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NDT related high education is among the highest priorities of the Academia NDT International. Having recognized that NDT competence is increasingly essential to respond to technological development in ensuring long term integrity of structures and of ageing assets, a new profession – NDT integrity engineer and a new university discipline – was introduced. NDT integrity engineering is a profession to develop non-destructive testing and evaluation involving materials science, fracture mechanics, and other sciences that would guarantee and enhance the safety and reliability of engineering structures. Based on the needed competences of NDT integrity engineers the overall basis is the clear understanding of NDT: what can be expected, what are its possibilities and limitations, and how can it serve the structural integrity related decisions in responding to technology driven world, economic, social, and environmental challenges. The paper details the essence and the experiences of the pilot NDT integrity engineering courses completed in Hungary in 2020 and in 2022.

This paper analyzes the military thought of Duke Charles V of Lorraine (1643-1690) and its sources. He was one of the greatest captains of the 17th century, he fought the French and Ottoman armies on both fronts of the Habsburg Monarchy and achieved considerable victories. The majority of the sources of his campaigns are conserved in Vienna in the collections of the Maison de Lorraine of the Austrian National Archives (Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv, Lothringisches Hausarchiv), but we can find others in different other European archives (Paris, Budapest etc.). After a brief presentation of the biography of Charles of Lorraine, this work turns to the origins of his military thought. Then, his diaries of campaigns are presented and analyzed by subjects. Finally, the study examines the military reforms proposed in the posthumous work Testament politique attributed to the Duke of Lorraine. Historical sources describing his decision-making confirm the idea that Charles of Lorraine was one of the most significant strategists of his time.

Introducción: En el mundo, 75 millones de personas requieren una silla de ruedas (SDR) pero entre el 5% y el 15% de ellas disponen de una. La OMS define SDR adecuada como aquella satisface las necesidades del usuario y su entorno, ofrece calce y apoyo postural apropiados, es segura y duradera. Objetivos: El objetivo primario es describir el calce, apoyo postural y seguridad de los usuarios de SDR que concurren al servicio de kinesiología del I.Re.P. El objetivo secundario es conocer la satisfacción respecto a su SDR y los servicios relacionados. Sujetos y método: Se incluyeron usuarios de SDR que concurran al servicio de kinesiología del I.Re.P. Las SDR fueron evaluadas siguiendo los lineamientos de la OMS, y la satisfacción utilizando el cuestionario QUEST 2.0. Resultados: De 30 sujetos incluidos, 21 fueron hombres con una edad media de 48,17 años. Sólo 1 sujeto contó con todas las medidas correctas de seguridad, calce y ajuste postural, 6 sujetos contaban con todas las medidas correctas para un calce adecuado y 5 con todas las medidas de seguridad. En cuanto a la satisfacción, se han encontrado puntajes elevados respecto a las SDR y puntajes bajos respecto a los servicios relacionados. La Satisfacción total recibió en su mayoría puntajes medios y altos. Conclusión: Sólo 1 sujeto de los 30 evaluados cumplió con todos los requisitos de calce, ajuste postural y seguridad necesarios para considerar una SDR adecuada. La mayoría de los sujetos reportaron estar más satisfechos con su SDR que con los servicios relacionados.

A number of representative polls have been conducted on the death penalty in recent decades. There were some surveys whose authors were interested not only in the percentage of supporters and opponents of the death penalty, but also in whether this rate varies in different strata of society. Several polls were conducted, in which, in addition to socio-cultural factors, respondents were asked about their general attitudes and some research was also conducted in order to uncover the reasons behind the responses of the interviewees. From all of this, one can gain a clear picture as regards the socio-cultural characteristics of people in general, who are more in favour of the death penalty, as well as regarding what general ttitudes respondents have and for what reasons they formed their views. The subsequent presentation of the Hungarian surveys will help one to see whether distance in time affects the perception of the social need for capital punishment, and how such need changes over time. Overall, the aim of this study is to present a comprehensive human approach to the death penalty; that is, the goal is not to examine how many people have supported or opposed the death penalty in a particular country in a given period of time, but to find out what factors influence commitment to or against capital punishment and the causes thereof, and what factors can change people’s attitudes towards the death penalty.

Background: Hypertension, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, overweight, obesity, and tobacco (smoking, chewing, and vaping), together with a pro-inflammatory and procoagulant state, are the main risk factors related to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Objective and methods: A group of experts from the Americas, based on their clinical expertise in cardiology, cardiovascular prevention, and cardiometabolic (CM) diseases, joined together to develop these practical recommendations for the optimal evaluation and treatment of residual CM risk factors in Latin America, using a modified Delphi methodology (details in electronic TSI) to generate a comprehensive CM risk reduction guideline, and through personalized medicine and patient-centered decision, considering the cost-benefit ratio The process was well defined to avoid conflicts of interest that could bias the discussion and recommendations. Results: Residual risk reduction should consider therapeutic options adapted to specific patient needs, based on five treatment objectives: triglyceride-rich lipoproteins, inflammation, impaired glucose metabolism, high blood pressure, and prothrombotic status. Comprehensive control of all CM risk factors should be a priority to deal with this important public health problem and prevent premature deaths. The recommendations in this paper address the evidence-based treatment of CM risk and are intended for clinical application in Latin American countries.

Thermal behaviour of pine needles (Pinus Roxburghii) is examined through a thermogravimetry technique. The dried samples of pine needles undergo the non-isothermal decomposition at temperature range of 308-1173 K. The heating rates used for experimental purposes are: 5 ◦C min−1 , 10 ◦C min−1 and 15 ◦C min−1 . Kinetic parameters of thermal decomposition reactions of pine needles are obtained through the model-free schemes. The estimated values of activation energy and frequency factor derived from Kissinger method are 132.77 kJ mol−1 and 13.15 × 107 min−1 , respectively. Furthermore, the averaged values of the same kinetics parameters retrieved from the isoconversional methods are 82.38 kJ mol−1 and 74.833 kJ mol−1 , 25.42 × 1013 min−1 and 13.449 × 1010 min−1 , respectively. Instead of the Flynn-Wall- Ozawa (FWO) and Kissinger- Akahira- Sunrose (KAS) schemes, the kinetic parameters derived from the Kissinger method are relatively promising for the thermal decomposition process, since the kinetic parameters are highly affected by intermediate stages and overlapping of the concurrent reaction occurred during pyrolysis.

In this study, mass activity of naturally occurring radioactive materials were measured in twenty-three building material samples, use extensively in the area exposed to a high level of natural background radiation (Mahallat, Iran), to determine the radioactivity index and changes to the level of indoor gamma radiation. The mass activity of 232Th, 226Ra and 40K were within the ranges from 18 ± 3 to 44 ± 10 Bq/kg (average of 27 ± 6 Bq/kg), 22 ± 5 to 53 ± 14 Bq/kg (average of 34 ± 6 Bq/kg) and 82 ± 18 to 428 ± 79 Bq/kg (average of 276 ± 58 Bq/kg), respectively. The gamma dose rates for population were estimated between 48 ± 9 and 111 ± 26 nGy/h with exception of radon exhalation from building materials. Since the air kerma rate in the town varies from 0.8 to 4 μGy/h, the attenuation coefficient was calculated for buildings made of the aforementioned materials. Additionally, the annual gamma radiation doses for inhabitants were calculated based on time spent outdoors and indoors.

A partir de uma abordagem multimetódos baseada em pesquisa qualitativa de observação não-participante, análise de conteúdo e técnicas de snowballing de recomendação algorítmica, a proposta deste artigo é mapear a circulação de três disputas de informação científia ligadas à saúde em páginas e grupos brasileiros no Facebook – movimento antivacina, fosfoetanolamina e Mineral Miracle Solution (MMS). Os resultados apontam para um campo de disputa no qual a autoridade científia é um valor relevante, sendo recorrentemente acionada como signo de convencimento junto ao público. Ainda, as fake sciences são um campo de disputa que envolvem 1) interesses comerciais em torno da crença em soluções rápidas e alternativas, 2) implicações jurídicas em torno do discurso pelo direito à informação e acesso a esses tratamentos alternativos, 3) sistema de reputação na busca por interseção na formulação de políticas e a alocação de recursos públicos e 4) uma descrença nas instituições epistêmicas, fazendo os sujeitos acreditarem apenas em experiências individuais baseadas no discurso de testemunho.

Introducción: los sujetos con Artritis Reumatoidea (AR) tienen un elevado riesgo de caídas respecto a la población sana. El Timed Up and Go test (TUG) es utilizado para predecir el riesgo de caídas, pero no ha sido validado en sujetos con AR. Objetivos: el objetivo primario fue establecer la validez predictiva y la validez concurrente a velocidad habitual y máxima segura en sujetos con diagnóstico de AR. El objetivo secundario fue establecer si el TUG tiene mayor valor predictivo evaluado a velocidad habitual o a velocidad máxima segura.

Introducción: Una lesión medular hace referencia a los daños sufridos en la médula espinal a consecuencia de un traumatismo, enfermedad o degeneración. Todas las personas con lesión medular corren riesgo de desarrollar úlceras por presión y casi todas desarrollarán al menos una úlcera por presión grave durante su vida. Objetivo: Identificar los estudios que detectaron factores de riesgo para la aparición y/o recurrencia de úlceras por presión en sujetos con lesión medular. Y de ser posible, sintetizar la evidencia para detectar asociación entre los mismos. Método: Se realizó una búsqueda sistemática en Medline, LILACS, SciELO y Cochrane hasta el 4 de diciembre del año 2018. Se incluyeron estudios observacionales, casos-controles y de cohorte, retrospectivos o prospectivos, que realizaron un análisis ajustado de los factores de riesgo para el desarrollo y/o recurrencia de úlceras por presión en sujetos con lesión medular. Resultados: 25 artículos cumplieron los criterios de elegibilidad y fueron incluidos para el análisis. Se identificaron un total de 30 factores de riesgo, de los cuales 4 fueron factores demográficos, 8 relacionados con la lesión, 5 pertenecieron a comorbilidades médicas, 3 a factores nutricionales, 9 fueron factores psicológicos, cognitivos, contextuales y sociales y 1 estuvo relacionado con la superficie de apoyo. El 56,67% se clasificaron como no modificables. Conclusión: Se identificaron 30 factores de riesgo para la aparición y/o recurrencia de úlceras por presión en sujetos con lesión medular. No fue posible sintetizar la evidencia debido a la heterogeneidad presentada por los artículos incluidos en la presente revisión.

The aim of the study is to describe in detail the beginnings of the Hungarian University of Economics, or the Karl Marx University of Economics in Budapest established in 1948 as the first Marxist university in Hungary. The study is based especially on the research in the State Archives of the Hungarian National Archives in Budapest and in the Archives of the Corvinus University of Budapest in the frame of broad research on the beginnings and the development of higher education of economic disciplines in the Central Europe. The study presents the initial period of the first separate economic university in Hungary on the background of the Hungarian Working People’s Party to get the higher education in country under its control. It is also summarized the original organizational structure of the Budapest’s University of Economics and its staff structure controlled by the Hungarian Working People’s Party as a party gradually taking over the country’s political power into its own hands at the turn of 1948 and 1949.

Este artigo analisa a contribuição da Educomunicação nos processos de incentivo à participação social em questões socioambientais. O texto apresenta os principais desafios da participação social no contexto do Desenvolvimento Sustentável e analisa as propostas da Educomunicação para a mobilização de indivíduos e coletivos por meio da promoção de relações mais homogêneas de poder; aumento do potencial de expressão; motivação para participação; e formulação de novos espaços de participação. As propostas teóricas são ilustradas com a análise de projetos educomunicativos aplicados no Brasil. Conclui-se que a Educomunicação tem potencial de agregar alternativas significativas aos desafios da participação, principalmente nas dimensões da ampliação da expressão criativa e do fomento de novos espaços de participação.Este artículo analiza la contribución de los procesos de Educomunicación para fomentar la participación social en cuestiones ambientales. El texto presenta los principales desafíos de la participación social en el contexto del desarrollo sostenible y examina las propuestas de la Educomunicación para movilizar individuos y grupos para la participación social, por el intermedio de la promoción de relaciones más homogéneas de poder, el aumento del potencial de expresión, la motivación para la participación y la formulación de nuevos espacios de participación. Las propuestas teóricas se ilustran con el análisis de proyectos educomunicativos aplicados en Brasil. Se concluye que la Educomunicación tiene potencial para añadir aportes importantes a los retos de la participación, especialmente en las dimensiones de la ampliación de la expresión creativa y de la creación de nuevos espacios de participación.This article analyses the contribution of Educommunication to encourage social participation in environmental issues. The text presents the major challenges of social participation in the context of sustainable development and examines the proposals of Educommunication to mobilize individuals and groups to social participation by promoting homogeneous relations of power, increasing the potential of expression; motivating participation, and formulating new spaces for participation. The theoretical proposals are illustrated with the analysis of projects applied in Brazil. It is concluded that Educommunication has significant potential in promoting alternatives to the challenges of participation, particularly in the dimensions of the amplification of creative expression and the creation of new spaces for participation.

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This article looks at the life of Japanese/Canadian karate pioneer, Masaru Shintani, from his birth in Vancouver, British Columbia, until his death in Kapuskasing, Ontario. After more than thirty years of teaching, Shintani created one of the largest karate organizations in North America with over 27,000 members. Shintani also invented Shindo, a martial art facilitating the use of an ancient weapon, the short stick, with modern techniques. For this article, many of Shintani’s senior students helped to reconstruct his life and explain his complex personality with recollections of their teacher. From the beginning of his karate training in an internment camp, to the eventual achievement of 9th-degree black belt, Masaru Shintani epitomized the modern karate master.

Gojyu-ryu karate has the distinction of being the first of the Okinawan karate styles to be officially named (Higaonna, 1995: 68). Miyagi Chojun created the style and formally registered the name with the Japanese Government in 1933 (Hiagonna, 1985: 28). The late Yagi Meitoku was Miyagi Chojun’s most senior karate student. After Miyagi Chojun’s death, the Miyagi family chose Yagi Meitoku to carry on the style’s traditions. Yagi taught the system to his two sons. The oldest son, Meitatsu, carries on not only the style’s technical finesses and its philosophy, but also the stories that make up its history.

In Argentine Patagonia there exist large extensions of lands degraded by overgrazing, this favours soil water erosion. Two million hectares are eligible for forestation (Gallo et al. 2005), with some environmental limitations that require previous studies to prepare development and sustainability proposals. The study area is located in the right margin of the Litrán River, 25 kms of its estuary in Aluminé Lake (Province of Neuquén). In this area, some Mapuche (araucanian) communities carry out stock breeding (mainly goats) using a migrating system. This region presents very severe Aeolian and hydrological erosion. The objective of the afforestation management plan of this land, is the design of control measures, to stop erosion, like perimeter close, afforestation and structural measures for controlling erosional gully. It is then necessary, to characterize the actual and potential erosion, that would allow to carry out with measures monitoring to implement controls and mitigation. Paper presents, pedology map by interpreting and georreferencing satellite images by a Geographical Information System. (GIS). The mapping methodology was based in Hierarchical Classification of Landforms, which is the structure of the geopedology focus for mapping soil (Zinck, 1989). The classification of actual erosion was obtained from the method of the Bureau of Land Management (USDI) by visual inspection of seven aspects of erosion in surface. The estimation of the potential erosion of the floors of the forest field was carried out utilizing the Universal Soil Lost Equation (USLE) and ArcGis 9,2 (ESRI, 2006) to carry out the spatial analysis, obtaining a map of annual soil loss ( tn/has/year) with a spatial resolution of 30 m. The application of spatial analysis tools in the study of soil water erosion in Patagonia, Argentina contributes to the objective of defining define a program of development and adequate management, as a function of the state and degree of potential soil erosion.

Apresentamos o caso de uma paciente com artrite reumatoide tratada por dois anos com associação de metotrexato e leflunomida. A paciente foi internada com leucopenia grave quatro semanas após acrescentar ao esquema medicamentoso as drogas clopidogrel, isosorbida, sinvastatina, AAS e omeprazol.

Presentamos el caso de un varón de 74 años de edad con una compresión vascular del duodeno por un aneurisma de aorta abdominal. El tránsito baritado, la endoscopia digestiva y la tomografía computada mostraron la compresión extrínseca de la tercera porción del duodeno entre el aneurisma y la arteria mesentérica superior. En la cirugía se confirmó el diagnóstico, realizándose la sustitución aórtica por una prótesis y la reubicación de la cuarta porción del duodeno seccionando el músculo de Treitz. Esta es la primera comunicación nacional de una situación que es considerada en la literatura como una muy rara causa del síndrome de la arteria mesentérica superior

Con el objetivo de conocer la frecuencia y los resultados de la cirugía de los aneurismas de aorta abdominal (AAA) en el Hospital de Clínicas de Montevideo, se recabaron los datos de los pacientes intervenidos entre enero de 1988 y julio de 1998.

Los autores presentan dos casos de carcinoma desarrollado en un quiste pilonidal; por tratarse de una afección extremadamente rara y no haber encontrado referencias a la misma en la bibliografía nacional, se analizan las características del tratamiento, la evolución y se hace una revisión de la bibliografía sobre el tema.

El kárate Gojyu-ryu tiene el honor de ser el primero de los estilos de kárate okinawenses en ser bautizado oficialmente (Higaonna, 1995: 68). Miyagi Chojun creó el estilo y registró formalmente su nombre ante el Gobierno japonés en 1933 (Higaonna, 1985: 28). El difunto Yagi Meitoku era el estudiante de kárate de mayor antigüedad de Miyagi Chojun. Después de la muerte de Miyagi Chojun, la familia Miyagi escogió a Yagi Meitoku para conservar las tradiciones del estilo. Yagi enseñó el sistema a sus dos hijos. El hijo mayor, Meitatsu, no sólo mantiene la finura técnica del estilo y su filosofía, sino también las historias que conforman su legado.

Este artículo examina la vida del pionero japonés/canadiense del kárate, Masaru Shintani, desde su nacimiento en Vancouver, Columbia Británica, hasta su muerte en Kapuskasing, Ontario. Después de más de 30 años de enseñanza, Shintani fundó una de las mayores organizaciones de kárate en Norte América, con más de 27.000 miembros. Shintani también inventó el Shindo, un arte marcial que facilita el manejo de un arma antigua, el palo corto, con técnicas modernas. Para este artículo, muchos de los estudiantes mayores de Shintani han ayudado a reconstruir su vida y a explicar su compleja personalidad con recuerdos de su maestro. Desde el comienzo de su entrenamiento de kárate en un campo de internamiento, hasta la final consecución del cinturón negro 9º dan, Masaru Shintani personificó al maestro de kárate moderno.

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El kárate Gojyu-ryu tiene el honor de ser el primero de los estilos de kárate okinawenses en ser bautizado oficialmente (Higaonna, 1995: 68). Miyagi Chojun creó el estilo y registró formalmente su nombre ante el Gobierno japonés en 1933 (Higaonna, 1985: 28). El difunto Yagi Meitoku era el estudiante de kárate de mayor antigüedad de Miyagi Chojun. Después de la muerte de Miyagi Chojun, la familia Miyagi escogió a Yagi Meitoku para conservar las tradiciones del estilo. Yagi enseñó el sistema a sus dos hijos. El hijo mayor, Meitatsu, no sólo mantiene la finura técnica del estilo y su filosofía, sino también las historias que conforman su legado.

Este artículo examina la vida del pionero japonés/canadiense del kárate, Masaru Shintani, desde su nacimiento en Vancouver, Columbia Británica, hasta su muerte en Kapuskasing, Ontario. Después de más de 30 años de enseñanza, Shintani fundó una de las mayores organizaciones de kárate en Norte América, con más de 27.000 miembros. Shintani también inventó el Shindo, un arte marcial que facilita el manejo de un arma antigua, el palo corto, con técnicas modernas. Para este artículo, muchos de los estudiantes mayores de Shintani han ayudado a reconstruir su vida y a explicar su compleja personalidad con recuerdos de su maestro. Desde el comienzo de su entrenamiento de kárate en un campo de internamiento, hasta la final consecución del cinturón negro 9º dan, Masaru Shintani personificó al maestro de kárate moderno.

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EENY-418, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Patricia L. Toth, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this neotropical, arboreal ant best known for its associations with plants and its terrible sting, its synonymy, distribution, description, life cycle, nests, hosts, damage, and management. Includes selected references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, September 2007. EENY-418/IN752: Slender Twig Ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae) (ufl.edu)

As autoras realizaram um levantamento com auxiliares, atendentes de enfermagem e pacientes, de unidades de clínicas médicas e cirúrgicas de dois hospitais estatais, para verificar se a percepção dos mesmos sobre o papel do enfermeiro sofre modificação, quando na instituição é adotado um planejamento para implementação da assistência de enfermagem.

O trabalho relata a experiência do Departamento de Assistência de Enfermagem do Hospital Universitário da USP, da implantação e desenvolvimento do processo de auditoria retrospectiva para avaliação de suas atividades, como instrumento de controle e manutenção da qualidade da assistência de enfermagem prestada à comunidade. Descreve as várias etapas, instrumentos e relatórios utilizados, assim como o emprego dos resultados da auditoria para revisão dos programas assistenciais e educacionais desenvolvidos peto Departamento.