Woody Allen x Persona: passaporte duplo

Our text intends to argue that Woody Allen, in the process of creating his persona, becomes holder of a double passport that allows him to exhibit his own worldview through his characters or to make them mere cinematographic devices. His manqué autobiographical performance, his Jewish humor and his unstableness and subtleness lead to the entertainment his films provide as well as to the reflection about existential and philosophical themes, in intertextual and dialogical process.A proposta de nosso texto é argumentar que Woody Allen, ao criar sua persona, se torna portador de um passaporte duplo, pelo qual pode transmitir sua própria visão de mundo através de seus personagens ou fazer deles meros recursos cinematográficos. Sua performance autobiográfica manqué, seu humor judeu e suas instabilidades e sutilezas conduzem tanto ao entretenimento que seus filmes proporcionam quanto à reflexão sobre temas existencialistas e filosóficos, em processo dialógico e intertextual

Tradução de “Uma conversa solitária: um olhar Bakhtiniano sobre ‘Dagon’, De H. P. Lovecraft” de Isaac Aday

This is a translation of the article titled "Solitary conversation: A Bakhtinian exploration of H. P. Lovecraft's 'Dagon'" by Isaac Aday. H. P. Lovecraft’s stories are often investigated for their ability to inculcate horror, and only rarely examined in terms of form, structure, and language. Breaking from this critical paradigm, the present paper engages Lovecraft’s classic tale ‘Dagon’ with Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of “polyphony,” recognizing the solitary narrator not as one single voice, but rather multiple fully valid voices. In so doing, this piece arrives at a new understanding of dialogue and voice in Lovecraft’s writing which might influence how we read his other works, if not horror in general. Directions for future research are also included.This is a translation of the article titled "Solitary conversation: A Bakhtinian exploration of H. P. Lovecraft's 'Dagon'" by Isaac Aday. H. P. Lovecraft’s stories are often investigated for their ability to inculcate horror, and only rarely examined in terms of form, structure, and language. Breaking from this critical paradigm, the present paper engages Lovecraft’s classic tale ‘Dagon’ with Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of “polyphony,” recognizing the solitary narrator not as one single voice, but rather multiple fully valid voices. In so doing, this piece arrives at a new understanding of dialogue and voice in Lovecraft’s writing which might influence how we read his other works, if not horror in general. Directions for future research are also included.Esta é uma tradução do artigo intitulado "Solitary conversation: A Bakhtinian exploration of H. P. Lovecraft’s ‘Dagon’" de Isaac Aday. As histórias de H. P. Lovecraft são frequentemente estudadas por sua capacidade de inculcar horror, e raramente examinadas em termos de forma, estrutura e linguagem. Rompendo com esse paradigma crítico, o presente artigo emprega o conceito de polifonia de Mikhail Bakhtin (2010) ao conto clássico de Lovecraft, “Dagon”, reconhecendo o narrador solitário não como uma única voz, mas como múltiplas vozes igualmente válidas. Chega assim a uma nova compreensão do diálogo e da voz na escrita de Lovecraft, que pode influenciar a forma como lemos suas outras obras, se não o horror em geral. Após essa análise, direções para pesquisas futuras também estão incluídas

Comparison between bearing, symmetry, and transfer weight measurements in subjects with or without hemiparesis

Avaliação da Simetria e Transferência de Peso (ASTP) foi indicada para se fazer associação entre simetria e atividades funcionais nas hemiparesias, apontando simétricos como mais capacitados. Contudo, tais relações não são claras e divergem com evidências que sugerem assimetrias como estratégias funcionais. Assim, objetivou-se verificar se as medidas subjetivamente determinadas pela ASTP concordam com medidas calculas pela descarga de peso entre os pés. Realizou-se estudo observacional do tipo transversal para amostra de sujeitos com hemiparesia (n=20) pareados por idade e gênero a controles (n=20). Os participantes submeteram-se a procedimentos para obtenção de escore determinado pela ASTP e para cálculo da razão de simetria (RS) na descarga de peso entre os pés obtido por meio de duas balanças digitais. Os resultados obtidos pela ASTP identificaram apenas um sujeito com hemiparesia apresentando simetria, dentre os quatro sujeitos identificados pela RS como simétricos. Ainda, a ASTP não diferenciou assimetrias com sobrecarga para o lado afetado e apresentou correlação significativa somente quando os escores foram analisados com os valores de RS<1(sobrecarga para o lado não afetado). Conclui-se que a ASTP não foi concordante em identificar sujeitos hemiparéticos com descarga de peso compatível com simetria. Ainda, não identificou sobrecargas para o lado afetado que poderia conduzir a análises equivocadas da associação entre simetria e desempenho funcional. _________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACTAssessment of symmetry and weight-transfer (ASWT) was indicated to relate symmetry and functional activity in the hemiparesis, pointing as the most qualified symmetrical. However, such relationships are not clear and disagree with evidences suggesting asymmetries as strategies for functional strategies. Then, it was proposed to verify the measurements subjectively determined by ASWT agree with measurements calculated by weight-bearing distribution for each foot. It was applied observational study with transversal design for sample of subjects with hemiparesis (n=20) matched by age and gender with controls (n=20). Participants were included in procedures toobtain scores by ASWT and to calculate symmetry ratio (SR) in the weight-bearing between feet by digital scales. The results obtained by ASWT indicated only one subject with hemiparesis presenting symmetry among four subjects identified as symmetric by SR. Besides, the ASWT did not differ overweight toward the affected side and presented significant correlation only when the scores were analyzed with values of SR<1(overweight toward the non-affected side). It was concluded that the ASWT was not agreementto identify weight-bearing distribution compatible with symmetry. Moreover, it did not identify overweight toward the affected side that could to drive to mistaken analysis of the relationship between symmetries and functional performance

Telemedicina

Telemedicina é o conceito tecnológico do qual profissionais da saúde poderiam explorar Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação para o cuidado a distância, fornecendo diagnóstico, intervenção e educação em saúde. Inicialmente, neste capítulo, discutimos a tríade envolvendo problema, solução e inovação no contexto de criação de tecnologias remotas em saúde. Na sequência, introduzimos as diferentes denominações que definem o conceito de Telemedicina, com base nos Descritores em Ciências da Saúde (DeCS) e nos Medical Subject Headings (MeSH Terms). Expomos os aspectos essenciais para sua implementação de forma contextualizada (finalidade, custo, acesso, valor agregado, qualidade do serviço, segurança), descrevendo as evidências nos diversos setores da saúde com resultados de ensaios clínicos e revisões sistemáticas com meta-análise. Ao final, nós exploramos questões éticas referentes à implementação da Telemedicina (riscos e desdobramentos do uso da Telemedicina, comercialização do serviço, autonomia de escolha do usuário e equidade nas necessidades individuais).Telemedicine is the technological concept that health professional could explore Information and Communication Technologies to care remotely, providing diagnosis, intervention and health education. Initially, in this chapter, we discuss the triad involving problem, solution and innovation to create remote health technologies. Followed, we bring in the different names to define the Telemedicine concept supported by the Descriptors in Health Sciences (DeCS) and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH Terms). We also present essential features for its implementation in a contextualized way (purpose, cost, access, value added, quality of service, and safety), describing recent evidence found in the clinical trials and systematic reviews with meta-analysis. In the end, we explore ethical issues related to the Telemedicine Implementation (risks and unfolding of the use of Telemedicine, commercialization of the service, the autonomy of choice of the user and equity in the individual needs)

Consciência do direito: via de acesso à cidadania da pessoa com deficiência

This paper addresses the issue of the inclusion of person with disability in the social environment. It was managed through a pedagogical tool aimed to remediate the aspects related to the lack of awareness and knowledge of the own disabled person of their citizenship rights protected by law. It is based on the insufficient political motivation of decision makers regarding these issues, in the community general lack of prepare to directly influence and relate in a profitable way and in the fragile disposition of the own person with disability to fight for the rights already granted to them by law. For that, bases itself on a pedagogical bias to offer a course focused on the relevant historical, philosophical and sociological literature and also in the knowledge of the specific law aiming a better comprehension of the exclusion social framework of this reality that seeks to remediate. Specifically, the course arises from research whose outcome may contribute to a perspective of change in the attitudes and behaviors that support the person with disability’s social model of nowadays. The program elaborated based in a set of contents obtained throught the research developed was approved by its users after testing, achieving, furthermore, impact inside Brazil and abroad, which allows to assume that its objectives have been directed.O presente trabalho trata da questão da inclusão da pessoa com deficiência- PcD no meio social. Utilizou-se de instrumento pedagógico voltado à remediação dos aspectos relativos à falta de conscientização e de conhecimento da própria PcD de seus direitos de cidadania plena protegidos por lei. Fundamenta-se na insuficiente motivação política dos tomadores de decisão em relação à problemática referida, no despreparo da comunidade em geral para influir objetivamente e relacionar-se de forma profícua e na frágil disposição da própria PcD para lutar pelos direitos que já lhe foram concedidos por lei. Para tanto, apóia-se em perspectiva pedagógica que se consubstancia em um programa de curso com foco na literatura de cunho histórico, filosófico e sociológico, como também no conhecimento da legislação pertinente, objetivando a melhor compreensão do quadro social da exclusão, pano de fundo desta realidade que busca remediar. O curso é fruto de pesquisa cujo produto contribui para uma perspectiva de mudança nas atitudes e comportamentos que embasam o paradigma social da PcD na atualidade. O programa elaborado com base em um elenco de conteúdos constituído a partir da pesquisa desenvolvida foi aprovado por seus usuários após testagem, alcançando, ainda, repercussão dentro e fora do Brasil, o que permite concluir que seus objetivos foram encaminhados

Entropy based routing for mobile, low power and lossy wireless sensors networks

[EN] Routing protocol for low-power and lossy networks is a routing solution specifically developed for wireless sensor networks, which does not quickly rebuild topology of mobile networks. In this article, we propose a mechanism based on mobility entropy and integrate it into the corona RPL (CoRPL) mechanism, which is an extension of the IPv6 routing protocol for low-power and lossy networks (RPL). We extensively evaluated our proposal with a simulator for Internet of Things and wireless sensor networks. The mobility entropy-based mechanism, called CoRPL+E, considers the displacement of nodes as a deciding factor to define the links through which nodes communicate. Simulation results show that the proposed mechanism, when compared to CoRPL mechanism, is effective in reducing packet loss and latency in simulated mobile routing protocol for low-power and lossy networks. From the simulation results, one can see that the CoRPL+E proposal mechanism provides a packet loss reduction rate of up to 50% and delays reduction by up to 25% when compared to CoRPL mechanism.The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was funded by SIDIA Institute of Science and Technology, by Coordenacao de Aperfeicxoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES), by Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas (FAPEAM)-support programs (Programa Primeiros Projetos (PPP) and Programa de Tecnologia da Informacao na Amazonia (PROTI)-Amazonia-Mobilidade), by Camara Tecnica de Reconstrucao e Recuperacao de Infraestrutura (CT-INFRA) of Ministerio da Ciencia, Tecnologia, Inovacoes e Comunicacoes(MCTI)/Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), and by Secretaria de Estado de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Inovacao Amazonas (SECTI-AM) and Government of Amazon State, Brazil.Carvalho, C.; Mota, E.; Ferraz, E.; Seixas, P.; Souza, P.; Tavares, V.; Lucena Filho, W.... 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COMPATIBILIDADE FÍSICO-QUÍMICA DE DIFERENTES DOSES E MISTURAS DE HERBICIDAS

The maintenance of the productivity of commercial crops is dependent on the use of phytosanitary products, but information about the interaction between them when used in mixture is restricted. The objective was to evaluate the physical properties, droplet spectrum and the physicochemical compatibility of mixtures with different doses and mixtures of herbicides. The treatments consisted of combining a formulation of the herbicide glyphosate with two commercial products formulated with the herbicide atrazine. The syrups were evaluated by the static method of physicochemical compatibility, obtaining descriptive tables regarding the aspects of homogeneity/heterogeneity. The measurements of the surface tension and contact angle were performed for one minute using the droplet method to determine the surface tension kinetics and the sessile droplet method to determine the contact angle. The evaluated parameters of the droplet spectrum produced by each treatment were the median volumetric diameter, the uniformity coefficient and the percentage of volume in droplets with diameters less than 100 μm. Constant agitation of the phytosanitary syrup before and during application is essential to reduce problems of incompatibility between products. The spectrum of droplets can vary according to the composition of the spray solution and the dose of the product used.A manutenção da produtividade de cultivos comerciais é dependente do uso de produtos fitossanitários, mas são restritas as informações sobre a interação entre eles quando usados em mistura. Assim, objetivou-se avaliar as propriedades físico-químicas, a tensão superficial, o ângulo de contato e o espectro de gotas de caldas fitossanitárias contendo diferentes doses e misturas dos herbicidas Glyphosate e Atrazine. Os tratamentos foram constituídos pela combinação de uma formulação do herbicida glyphosate com dois produtos comerciais formulados com o herbicida atrazine. As caldas foram avaliadas pelo método estático de compatibilidade físico-química obtendo-se tabelas descritivas quanto aos aspectos de homogeneidade/heterogeneidade. As medições da tensão superficial e ângulo de contato foram realizados durante um minuto empregando o método da gota pendente para determinar a cinética da tensão superficial e o método da gota séssil para determinar o ângulo de contato. Os atributos avaliados do espectro de gotas produzidos por cada tratamento foram o diâmetro mediano volumétrico, o coeficiente de uniformidade e a porcentagem de volume em gotas com diâmetros menores que 100 μm. É fundamental a agitação constante da calda fitossanitária antes e durante a aplicação para diminuir problemas de incompatibilidade entre os produtos. O espectro de gotas pode variar de acordo com a composição da calda de pulverização e com a dose do produto utilizado

Could heart rate variability be associated with weight bearing asymmetries in cerebrovascular diseases?

Introduction: Cerebrovascular diseases result in sensory-motor deficits disturbing postural control that is observed by weight-bearing asymmetries commonly named as hemiparesis. Besides hemiparetic impairments, first observed after stroke, many studies have pointed cardiac failure and risk of sudden death as the main factors responsible for death of stroke survivars. This case series characterized weight-bearing asymmetries and heart rate variability, and describes relationships between these parameters in hemiparesis. Case Series: Brazilian male subjects with chronic hemiparesis acquired after ischemic stroke in the middle cerebral artery. Five were selected to study heart rate variability obtained by Root Mean Square Successive Difference. Also, weight-bearing asymmetries were measured by Symmetry Ratio calculated by weight-bearing recorded between each foot. The Symmetry Ratio was 1.1±0.43 for all cases presenting a symmetry case (n = 1) and different types of asymmetries cases (n = 4) during upright position. Root Mean Square Successive Difference was 9.9±3.4, presenting strong and significant (p < 0.05) positive correlation with age and a strong but not significant (0.05 < p < 0.10) negative correlation with hemiparesis chronicity. A strong but not significant negative correlation was observed between the Root Mean Square Successive Difference and the Symmetry Rate values. Conclusion: A characteristic pattern of heart rate variability for patients with cerebrovascular disease was observed in these cases, associated significantly with age. Still, this behavior seems to be influenced by chronicity and by different types of asymmetries in the distribution of weight bearing that could be investigated in more appropriate clinical research designs

Efficacy of HPA Lanolin® in treatment of lip alterations related to chemotherapy

The side effects of chemotherapy on the lips may cause esthetic and functional impact and increase the risk of infection. HPA Lanolin® is an option for supportive therapy because it has anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and moisturizing properties. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of this product in the prevention of lip alterations in a population of patients undergoing chemotherapy. Material and Methods: Patients undergoing chemotherapy (n = 57) were examined and distributed into two groups: study (used HPA Lanolin®) and control (without supportive therapy on the lips). We evaluated the patients two weeks after chemotherapy, registering oral alterations, symptoms of pain, discomfort, limitation of mouth opening and dehydration, classified according to a visual analogue scale. Results: Patients who used HPA Lanolin® had lower dehydration and experienced improvement of lip dryness (