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TRANSMISSÃO DA FÉ EM CONTEXTO PÓS-MODERNO
Authors: Duque João Manuel
Published: September 2016

O artigo parte de uma análise de alguns paradoxos da condição pósmoderna, concentrando-se nas tensões entre individualização e massificação, entre fragmentarização e holismo e entre secularização e sacralização. Fazendo depois uma breve análise da estrutura do ato de fé, retira por último as consequências do contexto cultural pós-moderno analisado para o processo de transmissão da fé, sobretudo no seu impacto sobre as culturas juvenis. Exploram-se as potencialidades do personalismo, frente ao individualismo e à massificação; as potencialidades das identidades particulares e universais, frente aos problemas do fragmentário e do holístico, e as possibilidades de uma verdadeira secularização, frente aos problemas do secularismo e da sacralização neo-religiosa.ABSTRACT: The article stems from an analysis of some paradoxes of the postmodern condition, focusing on tensions between individualization and universalism, between fragmentation and holism and between secularization and sacredness. After making a brief analysis of the structure of the Act of Faith, the article finally extracts the consequences of the postmodern cultural context analyzed for the process of transmitting the faith, especially its impact on youth cultures. The article explores the potentialities of personalism, in view of individualism and universalism; the potentialities of particular and universal identities, in view of the problems of the fragmentary and the holistic, and the possibilities of a real secularization, in view of the problems of secularism and neo-religious sacredness.
A CRISE DA IGREJA CATÓLICA: ALGUNS DADOS EMPÍRICOS E PERSPECTIVAS TEOLÓGICAS
Authors: Soler Joaquín Silva
Published: September 2016

O artigo analisa o resultado de pesquisa realizada, em 2012, pelo Centro de Políticas Públicas e o Instituto de Sociologia da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Chile sobre a Igreja Católica nesse país. Os dados do estudo mostram uma situação de crise do catolicismo chileno. Tal crise tem causas diversas, intra e extra eclesial: mudança cultural profunda, crise de identidade missionária da Igreja, crise de fé, crise de confiança, crise que convida a uma nova evangelização. A constatação dos limites da presença e influência da Igreja católica na era pós-moderna constitui desafio oportuno para se afirmar a importância da proposta do Cristianismo como caminho para a felicidade pessoal e para ajudar a construir uma sociedade onde reinem a justiça, a paz e a liberdade. O autêntico cristão vive a fé comprometido com a realidade integral do ser humano e da sociedade. Tal empenho se vincula ao sentido escatológico da fé e da vida eclesial. Os cristãos são chamados a manter viva a esperança, procurando superar a crise através da vivência da conversão e do perdão no seguimento de Jesus Cristo, sempre atentos aos sinais dos tempos.ABSTRACT: The article looks at the result of research carried out in 2012, by the Center for Public Policy and the Institute of Sociology of the Catholic University of Chile on the Catholic Church in that country. The data of the study show a crisis situation of Chilean Catholicism. This crisis has many causes, intra and extra ecclesial: a profound cultural change, a crisis of the Church’s missionary identity, a crisis of confidence, a crisis that calls for a new evangelization. The finding of the limits of the presence and influence of the Catholic Church in the post-modern era is a timely challenge to assert the importance of the proposal of Christianity as a path to personal happiness and to help build a society where justice, peace and freedom reign. The authentic Christian lives the faith committed to the integral reality of the human being and of society. Such commitment is linked to the eschatological sense of faith and ecclesial life. Christians are called to keep alive the hope, trying to overcome the crisis through the experience of conversion and forgiveness in the following of Jesus Christ, always attentive to the signs of the times.
JUVENTUDE E A FÉ CRISTÃ
Authors: Libanio João Batista
Published: September 2016

As tipologias da juventude nem sempre dão conta da pluralidade. Analisá-la a partir, porém, das tendências permite maior flexibilidade na compreensão da situação existencial dos jovens. Elas se definem conforme eles se relacionam com o próprio corpo, com a dimensão psíquica, com o aspecto intelectual, com o movimento em direção à Transcendência e com a práxis vivida no interior de determinada cultura. Em cada um dos aspectos estudados estabelece-se o confronto com a fé cristã. A complexa situação das juventudes desafia a prática pastoral da Igreja. Ao compreender as linhas fundamentais culturais e religiosas que as marcam, cabe à pastoral a dupla tarefa de afirmar os aspectos positivos percebidos e contrapor-se àqueles que não preparam os jovens para vida adulta humana e de fé. A maturidade na fé se constrói lentamente, ao enfrentar as provocações das tendências culturais e religiosas.Abstract: The types of youth do not always realize the plurality. However, analyzing it from the trends allows greater flexibility in the understanding of the existential situation of young people. They define themselves as they relate to their own body, with the psychic dimension, with the intellectual aspect, with the movement towards the Transcendence and with the lived practice within a particular culture. In each one of the aspects studied the confrontation with Christian faith is established. The complex situation of the youth challenges the pastoral practice of the Church. By understanding the fundamental cultural and religious lines that mark, it shall be the task of the pastoral activity to affirm the positive aspects perceived and counteract those that do not prepare young people for adult living and for a faith life. Faith maturity is built slowly in the process of facing the provocations of the cultural and religious trends.
CRISE DA RACIONALIDADE, CRISE DA RELIGIÃO
Authors: Valadier Paul
Published: September 2016

A constatação da existência de uma crise tanto no mundo da racionalidade quanto no mundo da religião já não é mais uma novidade. Novo, porém, deve ser o modo de compreendê-la, sem deixar-se levar por interpretações rápidas e superficiais. Este artigo propõe-se a pensar a relação profunda destes dois mundos, às vezes considerados, apressadamente, como antagonistas e rivais. Uma compreensão adequada de sua “fonte comum” revela-se como um caminho de esperança, apontando para soluções possíveis – e urgentes.ABSTRACT: The finding of the existence of a crisis both in the world of rationality as in the world of religion is no longer a novelty. New, however, should be the way to understand it, without allowing one to be led by quick and superficial interpretations. This article proposes to consider the profound relationship of these two worlds, sometimes considered hastily, as antagonists and rivals. A proper understanding of their “common source” reveals itself as a path of hope, pointing to possible and urgent solutions.
O DESEJO NATURAL DE VER A DEUS UMA QUESTÃO CLÁSSICA EM BERNARD LONERGAN
Authors: Pampaloni Massimo
Published: September 2016

Este artigo reflete sobre a resposta apresentada por Bernard Lonergan quanto ao desejo natural pela visão beatífica, uma questão clássica da teologia. Compõe-se de três seções. A primeira fornece uma breve história da questão. Na segunda, o autor considera a resposta dada por Lonergan durante o primeiro período de seu magistério, nos anos 50. A resposta é articulada no contexto da Escolástica tradicional, mas já integra algumas importantes correções de perspectiva, especialmente no que se refere à introdução do conceito de finalidade vertical. Na terceira seção, o autor considera a resposta de Lonergan após sua transição da capacidade psicológica para as operações da consciência intencional, as quais permitiram que ele realinhasse toda a questão com sua resposta original.ABSTRACT: This paper studies the answer proposed by Bernard Lonergan, with regard to a classic issue of theology, namely, the natural desire for the beatific vision. The paper is divided into three sections. The first section provides a brief history of the issue. In the second part, the author considers the answer given by Lonergan during the first period of his teaching in the 1950s. The response is articulated within the traditional Scholastic setting, but already with some important perspective corrections, especially with the introduction of the concept of vertical finality. In the third section of this paper, the author addresses the answer given by Lonergan after his transition from the psycholocal faculty to the operations of intentional consciousness, which allowed him to realign the whole question with his original response.
A TEMÁTICA ECLESIOLÓGICA “POVO DE DEUS” A PARTIRDE RM 9,24-29
Authors: De Sousa Paulo Jackson Nóbrega
Published: September 2016

Paulo usa pouquíssimas vezes o termo “povo” (lao,j - laos) e ainda menos o sintagma “povo de Deus”. Ele sempre o faz em citações vétero-testamentárias. Em Rm, ele o usa pela primeira vez em 9,24-29, ponto de partida deste artigo. Esta pesquisa pretende afirmar que a categoria “povo de Deus”, embora não sendo um “superconceito” eclesiológico, é uma importante temática no cenário da reflexão paulina sobre a Igreja. Ela dialoga com o tema teológico tipicamente paulino da filiação adotiva e com a teologia do chamado. Distanciando-se de toda eclesiologia de substituição, defende-se que Deus chama uma comunidade inclusiva (“nós”) dentre os gentios e dentre os judeus. Assim, confirma-se a irrevogabilidade da Palavra de Deus e a consciência de que os dons e o chamado de Deus são sem arrependimento, pois gentios e judeus se alimentam da mesma seiva e da mesma raiz (Rm 11,17).ABSTRACT: Paul, in his letters, very rarely uses the term ‘people’ (lao,j & laos) and even less the phrase ‘people of God’. He always has it in Old Testament references. In Romans, he uses it for the first time in 9:24-29, the departure point for this article. This investigation attempts to affirm that the category ‘people of God’, although not being an ecclesiological central concept (Oberbegriff), is an important theme in the Pauline reflection on the Church. It will dialogue with the typically Pauline theological theme of adoptive sonship and with the theology of the call. Distancing itself from all ecclesiology of substitution, it will argue that God calls an inclusive community (‘we’) within gentiles and within the Jews. So, having confirmed the irrevocability of the Word of God and the consciousness that the gifts and the call of God are without regret, it follows that gentiles and Jews are nourished from the same sap and the same root.
“POR QUE MORREREMOS NA TUA PRESENÇA?”: UMA ANÁLISE DE GN 47,13-26
Authors: Fernandes Leonardo Agostini
Published: September 2016

O presente artigo analisa um episódio particular, mas não isolado, da “história de José” (Gn 37–50), filho do patriarca Jacó, com o objetivo de perceber e compreender a sua ligação com a dinâmica e com certos particulares do êxodo dos filhos de Israel do Egito. Para alcançar essa finalidade, a presente análise estrutura-se em sete partes, utilizando tanto elementos da abordagem diacrônica como da abordagem sincrônica. Nesta última, são seguidos os passos da análise narrativa. Enfim, apresenta-se um breve comentário ao texto, pelo qual são evidenciados os pontos de contato com a dinâmica do êxodo do Egito.ABSTRACT: This article analyzes a particular episode, though not isolated, of the “Joseph’s story” (Gn 37–50), son of the patriarch Jacob, to understand its connection with the dynamics and some individuals of exodus of Israelites from Egypt. To achieve this purpose, the presented analysis is structured into seven parts, using elements of both diachronic and synchronic approaches. In the latter part, the ideas of narrative analysis are followed. Finally, we present a reflection that highlights the points of contact with the dynamics of the exodus from Egypt.
JOÃO BATISTA LIBANIO: A ETERNA CADÊNCIA DA FÉ
Authors: Teixeira Faustino
Published: September 2016

A questão da fé sempre esteve no centro das atenções de João Batista Libânio, não só em âmbito acadêmico, enquanto objeto de sua atuação na área da teologia fundamental, mas também no campo de sua presença pastoral. E ela que propicia o salto essencial no coração do Transcendente, tocando o núcleo mais íntimo da existência humana. O objetivo aqui é apresentar alguns elementos da visão de Libânio sobre o tema, e sublinhar a forma como ele aborda os vários âmbitos da fé.ABSTRACT: The question of faith has always occupied a central place for João Batista Libanio, not only in the academic sphere, as object of his work in the area of fundamental theology, but also in the field of his pastoral presence. Faith allows for the essential leap in the heart of the Transcendent, touching the innermost core of human existence. The goal in this article is to present a few elements of Libanio’s vision on the theme, and emphasize how he addresses the various scopes of faith.
CORPOREIDADE-ENCARNAÇÃO: TEOLOGIA EM DIÁLOGO
Authors: De Mori Geraldo , Buarque Virgínia
Published: September 2016

Defrontar-se com a corporeidade tornou-se um desafio inevitável no tempo presente, mas não menos enigmático, face à complexidade e pluralidade das interpretações disponíveis, de forma simultânea às suas variadas apropriações, sob a mediação das tecnologias, das simbolizações e das relações intersubjetivas. Este artigo, ao mesmo tempo em que se propõe a sistematizar três das mais importantes matrizes teóricas que fundamentam leituras acerca da corporeidade – o representacionismo, o saber-poder foucaultiano e a afetação fenomenológica ou pática –, visa ressignificar tal concepção e entrecruzá-la com o sentido cristão da Encarnação. Como hipótese, postula-se uma tríplice contribuição do saber teológico: maior entrelaçamento entre Palavra e Carne, reconfiguração dos limites do corpóreo, sobretudo aqueles decorrentes do sofrimento e, principalmente, reconhecimento, na corporeidade, da condição de oblatividade do humano, pois é do ser encarnado que emerge a experiência da compaixão. ABSTRACT: Addressing the subject of corporality became an unavoidable challenge in the present time, but no less puzzling, given the complexity and diversity of interpretations available simultaneously at its various appropriations, under the mediation of technologies of symbolizations and intersubjective relations. This article, while it aims to systematize three of the most important theoretical matrices that are based on readings of corporeity – the representationalism, the Foucauldian know-power and the phenomenological or pática affectation – also aims to give new significance to such a conception and intercross it with the Christian sense of the Incarnation. As a hypothesis, the article posits a triple contribution of knowledge: larger theological interlacing between Word and Flesh, reconfiguration of the corporeal limits, especially those arising from suffering and, mainly, recognition, in the corporeity, of the oblate condition of the human, as it is from the incarnate being that emerges the experience of compassion.
O CORPO REENCONTRADO
Authors: Lacroix Xavier
Published: September 2016

O artigo denuncia a perda do verdadeiro sentido do corpo no dualismo e na falsa valoração do corpo, opondo-lhe a articulação de natureza, espírito e liberdade. O pensamento ocidental que faz vinte séculos se obstina em distinguir e em opor corpo e alma conduz ao intelectualismo de Descartes, reforçado pela relação tecnicista com o mundo, e a cisão sujeito-objeto que domina a modernidade. Mostra quatro exemplos, respectivamente no transumanismo, na gender theory, nas atuais representações da família e em certas formas de religiosidade. Em seguida apresenta uma abordagem filosófica, falando da contribuição da fenomenologia, da pertença a um corpo maior e, depois de resumir a argumentação filosófica, da tarefa de articular natureza e cultura. Apresenta também os argumentos de tipo teológico (criação, encarnação, antropologia ternária de corpo, alma e espírito...), culminando no mistério pascal e no critério ético significativamente corporal da parábola do juízo. ABSTRACT: The article denounces the loss of the true meaning of the body in the dualism and false valuation of the body, opposing his articulation of nature, spirit and freedom. The Western thought that is twenty centuries old is obstinate in distinguishing and in opposing body and soul leading to the intellectualism of Descartes, reinforced by the technical relationship with the world, and the subject-object Division that dominates modernity. The article shows four examples, respectively in the “transhumanism”, on gender theory, in the current representations of the family and in certain forms of religiosity. The article then presentes a philosophical approach, talking about the contribution of Phenomenology, of belonging to a larger body and, after summarizing the philosophical argumentation.
INÁCIO DE LOYOLA EXERCITA O HOMEM MODERNO
Authors: Palencia Luz Stella Angarita
Published: September 2016

O texto trata sobre como o entorno do contexto de Inácio de Loyola constrói a arquitetura narrativa dos Exercícios Espirituais, convertendo-se em uma aposta pela indagação interna que respalda a experiência espiritual do indivíduo, portador da nova concepção espiritual do homem moderno. O fato de que sua produção se feche no século XVI não implica anacronismo algum na atualidade, ao contrário, o grande achado de Inácio se centra em que a metodologia que os sustenta surgiu durante um período em que o homem, produto da modernidade que se preparava, começou a esboçar fortes traços seculares, peça chave para Loyola na preservação da espiritualidade do indivíduo. E para consegui-lo dispôs-se a acionar diferentes legados renascentistas e medievais (genéricos, topográficos, culturais, etc.) dentro de um espaço pessoal, convertendo esses precedentes instrutores da vida de Loyola no maior ganho que pretende ressaltar este trabalho, ao realizar a leitura da narração literária do indivíduo a partir de sua particularidade barroca. Ela se erige como semente da experiência nos Exercícios Espirituais, e ao mesmo tempo como desafio narrativo que produz no indivíduo a compreensão contextual de seu entorno interno e externo, que logo será objeto de discernimento.ABSTRACT: The text is about how the surrounding context of Ignatius of Loyola constructs the narrative architecture of the Spiritual Exercises, becoming a bet by the internal inquiry that supports the spiritual experience of the individual, carrier of the new spiritual conception of modern man. The fact that its production closes in the 16th century does not imply any anachronism today, on the contrary, the great discovery of Ignatius focuses on the methodology which supports it arose during a period in which man, a product of modernity which was preparing itself, began sketching strong secular traits, a key for Loyola in the preservation of the individual’s spirituality. And to get it arranged to trigger different Renaissance and medieval legacies (generics, topographical, cultural, etc.) within a personal pace, converting these instructors’ precedents of the life of Loyola in the greatest gain that intends to highlight this work, while accomplishing the reading of the literary narration of the individual from its unique Baroque style. It erects as a seed of experience in the Spiritual Exercises, and at the same time as a narrative challenge that produces in the individual the contextual understanding of its internal and external environment, which soon will be the object of discernment.
LOUVANDO (A DEUS) EM ULPIANO VÁZQUEZ MORO SJ
Authors: Lucchetti Bingemer Maria Clara
Published: September 2016

Vou fazer a louvaçãoLouvação, louvaçãoDo que deve ser louvadoSer louvado, ser louvadoMeu povo, preste atençãoAtenção, atençãoRepare se estou erradoLouvando o que bem mereceDeixo o que é ruim de lado.(Gilberto Gil e Torquato Neto)
Cytotoxic Activity of Vernonia mespilifolia Less Used in the Folk Medicine in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Authors: Unuofin Jeremiah Oshiomame , Otunola Gloria Aderonke , Afolayan Anthony Jide
Published: September 2016

Vernonia mespilifolia is widely used in folk medicine in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The aim of this study was to evaluate the biological activity of the acetone, aqueous and ethanol extracts of Vernonia mespilifolia using brine shrimp hatchability and lethality assay. The result showed hatching success in this order: aqueous extract (48.6%) > acetone extract (38.2%) > ethanol extract (26.8%). The LC50 of the lethality assay were in this order: acetone extract (67.8 µg/mL) > aqueous extract (132 µg/mL) > ethanol extract (383 µg/mL). According to Meyer’s toxicity index (using brine shrimps), LC50 < 1000 µg/ mL is toxic. Therefore, the results of the three solvent extracts could be said to be toxic as do have LC50 < 1000 µg/ mL. However, the toxicity of the crude extracts could suggest or confer some antitumor properties, hence further in vitro, in vivo and antitumour assays are recommended to further substantiate these claims.
USO DE FERTILIZANTES ORGÂNICOS NO CULTIVO DE ALFACE AMERICANA (Lactuca sativa L.) ‘KAISER’
Authors: Sediyama Maria Aparecida Nogueira , Magalhães Ivan De Paiva Barbosa , Vidigal Sanzio Mollica , De Oliveira Pinto Cláudia Lúcia , C. P. Cardoso Deise Silva , Marques Fonseca Maira Christina , Lopes de Carvalho Iza Paula
Published: September 2016

RESUMO: A adubação orgânica é uma alternativa para o cultivo de hortaliças como a alface, pois fornece nutriente e matéria orgânica ao solo. Assim, objetivou-se avaliar a produtividade e a exportação de nutrientes pela alface americana ‘Kaiser’ cultivada em solo adubado com fertilizantes orgânicos. A pesquisa foi realizada na Fazenda Experimental da EPAMIG, em Oratórios - MG, entre os meses de setembro e novembro de 2012. Utilizou-se o delineamento experimental em blocos ao acaso, com quatro repetições e 10 tratamentos, sendo estes: seis tipos de compostos orgânicos, esterco bovino, húmus de minhoca, lodo de águas residuárias da suinocultura e o controle (sem adubação). A aplicação dos fertilizantes orgânicos aumentou em 42% a produtividade da alface comparada ao controle. As maiores produtividades e massa fresca da parte aérea foram alcançadas com os seguintes fertilizantes orgânicos: bagaço de cana-de-açúcar + casca de café + esterco bovino + dejeto de suíno; bagaço de cana-de-açúcar + pseudocaule de bananeira + dejeto de suíno; pseudocaule de bananeira + casca de café + esterco bovino; e com o esterco bovino. Na exportação de nutrientes observou-se a seguinte ordem: N>K>Ca>P>Mg>S e Fe>Mn>Zn>Cu e as quantidades exportadas foram: 108,9; 104,9; 27,5; 23,6; 10,8; 6,9 kg ha-1 e 23,2; 3,0; 2,6; 0,4 g ha-1, respectivamente. A aplicação de fertilizantes orgânicos para o cultivo da alface americana ‘Kaiser’ aumenta a produtividade da cultura e reduz os impactos gerados pelo descarte indevido de resíduos orgânicos no ambiente.Palavras-chave: Lactuca sativa L., cultivo orgânico, compostos orgânicos, sustentabilidade, concentração de nutrientes.
Aspectos sanitários e de manejo em criações de caprinos leiteiros produzidos na comunidade de Caroá, Distrito de Rajada, Petrolina-PE.
Authors: Rodrigues Benedito Ribeiro , Coelho Maria Cláudia Soares Cruz , Coelho Marcelo Iran De Souza
Published: September 2016

RESUMO - Objetivou-se analisar os aspectos sanitários e as características zootécnicas em rebanhos de caprinos leiteiros na comunidade de Caroá, Distrito de Rajada, Petrolina-PE. Analisaram-se propriedades produtoras de leite de cabra, onde foram avaliados, através da aplicação de questionários para obtenção de informações gerais, aspectos relacionados ao perfil socioeconômico dos produtores, sanitários e zootécnicos. Verificou-se que 67% dos entrevistados possuem áreas menores que 50 hectares, os produtores possui baixo índice de escolaridade e a mão de obra é familiar. Nenhuma propriedade possui assistência técnica veterinária e zootécnica, assim como a ausência de realização de escrituração zootécnica por parte dos produtores. A vermifugação é realizada em todas as propriedades e em todas as categorias animais. A vacinação contra a clostridiose é realizada em 67% dos criatórios, sendo que não se realiza vacinação contra raiva, ectima contagioso e linfadente caseosa. Apesar da vermifugação, as criações apresentam alto índice de verminose, além de linfadenite caseosa e piolhos. Todas as propriedades conservam forragem e não há utilização das biotécnicas de reprodução, sendo a monta natural utilizada em todos os rebanhos estudados. Os resultados mostraram que a criação de caprinos leiteiros na comunidade de Caroá é desenvolvida em instalações modestas, o manejo nutricional, sanitário e reprodutivo são deficientes e as tecnologias disponíveis são pouco utilizadas, contribuindo para baixos índices de produção.
CRESCIMENTO E PRODUTIVIDADE DO GIRASSOL SOB DOSES DE NITROGÊNIO E FÓSFORO
Authors: Soares Leonardo Eufrázio , Emerenciano Neto João Virgínio , Silva Gualter Guenther Costa da , Oliveira Ermelinda Maria Mota de , Bezerra Márcio Gleybson da Silva , Santos Thomas Jefferson Alves dos , Difante Gelson Dos Santos
Published: September 2016

Objetivou-se com esse trabalho avaliar a produtividade do girassol (Helianthus annuus L.) submetido à adubação nitrogenada e fosfatada em Cambissolo. A cultivar usada foi a EMBRAPA 122, plantada em espaçamento 0,90 x 0,30 m. O delineamento experimental foi o de blocos ao acaso, em esquema fatorial 4x4 com quatro repetições, combinando quatro doses de N e de P2O5 (0, 25, 50 e 100 kg/ha). A altura da planta e o diâmetro do capítulo não foram afetados pelas doses de N, porém tiveram resposta linear e positiva as doses P2O5. Não foi verificado efeito das doses de N e de P2O5 sob o diâmetro do caule com valor médio de 18,58 mm. A produção de grãos por área respondeu de maneira linear e positiva as dose de N e P2O5, sendo o fósforo fator de maior importância, pois com o uso de 100 kg/ha de N a produtividade aumentou em 31%, enquanto que com essa dose de P2O5 a produtividade aumentou 58%, em comparação ao tratamento sem os fertilizantes. Na cultura do girassol deve ser aplicado 100 kg/ha de nitrogênio e de fósforo para obter maior produtividade. A adubação fosfatada promove maior resposta que a nitrogenada, devendo esta ser priorizada quando houver impossibilidade de realizar as duas.
Black South African urban music since the 1890's: some reminiscences of Alfred Assegai Kumalo (1879-1966)
Authors: Rycroft David
Published: September 2016

The main body of this article deals with personal reminiscences and anecdotes many of them relating to music â€” recounted to me by the renowned Zulu musician, choir-master and composer, the late Mr A. A. Kumalo during two tape-recorded interviews in Edendale, Natal in 1964. This was some two years before he suffered a stroke (in July 1966) from which he never fully recovered. He died peacefully at his home on 9 December 1966, aged 87.
Brass bands and the beni phenomenon in urban east Africa
Authors: Martin Stephen H.
Published: September 2016

With the advent of the German and British colonial administrations to the coast of East Africa in the late 1800s came also the complements of military machinery and military music. This paper will investigate the impact of the music of the European military brass band on the coastal and inland areas of Tanganyika as manifested in the development, florescence and demise of beni ngoma.
Transcribing the Venda tshikona reedpipe dance
Authors: Tracey Andrew , Gumboreshumba Laina
Published: September 2016

Starting with the end result, the above transcription is the conclusion I came to after sitting with Laina Gumboreshumba for many hours, watching the videos she made during her recent doctoral research on the tshikona reedpipe dance of the Venda of Limpopo Province in the extreme north of South Africa. The transcription shown in Figure 2 is a skeleton version of the full pipe sound that contains all the information needed to grasp the structure of the sound and teach it or play it. There are always seven different pipes. A full tshikona group has far more than the seven pipes (nanga) shown, because all seven pipe numbers are doubled in every octave present in a group, so there may be up to four or more Pipe 1s, Pipe 2s, etc, of different sizes. All the Pipe 1s play the same pattern together, all the Pipe 2s etc. There are usually four octaves in all, with an incomplete octave of a few higher pitched pipes at the top (phalana). A popular size for a group according to group leaders (malogwane) is twenty eight pipes, which may include some pitch duplicates. A festive performance can number well over one hundred players. The music is heptatonic as you can see from the transcription, and hear for yourself from CD track 1 accompanying this issue of African Music. A chart showing the tuning is included as Figure 1 1 at the end of this article. This article does not address the pipe names; they are simply numbered Pipes 1 to 7, in the order of entry in Mr Netshivhaleâ€™s groups. The pipes are end-blown, closed tubes made of a special bamboo, or increasingly today of electrical or other tubing.3 (See Figure 3)
Ethnic and regional identities in Nigerian popular music: a special focus on the Edo
Authors: Emielu Austin
Published: September 2016

Nigeria has a population of over 150 million people with a population density of 184.2 people per square kilometre (477 people per square mile and runs a federal system of government and a bi-camera legislature. For administrative purposes, the country is divided into 36 states and 774 local government areas. Nigeria is home to over 250 ethnic groups. However, the three major ethnic groups as recognised by the federal government are: Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba (known in local linguistic parlance as Wa Zo Bia, terms which mean â€˜comeâ€™ in the three languages). Since independence, these three major ethnic groups have dominated the political scene with many ethnic minorities feeling marginalized. Even among these â€˜big threeâ€™, the issue of marginalization is still a problem which has led to various zoning formulae in governance. Also, these three major ethnic groups are not entirely homogenous. For example, the Yoruba who inhabit the south-west region consist of various sub-groups such as Ijesa, Ijebu, Eko, Ibolo, Okun and Igbomina amongst others. In the same vein, while Hausa people are generally believed to be the main inhabitants of northern Nigeria, the reality on the ground shows that there are many smaller groups who are generally subsumed under the name Hausa by outsiders. This phenomenon further complicates the internal structure of the nation state through over simplification of ethnic group categories. None of the major languages are official. English is the official language of business in Nigeria.
Kavango music
Authors: Dargie Dave
Published: September 2016

From 1979 to 1988 I conducted a number of church music composition workshops in Kavango, among the various population groups there. Because the workshop participants were very much in touch with their traditional music, the music which they produced in those workshops provided excellent material for a study of Kavango musical style. The workshop recordings, together with recordings of traditional instrumental songs made during those trips, provide the data that enabled the writing of this article, the first attempt to document analytically the elements of Kavango music. Much of the material in the preliminary section is based on the books Fleisch and Mohlig (2002) and Gibson et al. (1981).
Wastewater treatment plant effluent as a source of microplastics: review of the fate, chemical interactions and potential risks to aquatic organisms
Authors: Ziajahromi Shima , Neale Peta A. , Leusch Frederic D. L.
Published: September 2016

Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent has been identified as a potential source of microplastics in the aquatic environment. Microplastics have recently been detected in wastewater effluent in Western Europe, Russia and the USA. As there are only a handful of studies on microplastics in wastewater, it is difficult to accurately determine the contribution of wastewater effluent as a source of microplastics. However, even the small amounts of microplastics detected in wastewater effluent may be a remarkable source given the large volumes of wastewater treatment effluent discharged to the aquatic environment annually. Further, there is strong evidence that microplastics can interact with wastewater-associated contaminants, which has the potential to transport chemicals to aquatic organisms after exposure to contaminated microplastics. In this review we apply lessons learned from the literature on microplastics in the aquatic environment and knowledge on current wastewater treatment technologies, with the aim of identifying the research gaps in terms of (i) the fate of microplastics in WWTPs, (ii) the potential interaction of wastewater-based microplastics with trace organic contaminants and metals, and (iii) the risk for aquatic organisms.
Microwave synthesis of pure and doped cerium (IV) oxide (CeO2) nanoparticles for methylene blue degradation
Authors: El Rouby W. M. A. , Farghali A. A. , Hamdedein A.
Published: September 2016

Cerium (IV) oxide (CeO2), samarium (Sm) and gadolinium (Gd) doped CeO2 nanoparticles were prepared using microwave technique. The effect of microwave irradiation time, microwave power and pH of the starting solution on the structure and crystallite size were investigated. The prepared nanoparticles were characterized using X-ray diffraction, FT-Raman spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscope. The photocatalytic activity of the as-prepared CeO2, Sm and Gd doped CeO2 toward degradation of methylene blue (MB) dye was investigated under UV light irradiation. The effect of pH, the amount of catalyst and the dye concentration on the degradation extent were studied. The photocatalytic activity of CeO2 was kinetically enhanced by trivalent cation (Gd and Sm) doping. The results revealed that Gd doped CeO2 nanoparticles exhibit the best catalytic degradation activity on MB under UV irradiation. For clarifying the environmental safety of the by products produced from the degradation process, the pathways of MB degradation were followed using liquid chromatography/mass spectroscopy (LC/MS). The total organic carbon content measurements confirmed the results obtained by LC/MS. Compared to the same nanoparticles prepared by another method, it was found that Gd doped CeO2 prepared by hydrothermal process was able to mineralize MB dye completely under UV light irradiation.
Functional Food to Regulate Satiety and Energy Intake in Human
Authors: Alviña Marcela , Araya Hector
Published: September 2016

Nowadays obesity is affecting people from all socioeconomic levels in most of the countries worldwide. Appetite and satiety are complex processes which influence the energy regulation. As a solution to enable individuals to control their body weight, functional foods were developed in order to reduce the energy intake. However, the methodology to assess the satiating efficiency of functional foods, including monitoring through biomarkers, is very complex and needs to be standardized. The aim of the present work was to analyse the results published in the area of ​functional food and satiety to demonstrate the potential satiating role of these foods.
Pimpinella Anisum and Illicium Verum: The Multifaceted Role of Anise Plants
Authors: Vecchio Maria Gabriella , Gulati Achal , Minto Clara , Lorenzoni Giulia
Published: September 2016

The role of dietary active compounds in human nutrition is an important area of investigation in the field of nutritional science. In this perspective, functional foods play a relevant role, offering a new kind of health tool that promises specific effects related to particular food components. Anise plant has a long cultural tradition in various countries all over the world, both as food and as drug. The essential oil of anise, extracted from the dry ripe fruits ofIllicium verumandPimpinella anisum, contains anethole, an active chemical compound that showed several functional properties including antimicrobial, antioxidant, hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic and oestrogenic properties.

To date, studies conducted on the properties of anise, demonstrated the efficacy of the plant in the improvement of physiological condition in human and the possibility to exploit the active compounds of anise for the treatment of several chronic diseases. The aim of this review is to collect data on anise in order to evaluate its pharmacological properties.
Identification and Public Acceptance on the Implementation Program of Acceleration of Local Resource Based Diversification of Food Consumption (P2KP - BSL) in Mataram
Authors: Sulistyaningsih Cahya
Published: September 2016

Program of acceleration of local resource based diversification of food consumption (P2KP - BSL) has nationally implemented as the initial stage for program socialization since 2009 and simultaneously implemented in 2011. This is a descriptive study. Districts of Sekarbela, Selaparang, and Ampenan were selected as the research focused-areas considering that the three districts have already implemented three sub-programs of P2KP – BSL that are; a) Sub-program of Optimizing Courtyard Utilization, b) Sub-program of Food Processing, c) Sub-program of Consumption Campaigns of Diverse Food, Balanced Nutrition, and Safe for School Children. Finding of the study in Mataram town shows that there are seven planned sub-programs of P2KP – BSL; however, due to the limited fund, there only three sub-programs; sub-program of Optimizing Courtyard Utilization, sub-program of Food Processing, and sub-program of Consumption Campaigns of Diverse Food, Balanced Nutrition, and Safe for School Children have been realized . Meanwhile, there are four other unimplemented programs; 1) sub-program of Specific Region Food Production Developments, 2) sub-program of Local Food Lift, 3) sub-program of Food Business Development and SMEs, and 4) sub-program of Agro-Food Industry Development. Government has effort to change people's habits aiming to reduce the rice consumption and started to diversify food consumption through a variety of ways - dissemination through print media, electronic media, trainings, and field schools.
Length Plastron Correlation towards Ridley Turtles Long Flipper that Given Lemuru and Seaweed Feeds
Authors: Sukada I Ketut , Ariana I Nyoman Tirta , Suarta I Gede
Published: September 2016

A turtle security that was released their habitat in conserving, it was determined by their speed and agility to swimming and diving at avoiding predators even chasing prey to be eaten. The most an important part of turtle organs for agile swimming and diving was a flipper. Flippers forward more function as paddles when swimming and diving while the rear flippers serves as a rudder to steer the direction of movement of swimming and diving. The front flippers are unlike paddle when swimming and diving, whereas, the back flippers as a rudder at direction when swimming and diving. At front flippers, there was belong a strong nails for ripping or tearing their prey, therefore, it was easy eaten. The study was intended to know a feeding effect of lemuru and seaweed on different percentage towards length plastron correlation to in front length flippers both. An experiment material that was used in the research was 75 ridley turtles, having by the ranch turtle, PT. Moncot Sari, located in Desa Tanjung Benoa, South Kuta subdistrict, Badung regency. The experiments were designed using RAL, the analysis of correlation, regression, and data processing applied Costat Statistics. The research results were obtained the highest long plastron average rows on treatment E: 36.4 cm, D: 28.7 cm, A: 28,6 cm, B: 27.6 cm and C: 26.6 (P <0.01), a length plastron correlation and regression towards long front flippers were significant both front and back. A length plastron correlation (X) with front flippers r = 0.7768, b = 03 223 and a = 18.2499 very significant (p <0:01), whereas, the correlation between long front flippers (X) and long back flippers r = 0.6346 , b = 0.9814, a = 14.6368 highly significant (P <0.01).
Management Model for University Cooperation at the Universidad Técnica De Manabí, Ecuador
Authors: Briones Vicente Félix Véliz , Entenza Norberto Pelegrín , Gámez María Rodríguez , Cedeño Monserrate Ruiz
Published: September 2016

In researching a management model for university cooperation at the Universidad Técnica de Manabí, with its components, phases, stages, input, and output information as well as the premises of its practical application, thereby achieving qualitative and quantitative changes proposed in the conception of university cooperation for sustainable development. the model for the management of cooperation, the assumptions of the model and the components are exposed, and a map with universities that are currently on the network and the issues raised in the strategy, setting out the results at national and international levels.
Molecular Biological Methods in Environmental Engineering
Authors: Zhang Guocai , Wei Li , Chang Chein‐Chi , Zhang Yuhua , Wei Dong
Published: September 2016

Bacteria, acting as catalysts, perform the function of degrading pollutants. Molecular biological techniques play an important role in research on the community analysis, the composition and the functions of complex microbial communities. The development of secondary high‐throughput pyrosequencing techiniques enhances the understanding of the composition of the microbial community. The literatures of 2015 indicated that 16S rDNA gene as genetic tag is still the important method for bacteria identification and classification. 454 high throughput sequencing and Illumina MiSeq sequencing have been the primary and widely recognized methods to analyze the microbial. This review will provide environmental engineers and microbiologists an overview of important advancements in molecular techniques and highlight the application of these methods in diverse environments.
Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
Authors: Jiang Yi , Martinez‐Guerra Edith , Gnaneswar Gude Veera , Magbanua Benjamin , Truax Dennis D. , Martin James L.
Published: September 2016

An update on the current research and development of the treatment technologies, which utilize natural processes or passive components in wastewater treatment, is provided in this paper. The main focus is on wetland systems and their applications in wastewater treatment (as an advanced treatment unit or decentralized system), nutrient and pollutant removal (metals, industrial and emerging pollutants including pharmaceutical compounds). A summary of studies involving the effects of vegetation, wetland design and modeling, hybrid and innovative systems, storm water treatment and pathogen removal is also included.
Biosolids and Sludge Management
Authors: Fitzmorris Brisolara Kari , Ochoa Helena
Published: September 2016

This review section covers journal articles and conference papers related to biosolids and sludge management that were published in 2015. The literature review has been divided into the following sections:  • Biosolids regulations and management issues;  • Biosolids characteristics, quality and measurement including microconstituents, pathogens, nanoparticles and metals;  • Sludge treatment technologies including pretreatment and sludge minimization, conditioning and dewatering, digestion, composting and innovative technologies;  • Disposal and reuse including combustion/incineration, agricultural uses and innovative uses;  • Odor and air emissions; and  • Energy issues.
Agricultural Waste
Authors: Xue Ling , Zhang Panpan , Shu Huajie , Wang Renqing , Zhang Shuping
Published: September 2016

In recent years, the number of agricultural waste in the world has been quickly increasing. As a result, the disadvantages and environmental problems, which are caused by agricultural waste, have aroused more and more attention. Therefore, appropriate methods must be adopted to reduce and utilize agricultural wastes. This review presented approximately 200 articles about agricultural waste published in 2015. The review introduces the study of agricultural waste published in 2015 from the following four aspects: the characterization, reuse, treatment, and management. Researchers considered it is more and more important to utilize agricultural waste and studied the potential to reuse it as biofertilizers, cultivation material, soil amendments, adsorbent material, energy recycling, enzyme and catalyst etc. The treatments of agricultural waste included carbonization, biodegradation, composting hydrolysis and pyrolysis. Moreover, this review analyzed the differences of the research progress in 2015 comparing to 2014, which may help to reveal the new findings and new trends in this field.
Mixing and Transport
Authors: Chang Chein‐Chi , Chapman Tom , Siverts‐Wong Elena , Wei Li , Mei Ying
Published: September 2016

This section covers research published during the calendar year 2015 on mixing and transport processes. The review covers mixing of anaerobic digesters, mixing of heat transfer, and environmental fate and transport.
Stream, Lake, and Reservoir Management
Authors: Mei Ying , Chang Chein‐Chi , Dong Zhanfeng , Wei Li
Published: September 2016

This review on stream, lake, and reservoir management covers selected 2015 publications on the focus of the following sections:  • Biota  • Climate effect  • Models  • Remediation and restoration  • Reservoir operations  • Stream, Lake, and Reservoir Management  • Water quality
Substratum‐Associated Microbiota
Authors: Furey Paula C. , Deininger Anne , Liess Antonia
Published: September 2016

This survey of literature on substratum associated microbiota from 2015 highlights research findings associated with benthic algae and bacteria from a variety of aquatic environments, but primarily freshwaters. It focuses on topics of interest to the Water Environment Federation along with those of current emerging interest such as global change, oil spills, and environmental contaminants like pharmaceutical compounds, microplastics, nanoparticles and organic pollutants. Other interesting findings briefly covered include areas of general ecology, nutrient cycling, trophic interactions, water quality, nuisance and invasive species, bioindicators, and bioremediation.
Emerging Pollutants – Part I: Occurrence, Fate and Transport
Authors: Qiu Lang , Dong Zhanfeng , Sun Huan , Li Hongxiang , Chang Chein‐Chi
Published: September 2016

Part I: Occurrence, Fate, and Transport (this review) is a sequel of Emerging Pollutants. This review compiles research in 2015 for investigating emerging pollutants in wastewater and environmental sources of emerging pollutants. It investigates the occurrence, fate, transport of emerging pollutants in the environment. This review further discusses the monitoring approaches, modeling, and toxicological impacts of these compounds that are relevant to wastewater.
Emerging Pollutants ‐ Part II: Treatment
Authors: Bo Liu , Shengen Zhang , Chang Chein‐Chi
Published: September 2016

Emerging contaminants are considered as some substances of actual or potential threat to human health or environment, which include endocrine disruptors, pharmaceutical, personal care products, nanoparticles, antibiotic resistance genes and chemicals used in packaging products, etc. The disposal and treatment of emerging contaminants has become a key problem in the field of water pollution control. The purpose of this review is to summarize published researches on emerging pollutants treatment in 2015.
Cystic Duplication of Ileum Causing Intestinal Obstruction in a Newborn Child
Authors: Slepov O. K. , Soroka V. P. , Migur M. Y. , Kurinnyi S. I. , Golopapa G. V.
Published: September 2016

Intestinal cystic duplication is rather rare vital abnormality manifesting in several clinical presentations. Clinical case of successful treatment of ileal cystic duplication is described. It manifested in low intestinal obstruction in a newborn child.