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Vieira, Alexandre Teixeira. "My Eyes Have Seen Your Consolation: Παράκλησις in Luke-Acts." Ph.D. diss., Concordia Seminary, 2018. 216 pp. Luke describes Simeon as a faithful Jew who was "awaiting the consolation of Israel." Many interpreters say that this description conveys Luke's idea that there is a separate hope for the nation of Israel, which would be made manifest at some point in the future when the Messiah would bring about political deliverance for them. Others argue that, although Luke himself did not think that was the case, Simeon and other Jews in Luke's narrative did, but the narrative Luke writes serves as a corrective against that view. Many others, however, see no reason to believe that Luke or Simeon envisioned such a nationalistic salvation apart for the spiritual salvation Jesus brought for all who believe. This work argues this third option, approaching it in a way that has not been done before. All of Luke's use of παράκλησις are studied as part of the same interpretative matrix to show that Luke employs that Isaianic promise as the background for the view that consolation in Jesus, be it of Israel or for all, is equivalent to salvation in the narrative, and never points to a nationalistic or political understanding of such salvation.

ABSTRACTAimsThere are many factors that play into the success or failure of dental treatments, and mental health has been hypothesized to increase failure rates in treatment such as resin‐based restorations. The goal of this work was to evaluate if composite resin dental restorations perform the same in individuals with depression in comparison to matched individuals without depression.Methods and resultsA total of 6,026 individuals from the University of Pittsburgh Dental Registry and DNA Repository project were evaluated and 326 patients with depression were selected for this study. They were matched by age, sex, ethnicity, and smoking history with 326 subjects without depression. Rates of failure of resin‐based restorations were determined in both groups. Chi‐square was used for all comparisons with alpha set at 0.05. We found significantly higher failure rates of resin‐based restorations in patients diagnosed with clinical depression (p < 0.00001, OR = 1.89, 95% C.I. 1.6 to 2.23).DiscussionThe significantly higher failure rates in patients with clinical depression suggests that clinical depression has an effect on the success of resin‐based restorations. The results of this study suggest a need for more personalized dental care for patients, which includes taking into account their mental health and its subsequent effects on oral health and hygiene, and customized definitions of follow‐up time intervals.

O presente artigo é uma reflexão a respeito dos processos de exclusão social em cidades médias brasileiras. O texto baseia-se na idéia de que a lógica perversa da globalização e seu impacto na produção do espaço urbano estão provocando mudanças na relação entre as cidades e acirrando ainda mais as desigualdades intra-urbanas. Observa-se que esse processo é bastante acentuado nas cidades médias paulistas. Primeiro, porque essas cidades estão assumindo novos papéis na rede urbana. Em segundo lugar, como nas cidades médias os movimentos populares são frágeis ou inexistentes, a inclusão de poucos privilegiados nos novos circuitos implica, por outro lado, na precarização das condições de vida da grande maioria. Por causa disso, o artigo considera que as cidades médias são territórios da exclusão.