Relato de Experiência: Grupo de Leitura na Cadeia Pública de Porto Alegre by Georgia Peracchi Garcia, Fernanda Hampe Picon

“…A oportunidade de realizar estágio em uma instituição de privação de liberdade permitiu conhecer alguns dos desafios do exercício da psicologia nesse tipo de contexto e evidenciou a necessidade de sempre revisitar o código de ética e as diretrizes da profissão, se mantendo atento ao contexto histórico e cultural. O grupo foi realizado com cinco participantes e teve sete encontros, permitindo experienciar a potência de espaços de reflexão e criatividade que promovam o acolhimento de diferentes saberes em um espaço de muitas privações.…”
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Educational Value and Teaching Strategies of Traditional Chinese Revolutionary Works: Taking High School Chinese Teaching as an Example by WANG Zhen, MA Shaoxi

“…To deeply explore and fully exert the educational potential of Chinese revolutionary works, Chinese teachers should take the guidance of Xi Jinping's Thought of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, follow national policies such as the "Guidelines for Introducing Revolutionary Traditions into Curriculum Materials for Primary and Secondary Schools, " adhere to the "Ordinary High School Chinese Curriculum Standards (2017 Edition, Revised in 2020), " rely on the unified high school Chinese textbooks, be oriented by the current situation of high school Chinese teaching, and fully tap into the potential of Chinese revolutionary words form four dimensions: moral education value, aesthetic education value, historical value, and cultural value. The four dimensions hold structural characteristics of integrity, hierarchy, interactivity, and generativity. …”
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Genotypic Investigation of Clostridium difficile in Prince Edward Island by H Martin, LP Abbott, DE Low, B Willey, M Mulvey, J Scott Weese

“…One hundred twenty-six C difficile ELISA toxin-positive stool samples were obtained and cultured using an enrichment protocol. C difficile was isolated from 105 of 126 (83%) samples. …”
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Chemical Elements of the Periodic Table in Indigenous Language as a Teaching Resource for Contextualized Chemistry/Science Teaching by Tewton Wai Wai, Kelly Carlos Castello, Virginia Marne da Silva Araújo dos Santos, Hosana Carolina Santos Barreto, Ricardo Carvalho Santos

“…The educational product developed, the cards, is a teaching material for teaching chemistry/sciences that is contextualized and expresses the ethnic group's cultural and identity. In this sense, the production of cards seems to be an effective pedagogical resource for teaching chemistry/sciences in an intercultural context. …”
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Exploiting Cancer Dormancy Signaling Mechanisms in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Through Spheroid and Organoid Analysis by Emily J. Tomas, Yudith Ramos Valdes, Jennifer Davis, Bart Kolendowski, Adrian Buensuceso, Gabriel E. DiMattia, Trevor G. Shepherd

“…Here, we present novel findings from direct comparisons between cultured EOC spheroids and organoids. Our results indicated that AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activity was significantly upregulated and protein kinase B (Akt) was downregulated in EOC spheroids compared to organoids, suggesting a clear differential phenotype. …”
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TGFβ1-Induced Differentiation of Human Bone Marrow-Derived MSCs Is Mediated by Changes to the Actin Cytoskeleton by Mona Elsafadi, Muthurangan Manikandan, Sami Almalki, Mohammad Mobarak, Muhammad Atteya, Zafar Iqbal, Jamil Amjad Hashmi, Sameerah Shaheen, Nehad Alajez, Musaad Alfayez, Moustapha Kassem, Raed Abu Dawud, Amer Mahmood

“…To identify the mechanisms underlying this TGFβ-mediated enhancement of lineage commitment, we compared the gene expression profiles of TGFβ1-treated hMSC cultures using DNA microarrays. In total, 1932 genes were upregulated, and 1298 genes were downregulated. …”
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The System of Civil Rites in the Anti-Religious Policy of the Soviet Government of the 1920s in the North-West of the RSFSR by Tabachnik, Ksenia K.

“…Attention is paid to the specifics of the “red rite” as a special socio-cultural and social phenomenon of the pre-war Soviet society. …”
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Studi Etnobotani pada Masyarakat Suku Jawa dalam Memanfaatkan Tumbuhan Obat di Desa Sumber Makmur by Yetty Hastiana, Wulandari Saputri, Desy Apryyanty

“…The calculation of the culturally important value index shows that there are 6 plant species that fall into the medium category with the highest value being 30 and 7 plant species belonging to the low category with the smallest value being 6.…”
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SOLARIS project: a portable 3D-printed bioaerosol sampler for environmental bacterial collection by Pedro Henrique Dobroes Fonseca, Filipe Miguel Borgas Henriques Duarte, Frederico Silva de Sousa Alves, Jose Alberto de Jesus Borges, Susana Isabel Pinheiro Cardoso, Vania Cristina Henriques Silverio, Wilson David Talhao Antunes

“…Collected samples were found suitable for downstream analysis methods such as culturing, mass spectrometry, molecular detection and electron microscopy. …”
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Digital competencies: perceptions of primary school teachers pursuing master’s degrees from eight African countries by Andresa Sartor Harada, Juliana Azevedo Gomes, Oscar Ulloa Guerra, Roberto Ruiz, Rubén Calderón

“…The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) highlights the relevance of using information and communications technology (ICT) in education for improving the quality of education. …”
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AIM2 promotes excitatory glutamate receptor expression by inhibiting STING and contributes to bone cancer pain in male mice by Linhan Wang, Xueqin Xu, Shanchun Su, Biyun Li, Kunyu Zhang, Xiuqin Yu, Yangqiao Xiao, Shuangshuang Lu, Zihao Lu, Yanqiong Wu, Changbin Ke

“…This study explored the roles of absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2) and stimulator of interferon gene (STING) in BCP using male C57BL/6J mice. Cancers cells were cultured and implanted into the tibia to induce pain-like behavior. …”
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A ADESÃO DOS PROFESSORES NA IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DO PROGRAMA APRENDIZAGEM NA IDADE CERTA NO CARIRI CEARENSE by Rodrigo Gonçalves Duarte, Eric Ferdinando Kanai Passone, Leonardo Felipe Gonçalves Duarte

“…Estudos atuais apontam que tais influências na educação intencionam dividir as responsabilidades das políticas educacionais, isto é, propor um modelo de gestão que valoriza aspectos como eficiência, eficácia, produtividade e resultados, em detrimento de uma formação humanística e cultural. Na pesquisa, do tipo descritiva, com abordagem quantitativa, foi realizada uma fundamentação teórica bibliográfica inspirada em estudiosos marxianos. …”
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Pathways to transform urban food systems: feminist action research from Cape Town and Nairobi by Nicole Paganini, Vanessa Farr, Jes Weigelt

“…Participation in the study enabled communities living in a near-permanent state of precarity and food insecurity, in the absence of culturally appropriate and readily-available supports to mental health, to move beyond an isolated focus on food to explore feelings of psychic safety and security, and also environmental wellbeing, including access to clean air and water, decent and affordable housing, safe and dignified work, and freedom from violence of all forms.…”
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Social adaptation features of Chinese students to online learning in a university by R. V. Lenkov, N. V. Karpova

“…There is significant evidence of this category of students’ preference for a separate position, being inside their foreign cultural group and social circle. A more general project on the study of social well-being of students with special educational needs, has been specifically identified as a promising direction for the development of the research topic.…”
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Effect of Stretching Force on the Cells of Epithelial Rests of Malassez In Vitro by Teruyoshi Koshihara, Kenichi Matsuzaka, Toru Sato, Takashi Inoue

“…Material and Methods. ERM-cultured cells were stretched for 1 hour, at the cycle of 18% elongation for 1 second followed by 1-second relaxation. …”
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A systematic review of social impacts of treatment and rehabilitation of head and neck cancer patients by Rebecca T. Bernstein, Aphra Garner-Purkis, Jennifer E. Gallagher, Sasha Scambler

“…The literature suggests that HNC patients experience a range of social impacts linked to identity, relationships, activities undertaken, and cultural issues. This review concludes that more in-depth larger scale prospective research as well as qualitative research is urgently needed to ascertain how to optimize care for HNC patients.…”
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How cells align to structured collagen fibrils: a hybrid cellular Potts and molecular dynamics model with dynamic mechanosensitive focal adhesions by Koen A. E. Keijzer, Erika Tsingos, Erika Tsingos, Roeland M. H. Merks, Roeland M. H. Merks

“…Many mammalian cells, including endothelial cells and fibroblasts, align and elongate along the orientation of extracellular matrix (ECM) fibers in a gel when cultured in vitro. During cell elongation, clusters of focal adhesions (FAs) form near the poles of the elongating cells. …”
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The Psychometric Properties of the Arabic Preschool Activity Card Sort by Somaya H. Malkawi, Sana M. N. Abu-Dahab, Ahmad F. Amro, Nihad A. Almasri

“…The A-PACS can be considered as a valid and reliable tool to measure participation of preschool children with normal development from Arabic cultures. Future studies should focus on the validity of the A-PACS for use with children with disabilities.…”
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Evaluation of Landscapes and Soundscapes in Traditional Villages in the Hakka Region of Guangdong Province Based on Audio-Visual Interactions by Dongxu Zhang, Hao Chen, Xinyi Zhang, Lingge Tan

“…Traditional villages in the Hakka region of Guangdong Province have attracted significant attention for their unique cultural heritage and traditional lifestyles. Their favourable audio-visual environments offer immersive and realistic experiences for both residents and visitors. …”
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Microbial Contamination in Chicken Meat in Traditional Markets in Banyuwangi by Prima Ayu Wibawati, Yunia Chrismonica, Racca Biana Susanti, Mario Putra Himawan, Afaf Heny Sintya Devy, Juwita Ayu Nirmalasari, Abzal Abdramanov

“…E. coli and Salmonella spp. were identified using Gram staining, culturing, and biochemical tests. The Most Probable Number (MPN) method was used for coliform and E. coli. …”
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