bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Percepção de professores quanto ao impacto do ruído no ambiente escolar
Authors: Gomes Magda Silva , Ghirardi Ana Carolina de Assis Moura , Scharlach Renata Coelho
Published: November 2023

Introdução: a poluição sonora está presente na escola, sendo assim, é importante conhecer as fontes de ruído, o impacto na saúde do professor e no ensino. Objetivo: avaliar a percepção de professores do ensino fundamental I quanto ao impacto do ruído no ambiente escolar, bem como seus sintomas vocais. Método: estudo observacional, descritivo, analítico, transversal. Aplicou-se inventário, do qual participaram 26 professoras da rede municipal da cidade de Santo Amaro da Imperatriz, SC. Aplicou-se um questionário com questões referentes à idade, sexo, tempo de trabalho, carga horária diária, impacto e percepção do ruído no ambiente escolar. Utilizou-se o Índice de Triagem para Distúrbios da Voz, uma triagem para identificação de risco para distúrbio de voz em professores. Para a análise de associação dos resultados foi utilizado o teste de Qui Quadrado, com nível de significância de 5%. Resultados: 53,57% das professoras responderam que há excesso de ruído na escola e 57,14% consideram que o ruído dentro da sala prejudica as atividades. As fontes externas e internas de ruído que mais atrapalham são: pátio, corredor, conversas paralelas e ventilador. Quanto aos sintomas vocais referidos, destacaram-se: garganta seca, cansaço ao falar, pigarro e rouquidão. Professoras que lecionam em período integral apresentaram mais queixas para o pigarro. Conclusão: os sujeitos têm a percepção de que o ambiente escolar é excessivamente ruidoso e causa prejuízos no desenvolvimento das atividades. As participantes têm poucas queixas relacionadas à voz, sendo a mais frequente, garganta seca. Além disso, professoras que lecionam em período integral apresentaram, significativamente, mais queixas de pigarro.
Tubercular Dactylitis in a 5-Year Girl: A Case Report on Uncommon Presentation of Skeletal Tuberculosis
Authors: Ullah Quadrat-A-Eahsan , Quader Mohammad Abdul
Published: November 2023

Tuberculosis of the spinal cord, which is known as tubercular spondylitis is the most manifested musculoskeletal TB. Tuberculosis also affects the hip joint, knee joint, wrist, and elbow joint in descending order. Tubercular Dactylitis is a less common form of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, which involves the small bones of the hand and feet. Tuberculosis causes granuloma formation in short tubular bones resulting in spindle shaped swelling, which is Spina Ventosa.
A5 years old Bangladeshi girl presented to the orthopaedics department with a history of pain-free gradual expansion of the middle phalanx of the left index finger for 3 consecutive months. Findings of physical and radiographic examination were in line with tubercular dactylitis. Curettage and allogenic bone grafting procedure was performed. Then tubercular dactylitis was ensured by histo-pathological examination. The patient was further treated with Anti-TB drugs for 12 months. Clinical and functional outcomes were satisfactory and there was no recurrence after 2 years of follow-up.
As tubercular dactylitis is an infrequent presentation of skeletal tuberculosis, diagnosis, and management decision was difficult. Our experience in treating the patient with curettage and allogenic bone grafting along with 12 months anti-tubercular medications was excellent. So, this can be recommended as one of the best modalities of treatment of tubercular dactylities in children.
The Phenomenon of Pre-Marriage Pregnancy Among Adolescents: An Analysis Regarding the Causes and Solutions
Authors: Cantika Aisyah , Syahrinanda Aulia , Pridayani Melinda , Zuriati Hadissa , Angsisca Nurfiza , Ekawati Zulvia
Published: November 2023

Adolescence is vulnerable to deviant behaviour, therefore the role of the family, especially parents, is needed in supervising their children, especially teenagers. Reports from previous researchers found a high rate of teenage pregnancies before marriage and these rates have always shown an increase until now. Precisely that this research is to analyse what are the factors that cause teenage pregnancies before marriage and as solutions to prevent them. This study uses a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. Sources of data were taken from six informants by direct interviews. All data were then analysed using the Miles and Huberman technique. The research findings show three factors causing this behaviour to occur; i) low parental supervision, ii) falling into promiscuity, iii) lack of understanding of religion. Furthermore, three ways of prevention are i) the need for parental supervision, ii) the collaboration of all parties in the community and iii) instilling religious knowledge in adolescents.
The Effect of Muslim Women' Clothing Style to Their Communication to Men
Authors: Sarmiah Lindia , Rahman Rini
Published: November 2023

This study aims to analyze the effect of a Muslim woman wearing Muslimah dress on the way she communicates with men. This study used quantitative methods with a survey and correlation approach, data sources were taken using a questionnaire with a Likert scale of five from forty-seven students who were selected using the simple random sampling in one of the State Universities in Indonesia. All data were then analyzed using descriptive and correlation techniques using SPSS Version 22 software. Overall the results of the analysis show that Muslim women who are fully clothed and comply with religious guidelines have an effect on the way they communicate with a man, such as not looking at the man fully. the other man, avoiding direct communication with men who are not relatives, speaking softly, lowering his voice. Furthermore, the results of the correlation analysis show that there is an influence on how to dress a Muslim woman on the way she communicates with other people, especially men. The results of the study concluded that the way a Muslim woman dresses can shape her attitude in communicating as well as protect herself from committing disgraceful acts.
The Asia Pacific Gateway and the Reconfiguration of North America
Authors: Evans Paul
Published: November 2023

Transportation gateways and corridors reflect broader economic and political forces at the same time that they shape them. Nowhere is this clearer than in Canadian efforts to create a multi-dimensional Asia Pacific Gateway. Its architects often draw inspiration from Lionel Chevrier and his post-war vision of a St. Lawrence Seaway to the Atlantic Ocean and the transformation of the central Canadian economy. They can also look back even further to 1880s and the building of the trans-continental Canadian Pacific Railroad. George Stephen, the President of the CPR, did not help drive the last spike in Craigallachie, BC in 1885 because he was in the U.K. raising capital for the steamship line across the Pacific that would be its logical, and necessary, extension. The objective was not just building a nation but driving commerce, and reshaping relations with the fulsome power to the South, by constructing a Pacific corridor and gateway to Asia.
Policy and Politics on the Web: Virtual Policy Networks and Climate Change
Authors: McNutt Kathleen M
Published: November 2023

This paper analyses policy information on the Web to understand how the hyperlinked organization of webpages, produced by real world, web-enabled policy communities, influences the structure and content of the Web’s information supply. These virtual networks of information will be referred to as virtual policy networks (VPN), which are defined as observable patterns of relations among web-enabled policy communities. The organization of virtual teams, social networks and online communities is well documented; however, similar considerations of real world policy communities that are fully established, and then become web-enabled are sparse. This project takes tentative steps towards addressing this dearth in the literature by examining the networked relations of the Canadian climate change VPN. The key research question addressed in this project is whether or not the Canadian climate change VPN is structurally and relationally analogous to the real world climate change policy community. As virtual policy works are produced by real world web-enabled policy communities it is hypothesized that the Canadian climate change VPN will mimic the real world policy community’s patterns of communication and organization.
The 2006 Provincial Election in New Brunswick
Authors: Desserud Donald Anton
Published: November 2023

Coming just three years and a few months after one of New Brunswick's closest elections ever (2003), the 2006 election saw the Liberals and the PCs tiptoe through a campaign in which the smallest shift in votes would mean the difference between winning and losing. And this is precisely what happened: a very small shift of votes - some from the NDP, some because of riding reapportionment, gave the Liberals and their young leader Shawn Graham the victory, although the incumbent PCs under Bernard Lord received the most votes overall.
A Container Terminal at the Port of Prince Rupert: considerations from a transportation perspective
Authors: Goodchild Anne , Albrecht Susan , Lam Tsit , Faust Kasey
Published: November 2023

This paper discusses the transport of containers between the Port of Prince Rupert and the hinterland. The result of several data collection and analysis efforts, we present a set of findings regarding the role Prince Rupert might play in North American transportation, and the particular strengths or weaknesses of this facility. In the short term, there will be no facilities for container rehandling in Prince Rupert. This activity may take place in Prince George, or more likely these importers may continue to use the facilities surrounding Vancouver. Given the current rail network, Prince George will be required to handle as much cargo as Prince Rupert. This will have negative impacts on air quality in Prince George, yet potentially positive impacts on employment and economic activity through rehandling and transloading opportunities. Due to sizeable resources in Western Canada, this Port may offer a better ratio of exports to imports than other West Coast terminals which will attract steamship lines looking for west-bound fares. Unfortunately, on multi-stop routes, this may also mean Prince Rupert is visited after other West Coast destinations, thereby reducing the benefit of being closer to Asia. Despite these uncertainties, we conclude that, because of its unique features, this Port has strong potential to impact logistics practices in a continental transportation system.
Fiscal Federalism: An Unlikely Bridge between the West and Quebec
Authors: Lazar Harvey
Published: November 2023

Is there common ground in intergovernmental fiscal relations? This question is tackled by examining the ongoing federal-provincial debate about the most appropriate way to allocate resources among governments and the related issue of vertical and horizontal fiscal imbalance. It turns out that the provinces have found common ground with respect to vertical imbalance and the need to limit Ottawa’s spending power. The Equalization program, however, illuminates significant differences not only between Quebec and the western provinces but also among the four western provinces themselves. Fiscal federalism raises too many divisive issues for anyone to hope that these differences can all be settled in the foreseeable future.
Government Communication as a Policy Tool: A Framework for Analysis
Authors: Howlett Michael
Published: November 2023

Government communication is now a large growth industry in many countries. Exactly what is meant by the term, however, varies from author to author. In this paper government communication is conceived as a policy tool or instrument, that is, as a means to give effect to policy goals. Three key policy-relevant aspects of the term are examined: (1) the link between government communications and the ‘nodality’ or information resource set out by Hood in his study of policy instruments; (2) the role of government communications in the ‘front-end’ of the public policy and production processes related to agenda-setting, policy formulation and producer activities as opposed to the ‘back-end’ of policy implementation, policy evaluation,, consumption and distribution and (3) the general aims of network management and overcoming information asymmetries which help explain the range of procedural and substantive policy tools used in government communication efforts. A model of four basic types of government communications is developed and examples provided of each general category. The implications of this analysis for cross-national comparative policy analyses of government communication activities and the evaluation of accountability and policy efficacy in contemporary governance are then discussed.
Health Reform and Wait Times Policy in Alberta under the Klein Government
Authors: Church John , Smith Neale
Published: November 2023

Precipitated by significant expenditure reductions in health care, wait times for surgical and diagnostic procedures in Alberta increased significantly during the 1990s. In turn, this made access to health services a major political concern. Within this context, the interplay of ideas, interests and institution led political decision makers to opt for the development of an Internet-based, voluntary wait times registry. Bureaucrats played a crucial role in assisting politicians to understand that the policy issue required a more nuanced response than simply throwing money at the problem.
The Rise and Fall of the Ministry of State for Urban Affairs: Exploring the Nature of Federal-Urban Engagement in Canada
Authors: Spicer Zac Devon
Published: November 2023

From 1971 to 1979, the Ministry of State for Urban Affairs operated in Canada. The government, who largely ignored the concerns of municipalities until 1971, felt compelled to create the ministry and this study examines the causes that led to this dramatic reversal of policy and the factors that led to its demise. Utilizing a policy networks and communities framework, this study identifies five governmental and non-governmental actors who contributed to the rise and fall of the Ministry of State for Urban Affairs. Through episodic content analysis of newspaper coverage of Canadian urban issues and government publications, the story of the creation and dissolution of the Ministry of State for Urban Affairs will be studied. It is concluded that the Ministry of State for Urban Affairs ultimately crossed into provincial jurisdiction, causing the provinces to object to its existence.
The Misrecognised as the Least the Advantaged Citizens in Plural Democracies
Authors: Blythe Mark
Published: November 2023

John Rawls’s “Justice as Fairness” is the most systematic attempt in recent decades to provide a liberal grounding for justice in plural democratic societies. Rawls argued that social and economic inequalities are justifiable only if they are to the advantage of society’s least-advantaged members. Rawls argued that the least-advantaged position in society was occupied by the citizen with the lowest expectation for primary social goods (all-purpose means like income and opportunity). This paper argues that the least-advantaged citizens, in part, are those whose identities are misrecognised. Misrecognition of identity can cause harm; it can restrict the agency and opportunity of the misrecognised. Minority identity groups (whose identities are often misrecognised) do not do as well as others citizens in social, economic and political terms. This paper argues that the misrecognition of identity constitutes unreasonable democratic practice because it can harm members of minority identity groups.
Public Opinion Research Procurement in the Saskatchewan Government: Polling for the Public Good?
Authors: Rounce Andrea
Published: November 2023

Public opinion research has become a key element of both governmental policy-making and communications strategies in most democratic jurisdictions. However, there are differences among jurisdictions in how public opinion research is procured, how the results of this research are disseminated, and what contribution this research might make to the “public good”. Saskatchewan’s approach to the commissioning and publication of public opinion research raises questions about how government approaches procurement of polling and other public opinion research, how this research supports government decision-making (including agenda-setting) and communications strategies, whether or not it should have the role it does in decision-making, and what – if any – contribution polling makes to the overall good of the citizens in the province. Given the requirement of public release, how do political actors see the relevance and importance of public opinion research in policy-making?
"Getting Better All the Time?": Leadership Selection and the Manitoba NDP
Authors: Wesley Jared J. , Loewen Brett
Published: November 2023

In failing to achieve many of the benefits associated with delegate conventions, and realizing most of their shortcomings, the Manitoba New Democratic Party appears poised to adopt a new method of leadership selection. Based on the party’s base of support, history, and experiences during the most recent leadership race in 2009, the following analysis suggests NDP members may look most favourably upon a “hybrid” approach to selecting their next leader. This would allow the party to maintain many of the advantages of the convention model, while incorporating the strengths of a one-member, one-vote system.
Shifting Mandates and Climate Change Policy Capacity: The Canadian Infrastructure Case
Authors: Craft Jonathan , Howlett Michael , Crawford Mark
Published: November 2023

Responsive policy-making on climate change

issues requires both sophisticated policy analysis as well as

an institutional structure which allows problems to be dealt

with on a multi-level and multi-sectoral basis. Designing

such policies requires a high level of policy capability in

relevant government departments and agencies matching

changing organizational mandates in the area. This paper

examines Infrastructure Canada’s evolving mandate over the

past decade and assesses whether or not its resource allocation

has matched any shifts in government expectations for

the agency due arising from climate change challenges.

Provincial data are also examined in a similar light.
The Role of Climate Change Policy Work in Canada
Authors: Wellstead Adam M. , Stedman Richard C.
Published: November 2023

An ongoing concern with many Canada’s governments

is avoiding climate change related policy failure,

including that associated with climate change. In response,

there has been a spate of government-led climate change

vulnerability and risk assessments, studies, and strategies.

With a growing attention on developing the ‘right’ policies

and program to address climate change needs to be examined

as an important factor in ‘adaptive capacity’. As governments

turn their attention from broad strategizing to

policy-making, we argue that a consideration of the often

overlooked micro-level and seemingly routine government

based capacity—especially the advice needed to formulate

and implement policy changes—is required. A high level of

policy capacity is an important factor in avoiding policy

failures. The questionnaire was delivered through a webbased

survey of 1469 Canadian provincial and territorial

government policy analysts working in nine provinces and

three territorial jurisdictions in the climate change, environmental,

financial, forestry, natural resource, infrastructure,

transportation, and water sectors. A comparison of

mean scores across key indicators of policy work was conducted.

A number of policy implications were raised. First,

those in financial sector do very little climate change policy

work. Second, the fracturing of roles in those departments

responsible for forestry reflects the complexity of the climate

change issue and a developed division of labour. Those who

identified with forestry sector, under performed despite their

concern about climate change, in terms of key policy tasks,

the level of complexity that the issues were addressed and a

low level engagement with stakeholders with those outside

of government. Policy capacity was also undermined with a

view that departments were committed vis a vis their mission

statements but that this commitment was not reflected

in their daily operations.
Genocide, Reconciliation, and the Residential Schools: A Survey of Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Attitudes among Elected Officials in Canada
Authors: MacDonald David , Mitchell Mark
Published: November 2023

This article contextualizes and presents an online nationwide survey we have conducted at federal, provincial, and territorial levels across Canada. The survey is bilingual and has been supported by the SSHRC and the University of Guelph. Elected officials were approached in confidence to complete a survey concerning their attitudes towards Aboriginal history, changes in the current political system to facilitate increased Aboriginal representation, and the applicability of international law, specifically the UN Genocide Convention, to interpret Aboriginal experiences in the Indian Residential Schools. We argue that the qualitative and quantitative data we have obtained mirrors survey of the Canadian mainstream electorate in significant wars.
Not Quite the Death of Organized Feminism in Canada: Understanding the Demise of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women
Authors: Collier Cheryl N.
Published: November 2023

In the mid-1980s the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) was considered the main “face” of the Canadian women’s movement and a major player in Canadian politics. However, by the end of the decade, NAC began losing crucial federal funding and suffered internal divisions amongst member groups. By the 2000s, NAC slowly became a less relevant feminist political advocate and has since completely disappeared from Canadian politics. This paper explains the decline and disappearance of NAC from the 1980s to the present day to help understand the state of the national-level women’s movement in Canada. Drawing largely on the political opportunity structure approach and a neo-institutional focus on changes in federalism and the rise of neoliberal ideas in Canada, the paper argues with NAC gone, opportunities for the emergence of a new national voice for Canadian women are limited at best. Even though this does not in and of itself signify an end to organized feminism in the country, it does not bode well for the health of the national-level women’s movement.
Radicalism, Protest Votes and Regionalism: Reform and the Rise of the New Conservative Party
Authors: Sayers Anthony Michael , Denemark David
Published: November 2023

For descriptive and analytical reasons there is an understandable tendency to view political parties as homogenous. Yet it is widely known that most parties, particularly those that compete in single-member plurality systems, are effectively coalitions. This paper explores support for the Reform Party of Canada in part to better understand the character of the current governing Conservative party of which it was a founding component. We find a party that attracted two distinct kinds of supporters: radicals, for whom support reflected the appeal of Reform party policies, its leader and ideology, and protest voters for whom it was mainly an alternative to the then-governing Liberals. These supporters were geographically concentrated; the former in Western Canada, the latter in Eastern Canada. Such diversity describes one of the central challenges confronting all parties operating in Canada’s single member plurality system: sustaining a coalition of supporters in which reasons for attachment to the party vary by region. As with previous governments, it helps to explain the peculiar political demands that confront the current Conservative government as it seeks to maintain this coalition.
Rural, Suburban and Urban Voters: Dissecting Residence Based Voter Cleavages in Provincial Elections
Authors: Roy Jason , Perrella Andrea M.L. , Borden Joshua
Published: November 2023

We explore provincial-level cleavages by drawing on surveys administered during eight elections. More specifically, we examine rural-suburban-urban divisions in regards to party support within Canadian provinces. Our results show a clear division according to place of residence, even after controlling for a host of individual-level characteristics. We argue that recognition of this rural-suburban-urban division is an important and often overlooked aspect of understanding Canadian political preferences and political behaviour more generally.
When is a Myth Itself a Myth? Immigrant Criminality and the Canadian Public
Authors: Brown Steven Donald , Piscitelli Anthony
Published: November 2023

Survey-based evidence gathered over the past several decades suggests that substantial minorities of the Canadian public associate immigrants with crime and crime with immigrants. In this note, we ask whether the myth of immigrant criminality imputed to the public is not itself a myth. We question whether the connection is a salient and enduring part of the public’s mindset or whether it is largely an artifact of the closed-ended items employed to explore the topic. We argue that responses to closed-ended questions on this topic are affected by a “halo effect” response bias – a tendency to associated positive attributes with positively evaluated targets and negative attributes to negatively evaluated targets. In support, we show (1) that responses to open-ended questions tell a very different story, (2) that attitudes toward immigrants strongly predict the likelihood of making the immigrant-crime connection when closed-ended items are used, and (3) that priming a possible immigrant-criminal linkage in a survey enhances this likelihood for subsequent items.
The Fransaskois’ Journey from Survival to Empowerment through Governance
Authors: Dubois Janique , Dubois Janique
Published: November 2023

This article considers how governance can transform relationships of power between Francophone minority communities and the state through a case study of the Fransaskois. Using a multi-methods framework that combines historical institutionalism and empowerment theory, this study draws attention to the transformative and constitutive power of governance in shaping relationships between Francophone communities and the state. By examining how the Fransaskois claim power from above and build power from below through governance, the study posits governance as a tool for the collective empowerment of Francophone minority communities in their quest to faire communauté. In so doing, it draws attention to the Fransaskois as active agents in generating gradual change through ongoing struggles within and over institutional arrangements.
The 2019 Prince Edward Island Provincial Election
Authors: Desserud Donald Anton
Published: November 2023

Prince Edward Island’s 67th General Election was held 23 April 2019. The results were unprecedented, with the Progressive Conservative Party (PCs) winning 12 seats on election night, the Green Party of Prince Edward Island (Greens) winning eight, and the incumbent Liberal Party (Liberals) reduced to just six seats. The New Democratic Party (NDP) was shut out once again. This is PEI’s first minority government, and PEI is now the first province in Canada with a Green Party Official Opposition. Five of the Green’s eight MLAs are women, so this is also the first Official Opposition party in Canada with a majority of females. Liberal premier Wade MacLauchlan, credited with saving the Liberal Party from defeat in 2015, lost his own seat in 2019. The election was also marked by a tragedy: together with his young son Oliver, Green Party candidate Josh Underhay was killed in a canoe accident the Friday before the election. A deferred election was held on 15 July, and was won by the PC candidate, Natalie Jameson. A referendum asking Islanders whether they wanted to adopt a Mixed Member Proportional electoral system was held in conjunction with the general election. The No side won, with 52% of the vote, but winning just 13 of 27 ridings.
Discursive Black and Translucent Box Frames of Policy Work: How do Practitioners and Scholars Compare?
Authors: Cameron Bobby Thomas Robert
Published: November 2023

AbstractPolicy work in government is often framed as existing in a “black box”. It is assumed that public administrators, as “insiders”, have more knowledge of policy development processes than those outside of government. Are black box narratives of policy work constructed by practitioners? Or is the idea of a “translucent” box more appropriate to understand policy work within the bureaucracy? Based on interviews with sub-national civil servants in one provincial government in Canada, this article finds that black box narratives are used by practitioners to understand policy work. I interpret these results to argue that a theory-practice gap does not necessarily exist when it comes to constructions of policy work: practitioners in the field, like scholars, employ black box narratives to frame policy work in the bureaucracy. Yet, academics may still find that translucent box theory provides a more nuanced way of understanding government’s internal policy processes.RésuméLe travail politique au sein du gouvernement est souvent présenté comme existant dans une « boîte noire». On suppose que les administrateurs publics, en tant qu’ « initiés », ont une meilleure connaissance des processus d'élaboration des politiques que ceux qui ne font pas partie du gouvernement. Les récits en boîte noire du travail politique sont-ils construits par les praticiens ? Ou l'idée d'une boîte « translucide » est-elle plus appropriée pour comprendre le travail politique au sein de la bureaucratie ? Sur la base d'entretiens avec des fonctionnaires infranationaux d'un gouvernement provincial au Canada, cet article constate que les récits de la boîte noire sont utilisés par les praticiens pour comprendre le travail politique. J'interprète ces résultats pour soutenir qu'un fossé théorie-pratique n'existe pas nécessairement lorsqu'il s'agit de constructions de travail politique : les praticiens sur le terrain, comme les universitaires, utilisent des récits de boîte noire pour encadrer le travail politique dans la bureaucratie. Pourtant, les universitaires peuvent toujours trouver que la théorie de la boîte translucide offre une manière plus nuancée de comprendre les processus politiques internes du gouvernement.Key Words: Black Box Theory, Qualitative Semi-Structured Interviews, Social Constructivist Coding, Prince Edward Island Civil Servants, Policy CapacityMots-clés : Théorie de la boîte noire, entretiens qualitatifs semi-structurés, codage constructiviste social, fonctionnaires de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard, capacité des politiques
From Tinkering to Transformation: Gradual Institutional Change in New Brunswick’s Local Governance System
Authors: Taylor Jon Isaac
Published: November 2023

This article situates the history of local governance reform in New Brunswick in the debate between two theoretical traditions in historical institutionalism: critical juncture analysis and gradual institutional change. While New Brunswick appears to be a case of punctuated equilibrium followed by a half century of stagnation, the local governance system is a case of gradual institutional change dominated by layering. Drawing on Mahoney and Thelen’s theory of gradual institutional change and Tsebelis’ theory of veto players, this paper identifies the relevant change agents and tracks their influence through four prominent reform episodes since the 1970s.Cet article situe l'histoire de la réforme de la gouvernance locale au Nouveau-Brunswick dans le débat entre deux traditions théoriques de l'institutionnalisme historique : l'analyse de la conjoncture critique et le changement institutionnel graduel. Alors que le Nouveau-Brunswick semble être un cas d'équilibre ponctué suivi d'un demi-siècle de stagnation, le système de gouvernance locale est un cas de changement institutionnel graduel dominé par la stratification. En s'appuyant sur la théorie du changement institutionnel graduel de Mahoney et Thelen et sur la théorie des joueurs à veto de Tsebelis, cet article identifie les agents de changement pertinents et suit leur influence à travers quatre épisodes de réforme importants depuis les années 1970.
Aspectos generales de la concentración y la extranjerización agroindustrial en la Argentina, 1980 y 2020
Authors: Taraborrelli Diego
Published: November 2023

Este artículo ofrece una visión del sistema agroindustrial de la Argentina, subrayando sus características de concentración y transnacionalización. El artículo se plantea identificar las características generales del sistema agroindustrial argentino y problematizar las consecuencias que conllevan la concentración, la transnacionalización de los grupos económicos locales y las estrategias de las empresas multinacionales para el desarrollo económico. En el análisis se toman dos complejos agroindustriales centrales (frigoríficos y oleaginosas) y dos complejos extrapampeanos (algodón y azúcar). En términos metodológicos, este trabajo se apoya en la revisión de bibliografía académica y sectorial, sumado a la consulta de fuentes estadísticas de organismos públicos y privados. Finalmente, en las conclusiones se observa que, por un lado, las empresas multinacionales y los grupos locales agroindustriales desplazan o subordinan a los actores de menor tamaño. Por el otro, la asociación de las clases dominantes locales con las redes del capital internacional condiciona el tipo de política agrícola que pueda llegar a delinearse desde el Estado.
Transversalización del género y desarrollo agropecuario. Aportes para el abordaje sistémico desde un enfoque psicosocial
Authors: Conti Santiago , Sánchez Iudicello Suzette Melisa
Published: November 2023

La agenda de género viene siendo incorporada a las políticas en las ruralidades latinoamericanas. Sin embargo, se identifica en ellas un sesgo en relación con comprender el género como un problema del otro: de la población rural.
El artículo procura contribuir a las políticas del desarrollo agropecuario sosteniendo que la transversalización del género debe atender a las dinámicas institucionales y de las prácticas de intervención territorial. Se propone un modelo analítico psicosocial desde un abordaje sistémico para identificar desigualdades de género en dinámicas institucionales y territoriales. Con metodologías cualitativas de observación participante, registros de campo y una encuesta abierta, se generaron datos y analizaron resultados para comprender los obstáculos en términos de género en el Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Posteriormente, se discuten los resultados y características del modelo propuesto; finalmente, se concluye destacando aportes, limitaciones y desafíos para la transversalización de género en el ámbito agropecuario.
Agriculturas de proximidad a las ciudades de Córdoba (Argentina) y Granada (España)
Authors: Ruggia Ornela Paz
Published: November 2023

La Agricultura de Proximidad a la Ciudad (APC) es la actividad agrícola que se desarrolla en espacios cercanos a las ciudades. Su caracterización supone el abordaje de un complejo socio-productivo. El objetivo de este trabajo es explicar comparativamente divergencias vinculadas a las trayectorias de la APC en dos casos de estudio: la Región Alimentaria de Córdoba (Argentina) y La Vega de Granada (España). La metodología se realizó en dos partes: revisión bibliográfica y trabajo de campo. Se visitaron las áreas de estudio y se realizaron 23 entrevistas basadas en un guion. Se analizaron diferentes aspectos para cada zona: características generales, ocupación histórica del territorio, modelos y sistemas productivos actuales. Se concluye sobre las divergencias observadas entre ambos territorios originadas a partir de procesos de transición agrario-urbana y sobre desafíos pendientes para la agricultura de proximidad a estas dos ciudades.
Una geografía histórica de la política popular para un lugar llamado Zona Sur
Authors: D’Amico María Victoria
Published: November 2023

Reseña de Pinedo, J. (2022). Zona sur: urdimbres de la acción colectiva popular en el Gran Buenos Aires (1974-1989). Los Polvorines; Posadas; La Plata : Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento; Universidad Nacional de Misiones; Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. (Entre los libros de la buena memoria; 29).
Modular design of steam turbines
Authors: Kultyshev A. Y.
Published: November 2023

The key areas of steam turbine construction development are the issues of improving the tools and means of development, production, operation and managing the life cycle (LC) of the main and auxiliary equipment.Observations show that measures to improve the pre-production and actual manufacturing are often carried out separately without a common idea, with different approaches, tools and solutions, which leads to duplication of work, lack of a common line of development to the goal and sometimes incompatibility. Irrational and uneven problem solving should change in favor of a systematic approach to the development of the enterprise, its products and product LC management tools.The "dead end" of extreme unification, typification and standardization restricts and stops the development of products and their production; therefore, a new idea is needed that allows for a unified systematic approach to development and growth (up to explosive growth) against the background of stalled competitors. A new idea or ideology may be the methodological application of the modular principle of creating equipment with simultaneous digital transformation of the enterprise, which should be implemented with methodological and administrative support for the transition of the turbine enterprise from the "old" approaches to the "new" ones.The application of an integrated approach to the implementation of the modular principle with simultaneous digital transformation of turbine enterprises opens up wide opportunities for enhancing competitiveness, and further operating activities using such a concept will lead to the company’s explosive growth. The new concept will allow the development and improvement of steam turbines and turbine equipment using approaches and technical solutions, achieving high technical, economic and operational indicators with reduced costs for design and engineering preparation of production and manufacture of equipment, as well as with minimal time and financial costs to carry out reconstruction and maintenance of equipment by changing modules.
Partido Republicano Liberal do Paraná em 1913
Authors: Holowate Isaias
Published: November 2023

No ano de 1913, foi constituído o Partido Republicano Liberal, com objetivo de apoiar a desejada campanha de Ruy Barbosa em 1914 pela presidência do Brasil e atuar como um partido capaz de se opor ao predomínio dos diretórios do partido situacionista nas escala local, estadual e nacional. No contexto político da República Velha brasileira que era dominada pelo coronelismo através do controle dos mecanismos de negociação, coerção e perpetuação política, o PRL propunha ser uma oposição progressista para a política nacional e local. Contudo, o PRL se esvaziou antes mesmo da disputa presidencial de 1914, enfraquecido pelas disputas políticas em seus diretórios e a derrota nas eleições para as Assembleias Estaduais em 1913. Esse artigo estuda, a partir das representações publicadas pela imprensa nacional, estadual e local, os discursos produzidas pelo PRL e as dificuldades, desabafos e dissidências que ocorreram durante a trajetória dos diretórios do PRL, que levaram ao enfraquecimento do partido e resultaram na sua derrota e extinção.
Palavras-chave: história da política; Partido Republicano Liberal; Paraná; Ponta Grossa.
Ibuprofeno induz toxicidade e mutagenicidade em diferentes organismos modelo expostos a concentrações ambientalmente relevantes e não relevante
Authors: Silva Leonardo Mendes da , Dutra Vanessa de Souza Vieira , Nascimento Graziele Vanessa Assis , Paula Paola Nádila Carolina Resende de , Silva Fábio Júnio da
Published: November 2023

O aumento do consumo de produtos farmacêuticos, como o ibuprofeno, tem levado à sua presença generalizada no meio ambiente, representando riscos para a cadeia trófica. A fim de monitorar a presença de contaminantes farmacêuticos emergentes, é comum o uso de minhocas (Eisenia fetida) e alface (Lactuca sativa) para o monitoramento ambiental. Este estudo investigou os efeitos da exposição ao ibuprofeno em concentrações ambientalmente relevantes (0,02 e 0,20 mg/L-1) e não relevante (600 mg/L-1) sobre a mortalidade das minhocas, germinação, desenvolvimento inicial de plântulas e efeitos sobre o ciclo celular de Lactuca sativa. Os resultados demostram que concentrações ambientalmente relevantes não foram capazes de induzir mortalidade em minhocas ou reduzir a porcentagem de germinação das sementes de alface. Tais parâmetros foram afetados somente pela concentração não relevante, a qual promoveu 100% de mortalidade e reduziu a germinação em 61,67%. Apesar de não ter afetado a germinação, a concentração de 0,02 mg/L-1 reduziu o comprimento das raízes das plântulas em 18,72% e o comprimento da parte aérea em 20,72%. Além disso, foi constatado que o ibuprofeno pode afetar negativamente a integridade do material genético, induzindo a formação de micronúcleos em células da raiz, indicando sua mutagenicidade. Na concentração de 0,02 mg/L-1, a frequência de micronúcleos foi de 0,68%, e na concentração de 0,20 mg/L-1, foi de 1,33%. Isso sugere que a presença de ibuprofeno no ambiente pode representar risco para a biodiversidade, ressaltando a necessidade de medidas para minimizar a exposição ao composto e garantir seu uso seguro e responsável.

Palavras-chave: Descarte de Medicamentos; Lactuca sativa; Modelos vegetais; Micronúcleos; Poluição hídrica.
School district investments in general skills: The case of principal residency programs
Authors: Nguyen Minh , Rivkin Steven G. , Sartain Lauren , Schiman Jeffrey C.
Published: November 2023

Districts are investing more in school leadership, including the implementation of residency training programs for aspiring principals. There is limited evidence about the district return on these investments, and none in the context in which principal hiring is decentralized at the school level. This paper develops a model highlighting the conditions under which districts benefit from investments in general leadership skills and examines the residency program in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). The event-study analysis that addresses treatment effect heterogeneity finds that principals who complete a residency are significantly more effective at raising achievement. Although the leadership skills gained through the residency are likely to make a principal more valuable to districts outside of CPS, the large majority of residents remain in CPS despite the absence of salary premia for completion of a residency or high performance. These findings suggest the presence of transition costs that enable CPS to retain more effective, residency-trained principals without having to increase pay, thereby realizing some of the return on the investment in general skills.
Sebaran Gerai Vaksinasi Covid-19 Di Kota Banda Aceh Berbasis WebGIS
Authors: Mawaddah Jihan , Nazhifah Sri Azizah , Muzaillin Muzaillin , Putri Andriani
Published: November 2023

Perkembangan teknologi informasi memudahkan siapa saja untuk berbagi dan mendapatkan informasi yang salah tentang vaksinasi COVID-19. Informasi terkait vaksinasi COVID-19 seperti capaian vaksinasi per kecamatan dan desa dalam bentuk peta, sebaran lokasi vaksinasi dan jalur menuju lokasi vaksinasi serta formulir pendaftaran vaksinasi dapat disampaikan melalui WebGIS. Pengembangan WebGIS ini menggunakan Laravel sebagai framework, Leaflet sebagai library dan MariaDB sebagai basis datanya. Informasi capaian liburan dibagi menjadi 3 kelas warna sesuai capaian vaksinasi yang divisualisasikan dalam bentuk peta tematik. Selain itu, informasi capaian vaksinasi COVID-19 juga tersedia dalam bentuk grafik dan diagram. WebGIS ini telah menguji usability pada 30 user dengan menggunakan 30 pertanyaan dari metode USE Questionnaire yang dibagi menjadi 4 bagian yaitu usability, ease of use, ease of learning dan satisfaction. Hasil pengujian WebGIS ini memperoleh skor 88, 67%, artinya WebGIS ini termasuk dalam kategori sangat layak.
The Relationship Between Personality Traits, Career Adaptability, and Gender: Evidence of Professionals from Brazilian Technology Incubators
Authors: De Castro Beatriz  Leite Gustmann , Da Silva Deoclécio Junior Cardoso , Stertz Estefana da Silva , Costa Vânia Medianeira Flores , Lopes Luis Felipe Dias , De Sá Clayton Pereira
Published: November 2023

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between personality traits and career adaptability, verifying the existence of the influence of gender in professionals from technology incubators in southern Brazil.
 
Method: Through a quantitative study, the collection of primary data was carried out with a sample of 310 professionals from technology incubators in southern Brazil, where the relationships of the outlined hypotheses were evaluated through structural equation modeling.
 
Results: Through data analysis, it was verified the existence of relationships between the analyzed constructs, in which the strongest correlations were between the Agreeableness with Emotional Stability and Extraversion, Trust with Cooperation and Control with Concern dimensions.
 
Conclusion: Few studies have addressed the issue of career adaptability and personality traits in the technological environment, even more so when it comes to verifying the issue of gender difference in this space. In this sense, this study contributed to in interrelation of the approaches of career adaptability and personality traits, adding the relative gender to the field of technology since this environment is still strictly masculinized. From a practical point of view, it explains the importance of organizational policies that consolidate the amplitude of female participation and representation, especially in strategic positions in technology, raising reflections for managers about diversity and gender equity in an increasingly digital world.