bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Le corps et le féminin dans l'art contemporain
Authors: Monachesi Ribeiro Alessandra
Published: August 2012

Cet article présente le corps et le féminin comme les lieux de bord où nous pouvons faire œuvre, soit construire une subjectivité, à partir du parcours par les travaux de deux artistes contemporaines qui travaillent avec ces thèmes, Nazareth Pacheco et Cindy Sherman, proposant une relation entre l’œuvre d’art, l’économie du regard, le fétichisme, le féminin et la sublimation, ce qui permet au psychanalyste de travailler ces concepts en déconstruisant les lieux destinés au corps et au féminin dans une logique phallique, pour les remettre en tension à partir des questions apportées par les œuvres des artistes.
The making of the sexed body
Authors: Laufer Laurie
Published: August 2012

En quoi la question de la sexualité est-elle importante dans la construction identitaire ? En quoi l’image du corps peut-elle déterminer la construction d’une identité sexuelle ? La fabrique d’un corps échappe-t-elle aux représentations de son temps ? Depuis le XVIIème siècle, la sexualité et les pratiques sexuelles sont l’objet et l’enjeu d’un discours scientifique qui détermine l’identité d’un sujet. Dans ses travaux, Michel Foucault étudie le discours sur le sexe qui établit historiquement le lien entre la sexualité, la subjectivité et l’obligation de vérité, une triade qu’il verse au compte de la psychanalyse comme héritière de cette scientia sexualis qui cherche la vérité au fond du sexe. La psychanalyse a-t-elle perdu le tranchant subversif de son geste qui invente la sexualité infantile polymorphe ?
The “uncanny” and the queer experience
Authors: Bourseul Vincent
Published: August 2012

L'insulte queer désigne celui ou celle dont l'identité sexuelle est vécue comme étrange par un autre. L'étrangeté rencontrée favorise le surgissement de l'inquiétant et de l'angoisse liée. Ainsi « l'expérience queer » peut se lire avec l'inquiétant développé par Sigmund Freud comme le signe du retour d'un conflit psychique anciennement traité, dont le renouvellement dans le présent fait vaciller les solutions, les traitements, les théories infantiles, institués pour défendre le moi contre un conflit historique, par exemple celui lié à la différence sexuelle.
The pains of sexual disclosure
Authors: Pommier François
Published: August 2012

À propos de situations cliniques, il s’agira de montrer dans quelle mesure le dévoilement du choix d’objet homosexuel aux proches et à la famille tout particulièrement, reste une démarche difficile en dépit des années sida et d’une soi-disant libération des mœurs. C’est une question à laquelle nous nous sommes souvent trouvé confronté dans notre pratique clinique, non seulement avec des patients sidéens en psychothérapie ou en psychanalyse mais aussi plus généralement avec des sujets qui consultent pour tout autre chose et qui en viennent assez vite au problème de leur homosexualité débutante et cachée qu’ils vont devoir exprimer verbalement.
The foundations of 19th-century psychiatric approaches to sexual deviance
Authors: Chaperon Sylvie
Published: August 2012

Au prix d’un certain schématisme, l’historien du XIXe siècle peut voir se succéder trois modèles scientifiques encadrant les théories et les pratiques médicales mobilisés autour des déviants sexuels. Dans le premier tiers du siècle, les pionniers de l’aliénisme français formulent la monomanie qui se décline en nymphomanie, érotomanie, satyriasis et, plus tardivement, masturbation. La plupart des observations médicales portent sur des femmes ou des fillettes. Ce cadre théorique, mal dégagé de la culture religieuse, n’est pas sans faire penser aux tentations du démon, il est très contesté. La théorie de la dégénérescence, énoncée à la fin des années 1850, triomphe dans le dernier tiers du siècle où se fixe la nomenclature des perversions. Cette fois, la grande majorité des observations de pervers porte sur des hommes et on peut s’interroger sur le changement du genre des malades qui accompagne ce changement de paradigme. Enfin, au tournant du siècle, s’ébauche une psychologie de la vie sexuelle dont Freud donnera une formulation théorique synthétique.
Natural law and “heteronormativity”
Authors: Pechriggl Alice
Published: August 2012

Le présent texte est une critique des supposés naturalistes du droit qu’on peut trouver dans les discours anthropologiques et psychanalytiques et de leurs implications homophobes. Ceci s’est manifesté notamment lors des processus de législation concernant les couples gays et lesbiens. De l’autre côté il faut aussi voir les enracinements d’un concept vague et passe-partout d’hétéronormativité dans cette même tradition « jusnaturaliste ». Enfin il s’agira de montrer en quoi la psychanalyse de groupe, par la triangulation liée au groupe thérapeutique, pourrait contribuer à rompre les supposés, voire les dogmes essentialistes et discriminants concernant la sexualité que diffusent les institutions classiques de psychanalyse.
The body and subjectivity in social clinical work
Authors: Benhaïm Michèle
Published: August 2012

Ce texte étudie trois temps logiques de la réinsertion sociale et surtout psychique à partir d’une pratique de clinique de rue : le premier temps recouvre l’espace de la rencontre dans la rue sur deux ans, le deuxième temps est celui de l’après-rue, temps au cours duquel émergent les points traumatiques suivis d’éventuelles décompensations, le troisième temps est celui où les sujets s’apaisent et se mettent à élaborer des demandes, en l’occurrence celles de comprendre ce qui les a menés dans la rue. L’objectif de ce texte est de construire une position clinique possible dans ces lieux (de) l’extrême.
La sexualité a-t-elle un passé ?
Authors: Boehringer Sandra
Published: August 2012

La façon de percevoir l’amour et la sexualité des sociétés grecque et romaine est fort différente de celle des sociétés occidentales contemporaines en ce que l’identité de sexe des individus n’entre que peu en considération pour caractériser l’érotisme et les plaisirs. Dans la poésie archaïque (VIIe-VIe siècles avant notre ère), les poètes insistent avant tout sur les effets d’érôs et sa force, en évoquant les atteintes sur le corps de la personne touchée (celle qui aime) et les sensations paradoxales qu’elle ressent (sensation de dissolution, perte des repères, douceur). Dans ces contextes, l’émotion et le désir caractérisent indistinctement les amours entre hommes et jeunes hommes, entre femmes, entre homme et femmes. Au IVe siècle, dans un passage du Banquet devenu célèbre pour son évocation de la figure de l’androgyne, Platon élabore un mythe philosophique qui, loin d’expliquer l’origine d’une anachronique « hétérosexualité » ou « homosexualité », déploie les facettes d’un erôs comme élan. Ces approches du monde antique, avec l’outil du genre, permettent d’historiciser les catégories de sexe et de sexualité et, par effet de conséquence, mettent en évidence la dimension culturelle et construite – la dimension politique – de la sexualité contemporaine.
Jacques Lacan démantelant sa propre clinique
Authors: Allouch Jean
Published: August 2012

Distinguée par Michel Foucault sous le nom de « fonction psy », la prégnance du discours psychologisant dans la cité est désormais d’une emprise telle en Occident qu’il apparaît presque naturel que le pouvoir, quel qu’il soit, s’adresse aux supposés détenteurs de ce discours lorsque vient au jour une question dite « de société ». On indique qu’à cet endroit le psychanalyste, lui en tout cas, ne peut que s’abstenir. Également qu’une telle abstention est interne à son exercice ; elle y prend ses racines dans un refus actif, quand il s’agit d’accueillir quelqu’un, d’user de quelque grille nosographique que ce soit, autrement dit de cataloguer.
Le jouir d'un corps et la métaphore subjective dans le lien social contemporain : trois cas de maladie auto-immune et idiopathique
Authors: Malichin Katerina
Published: August 2012

L’augmentation brutale des maladies auto-immunes relève de la nouvelle clinique de la société contemporaine sous l’imposition du discours du capitaliste . La place du sujet dans le symbolique est transformée : Sujets présents, mais non dénommés. La maladie auto-immune ou idiopathique ébranle le sujet et le corps. Le Discours de la médecine et de la science ne suffit pas pour la connaître, et pour cela nous la considérons comme un phénomène psychosomatique selon l’enseignement de Lacan. Il s’agit d’une autopoïèse du sujet dans une procédure de métaphore subjective où le corps devient barrière de la jouissance et lieu d’inscription de la perte.
Réussir sa carrière : qu'est-ce que cela signifie ?
Authors: Dahan Jacqueline , Dufour Yvon
Published: August 2012

Résumé Au cours des dernières années, l’internationalisation et des changements survenus dans l’environnement économique et démographique ont fortement modifié la trajectoire des carrières en gestion de même que la conception du succès aussi bien au point de vue individuel qu’au point de vue organisationnel. Parallèlement, la crise économique et de nombreuses fraudes financières commises par des dirigeants reconnus ont terni et remis en question notre conception traditionnelle des dirigeants-vedettes tout comme celle de leur succès et de ce que signifie, plus globalement, réussir en tant que gestionnaire. Il apparaît alors important – pour les personnes et pour les dirigeants d’entreprise – de s’interroger sur ce que veut dire le succès en carrière afin de mieux le gérer. Une revue de la documentation nous permet de présenter différents modèles et métaphores du succès professionnel. Cette réflexion sur le succès ainsi que les résultats d’une étude que nous avons menée sur le sujet interpellent non seulement les gestionnaires qui gèrent leur vie professionnelle, mais aussi les organisations qui les embauchent et les écoles de gestion qui les forment. Fonctions : management, GRH Industries : toutes
Monitoring the Northern Current in the Gulf of Lions with an observing system simulation experiment
Authors: Duchez Aurélie , Verron Jacques , Brankart Jean-Michel , Ourmières Yann , Fraunié Philippe
Published: August 2012

The coastal circulation in the Gulf of Lions (GoL) is influenced by the Northern Current (NC), forced by a complex wind system and also affected by important river discharges from the Rhône River. Correct modelling of this current is therefore important for obtaining a good representation of the gulf circulation. An observing system simulation experiment using the SEEK filter data assimilation method was used in a regional 1/16° configuration of the GoL in the NEMO model. The synthetic observation database used for the experiment comprised altimetric data in addition to in-situ temperature and salinity profiles. Statistical diagnostics and other physical criteria based on the improvement of NC representation were set up in order to assess the quality of this experiment. Comparisons between the free 1/16° simulation and the experience with assimilation show that data assimilation significantly improved the description of the characteristics of the NC as well as its seasonal and mesoscale variability, which in turn improved the description of the water exchanges between the coastal region and the open sea.
Staying Relevant and Current with Online Learning in an Increasingly Global and Competitive Environment
Authors: Lynch Grace , James Rhys
Published: August 2012

This paper outlines the success of online learning in the workplace with corporate partners through Open Universities Australia (OUA). OUA is recognized as the national leader in online higher education in Australia with over 200,000 students studying with OUA since 1993. The corporate program helps employees formalize or extend their current skills, reach the next level in their organization or pursue relevant interests through tertiary studies. The business sector sees OUA as a highly attractive solution to fostering a culture of professional development, engagement and inclusiveness.
Adding Social Media to e-Learning in the Workplace: Instilling Interactive Learning Culture
Authors: Leino Juha , Tanhua-Piiroinen Erika , Sommers-Piiroinen Johanna
Published: August 2012

As social media features are increasingly added to e-learning, we urgently need more case studies of their use to ground practices in actual experience rather than hype. Using ethnography-based approach, we studied five continuous pro-fessional development pilot trainings where learning largely took place at workplace through wikis, blogs, forums, chats and voice conferencing. Learners valued interactivity, peer support and abundant, instant feedback offered by synchro-nous features. Simultaneously, however, asynchronous fea-tures were often treated as chores and overall interactive learning culture failed to emerge. Instructors, while explicitly encouraging social learning approach, implicitly reinforced teacher-centered learning, leading learners to stick to conven-tional learning culture. Also, training designs often failed to engender interaction. Moreover, at general level, group sizes were too big, moderation was not used efficiently, and differ-ing skill sets of learners were not evened out. The lessons learned from these trainings offer us insight into how to design e-learning enhanced with social media and how to avoid po-tential pitfalls. Particularly, we discuss designing interactivity into the e-learning process.
Preparing IS Students for Real-World Interaction with End Users Through Service Learning
Authors: Hall Laura L. , Johnson Roy D.
Published: August 2012

Although teaching the technical skills required of Information Systems (IS) graduates is a straightforward process, it is far more difficult to prepare students in the classroom environment for the challenges they will face interacting with end users in the real world. The ability to establish a successful relationship with end users is a critical success factor for any IS project. One way to prepare students for interaction with end users is through the implementation of service learning projects. Service learning projects provide a rich environment for students to experience real world interactions with users. This paper presents an organizational model to guide the implementation of service learning projects in IS curriculums. Service learning projects better prepare students to assume important management positions by giving them experience in applying the system development life cycle to an IS project and working with people. This organizational model uses the system development life cycle approach to integrate typical curriculum and service learning models. The organizational model is grounded in anecdotal evidence from prior experiences with IS students in service learning environments.
Computational Engineering in the Cloud
Authors: Hochstein Lorin , Schott Brian , Graybill Robert B.
Published: August 2012

Cloud computing services, which allow users to lease time on remote computer systems, must be particularly attractive to smaller engineering organizations that use engineering simulation software. Such organizations have occasional need for substantial computing power but may lack the budget and in-house expertise to purchase and maintain such resources locally. The case study presented in this paper examines the potential benefits and practical challenges that a medium-sized manufacturing firm faced when attempting to leverage computing resources in a cloud computing environment to do model-based simulation. Results show substantial reductions in execution time for the problem of interest, but several socio-technical barriers exist that may hinder more widespread adoption of cloud computing within engineering.
Scientific End-User Developers and Barriers to User/Customer Engagement
Authors: Segal Judith , Morris Chris
Published: August 2012

When software supports the complex and poorly understood application domain of cutting-edge science, effective engagement between its users/customers and developers is crucial. Drawing on recent literature, the authors examine barriers to such engagement. Significant among these barriers is the effects of the experience that many research scientists have of local scientific end-user development. Through a case study, the authors demonstrate that involving such scientists in a team developing software for a widely distributed group of scientists can have a positive impact on establishing requirements and promoting adoption of the software. However, barriers to effective engagement exist, which scientific end-user developers can do little to address. Such barriers stem from the essential nature of scientific practice.
Relationship between Types of Question Prompts and Critical Thinking in Online Discussions
Authors: Richardson Jennifer C. , Sadaf Ayesha , Ertmer Peggy A.
Published: August 2012

This chapter addresses the relationship between types of initial question prompts and the levels of critical thinking demonstrated by students’ responses in online discussions. The chapter is framed around a research study involving discussion prompts that were coded and classified using Andrews’ typology (1980). Students’ responses (n=1132), taken from 27 discussion forums, were coded using the four-stage Practical Inquiry Model (PIM) (Garrison, Anderson & Archer, 2001). Among the nine question types explored, Critical Incident questions were most effective in generating high levels of student thinking. This was followed by Lower Divergent, Shotgun, and Analytical Convergent question responses that mainly resulted in students achieving the Integration phase of the PIM. Moreover, validation of the discussion prompts provides an updated typology that categorizes question prompts based on the verbal structure of online discussions. This chapter provides important implications for instructors who teach online, especially those looking for general guidelines regarding how to structure discussion prompts to elicit high quality student responses.
Let’s Enhance Learners’ Cultural Discussions
Authors: Oskoz Ana
Published: August 2012

This chapter reports on a study that examined the construction of a community of inquiry in a blended, foreign language, undergraduate, lower-level course. Students’ asynchronous discussions were analyzed by applying the social presence coding scheme developed by Rourke, Anderson, Garrison, and Archer (2001), by Garrison, Anderson, and Archer’s (2001) practical inquiry model, and Anderson, Rourke, Garrison, and Archer’s (2001) teaching presence code. The results indicate that undergraduate students were able to create an environment that encouraged reflection and meaningful interactions in online discussions. The blended environment, however, promoted different types of social interactions than those previously found in exclusively online discussions, with a lower presence of cohesive and affective indicators. At the cognitive level, this study suggests that while maintaining restrained intervention, a more active instructor presence is needed for entry-level learners to move to a higher level of cognitive activity — one which allows them to integrate concepts and move beyond simple description of concepts and ideas. In terms of teaching presence, the initial instructional design allowed learners to engage in similar interactions to those developed specifically for the online medium; yet, the author also found that the instructor’s presence is required for the best educational outcomes.
Pedagogical Counseling Program Development through an Adapted Community of Inquiry Framework
Authors: Aldana-Vargas María Fernanda , Gras-Martí Albert , Montoya Juny , Osorio Luz Adriana
Published: August 2012

This chapter describes an institutional Pedagogical Counseling program-assessment and systematizing initiative in terms of an adapted Community of Inquiry framework. An inquiry through pedagogical-counseling experience-exchange process was set up to analyze, assess and potentiate ongoing support activities by the staff members of the Center for Research and Development in Education (CIFE) in counseling projects of undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Garrison, Anderson, and Archer’s (2000) Community of Inquiry framework has been adapted to the authors’ pedagogical counseling process in order to conceptualize CIFE staff’s review exercise. The process includes ample opportunities to discuss and reflect on key counseling design questions, explore counseling programs from a pedagogical perspective and implement and evaluate new tutoring designs. This chapter describes the inquiry process and the lessons learned from the implementation of the pedagogical counseling inquiry exercise.
Expanding the CoI
Authors: Díaz Sebastián Romualdo
Published: August 2012

This chapter explores how the foundational principles of the Community of Inquiry survey can be used to assess and evaluate parallel processes for Knowledge Workers, given that online teaching and learning is quite similar to “online working.” The phenomenon analogous to teaching presence in online learning is a knowledge worker’s ability to create and disseminate knowledge. Communities of Practice provide a measurable phenomenon analogous to social presence. Finally, data-driven decision-making’s use for evaluation, coupled with innovation, serves as a phenomenon parallel to cognitive presence. Together, these three measures, developed in parallel with teaching, social and cognitive presence, provide an effective framework for evaluating online work, which is quite similar to online learning.
Through the Looking Glass
Authors: Ice Phil , Burgess Melissa
Published: August 2012

This chapter explores how emerging technologies may challenge the CoI framework to evolve and account for new types of learner and instructor interactions. An exploration of processes inherent within the three presences is contextualized against the architecture of learning management systems, with attention given to those elements that are most likely to be impacted moving forward. As examples, innovations in digital publishing, multi-screen, multi-user virtual environments, on-demand education, adaptive learning environments and analytics are discussed, with a focus on how advancements in these areas may require rethinking and realignment of some aspects of the CoI framework.
Motion Control of an Omni-Directional Walker for Walking Support
Authors: Tan Renpeng , Wang Shuoyu , Jiang Yinlai , Ishida Kenji , Fujie Masakatsu G.
Published: August 2012

With the increase in the percentage of the population defined as elderly, increasing numbers of people suffer from walking disabilities due to illness or accidents. An omni-directional walker (ODW) has been developed that can support people with walking disabilities and allow them to perform indoor walking. The ODW can identify the user’s directional intention based on the user’s forearm pressures and then supports movement in the intended direction. In this chapter, a reference trajectory is generated based on the intended direction in order to support directed movement. The ODW needs to follow the generated path. However, path tracking errors occur because the center of gravity (COG) of the system shifts and the load changes due to user`s pressure. An adaptive control method is proposed to deal with this issue. The results of simulations indicate that the ODW can accurately follow the user’s intended direction by inhibiting the influence of COG shifts and the resulting load change. The proposed scheme is feasible for supporting indoor movement.
A Mirror Visual Feedback Therapy System Applying Virtual Reality Technology
Authors: Gofuku Akio , Fukumori Satoshi , Sato Kenji
Published: August 2012

A VR-MVF system was developed and used for the treatment of CRPS at the Okayama University Hospital. Preliminary results from applying this system in patients showed that VR-MVF therapy may be plausible for CRPS treatment. The effects of VR-MVF therapy, however, may be enhanced by increasing the frequency of treatments. Thus, a remote personal VR-MVF system was designed for future implementation, and a prototype personal VR-MVF system was developed. Patient evaluation of the prototype system by the PQ test shows the feasibility of our VR system for CRPS treatment.
Self-Body Recognition and its Impairment
Authors: Shimada Sotaro
Published: August 2012

Self-body recognition is the ability to recognize one’s body parts as one’s own. This ability is impaired in some neuropsychiatric patients. The present chapter reviews symptoms that demonstrate impaired self-body recognition. Several studies have repeatedly shown that the parietal lobe plays an important role in self-body recognition. In particular, the superior parietal lobe is involved in maintaining short-term memory about the self-body image that produces the sense of ownership of one’s body. The right inferior parietal lobule is crucial for detecting discrepancies among multiple afferent sensory inputs, such as the proprioceptive and visual inputs of the body. The authors suggest that temporal consistency among multisensory feedback inputs is important for self-body recognition, which is most likely integrated in the parietal lobe.
Neuronal Function in the Cortical Face Perception Network
Authors: Wang Bin , Yan Tianyi , Wu Jinglong
Published: August 2012

Face perception is considered the most developed visual perceptual skill in humans. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have graphically illustrated that multiple regions exhibit a stronger neural response to faces than to other visual object categories, which were specialized for face processing. These regions are in the lateral side of the fusiform gyrus, the “fusiform face area” or FFA, in the inferior occipital gyri, the “occipital face area” or OFA, and in the superior temporal sulcus (pSTS). These regions are supposed to perform the visual analysis of faces and appear to participate differentially in different types of face perception. An important question is how faces are represented within these areas. In this chapter, the authors review the function, interaction, and topography of these regions relevant to face perception. They also discuss the human neural systems that mediate face perception and attempt to show some research dictions for face perception and neural representations.
Evaluation of Walking Motions with the Aid of Walkers Using Acceleration Sensors
Authors: Okamoto Satoru , Hirotomi Tetsuya , Aoki Keigo , Hosomi Yasutomo
Published: August 2012

Walkers are tools that are used to improve self-reliance when walking. In this study, the unstable motions of gait in subjects who use walkers were analyzed using tri-axial accelerometers and a motion capture system. Several markers were placed on the subjects’ backs and legs, and two high-speed video cameras were employed to record the motion of these markers. The subjects were asked to walk around a test course at a comfortable speed. The activities performed on the test course consisted of standing, normal walking, fast walking, walking over a barrier, and falling down. The authors’ results determined the characteristic rules of gait motion with walker use. They found that acceleration sensors are convenient for extracting characteristics from the gait motions. They believe that the methods employed with the acceleration sensors are suitable for the discovery of the average gait motions of elderly patients living in nursing homes and can be used to evaluate walking motion before and after rehabilitation.
Breast Hemangioma: MR Appearance with Histopathological Correlation
Authors: Ameen Rasha , Mandalia Uday , Marr Amanda (Anne) , Mckensie Paula
Published: August 2012

Breast hemangioma is a rare tumor and when small, it may be difficult to diagnose using conventional imaging techniques. In this report the MR appearance is described with histopathological correlation.
Paracentesis as Surgical Intervention in Traumatic Hyphaema: Opinions and Practices of Nigerian Ophthalmologists
Authors: Chuka Okosa Michael , Lawrence Obizoba Onyekwe
Published: August 2012

Introduction

Various aspects of management of traumatic hyphaema are enmeshed in controversy. Surgery is done to prevent complications: optic atrophy and corneal blood staining occurring if a high risk exists of either or both occurring. Circumstances considered high risk do not enjoy universal consensus.

Objectives

To determine what Nigerian ophthalmologists consider absolute indications for surgical intervention by means of anterior chamber paracentesis and hyphaema washout in closed globe traumatic hyphaema, evaluate these absolute indications, and attempt to evolve a guideline for surgical intervention based on areas of consensus and disagreement.

Method

A semi-structured, pre-tested questionnaire with responses analyzed with SPSS 11 software.

Result

Near universal agreement on indication exist on early corneal blood staining and sickle cell haemoglobinopathy. Differing views concern blackball, volume and duration of hyphaema and secondary hypertension-associated hyphaema. However, it appears surgery is embarked on earlier than other practitioners elsewhere may consider necessary.

Conclusion

Risk level for non-surgical management against risk and benefit of surgery should be evaluated for each individual before surgery.
Review: The recruitment biology and ecology of large and small crabgrass in turfgrass: Implications for management in the context of a cosmetic pesticide ban
Authors: Turner Fawn A. , Jordan Katerina S. , Van Acker Rene C.
Published: August 2012

Turner, F. A., Jordan, K. S. and Van Acker, R. C. 2012. Review: The recruitment biology and ecology of large and small crabgrass in turfgrass: Implications for management in the context of a cosmetic pesticide ban. Can. J. Plant Sci. 92: 829–845. Large and small crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis and Digitaria ischaemum, respectively) are problem weeds within turfgrass. As seedling recruitment shapes the demography of annual weeds, it is important to assess the recruitment biology and ecology of crabgrass species to determine how these aspects may be impacted by various management techniques. This, in addition to an assessment of large and small crabgrass’ response to cultural management techniques in turfgrass, is the objective of this review. Turfgrass management either directly or indirectly affects the crabgrass recruitment microclimate by impacting the soil, topography, resources or plant cover, which in turn affects the degree and timing of crabgrass recruitment. Due to the increasing number and scale of cosmetic use pesticide bans in Canada this topic is particularly relevant. Crabgrass experiences a dormancy period of several weeks prior to being able to germinate. Microsite conditions of temperature and moisture have the greatest influence on dormancy breaking and germination; however, other factors such as light have shown some effect on recruitment. There is also evidence that factors such as seed scarification or treatment with nitrogenous compounds can increase recruitment. In turfgrass, common cultural practices, such as mowing, irrigation, and fertilization, can affect the recruitment of crabgrass. By pairing knowledge of the effects of microsite conditions on crabgrass recruitment with management that favours turfgrass vigour, better management practices to deter crabgrass infestation can be recommended. There are large gaps in research pertaining to the effects of cultural management techniques on crabgrass recruitment. Research to date has failed to make critical links between knowledge of these species’ recruitment biology and ecology and how this is affected or can be applied through herbicide alternative management. This review recommends that regional assessments of crabgrass populations are necessary to determine the most appropriate management strategies. This type of research would have the potential to guide ideal application timings for existing and developing alternative herbicides as well as recommendations for the best cultural management practices to deter crabgrass infestation in turf.
Site-specific wild oat (Avena fatua L.) management
Authors: Beckie H. J. , Shirriff S.
Published: August 2012

Beckie, H. J. and Shirriff, S. 2012. Site-specific wild oat ( Avena fatua L.) management. Can. J. Plant Sci. 92: 923–931. Variation in soil properties, such as soil moisture, across a hummocky landscape may influence wild oat emergence and growth. To evaluate wild oat emergence, growth, and management according to landscape position, a study was conducted from 2006 to 2010 in a hummocky field in the semiarid Moist Mixed Grassland ecoregion of Saskatchewan. The hypothesis tested was that wild oat emergence and growth would be greater in lower than upper slope positions under normal or dry early growing season conditions. Three herbicide treatments were imposed on the same plots each year of a 2-yr canola (Brassica napus L.) – wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) sequence: (1) nontreated (weedy) control; (2) herbicide application to upper and lower slope positions (i.e., full or blanket application); and (3) herbicide application to lower slope position only. Slope position affected crop and weed densities before in-crop herbicide application in years with dry spring growing conditions. Site-specific wild oat herbicide application in hummocky fields in semiarid regions may be justified based on results of wild oat control averaged across slope position. In year 2 of the crop sequence (wheat), overall (i.e., lower and upper slope) wild oat control based on density, biomass, and dockage (i.e., seed return) was similar between site-specific and full herbicide treatment in 2 of 3 yr. Because economic thresholds have not been widely adopted by growers in managing wild oat, site-specific treatment in years when conditions warrant may be an appropriate compromise between no application and blanket herbicide application.
Minkowski valuations intertwining the special linear group
Authors: Haberl Christoph
Published: August 2012

All continuous Minkowski valuations which are compatible with the special linear group are completely classiﬁed. One consequence of these classiﬁcations is a new characterization of the projection body operator.
Gestión académica y estrategias para la retención de la matrícula: Programas de Tutorías en la universidad pública
Authors: Arana Marta , Bianculli Karina , Uriondo Ernesto
Published: August 2012

El siglo XXI enfrenta a la Gestión en la universidad pública con nuevos desafíos. En el área académica, una problemática insoslayable es el tema del abandono de los alumnos, muy destacada en los primeros años de las carreras que cursan. La problemática del abandono de los alumnos en la universidad pública argentina es un tema prioritario en la Educación Superior. En la actualidad se nos  presenta una población estudiantil crecientemente heterogénea en su formación sociocultural y  en su composición sociodemográfica (sexo, edad), siendo un desafío avanzar hacia la inclusión,  manteniendo la calidad educativa en un contexto socioeconómico de creciente desigualdad, donde los estudios superiores desaparecen del horizonte de expectativas de miles de jóvenes año a año. Desde la década de los 80 del siglo pasado se percibe un gran interés por parte de las autoridades académicas por crear Servicios y Programas de Orientación Universitaria, que van más allá de la mera información y con lo que se busca una mejor preparación y un desarrollo más integral de los jóvenes para la transición a la vida  social activa. Desde el año 2006 el Grupo de investigación de la UNMDP,  Programa Universidad analiza el desgranamiento de la matrícula universitaria. A través de estos años se ha realizado una profunda investigación a través de la  metodología cuali-cuantitativa sobre el universo de alumnos. Pudiéndose definir su perfil y las dificultades más habituales  como  el acceso de los aspirantes que provienen de la educación media pública,  la lentificaciòn en la carrera y el abandono, principalmente en el primer año. La presente ponencia tiene como objetivo principal presentar ante la comunidad académica las experiencias en torno a la implementación del  Programa Piloto de Tutores Inicialesque viene  desarrollándose en el ámbito de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales, de la UNMDP
Política educacional para a “Universidade microondas”: gestão universitária, trabalho docente e qualidade da formação humana sob o efeito do “mercado educador”
Authors: Santos Aparecida de Fátima Tiradentes dos
Published: August 2012

Este artigo tem como objetivo discutir a situação do trabalho docente nas Instituições de Educação Superior (IES) privadas no contexto de reestruturação operada neste setor nos últimos anos. Construímos a síntese sobre o fenômeno, examinamos sua concreticidade, a partir de alguns dos elementos que o compõem, organizados em dois eixos interrelacionados: os aspectos político-econômicos e os pedagógico-ideológicos. Examinaremos, assim, o processo de mercantilização da educação e reestruturação das bases técnicas e de gestão trabalho docente nas IES privadas, a ressiginificação das relações pedagógicas (sujeito/sujeito e sujeito/conhecimento), os efeitos sobre a qualidade da formação humana desenvolvida nestas instituições e sobre a identidade profissional do docente, a partir da análise dos seguintes elementos infra e superestruturais: neoliberalismo, reestruturação do capital, mudanças de paradigmas no mundo do trabalho, “crise” de paradigmas do conhecimento e as ações orgânicas empreendidas pelo capital e pelo trabalho neste setor.
Os índices IGC, ENADE e CAPES nos cursos de administração
Authors: Escobar Maria Andréa Rocha , Dalfovo Michael Samir , Verdinelli Miguel Angel
Published: August 2012

Recentemente foi criado o Índice Geral de Curso (IGC) que avalia as instituições de uma maneira geral. Esse índice é gerado a partir de uma série de outros índices, bem como ENADE e CAPES. A utilização do índice poderá auxiliar gestores de IES e coordenadores de cursos como suporte para tomadas de decisão. Nesse sentido, o presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a similitude existente entre os índices de avaliação IGC, ENADE e CAPES dos cursos de administração. O curso de administração foi escolhido pela familiaridade dos autores com a área. A pesquisa desenvolvida foi de caráter exploratório, a partir de dados secundários que permitiram gerar uma tabela para 51 IES. A técnica estatística utilizada foi a Análise de Correspondência Múltipla. Os resultados demonstram que os cursos de administração corroboram com as notas altas do IGC. O destaque é para as regiões Sul e Sudeste, bem como para programas de pós-graduação em nível de mestrado, acadêmico e profissional, e doutorado, principalmente nas universidades federais. Conclui-se que este estudo poderá auxiliar gestores a refletir e relacionar o IGC com os cursos oferecidos de forma a buscar excelência, além de auxiliá-los a manter um mapeamento dos concorrentes.
Ciência, tecnologia e humanização da sociedade: a função da Universidade
Authors: Giustina Osvaldo Della
Published: August 2012

Ciência, tecnologia e humanização da sociedade: a função da Universidade
Moviendo voluntades: los agentes del cambio y la organización universitaria interamericana
Authors: Muñoz-Ledo Maria del Pilar Velasco
Published: August 2012

Durante los últimos años, la educación superior se ha enfrentado a uno de los retos más serios de las últimas décadas, que impone limitaciones y desafíos específicos para el establecimiento de su agenda a nivel mundial. Las instituciones de educación superior (IES) afrontan demandas y presiones para cumplir su función social ante una sociedad que se transforma drásticamente y que enfrenta, a su vez, problemáticas y retos emergentes que requieren nuevos desarrollos científicos, sociales y profesionales más acordes a las necesidades sociales. Pero sería un error pensar que la transformación de la educación superior descansa únicamente en la claridad de sus propósitos con miras al futuro: es necesario también el desarrollo de los agentes del cambio que la llevarán a cabo. Los académicos son, sin duda, actores fundamentales del diseño y preparación de esta evolución, pero replantear las funciones de investigación, formación y vinculación implica igualmente un cambio en las formas de organización y gestión; así, los líderes y administradores de las IES deben prepararse para anticipar y conducir los cambios que lograrán mejores instituciones con una mayor contribución social. La Organización Universitaria Interamericana pretende contribuir en la formación de tales agentes, a través del IGLU y los servicios que éste proporciona a las instituciones afiliadas.
Análise dos recursos públicos aplicados no restaurante universitário de uma instituição federal de ensino superior
Authors: Souza Francisca Aparecida de , Silva César Augusto Tiburcio
Published: August 2012

O objetivo do estudo é a análise dos recursos públicos aplicados no Restaurante Universitário de uma Instituição Federal de Ensino Superior e a verificação da opinião dos usuários do serviço de alimentação. É um estudo de caso, que envolveu a pesquisa documental de relatórios dos sistemas de informações da instituição e do Sistema de Informações da Administração Financeira do Governo Federal. Foi apurado e analisado o resultado financeiro, o custo unitário da refeição, a evolução do funcionamento do restaurante e a verificação da satisfação de seus usuários. Os resultados mostram uma atividade deficitária o que evidencia dependência financeira de recursos públicos federal, além dos gerados internamente pela instituição. No período analisado, foram aplicados R$ 42,1 milhões no restaurante, sendo que a receita gerada pelo restaurante foi de R$ 6,4 milhões.  A opinião dos usuários, verificada por meio de questionário, evidencia a satisfação da maioria em relação à “qualidade do alimento” e “preço da refeição”. O resultado do teste estatístico do qui-quadrado-χ2 ,considerando os respondentes que têm bolsa alimentação, denota-se a associação significativa (Р = 0,001) entre a “qualidade do alimento” e a “variedade do cardápio”.
Autonomia do aluno na educação a distância: o caso do curso de administração a distância da UFSC
Authors: Jacobsen Alessandra de Linhares , Pereira Maurício Fernandes , Dalmau Marcos Baptista Lopez , Nunes Rogério da Silva , Rocha Rudimar Antunes da , Bianchi Isaias Scalabrin
Published: August 2012

O presente artigo objetiva analisar como o Curso de Administração a Distância da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) administra a autonomia conferida ao seu alunado em função das características inerentes a tal modalidade de ensino. Para tanto, faz uso de uma pesquisa qualitativa, bibliográfica, descritiva, e um estudo de caso, realizada entre outubro de 2010 e finalizada em junho de 2011. A amostra, não-probabilística escolhida por acessibilidade e tipicidade, é formada pelo Chefe de Departamento/CAD, Coordenador do Curso e 3 membros da Comissão de Planejamento, Organização e Funcionamento do curso. Pela entrevista não-estruturada e observação participante natural obtiveram-se os dados primários. O Curso apresenta resultados favoráveis na implementação da aprendizagem independente, porém fragilidades comportamentais e tecnológicas afetam a autonomia do aluno.
Comparação internacional entre custos universitários
Authors: Soares Thiago Coelho , Mazon Gisele , Soares Ailton Nazareno
Published: August 2012

Este artigo consiste, objetivamente, em uma análise comparativa do custo por aluno entre universidades de distintos países. Todavia, buscou-se coletar informações referentes a esta problemática. Para tanto, foram realizadas entrevistas com personalidades que pudessem elucidar esta problemática. Os resultados revelam a importância de observarmos com cuidado as diferenças internacionais na educação superior. Desta feita, uma adequação do sistema brasileiro ao sistema europeu ou norte-americano seria importante. Portanto, concluiu-se que as comparações internacionais devem respeitar pelo menos dois fatores basilares: poder de compra no país e nível de pesquisa na instituição universitária. Desta maneira, as comparações internacionais entre as universidades serão menos distorcidas, o que facilitará possíveis negócios.
Dimensionamento do sistema de transferência de conhecimento científico e tecnológico do SOCIUS/ISEG, da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
Authors: Pacheco Andressa Sasaki Vasques , Rissi Maurício , Ferreira José Maria Carvalho , Nakayama Marina Keiko
Published: August 2012

A Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, por meio do Instituto de Pesquisas e Administração Universitária (INPEAU) e a Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, representada pelo Centro Investigação em Sociologia Econômica (SOCIUS) firmaram uma parceria de pesquisa. Fazendo parte deste projeto, esta pesquisa propõe-se a Dimensionar o sistema de transferência de conhecimento científico e tecnológico do SOCIUS/ISEG, da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa para a sociedade organizada.Quanto ao tipo de estudo, caracteriza-se como teórico-empírico, descritivo, aplicado, bibliográfica e estudo de caso. Em relação à abordagem desta pesquisa, classifica-se como predominante quantitativa. Conclui-se que este possui um alcance internacional, por meio da análise do site, das pesquisas realizadas e os acordos de cooperação em rede. Sugere-se que se amplie as bases de dados com suas pesquisas e artigos, para fortalecer a disseminação do conhecimento, ampliando também o acesso ao site do SOCIUS.
Modelos utilizados pela educação a distância: uma síntese centrada nas instituições de ensino superior brasileiras
Authors: Silva Andreza Regina Lopes da , Rebelo Sabrina , Nunes Carolina Schmitt , Spanhol Fernando José , Santos João Vianney Valle dos
Published: August 2012

O artigo tem como objetivo apresentar os diferentes modelos de práticas de Educação a Distância utilizados pelas Instituições de Ensino Superior no Brasil. Para tanto, a metodologia utilizada caracteriza a pesquisa como teórico-empírico; já a sua abordagem classifica-se como quantitativa. A unidade de análise escolhida foi a totalidade das Instituições de Ensino Superior credenciadas pelo Ministério da Educação no ano de 2010, o que caracteriza o estudo como censitário para este universo. As análises foram realizadas com base em dados primários, adquiridos por meio de contatos realizados com as Instituições via sites, chats e e-mails. Como resultado, observa-se que, das Instituições credenciadas em 2010 para a modalidade da educação a distância, o modelo semipresencial é o mais utilizado, com 75%, seguido pelo virtual (14%), após o da tele-educação (7%) e, por último, o híbrido (3%). Conclui-se que a educação a distância, em sua prática, vem assumindo um caráter multimidiático, haja vista que o modelo “hegemônico” utilizado pelas Instituições deste estudo possui, em seu cerne, tal característica.
Gestão ambiental em instituição de ensino superior: uma análise da aderência de uma instituição de ensino superior comunitária aos objetivos da agenda ambiental na administração pública (A3P)
Authors: Kruger Silvana Dalmutt , Freitas Claudio Luiz de , Pfitscher Elisete Dahmer , Petri Sergio Murilo
Published: August 2012

As discussões acerca da sustentabilidade, responsabilidade social e gestão ambiental tem ganhado espaço e repercussão nas últimas décadas. O governo federal enquanto promotor de políticas públicas e ações que pautam o desenvolvimento sustentável, criou a Agenda Ambiental na Administração Pública (A3P). Passível de adesão por todos os entes da públicos, o programa governamental visa alinhar os entes da administração pública as novas práticas que favoreçam o desenvolvimento sustentável. Desta forma a presente pesquisa busca analisar a aderência de uma instituição comunitária de ensino superior a A3P. Para tanto, o estudo de caso, exploratório com abordagem qualitativa adotou a seguinte trajetória metodológica: Inicialmente procedeu-se a revisão de literatura. Em seguida e aplicou-se um check-list junto aos responsáveis pela administração central da instituição e, por fim, procedeu-se a análise de resultados. Tais resultados mostram que a instituição atende aos cinco objetivos propostos. Em relação aos eixos temáticos observa-se a necessidade de melhoria nas ações no que se refere a qualidade de vida dos colaboradores da instituição. Assim como se observa que o gargalo na gestão ambiental da instituição, encontra-se no que se refere às compras sustentáveis, a qual foi identificada como inexistente na organização.