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Summary Model-based small area estimation relies on mixed effects regression models that link the small areas and borrow strength from similar domains. When the auxiliary variables that are used in the models are measured with error, small area estimators that ignore the measurement error may be worse than direct estimators. Alternative small area estimators accounting for measurement error have been proposed in the literature but only for continuous auxiliary variables. Adopting a Bayesian approach, we extend the unit level model to account for measurement error in both continuous and categorical covariates. For the discrete variables we model the misclassification probabilities and estimate them jointly with all the unknown model parameters. We test our model through a simulation study. The effect of the model proposed is emphasized through application to data from the Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey where we focus on the women’s malnutrition issue: a dramatic problem in developing countries and an important indicator of the socio-economic progress of a country.

OBJETIVO: Avaliar o conhecimento sobre sí­filis em idosos no municí­pio de ílvares Machado - SP e caracterizar os aspectos sociodemográficos dessa população. MÉTODO: Estudo transversal, onde foram incluí­dos idosos residentes em ílvares Machado. Coletou-se informações pessoais, comportamentais, perfil sócio demográfico e comportamento sexual. A análise estatí­stica foi a descritiva simples e a associação entre as variáveis de interesse, utilizou-se o teste qui quadrado ou exato de Fisher. RESULTADOS: Todos idoso eram heterossexuais (100%). Houve prevalência de idosos que não utilizam preservativos (62,63%) e apenas (18,18%) dos entrevistados entendem a sí­filis como uma infecção sexualmente transmissí­vel e (15,15%) relataram como se previne a doença. CONCLUSíO: Existe um despreparo e desinformação dos idosos quanto a sua saúde sexual e esses idosos não têm conhecimento sobre a sí­filis, sua manifestação e prevenção.

Objetivo: Investigar o conhecimento dos alunos de enfermagem sobre o aleitamento materno. Métodos: Abordagem transversal, qualitativa e quantitativa de campo desenvolvido em Universidade particular do interior de São Paulo. A coleta de dados foi realizada utilizando-se questionário, com 15 perguntas sobre amamentação, distribuí­das em três partes. Foram incluí­das perguntas sobre manejo na amamentação, aspectos legais na proteção ao aleitamento materno e benefí­cios da amamentação para o binômio. Analisou-se os dados por meio da descritiva simples e para as comparações foi utilizado a análise de variância. Resultados: Os alunos de enfermagem do oitavo semestre obtiveram desempenho geral de 81,2% nas respostas corretas, valor estatisticamente superior a uma das turmas do sétimo perí­odo, mas semelhante í outra turma. Assim a turma sétimo A e oitavo tiveram resultados significativos na pesquisa. Conclusão: Apesar do bom conhecimento sobre as vantagens do aleitamento, evidenciou-se conhecimento inferior ao esperado no que se refere ao processo fisiológico do aleitamento materno.

The paper is devoted to results connecting the eigenvalues and singular values of operators composed by $P^\ast G P$ with those composed in the same way by $QG^{−1}Q^\ast$. Here $P +Q = I$ are skew complementary projections on a finite-dimensional Hilbert space and $G$ is a positive definite linear operator on this space. Also discussed are graph theoretic interpretations of one of the results.

Em dezembro de 2019, em Wuhan, China, um grupo de pacientes com pneumonia de origem desconhecida relacionadas a Sindrome Respiratoria Aguda Grave (SRAG) revelou um novo virus da familia Coronavirus, identificado como SARS-CoV-2 ( Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus 2 ), e a doenca foi denominada de COVID-19. Considerando que nao ha tratamento especificamente aprovado para pessoas com a COVID-19, no momento, as orientacoes clinicas sao de prevencao. A acao objetivou aprofundar o conhecimento dos estudantes de enfermagem em relacao a pandemia e realizar acoes de prevencao na comunidade, atraves da construcao de cartazes educativos para o combate a COVID-19. Estudo descritivo, do tipo relato de experiencia, realizado no periodo entre abril e junho de 2020. Durante o periodo houve a construcao e divulgacao de seis cartazes educativos. As atividades foram desenvolvidas em Universidade Estadual, localizada em municipio mineiro e envolveu 14 estudantes do primeiro periodo do curso de Graduacao em Enfermagem e tres docentes universitarios. A divulgacao dos cartazes foi por intermedio das redes sociais oficiais da Universidade. A participacao de estudantes de enfermagem em projetos de extensao foi de destacada importância na formacao profissional, assim como o estimulo para o desenvolvimento de acoes educativas desde a fase inicial do curso.

Submitted by Ricardo Polettini (ricardo.polettini@unesp.br) on 2022-06-11T00:21:48Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Ricardo Polettini - tese - nova viola - repositório.pdf: 3801446 bytes, checksum: 63384b276321d7b3f95a016c1ba105d1 (MD5) Approved for entry into archive by Lucilene Cordeiro da Silva Messias null (lubiblio@bauru.unesp.br) on 2022-06-13T15:48:03Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 polettini_r_dr_bauru.pdf: 3801446 bytes, checksum: 63384b276321d7b3f95a016c1ba105d1 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2022-06-13T15:48:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 polettini_r_dr_bauru.pdf: 3801446 bytes, checksum: 63384b276321d7b3f95a016c1ba105d1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2022-03-28 La tesis analiza la música de viola brasileña contemporánea en un enfoque comunicacional y estético. Desarrolla articulaciones entre la idea de escena musical de la viola en la actualidad con los conceptos de mediaciones culturales de la comunicación y mediaciones comunicacio- nales de la cultura, hibridismos y transculturación. El estudio asume la noción de experiencia estética en su dimensión relacional, como percepción sensible compartida en una sociedad que tiene a los medios como elemento clave de su estructura, y se inserta en el campo de la producción de sentidos en la cultura mediatizada. Desde que fue introducida en Brasil por los portugueses, en el siglo XVI, la viola se ha extendido por varias regiones del país y ha sufrido una serie de transformaciones a lo largo de la historia, especialmente en el siglo XX, desde las primeras grabaciones de los dúos de caipira, cuando alcanzó el éxito en la radio, el cine y la televisión. En el siglo XXI, la nueva viola brasileña se manifiesta como escena musical, estableciendo prácticas de producción, consumo y circulación en un ambiente de transculturación y cruces de referencias, resultando en poéticas híbridas que se despliegan en nuevas experiencias estéticas, en un ciclo creativo reiterado. La tesis trae un análisis interpretativo de la escena musical de la nueva viola brasileña a partir de investigaciones documentales y bibliográficas y de entrevistas con guitarristas, que hablan de su relación con la música, la industria cultural, las tradiciones y el entorno digital. La investigación realizada permite afirmar que la nueva viola brasileña constituye un escenario musical marcado por experiencias estéticas híbridas y mediaciones culturales y comunicacionales. Las discusiones contribuyen a la comprensión de los fenómenos comunicacionales en el contexto de la música popular y de la sociedad en un proceso de mediatización cada vez más acelerado. A tese analisa a música de viola brasileira contemporânea em uma abordagem comunicacional e estética. Desenvolve articulações entre a ideia de uma cena musical da viola na atualidade com os conceitos de mediações culturais da comunicação e mediações comunicacionais da cultura, hibridismos e transculturação. O estudo assume a noção de experiência estética em sua dimensão relacional, enquanto percepção sensível partilhada em uma sociedade que tem na mídia um elemento chave de sua estrutura, e se insere no campo da produção de sentidos na cultura midiatizada. Desde que foi introduzida no Brasil pelos portugueses, no século XVI, a viola se difundiu por várias regiões do país e passou por uma série de transformações ao longo da história, principalmente no século XX, a partir das primeiras gravações das duplas caipiras, quando alcançou sucesso no rádio, cinema e TV. No século XXI, a nova viola brasileira se manifesta como cena musical, estabelecendo práticas de produção, consumo e circulação em um ambiente de transculturação e referências cruzadas, resultando em poéticas híbridas que se desdobram em novas experiências estéticas, em um reiterado ciclo criativo. A tese traz uma análise interpretativa sobre a cena musical da nova viola brasileira fundamentada em pesquisa documental e bibliográfica e em entrevistas com violeiros, que falam sobre sua relação com a música, a indústria cultural, as tradições e o ambiente digital. A pesquisa realizada nos permite afirmar que a nova viola brasileira constitui uma cena musical marcada por experiências estéticas híbridas e mediações culturais e comunicacionais. As discussões contribuem para compreensão de fenômenos comunicacionais no âmbito da música popular e da sociedade em processo cada vez mais acelerado de midiatização. The thesis analyzes contemporary Brazilian viola music in a communicational and aesthetic approach. It develops articulations between the idea of a musical scene of the viola nowadays with the concepts of cultural mediations of communication and communicational mediations of culture, hybridisms and transculturation. The study assumes the notion of aesthetic experience in its relational dimension, as a sensitive perception shared in a society that has the media as a key element of its structure, and is inserted in the field of production of meanings in mediatized culture. Since it was introduced in Brazil by the Portuguese, in the 16th century, the viola has spread through several regions of the country and has undergone a series of transformations throughout history, especially in the 20th century, from the first recordings of the caipira duos, when it reached success on radio, film and TV. In the 21st century, the new Brazilian viola manifests itself as a musical scene, establishing production, consumption and circulation practices in an environment of transculturation and cross-references, resulting in hybrid poetics that unfold into new aesthetic experiences, in a reiterated creative cycle. The thesis brings an interpretative analysis of the musical scene of the new Brazilian viola based on documentary and bibliographic research and on interviews with guitar players, who talk about their relationship with music, the cultural industry, traditions and the digital environment. The research carried out allows us to affirm that the new Brazilian viola constitutes a musical scene marked by hybrid aesthetic experiences and cultural and communicational mediations. The discussions contribute to the understanding of communicational phenomena in the context of popular music and society in an increasingly accelerated process of mediatization.

Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-wmr-10.1177_0734242X221103940 for Dark fermentative volatile fatty acids production from food waste: A review of the potential central role in waste biorefineries by Fabiano Asunis, Giovanna Cappai, Alessandra Carucci, Giorgia De Gioannis, Paolo Dessì, Aldo Muntoni, Alessandra Polettini, Raffaella Pomi, Andreina Rossi, Daniela Spiga and Cristina Trois in Waste Management & Research

The DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) setup for nuclear structure investigations was developed and commissioned at GSI, Germany in preparation for a full campaign of experiments at the FRS and Super-FRS. In this paper, we report on the first employment of the setup in the hybrid configuration with the AIDA implanter coupled to the FATIMA LaBr3(Ce) fast-timing array, and high-purity germanium detectors. Initial results are shown from the first experiments carried out with the setup. An overview of the setup and function is discussed, including technical advancements along the path. © 2022 Elsevier B.V.

Direct lifetime measurements via gamma -gamma coincidences using a fast timing detector array consisting of LaBr3(Ce) scintillators has been applied to determine the lifetime of low-lying states in the semimagic (N = 50) nucleus Ru-94. The experiment was carried out as the first in a series of "FAIR-0" experiments with the DESPEC experimental setup at the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR). Excited states in Ru-94 were populated primarily via the beta-delayed proton emission of Pd-95 nuclei, produced in the projectile fragmentation of an 850 MeV/nucleon Xe-124 beam impinging on a 4 g/cm(2) Be-9 target. While the deduced E2 strength for the 2(+) -> 0(+) transition in the yrast cascade follows the expected behavior for conserved seniority symmetry, the intermediate 4(+) -> 2(+) transition exhibits a drastic enhancement of transition strength in comparison with pure-seniority model predictions as well as standard shell model predictions in the f pg proton hole space with respect to doubly magic Sn-100. The anomalous behavior is ascribed to a subtle interference between the wave function of the lowest seniority v = 2, I-pi = 4(+) state and that of a close-lying v = 4 state that exhibits partial dynamic symmetry. In addition, the observed strongly prohibitive 6(+) -> 4(+) transition can be attributed to the same mechanism but with a destructive interference. It is noted that such effects may provide stringent tests of the nucleon-nucleon interactions employed in state-of-the-art theoretical model calculations.

Physical review / C 105(3), L031304 (2022). doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.105.L031304, Published by APS, Woodbury, NY

Several recent inequalities bound the precision of a current - counting net number of transitions in a system - by a thermodynamic measure of dissipation. However, while currents may be defined locally, dissipation is a global property. Inspired by the fact that ever since Carnot cycles are the unit elements of thermodynamic processes, we prove similar bounds tailored to cycle currents - counting net cycle completions - in terms of their conjugate affinities. We show that these inequalities are stricter than previous ones, even far from equilibrium, and that they allow to tighten those on transition currents. We illustrate our results with a simple model and discuss some technical and conceptual issues related to shifting attention from transition to cycle observables., Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures

This study investigated the performance of a novel integrated bio-electrochemical system for synergistic hydrogen production from a process combining a dark fermentation reactor and a galvanic cell. The operating principle of the system is based on the electrochemical conversion of protons released upon dissociation of the acid metabolites of the biological process and is mediated by the electron flow from the galvanic cell, coupling biochemical and electrochemical hydrogen production. Accordingly, the galvanic compartment also generates electricity. Four different experimental setups were designed to provide a preliminary assessment of the integrated bio-electrochemical process and identify the optimal configuration for further tests. Subsequently, dark fermentation of cheese whey was implemented both in a stand-alone biochemical reactor and in the integrated bio-electrochemical process. The integrated system achieved a hydrogen yield in the range 75.5–78.8 N LH2/kg TOC, showing a 3 times improvement over the biochemical process. Graphical abstract

Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are high-value chemicals that are increasingly demanded worldwide. Biological production via food waste (FW) dark fermentation (DF) is a promising option to achieve the sustainability and environmental benefits typical of biobased chemicals and concurrently manage large amounts of residues. DF has a great potential to play a central role in waste biorefineries due to its ability to hydrolyze and convert complex organic substrates into VFAs that can be used as building blocks for bioproducts, chemicals and fuels. Several challenges must be faced for full-scale implementation, including process optimization to achieve high and stable yields, the development of efficient techniques for selective recovery and the cost-effectiveness of the whole process. This review aims to critically discuss and statistically analyze the existing relationships between process performance and the main variables of concern. Moreover, opportunities, current challenges and perspectives of a FW-based and fermentation-centred biorefinery layout are discussed.

Lecture Notes – Joint EPS-SIF International School on Energy 2021 – Course 6: Energy Innovation and Integration for a Clean Environment, LNES 2021, Online, Online, 19 Jul 2021 - 24 Jul 2021; The European physical journal / Web of Conferences 268, 00009 (2022). doi:10.1051/epjconf/202226800009, Published by EDP Sciences, Les Ulis

Ever-lasting interest in the structure of 100Sn and neighbouring nuclei is still well justified by the fact that it is the heaviest doubly-magic nucleus with N=Z. State-of-the-art experimental techniques involving stable and radioactive beam facilities have enabled access to these exotic nuclei. In particular, the analysis of experimental data obtained in two DESPEC experiments at GSI Darmstadt extends the information on the shell structure and its evolution towards N = Z = 50, and allows the study of seniority conservation and proton-neutron interaction in the g9/2 orbit. Several theoretical approaches for shell-model investigations are discussed and their predictive power assessed. The calculated systematics of the reduced transition probabilities for high- to medium-spin states in N∼Z isotopes with active g9/2 orbit is presented for the first time.

Retrospective analysis of hair testing data provides insights in drugs abuse patterns and improves results interpretation. Cases from subjects undergoing driving fitness assessment (2010-2020) were examined to evidence patterns in methamphetamine (MA) abuse.All cases with positive MA (≥0.025 ng/mg) were included (n = 585). Data available were gender, age, MA and A (amphetamine) in hair (h), hair color/treatment, length of proximal hair. Cases with Ah/MAh ≤ 0.35 (n = 469) were arbitrarily selected to remove as many combined A, MA users. ANOVA was performed to detect Ah/MAh predictors.No predictors affected Ah/MAh. A bimodal frequency distribution was observed. We clustered cases in two groups (1, Ah/MAh 0.025-0.070; 2, Ah/MAh 0.071-0.120) and performed logistic regression. Only gender exhibited significant difference across groups (p = 0.0080). Odds ratio for females falling into group 2 was 2.86 times higher (CI97.5 1.34-6.44).Literature data support the hypothesis that the two Ah/MAh groups represent different phenotypes of the CYP2D6-mediated MA N-demethylation. Whether gender plays a role in such difference could not be confirmed. However, these results provide further suggestion of an association of gender and pharmacogenomics with MA disposition, requiring these factors to be considered in future research.

This study investigated the performance of a novel integrated bio-electrochemical system for synergistic hydrogen production from a process combining a dark fermentation reactor and a galvanic cell. The operating principle of the system is based on the electrochemical conversion of protons released upon dissociation of the acid metabolites of the biological process and is mediated by the electron flow from the galvanic cell, coupling biochemical and electrochemical hydrogen production. Accordingly, the galvanic compartment also generates electricity. Four different experimental setups were designed to provide a preliminary assessment of the integrated bio-electrochemical process and identify the optimal configuration for further tests. Subsequently, dark fermentation of cheese whey was implemented both in a stand-alone biochemical reactor and in the integrated bio-electrochemical process. The integrated system achieved a hydrogen yield in the range 75.5 – 78.8 N LH2/kg TOC, showing a 3 times improvement over the biochemical process.