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Fuzzy Logic Methods to Evaluate the Quality of Life in the Regions of Ecuador
Authors: Martin Juan Carlos , Viñán Christian Stalin
Published: May 2017

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to propose a methodological framework that calculates a synthetic indicator of satisfaction of citizens of the nine geographical areas of planning and development of Ecuador (zones).Methodology/Approach: The methodology is based on fuzzy logic and the degree of similarity to ideal solutions. The information is obtained through the application of a structured survey based on the European Social Survey to the Ecuadorian society. The analysis is based on eight different dimensions of satisfaction, namely: (1) Life; (2) Economy; (3) City Government; (4) Transparency; (5) Education; (6) Health System; (7) Roads; and (8) National Government.Findings: The results obtained help different stakeholders to have important insights about how the citizens’ quality of life and satisfaction depend to some extent on important public services that form the pillars of the social welfare, education and health system. However, our results also suggest that other areas of Ecuador can also benefit from the improvement of the policies developed by the local governments.Research Limitation/implication: An important research limitation is based on the limited number of segment variables used in the study, the geographical zones. Thus, an important venue for future research can be envisaged including other interesting traits analyzed by other scholars, like access to the internet, the social class or the size of the city.Originality/Value of paper: The analysis of individual satisfaction and citizens’ quality of life is paramount by the existing interdependence with social cohesion that exists nowadays in Ecuador.
Combining Worst Case and Average Case Considerations in an Integrated Emergency Response Network Design Problem
Authors: Dalal Jyotirmoy , Üster Halit
Published: May 2017

We study an emergency response network design problem that integrates relief (supply) and evacuation (demand) sides under disaster location and intensity uncertainties which, in turn, dictate uncertainty in terms of the location and amount of demand. Representing these uncertainties by discrete scenarios, we present a stochastic programming framework in which two second stage objectives, the average and worst case costs, are combined. In our model, we minimize, over all of the scenarios, the fixed costs of opening supply centers and shelters, and the weighted sum of average and worst case flow costs. Thus, the model gives the decision maker the flexibility to put relative emphasis on the worst case and average flow cost minimization and explore outcomes in terms of total costs and network configurations. To solve large scale instances with varying relative weights, we devise alternative Benders Decomposition approaches. We implement these by using an advanced callback feature of the solver while simultaneously incorporating several performance-enhancing steps that help to improve runtimes significantly. We conduct a detailed computational study to highlight the efficiency of our proposed solution methodology. Furthermore, we apply our approach in a realistic case study based on Geographical Information Systems data on coastal Texas and present interesting insights about the problem and the resulting network structures for varying weights assigned to objectives.
LUNETAS MÁGICAS — TRADUÇÕES ÓTICAS EM MACEDO E ALENCAR
Authors: Sarmiento Guilherme
Published: May 2017

Através da análise de dois textos produzidos no século XIX — o fo-lhetim Ao correr de pena, de José de Alencar, e o romance A luneta mágica, de Joaquim Manuel de Macedo —, ilustram-se as inquietações geradas pelo encontro do olhar romântico com o mundo mediado pelas invenções óticas.
O ESPAÇO LITERÁRIO DA DIÁSPORA AFRICANA: REFLEXÕES TEÓRICAS
Authors: Walter Roland
Published: May 2017

Este ensaio focaliza questões teóricas da abordagem comparativa das literaturas que constituem o espaço literário da diáspora negra. Ele parte da hipótese de que a análise comparativa e interdisciplinar deve inter-relacionar o “inconsciente político”, o “inconsciente cultural” e o “inconsci-ente ecológico” que caracterizam os textos. Neste sentido, entende-se o texto literário como cronotopo e situado num cronotopo imbuído do fan-tasma recalcado das violências e brutalizações, o qual volta em resposta à Verleugnung, fazendo sentir sua presença tanto no nível da enunciação tex-tual quanto no da experiência vivida. Com relação aos afrodescendentes, este espaço-tempo (literário/existencial) é multidimensional: uma encruzil-hada diaspórica onde culturas e epistemes se encontram e transculturam. Isto implica num dos assuntos principais problematizado neste ensaio: como podemos analisar os fluxos dinâmicos desta encruzilhada?
POR UMA HISTÓRIA A PARTIR DOS CONCEITOS: ÁFRICA, CULTURA NEGRA E LEI 10.639/2003. REFLEXÕES PARA DESCONSTRUIR CERTEZAS
Authors: Lima Ivaldo Marciano de França
Published: May 2017

Este artigo objetiva discutir alguns dos muitos conceitos utilizados pelos historiadores e estudiosos em geral para entender as práticas e os cos-tumes dos negros e negras do Brasil. O presente trabalho pretende refletir em torno de conceitos utilizados de forma acrítica, por especialistas de difer-entes áreas das ciências humanas, para desvendar ou traduzir temas relacio-nados com as religiões de terreiro, bem como com as manifestações culturais de um modo geral. O artigo também apresenta algumas reflexões em torno da Lei 10.639, que foi gestada sob a perspectiva do paradigma panafricanista, de que todos os negros e negras do mundo são africanos ou descendentes destes. Um dos muitos desdobramentos deste paradigma consiste em esta-belecer liames entre a história da África e dos negros e negras do Brasil, como se ambas consistissem em continuidades. Tais questões são tratadas como construções sócio-históricas, e como tal, passíveis da análise crítica.
DE CASA À ESCOLA: O DESENHO DO CAMINHO PERCORRIDO NUMA ABORDAGEM HUMANISTA
Authors: Santana Filho Aderbal Pereira , Pacheco Lílian Miranda Bastos
Published: May 2017

É sempre bom pensar o lugar em que vivemos, estabelecer elos e construir espaços de vivência em que o humano, esteja no centro, não na vi- são antropocêntrica, mas no estabelecimento das relações em que o ouvir e falar, sejam expressões marcantes e definitivas. Esta Geografia Humanista é mais uma forma, distinta de tantas outras, de fazer geografia. Esta análise apresenta os mapas mentais, como ferramenta da aprendizagem do desenho cartográfico, caracterizando o risco e rabisco dos alunos do 1º ano do Ensino Médio, de uma escola particular, da cidade de Ilhéus, na Bahia, expressando assim a percepção que estes mesmos alunos possuem do percurso realizado da casa à escola, a partir da confecção do mapa mental em folha de oficio, com objetivo de desenvolver a percepção do lugar. O resultado encontra-se centrado no registro da percepção e representação que o aluno possui, através do mapa mental construído por ele, associado a uma tomada de consciência do lugar em que vive.
OS SENTIDOS DA ARTE
Authors: Araújo Miguel Almir L. de
Published: May 2017

O texto emerge de experiências e meditações desenvolvidas de modo teórico e empírico durante as minhas trajetórias profissionais. Trata da Arte como modo próprio de conhecimento que se constitui desde as esferas da intuição, da imaginação criante, da consciência compreensiva, da corpo- reidade, das afecções (emoções e sentimentos), do espírito crítico-criador. Arte como expressão de formas simbólicas que mobilizam as dimensões vas- tas e fundas da sensibilidade humana, da poeticidade do existir. Como ex- pressão da poiesis, dos processos poéticos de criação, que, dessa forma, in- cidem na transgressividade e na transfiguração do real mediante seus símbolos mitopoéticos. Símbolos que plasmam formas inaugurais instalado- ras de significados e de sentidos que dão intensidade, cromaticidade e en- cantamento ao existir. Arte como experiência intensiva de fruição da sensibi- lidade e que potencializa entrelaces e compartilhamentos humanos, momentos profícuos de celebração da vida.
Saberes e Posições Teórico-Metodológicas em Ciências Humanas
Authors: Lima Ari
Published: May 2017

Neste artigo, propõe-se discutir a pesquisa nas ciências humanas, em particular na Antropologia, como uma questão do trato e da elaboração de linguagem heterodoxa sobre o que se fala, sobre aquele do qual se fala e sobre aquele que fala. Deste modo, pretende-se enfatizar que se a pesquisa nas ciências humanas normalmente é determinada por uma realidade socio- cultural exterior, possível de objetivação, por outro lado, aspectos relaciona- dos à corporalidade e subjetividade do pesquisador orientam sua compreen- são e método de pesquisa. No trabalho que segue, o método de pesquisa é problematizado em relação à condição racial negra assim como em relação à orientação homossexual durante longo tempo ausentes, não nomeadas ou não vislumbradas nos estudos sobre o negro e as relações raciais no Brasil.
CORPO E CIDADE NO SERTÃO PERNAMBUCANO: ARTE, DIÁLOGO SOCIAL E NOVAS IDEIAS
Authors: De Oliveira Juliano Varela
Published: May 2017

O século XXI surgiu num contexto em que o ambiente urbano passou a ser visto como espaço aglutinador de inovações tecnológicas e grandes problemas sociais. As cidades vêm se tornando locus de uma convivência humana ao mesmo tempo encantadora e caótica. Corpo e cidade estão coimplicados numa dinâmica processual de transformações socioculturais e espaciais, por meio da qual a vida dos indivíduos e o significado dos lugares adquirem uma característica singular na contemporaneidade: a imbricação e a mudança de sensações. Ao mesmo tempo em que a cidade atrai, ela expulsa, repugna. Ao mesmo tempo em que o corpo se adapta à cidade, ele se revolta contra ela. Com base nisso, o trabalho objetiva apresentar os primeiros resultados de uma pesquisa que vem sendo realizada no âmbito do Laboratório  de Estudos, Experimentos e Vivências em Artes Cênicas e Cidades (Laborarte) com alunos do IF Sertão PE (Campus Ouricuri) e comunidade em geral. O intuito da pesquisa é efetivar uma dinâmica artística de leitura e compreensão da cidade. Como resultado, vem sendo possível observar a expansão do diálogo entre indivíduos e seus lugares de vida, na perspectiva da construção de novas ideias para o Sertão Pernambucano.
DE MALINOWSKI AOS PÓS-MODERNOS: UMA BREVE REFLEXÃO ACERCA DA PESQUISA ETNOGRÁFICA NA ANTROPOLOGIA
Authors: Dos Santos Vanessa Silva
Published: May 2017

O presente ensaio busca refletir acerca do método etnográfico ela- borado por Bronislaw Malinowski (1976 [1922]), enfatizando as contribuições do autor, sem perder de vista as dinâmicas que vêm ocorrendo no tipo de análise por ele inaugurada. Esse texto resulta de uma revisão bibliográfica, ao revisitarmos alguns dos vários autores que vêm se debruçando analiticamente sobre o método etnográfico e a pesquisa de campo. Dessa forma, defendemos as contribuições metodológicas sistematizadas por Malinowski, sem perder de vista as críticas contemporâneas acerca dos limites dessa obra.
“CULTURA NEGRA”, “POPULAÇÃO NEGRA” E POLÍTICAS DE SAÚDE: ABORDAGENS ETNOGRÁFICAS AO ESTUDO DA POLÍTICA DE SAÚDE DA POPULAÇÃO NEGRA EM SALVADOR, BAHIA
Authors: Calvo-Gonzalez Elena
Published: May 2017

Esse artigo analisa o uso de noções de “cultura negra”, “raça” e “an- cestralidade” nos programas relacionados à política pública denominada de “Saúde da População Negra” na cidade de Salvador, Bahia. Implementadas a partir de meados da década de 2000, essas políticas têm como fundamenta- ção e objetivo a redução de iniquidades raciais, estatisticamente aferidas, em indicadores de saúde e acesso aos serviços de atenção à saúde, com ações como a difusão de  conhecimento sobre doenças tidas como características  da “população negra”, o treinamento e qualificação de profissionais da área da saúde no conhecimento e protocolos de atenção a essas doenças, e a realização de feiras de promoção à saúde. Para mostrar os elos, tanto explícitos quanto implícitos, presentes nessas políticas entre o “corpo negro”, “cultura negra” e noções históricas mais amplas sobre a natureza “miscigenada” da população brasileira, analiso etnograficamente duas ações: uma feira de saúde realizada num tradicional terreiro da cidade, e a difusão de material in- formativo sobre a doença falciforme entre familiares de pessoas recém diagnosticadas. Argumento existir uma certa ambiguidade e polissemia no desenho, implementação e recepção dessas políticas públicas, estando em constante diálogo tanto com noções mais amplas quanto mais restritas do que seria a “negritude”.
IMAGENS DO INSÓLITO E DO MARAVILHOSO: CONSTRUÇÕES DA HISTORICIDADE NA LITERATURA HISPANO-AMERICANA
Authors: Trevisan Ana Lúcia
Published: May 2017

O trabalho estuda os sentidos históricos da narrativa fantástica e do realismo maravilhoso na obra Aura, de Carlos Fuentes, Pedro Páramo, de Ju-an Rulfo e Cien años de soledad, de Gabriel García Márquez a fim de discutir as ambivalências do fantástico, presentes nas letras hispânicas. Dessa forma, procura perceber as nuances significativas dos elementos insólitos que corroboram para a discussão das identidades plurais e para a construção da historicidade na América Hispânica.
Silêncio e interdito em questões de interpretação de texto de um livro didático de Língua Portuguesa
Authors: Heine Palmira Virginia Bahia , Marinho Flágila
Published: May 2017

Este trabalho objetiva discutir os modos de funcionamento do silêncio no livro didático de Língua Portuguesa da Coleção Diálogo. Com base na Análise de Discurso de linha francesa, observou-se que ocorre uma interdição do acesso à polissemia, impedindo o aluno de acessar os múltiplos sentidos, levando-o apenas a copiar e transcrever partes explícitas do texto. Os resultados mostram que o processo de interpretação de texto proposto nas questões analisadas pressupõe um sujeito passivo que apenas repete sentidos explicitados no texto.
A construção atitudinal de crianças em situação de diferença-diversidade em escolas primárias francesas: uma abordagem transcultural
Authors: Brun Éric Charles
Published: May 2017

Este artigo apresenta resultados obtidos numa pesquisa comparativa longitudinal realizada em seis turmas de escolas públicas francesas entre 2012 e 2015 do último ano da Educação Infantil ao 1º ano do Ensino Fundamental I no intuito de observar a evolução das tendências alteritárias-etnocêntricas das crianças através dos seus discursos e dos discursos das suas professoras dentro da implementação de um projeto intervencionista e colaborativo de “Despertar para as línguas” (grupos experimentais) e sem projeto particular (grupos de controle). O objetivo final foi verificar o impacto real que uma abordagem do tipo “Despertar para as línguas” focalizada essencialmente nas competências interculturais e atitudinais pode ter sobre a aprendizagem de uma língua estrangeira moderna no final do 1º ano do Ensino Fundamental I.
TOADAS DE MARACATU E MÚSICAS DE AFOXÉS: RESSIGNIFICA-ÇÃO DE VALORES, SENTIDOS E TRADIÇÕES NA CULTURA AFRO-DESCENDENTE PERNAMBUCANA
Authors: Lima Ivaldo Marciano de França
Published: May 2017

Este artigo tem como objetivo discutir os sentidos existentes nas to-adas de maracatus e músicas dos afoxés pernambucanos, mostrando que elas não constituem meras sobrevivências destituídas de significados. O presente trabalho também procura mostrar que estes textos são feitos e refeitos em função dos interesses daqueles que os compuseram. Assim sendo, pensa-se os maracatuzeiros e afoxezeiros como dotados de consciência e racionalida-de, agindo em busca de espaços e legitimidade na sociedade em que vivem.
HISTÓRIA, LITERATURA E MERCADO LITERÁRIO NA BAHIA OITOCENTISTA: O PROJETO DE ANNA RIBEIRO GÓES BITTENCOURT (1843-1930)
Authors: Oliveira Marcelo Souza
Published: May 2017

A Bahia nos fins do século XIX enfrentou várias transformações so-ciais e econômicas que provocaram o declínio da elite agrária do Recôncavo, composta por senhores de engenho. Nesse período Anna Ribeiro, uma se-nhora de engenho, pertencente a uma das famílias mais tradicionais e pode-rosas da Bahia, ousou a colocar em execução um projeto literário com fins de combater as “novidades vindas fora” e, não apenas isso, também de rea-firmar a identidade da elite à qual pertencia. Para isso, Anna Ribeiro soube se utilizar do mercado editorial baiano de então, além de transitar de maneira hábil no seio do cânon literário dominante. Esse artigo se propõe a fazer uma análise da atuação dessa escritora dentro desse contexto. Para isso são analisados prólogos, prefácios e dedicatórias de seus romances, além de ma-nuscritos e críticas de literatos da época, pontuando sua atuação em vários periódicos do período.Palavras-chave: História, Literatura, Mercado
PROPONDO CAMINHOS PARA O LETRAMENTO VISUAL: UMA LEITURA SEMIÓTICA DO LIVRO DE IMAGENS CENA DE RUA
Authors: Piris Eduardo Lopes
Published: May 2017

Este trabalho visa a oferecer uma proposta de leitura de narrativas visuais aos professores de Artes e de Línguas. Para tanto, apresenta uma análise semiótica do livro de imagens intitulado Cena de Rua de autoria de Angela Lago (1994). Discute alguns problemas em torno do letramento visual no contexto escolar. Delineia um panorama do realismo crítico na literatura infantil e juvenil a fim de mostrar o contexto sócio-histórico por meio do qual emerge o discurso desse livro de magens. Analisa a expressão e o conteúdo das imagens, examinando alguns elementos dos níveis narrativo e discursivo do percurso gerativo de sentido para depreender seu sentido.
CINEMA E LITERATURA: ESTÉTICAS DISTINTAS E COMPLEMENTARES
Authors: Amar Víctor , Seidel Roberto Henrique
Published: May 2017

artigo trata da relação entre as estéticas cinematográfica e literária, discutindo o surgimento do cinema, bem como as significações e influências exercidas na cultura de uma sociedade, tanto pelo cinema quanto pela literatura. Além disso, aborda-se a maneira que cada estética possui de representar a realidade, itando as particularidades pertencentes a cada uma. Isso possibilita a compreensão das duas linguagens como sendo complementares. Esse diálogo possível foi exemplificado a partir de: adaptações da literatura para o cinema como os romances Sargento Getúlio (1971), de João Ubaldo Ribeiro e Vidas secas (1938), de Graciliano Ramos, com os filmes homônimos de Hermano Penna (1983) e de Nelson Pereira dos Santos (1963); e da influência da narrativa inematográfica em literaturas contemporâneas percebida na escrita em prosa a partir dos períodos curtos e/ou fortemente imagéticos, como é o caso de Viva o povo brasileiro (1984), de João Ubaldo Ribeiro.
“LAVOURA ARCAICA”, NIETZSCHE E O MITO DE DIONÍSIO
Authors: Reichmann Brunilda T. , Pellissari Paulo Roberto
Published: May 2017

Este ensaio tenta estabelecer um diálogo entre o romance Lavoura arcaica,de Raduan Nassar, e o texto O nascimento da tragédia, de Friedrich Nietzsche,onde o filósofo se detém sobre e o mito de Dionísio. Damos prioridade às passagens do romance que são “regadas a vinho”, narradas por André, protagonista do romance e portador de uma sensibilidade dionisíaca, e às danças de Anna, que encarnam a essência báquica. André expressa sua sensibilidade em passagens verborrágicas e aparentemente caóticas e na subversão das idéias expressas nos sermões paternos. Ana, na segunda dança, atinge o ápice do dionisíaco, pelas vestes e adereços; pela sensualidade, pelas expressões e pelos movimentosaudaciosos, pela embriaguez. O dionisíaco é paradoxalmente eliminado, no final da narrativa, pela ira paterna, sentimento semelhante ao de Agave, ao assassinar seu filho Penteu, no mito de Dionísio.
A EXPERIÊNCIA DO EXÍLIO EM MIGUEL TORGA
Authors: Duarte Zuleide
Published: May 2017

O tópico da emigração atravessa a literatura portuguesa desde o seunascedouro e chega à contemporaneidade pelas múltiplas vozes dos escritoreslusófonos disseminados pelo mundo. Miguel Torga, poeta, ficcionista e teatrólogoportuguês, filia-se a essa tradição, realizando uma obra que tematiza a terra,a saudade e a simplicidade do homem do campo. A condição de exilado, experiência vivida pelo próprio autor, surge na obra de Torga em imagens representativas da vocação telúrica do lusitano.
Media racism: Beyond modernity and postmodernity
Authors: Löwstedt Anthony , Mboti Nyasha
Published: May 2017

Is racism changing form or character as modernity fades away and a footloose postmodernity takes its place? We consider a wide range of definitions and understandings of racism, modernity and postmodernity, and, while changes in appearance, methods, and mechanisms as well as prevention of racist communication in the media seem undeniable, the question is raised whether the distinctions between ‘modernity’ and ‘postmodernity’ and the applications of these concepts to history and culture might themselves be distorting and racist. We argue that if ‘modernity’ must be used, then best as a suffix, ‘-modernity’, and if that suffix must be used, then it should be used with the prefix of ‘trans-’. In the mainstream definitions of modernity and of postmodernity we find a fundamental modern and postmodern assumption – manifested in Jaspers’ and Bammé’s ‘axial age’ theories of global western influence starting first around 2800 and then around 500 years ago, and then again around 40 years ago, as the three most important axes around which all history must revolve – to be problematic, mainly Eurocentric, and not representative for or of humanity. With the aid of media history and media anthropology we demonstrate weaknesses in axial age and postmodern theories and conclude that while racist communication keeps changing, the main perpetrator and victim populations have each conspicuously looked the same and sounded the same in recent centuries.
Students as curators
Authors: Cross Jennifer
Published: May 2017

Each year for the past twenty years, seventh graders at the Ross School in East Hampton, New York, have performed as curators, organizing thematic exhibitions of the work of professional artists for the school’s gallery. This programme was designed to empower students to engage with art in meaningful and authentic ways, while helping them acquire skills in organization, critical thinking, and collaboration. The article shares the students’ step-by-step curatorial process and gives examples of the interdisciplinary learning that takes place as they meet and interview artists, choose work, design the installation, coordinate publicity, write and produce catalogue documentation, and act as tour guides. In written reflections, students identify the memorable and challenging aspects of organizing and presenting a cohesive and meaningful exhibition.
The student-curated exhibition
Authors: Ennis Erin
Published: May 2017

Renewed interest in curatorial practice within the K-12 art curriculum in the United States has created opportunities to explore new approaches to displaying student artwork in school. This article considers the exhibition-making and curatorial practices of eight Advanced Placement Studio Art students who were given the responsibility of curating a school-wide, end-of-year art show. The student curatorial process was developed by examining the art exhibition throughout history, and by focusing on contemporary installation and curatorial practices. Collaboration with a local gallery owner exposed students to real-world curation applications. Evaluation of the process was ascertained through student reflections and post-show feedback as collected by students through photography, observation and a ‘graffiti wall’.
Editorial: The politics of evidence, data and research in anti-trafficking work
Authors: Yea Sallie
Published: May 2017

Since the mid-2000s, critical commentators have raised concerns about both the paucity of evidence on important aspects of human trafficking, and the difficulty of obtaining meaningful data. Policy formations, advocacy campaigns, concrete interventions, and popular understandings of human trafficking have all had accusations of wild claims and unfounded assumptions levelled at them. Guesstimates prevail and take on a life of their own in such a context. Calls for more robust evidence to prove or disprove claims about the nature, extent and location of human trafficking, the characteristics of trafficked persons, and the continued investment in particular types of responses have abounded. This has occurred in light of the growing potential for unsubstantiated claims to fulfil the place of rigorous evidence to inform anti-trafficking work.
Global Trafficking Prevalence Data Advances the Fight against Trafficking in Persons
Authors: Robinson Courtland , Branchini Casey , Thame Charlie
Published: May 2017

We defend the proposition that global trafficking prevalence data—when gathered using validated methods and presented with sufficient detail on study design and data analysis—can advance the fight against trafficking in persons. Space does not allow us to engage in a full review and critique of existing data and methodologies, but we subscribe to the view that the field in general suffers from ‘“epidemiological anaemia”—lack of primary data collection based on sound sampling procedures’. We would add another condition: demographic disorder—unsystematic use and interpretation of population data. Until that situation improves, and it can best do so through systematic application of qualitative and quantitative ‘microlevel research’, we recommend that existing global prevalence data be presented with clearer caveats and used with due caution.
Global Trafficking Prevalence Data Distorts Efforts to Stop Patterns of Human Trafficking
Authors: Dottridge Mike
Published: May 2017

For everyone engaged in efforts to stop the exploitation and harm associated with human trafficking, it always sounds helpful to know how many people are being exploited in particular places and where they come from. Finding out should help us assess whether efforts to cut down these numbers are effective or not.
Intensifying Insecurities: The impact of climate change on vulnerability to human trafficking in the Indian Sundarbans
Authors: Molinari Nicole
Published: May 2017

Despite an enormous amount of attention paid to the factors that shape vulnerability to human trafficking, such as poverty and a lack of economic opportunity, the debate of evidence for what enables these factors to exist in the first place is relatively less explored. Presently, discussions of the relationship between climate change and human insecurity have been marginal to broader debates about vulnerability to trafficking. This paper argues that this signifies a gap in our understanding of the underlying drivers that push individuals and communities into situations where vulnerability to trafficking amplifies, but also that increase the pull of risky migration pathways and exploitative work situations. This paper proceeds by examining and problematising dominant conceptualisations of vulnerability in human trafficking and climate change discourses. Next, it presents a case study of the Sundarbans region of India to highlight how climate change impacts compound and exacerbate the same factors that shape vulnerability to human trafficking—including environmental degradation, loss of livelihood, destitution, and forced migration. Lastly, it argues for enhanced attention to climate change-related insecurity as evidence of vulnerability to trafficking and outlines what such insights can bring to anti-trafficking efforts.
Acting in Isolation: Safeguarding and anti-trafficking officers' evidence and intelligence practices at the border
Authors: Lynch Jennifer K. , Hadjimatheou Katerina
Published: May 2017

Internationally, the border has been presented as a site of unique opportunity for the identification and protection of victims of human trafficking. In the UK, the establishment of specialist safeguarding and anti-trafficking (SAT) units within the border force has raised questions about the challenges for border force officers (BFOs) of balancing the enforcement of strict immigration rules with the protection of victims under anti-trafficking legislation. In this paper we draw on data collected from a study of anti-trafficking initiatives at Heathrow airport to consider a particular area of BFO frustration with SAT work: the collection and use of evidence and intelligence to support investigation and pursuit of potential SAT cases at the border. Our findings focus on the use of intelligence and data to inform initiatives and develop a comprehensive understanding of the trafficking problem; and the scope of BFO powers of evidence-collection on the frontline. The experience of BFOs points to a team often working in isolation as they attempt to traverse gaps in data collection and limits to their powers to gather evidence in pursuit of their duty to identify victims of trafficking at the UK border. We conclude by making proposals for how the border force and central government could improve evidence and intelligence practices in ways that translate into both more coherent anti-trafficking policy and better identification and support for victims.
Monitoring and Evaluation of Human Trafficking Partnerships in England and Wales
Authors: Van Dyke Ruth
Published: May 2017

In the United Kingdom, human trafficking and, more recently, modern slavery has been pushed up the political and policy agenda. At the same time, partnership working has been promoted at international and national levels in order to encourage a more holistic response to trafficking. This article examines the nature of the evidence collected to monitor and evaluate the activities and outcomes of organisations involved in a number of human trafficking partnerships in England and Wales. Underpinning this analysis is the ‘4 Ps’ approach to tackling human trafficking: Prevention, Protection, Prosecution and Partnership. Based on interviews with a variety of actors working in different partner bodies, limitations of evidence in relation to both monitoring activities as well as evaluating outcomes emerged. These relate to inadequate data collection, lack of robust methods of data collection, untested assumptions, the complexity of gathering evidence which reflect human welfare oriented goals, and the sharing of evidence between partner organisations. A key finding is that current data and methods of data collection are inadequate for the purpose of measuring the effectiveness of anti-trafficking initiatives and partnerships. Another key finding is the way in which partnerships challenged received outcomes and expanded their focus beyond victims of trafficking or criminal justice goals. Finally, I explore whether criminal justice outcomes can be leveraged to foster deterrence, by interrogating what evidence might be needed.
Building the Infrastructure of Anti-Trafficking, Part II: Why measurement matters
Authors: David Fiona
Published: May 2017

Having worked on human trafficking issues since the late 1990s, I have been fortunate to observe the rapid development of the infrastructure necessary to respond to these crimes. In 1999, a time of much concern about ‘mail order brides’ and debates about the differences between human trafficking and smuggling, I published a report noting that:In Australia, as in other countries of the world, limited evidence is available about the nature and incidence of trafficking in persons. There is some anecdotal evidence of trafficking activity occurring in various industries, including hospitality, manufacturing, and agriculture. The sector that has received the most media attention, however, is the sex industry.
Air Traffic Control Tools Assessment
Authors: Noskievič Tomáš , Kraus Jakub
Published: May 2017

Undoubtedly air transport in today’s world wouldn’t be able to exist without any air traffic control service. As the air transport has been coming through major changes and it has been expanding, it is assumed that its volume will be doubled in the next 15 years. Air traffic control uses strictly organised procedures to ensure safe course of air operations. With the skies covered with more airplanes every year, new tools must be introduced to allow the controllers to manage this rising amount of flying aircraft and to keep the air transport safe. This paper provides a comprehensive and organized material, which describes the newest tools and systems used by air traffic control officers. It proposes improvements for further research and development of ATC tools.
Methodology of Pilot Performance Measurements
Authors: Kalavsky Peter , Rozenberg Róbert , Socha Luboš , Socha Vladimír , Gazda Jindrich , Kimlickova Monika
Published: May 2017

The article is devoted to the development of the methodology of measuring pilot performance under real flight conditions. It provides the basic information on a research project realized to obtain new information regarding training and education of pilots. The introduction is focused on the analytical part of the project and the outputs in terms of the current state of the art. Detailed view is cast on the issue of measuring pilot performance under specific conditions of the cockpit or the flight simulator. The article is zooming in on the two selected and developed methods of pilot performance in terms of the defined indicators evaluated, conditions of compliance for conducting research and procedures of the methodology of pilot performance measurements.
Neuroprotective properties of incretin mimetics in brain ischemia and neurodegenerative diseases
Authors: Tyurenkov Ivan N. , Bakulin Dmitry A. , Kurkin Denis V. , Volotova Elena V.
Published: May 2017

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DMT2) is a disease significantly increasing the risk of neurodegenerative disorders and stroke. The keen interest in anti-diabetic medications, which can reduce the risk of cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disorders, is caused by the substantial rise in the number of patients with DMT2 as a result of population aging.
According to the clinical trial data, incretin mimetics significantly reduce the glycosylated hemoglobin level, while moderately reducing blood pressure and adipose tissue mass in DMT2patients. When added to the conventional hypoglycemic therapy, analogues of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) significantly decrease the risk of cardiovascular complications in DMT2 patients. The positive effect of these medications in patients with neurodegenerative diseases, both the independent and T2DM-associated ones, has been observed. Today, there are ongoing clinical trials of the effect of GLP-1 analogues in patients with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.
The available data show that incretin mimetics exhibit neuroprotective properties due to GLP-1 receptors on neurons, microglial and endothelial cells. These receptors were found to be able to trigger the major intracellular signaling pathways that maintain cellular function and inhibit apoptosis under pathological conditions.
In this review, we summarize the results of studies focused on neuroprotective properties of drugs with the incretin-mimetic mechanism of action. The findings on their effect on a number of pathological processes in patients with neurodegenerative diseases and cerebrovascular disturbance are reported. The ability of incretin mimetics to reduce microglial activation, secretion of proinflammatory cytokines and pathological protein aggregation, as well as inhibit neuronal apoptosis, improve mitochondrial functional state, enhance expression of trophic factors and stimulate neurogenesis, is demonstrated.
Research of association of the polymorphic locus rs11212617 ATM gene with the response to therapy with metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes
Authors: Bondar Irina A. , Shabelnikova Olesia Y. , Sokolova Ekaterina A. , Filipenko Maksim L.
Published: May 2017

Rationale. The genetic aspects influencing the effectiveness of metformin (MF) therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DMT2) have recently been intensively studied.
Objective — to study the association between the rs11212617 polymorphism in the ATM gene and response to metformin therapy in DMT2 patients in the Novosibirsk region and to conduct a metaanalysis of the previously reported data.
Material and methods. 460 DMT2 patients (97 males and 363 females) who received MF, both as a part of monotherapy and in combination with sulfonylurea (SU) drugs, were subjected to cross-sectional examination. Depending on HbA1c level, patients were divided into the following groups: patients who have attained the target HbA1c level after MF therapy (n=209) and those who did not attain the target HbA1c level although receiving the maximum dose of MF (n=251). Alleles and genotypes were determined by real-time PCR using TaqMan probes at the Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine (SB RAS).
Results. Frequency of the rare C allele of the rs11212617 polymorphism in the ATM gene in the examined patients was 0.41 and statistically did not differ between the subgroups who received MF monotherapy and combination therapy. Statistically significant association between the genotype of the rs11212617 polymorphism in the ATM gene and the type of response was revealed neither in the total group of patients (OR=0.94, 95% CI 0.73—1.23; p=0.67) nor in the MF monotherapy (OR=0.94, 95% CI 0.73—1.23; p=0.67) or combination therapy subgroups (OR=1.02, 95% CI 0.72—1.43; p=0.92). However, the metaanalysis results verify that the C allele is associated with attainment of the target HbAc1 level (the total OR=1.27, 95% CI 1.10—1.46; p=0.0008).
Conclusions. The rs11212617 polymorphism in the ATM gene can influence the effectiveness of MF therapy in DMT2 patients.
Precision of full polynomial response surface designs on models with missing coefficients
Authors: Iwundu Mary , Jaja ENYINNA
Published: May 2017

The precision of using full polynomial response surface designs on models with missing coefficients (reduced models) is studied using efficiency measures. The loss in D- and G-efficiency of constructed first-order exact designs is minimized for the model with missing interaction coefficient. However, higher losses in D- and G-efficiency are recorded when constructed second-order exact designs are used on the model with missing interaction coefficient with few exceptions showing preferences for using the designs on the reduced model. Lower condition numbers are observed for the designs under the first-order reduced models thus indicating that the N-point exact designs are closer to being orthogonal for the reduced model than for the full model. Perfect orthoganality is achieved at design sizes 4 and 8. In fact, N-point exact designs of multiples of N=4 show perfect orthoganality when defined either for the full or reduced first-order models. In comparison to a design with perfect orthoganality, the second-order designs are far from being orthogonal.
Neue Ansätze in Ökotoxikologie und Chemikalienbewertung New Approaches in Ecotoxicology and Effect Assessment of Chemicals
Authors: Escher Beate
Published: May 2017

The problems and challenges in ecotoxicology and the risk assessment of chemicals are reviewed with a particular focus on prospective methods and consistence with the precautionary principle. The significance
of modes of toxic action for the hazard assessment is shown. A concept for the classification according to toxic mechanisms is derived and illustrated with practical examples.
Surface functionalization of poly(ε-caprolactone) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) with VEGF
Authors: Teske Michael , Sternberg Katrin
Published: May 2017

In this study, surface modifications for the biodegradable polymers poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) [P(3HB)] were developed in order to improve their suitability as scaffold material for bioartificial vessel prostheses. The challenge of wet-chemical surface modifications is to avoid bulk adjustments resulting in undesired changes in mechanical properties of these polymers. Nevertheless subsequent immobilization and controlled release of potent angiogenic biomolecules like vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) from the polymer surface is required. In order to improve the biocompatibility of PCL and P(3HB), terminal hydroxyl groups on the surface of these polymers were generated via oxygen (O
Dependence of Gully Networks on Faults and Lineaments Networks, Case Study from Hronska Pahorkatina Hill Land
Authors: Burian Libor , Šujan Michal , Stankoviansky Miloš , Šilhavý Jakub , Okai Ashie
Published: May 2017

In this paper we analyse the dependence between gully networks, networks of valleys and faults in the area of Hronska pahorkatina Hill Land. The work is based on the analysis of directions and densities of these three networks in the study area and subunits of lower hierarchical level. The coincidence of all three networks is rare. This scenario occurs when networks of gullies are situated on the bottom of shallow valleys which are conditioned by the presence of faults. More often scenario is only the coincidence of network of valleys and gullies. The last scenario appears in areas with low fault density. The most specific scenario is perpendicularity between network of gullies and network of gullies. Gullies are situated on steep slopes of incised valleys in this case. The last scenario appears the most frequently and was also proven by findings from other studies. We propose three comprehensive explanations of the possible dependence between network of gullies and faults. We also suggest the draft of the possible dependence between network of valleys and gullies.
Role of Different Feedstocks on the Butanol Production Through Microbial and Catalytic Routes
Authors: Biswas Shalini , Katiyar Richa , Gurjar B. R. , Pruthi Vikas
Published: May 2017

Among the renewable fuels, butanol has become an attractive, economic and sustainable choice because of cost elevation in petroleum fuel, diminishing the oil reserves and an increase of green house effect. Butanol can be derived from renewable sources by using the natural bio-resources and agro-wastes such as orchard wastes, peanut wastes, wheat straw, barley straw and grasses via Acetone Butanol Ethanol (ABE) process. On the other hand, butanol can be directly formed from chemical route involving catalysts also such as from ethanol through aldol condensation. This review presents extensive evaluation for the production of butanol deploying microbial and catalytic routes.
Predictions and outcomes of atrial fibrillation in the patients with acute myocardial infarction
Authors: Vukmirović Mihailo , Bošković Aneta , Tomašević Vukmirović Irena , Vujadinovic Radoje , Fatić Nikola , Bukumirić Zoran , Vukmirović Filip
Published: May 2017

The large epidemiological studies demonstrated that atrial fibrillation is correlated with high mortality and adverse events in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The aim of this study was to determinate predictors of atrial fibrillation develop during the hospital period in patients with acute myocardial infarction as well as short- and long-term mortality depending on the atrial fibrillation presentation. The 600 patients with an acute myocardial infarction were included in the study and follow-up 84 months. Atrial fibrillation develops during the hospital period was registered in 48 patients (8%). After adjustment by logistic regression model the strongest predictor of atrial fibrillation develop during the hospital period was older age, particularly more than 70 years (odds ratio 2.37, CI 1.23-4.58, p=0.010), followed by increased of Body Mass Index (odds ratio 1.17, CI 1.04-1.33, p=0.012), enlarged diameter of left atrium (LA) (odds ratio 1,18, CI 1,03-1,33, p=0,015) presentation of mitral regurgitation (odds ratio 3.56, CI 1.25-10.32, p=0.018) and B-type natriuretic peptide (odds ratio 2.12, CI 1.24-3.33, p=0.048).Patients with atrial fibrillation develop during the hospital period had a higher mortality during the hospital course (10.4% vs. 5.6%) p=0.179. as well as follow-up period of 84 months than patients without it (64.6% vs. 39.1%) p=0.569, than patients without it, but without statistically significance. Patients with AF develop during the hospital period had higher mortality during the hospital course as well as follow up period of 84 months than patients without it, but without statistically significance.
Crystal structure of n-butyl-tris(dicyclo-hexylamido)hafnium(IV), C40H75HfN3
Authors: Adler Christian , Schmidtmann Marc , Beckhaus Rüdiger
Published: May 2017

C40H75HfN3, monoclinic, P21/n (no. 14), a = 10.7446(3) Å, b = 13.6547(4) Å, c = 26.5464(9) Å, β = 92.2375(15)°, V = 3891.8(2) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0195, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0461, T = 100(2) K.
Controlled stepwise synthesis of a Cu-MOF: Transmetallation of a magnesium precursor to a three-dimensional framework with very high solvent content
Authors: Guo Qianqian , Englert Ulli
Published: May 2017

A copper metal-organic framework (MOF) was synthesized by transmetalation. The ditopic ligand 3-(3,5-dimethyl-pyrazol-4-yl)pentane-2,4-dione is introduced via its Mg precursor complex in which it is oxygen-coordinated. After transmetallation, the ligand acts as N,O,O′ linker between dinuclear, sulfato-bridged Cu(II) nodes. The resulting three-dimensional solid crystallizes in the chiral space group I213, with more than half of its cell volume occupied by disordered methanol and dichloromethane molecules: the coordination framework encloses a large solvent-filled region along [1 1 1] which coounts for 54.8% of the crystal volume. The structure collapses upon removal of the clathrated solvent. Sulfate-O atoms are exposed towards the solvent region and facilitate trapping of polar guest molecules. The framework topology corresponds to a lcv net with Vertex symbol 3·3·102·102·103·103.
La publicidad como transmisora de cultura / Advertising as a culture transmitter
Authors: Pellicer Jordá María Teresa
Published: May 2017

La publicidad es un instrumento fundamental en el sistema capitalista actual- presente ya en la mayoría de países-, pero también se ha convertido en una pieza clave en la creación, transmisión y mantenimiento de los valores que sustentan la sociedad. En este artículo vamos a estudiar esta cuestión, analizando las opiniones de diversos autores respecto al tema y estableciendo unas conclusiones que nos mostrarán la creciente importancia de la publicidad en la sociedad actual.
Reconceptualización de la educación en la era digital: educominicacion, redes de aprendizaje y cerebro factores claves en los actuales escenarios de construcción de conocimiento
Authors: Rodríguez García Yeldy Milena
Published: May 2017

El concepto de educación requiere una reconceptualización, por parte de docentes y estudiantes, de cara a los desafíos de la revolución digital en términos comunicativos, que impactan directamente en los procesos educativos. Alta concordancia entre la conceptualización y la realidad educativa actual, reduce las posibilidades de sufrir frustración, disminuir la motivación, por ende el aprendizaje y no cumplir las expectativas. El artículo presenta resultados parciales de tesis doctoral denominada: “Reconceptualización  de la educación en la era digital. Educomunicación, redes de aprendizaje y cerebro: una visión desde la neurociencia cognitiva a los procesos de construcción de conocimiento en entornos digitales” realizada en el contexto universitario colombiano (años 2012 a 2016). El fundamento teórico es la filosofía y la práctica educomunicativa y el enfoque Conectivista. El objeto principal fue analizar los conceptos de educación digital, las practicas educomunicativas, de redes de aprendizaje y perfiles cognitivos de muestra de 3643 estudiantes y 300 docentes de diferentes programas a nivel de pregrado, ambos neófitos en educación virtual y evidenciar si existía alguna relación con los procesos de construcción de conocimiento. Los resultados sugieren, que los preconceptos sobre las prácticas educativas digitales de docentes y estudiantes, influyen de forma significativa en los procesos de aprendizaje, comunicación, conductas y convivencia en estos entornos, pero también las evidencias cuantitativas y cualitativas soportan que estos preconceptos cambian en sentido positivo, cuando se experimentan didácticas acordes a la edad, al estilo cognitivo y con un enfoque educomunicativo y relacional. Las conclusiones presentan aspectos por mejorar y prospectiva.