Objective: We aimed to explore correlates and predictors of bereavement severity and persistence (triggered by “loss of a loved one”; referent group partner loss) in the Rotterdam cohort. Method: We used linear regression to examine factors associated with grief severity using a cross-sectional analysis and logistic regression to determine prospective associations. Results: Cross-sectionaly, females, child-lost, higher depressive symptoms, lower education, and difficulties in daily activities were independently associated with a higher bereavement severity. Prospectively (6 years; response rate 71%), the baseline value of the grief severity was the single predictor significantly associated with grief persistence. Discussion: Our results suggest that only grief severity is independently associated with grief persistence. Further studies are needed to confirm our findings.

Aims/hypothesisIn this study, we aimed to examine the association between age at natural menopause and risk of type 2 diabetes, and to assess whether this association is independent of potential mediators.MethodsWe included 3639 postmenopausal women from the prospective, population-based Rotterdam Study. Age at natural menopause was self-reported retrospectively and was treated as a continuous variable and in categories (premature, <40 years; early, 40–44 years; normal, 45–55 years; and late menopause, >55 years [reference]). Type 2 diabetes events were diagnosed on the basis of medical records and glucose measurements from Rotterdam Study visits. HRs and 95% CIs were calculated using Cox proportional hazards models, adjusted for confounding factors; in another model, they were additionally adjusted for potential mediators, including obesity, C-reactive protein, glucose and insulin, as well as for levels of total oestradiol and androgens.ResultsDuring a median follow-up of 9.2 years, we identified 348 individuals with incident type 2 diabetes. After adjustment for confounders, HRs for type 2 diabetes were 3.7 (95% CI 1.8, 7.5), 2.4 (95% CI 1.3, 4.3) and 1.60 (95% CI 1.0, 2.8) for women with premature, early and normal menopause, respectively, relative to those with late menopause (ptrend <0.001). The HR for type 2 diabetes per 1 year older at menopause was 0.96 (95% CI 0.94, 0.98). Further adjustment for BMI, glycaemic traits, metabolic risk factors, C-reactive protein, endogenous sex hormone levels or shared genetic factors did not affect this association.Conclusions/interpretationEarly onset of natural menopause is an independent marker for type 2 diabetes in postmenopausal women.

Este trabalho analisou as relações entre teoria e prática no Subprojeto do Programa Institucional deBolsas de Iniciação à Docência (PIBID) do curso de Pedagogia e suas contribuições para formação docente. Realizou-se a pesquisa no âmbito qualitativo com observação livre e entrevista semiestruturada usando como campo de pesquisa a Escola de Educação Básica Jurandir Liberino de Mesquita, Sinop – Mato Grosso. A fundamentação teórica baseou-se em Antônio Nóvoa, Demerval Saviani e Paulo Freire.Os resultados foram às concretizações das relações de teoria e prática dentro do Subprojeto potencializando assim a formação docente dos acadêmicos do curso de Pedagogia. Palavras-chave: educação; formação docente; teoria e prática; Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação à Docência (PIBID).

We propose to create a secondary beam of neutral kaons in Hall D at Jefferson Lab to be used with the GlueX experimental setup for strange hadron spectroscopy. A flux on the order of 3 x 10^4 KL/s will allow a broad range of measurements to be made by improving the statistics of previous data obtained on hydrogen targets by three orders of magnitude. Use of a deuteron target will provide first measurements on the neutron which is {\it terra incognita}. The experiment will measure both differential cross sections and self-analyzed polarizations of the produced {\Lambda}, {\Sigma}, {\Xi}, and {\Omega} hyperons using the GlueX detector at the Jefferson Lab Hall D. The measurements will span c.m. cos{\theta} from -0.95 to 0.95 in the c.m. range above W = 1490 MeV and up to 3500 MeV. These new GlueX data will greatly constrain partial-wave analyses and reduce model-dependent uncertainties in the extraction of strange resonance properties (including pole positions), and provide a new benchmark for comparisons with QCD-inspired models and lattice QCD calculations. The proposed facility will also have an impact in the strange meson sector by providing measurements of the final-state K{\pi} system from threshold up to 2 GeV invariant mass to establish and improve on the pole positions and widths of all K*(K{\pi}) P-wave states as well as for the S-wave scalar meson {\kappa}(800).

Globalizacija podrazumeva rasprostranjenje svih sfera ljudske delatnosti na planetarnom nivou, uključujući internacionalizaciju novca, kapitala, hartija od vrednosti, prava, tehnologije, informacija, organizacije, robne razmene, iskustva preduzetničke prakse, menadžmenta i marketinga, koji se globalizuju tako što njeni nosioci postaju multinacionalne kompanije. Osnovna svrha i cilj strategija globalizacije i internacionalizacije preduzeća je snižavanja transakcionih troškova, tako da se odlučuje na agresivno strateško internacionalizovanje poslovnih aktivnosti sa jedne strane, a sa druge strane vođenja strategija i internacionalizacije, kako bi se zadržale specifične konkurentske prednosti, odnosno omogućilo da strateške prednosti ne dođu do spoznaje konkurencije. Globalizacija je proces ujedinjavanja sveta u jednu celinu ili jedan sistem, što je moguće zahvaljujući sveukupnom stalnom informacionom i komunikacionom tehnološkom napretku. Svet postaje međusobno integrisan i sve što se događa lokalno, može se odraziti i globalno. Globalizacijom započinju procesi koje se osećaju u svim delovima sveta. Međusobno povezivanje i globalizacija nacionalnih privreda i finansijskih tržišta uticali su na veliku ranjivost ukupne svetske ekonomije. Danas se procesu globalizacije širom sveta suprotstavljaju antiglobalisti. Česti su odgovori na globalizaciju regionalizam, patriotizam i nacionalizam sa ciljem da se, u većoj ili manjoj meri, očuvaju nacionalne i kulturne posebnosti te donekle zaštiti ekonomska nezavisnost. Šta nosi globalizacija, globalne fabrike i ekonomija, pa i sam razvoj sveta kao jedinstvenog sistema u budućnosti, ostaje neizvesno.

The aim of this article is to demonstrate the benefits and justification of the use of GPS systems as a function of telemetry monitoring and control of production in the mining industry. The advantages of using GPS systems and information technology to manage the production in mining compared to the traditional way of managing in details are presented in this article. The analysis of the benefits and the feasibility were performed on the implemented case study with already applied GPS system in “RMU Banovici”. Monitoring by GPS tracking systems is finding ways to reduce operational costs and the identification of possible bottlenecks in the production process to slow down or prevent the growth of production and business. In addition to the revenue side of the increase in output per unit of work, we have reduced costs. Thereby GPS system in the market economy in the function of obtaining lower prices of coal as a product becomes not only justified but necessary. Analyzing the results so far of the application, after the introduction of a system for telemetric monitoring and management part of the technological process, to be noted that the time of operation of the main machinery increased significantly. We realize the benefits this system which offers the implementation for monitoring, and primarily this system raised awareness of employees that has a constant supervision of their work.