bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Diagnostic and prognostic value of cancer stem cell marker CD44 and soluble CD44 in the peripheral Blood of patients with oral Squamous cell carcinoma
Authors: Khamis Aya K. , Fouad Hamed A. , Raslan Hanaa S. , Fata Mohamed M. , Fayad Amira I.
Published: January 2018

BackgroundHead and neck cancer is a major health problem. Recent studies on the pathobiology of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) have led to the discovery of a small population of cancer cells with a consistent behavior with the features of cancer stem cells (CSCs).  CSCs are required and responsible for initiation, maintenance and recurrence of disease. Molecular markers are commonly used for the identification of CSCs. CD44 is the most reported CSC marker in OSCC.The aim of the study was to evaluate and correlate the expression of CD44 in different histopathological grades of OSCC, as well as to assess the diagnostic and prognostic value of soluble CD44 (CD44sol) in peripheral blood of patients.Materials and methodsFifteen patients with OSCC were included; biopsies were histologically evaluated using haematoxylin and eosin. Serial sections were immunohistochemically stained by monoclonal antibody to CD44. The intensity of immunostaining of CD44 was calculated. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method was used to determine the concentration of CD44sol in the blood serum.ResultsAll grades of OSCC showed membranous immunosignaling of CD44. The well, moderately and poorly differentiated OSCC cases showed weak, moderate and intense positive membranous immunosignaling of CD44 respectively.CD44sol levels were significantly higher in OSCC patients than they were in control groups. Soluble CD44 serum levels were significantly higher in poorly differentiated than they were in moderately and well differentiated.ConclusionCSCs detection in fixed human tissue and CD44sol detection in peripheral blood using ELISA seemed to be a promising method and may have a diagnostic and prognostic value in management of OSCC.
Siting Consideration for Nuclear Power Plant: A Review
Authors: Khattak Muhammad Adil , Umairah Aishah , Rosli Mohamad Amirudin Mohamad , Sabri Syeheer , Akmal Saad Mohammad , Hamid Mubin Solehan Abd. , Badshah Saeed , Kazi S.
Published: January 2018

The purpose of this research is to study in detail about the site selection process in nuclear power plant (NPP) construction. There are various factors that contribute to the site selection which involves in-depth investigation and detailed evaluation before the site is being finalized and proposed. There are two main objectives in siting of NPP; ensuring the technical and economic feasibility of the plant and minimising potential adverse impacts on the community and environment. Geographical environment also plays an important role in siting of NPP where the source of water should be abundance. Country requirement for siting of NPP would be different for every country where they are controlled by their own regulatory bodies. About 64 published studies (1967-2017) are reviewed in this paper. It is marked from the literature survey articles that siting process is extremely crucial step in constructing NPP where public acceptance is one of the main factors, that need to be considered. Malaysia is one of the new countries embark in nuclear industry that still is in the planning phase to plan and construct its first NPP.
An inquiry into ethnicity in the structures of the church: the case of Malawi
Authors: Zgambo Humphreys Frackson
Published: January 2018

Ethnicity, tribalism and xenophobia could be found inside and outside church walls. Ethnic and racist behaviours in human beings are natural, learned and nurtured within societies around the world. However, ethnic identity and relations exist whether the ethnic groups are competing or not. The first challenge of the early church in the New Testament Church was to overcome ethnicity and hostile divisions between Jews and Gentles. The New Testament Church’s principles of open plural government overcame the phenomenon. The contemporary church is in dilemma to understand its archaic church polity and order in her own challenging context today.
Governance and attractiveness of FDI: the case of Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries
Authors: Mohamed Akram Belhadj , Nidhal Mgadmi
Published: January 2018

This article empirically examines the role of governance in attracting FDI for a sample of ten Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries over a 15-year period. We have approximated the attractiveness of FDI by governance through an endogenous variable called FDI in relation to GDP. The quality of these variables was tested by the positioning, dispersion and shape indicators and verified the normality of these variables by the Jarque-Berra test and the quality of linear adjustment of each variable with respect to its mean. The empirical validation of the impact of good governance in the attraction of FDI was carried out using the static Panel technique and based on the assumption of the absence of a stationarity problem for the explanatory variables of our model. Homogeneity-heterogeneity tests were used to specify the reference model and model the role of governance in the attraction of FDI by a panel with individual effects. The estimation of this model by the Within and GLS procedures yielded significant results.
Centrally acting antihypertensive agent Ketanserin potential role in delirium management: A review.
Authors: Bazzari Firas Hasan
Published: January 2018

Abstract:Delirium is a psychiatric disorder that is well known for being a clinical challenge due to its complex pathophysiology and the wide range of risk factors associated with it. Up to this date, no medical agent is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of delirium; despite the fact that, a number of clinical guidelines and protocols have recommended the use of some drugs in the management of delirium. Delirium risk factors; predisposing, hospital and acute underlying disease factors, are considered critical points in understanding delirium mechanism. Furthermore, several pathophysiological hypotheses; neurotransmitters imbalance hypothesis, inflammatory hypothesis and structural defects hypothesis, were introduced to explain delirium pathogenesis. Nevertheless, the current evidence is mainly based on and validates the neurotransmitters imbalance theory, since neurotransmitters form the molecular basis of the central nervous system and can be affected by any change occurs in the brain normal conditions. Moreover, pharmacological options introduced as delirium therapies with relative efficacy are mainly based on the neurotransmitters imbalance theory. Ketanserin is a centrally acting antihypertensive agent that has been in the market for over 30 years from now; thus, safety profile is well established. Ketanserin special and unique mechanism of action by inhibiting a wide range of central nervous system receptors; serotonergic (5-HT1D, 5-HT2B, 5-HT2C, 5-HT6), dopaminergic (D1, D2) and adrenergic (α1, α2) receptors, theoretically seems to match with the pathophysiological hypothesis of neurotransmitters imbalance. Moreover, ketanserin might also serve as an empirical therapy for delirium, when the cause of delirium; other than the underlying medical condition, is not determined and an immediate intervention is needed. As it antagonizes almost all the receptors thought to be associated with delirium. Nevertheless, up to this point, it is still a theoretical assumption about the potential role of ketanserin as a pharmacological option in delirium management that needs further investigations to confirm its efficacy.
Selection of a Combined Heat and Power (CHP), and CHP Generation Compared to Buying of Electrical Power from the National Grid and Separate Thermal Heat Production
Authors: Apunda Moses Otieno , Nyangoye Benard Oloo
Published: January 2018

In this work, Combined Heat and Power (CHP) is critically discussed and its application analytically compared with alternative energy source.CHP efficiency was first compared with the conventional generation and realised that, for equivalent heat and power production, CHP exhibits a higher efficiency than conventional generation. For example, energy input of 215J and 170J for Conventional generation and CHP respectively produces equal amounts of heat and power with CHP having efficiency of 76.5% which is 16.5% more efficient than the conventional type with 60%. Factors influencing the choice of a CHP plant such as financial considerations, Environmental and Compliance considerations, Site Specific considerations and Technical parameters Considerations are vastly discussed. Since the choice of a CHP and its application depends on the type of the prime mover, different types of the CHPs and their applications were then discussed to understand their working principles and the choice of the fuel used. Two typical case scenarios were analytically compared to look into the most economical way of acquiring heat and power for a plant. Cogeneration (A) was compared with buying of electrical power from the national grid and at the same time producing thermal energy in the plant using natural gas fired boiler(B). From cost analysis of the case scenarios, it is confirmed that cogeneration (A) is the most economical aspect compared to alternative B. Finally, the advantages and the disadvantages of a CHP are explored.
Reception of the children’s theater
Authors: Kuyumcu Fehime Nihal
Published: January 2018

Reception theory or aesthetics is the name which takes part in the literary world, gives reader responsibility as well as an author about meaning or interpretation of author's works and analyze reader's function in this field. It's a matter of debate or study, who give a meaning to the work. When does the work have a meaning? Who constitutes the meaning? Reader or author? In the context of our subject, in what way does the reception process realize for theater audience and children's theater audience? Is there a difference between adult theater and children's theater? The subject of this study is to answer this question "In what way does the reception of the children's theater audience group realize among the children 4 aged and older in our country? " in the light of the cognitive development theory of Piaget and the reception aesthetics of W. Iser and we grounded the observations that were made during the children's plays and the interviews made after the play.
The moderating effect of complaint handling on Malaysian prepaid mobile services
Authors: Yusoff Mohd Saiful Rizal , Abdul Wahid Nabsiah , Alias Nur Hani
Published: January 2018

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to identify the determinants of customer loyalty and investigate the moderating effect of customer satisfaction in Malaysian telecommunications industry.Design/methodology/approach – The research uses quantitative approach by gathering data from 261 students studying in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Malaya and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Consequently, a set of questionnaires are send to obtain the feedback and two types of software are used to analyze the data. SPSS version 20 software is used to obtain the summary of demographic data and SmartPLS version 3.0 software is used to analyze the existing relationship among the variables.Findings – The result shows trust, perceived value and customer satisfaction acted as determinants to customer loyalty. Complaint handling in general does not gives a significant effect to the model but the interaction graph shows the moderating behavior does occur to the customer satisfaction and customer loyalty relationship.Research limitations/implications – This research is conducted in cross-sectional basis. Therefore, this limit the understanding of either there any changes of behavior after a certain period of time. Thus, longitudinal study is proposed for future research.Practical implications – The managers and practitioners in the business world need to focus more on customer trust, perceived value and customer satisfaction in order to retain the customer. This in return will leads to future sustainability. The concept could be implemented in the operational level as well as in the organizational level in fulfilling the organization’s operational and strategic action plan.Originality/value – The research takes into account the moderating effect of complaint handling in determining the customer loyalty. Therefore, the outcome could lead to a more comprehensive understanding on how to appropriately dealing with future customer, especially when the student is the intended target group.
Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice on Contraceptive Use among Women Attending Family Planning Services in Some Health Centers of Muhima District Hospital, Rwanda
Authors: Frederic Tegera Mpamya , Phoibe Kanyange , Ntaganira Joseph
Published: January 2018

Introduction: In developing countries, especially in Africa, reproductive health is a great concern to many stakeholders as maternal mortality and morbidity are very high compared to that in the developed world. Moreover, reproductive health knowledge and access to quality maternal health services in Africa are poor with significant health consequences. Appropriate reproductive health knowledge and attitude can empower women to access quality family planning services (preventive and curative), which are essential for improvement of women’s reproductive health. Objectives: This research aimed to assess reproductive health knowledge, attitude, and practice on contraceptive use among women attending family planning services at Muhima district hospital.  Methods and Materials: The study was cross-sectional in nature involving 326 randomly selected respondents among women attending family planning services at Muhima district hospital. The study instrument was a self-administered questionnaire. Data was analyzed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) statistics software 17.0 version. Hypothesis: Looking at the aforementioned objective, one may wonder if the health education on contraceptive use given by health staff of Muhima district hospital is well done; we may also wonder about reproductive health beliefs and determinants of contraceptive use among women attending the family planning service; and to what extent women in Muhima district hospital have access to health education on contraceptive use. Trying to find an interim response to this question, we have come to realize that the impact of belief in personal and community health practices is strong; but individual beliefs may not be scientifically true and as such, may make one rightly or wrongly access health care. Results: The majority of the respondents knew when pregnancy can occur and believed that having sex even once with a man may result in pregnancy. 90.0% of respondents had knowledge of benefits of family planning. Consideration about personal health (86.0%) and husband’s approval (74.9%) were major determinants of respondents’ use of contraceptives.  Conclusions: Though respondents were knowledgeable about the benefits of family planning, there is the need for continuous education of women about reproductive health issues and integration of men’s participation in the family planning program to increase utilization of family planning services at Muhima district hospital.
The “urban sprawl” effect on the out-of-town real estate market
Authors: Kiakou Athina
Published: January 2018

This paper examines the “urban sprawl” effect on out-of-town real estate market. There are many factors leading to urban sprawl and modulating exurban real estate market. In order to identify these factors, a survey conducted in the Larisa city fringes. Demand, which is a formulation of a number of variables, was determined using two different methods: a) the interview survey which is a descriptive method of identifying the characteristics that affect the property market and b) statistical analysis which is a quantitative assessment of suburban property demand, based on the stochastic method of hedonic regression. According to the questionnaire survey, land value is dependent on adjacency to road infrastructure, distance of the property from the city centre urban land use concentration and physical features of the property which are view adjacent to the road, shape and size of lot. The outcome that land value is dependent on the existence of important economic activity in the property’s locality is consistent with the hedonic regression result, according to which there is a strong and statistically significant correlation between land sale price and distance from a major central use. Hence, the role of theses land uses is documented reflecting the impact of urban sprawl on land market. This correlation is negative, statistical significant and follows a different function for each axis of development. The function depends on type and cycle of development of each area which have a different distribution and type of land uses. That is to say, each function expresses the different way that emerging land uses and urban morphology affect the land market. This outcome is important because allows us to assess the effect of a future spatial planning project of activities in the tertiary sector, on out-of-town real estate market.
Transport chain choice modelling in freight transport demand models
Authors: Huber Stefan
Published: January 2018

Modelling (intermodal) transport chains is of major relevance in order to support public sector decision-making regarding transport planning and policy measures assessment. However, the systematic and comprehensive analysis of freight transport models shows that only few existing models integrate transport chain choice in their modelling framework. These models, furthermore, differ in consideration of relevant aspects – such as actors, processes, transport market interactions or shipment and system related characteristics. The analysis reveals that there are several gaps in integrating transport chains in modelling in today’s modelling approaches and that there is no model that integrates all relevant aspects of transport chain choice properly. Future research and model development should therefore focus on closing the revealed gaps.
Economic and monetary consequences of Lebanese National debt
Authors: Abdul Khalek Youssef Hussein
Published: January 2018

The Lebanese financial condition is miserable. The national debt to GDP is increasing to horrible levels, and the deficits in government is increasing and expected to increase in the subsequent years, the government spending is increasing without any deterrent in the time the revenues to the government are decreasing, the inflation rates are increasing and the economic growth is decreasing. The fallouts of these conditions have direct effect on Lebanese pound and threaten its value. With all the assures from Lebanese central bank governor and the financial officers, a prudent man can sense the risk that is coming on the Lebanese pound and never believe that the Lebanese pound will stay forever the mountain that never lean with wind. Lebanon must take rapid corrective actions to save the country and its currency from a disaster that would howl.Corrective actions of economic, financial, political, and direct reforms must be studied and activate it directly before the zero time comes and remorse will not benefit.
Ecommerce risk management: analysing the case Vietnam Airlines incident
Authors: Quyet Chu Ba , Cuong Hoang Cao
Published: January 2018

E-Commerce is the purchase and sale of goods, services and exchange of information based on communications networks and the Internet. Information, information systems, computers, computer networks, and other electronic means play an especially important role. These objects are valuable assets and targeted attacks by cybercriminals. E-commerce risk management is to protect the development of e-commerce. It includes setting information security objectives, assessing vulnerabilities, threats and attacks, and selecting countermeasures. The paper presents the theory of e-commerce risk management, analysing the Vietnam Airlines e-commerce risk management case, using the DREAD model. The paper provides the discussions and short recommendations to other enterprises in e-commerce risk management nowadays.
Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: Two Case presentations with different clinical manifestations and multifactorial etiology
Authors: Ganeshan Anusha Skandini , Chango Angel Alberto Caderon
Published: January 2018

Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVST) is a rare form of venous thrombosis which commonly affects young adults. CVST has variable clinical presentation such as headache, seizure, hemiparesis and even coma, thus mimicking stroke and other neurological disorders. Due to such non-specific wide spectrum of clinical presentations and variable etiology in young adults, CVST can be misdiagnosed easily, especially in initial stages of presentation which consequently affects the outcome and prognosis of the patient. Thus when a previously healthy young adults acutely presented with such variable but primarily neurological clinical presentation, it is vital for medical practitioner to have fine knowledge and skills to suspect CVST as a differential diagnosis. We present two cases: first case is a 21 year old female with puerperal CVST who had caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia three weeks before, who presented with headache and recurrent seizures, followed by hemiparesis; the second case is a 25 year old female with CVST, on oral contraceptives, who presented with right monoparesis, aphasia and facial asymmetry. In both cases though CVST was not the initial diagnosis, it was subsequently diagnosed early and confirmed by MRI brain and MRI angiogram and anticoagulation was commenced effectively, despite associated haemorrhagic infarct in the first case. Both patient made remarkable recovery without any significant residual neurological deficit.
Effectiveness of Physiotherapy Intervention on the Quality of Life of Women with Breast Cancer who Underwent Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy.
Authors: Duarte Nuno Miguel , Aguiar Pedro , Faria Paula Lobato , Bernardo Mario
Published: January 2018

Purpose: To evaluate if physiotherapy can contribute to the quality of service provided to Women with Breast Cancer who underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB).Methods: This Quasi-experimental study addressed a sample of 172 women with breast cancer who underwent surgery with SLNB, 90 were included in the control group and 82 in the experimental group. We used the EORTC C30 and BR23 questionnaires to collect data about the quality of life (QoL) in the course of the first 9 months after surgery. The experimental group was submitted to specific physiotherapy techniques while the control group was the target of assessments only. Poisson regression was used to perform the calculation of the Relative Benefit (aRB) and Relative Risk (aRR) adjusted for several confounding factors at the baseline of the study.Results: In the third month after surgery the experimental group showed a higher proportion of patients with substantial clinical improvement in the Global Health Status (GHS) (aRB=2.230; p=0.014) and a lower risk of degradation of the GHS (aRR=0.384; p=0.011), Physical Function (PF) (aRR=0.484; p=0.035), and Arm Symptoms (BRAS) (aRR=0.159; p=0.007), when compared to the control group. Between the 1st and 6th month after surgery, physiotherapy seems to act as a protective factor on the degradation of GHS and PF. Between the 1st and 9th month after surgery the experimental group showed a higher proportion of patients with notable clinical improvement in the GHS (aRB=1.905; p=0.038) and in the BRAS (aRB=1.761; p=0.029) and a lower risk of degradation of the GHS (aRR=0.287; p=0.010) and BRAS (aRR=0.265; p=0.0421) scales.Conclusions: In the course of the acute survival phase, physiotherapy can help to improve the QoL of women with breast cancer who underwent surgeries with SLNB, giving a positive contribution to the quality of service provided to this group of patients.
Age-related macular degeneration and its associated factors, in Khartoum locality, Sudan
Authors: Harun Saleh Mohammad Sulaiman , Noma Mounkaila , El Roubi Zeinab Yahia
Published: January 2018

Introduction: Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD or ARMD), also known as Macular Degeneration, is an eye disorder that slowly destroys sharp, central vision. The causal factors of ARMD remain a controversy. The proposed study aimed to participate in controversy in focusing on the magnitude of ARMD in tertiary hospital in Khartoum state.  Methods: A hospital-based retrospective cross sectional study design was implemented in Makkah Eye Complex. Data on ARMD was derived from an electronic data based made available to the researcher. The data in excel format was uploaded in the SPSS version 21. All the 79 cases of ARMD was retained and summarized through descriptive statistics to produce graphics and frequency tables to address the research objectives and chi square test was performed to assess the association between ARMD and gender and age. A decision role was set prior to the test to reject the null hypothesis that there was no association whenever the p value is < 0.05.Results: During the period covered by the study a total of 86,788 patients attended Makkah Eye Complex, 79 patients among those was diagnosed as Age Related Macular Degeneration disease. This represents a prevalence of Age Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) of 0.09 % (79/86,788).Discussion: Regarding age, our findings confirmed that the condition is related to aging. It occurred earlier in our research contrary to the commonly reported years of occurrence. However, the limited data available to us indicates the need to establish an electronic patient registry to enable to describe patients sociodemographic characteristics, the disease risk factors and patient management and related outcomes.
The Development of Speaking Skills using the Immersion Teaching Model: A Case Study of a 5th Grade Greek Primary Class in an EFL Context
Authors: Nteli Athina , Zafiri Makrina
Published: January 2018

This paper investigates the development of students’ speaking skills, using the Immersion Teaching Model (ITM) as a form of process differentiation. It aims to explore whether the ITM intervention in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context will have an impact on the students’ speech development and motivation, and will furthermore investigate its feasibility as a teaching approach. A 5th Grade class of a Greek state Primary school was used and action research was implemented. The research findings revealed enhancement of the speaking skills for the students that have at least an initial level of language speaking competence, but no difference was detected for the students of no speaking competence, indicating the need for further differentiation. However, the ITM intervention was proven feasible to use in the EFL classroom and highly affective to student motivation. The implications of the present research for the EFL context have shown that the ITM is flexible enough to accommodate the diverse educational needs, and benefit meaningful speech production if appropriately applied.
Igf2 Gene Expression Levels in Wild-Type and Mutant Mice
Authors: Tran Giang Van , Tran Dung Quoc , Thanh Pham , Ty Nguyen , Chinh Pham Quang
Published: January 2018

Genomic imprinting occurs where only one allele of a gene is expressed depending on its parental origin. The imprinted Igf2 gene (Insulin-like growth factor 2) is encoding a growth factor, which play an important role in embryonic development and formation of the placenta. The regulation and expression of Igf2 is carried out by different promoters. Promoter expression is extremely complex in wild-type mice during development and is altered in several mutant mice bearing deletions at the Igf2/H19 locus. In this work, we analyzed the Igf2 RNA expression of the placenta-specific P0 promoter in placental tissue (embryonic day 17) of both wild-type and mutant mice. For all the other promoters, we used RNA extracted from liver tissues (postnatal day 7.5). All these RNAs were reverse transcribed to cDNA before quantifying expression levels of the promoters by quantitative PCR (qPCR).Our results show that transcriptions of Igf2 P2 and P3 promoters are the highest in all mice analyzed, except in ΔU2/Dom mutant mice where P0 and P1 promoters were highly expressed, while they display low expression in all the other mice strains analyzed. Furthermore, all promoters were stably expressed at high levels in wild-type and ΔU2/Dom mutation, but at a low level in Δ3/Dom
The Oman Animal and Plant Genetic Resources Center’s (OAPGRC) Science Café: A Success Story”
Authors: Al Saadi Nadiya Abubakr , Ali Al-Khafaji Hameed Challoob , Al Saifi Rasha Hilal
Published: January 2018

Science Cafés are held in many towns and cities across the world for the promotion of scientific culture and the understanding of our daily lives, which we live in. They provide a platform for interaction and dialogue between scientists, researchers, businesses and the community on trends towards current scientific issues the extent of their impact on culture and society. The Oman Animal and Plant Genetic Resources Center (OAPGRC) Science Cafe is a forum for the discussion of important and interesting scientific topics and issues. Since May 2013 to December 2015, OAPGRC has held a series of science café sessions on topics related to biodiversity, food security, climate change, pollution and sustainable use. The OAPGRC science café is the first in Oman to be put on the international map of scientific cafes around the world.  Reviewing the data on the outcomes and performance of these sessions indicates that the session attendance and active participation was 51% by men and 49% women. This is an exceptional case where the interest is almost equal between the genders. As for the age group, the highest percentage 49% was of a class of young people aged between 18-25 years. Followed by the age group (26-35 years) which was 30%. The lowest percentage was 21% for the age group of above 35 years. The experience of the science café in Oman has been proved as a major success for both the scientific and social aspects. Therefore there are different plans to maintained and develop it in the near future.
Sinapses
Authors: Fortes Hugo
Published: January 2018

Neste artigo discorro sobre a utilização de estratégias de montagem para a apresentação de elementos do processo artístico. As reflexões partem da exposição "Sinapses - o Pensamento do Artista", apresentada em 2017 na Sala BNDES da Biblioteca Brasiliana Guita e José Mindlin, da USP. A apresentação não-hierárquica de documentos do processo criativo, projetos, obras em diversos estágios de realização, registros de performances, textos e elementos de diversas naturezas colocados sobre mesas buscou refletir o caráter não-linear e multifacetado do pensamento artístico.
Perigosos, subversivos, sediciosos
Authors: Danziger Leila
Published: January 2018

O texto aborda a série Perigosos, subversivos, sediciosos (‘Cadernos do povo brasileiro’), que integra a mostra Hiatus: a violência ditatorial na América Latina, com curadoria de Márcio Seligmann-Silva, realizada no Memorial da Resistência / Estação Pinacoteca, São Paulo, de 21 de setembro de 2017 a 12 de março de 2018. Feito a partir de publicações censuradas na ditadura civil-militar brasileira, o trabalho consiste na montagem de livros e imagens de arquivos, propondo a experiência de um novo livro – expandido e espacializado.
O que nunca foi mostrado
Authors: Weiss Luise
Published: January 2018

O presente relato aborda questões de experimentos realizados com as fotografias, abrangendo o período de doutoramento (1997) até o tempo presente. Estes experimentos trouxeram dúvidas, indagações e, muitos ficaram arquivados numa caixa de papelão no ateliê, esquecidos. Tratavam-se de experimentos com material fotográfico, matéria prima do trabalho artístico: o que fazer com este material de épocas variadas, fotografias familiares, fotografias de autoria própria? E: o que estas experiências poderiam revelar neste momento presente?
Do extraordinário na vida cotidiana
Authors: Michelin Simone
Published: January 2018

De acordo com o tema proposto neste dossiê, meu depoimento reflete sobre a montagem de projetos artísticos criados em função de locais específicos, que buscam problematizar as relações que configuram tais espaços, tanto em torno de normas abstratas, quanto de suas características físicas. São eles: MNA, Admirável Mundo Novo (2001) – video.doc em vimeo.com/193236475 - e ADA, anarquitetura do afeto (2004) - video.doc em vimeo.com/240310003.
Novas aquisições: a coleção Roger Wright na exposição “Vanguarda Brasileira dos anos 1960”
Authors: Vallego Rachel
Published: January 2018

A exposição Vanguarda Brasileira dos Anos 1960, da Pinacoteca de São Paulo, apresenta um panorama da nova figuração brasileira, principalmente por meio da coleção Roger Wright, cedida em comodato à instituição. Procurou-se apresentar a exposição, evidenciando algumas possíveis leituras das obras, suas relações e contextos.
Almoços partilhados, amores não correspondidos e conversas inacabadas
Authors: Brito Alves Margarida , Marques Bruno Sousa
Published: January 2018

A tentativa de fixar o trivial, de dar visibilidade ao aparentemente banal e de, assim, recusar que o quotidiano se dilua no esquecimento é um dos traços que podemos identificar em muitas das propostas artísticas que têm vindo a ser desenvolvidas, sobretudo desde o segundo pós-guerra. Esta produção privilegia um renovado contacto com a realidade e traduz-se através da apropriação, utilização e problematização das suas matérias, dos seus objectos e dos seus gestos - como se tornou particularmente evidente na Pop Art ou no Nouveau Réalisme, mas também nas diferentes dinâmicas performativas que se consubstanciaram ao longo das décadas seguintes e que continuam a ser exploradas na actualidade. Partindo da década de 1960, e tomando como referência a produção de diferentes artistas que recuperaram acções muitas vezes consideradas como anónimas ou residuais (Lefebvre 1947), este artigo procura problematizar o quotidiano nas práticas artísticas contemporâneas.
Mover-se em direção a um (possível) estado da arte das exposições contemporâneas lá e cá
Authors: Sommer Michelle Farias
Published: January 2018

O artigo é um resumo expandido da tese ‘Teoria (provisória) das exposições contemporâneas’. Concentrando-se em estudos expositivos, especificamente em proposições curatoriais e artísticas que questionam o topos expositivo contemporâneo, o recorte temporal está em exposições experienciadas ocorridas no período 2012-2016, em contextos geográficos distintos. Aqui, pautando-se pela pergunta: ‘o que é uma exposição contemporânea?’ debate-se, em perspectiva, o lugar de apresentação pública da arte hoje.
O riso de artistas feministas nas décadas de 1970/80
Authors: Mafra Juliana Silveira
Published: January 2018

Questionando posições como a de Minois (2008) segundo a qual as mulheres são incapazes de elaboração humorística ou irônica, este trabalho trata o humor das artistas norte-americanas das décadas de 1970/80 que se identificam como feministas. Discuto aqui a incompreensão desse humor, assim como o modo pelo qual ele é utilizado pelas mulheres, não só como elaboração intelectual, mas também como fonte de prazer e arma pedagógica contra a injustiça de gênero no campo da arte.
Estratégias de apresentação de uma ação artística em espaço público
Authors: Rauscher Beatriz Basile da Silva
Published: January 2018

Este artigo apresenta e discute a ação em espaço público/urbano Mini oásis, sob a perspectiva da condição expositiva, em três diferentes contextos espaciais. No primeiro, a ação, por si mesma, é produtora do espaço de exibição e desvela o lugar social, histórico e afetivo na cidade da qual emerge; o segundo contexto - espaço formal de exposição  - determina a abordagem de Mini oásis através de seus documentos de processo e registros da ação. O trânsito e o prolongamento da obra dão-se ainda em uma terceira oportunidade com a recriação do trabalho através da fotografia encenada, apresentada em um espaço institucional. Objetiva-se observar como se dá a transferência de significados em cada uma dessas passagens, e as inflexões que cada contexto determina nos sentidos da obra. As referências teóricas para discussão sobre espaço urbano, sociedade e natureza - que tematizam a obra - estão em Milton Santos (2008; 2009) e Armando Silva (2014). As reflexões sobre os modos de oferecimento do trabalho são articuladas aos estudos sobre os novos paradigmas da site-specificity em Miwon Kwon (2008).
Tempo andante da intervenção urbana
Authors: Vidica Ana Rita
Published: January 2018

O artigo “Tempo andante da intervenção urbana: relações temporais nas obras “Imagens Posteriores”, “Giganto” e “Polaroides (in)visíveis” é resultado das reflexões sobre o tempo em três intervenções urbanas que se utilizam da fotografia. Coloco-me diante das imagens e dos documentos-signo das obras “Imagens Posteriores” (2000-2013) de Patricia Gouvêa, “Giganto” (2009-2013) de Raquel Brust e “Polaroides (in)visíveis” (2005-2011) de Tom Lisboa, conforme proposição do filósofo e historiador da arte Georges Didi-Huberman (1998, 2013, 2015), de onde emerge um cruzamento temporal entre passado, presente e futuro. Este cruzamento se dá na percepção das linhas de tempo propostas pelo filósofo Gilles Deleuze (1987): “tempo que se perde”, “tempo perdido”, “tempo que se redescobre” e “tempo redescoberto”. Além dessas, acrescenta-se o conceito de “tempo andante”, criado pela pesquisadora,  que diz respeito à estrutura temporal que se dá na associação entre “tempo do acontecimento” e “espaço liso”. A percepção desses tempos desemboca na discussão dos cruzamentos temporais na relação com outras imagens da arte, da fotografia e da urbanidade, vistas de modo anacrônico no interior das obras, direncionando-se ao passado. E, ao futuro, no encontro com os olhares na cidade, fazendo emergir relações entre obra, artista e espectador, tanto no espaço urbano quanto no virtual.
A montagem de ontem ou relembrando disposições
Authors: Franca-Huchet Patricia Dias
Published: January 2018

O texto que se apresenta discute a montagem de forma reflexiva, histórica e a partir de experiências com o espaço expositivo. Interessam os fatos históricos sobre a montagem que, apesar de serem um detalhe dentro da história das exposições, constituem um vasto terreno a ser analisado e revelado. O artigo lembra algumas notáveis exposições que introduziram a montagem como recurso assim como experiência da autora como espectadora e como artista.
Hiperorgânicos
Authors: Nóbrega Carlos Augusto Moreira da
Published: January 2018

O presente artigo apresenta as motivações que deram origem a criação do evento Hiperorgânicos e argumenta pela necessidade de se pensar novos modos expositivos e dialógicos para exibição de trabalhos de arte sob a ótica de organismos estéticos.
Montagem como processo
Authors: Camargo Denise Conceição Ferraz de
Published: January 2018

Este relato traz as cadeias de reações subjetivas e objetivas consideradas para a montagem da exposição fotográfica E o silêncio nagô calou em mim, realizada no Museu Nacional dos Correios em Brasília, no Centro Cultural Correios em Salvador e no Museu de Artes de Santa Catarina em Florianópolis, por onde a exposição faz itinerância desde 2013. Ao acolher a poética de processo imposta pelos percursos da pesquisa artística e considerar determinações previamente pactuadas no projeto elaborado para o edital de patrocínio com a Lei de Incentivo à Cultura do Governo Federal, a curadoria, assinada por Diógenes Moura, opera com diferentes camadas de sentidos, ora derivadas de seu próprio processo criativo, ora em resposta às condições oferecidas por aqueles espaços expositivos.
Um futurismo singular
Authors: Fabris Annateresa
Published: January 2018

A autora apresenta as diferentes intepretações do futurismo operada pelo escritor Menotti Del Picchia, especialmente sua visão absolutamente nacionalista do modernismo. Passado do momento mais militante, o escritor cria uma narrativa para os eventos dos quais foi protagonista, expurgando deles o diálogo que o grupo modernista manteve com as novas poéticas europeias. Ele estabelece uma falsa distinção entre os dois polos que teriam atuado na Semana de Arte Moderna. As versões de Del Picchia podem ser consideradas oportunistas, uma vez que ele foi o principal divulgador do futurismo e das ideias que podem ser associadas a este entre 1920 e 1922 e impactaram a compreensão da própria Semana, a literatura, as artes visuais e o cinema nos anos de 1920.
A busca dá imagem, instaurações poéticas em lugares distintos
Authors: Santos Eriel de Araújo
Published: January 2018

Este texto apresenta reflexões sobre minha experiência com a obra que produzi intitulada A busca dá imagem. Esta obra foi instalada no Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, em Salvador, e no Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen – IFA Galerie, nas cidades de Stuttgart, Bonn e Berlin (Alemanha). Durante as montagens, os espaços expositivos, as condições arquitetônicas e, principalmente, as condições sociais e culturais de cada região, contribuíram para que a obra se modificasse a partir da sua apresentação formal, conceitual e construções sígnicas diversas. Experiências que ultrapassam o processo criativo, ao instaurá-la em lugares e condições sociais e culturais distintas.
Diante do espelho
Authors: Miyoshi Alexander Gaiotto
Published: January 2018

O artigo relaciona textos de Michel Foucault sobre arte elaborados nos anos de 1960 com trabalhos artísticos do mesmo período. Busca-se compreender os modos de proposição e expressão comuns aos escritos do filósofo e às obras dos artistas contemporâneos, sobretudo nos aspectos representacionais, de apropriação, espelhamento, audiência e autoria, tentando evidenciar que tais manifestações se refletem em suas essências. Pretende-se demonstrar a exemplaridade da análise foucaultiana às obras de arte fundada em dois pressupostos, a atenção primordial aos objetos artísticos e ao método comparativo voltado a eles, pressupostos que por sua vez embasam metodologicamente o ensaio.
Mobilizing Craft
Authors: Way Jennifer
Published: January 2018

Twenty-five years ago, American Studies scholar Amy Kaplan reminded us that “The study of American culture has traditionally been cut off from the study of foreign relations” (1993: 11). Since then, the fields of American Studies and the history of American art respectively have raised questions about the United States in the world. However, in studying American art, we have not fully explored how American encounters with what the nation considers foreign have mobilized craft through frameworks of diplomacy. In this paper, a black, lacquered wooden case with nacre, or mother or pearl, painted flowers and birds made by Thanh-Le alerts us to some of ways American diplomacy galvanized interest in Vietnamese craft among American designers, leaders in commerce and business, and the middle class during the late 1950s, the years immediately prior to what Americans call the Vietnam War.
Formas da apresentação
Authors: Fervenza Hélio
Published: January 2018

Este texto trata das exposições Prosa de Jardim (2007-2008) e Local Extremo (2016), que integram o exercício experimental e prático de minha atividade artística, a partir de onde relacionam e desenvolvem o campo teórico da pesquisa. As exposições analisadas estão associadas a uma pesquisa em arte e a uma prática artística intrínseca, que se interroga em muitos momentos sobre o papel das exposições na concepção artística das obras. Foram estudadas então as formas de apresentação das obras envolvidas, a relação entre elas e o lugar expositivo e o papel da montagem na articulação do sentido e na constituição da visualidade. Nas exposições tratadasa forma de apresentação e a montagem dos elementos que as constituíam — e que remetiam a lugares que não mais existiam ou que se encontravam muito distantes entre si —, possibilitou a criação de espaços que só existiam ali naquelas circunstâncias expositivas.
Das Políticas Públicas educacionais globais às locais: um movimento cíclico presente na construção histórica dos Cursos Parcelados e PROHACAP em Rondônia (1990-2000)
Authors: Pinto Cristiane Lopes de Carvalho , Albuquerque Marlos Gomes de , Neves Lucinalva Aparecida
Published: January 2018

O presente trabalho é um recorte de uma pesquisa de Iniciação Científica que está sendo desenvolvida por membros do Grupo Rondoniense de Estudos e Pesquisas em Educação Matemática (GROEPEM), na linha História da Educação Matemática, na cidade de Ji-Paraná-RO. Tem por objetivo realizar uma análise histórica das políticas educacionais que ocorreram no período compreendido entre 1990 e 2000, buscando identificar de que maneira essas leis contribuíram com a criação e implantação de cursos de formação para professores leigos em Rondônia. Metodologicamente, foi embasado nos recursos da análise documental concernentes à pesquisa histórica. Na década de 1990, foram executados vários movimentos de políticas educacionais, dentre os quais se destacam a Conferência de Educação para todos (1990), ocorrida em Jomtien, na Tailândia e, posteriormente, a Convenção de Educação para Todos (1993), realizada em Nova Delhi, na Índia, tendo como meta a universalização e erradicação do analfabetismo. O último se constituiu, ainda, num acordo entre os noves países mais populosos e subdesenvolvidos do mundo, incluindo o Brasil. No ano de 1993, no Brasil, foi elaborado o Plano Decenal de Educação para Todos, tendo como finalidade atingir as metas que foram estabelecidas pela Conferência Mundial de Educação. Por meio da presente pesquisa, até o momento, foi possível identificar que, na perspectiva de melhorar a qualidade do ensino da Educação Básica, essas políticas de âmbitos globais e nacionais influenciaram localmente na criação de cursos especiais de formação de professores em serviço, a exemplo do que ocorreu no estado de Rondônia quando, em 1992, a Universidade Federal (UNIR) criou os primeiros cursos de Licenciaturas Plenas, na modalidade regime parcelado de formação em serviço, buscando qualificar o professor leigo, atendendo, assim, umas das principais metas impostas por esses eventos de políticas educacionais, que visavam o aperfeiçoamento docente. Vale ressaltar que em 1996, com a promulgação da nova Lei de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação (LDB), a formação docente em nível superior se tornou uma obrigação estabelecida por lei e não mais uma proposta. Com isto, o estado de Rondônia e diversos municípios, em parceria com a UNIR, criaram e implantaram em 1999 o Programa de Habilitação e Capacitação de Professores Leigos (PROHACAP), com a finalidade de qualificar os professores que estavam atuando sem a titulação exigida por lei. Ao final, em 2009, por meio deste Programa, foi formado um contingente de aproximadamente 9.000 professores da Educação Básica do estado. Por fim, podemos afiançar que as licenciaturas foram um reflexo dessas políticas estabelecidas nacionalmente e implantadas localmente. Destacamos que esse período foi um marco para a História da Educação rondoniense.