Barbara Marins Pettres, Master in Agro ecosystems from the UFSC, Luiz Carlos Pine Axe, PhD in Agronomy and retired University Professor of the Federal University of Rio Grande Do Sul (UFRGS, Maria José Hötzel, PhD in Animal Science from The University of Western Austrália, Tania Maria de Paula Lyra, PhD in Animal Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG and Presidency Assessor of the Development Coordination of Higher Education Personnel - CAPES. In their article, they approach the issue of the foot and mouth disease social impacts, and mention that Santa Catarina is the only Brazilian State that does not immunize the bovine herd against this illness. The authors argue the policies that state adopts concerning this illness, especially the non-vaccination, and relate this fact with ethical questions of human and animal welfare. The study concludes that the real experience of an outbreak results in dramatic, social consequences for the affected families, showing a long-term rupture in these families’ rural lifestyles. Last, but not least, this issue also brings the book review of ‘the Ritual Use of the Plants of Power’ by Labate and Goulart, Editora Mercado das Letras, São Paulo, 2005. 518p. Jose Eliezer Mikosz, PhD student at the Post graduation Program in Human Sciences (PPGICH/UFSC and Master in Technological Innovations from the UTFPR - Curitiba PR, introduces us to this book. I hope you all enjoy your reading! Editorial Sandra Caponi

  15. Book Reviews

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    Full Text Available -Selwyn R. Cudjoe, John Thieme, The web of tradition: uses of allusion in V.S. Naipaul's fiction, -A. James Arnold, Josaphat B. Kubayanda, The poet's Africa: Africanness in the poetry of Nicolás Guillèn and Aimé Césaire. Westport CT: Greenwood, 1990. xiv + 176 pp. -Peter Mason, Robin F.A. Fabel, Shipwreck and adventures of Monsieur Pierre Viaud, translated by Robin F.A. Fabel. Pensacola: University of West Florida Press, 1990. viii + 141 pp. -Alma H. Young, Robert B. Potter, Urbanization, planning and development in the Caribbean, London: Mansell Publishing, 1989. vi + 327 pp. -Hymie Rubinstein, Raymond T. Smith, Kinship and class in the West Indies: a genealogical study of Jamaica and Guyana, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. xiv + 205 pp. -Shepard Krech III, Richard Price, Alabi's world, Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990. xx + 445 pp. -Graham Hodges, Sandra T. Barnes, Africa's Ogun: Old world and new, Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1989. xi + 274 pp. -Pamela Wright, Philippe I. Bourgois, Ethnicity at work: divided labor on a Central American banana plantation, Baltimore MD: John Hopkins University Press, 1989. xviii + 311 pp. -Idsa E. Alegría-Ortega, Andrés Serbin, El Caribe zona de paz? geopolítica, integración, y seguridad, Caracas: Editorial Nueva Sociedad, 1989. 188 pp. (Paper n.p. [Editor's note. This book is also available in English: Caribbean geopolitics: towards security through peace? Boulder CO: Lynne Rienner, 1990. -Gary R. Mormino, C. Neale Ronning, José Martí and the émigré colony in Key West: leadership and state formation, New York; Praeger, 1990. 175 pp. -Gary R. Mormino, Gerald E. Poyo, 'With all, and for the good of all': the emergence of popular nationalism in the Cuban communities of the United States, 1848-1898, Durham NC: Duke University Press, 1989. xvii + 182 pp. -Fernando Picó, Raul Gomez Treto, The church and socialism in Cuba, translated from

  16. Sumário/Editorial

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    Irene Machado

    2008-11-01

    estudos da comunicação. Com isso, os textos aqui publicados problematizam questões de ordem fenomênica cujas implicações para o campo de nossa pesquisa mal começaram a ser delineadas. As análises que organizam a sessão de artigos se voltam para objetos focalizados a partir de abordagens especí­cas: olme "O passaporte húngaro", de Sandra Kogut, é examinado por Consuelo Lins a partir de experimentações com novas tecnologias; a televisão brasileira é avaliada segundo o conceito de qualidade discutido por João Freire; Tânia Fraga toma mitos da cultura brasileira para produzir cenários virtuais e performances de dança. O Projeto que ocupa a seção homônima contempla uma experiência que certamente não trará apenas frutos para uma pesquisa acadêmica. Geane Alzamora e Carlos Falci assumiram a tarefa de discutir webjornalismo construindo um site-referência para acolher as atividades do próprio jornalismo cultural. Reconhecemos que, tendo em vista o crescimento de publicações significativas para nossa área, o espaço disponí­vel para resenhas ainda deixa muito a desejar. Nesse sentido, podemos desfrutar do privilégio de publicar apenas uma pequena parcela dos livros relevantes. Assim, esta edição foi contemplada com resenhas sobre os últimos livros de Ismail Xavier, Laymert Garcia dos Santos, Juremir Machado, Lúcia Santaella e Djalma Benette. Na seção de notí­cias, três temas de nosso interesse: dados sobre os grupos de pesquisa da área de Comunicação que Denilson Lopes tornou disponí­vel para esta edição; informação sobre a exposição história dos games e sua importância na produção de linguagem contemporânea, por Renata Gomes; e o acompanhamento de um debate sobre propostas curriculares do ensino de design, por Eduardo Fernandes de Araújo. Para a editoria cientí­.ca de Galáxia é sempre estimulante contar com a oferta máxima de colaborações em todos os segmentos da revista e em todos campos de nossa

  17. Obituary: Franklyn M. Branley, 1915-2002

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    grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Another daughter, Sandra Kay Bridges, died in 1985.

  18. Editorial

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    2007-04-01

    Boncinelli’s text. As we have seen, his interest is focused on the questioning of what might be considered necessary and a contingent in the human nature - very modern questioning, which is also expressed by Olympe de Gouges. For this question, we had the answer in 1791, an answer we seem condemned to repeat endlessly: “Women, wake up! The strength of reason is heard all over the Universe: recognize your rights. The powerful empire of Nature is no longer limited by prejudice, superstitions and lies.” Sandra Caponi Editor

  19. Leituras e ações na Encontros Bibli

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    Direitos da Criança: a atuação da rede NGO Group for CRC, de Maria Guiomar da Cunha Frota e Paula Gomes Quintão.Produção científica dos pesquisadores brasileiros que depositaram patentes na área da biotecnologia, no período de 2001 a 2005: colaboração interinstitucional e interpessoal, de Ana Maria Mielniczuk de Moura e Sônia Elisa Caregnato.Utilizando a análise de citações de teses para avaliar a coleção de livros em bibliotecas universitárias; de Ana Maria Mattos e Tânia Marisa de Abreu Fraga.Medición de la capacidad docente de la colección de una biblioteca universitária, da Maria Teresa Costamagna.Scripts de atendimento em call centers: uma visão de documentos eletrônicos, de Sandra Maria Silveira e Maria Aparecida Moura.Busca de informações pelos alunos dos cursos superiores do Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica da Paraíba, por Beatriz Alves de Sousa e Valmira Perucchi.Perspectivas de letramento informacional no Brasil: práticas educativas de bibliotecários em escolas de ensino básico, de Bernadete Santos Campello.No dossiê, estão resgatadas as discussões realizadas em novembro de 2009 sobre Repositórios Institucionais e Objetos Virtuais de Aprendizagem, em evento realizado na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (campus Florianópolis. Cumpre destacar a abrangência dos temas e a atualidade das apresentações efetuadas por dezesseis especialistas, que trouxeram discussões com um grau de liberdade que se mostra especialmente pertinente em novas áreas de estudo e atuação.Cabe destacar as mudanças que acontecem na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina com a expansão do ensino pelo interior do estado, isto é, abertura de cursos presenciais de ensino superior nas cidades de Joinville, Araranguá e Curitibanos. Em Florianópolis a UFSC expandiu a oferta de cursos, dentre os quais está a criação do Curso de Graduação em Arquivologia, proposto pelo Departamento de Ciência da Informação da Universidade Federal de

  20. Apresentação

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    Ciammaroni sobre o neo-realismo trabalha a partir de dois estudos de caso – o de Viagem à Itália (1953, de Roberto Rossellini, e o de Vagas Estrelas da Ursa (ou Sandra, 1965, de Luchino Visconti – para discutir questões políticas, historiográficas e estéticas que interferem no relacionamento entre o neo-realismo, como cinema da nação italiana, e o "cinema de arte europeu", como uma instituição desnacionalizada.Carlos Eduardo Jordão Machado aproxima Siegfried Kracauer e Georg Lukács em "A exterritorialidade como condição do apátrida transcendental". Parte do pressuposto de que pouco se discutiu sobre a recepção, sempre crítica, de Kracauer às obras do jovem Lukács, tentando então determinar a peculiaridade da posição do primeiro diante do expressionismo alemão. Procura assim entender a sua interpretação da modernidade levando em conta a reflexão que desenvolveu sobre o cinema alemão e o debate dos anos 30 nas revistas Linkskurve (1931-1933 e Das Wort (1938.Em "A cidade colonizada pela mídia", Carlos Henrique Aiello enfoca as inúmeras transformações do cenário urbano – dentre elas o uso exagerado da mídia exterior nos últimos anos – decorrentes das disputas mercadológicas apoiadas nas estratégias publicitárias, que recaem numa nova configuração dinâmica e social das cidades, reforçada por uma colonização cultural cada vez mais presente nos dias de hoje.

  1. Book Reviews

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    Oriental and African studies, University of London, 1984, 366 pp. - J. Thomas Lindblad, K.M. Robinson, Stepchildren of progress; The political economy of development in an Indonesian mining town, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1986, xv + 315 pp. - Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer, J.E. van Lohuizen-de Leeuw, Indo-Javanese Metalwork, Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, 1984, 218 pp. - H.M.J. Maier, V. Matheson, Perceptions of the Haj; Five Malay texts, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian studies (Research notes and discussions paper no. 46, 1984; 63 pp., A.C. Milner (eds. - Wolfgang Marschall, Sandra A. Niessen, Motifs of life in Toba Batak texts and textiles, Verhandelingen KITLV 110. Dordrecht/Cinnaminson: Foris publications, 1985. VIII + 249 pp., 60 ills. - Peter Meel, Ben Scholtens, Opkomende arbeidersbeweging in Suriname. Doedel, Liesdek, De Sanders, De kom en de werklozenonrust 1931-1933, Nijmegen: Transculturele Uitgeverij Masusa, 1986, 224 pp. - Anke Niehof, Patrick Guinness, Harmony and hierarchy in a Javanese kampung, Asian Studies Association of Australia, Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1986, 191 pp. - C.H.M. Nooy-Palm, Toby Alice Volkman, Feasts of honor; Ritual and change in the Toraja Highlands, Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, Illinois Studies in Anthropology no. 16, 1985, IX + 217 pp., 2 maps, black and white photographs. - Gert J. Oostindie, Jean Louis Poulalion, Le Surinam; Des origines à l’indépendance. La Chapelle Monligeon, s.n., 1986, 93 pp. - Harry A. Poeze, Bob Hering, The PKI’s aborted revolt: Some selected documents, Townsville: James Cook University of North Queensland. (Occasional Paper 17. IV + 100 pp. - Harry A. Poeze, Biografisch woordenboek van het socialisme en de arbeidersbeweging in Nederland; Deel I, Amsterdam: Stichting tot Beheer van Materialen op het Gebied van de Sociale Geschiedenis IISG, 1986. XXIV + 184 pp. - S. Pompe, Philipus M. Hadjon, Perlindungan

  2. Teoria, conhecimento e pragmática da comunicação: o paradigma pulsional

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    . p. 73-171 ______. [1927] O Futuro de uma Ilusão. ESB, vol. XXI. Rio de Janeiro: Imago, 1976. p. 11-71 ______. [1925] As resistências à psicanálise. In: Sigmund Freud: Obras completas, volume 16. São Paulo: Cia. Das Letras, 2011. p. 252-266. Trad.: Paulo César de Souza ______.  [1923] "Psicanálise" e "Teoria da libido". In: Sigmund Freud: Obras completas, volume 15. São Paulo: Cia. Das Letras, 2011. p. 273-308. Trad.: Paulo César de Souza ______. [1921] Psicologia de Grupo e Análise do Eu. ESB, vol. XVIII. Rio de Janeiro: Imago, 1976. p. 87-179 ______. [1920] Além do princípio de prazer. ESB, vol. XVIII. Rio de Janeiro: Imago, 1976. p. 13-85 HILST, Hilda. O caderno Rosa de Lori Lamby. São Paulo: Massao Ohno, 1990. MAGNO, MD. [2009] Clownagens. Rio de Janeiro: NovaMente, 2012. Cf. trecho, A presença do Revirão, publicado em TranZ: Revista dos Estudos Transitivos do Contemporâneo, v. 4, 2009. Acessar: http://www.tranz.org.br/4_edicao/artigos/MD%20Magno_APresencaDoRevirao.pdf ______. [2008] AdRem: Gnômica ou MetaPsicologia do Conhecimento. Rio de Janeiro: NovaMente, 2014. ______. [2005] Clavis universalis: da cura em psicanálise: revisão da clínica. Rio de Janeiro: NovaMente, 2007. ______. [2000/2001] Revirão 2000/2001: "Arte da Fuga" e Clínica da Razão Prática". Rio de Janeiro: NovaMente, 2003. ______. [1998] Introdução à transformática. Rio de Janeiro: NovaMente, 2004. ______. [1996] "Psychopathia sexualis". Santa Maria: Editora UFSM, 2000. ______. [1994] Velut luna: a Clínica Geral da Nova Psicanálise. Rio de Janeiro: NovaMente, 2008. ______. [1993] A Natureza do vínculo. Rio de Janeiro: Imago, 1994. ______. [1982] A Música. Rio de Janeiro: Aoutra, 1986. MONTARDO, sandra Portella; PASSERINO, Liliana Maria. Estudo dos blogs a partir da netnografia: possibilidades e limitações. Novas Tecnologia na Educação. Revista Novas Tecnologias de Informação, Porto Alegre, v. 4, n. 2., 2006. http://www.cinted.ufrgs.br/renote/dez2006

  3. 12th WINFOCUS world congress on ultrasound in emergency and critical care.

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    departmentSarah Pasquale, Stephanie J. Doniger, Sharon Yellin, Gerardo ChiricoloA41 Use of transthoracic echocardiography in emergency setting: patient with mitral valve abscessMaja Potisek, Borut Drnovšek, Boštjan LeskovarA42 A young man with syncopeFatemeh Rasooli, Maryam BahreiniA43 Work-related repetitive use injuries in ultrasound fellowsKristine Robinson, Clara Kraft, Benjamin Moser, Stephen Davis, Shelley Layman, Yusef Sayeed, Joseph MinardiA44 Lung ultrasonography in the evaluation of pneumonia in childrenIrmina Sefic Pasic, Amra Dzananovic, Anes Pasic, Sandra Vegar ZubovicA45 Central venous catheter placement with the ultrasound aid: two years' experience of the Interventional unit, Division of Intensive Care Medicine, KBC ZagrebAna Godan Hauptman, Marijana Grgic Medic, Ivan Tomic, Ana Vujaklija Brajkovic, Jaksa Babel, Marina Peklic, Radovan RadonicA46 Duplicitas casui: two patients admitted due to acute liver failureVedran Radonic, Ivan Tomic, Luka Bielen, Marijana Grgic MedicA47 A pilot survey on an understanding of Bedside Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) among medical doctors in internal medicine: exposure, perceptions, interest, and barriers to trainingPeh Wee MingA48 Unusual case of defecation syncopeNur hafiza Yezid, Fatahul Laham MohammedA49 A case report of massive pulmonary embolism; a multidisciplinary approachZainal Abidin Huda, Wan Nasarudin Wan Ismail, W.Yus Haniff W.Isa, Hashairi Fauzi, Praveena Seeva, Mohd Zulfakar Mazlan.

  4. Deep Sky Diving with the ESO New Technology Telescope

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    Padova, Italy), Luiz da Costa (ESO), Eiichi Egami (MPI Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany), Adriano Fontana (Rome Observatory, Italy), Bernard Fort (Paris Observatory, France), Laurent Gautret (Paris Observatory, France), Emanuele Giallongo (Rome Observatory, Italy), Roberto Gilmozzi, Richard N.Hook and Bruno Leibundgut (ESO), Yannick Mellier and Patrick Petitjean (IAP, Paris, France), Alvio Renzini, Sandra Savaglio and Peter Shaver (ESO), Stella Seitz (Munich Observatory, Germany) and Lin Yan (ESO). [2]. The photometric redshift method allows to determine an approximate distance of a distant galaxy by measuring its colour, i.e., its relative brightness (magnitude) in different wavebands. It is based on the proportionality between the distance of a galaxy and its recession velocity (the Hubble law). The higher the velocity, the more its emission will be shifted towards longer wavelengths and the redder is the colour. Recent investigations of galaxies seen in the Hubble Deep Field have shown that the redshifts (and thus distances) found by this method are quite accurate in most cases. How to obtain ESO Press Information ESO Press Information is made available on the World-Wide Web (URL: http://www.eso.org ). ESO Press Photos may be reproduced, if credit is given to the European Southern Observatory.

  5. Editorial: Pedagogical Media Ecologies

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    briefly introduces the reader to the triangular model used by Bachmair, Pachler and Cook in this issue (and in other publications to analyse the socio-cultural and cognitive possibilities opened up by various mobile media. Sandra Aßmann and Bardo Herzig discuss three theoretical approaches – a network perspective, systems theory and semiotics – in order to conceptualize and analyze learning with media in a range of formal and informal settings. They use the example of «friending» someone via Facebook, a context in which the formal and informal often intersect in unexpected ways. In this way, Aßmann and Herzig demonstrate the manifest complexities of communication analysis and pragmatics in these relatively new networked, mediated contexts. Judith Seipold provides an extensive overview of the burgeoning literature on the use and potential of mobile technologies in learning and educational ecologies. The research perspectives or frameworks covered by Seipold include critical, ethical, resource-centered, learning process-centered as well as ecological frames of reference. In her coverage of the last of these, not only does Seipold help to reframe the theme of this special issue as a whole, she also provides an excellent segue to the ecologically oriented analysis of «mobile learning» that follows. Ben Bachmair and Norbert Pachler’s contribution, «A Cultural Ecological Frame for Mobility and Learning», reflects the work of the London Mobile Learning Group, examining mobile resources and affordances from the ecological perspectives of Gibson, Postman and the seminal German media-pedagogue, Dieter Baacke. Using the structuration theory of Anthony Giddens, Bachmair, Norbert and Cook elaborate the aforementioned triangular model for understanding both the agency and the cultural and structural constraints offered by mobile technologies. In «Building as Interface: Sustainable Educational Ecologies», Suzanne de Castell, Milena Droumeva and Jen Jenson connect

  6. Apresentação do dossiê: Um olhar histórico sobre o rendimento escolar, o percurso dos alunos e a repetência - Presentation of dossier: An historical approach to school proceeds, the students course and the school failure

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    , portanto, esquadrinhar esse movimento de luta simbólica que apresenta nos discursos investigados instigantes evidências do que estava em debate no período.Os resultados obtidos até o momento, e que estão presentes nos artigos que compõem este dossiê, parecem reafirmar a pertinência do estudo da temática e a necessidade na continuidade da investigação. Os textos a seguir permitem, desde já, a apreciação de aspectos relevantes acerca dessas questões.Em O tempo, a idade e a permanência na escola: um estudo a partir dos livros de matrícula (Rio Grande do Sul, 1895-1919, Natália de Lacerda Gil e Joseane El Hawat analisam livros de matrícula a fim de compreender as idades predominantes dos indivíduos que frequentavam a escola e por quanto tempo, em média, eles permaneciam na instituição. Essa investigação evidencia que os alunos ficavam pouco tempo numa mesma escola e permite avançar na hipótese de que a duração do período de escolarização estava pautada muito mais por aspectos da vida familiar do que pelas razões propriamente escolares.O artigo Meritocracia e os usos da repetência na escola primária pública francesa de 1850 ao início do século 20, de Jérôme Krop, permite vislumbrar o caráter excludente da reprovação dos alunos em início da escolarização, resultando na acentuação das desigualdades educacionais, apesar dos esforços de modernização pedagógica empreendidos pelos republicanos franceses num importante período de expansão da escola primária naquele país. Em seguida, propomos acompanhar semelhante questão para o caso do Distrito Federal.Sobre as estatísticas educacionais oficiais, nesse caso em Minas Gerais, que Sandra Maria Caldeira-Machado e Fernanda Cristina Campos da Rocha abordam no artigo A invisibilidade dos problemas de percurso dos alunos: dos registros escolares à fabricação das estatísticas educacionais oficiais (Minas Gerais, 1907-1917. As autoras enfatizam o fato de que, na passagem dos

  7. Editorial

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    étodo Prediction by Partial Matching (PPM para a tarefa de classificação de textos de acordo com períodos literários da literatura brasileira. Já Carolina Scarton e Sandra Aluísio, em Análise da inteligibilidade de textos via   ferramentas de processamento de língua natural: adaptando as métricas do Coh-Metrix para o Português, investigam a adaptação de métricas da ferramenta Coh-Metrix para o português do Brasil (Coh-Metrix-Port, primeiramente avaliando as diferenças entre textos complexos para adultos e versões mais simples para crianças e também analisando o desempenho de classificadores para discriminar textos dedicados a adultos e a crianças, que podem ser usados para avaliar a simplicidade de textos disponíveis na Web.O quarto artigo Caracterização e processamento de expressões temporais em português de Caroline Hagège, Jorge Baptista e Nuno Mamede também aborda a questão do tratamento de expressões, mas desta vez o foco é em expressões temporais tais como de manhã e nesta semana. Os autores propõem uma classificação para estas expressões do português e apresentam uma ferramenta de anotação delas em corpora.Quanto a construção de recursos linguísticos para o português, o artigo Extração de relações semânticas entre palavras a partir de um dicionário: o PAPEL e sua avaliação de Hugo Oliveira, Diana Santos e Paulo Gomes apresenta o PAPEL, um recurso lexical que contém relações entre palavras, como sinonímia, automaticamente extraídas de um dicionário através de regras, discutindo ainda uma avaliação do mesmo.Outra tarefa abordada neste volume é a de sumarização, no artigo Estratégias de seleção de conteúdo com base na CST (Cross-document Structure Theory para sumarização automática multidocumento de Maria Jorge e Thiago Pardo. Os autores discutem a definição, formalização e avaliação de estratégias de seleção de conteúdo para sumarização automática multidocumento com base na teoria discursiva

  8. Obituary: Fred Lawrence Whipple, 1906-2004

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    2004-12-01

    Fred Whipple, one of the founding fathers of planetary science, died on August 30, 2004 just two months shy of his 98th birthday. The breadth of Fred's published research from 1927 through 2000 is quite extraordinary. Although his collected works were published in two massive volumes in 1972, shortly before his retirement, Fred's research contributions continued for another three decades - and another volume is planned. Fred Lawrence Whipple was born on November 5, 1906 on a farm in Red Oak Iowa. His parents were Harry Lawrence and Celestia (MacFarl) Whipple. At the age of fifteen, the Whipple family moved to California where Fred studied mathematics at Occidental College and the University of California at Los Angeles. As a graduate student at the University of California at Berkeley in 1930, he was one of the first to compute an orbit for the newly discovered planet Pluto. Upon receiving his PhD in 1931, he joined the staff of the Harvard College Observatory. He was Chairman of the Harvard Department of Astronomy (1949 - 1956), Director or the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (1955 - 1973), Phillips Professor of Astronomy (1968 - 1977) and Emeritus Phillips Professor of astronomy (1977 - 2004). In 1928 he married Dorothy Woods and their son, Earle Raymond, survives him. The marriage ended in divorce in 1935. Eleven years later, he married Babette F. Samelson and she too survives him, as do their two daughters Laura and (Dorothy) Sandra. Shortly after arriving at Harvard in the early 1930's, Fred developed a photographic tracking network to determine meteor trajectories from simultaneous observations from two or more stations. The photographic trails, chopped by a rotating shutter, allowed their orbits in space to be determined accurately. With the strong involvement of Richard McCrosky and others, he concluded in the early 1960's that most of these meteors were on comet-like orbits and less than 1% of the naked eye, sporadic meteors could be traced to an

  9. a Faint and Lonely Brown Dwarf in the Solar Vicinity

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    as a hydrogen line in emission. However, when the colour of this mysterious object was measured in different wavebands, it was found to be very red and quite similar to that of one of the two known Brown Dwarfs in double star systems. The presence of the lithium line in the spectrum is also an indication that it might be of that type. The astronomer now decided to give the new object the name KELU-1 ; this word means `red' in the language of the Mapuche people, the ancient population in the central part of Chile. Its visual magnitude is 22.3, i.e. more than 3 million times fainter than what can be seen with the unaided eye. In early April, additional infrared observations with the UKIRT (UK Infrared Telescope) on Mauna Kea (Hawaii) by Sandra K. Leggett (Joint Astrophysical Centre, Hilo, Hawaii, USA) confirmed the Brown Dwarf nature of KELU-1, in particular through the unambiguous detection of Methane (CH 4 ) bands in its spectrum. The nature of Brown Dwarfs Brown Dwarfs are first of all characterised by their low mass. When a body of such a small mass is formed in an interstellar cloud and subsequently begins to contract, its temperature at the centre will rise, but it will never reach a level that is sufficient to ignite the nuclear burning of hydrogen to helium, the process that it is main source of energy in the Sun and most other stars. The Brown Dwarf will just continue to contract, more and more slowly, and it will eventually fade from view. This is also the reason that some astronomers consider Brown Dwarfs in the Milky Way and other galaxies as an important component of the `dark matter' whose presence is infered from other indirect measurements but has never been directly observed. It is assumed that the mass limit that separates nuclear-burning stars and slowly contracting Brown Dwarfs is at about 90 times the mass of the giant planet Jupiter, or 8 percent of that of the Sun. KELU-1: a great opportunity for Brown Dwarf studies Assuming that KELU-1 is

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    Nylza Offir García Vera

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    preguntarsesi los artículos académicos se constituyen, entonces, en una reproducción del discurso pedagógico oficial. Tal pregunta empezaría a configurarse a partir de la definición expuesta: desde el marco explicativo5del que nos hemos servido aquí, ¿nuestro discurso y el de nuestros colegas profesores e investigadores es, en rigor, un campo de recontextualización de ese discursooficial?, ¿configura un efecto de su oficialización e institucionalización, en especial cuando entre las agencias que permiten la producción y legitimación de tal discurso se encuentran, precisamente, los centros de investigación, los departamentos o las facultades de las universidades?, ¿estas instancias operan como campos que producen y legitiman ese texto oficial?Integrados al discurso pedagógico oficial que, a partirde los referentes del sociólogo Jesús Ibáñez, podría denominarse también el discurso de la ciudad ¿queda espacio para la autonomía, para la interrogación, para el distanciamiento crítico? Pensamos que sí. Es esa precisamentela función de la investigación, de la reflexión, de la revisión atravesada por la mirada escrutadora de la academia y sintetizada en una nueva escritura, en un nuevo texto. Por tanto, se ha abierto este número de la Revista como un espacio donde profesoras y profesores,donde investigadoras e investigadores articulan sus voces para dar respuestas a sus propios interrogantes acerca de esos temas. La educación, de la pedagogía y de la condición del discurso pedagógico.De allí que en los artículos que siguen la línea discursiva del primer tema ?la educación inclusiva? hallaremos la aceptación de la diferencia no sólo desde el lugar de lo deseable ?“reconocer y valorar la diferencia”?sino también desde la pregunta por aquello que crea una dificultad para aceptarla en cuanto tal, como lo señala Sandra Guido en “Diferencia y educación”. Asimismo, Nahir Rodríguez analiza la complejidad de los procesos de inclusi

  11. Editorial

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    Fernando Mezadri

    2016-07-01

    Muniz, da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Em suma, frutos de uma clara política editorial levada a cabo pelos editores da revista, resultaram em avanços significativos na qualidade dos artigos recebidos e publicados. A edição do primeiro semestre de 2016 não fica atrás, como o leitor poderá apreciar por si mesmo nesta breve apresentação sinóptica de cada texto. Contudo, por razões que fogem ao controle dos editores, o dossiê Sociologia política da corrupção planejado para esta edição infelizmente teve de ser cancelado. Em comparação com outros dossiês, o deste semestre foi prejudicado pelas poucas contribuições e pelo relativamente alto número de rejeições dos trabalhos submetidos à avaliação dos pareceristas dos periódicos. Isso permite avaliar em certa medida o estado da arte das pesquisas acerca deste tema no Brasil e sugere a necessidade de uma concentração de esforços a fim de preencher essa lacuna, tanto mais por causa da sensibilidade e importância do problema da corrupção para o atual momento que vive o país. De qualquer maneira, os artigos enviados e aprovados para o dossiê foram publicados normalmente nesta edição, e os que ainda estão em processo de análise e que forem eventualmente aprovados serão também publicados em edições futuras. Esta edição abre-se com os três artigos aprovados para o dossiê. O primeiro deles, intitulado ‘O discurso da “mudança” de Aécio Neves e Dilma Rousseff: uma análise da prática retórica entre diferentes, no retorno para o segundo turno às eleições de 2014’ de Sandra Regina Barbosa Parzianello, procura analisar a batalha discursiva entre os dois candidatos à Presidência da República que disputaram o segundo turno das eleições de 2014. Com base em categorias analíticas desenvolvidas pela teoria do discurso de Ernesto Laclau, a autora analisa, de um lado, o discurso da “mudança” da coligação “Muda Brasil”, contrário ao governo petista e, de outro lado, o

  12. Encabezado de página Miar USUARIO/A Nombre de usuario/a Adminradar Contraseña •••••••••• No cerrar sesión Iniciar sesión NOTIFICACIONES Vista Suscribirse IDIOMA Escoge idiomaEntregar CONTENIDO DE LA REVISTA Buscar Ámbito de la búsqueda Buscar Examinar Por número Por autor/a Por título Otras revistas TAMAÑO DE FUENTE Make font size smallerMake font size defaultMake font size larger INFORMACIÓN Para lectores/as Para autores/as Para bibliotecarios/as PALABRAS CLAVE Adicciones Adicción Adolescencia Consumo de drogas Consumo de sustancias Demanda Drogas Educación Erotismo Identidad de consumo Jóvenes Modelos de prevención Motivación-tentaciones. Padres Prevención Programas de prevención Rehabilitación Reinserción social Secundaria Trastorno obsesivo compulsivo Tratamiento INICIO ACERCA DE INICIAR SESIÓN REGISTRARSE BUSCAR ACTUAL ARCHIVOS AVISOS ESTADÍSTICAS INDEXACIÓN DIRECTRICES PARA AUTORES FONDO EDITORIAL Inicio > Archivos > Vol. 2, Núm. 2 (2017 VOL. 2, NÚM. 2 (2017 NÚMERO COMPLETO Ver o descargar el número completo\tPDF TABLA DE CONTENIDOS PRESENTACIÓN Presentación Sandra Milena Restrepo Escobar PDF PDF (ENGLISH 161-164 EDITORIAL El eterno retorno Gustavo Adolfo Calderón Vallejo PDF PDF (ENGLISH 165-168 ARTÍCULOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN Identidad de consumo, motivos y creencias en jóvenes fumadores y no fumadores colombianos Marcela Velasco Salamanca,\tConstanza Londoño Pérez,\tMaría Fernanda Forero,\tDiego Páez,\tMarcela Romero,\tCatherine Ruíz PDF 170-192 Consumo de drogas e involucramiento parental entre estudiantes de secundaria de Costa Rica durante el 2015

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    Full Text Available Este artículo tiene como objetivo validar la importancia de un adecuado involucramiento parental en la prevención del consumo de drogas, así como en la disminución de los niveles de prevalencia de consumo, mediante un análisis correlacional de variables. La investigación se realiza a partir de una muestra de 5863 estudiantes de secundaria, como parte de la “IV Encuesta nacional sobre consumo de drogas en población de educación secundaria”, la cual se aplicó durante el 2015 a un grupo representativo de estudiantes de 50 colegios de todo Costa Rica. El instrumento utilizado contó con 109 preguntas distribuidas en siete secciones distintas, desde información personal y académica básica, a conductas de riesgo, bajo los efectos de sustancias psicoactivas. Entre los principales resultados se encuentra que aproximadamente 6 de cada 10 estudiantes reportan un mayor involucramiento por parte de sus padres, además, se rescatan mayores niveles de prevalencia en consumo de alcohol, tabaco y marihuana entre los jóvenes con menor involucramiento parental; de igual forma, aquellos jóvenes con una mejor relación con sus padres presentan una percepción de alto riesgo mayor sobre conductas de consumo. Se encontraron también relaciones estadísticamente significativas entre el consumo de padres y su nivel de involucramiento, evidenciando que aquellos que consumen en menor medida presentan un mayor nivel de involucramiento.

  13. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia - Dissertações Defendidas 1998 - Mestrado - Instituto de Geociências - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

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    usado como exemplo o município de Petrópolis, observando-se suas características físicas, sociais e econômicas. Foi selecionada um área representativa do município como piloto para as aplicações em pequena escala, e todo o município como proposta geral. O trabalho propõe uma metodologia de abordagem em captação, processamento e geração de dados que possam ser usados como apoio à gestão do município, dividindo as ações na avaliação de três situações problemáticas, em escalas que vão do detalhe urbano ao território como um todo. Cada situação é detalhada na sua e comentada nos seus resultados. Finalmente, há uma avaliação dos resultados obtidos e uma série de sugestões para que haja prosseguimento do trabalho num nível mais elevado 100 Anuário do Instituto de Geociências - UFRJ Volume 21 / 1998 Nome: Paula Terezinha Tudesco Macedo de Oliveira Título: Relações entre o Crescimento Urbano e as Características da Drenagem Fluvial no Município de Teresópolis-RJ Orientador: Sandra Baptista da Cunha Resumo: Este estudo foi realizado na bacia do alto rio Paquequer (l35,18 km2, onde situa-se a cidade de Teresópolis-RJ. Avalia o comportamento da rede fluvial no processo de ocupação da cidade, ao longo de 41 anos (1956 a 1996, considerando o crescimento de áreas impermeáveis e os problemas na rede fluvial decorrentes dessa expansão. Analisa, em detalhe, a rede de drenagem da sub-bacia do rio Meudon (3ª. Ordem, exemplificadora das mudanças na geometria do canal e nas condições de drenagem. O trabalho foi dividido em 3 (três itens. A caracterização do ambiente da bacia, relevante para as mudanças das condições de drenagem, foi realizada através do inventário dos elementos que condicionam, direta e/ou indiretamente, a rede de drenagem (relevo, geologia, solo, clima, vegetação, ocupação e uso do solo. A seguir, foi avaliada rede de drenagem quanto às suas características morfológicas (hierarquia e morfometria quanto

  14. Apresentação - Introduction

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    úne artigos de Natália de Lacerda Gil e Joseane El Hawat, ambas da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, que observaram tempo, idade e permanência em escolas do Rio Grande do Sul entre 1895 e 1919 e propõem uma produtiva reflexão sobre os documentos da pesquisa, em especial a escrituração escolar.Em seguida, o pesquisador francês Jérôme Krop, em diálogo com o grupo de pesquisa contemplado no dossiê, sugere atenção à constatação acerca dos usos da repetência no ensino primário francês no século 19, que revelam até que ponto esta era utilizada para facilitar a aprendizagem dos melhores alunos e findam por sentenciar que para algumas crianças restaria apenas os anos iniciais de escolarização. O que temos a dizer sobre essa incisiva questão nos dias atuais?Outro artigo do dossiê, de Sandra Maria Caldeira-Machado, da USP, e Fernanda Cristina Campos da Rocha, da UFMG, analisam registros escolares de Minas Gerais entre os anos de1907 a1917 e instigam pensar sobre a invisibilidade dos problemas associados ao percurso dos estudantes, sobretudo quando as estatísticas oficiais mostram-se como fabricações de determinadas visibilidades e verdades.André Paulilo, da Unicamp, aborda as políticas públicas de educação na cidade do Rio de Janeiro nos anos 1930, com atenção especial à produção das estatísticas oficiais para compreender a organização dos serviços escolares e as estratégias para conter a evasão e a repetência. Assim, controle da população escolar é novamente tematizado com demonstrações diversas e específicas ao caso examinado. Outra variação da complexidade do problema proposto pelo dossiê se volta aos conhecimentos especializados.Ana Laura Godinho Lima e Luciana Maria Viviani, ambas da USP, examinam esses conhecimentos especializados sobre os problemas de rendimento escolar valendo-se de uma documentação particularmente fecunda para perscrutar os regimes discursivos e a produção de verdades, uma vez que s

  15. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia - Dissertações Defendidas 1999 - Mestrado - Instituto de Geociências - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

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    precisamente a metodologia de análise ambiental proposta pelo SGA (Sistema de Análise Geo-Ambiental; Xavierda- Silva et al, 1993 - na definição das condições de degradação das bacias fluviais do município de Barra Mansa, localizado na região do médio vale do rio Paraíba do Sul, no tocante à incidência dos processos erosivos canalizados, bem como no mapeamento das áreas potenciais à ocorrência das feições erosivas, conectadas e desconectadas dos eixos de drenagem. Para a definição dos estado de degradação das bacias de drenagem foram elaborados mapas representando a dinâmica de sedimentação das bacias, através do reconhecimento e mapeamento de feições deposicionais quaternárias associadas ao entulhamento dos eixos de drenagem, integrados ao mapeamento das feições erosivas. As avaliações ambientais para a identificação das áreas potenciais à ocorrência de feições erosivas canalizadas foram realizadas através do módulo de análise ambiental do SAGA/UFRJ, através da integração de diferentes mapas temáticos, selecionados a partir da sua importância em relação ao condicionamento e/ou comportamento dos processos enfocados. 129 Anuário do Instituto de Geociências - UFRJ Volume 22 / 1999 A análise dos mapas temáticos elaborados possibilitou identificar bacias fluviais que apresentam alto potencial para ocorrências de feições erosivas, permitindo também a análise das características ambientais localmente associadas a ocorrência desse processo. Os resultados alcançados confirmam a eficácia da utilização e integração das metodologias de análise ambiental, constituindo um instrumento de grande auxílio a ser utilizado para o planejamento/gestão ambiental municipal. Nome: Paula Terezina Tudesco Macedo de Oliveira Orientador: Sandra Baptista da Cunha Título: Relações entre o Crescimento Urbano e as Características da Drenagem Fluvial no Município de Teresópolis - RJ Resumo: Este estudo foi realizado na bacia do alto

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