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The Landless Voices Database: A Trajectory from Cultural Studies to Pedagogical Impact
This article initially addresses the conception of the web-enabled database Landless Voices (VIEIRA, 2003) as a contribution to Cultural Studies and, crucially, to the understanding of the relational workings of Brazilâs complex and regionally diverse culture of landlessness, and to the validation of the cultural self-expression of the sem-terra/Sem Terra. Secondly, it analyzes speculative data obtained from prospective primary teachers being trained at the Federal University of ParanĂĄ, Brazil, on the contribution of the database to the pedagogical context. The main findings are that the three predominant types of impact, using Meagherâs terminology (2013, p. 5) are conceptual (new knowledge), cultural (revising misconceptions) and instrumental (future development of pedagogic practices). It then moves to empirical research on social impact, understood as the contribution of academic research to non-academic users, more specifically to its presumably main beneficiaries â the Sem Terra learners themselves. The findings of these first exploratory workshops with learners in four rural schools in settlements in the states of ParanĂĄ and SĂŁo Paulo, respectively in October and November 2013, are that the database broadens their educational resources and empowers a historically marginalized social segment. This article confirms, however, that impact is not a punctual activity (MEAGHER, 2013) and concludes on the need for continuous interaction with learners for the pedagogic impact of academic research to be generated[1].[1] This is part of Landless Voices Impact Enhancement Project, developed by Professor Else R. P. Vieira (Principal investigator) and co-researchers: Dr. SĂ´nia Schwendler (Federal University of ParanĂĄ, UFPR) and Professor Bernardo Mançano Fernandes (SĂŁo Paulo based UNESCOâs Chair in Territorial Development and Education for the Countryside; MA in Territorial Development in Latin American and Caribbean of the SĂŁo Paulo State University â UNESP, and PhD Programme in Geography, Presidente Prudente Campus), both honorary researchers at Queen Maryâs Department of Iberian and Latin American Studies. This research on impact is financed by the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film (Queen Mary University of London) with the support of UFPR School of Education and of UNESP Centre for Agrarian Reform Studies, Research and Projects â NERA)
Your Diamond Dreams Cut Open My Arteries
Critics have called Else Lasker-SchĂźler the greatest of all German women poets and one of the finest Jewish poets. This large and representative selection of translations by Robert P. Newton, supplemented by a biographical and critical introduction and a selected bibliography, was the first substantial presentation of her works in English at its original publication in 1982
Phadiatop Infant in the Diagnosis of Atopy in Children with Allergy-Like Symptoms
Background and Objective. Allergy-like symptoms such as wheezing and eczema are common in young children and an early diagnosis is important to initiate correct management. The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of Phadiatop Infant, an in vitro test for determination of early sensitisation to food and inhalant allergens. Patients and Methods. The study was conducted, retrospectively, using frozen sera from 122 children (median age 2.7 years) admitted to the hospital with suspected allergic symptoms. The doctor's diagnosis atopic/nonatopic was based on routinely used procedures such as clinical evaluation, SPT, total and allergen-specific IgE antibodies. The performance of Phadiatop Infant was evaluated in a blinded manner against this diagnosis. Results. Eighty-four of the 86 children classified as atopic showed a positive Phadiatop Infant test. Thirty-six were classified as nonatopic, 32 of who had a negative test. With a prevalence of atopy of 70% in this population, this gives a sensitivity of 98%, a specificity of 89%, and a positive and negative predictive value of 95% and 94%, respectively. Conclusion. The results from the present study suggest that Phadiatop Infant could be recommended as a complement to the clinical information in the differential diagnosis on IgE-mediated disease in young children with allergy-like symptoms
Clinical Implications of Muscle-Tendon & -Force Interplay: Surface Electromyography Recordings of m. vastus lateralis in Renal Failure Patients Undergoing Dialysis and of m. gastrocnemius in Individuals with Achilles Tendon Damage
Bound states near a moving charge in a quantum plasma
It is investigated how the shielding of a moving point charge in a
one-component fully degenerate fermion plasma affects the bound states near the
charge at velocities smaller than the Fermi one. The shielding is accounted for
by using the Lindhard dielectric function, and the resulting potential is
substituted into the Schr\"odinger equation in order to obtain the energy
levels. Their number and values are shown to be primarily determined by the
value of the charge and the quantum plasma coupling parameter, while the main
effect of the motion is to split certain energy levels. This provides a link
between quantum plasma theory and possible measurements of spectra of ions
passing through solids.Comment: Published in EPL, see
http://epljournal.edpsciences.org/articles/epl/abs/2011/09/epl13478/epl13478.htm
The relation between maximal voluntary force in<i> m. palmaris</i> longus and the temporal and spatial summation of muscle fiber recruitment in human subjects
Foot pad dermatitis in growing turkeys is associated with cytokine and cellular changes indicative of an inflammatory immune response
Adenosine, lidocaine and Mg^2+ improves cardiac and pulmonary function, induces reversible hypotension and exerts anti-inflammatory effects in an endotoxemic porcine model
Introduction
The combination of Adenosine (A), lidocaine (L) and Mg^2+ (M) (ALM) has demonstrated cardioprotective and resuscitative properties in models of cardiac arrest and hemorrhagic shock. This study evaluates whether ALM also demonstrates organ protective properties in an endotoxemic porcine model.
Methods
Pigs (37 to 42 kg) were randomized into: 1) Control (nâ=â8) or 2) ALM (nâ=â8) followed by lipopolysaccharide infusion (1 Îźgâkg^-1âh^-1) for five hours. ALM treatment consisted of 1) a high dose bolus (A (0.82 mg/kg), L (1.76 mg/kg), M (0.92 mg/kg)), 2) one hour continuous infusion (A (300 Îźgâkg^-1 âmin^-1), L (600 Îźgâkg^-1 âmin^-1), M (336 Îźgâkg^-1 âmin^-1)) and three hours at a lower dose (A (240âkg^-1âmin^-1), L (480 Îźgâkg^-1âmin^-1), M (268 Îźgâkg^-1 âmin^-1)); controls received normal saline. Hemodynamic, cardiac, pulmonary, metabolic and renal functions were evaluated.
Results
ALM lowered mean arterial pressure (Mean value during infusion period: ALM: 47 (95% confidence interval (CI): 44 to 50) mmHg versus control: 79 (95% CI: 75 to 85) mmHg, P <0.0001). After cessation of ALM, mean arterial pressure immediately increased (end of study: ALM: 88 (95% CI: 81 to 96) mmHg versus control: 86 (95% CI: 79 to 94) mmHg, Pâ=â0.72). Whole body oxygen consumption was significantly reduced during ALM infusion (ALM: 205 (95% CI: 192 to 217) ml oxygen/min versus control: 231 (95% CI: 219 to 243) ml oxygen/min, Pâ=â0.016). ALM treatment reduced pulmonary injury evaluated by PaO(2)/FiO(2) ratio (ALM: 388 (95% CI: 349 to 427) versus control: 260 (95% CI: 221 to 299), Pâ=â0.0005). ALM infusion led to an increase in heart rate while preserving preload recruitable stroke work. Creatinine clearance was significantly lower during ALM infusion but reversed after cessation of infusion. ALM reduced tumor necrosis factor-Îą peak levels (ALM 7121 (95% CI: 5069 to 10004) pg/ml versus control 11596 (95% CI: 9083 to 14805) pg/ml, Pâ=â0.02).
Conclusion
ALM infusion induces a reversible hypotensive and hypometabolic state, attenuates tumor necrosis factor-Îą levels and improves cardiac and pulmonary function, and led to a transient drop in renal function that was reversed after the treatment was stopped
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