US Asset-Backed Securities – Regulatory Reform, Dodd-Frank and Final Rules

This chapter examines the new rules proposed under regulatory reform since the credit crisis of 2008-09, including the major proposals of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 and some of the Final Rules thereto.

Women of the future : gender, technology, and cyborgs in Frank Herbert’s dune

Cette thèse défend les mérites d’une lecture cyborgienne de l’oeuvre de science-fiction de Frank Herbert, Dune, où la vision particulière des sciences et technologies nous permet d’interpréter plusieurs personnages en tant que réitération Nouvelle Vague du cyborg. Publié en 1965, Dune introduit des personnages féminins atypiques pour cette époque compte tenu de leurs attributs tels qu’une capacité intellectuelle accrue, une imposante puissance de combat et une immunité manifeste contre la faiblesse émotionnelle. Cependant, le roman reste ambivalent en ce qui concerne ces femmes : en dépit de leurs qualités admirables, elles sont d’autre part caractérisées par des stéréotypes régressifs, exposants une sexualité instinctive, qui les confinent tout au mieux aux rôles de mère, maitresse ou épouse. Finalement, dans le roman, elles finissent par jouer le rôle du méchant. Cette caractérisation se rapproche beaucoup de celle du cyborg femelle qui est d’usage courant dans les productions de science fiction pour le grand public des décennies plus récentes. Par conséquent, cette thèse défend qu’une lecture cyborgienne de Dune complète et accroisse une analyse sexospécifique, car cette approche comporte une théorisation essentielle des réactions à l’égard de la technologie qui, selon Evans, sont entretissées dans la réaction patriarcale de ce roman à l’égard des femmes. Bien que ces créatures fictives ne soient pas encore communes à l’époque de la rédaction de Dune, Jessica et certains autres personnages du roman peuvent néanmoins être considérés comme exemples primitifs des cyborgs, parce qu’ils incarnent la science et la technologie de leur culture et qu’ils possèdent d’autres éléments typiques du cyborg. L’hypothèse propose que la représentation des femmes dans Dune ne découle pas seulement de l’attrait pour le chauvinisme ou la misogynie, mais qu’elle est en fait grandement influencée par la peur de la technologie qui est transposée sur la femme comme c’est couramment le cas dans la littérature cyborg subséquente. Ainsi, ce roman annonce le futur sous-genre cyborg de la science-fiction.

Frank-Michael Kuhlemann: Modernisierung und Disziplinierung. Sozialgeschichte des preußischen Volksschulwesens 1794-1872. (Kritische Studien zur Geschichtswissenschaft. Bd. 96.) Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1992 [Rezension]

Rezension von: Frank-Michael Kuhlemann: Modernisierung und Disziplinierung. Sozialgeschichte des preußischen Volksschulwesens 1794-1872. (Kritische Studien zur Geschichtswissenschaft. Bd. 96.) Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1992. 468 S.

Roland Anhorn / Frank Bettinger / Cornelis Horlacher / Kerstin Rathgeb (Hrsg.): Kritik der Sozialen Arbeit – kritische Soziale Arbeit. Wiesbaden: Springer VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2012 (480 S.) [Rezension]

Rezension von: Roland Anhorn / Frank Bettinger / Cornelis Horlacher / Kerstin Rathgeb (Hrsg.): Kritik der Sozialen Arbeit – kritische Soziale Arbeit. Wiesbaden: Springer VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2012 (480 S.; ISBN 978-3-531-17917-9)

Stephen Frank: E-Learning und Kompetenzentwicklung. Ein unterrichtsorientiertes didaktisches Modell. Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt 2012 (220 S.) [Rezension]

Rezension von: Stephen Frank: E-Learning und Kompetenzentwicklung. Ein unterrichtsorientiertes didaktisches Modell. Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt 2012 (220 S.; ISBN 978-3-7815-1861-2)

Melhoria da Atenção aos Usuários com Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica e/ou Diabetes Mellitus na UBS Frank Pais, Niterói/RJ

LEGON, Pedro Bring. Melhoria da atenção aos usuários com Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica e/ou Diabetes Mellitus na ESF Frank Pais, Niterói/RJ. 2015. 86f.Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Curso de Especialização em Saúde da Família) - Departamento de Medicina Social, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, 2015. Este trabalho foi desenvolvido como parte integrante da Especialização em Saúde da Família. Após minha inserção na UBS Frank Pais, comunidade Cavalão, equipe 019, em Niterói/RJ, foi realizada a análise situacional da unidade, com o objetivo de conhecer as principais dificuldades apresentadas, com o diagnóstico realizado foi elaborado um projeto de intervenção com foco em uma ação programática, proposta pelo curso. A ação programática escolhida para intervenção foi a relacionada ao programa de atenção ao usuário diabético e hipertenso, pois não tinham uma boa organização, diante disso, a equipe elaborou um cronograma para realizar as diferentes ações planejadas. A intervenção foi desenvolvida no período de 12 semanas, de fevereiro a maio de 2015, segundo o cronograma traçado com a participação ativa de todos os membros da equipe e com a realização das ações nos 4 eixos solicitados pelo curso que sendo a Organização e Gestão do Serviço; Monitoramento e Avaliação; Engajamento Público e Qualificação da Prática Clínica. A metodologia utilizada foi o desenvolvimento das diferentes ações de educação em saúde com os profissionais da unidade e com os usuários, o preenchimento das fichas de atendimento específicas (fichas-espelho) e o acompanhamento da intervenção através de planilhas eletrônicas de coleta de dados. Durante a intervenção alcançamos um índice de cobertura relacionado aos usuários hipertensos de 67,1% representado por uma cifra de 116 para um total de 173, além de obter um índice de cobertura relacionado aos usuários diabético de 100% representado por uma cifra de 83, relacionado ao nossa área de abrangência. A totalidade dos usuários foram acompanhados conforme o padronizado ao protocolo proposto pelo Ministério da Saúde com garantia de cobertura de 100% de quase todos os indicadores de qualidade e busca ativa realizada pelos agentes comunitários de saúde dos usuários faltosos as consultas. A realização da intervenção possibilitou integração e organização do processo de trabalho da equipe, as melhorias no atendimento prestado aos usuárias interessados e o mais importante a integração destas ações à rotina de trabalho da equipe na UBS. O trabalho permanecerá na equipe com a mesma metodologia realizada e vamos transmitir a outra equipe de saúde da família que também atua na UBS, para que reorganizem os processos de trabalho e possam realizar os atendimentos de acordo com os protocolos do Ministério da Saúde. Pode-se concluir que o projeto de intervenção desenvolvido alcançou nosso objetivo de melhorar a atenção a saúde dos usuários hipertensos e diabéticos, na UBS Frank Pais. Palavras-chave: saúde da família; atenção primária à saúde; doença crônica; diabetes mellitus; hipertensão arterial.

The Atomic Structure Of A Bare Buffer Layer On Sic(0001) Chemically Resolved.

A chemical-specific photoelectron diffraction structure determination of a carbon rich buffer layer on SiC is reported. In addition to the long-range ripple of this surface, a local buckling in the hexagonal sublattice, which breaks the local range order symmetry, was unraveled.

Changes In Motor Behavior During Pregnancy In Rats: The Basis For A Possible Animal Model Of Restless Legs Syndrome.

Pregnant women have a 2-3 fold higher probability of developing restless legs syndrome (RLS - sleep-related movement disorders) than general population. This study aims to evaluate the behavior and locomotion of rats during pregnancy in order to verify if part of these animals exhibit some RLS-like features. We used 14 female 80-day-old Wistar rats that weighed between 200 and 250 g. The rats were distributed into control (CTRL) and pregnant (PN) groups. After a baseline evaluation of their behavior and locomotor activity in an open-field environment, the PN group was inducted into pregnancy, and their behavior and locomotor activity were evaluated on days 3, 10 and 19 of pregnancy and in the post-lactation period in parallel with the CTRL group. The serum iron and transferrin levels in the CTRL and PN groups were analyzed in blood collected after euthanasia by decapitation. There were no significant differences in the total ambulation, grooming events, fecal boli or urine pools between the CTRL and PN groups. However, the PN group exhibited fewer rearing events, increased grooming time and reduced immobilization time than the CTRL group (ANOVA, p<0.05). These results suggest that pregnant rats show behavioral and locomotor alterations similar to those observed in animal models of RLS, demonstrating to be a possible animal model of this sleep disorder.

Post Hoc Analysis Of The Patricia Randomized Trial Of The Efficacy Of Human Papillomavirus Type 16 (hpv-16)/hpv-18 As04-adjuvanted Vaccine Against Incident And Persistent Infection With Nonvaccine Oncogenic Hpv Types Using An Alternative Multiplex Type-specific Pcr Assay For Hpv Dna.

The efficacy of the human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16)/HPV-18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine against cervical infections with HPV in the Papilloma Trial against Cancer in Young Adults (PATRICIA) was evaluated using a combination of the broad-spectrum L1-based SPF10 PCR-DNA enzyme immunoassay (DEIA)/line probe assay (LiPA25) system with type-specific PCRs for HPV-16 and -18. Broad-spectrum PCR assays may underestimate the presence of HPV genotypes present at relatively low concentrations in multiple infections, due to competition between genotypes. Therefore, samples were retrospectively reanalyzed using a testing algorithm incorporating the SPF10 PCR-DEIA/LiPA25 plus a novel E6-based multiplex type-specific PCR and reverse hybridization assay (MPTS12 RHA), which permits detection of a panel of nine oncogenic HPV genotypes (types 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 45, 52, 58, and 59). For the vaccine against HPV types 16 and 18, there was no major impact on estimates of vaccine efficacy (VE) for incident or 6-month or 12-month persistent infections when the MPTS12 RHA was included in the testing algorithm versus estimates with the protocol-specified algorithm. However, the alternative testing algorithm showed greater sensitivity than the protocol-specified algorithm for detection of some nonvaccine oncogenic HPV types. More cases were gained in the control group than in the vaccine group, leading to higher point estimates of VE for 6-month and 12-month persistent infections for the nonvaccine oncogenic types included in the MPTS12 RHA assay (types 31, 33, 35, 45, 52, 58, and 59). This post hoc analysis indicates that the per-protocol testing algorithm used in PATRICIA underestimated the VE against some nonvaccine oncogenic HPV types and that the choice of the HPV DNA testing methodology is important for the evaluation of VE in clinical trials. (This study has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov under registration no. NCT00122681.).

Bp-13 Pla2: Purification And Neuromuscular Activity Of A New Asp49 Toxin Isolated From Bothrops Pauloensis Snake Venom.

A new PLA2 (Bp-13) was purified from Bothrops pauloensis snake venom after a single chromatographic step of RP-HPLC on μ-Bondapak C-18. Amino acid analysis showed a high content of hydrophobic and basic amino acids and 14 half-cysteine residues. The N-terminal sequence showed a high degree of homology with basic Asp49 PLA2 myotoxins from other Bothrops venoms. Bp-13 showed allosteric enzymatic behavior and maximal activity at pH 8.1, 36°-45°C. Full Bp-13 PLA2 activity required Ca(2+); its PLA2 activity was inhibited by Mg(2+), Mn(2+), Sr(2+), and Cd(2+) in the presence and absence of 1 mM Ca(2+). In the mouse phrenic nerve-diaphragm (PND) preparation, the time for 50% paralysis was concentration-dependent (P < 0.05). Both the replacement of Ca(2+) by Sr(2+) and temperature lowering (24°C) inhibited the Bp-13 PLA2-induced twitch-tension blockade. Bp-13 PLA2 inhibited the contractile response to direct electrical stimulation in curarized mouse PND preparation corroborating its contracture effect. In biventer cervicis preparations, Bp-13 induced irreversible twitch-tension blockade and the KCl evoked contracture was partially, but significantly, inhibited (P > 0.05). The main effect of this new Asp49 PLA2 of Bothrops pauloensis venom is on muscle fiber sarcolemma, with avian preparation being less responsive than rodent preparation. The study enhances biochemical and pharmacological characterization of B. pauloensis venom.