bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Brokering Culture and Power in a Media-Driven World: Parents of Adolescents in Northern Thailand
Authors: McKenzie Jessica , Rooney Joseph , Stewart Cassandra , Castellón Rachel , Landeros Cristina , Willis Emma
Published: August 2019

Exposure to modern media alters cultural values and individual identities. Little is known, however, about whether and how media use alters cultural socialization processes in family relationships. In this study, 20 urban Thai parents of adolescent children took part in individual interviews in which they discussed media use in their families. Thematic analysis of interview data indicates that adolescents act as cultural brokers for their parents in a media-driven culture, and that this brokerage engenders adolescent agency, power, and the renegotiation of traditional age-based hierarchies in the Thai context. Data also indicate that parental power and authority are maintained and reasserted by way of parents placing restrictions on adolescent media use and mobilizing their children’s technological desires as opportunities to teach culturally salient lessons about necessity—a value that reflects central tenets of the late Thai King Bhumibol’s Sufficiency Economy and of Buddhism’s Four Noble Truths. Findings suggest that media use can both transform and maintain traditional cultural values and family dynamics in northern Thailand. More broadly, this study carries implications for the psychological science of globalization by applying the concept of cultural brokerage to communities undergoing rapid technological change.
Reliability and Construct Validity of the Penetration‐Aspiration Scale for Quantifying Pediatric Outcomes after Interarytenoid Augmentation
Authors: Wick Elizabeth H. , Johnson Kaalan , Demarre Kim , Faherty Amy , Parikh Sanjay , Horn David L.
Published: August 2019

Objective

To assess the reliability and construct validity of the Penetration‐Aspiration Scale in children.

Study Design

This was a retrospective cohort study of pre‐ and postoperative video modified barium swallow studies from children who underwent interarytenoid injection augmentation for unexplained persistent pharyngeal dysphagia. Two pediatric speech and language pathologists reviewed each study twice in a blinded and randomized fashion.

Setting

Tertiary academic pediatric hospital.

Subjects and Methods

Thirty children were identified with adequate pre‐ and postoperative modified barium swallow studies within 4 weeks of intervention. Children were separated into clinical outcome groups based on ability to advance to thinner diet consistencies postoperatively. Construct validity was assessed with a mixed linear model to test the hypothesis that only the clinically improved group would receive better Penetration‐Aspiration Scale scores after surgery. Reliability was assessed by calculating chance‐corrected agreement between raters (interrater) and raters’ repeat evaluations (intrarater).

Results

Inter‐ and intrarater reliabilities (Cohen’s κ) were both excellent. Results of the mixed model revealed a significant interaction between outcome group and pre‐ and postoperative time interval. As hypothesized, this involved a significant improvement in Penetration‐Aspiration Scale score only in the improved group.

Conclusions

These findings suggest that the Penetration‐Aspiration Scale is a reliable and valid measure of clinical response to interarytenoid injection augmentation in children.
Good Samaritan Law and bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Cross-sectional study of 1223 first-aid learners in Hong Kong
Authors: Hung Kevin KC , Leung CY , Siu Axel , Graham Colin A
Published: August 2019

Background:

Similar to many Asian cities, there is no statutory provision for the determination of the duty borne by bystander first aiders when assisting victims in Hong Kong.

Objectives:

The aim of this study was to explore the views of a Good Samaritan Law by first-aid learners in Hong Kong.

Methods:

A cross-sectional survey was conducted among first-aid course participants from the two largest training providers in Hong Kong using a self-administered questionnaire.

Results:

In total, 1223 questionnaires were completed and returned. Only 12.1% (147/1211) of participants have ever heard of Good Samaritan Law. After a short description of Good Samaritan Law was provided, 71.4% (848/1188) agreed or strongly agreed on a Likert-type scale that a Good Samaritan Law is necessary; 95.2% (1148/1223) support the enactment of a Good Samaritan Law in Hong Kong.

Conclusion:

The majority of first-aid learners in Hong Kong supported the enactment of Good Samaritan Law. Overcoming the fear of litigation and improving bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation rate is a priority for improving survival rates from sudden cardiac arrest in Hong Kong.
Affective economy of national-populist images: Investigating national and transnational online networks through visual big data
Authors: Hokka Jenni , Nelimarkka Matti
Published: August 2019

In our article, we investigate the affective economy of national-populist image circulation on Facebook. This is highly relevant, since social media has been an essential area for the spread of national-populist ideology. In our research, we analyse image circulation as affective practice, combining qualitative and quantitative methods. We use computational data analysis methods to examine visual big data: image fingerprints and reverse image search engines to track down the routes of thousands of circulated images as well as make discourse-historical analysis on the images that have gained most attention among supporters. Our research demonstrates that these existing tools allow social science research to make theory-solid approaches to understand the role of image circulation in creating and sustaining national and transnational networks on social media, and show how national-populist thinking is spread through images that catalyse and mobilise affects – fear, anger and resentment – thus creating an effective affective economy.
Interleukin-6 Disrupts Synaptic Plasticity and Impairs Tissue Damage Compensation in Multiple Sclerosis
Authors: Stampanoni Bassi Mario , Iezzi Ennio , Mori Francesco , Simonelli Ilaria , Gilio Luana , Buttari Fabio , Sica Francesco , De Paolis Nicla , Mandolesi Georgia , Musella Alessandra , De Vito Francesca , Dolcetti Ettore , Bruno Antonio , Furlan Roberto , Finardi Annamaria , Marfia Girolama A. , Centonze Diego , Rizzo Francesca Romana
Published: August 2019

Background: Synaptic plasticity helps in reducing the clinical expression of brain damage and represents a useful mechanism to compensate the negative impact of new brain lesions in multiple sclerosis (MS). Inflammation, altering synaptic plasticity, could negatively influence the disease course in relapsing-remitting MS (RR-MS). Objective: In the present study, we explored whether interleukin (IL)-6, a major proinflammatory cytokine involved in MS pathogenesis, alters synaptic plasticity and affects the ability to compensate for ongoing brain damage. Methods: The effect of IL-6 incubation on long-term potentiation (LTP) induction was explored in vitro, in mice hippocampal slices. We also explored the correlation between the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of this cytokine and the LTP-like effect induced by the paired associative stimulation (PAS) in a group of RR-MS patients. Finally, we examined the correlation between the CSF levels of IL-6 at the time of diagnosis and the prospective disease activity in a cohort of 150 RR-MS patients. Results: In vitro LTP induction was abolished by IL-6. Consistently, in patients with MS, a negative correlation emerged between IL-6 CSF concentrations and the effect of PAS. In MS patients, longer disease duration before diagnosis was associated with higher IL-6 CSF concentrations. In addition, elevated CSF levels of IL-6 were associated with greater clinical expression of new inflammatory brain lesions, unlike in patients with low or absent IL-6 concentrations, who had a better disease course. Conclusions: IL-6 interfering with synaptic plasticity mechanisms may impair the ability to compensate the clinical manifestation of new brain lesions in RR-MS patients.
A Patient Experience Course Syllabus: Integrating Service Sciences Research to Enhance Health-Care Delivery
Authors: Joshi Priyanka D , Shoemaker Stowe , Sullivan Corrin C , Soman Neelesh R
Published: August 2019

We present here a syllabus for teaching patient experience that draws on service sciences to address the current state of patient experience. The syllabus was the result of an ongoing collaboration between educators at the Hotel College and the School of Medicine at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. The syllabus was developed after a thorough literature review in the field of services marketing, patient experience, hospitality marketing, management and leadership, health-care administration, and health-care communication and after consultation with subject matter experts. We believe that the syllabus provides an action plan for universities and hospitals to introduce and teach the topic of hospitality and patient experience as part of the medical and nursing school curriculum. The syllabus can also be adapted for teaching in executive education programs.
Hematopoietic stem cell response to acute thrombocytopenia requires signaling through distinct receptor tyrosine kinases
Authors: Ramasz Beáta , Krüger Anja , Reinhardt Julia , Sinha Anupam , Gerlach Michael , Gerbaulet Alexander , Reinhardt Susanne , Dahl Andreas , Chavakis Triantafyllos , Wielockx Ben , Grinenko Tatyana
Published: August 2019

Key Points

A dual signal from c-Kit and VEGFR-2 determines selective activation of HSCs and MPP2 in response to acute immune thrombocytopenia. VEGF-A and PDGF-BB relocalize stem cell factor in megakaryocytes, triggering proliferation of HSPCs.
Collagen structure changes during chrome tanning in propylene carbonate
Authors: Zhang Yi , Buchanan Jenna Kate , Holmes Geoff , Mansel Bradley William , Prabakar Sujay
Published: August 2019

Green solvents, such as propylene carbonate (PC), can be used in leather processing to improve the efficiency of chrome tanning and reduce wastewater. Here we report a combined small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) study on PC and its efficacy as a carrier medium during chrome tanning. SAXS analysis on the collagen structure of chrome tanned leather using PC, compared to conventionally tanned leather using water, showed an increase in Cr uptake in addition to the more uniform penetration of Cr through the leather cross-section. The increased binding of Cr to the collagen matrix drives the decreased hydration environment of the collagen triple helix. Furthermore, DSC studies show a uniform hydrothermal stability for the PC samples due to the more even distribution of Cr through the collagen matrix. Understanding the mechanisms by which chrome tanning occurs in non-aqueous solvents can guide us towards a more sustainable future for the leather industry.

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Gravity anomaly reconstruction based on nonequispaced Fourier transform
Authors: Xu Ya , Nan Fangzhou , Cao Weiping , Huang Song , Hao Tianyao
Published: August 2019

Irregular sampled gravity data are often interpolated into regular grid data for convenience of data processing and interpretation. The compressed sensing theory provides a signal reconstruction method that can recover a sparse signal from far fewer samples. We have introduced a gravity data reconstruction method based on the nonequispaced Fourier transform (NFT) in the framework of compressed sensing theory. We have developed a sparsity analysis and a reconstruction algorithm with an iterative cooling thresholding method and applied to the gravity data of the Bishop model. For 2D data reconstruction, we use two methods to build the weighting factors: the Gaussian function and the Voronoi method. Both have good reconstruction results from the 2D data tests. The 2D reconstruction tests from different sampling rates and comparison with the minimum curvature and the kriging methods indicate that the reconstruction method based on the NFT has a good reconstruction result even with few sampling data.
Differential Actions of Estrogen Receptor α and β via Nongenomic Signaling in Human Prostate Stem and Progenitor Cells
Authors: Majumdar Shyama , Rinaldi Jaqueline C , Malhotra Neha R , Xie Lishi , Hu Dan-Ping , Gauntner Timothy D , Grewal Harinder S , Hu Wen-Yang , Kim Sung Hoon , Katzenellenbogen John A , Kasper Susan , Prins Gail S
Published: August 2019

Human prostate stem and progenitor cells express estrogen receptor (ER)α and ERβ and exhibit proliferative responses to estrogens. In this study, membrane-initiated estrogen signaling was interrogated in human prostate stem/progenitor cells enriched from primary epithelial cultures and stem-like cell lines from benign and cancerous prostates. Subcellular fractionation and proximity ligation assays localized ERα and ERβ to the cell membrane with caveolin-1 interactions. Exposure to 17β-estradiol (E2) for 15 to 60 minutes led to sequential phosphorylation of signaling molecules in MAPK and AKT pathways, IGF1 receptor, epidermal growth factor receptor, and ERα, thus documenting an intact membrane signalosome that activates diverse downstream cascades. Treatment with an E2–dendrimer conjugate or ICI 182,870 validated E2-mediated actions through membrane ERs. Overexpression and knockdown of ERα or ERβ in stem/progenitor cells identified pathway selectivity; ERα preferentially activated AKT, whereas ERβ selectively activated MAPK cascades. Furthermore, prostate cancer stem-like cells expressed only ERβ, and brief E2 exposure activated MAPK but not AKT cascades. A gene subset selectively regulated by nongenomic E2 signaling was identified in normal prostate progenitor cells that includes BGN, FOSB, FOXQ1, and MAF. Membrane-initiated E2 signaling rapidly modified histone methyltransferases, with MLL1 cleavage observed downstream of phosphorylated AKT and EZH2 phosphorylation downstream of MAPK signaling, which may jointly modify histones to permit rapid gene transcription. Taken together, the present findings document ERα and ERβ membrane-initiated signaling in normal and cancerous human prostate stem/progenitor cells with differential engagement of downstream effectors. These signaling pathways influence normal prostate stem/progenitor cell homeostasis and provide novel therapeutic sites to target the elusive prostate cancer stem cell population.
Year One: Reflections on Turkey's Second Founding and the Politics of Division
Authors: Bargu Banu
Published: August 2019

This essay analyzes Turkey's contemporary moment in light of the significance of the coup attempt on July 15, 2016 and the countrywide state of emergency it precipitated. The essay specifically examines two different forces unleashed by July 15: on the one hand, an assertive raison d'état that seeks to re-establish unity among state apparatuses and to enhance state power from above, and, on the other, the popular energies of resistance that have countered the coup attempt from below. Scrutinizing the conjuncture that has enabled the AKP to assume leadership over both forces, I investigate how a process of restoration has been transformed into a process of remaking the polity. In light of the crisis of hegemony of political Islamism, I explore both the nationalist politics of division that is mobilized to sustain the movement toward Turkey's “second” founding and the possibilities for opposition that might counter it.
The Strike that Made a Difference
Authors: Rudan Paola , Precarie ∫connessioni , Non Una di Meno Roma
Published: August 2019

Commenting on three activist documents on the global women's strike published by the Italian network Non Una di Meno and by the collective ∫connessioni precarie, this text reads the March 8 strike in Italy as part of a transnational process that was both deepened and accelerated by the use of the strike as a feminist practice. The March 8 strike was a political and social strike. It made a difference because it allowed feminism to go beyond the borders of the “woman question,” to become both a mass political practice and a means by which to question the whole neoliberal order at the very moment in which patriarchal violence had begun to be recognized as fundamental to it.
Call to the International Women's Strike – March 8, 2018
Authors: Menos Ni Una
Published: August 2019

In this call to strike, the members of Ni Una Menos define the strike as a tool that they reinvent to dismantle the scheme of violence against women. The strike, they write, allows them to map new colonial and imperial forms deployed against women's economies and territories. Those who strike investigate and activate resistances and disobediences, the production of alternate forms of life, and rebellious bodies. Those who organize—women, lesbians, trans people, feminized bodies of the world—seek to propagate a virus of defiance. In a demonstration of force and with a collective shout for March 8, 2018, women strike: ¡Ni Una Menos, Vivas Nos Queremos! (Not One Woman Less! We Want to Stay Alive!)
Hostages to Democracy
Authors: Sundar Nandini
Published: August 2019

This article explores the aporias of democracy to show how both procedural and substantive democracy, or at least certain constructions of “need,” operate to render the lives of sections of the citizenry precarious. More specifically, in the context of an ongoing civil war in central India between Maoist guerillas and the Indian state, I argue that, far from being a palliative for or alternative to insurgency, Indian democracy as practiced today—both in its procedural electoral aspects and its substantive welfare aspects—may serve as an active tool of counterinsurgency and a means of evading accountability.
Use of fractal analysis in dental images: a systematic review
Authors: Kato Camila NAO , Barra Sâmila G , Tavares Núbia PK , Amaral Tânia MP , Brasileiro Cláudia B , Mesquita Ricardo A , Abreu Lucas G
Published: August 2019

Objectives:

This study reviewed the use of fractal analysis (FA) in dental images.

Methods:

A search was performed using PubMed, MEDLINE, LILACS, Web of Science and SCOPUS databases. The inclusion criteria were human studies in the English language, with no date restriction.

Results:

78 articles were found in which FA was applied to panoramic radiographs (34), periapical radiographs (21), bitewing radiographs (4), cephalometric radiograph (1), cone beam CT (15), micro-CT (3), sialography (2), and ultrasound (2). Low bone mineral density (21) and systemic or local diseases (22) around the bone of dental implants were the main subjects of the study of FA. Various sizes and sites of the regions of interest were used to evaluate the bone structure. Different ways were used to treat the image and to calculate FA. FA of 43 articles showed significant differences in the comparison of groups, mainly between healthy and sick patients.

Conclusions:

FA in Dentistry has been widely applied to the study of images. Panoramic and periapical radiographs were those most frequently used. The Image J software and the box-counting method were extensively adopted in the studies reviewed herein. Further studies are encouraged to improve clarification of the parameters that directly influence FA.
Case Report: Double penile fracture
Authors: Mercado-Olivares Felipe , Grandez-Urbina J. Antonio , Farfan-Daza Giomar , Pacheco-Sauñe Juan , Nuñez-Bragayrac Luciano
Published: August 2019

Penile fracture is an underreported surgical emergency. It usually occurs as a single rupture of the tunica albuginea in one of two corpora cavernosa; a rupture of both masses is an uncommon finding. We report a case of a young male who presented to the emergency department two hours after sustaining penile trauma. Prompt surgical exploration was performed four hours post-injury. He was found to have one fracture on each corpora cavernosa, without urethral injury, which were repaired successfully. The patient had a favorable recovery and was discharged on the third postoperative day without complications. The aim of this report is to highlight the importance of complete degloving of the penile shaft for a meticulous search during surgery to avoid missed injuries. This approach will ensure a successful outcome avoiding physical and psychological disabilities.
THEORIES ON COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION SCALES TRIANGLE AND NORMALIZATION OF DIFFERENT VARIABLES: A NEW MODEL IN DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS
Authors: Alitaneh Saeed
Published: August 2019

This paper is an attempt to solve various problems by the two factors of mean and standard deviation (SD) of variables, introducing coefficient of variation (CV) of data as the best option for prioritization, scaling, pairwise comparison and normalization of quantitative and qualitative variables. An algorithm was built based on a coefficient of variation scales triangle (CVST) consisting of natural numbers with coefficients of binomial expansion for each line, followed by new and independent grading and scaling. In view of the existing factors, the theory provides higher generalization and maximum reliability rates in comparison to other methods for multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDA). On the other hand, in the normalization process of different variables (i.e. de-scalarization), a precise and infinite model was presented based on coefficient of variation scale triangle (multipurpose triangle), in such a way that decision makers could work with the software in a more convenient and precise manner. Therefore, the proposed theories may be considered as a new approach and definition in the valuation and progress of MCDA.
INTEGRATIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS WITH DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS – A LITERATURE REVIEW
Authors: Patel Gokulananda
Published: August 2019

The scope of AHP (the analytic hierarchy process) and DEA (data envelopment analysis) is widened when there is an integration of AHP and DEA to DEAHP as the same finds a lot of application areas because of its boundless flexibility and varied applicability. Furthermore, the scope, flexibility and applicability are increased manifold when DEAHP is integrated with other approaches and methods. This paper reviews the literature of the journal articles which have fond its integration with DEAHP. On the basis of a defined search criterion, related articles appearing in the international journals from 2000 to 2018 are collected and analysed so that the following five questions can be answered: (1) Which of approach of integrated-DEAHP was mostly prevalent and got the utmost attention? (2) Which of the areas of application were often studied mostly and have found their application with integrated DEAHP approaches? (3) Which of the specific problems were most frequently applied to integrated DEAHP approaches? (4) What are the publications trends for the papers considering the integrated DEAHP approaches? and (5) Which of the journals of international standards published how many numbers of journal articles and among them which have the highest number of papers on the approach of integrated DEAHP? This literature review gives evidence that the integrated DEAHPs have better hold in tackling the inadequacy the stand-alone DEAHPs. This article allows the researcher to think upon new application areas and specific problem areas where integrated DEAHP approach could be applied to effectively and efficiently. The novelty of this paper lies in the fact that it is the one of a kind paper of literature review which takes on the approach of integrated DEAHP along with stand-alone DEAHP.

 

Keywords: Integrated Data Envelopment Analysis-Analytic Hierarchy Process; AHP; DEA; DEAHP; Literature Review
RESSIGNIFICAÇÃO DA CULTURA NO CAMPO PUBLICITÁRIO BOLIVIANO: HISTÓRIA E MEMÓRIA DA CERVEJA PACEÑA
Authors: Altamiro Diego
Published: August 2019

Abordar a questão da ressignificação da publicidade e como ela evolui através da identidade cultural boliviana, é importante pois de certa forma continua valorizando e reafirmando a essência do folclore e das tradições, alterando as noções de criatividade para as quais a indústria da publicidade estava enraizada na Bolívia e na América Latina. Em base a minha experiência como comunicador e publicista surge a necessidade de realizar uma investigação que prime por uma revisão histórica da ressignificação e valorização da identidade cultural promovida pela política boliviana, desde o ano 2005 com a entrada do Presidente Evo Morales Ayma até o ano 2018 já que permanece em vigência. Em base a Semiotica aplicada na publicidade de Lucia Santaella se mostrará uma análise das embalagens da empresa de Cerveja Paceña (empresa tradicional da Bolivia) que mostram essa revalorização da cultura nacional, sendo esses fatores os influentes para a bolivianidade ser ampliada ao pais inteiro e até latino américa.
A ARTE DOS VITRAIS: FÉ, TRADIÇÃO E TECNOLOGIA
Authors: Santana Débora Regina de Macedo
Published: August 2019

Este artigo apresenta um estudo a respeito da temática arte sacra dos vitrais, como objetivo de estabelecer uma análise sobre o processo de produção de vitrais soba ótica da tradição e da tecnologia. Para tanto foi promovida uma revisãobibliográfica, tendo em vista apresentar uma fundamentação teórica para odesenvolvimento de algumas reflexões. Através destas foi possível concluir que atecnologia está intrínseca ao processo produtivo dos vitrais, atribuindo um caráterde continuidade, e consequentemente preservação da tradição.
NARRATIVAS DE EXPERIÊNCIAS FORMATIVAS COM O TEATRO NEGRO MÁRIO GUSMÃO DE PAU-BRASIL-BAHIA
Authors: Almeida Lívia Jéssica Messias
Published: August 2019

Neste texto tratamos de ações negras desenvolvidas pela Companhia de Teatro Negro Mario Gusmão de Pau Brasil, organizada há oito anos por estudantes de uma Escola municipal em Pau Brasil-Bahia com o intuito de buscar como diz Fanon novas possibilidades de existir apoiados nas leis 10.639/03 e 11.645/08 que estabelece o ensino de história e cultura africana, afrobrasileira e indígena nas escolas públicas e privadas. Essas ações ultrapassaram os muros da escola e ocupam espaços na comunidade de Pau Brasil e região, em parceria com o Movimento Negro Unificado (MNU). Trata-se de peças teatrais protagonizados por jovens negros e indígenas como um instrumento de Lutas Negras Contemporâneas, envolvendo pressupostos da educação antirracista, cultura e arte. Nesse sentido, participaram de uma seleção pública via Edital Agosto da Igualdade nº 001 edição 2017 da Secretaria de Promoção da Igualdade Racial do Estado da Bahia (SEPROMI)1 buscando produzir uma peça teatral sobre enfrentamento do racismo e intolerância religiosa.
Pollen Spectrum and Trophic Niche Width of Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Highly Urbanized and Industrialized Sites
Authors: Andrade Brunelle Ramos , Nascimento Andreia Santos do , Franco Emanuella Lopes , Santos Daiane Rodrigues dos , Alves Rogério Marcos De Oliveira , Costa Maria Angélica Pereira de Carvalho , Carvalho Carlos Alfredo Lopes de
Published: August 2019

The floristic composition of an environment is important to ensure the trophic niche of bee species. Melipona scutellaris Latreille, is a typical stingless bee of Atlantic rainforest sites in northeastern Brazil, a region widely established in meliponaries for honey and pollen production. M. scutellaris is reared (meliponiculture) in rural and urban areas, where the species depends on the availability of different plants for nectar and pollen collection. In this study, we estimated food niche width, equitativity, and similarity between different colonies of M. scutellaris in highly urbanized and industrialized sites of the Metropolitan Region of Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil. We analyzed pollen spectrum of 58 honey samples from six meliponaries, during 12 months. We identified 111 pollen types distributed in 28 plant families. The Fabaceae family showed the highest diversity in pollen types (33.33% of the total) and Mimosa caesalpiniifolia was the most frequent pollen type, found in 100% of the samples. M. scutellaris concentrated its foraging activity on a few trophic resources (H’ = 2.69 and J’ = 0.01) indicating a few melittophilous plant species belonging to the genera Eucalyptus, Mimosa, Protium, Serjania and Tapirira, should be managed on a regional scale to favor meliponiculture with this native bee species.
Exotic Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Invading Mediterranean Europe: a Brief Summary over About 200 Years of Documented Introductions
Authors: Schifani Enrico
Published: August 2019

Exotic ants have emerged as a relevant topic worldwide because of their remarkable impacts on native ecosystems and human activities. A first regional overview is given on the dozens of exotic ant species recorded in Mediterranean Europe since the end of the 19th century. About 39 exotic ant species, belonging to 17 genera and originating from 5 different biogeographical realms, are currently believed to be established in this region. The genera Nylanderia and Tetramorium are those hosting the larger proportion of species, while the Afrotropical realm is the prevalent source of taxa. According to the available data, France, Greece, Italy and Spain all host a high number of exotic species, which has increased at a dramatic rate during the last decades. On the other hand, Mediterranean countries on the Eastern part of the Adriatic Sea appear to be almost empty of exotic ants, perhaps due to both a lesser number of introductions and a lack of targeted investigations. Neighboring countries of the region do not necessarily have more species in common than those geographically distant. Very little is known on the intra-Mediterranean or intra-Palearctic introduction processes which probably occurred prior to the 19th century and on their influence on the current species distribution. The vast majority of the species that are actually established in the region are either restricted to indoor habitats or outdoor anthropogenic habitats, fewer of them were able to colonize semi-natural or natural habitats and very few are recognized as serious pests.
Réflexion sur la condition féminine dans Presqu’une vie de Carmen Toudonou et Mutilée de Khady Kiota
Authors: Obidiegwu Vincent Nnaemeka , Epundu Christiana Amaka
Published: August 2019

The condition of African women in contemporary society has become a topical issue in the field of francophone African literature. Works of some African women writers such as Carmen Toudonou and Khady Kiota among others, have demonstrated critical perception on issues concerning the lives and conditions of women in the society. The aim of this study is therefore, to analyse the conditions of African women in Presqu’une vie by Carmen Toudonou and Mutilée by Khady Kiota respectively. Specifically, these authors focus on enlightenment campaign and criticism of condition and lives of African women who are threatened by some social vices such as force marriage and domestic violence. In view of the above, this study tends to answer these questions: in spite of excellent contributions and suggestions made in recent studies in the area, why is the condition of African women continually threatened and what are prospective solutions to remedy the situation? To effectively carry out this study, the researchers adopt African womanism theory that was proposed by Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi. Having observed that sensitization of women is pertinent; this study therefore, recommends that education of African women should be a priority because it is evident that the emancipation of women is possible through formal education.
The New Caledonian referendum: Events, processes, decolonization
Authors: Brown Peter
Published: August 2019

This article considers the referendum on self-determination held in New Caledonia on 4 November 2018. It sets this vote in context by reviewing previous referenda in this French overseas collectivity, beginning in 1958. The vote in the recent referendum was closer than many, Kanak included, expected (43.33 per cent in favour, 56.67 per cent against). The article analyses this result and takes into account aspects of social change in New Caledonia. It examines different approaches, by Kanak and Europeans resident in New Caledonia, to the question of events and processes, leading to a discussion of underlying attitudes to decolonization and historicity. It concludes by presenting some of the factors and forces in play in the Provincial elections in New Caledonia in May 2019. These elections will determine the composition of the local parliament (Congrès), and through it the New Caledonian government, for the period 2019–24. It is this new government that will be in place for the remainder of the Noumea Accord that includes potentially two further referenda on independence, and in the case of a NO vote prevailing, for the post-2022 process of further negotiations with France over arrangements for the future of New Caledonia.
Yusuf Al-Ani’s dramatic journeys and his theatrical cane
Authors: Mehdi Aqeel
Published: August 2019

Providing an account of al-Ani’s artistic development as both actor and playwright through his contemporaneous experience in the Iraqi theatre, Mehdi explores the role of folklore and theatrical realism in the manner developed by Bertolt Brecht, alongside progressive social and political concepts that all influenced al-Ani’s works. The harmonization of experimentation between the native expression evident in al-Ani’s writing and his directing, that is, the combination of originality and the folkloric aspect that captures the essence of the experience of the Iraqi individual provided the potential for Iraqi theatrical expression moving forward. The connection to al-Ani’s commitment to see such conceptual commitments be expressed through an Iraqi idiom provided the theatre with intellectual respect amongst Iraqi intellectuals, while his efforts to professionalize and develop Iraqi theatre troupes and production capacities led to a growing regional and global reputation. This development provided great opportunity not only for al-Ani but also for the Iraqi arts broadly and the theatre in particular. By developing deep roots within Iraq’s emerging public culture al-Ani supported Iraqi theatre-makers who followed to be afforded considerable opportunity. The debt that modern Iraqi theatre owes to al-Ani through his enormous talent and prodigious efforts to elevate the art form to the highest levels connects the artist to his society.
Legado de Celso de Rui Beisiegel
Authors: Paulo Fernanda dos Santos
Published: August 2019

A trajetória teórico-prática de Beisiegel revela a educação popular presente na Universidade, simbolizando um pensamento político-pedagógico engajado. Assim como Paulo Freire, seu contemporâneo no campo da educação, Beisiegel é considerado um representante da educação popular no Brasil. Seus estudos e pesquisas descortinam a dicotomia entre Universidade e educação popular, principalmente a partir da sua experiência de docente-pesquisador. Isso pode ser percebido na entrevista realizada pela autora, no ano de 2016, com Beisiegel e nos seus livros e artigos. Além desses materiais, utilizamos o Currículo Lattes como fonte de pesquisa. Para este trabalho, tomamos como fio condutor as relações entre educação popular e Universidade.
Jovens-pobres-jogadores de futebol e suas possibilidades escolares
Authors: Moro Eduarda , Berticelli Ireno Antônio
Published: August 2019

Com o objetivo central de compreender, por meio da cartografia, como o processo de subjetivação do jogador de futebol em formação produz sentidos acerca da educação escolar, é que a pesquisa que origina este artigo foi motivada. O que apresentamos neste texto é resultado de cartografia em um clube de futebol brasileiro e entrevistas realizadas com dez jogadores em formação das categorias de base sub-15, sub-17 e sub-20, e treinadores e profissionais do clube pesquisado. Como resultado, constatou-se que a educação escolar para jovens-jogadores advindos de famílias pobres se apresenta a partir de duas possibilidades: a educação escolar clubística ou a educação para jovens e adultos. São estes jovens os mais prejudicados quando o sonho futebolístico não se materializa, visto que desde cedo optam pelo futebol enquanto profissão e abdicam de uma educação escolar potente. Observou-se, ainda, que existem casos, mesmo sendo poucos, de jogadores-universitários, os quais percebem o ambiente educacional como uma linha de fuga para romper o padrão hegemônico de formação esportiva oferecida pelas categorias de base do futebol brasileiro.
Potencialidades do agir crítico em Nutrição na Atenção Primária à Saúde a partir da perspectiva da Educação Popular
Authors: Cruz Pedro José Santos Carneiro
Published: August 2019

As experiências de agir crítico em Nutrição Social vêm configurando contraponto prático e epistemológico para as ações de educação alimentar e nutricional que se pautam pelo tecnicismo e pela transmissão vertical de informações com foco no conhecimento do especialista. Este ensaio constitui exercício reflexivo sobre esse agir, tendo como horizonte práticas na Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS). Contextualizamos historicamente esse agir e apontamos as vivências cotidianas na realidade social como caminho na Nutrição em APS. Problematizamos que esse agir pressupõe, dentre suas dimensões, engajamento e compromisso com a realidade social, tendo como referencial tanto a construção de vínculos e diálogos interculturais, como o enfrentamento ao capitalismo. Esse agir perpassa uma abordagem multifacetada da ciência da Nutrição, compreendendo a alimentação como prática social, cultural e plena de sentidos nas vidas das pessoas e das coletividades.
Educação e saberes populares
Authors: Santos Otávio Augusto Chaves Rubino dos , Lage Allene Carvalho
Published: August 2019

O presente artigo socializa uma análise através da construção de saberes a partir do diálogo entre alguns/algumas teóricos/as que refletem sobre educação e saberes populares, ancestralidade, oralidade e memória, com mestres e mestras da oralidade: benzedeiras, raizeiros, parteiras, rezadeiras, agricultores e hare krishnas residentes na Vila do Murici, Caruaru, Pernambuco. Estes sujeitos vivem mediante uma compreensão dialógica com a natureza, vista como Mãe. Como considerações finais, destacamos a ideia de um fazer filosófico e cultural na América Latina: carregados de significado para a coletividade. Podemos falar também em um fazer filosófico no Agreste, de uma Epistemologia do Agreste.
Um olhar sobre a mudança de sentido e o sentido da mudança na alfabetização angolana
Authors: Curimenha Marcelino Mendes
Published: August 2019

Este artigo pretende compreender a mudança de sentido e o sentido de mudança na alfabetização do Ensino Primário de Angola, provocado pelas transformações políticas, sociais e econômicas, assim como as reformulações das políticas educativas produzidas pelas reformas curriculares que aconteceram a partir da década de 1970 até o surgimento da nova Lei de Bases do Sistema de Educação implementada no começo de 2000. Outrossim, o estudo pontua o atual estado da alfabetização angolana e nomeia os diversos desafios que Angola vem enfrentando após a independência nacional para construção de uma população alfabetizada por meio de produção dos sentidos que estabelecem à gestão social. Para isso, é utilizada a pesquisa qualitativa, por intermédio da análise documental, na medida em que tais arquivos, enunciados e fragmentos como leis, decretos e estudos, de diferentes autores interdisciplinares, permitem percorrer os desdobramentos das formações discursivas a respeito das mudanças e seus sentidos na concepção de alfabetização durante o período colonial, independência nacional e o surgimento da paz após os conflitos armados.
A formação de professores na primeira Licenciatura em Educação do Campo com habilitação em Música do Brasil
Authors: Brasil Anderson Fabrício Andrade , Silva Cícero da
Published: August 2019

Este trabalho objetiva refletir acerca do ensino de música nas experiências pedagógicas envolvendo a formação docente no curso de Licenciatura em Educação do Campo: habilitação em Artes e Música, da Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT), campus de Tocantinópolis, Estado do Tocantins, Brasil. Para tanto, buscamos na literatura alguns estudos que tratam do fenômeno da educação na perspectiva da Educação Musical em diálogo com a Educação do Campo. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de natureza bibliográfica, de abordagem qualitativo-interpretativista. Os resultados da pesquisa mostram que, enquanto professores, necessitamos saber refletir em busca da construção de uma prática docente mais humanizada, que esteja sensível às relações entre as pessoas e a música. Para tanto, cabe aos educadores promover não só a aquisição de conhecimento, mas, especialmente, conscientização, sensibilização e desejo por transformação no processo ensino-aprendizagem. A Educação Musical na perspectiva do campo, portanto, pode ser vista para além das fronteiras estabelecidas pelo eurocentrismo, concebendo novas possibilidades educacionais, conduzindo-nos a uma formação musical que esteja além da música, onde possamos habitar o campo brasileiro, sem subjugá-lo pelos nossos saberes.
Wider economic and social implications of sustainable economy approaches: Some insights from a scenario exercise
Authors: Walz Rainer , Oldenburg Clara , Pfaff Matthias , Schuler Johannes , Gotsch Matthias , Marscheider-Weidemann Frank , Hiete Michael
Published: August 2019

For sustainable economy approaches to gain more political support and be more present in forums of public debate, they must be allowed to have their wider economic and social implications subjected to scrutiny. Our focus is on the nexus of intended emission reduction and unintended
structural implications on the economy. In order to gain insights into the possible implications, we construct two sustainable economy scenarios for Germany. The scope of these scenarios is based on 30 research projects of the funding measure Sustainable Economy. Our model based analysis
shows that the effects of these scenarios on emissions are in the order of magnitude of seven to twelve percent of German annual CO2-emissions. The net effects on employment are moderate, but labor markets face huge challenges in managing the high number of job turnovers.
Governance for the sustainable economy: Institutional innovation from the bottom up?
Authors: Jacob Klaus , Guske Anna-Lena , Antoni-Komar Irene , Funcke Simon , Gruchmann Tim , Kny Josefa , Naber Elias , Ruppert-Winkel Chantal , Sauer Philipp Christopher , Stumpf Klara Helene , Volk Rebekka
Published: August 2019

To achieve sustainable development, it is evident that new approaches to governance are required to govern the transformation of the economy and enable the replacement of unsustainable technologies and practices. Very much like new technologies and social innovation, institutional innovation
emerges from the bottom up by non-state actors aiming to facilitate the governance of transformation. What is the potential of such institutional innovation?A sustainable economy fulfills societal needs in a fundamentally different way to the current economic system. Improvements to the
efficiency of existing technologies or practices appear insufficient for achieving sustainable development within the planetary boundaries. Disruptive, systemic and transformational changes appear necessary in order to replace existing technologies and practices to establish a sustainable
economy. Such innovations often start out in niches; however, the scaling up and the ultimate replacement of current socio-technical systems requires governance to allow for the coordination of actors, the reorganization of socio-technical systems and the mobilization and allocation of resources.
As governmental institutions are part of the current (non-sustainable) systems and thereby fail to provide coherent, integrated and transformative governance, we explore whether institutional innovation from non-state actors can step in to provide governance of transformation processes. Based
on explorative qualitative case studies of networks in the food sector, city planning and reporting tools, we analyze the potential of bottom-up institutional innovations to coordinate actors in transformation processes.
The role of voluntary sustainability standards in governing the supply of mineral raw materials
Authors: Hiete Michael , Sauer Philipp Christopher , Drempetic Samuel , Tröster Rasmus
Published: August 2019

Voluntary standards for mineral raw materials lack implementation. This calls for investigating the basis for their success and suggesting related transformation pathways. Consolidating and harmonizing voluntary standards, integrating more problem fields, and enlarging the stakeholder
base promise to make standards more effective.Numerous voluntary standards for minerals have been developed as a reaction to social and environmental problems in mining. These vary considerably in their requirements and the design affecting their acceptance among stakeholders. As such,
the voluntary standards play a subordinate role in sustainable finance compared with environment, social, and governance ratings; yet, they have been found to be effective for managing the supply chain of minerals and its single parts. Still, despite the heterogeneity of the voluntary standards,
the goals pursued by applying them can be subsumed into the following structure: 1. solving focal sustainability issues to pave the way among global mining stakeholders to 2. a particular or 3. general common ground. This tripartite distinction is used to identify potential transformation
paths to make voluntary standards even more effective, especially regarding sustainable finance and supply chain management. These components encompass harmonization and consolidation, (better) integration of (further) sustainability issues, and a broader involvement of stakeholder groups.
Leader-member exchange, job satisfaction, employee engagement, and employee performance
Authors: Suharnomo S , Kartika Dian
Published: August 2019

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of leader-member exchange (LMX) on employee performance. We also examine the effect of LMX on job satisfication then job satisfacton on employee performance. Furthermore, our research also test the effect of LMX on employee engagement then employee engagement on employee performance. The results of the analysis using SEM toward 105 respondents who work in Hotel B in Tegal, Indonesia, show supports for almost proposed prediction. However, our prediction that LMX have positive effect on employee performance was not supported.
Managing multi-generation employees at work: understanding inter-generational employee differences with big-five models and their effects on job stress
Authors: Haryokusumo Diaz , Wibowo Bambang Setia
Published: August 2019

This study aims to determine differences of employee’s personality between generation X and generation Y. We use the big five personality model consists of extraversion, agreableness, conscientiousness, neoriticsm, and openness to experience. This research also intended to examine the effect of big five personality on job stress on generation X and Y. The hypothesis was tested using independent sample t-test and multiple regression. The results of hypothesis testing on 126 samples indicated that there are no personality differences in the big five dimension among generation X and Y. The multiple regression results also do not show the influence of personality types on the level of work stress felt by generation X and Y. Additional analysis results show there is no difference in job stress level felt by generation X and Y.