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CITIZEN DIPLOMACY AND HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: A CONTEMPORARY DISCOURSE
Authors: Okeke Christian Chidi
Published: August 2020

Citizen diplomacy as a key component of diplomacy is fundamental in international relations. Through it, individual citizens help realize their countries’ national interests through unofficial interactions. For Nigeria however, the worry is whether citizen diplomacy can effectively complement official diplomatic activities in the face of the low human-capital development of her citizens. United Nations Development Pro-gramme in 2019 placed Nigeria’s human-development-index value for 2018 at 0.534, positioning the country at 158 out of the 189 countries and territories surveyed. It also classified 51.4 percent of Nigerian population as being multi-dimensionally poor with an additional 16.8 percent categorized as being vulnerable to multidimensional pov-erty. In view of this challenge therefore, this paper examined the implication of the low human-capital development on foreign relations of Nigeria.
Data was collated from secondary sources while qualitative descriptive technique was used for analysis. The paper found that Nigeria’s current human capital development trajectory is incapable of stimulating citizen diplomacy into complementing the coun-try’s official diplomatic relations with other states. It also found that this situation accounts for the failure by Nigeria to actualize most of her foreign policy objectives. The paper therefore recommended improved investment in wellbeing of Nigerians for better outing in foreign relations.
TRILEMMA POLICY PATHS AND REAL OUTPUT NEXUS IN NIGERIA
Authors: Kole Ali
Published: August 2020

This study examined the nexus between the policy trilemma and its effects on real out-put in Nigeria. The study employed annual data spanning from 1990 to 2017. Interna-tional reserve has been included in the model due to its importance as noted in the literature. Following Hsing (2012) and Ajogbeje, Adeniyi and Egwaikhide (2018), Vector Autoregression (VAR) model was employed and specifically Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bound test for cointegration was used. Data for the study was obtained from Aizenman, Chinn and Ito (2013), CBN Statistical Database and IMF International Financial Statistics Database. The study found a mix significant results between exchange rate stability and real GDP. The study further revealed that both monetary policy independence and capital account liberalization independently exert a significant and positive impact on real GDP but interactively they significantly re-duce the level of real output in the economy. The nexus between international reserve and real GDP was positive and significant. Therefore, the study recommends that for Nigeria to feel the positive impact of her trilemma choice on the economy, policy mak-ers should strive to pursue the policy combination consistently and buffered the econ-omy with a robust external reserve to cushion the effects of abrupt change in capital flow and exchange rate shocks.
FRÖBEL’S BOOK „THE EDUCATION OF MAN“ AND ITS PEDAGOGICAL LEGACY
Authors: Gejdoš Miroslav , Prachárová Ivana
Published: August 2020

The study deals with the persistent pedagogical legacy of the German classical peda-gogue Friedrich Fröbel, which was preserved in the form of a work entitled “The Edu-cation of Man”, representing the congruence of pedagogy and psychology for the strategic education of children. It assesses the anchoring of Fröbel’s principles orient-ed to education and their persisting form. It identifies gnomic ideas that are relevant to the preschool and elementary pedagogy and provide high-quality, valuable advice and suggestions for today’s effective, systematic, purposeful education and upbringing of children of preschool and early school-age. It documents the continuity of develop-ment of his inspiring ideas with which Fröbel stimulated the professional public and thus contributed to the development of modern pedagogical and psychological think-ing.
IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH JIGSAW TECHNIQUE
Authors: Barbosa Estella B. , San Jose Ariel Epan , Robles Concepcion Maria Gregoria
Published: August 2020

Despite the many efforts given by the academe, reading comprehension still one of the most challenging language skills among many learners. Anchor on Cooperative Learn-ing Theory, this qualitative-phenomenological study aimed to determine how the jig-saw reading technique helped the college students improve their reading comprehen-sion, vocabulary words and knowledge of context clues, recalling of prior knowledge, sharing correct information, asking relevant questions, and organizing and summariz-ing ideas. The participants were purposively chosen. Focus Groups Discussion (FGD) was used to obtain information from 20 participants. Thematic analysis presented nine themes with varying frequency of responses and core ideas. It was also found that jigsaw technique had in influenced improving not only the students’ reading compre-hension but also their interpersonal, motivational, critical thinking skills; more so their sense of accountability. However, it was noted that time was as essential element in reading comprehension. It implicates that employment of any reading approach or strategy must always take into account some essential factors; students’ needs, teach-er’s role, students’ progress, and learning environment. Thus, reading teachers should possess compassion and patience to the learners.
THE INFLUENCE OF KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION LEVELS AND INTER-PERSONAL COMMUNICATION TOWARD VIOLENT BEHAVIOR IN TEENAGER RELATIONSHIP
Authors: Susanto Octavianus Budi , Swastiningsih Swastiningsih , Suharyo Okol Sri , Susilo April Kukuh
Published: August 2020

This study aims to determine the effect of the level of knowledge and perceptions and inter-personal communication of adolescents on violent behavior in dating relation-ships. This research uses quantitative research methods with a population of adoles-cents aged 15 to 20 years in Petukanangan Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta with a quota sample of 200 respondents. This study also uses theories and concepts related to adolescent perceptions, knowledge, interpersonal communication, and behavior. The results of this study found that there is an influence of knowledge variables, Interper-sonal Communication Variables and Perception Variables on violent behavior in courtship relationships, although linearity does not mean that if knowledge is high about values and norms then violence on dating relationships will be low, if interper-sonal communication is high then violent behavior low, but if perceptions are high then violent behavior is also high meaning personal and situational perceptions influ-ence violent behavior in dating relationships.
Book Reviews Acta Orientalia 24
Authors: Orientalia Acta
Published: August 2020

Book reviews in acta orientalia 24
The Silver Castle Revisited—A Few Notes
Authors: Blezer Henk
Published: August 2020

After “Heaven my Blanket, Earth my Pillow” appeared in Acta Orientalia, 1 additional information has become available, which renders it both useful and necessary to revisit the topic. First, in fall 2008, in Redna Menling,2 I found the opportunity, in three hours of recorded interviews, to speak about the topic of the article to the learned ‘Me me’ mKhas mchog rdo rje, a long-time resident in the Khyung lung area and one of the last living disciples of Khyung sprul Rin po che (1897–1955); also known as Ga rgya 'Jigs med nam mkha'i rdo rje. Additional relevant publication also has appeared in the Samten Karmay felicitation volume:3 a contribution by Roberto Vitali on the bya ru can kings of Zhang zhung incidentally also comments on the location of Khyung lung dngul mkhar,4 and, in the same volume, there is an article by Charles Ramble5 on dKar ru grub dbang bstan 'dzin rin chen (b. 1801)—who, to our present knowledge, was the first person to record the Gur gyam mKhar gdong ri location of Khyung lung dngul mkhar in writing.
Texts from the Winter Feasts of the Kalasha of Birir
Authors: Cacopardo Augusto S.
Published: August 2020

The author presents a collection of texts recorded in 2006–07 during the winter ritual cycle of the Kalasha of the Birir valley – in NorthWest Pakistan – who still practice an archaic form of polytheism with pre-Vedic roots. The fulcrum of the cycle is the Chaumos Winter Solstice Festival, but a number of other festivities follow it at intervals forming a sequence almost two months long, lasting until February. The selection includes texts of songs, chants or prayers from each of these festivities. To allow the reader to relate them to the context in which they were recorded, the texts are accompanied by explanatory ethnographic notes. An introduction sketches the broader scene in which the research was carried out. The texts are in the Birir dialect of Kalashamon, the language of the Kalasha, a North-West-Indo-Aryan, or Dardic, language.
Nāyaka Chefs-d’œuvre Structure and Iconography of the Śrīvilliputtūr Tēr 1
Authors: Rajukalidoss Parthiban
Published: August 2020

Śrīvilliputtūr is an important base of Visnuism in the deep south of peninsular India. The area round is full of archaeological monuments relating to Śiva and the folk divinities of the Little Tradition, the ‘Ciṟukuṭiyōr’. With the advent of Āḻvārs in the 7th-9th centuries CE (e.g. Nammāḻvār, Periyāḻvār, Āṇṭāḷ and Maturakavi), the landscape was thoroughly reset with temples of Viṣṇu; Tiruttaṅkal to the Tāmiraparaṇi basin (Navatiruppatis) being the nodal zone. The present article traces the Vaiṣṇava phase of Śrīvilliputtūr based on literary and epigraphical sources. The major concentration is on the massive wooden vehicle of Āṇṭāḷ and Vaṭapatraśāyī, called tēr. The structure and iconography of the tēr is the main theme for investigation occasionally throwing light on the changing phase of religious culture from the 7th to the 17th century. The chefs-d’œuvre from the tēr are examined in detail as they seem to include rare elements hitherto unreported. The article is appended with a plan of the city to understand the importance that the temple and the ter command within the organization of the Himmelreich. The photographic illustrations present an illuminating peep into the structure and iconography of the temple-car. The present temple-car is a remodeling of an old one that was demolished 100 years ago.
Traditions of transgressive sacrality (against blasphemy) in Hinduism
Authors: Zoller Claus Peter
Published: August 2020

The following essay pursues the question whether a possible non-singular immigration-encounter-event between speakers of dialects of Indo-Aryan and (as maintained in this essay) speakers of dialects of Austro-Asiatic (mostly Munda) have not only left marks in the linguistic history of Indo-Aryan (analyzed in Zoller forthcoming), but also in the cultural and political history of North India. My argumentation will follow several lines of nested arguments, but the most general is this: Whereas in the Abrahamic religions of Christianity and Islam a combination of proclivity for expansionism plus proclivity for religious violence have led to a virtual eradication or at least a subjugation of infidel traditions in the core areas of their religious/political powers (i.e. Europe and Middle East), this venture was less successful in case of South Asia. Thus the most salient aspect of this historical contingency is the fact that cultural historians – but also historical linguists – can see much deeper and much more unimpeded into the prehistory and early history both of the Indo-Aryan and the non-Indo-Aryan (= mainly Austro-Asiatic) North Indian world. The opposition between Abrahamic monotheists and Hindu ‘infidels’ manifests also in the contrast between the topics of blasphemy and transgressive sacrality. The former is typically associated with Abrahamic religions, whereas there is an abundance and great variety of examples of transgressive sacrality in Hinduism.
Karlsruher Unheil – Das Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts vom 5. Mai 2020 (2 BvR 859/15) in Sachen Staatsanleihekäufe der Europäischen Zentralbank
Authors: Wegener Bernhard W.
Published: August 2020

Die EZB-Entscheidung des Zweiten Senats des Bundesverfassungsgerichts ist ein verhängnisvolles Fehlurteil. Es beschädigt das Ansehen des Gerichts und verkürzt die Integrationsoffenheit des Grundgesetzes. Das Urteil gefährdet die gerichtliche Zusammenarbeit und die Rechtssicherheit in der Europäischen Union. Zugleich kann es notwendige legislative und exekutive Entscheidungsspielräume in verfassungswidriger Weise weiter verengen. Bundesregierung und Bundestag haben zu dem Urteil zu Recht kritisch Stellung genommen und die hinreichende Prüfung der Verhältnismäßigkeit des PSPP-Programms durch die EZB festgestellt. Zum Schutz der demokratischen Selbstbestimmung ist der Zweite Senat des Bundesverfassungsgerichts zu richterlicher Selbstbeschränkung aufgerufen.
Der unionsrechtliche Verhältnismäßigkeitsvorbehalt
Authors: Plappert Liesa
Published: August 2020

In der Rechtsprechung des EuGH ist in jüngerer Zeit die Tendenz zu erkennen, aus dem unionsrechtlichen Verhältnismäßigkeitsgrundsatz das Erfordernis einer umfassenden Einzelfallabwägung bei der Anwendung nationaler Regelungen abzuleiten. Insbesondere wenn eine nationale Regelung keinen Spielraum für eine solche Prüfung lässt, wirft dies Fragen des Zusammenspiels von nationalem Recht und Unionsrecht auf. Der Beitrag stellt beispielhaft einige dieser Entscheidungen vor und analysiert sie mit Blick auf ihre Auswirkungen für das nationale Recht.
Umsetzung von CETA in der EU: Herausforderungen für Demokratie und institutionelles Gleichgewicht
Authors: Weiß Wolfgang
Published: August 2020

Die Umsetzung von CETA stellt die Demokratie und das institutionelle Gleichgewicht in der EU vor Herausforderungen. CETA errichtet Vertragsorgane, die CETA nicht nur durchführen, sondern weiterentwickeln und teilweise ändern können. Die Legitimität dieser Befugnisse ist problematisch, weil das Europäische Parlament (EP) kaum eine Rolle bei der Entscheidungsfindung der Ausschüsse hat, noch sie kontrollieren kann. Kommission und Rat sind die entscheidenden Akteure insoweit. Entscheidungsbefugnisse von Ausschüssen bringen daher eine Machtverschiebung zugunsten der Exekutive. Dies spiegelt nicht das neue Gleichgewicht zwischen der Exekutive und dem EP wider, das durch Lissabon nicht nur in der Gesetzgebung, sondern auch beim Abschluss von Verträgen geschaffen wurde. Vorliegender Beitrag zeigt, dass Demokratie und institutionelles Gleichgewicht eine verstärkte Rolle des EP bei der Überwachung und Kontrolle der Entscheidungsfindung der Ausschüsse erfordern und schlägt Mechanismen hierfür vor.
Bleib innovativ, Verwaltung!
Authors: Hill Hermann
Published: August 2020

Das Thema Innovation wird auch für Verwaltungen immer spannender. Die Verknüpfung mit den Themen Nachhaltigkeit, Wahrnehmung (Kognition) und Design zeigt neue Perspektiven. Zudem liefert der Beitrag konkrete Hinweise für Innovations-Workshops sowie Innovationskommunikation und -transfer.
Fair pay in eastern Europe – The continuing challenge of poverty wages
Authors: Astor Evelyn
Published: August 2020

Economic growth has been steady across eastern Europe in recent times. Nevertheless, this is not being shared equitably with the workers that create that wealth. The lack of a living wage, the decline of collective bargaining and the violation and erosion of workers’ rights, alongside the failure of governments to regulate the economy effectively, are each, in turn, creating despair and anger, and holding back further growth. Social protections for those not in work are woefully inadequate and leave many workers unprotected. Furthermore, countries in the region that have already acceded to the EU still demonstrate substantial disparities on these issues with the old EU member states, threatening the objective of upwards social convergence across the EU. Observing these injustices, this article calls for a fresh approach across eastern Europe which sees the economic and social benefits of various forms of social protection allowed to play their role in reducing poverty and wage inequalities. Consequently, ten countries from across the region have joined together to campaign under a single ‘Fair Pay’ banner.
Technik – Medien – Geschlecht revisited. Gender im Kontext von Datafizierung, Algorithmen und digitalen Medientechnologien – eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme
Authors: Peil Corinna , Müller Kathrin Friederike , Drüeke Ricarda , Niemand Stephan , Roth Raik
Published: August 2020

Vor dem Hintergrund der steigenden Relevanz von digitalen Medientechnologien sowie Prozessen der Datafizierung und Algorithmisierung in wissenschaftlicher Forschung und in alltäglichen Lebenswelten setzt sich der Beitrag mit dem Verhältnis von Medien, Technik und Geschlecht auseinander. Er bereitet den aktuellen Stand der Forschung in diesem Bereich anhand der folgenden vier zentralen Themenfelder systematisch auf, diskutiert ihn kritisch und verweist auf Leerstellen sowie offene Fragen: (1) geschlechtsgebundene Expertisen und Aneignungsweisen neuer Technologien, (2) Repräsentationen von Technik und Geschlecht in klassischen Massenmedien und in digitalen Öffentlichkeiten, (3) die Beziehungen von Technik, Medien und Geschlecht im Kontext von Gegenbewegungen und Interventionen und (4) die Vergeschlechtlichungen sowie deren Konsequenzen in Prozessen der Datafizierung, Algorithmisierung und Automatisierung. Insgesamt verdeutlicht der Beitrag die Notwendigkeit, aktuelle Entwicklungen von zunehmender Digitalisierung, Vernetzung und Technifizierung in ihrer Verwobenheit mit Geschlechterverhältnissen zu analysieren.
Vom Sinn des Gutachenstils
Authors: Duttge Gunnar
Published: August 2020

Die Zuordnung eines Sachverhalts zum Anwendungsbereich von (Rechts-)Normen ist elementarer Bestandteil juristischer Tätigkeit. Die Technik der Subsumtion wird dabei weithin als essentielle und zugleich hinreichende Basis gesehen, damit dies auf „rationale“, d.h. begründete, willkürfreie Weise geschieht. Die Fokussierung des juristischen Syllogismus verdeckt jedoch zugleich die blinden Flecken im Prozess der „Rechtsanwendung“. Diesen soll im Folgenden näher nachgespürt werden, auch um die große Herausforderung zu erfassen, vor der eine zeitgemäße juristische Methodenlehre und deren Vermittlung im Rahmen der akademischen Lehre heute steht.
Borderline-Persönlichkeits-Störungen (BPD) in familien-rechtspsychologischer Perspektive.
Authors: Rohmann Josef A.
Published: August 2020

Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörungen (BPD) und deren Auswirkungen auf Partner- und Ehebeziehungen sowie Elternschaft, Eltern-Kind-Beziehungen und elterliche Kompetenzen sind ein wichtiges Thema der Familienrechtspsychologie in Forschung und Praxis. In familiengerichtlichen Verfahren, insbesondere in Sorgerechtsverfahren, wird nicht selten die Frage aufgeworfen, welchen Stellenwert eine Persönlichkeitsstörung, darunter auch eine Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörung, mit Blick auf die Qualität der Eltern-Kind-Beziehung und kindliche Entwicklungsprobleme im Allgemeinen sowie bezogen auf die Einschätzung der elterlichen Kompetenzen, u.a. mit Blick auf Risiken von Kindesmisshandlung und -vernachlässigung, besitzen. In diesem Artikel wird der Forschungsstand zu Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörungen, deren Verbreitung und Diagnostik sowie deren Folgen auf elterliches Verhalten und kindliche Entwicklung unter einer familien-rechtspsychologischen Perspektive gesichtet. Eine zentrale Folgerung aus dieser Forschung lautet, dass aus der kategorialen Diagnose einer Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörung alleine keine belastbaren, validen Schlussfolgerungen mit Blick auf elterliche Kompetenzen sowie die Qualität der Eltern-Kind-Beziehung und darauf bezogene notwendige Maßnahmen gezogen werden können. Notwendig ist ein Vorgehen, bei dem das konkrete Erziehungsverhalten im Einzelfall beobachtet, analysiert und diagnostisch bewertet wird. Dabei ist auch die Einbeziehung von Informationen zur sozialen Lebenslage von Eltern und Kind sowie zu deren Bewältigungsressourcen auf individueller und sozialer Ebene unverzichtbar.
De Winter T-wave Pattern in Proximal Left Anterior Descending Artery Occlusion
Authors: Gregory David , Wexler Bryan , Becker Brent
Published: August 2020

Case Presentation: We describe a case of an acute myocardial infarction with an atypical electrocardiogram showing a de Winter T-wave pattern suggesting the 100% proximal left anterior descending artery occlusion seen on emergent cardiac catheterization.

Discussion: Timely recognition of acute myocardial ischemia is paramount for emergency providers. As highlighted in this case, It is important to be mindful of atypical electrocardiogram findings, such as de Winter T-waves, which suggest acute myocardial ischemia.
Use of Point-of-care Ultrasound for the Seizing Infant: An Adjunct for Detection of Abusive Head Trauma
Authors: Rowland Jonathan , Fouchia Dean , Favot Mark
Published: August 2020

Case Presentation: An eight-week-old infant presented to the emergency department in cardiac arrest. Return of spontaneous circulation was obtained and the patient subsequently began seizing. Point-of-care ultrasound of the anterior fontanelle revealed an extra-axial fluid collection consistent with subdural hematoma (SDH).

Discussion: Abusive head trauma is still frequently missed on initial presentation. In addition to validated screening clinical prediction rules, point-of-care cranial ultrasound can be used as a noninvasive adjunct for detection of SDH related to abusive head trauma in infants with an open fontanelle.
A Rare Case Report of Lemierre Syndrome from the Anterior Jugular Vein
Authors: Rejali Nima , Heyer Marissa , Finefrock Doug
Published: August 2020

Introduction: Lemierre syndrome is a rare, potentially fatal, septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein. Treatment includes intravenous antibiotics for Fusobacterium necrophorum, the most common pathogen, as well as consideration for anticoagulation therapy.

Case Report: A 27-year-old female presented with left-sided neck swelling and erythema. Computed tomography noted left anterior jugular vein thrombophlebitis and multiple cavitating foci, consistent with septic emboli. We report a rare case of Lemierre syndrome in which the thrombus was found in the anterior jugular vein, as opposed to the much larger internal jugular vein more traditionally associated with creating septic emboli.

Conclusion: Based on an individual’s clinical symptoms, history, and radiologic findings, it is important for physicians to consider Lemierre syndrome in the differential diagnosis, as the condition may rapidly progress to septic shock and death if not treated promptly. The use of anticoagulation therapy remains controversial, and there is a lack of established standard care because the syndrome is so rare.
Point-of-care Ultrasound for Long Head of the Biceps Tendon Rupture
Authors: Wayman Browning , Joseph Ryan
Published: August 2020

Case Presentation: We present a case of a 59-year-old male who presented to the emergency department with left upper arm pain that started suddenly after lifting some plywood a few days prior. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) was performed, which revealed a rupture of the long head of the biceps tendon.

Discussion: Biceps tendon rupture is a relatively rare occurrence; however, rupture of the long head is more common than the short head. Being competent in bedside musculoskeletal POCUS is important for the emergency physician and can help expedite care in cases such as the one presented here.
Point-of-care Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Calciphylaxis
Authors: Tobarran Natasha , Collin Mark
Published: August 2020

Case Presentation: A 63-year-old male with a past medical history of end stage renal disease presented to the emergency department with painful, lower-extremity necrotic ulcerations. Ultrasound and computed tomography imaging showed concerns for calcium deposits. Biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of calciphylaxis, a rare lethal disease.

Discussion: Emergency physicians should keep this disease on their differential due to the high mortality rate.
The effects of changing environment and human activities on the Arctic: Drivers and challenges in Svalbard (Short Communication)
Authors: Padrtová Barbora
Published: August 2020

Climate change brings several layers of challenges to the Arctic. On the one hand, we can observe increased human activities that create potential for economic development – especially in mining, oil and gas industry, shipping, fisheries and tourism. On the other hand, these economic benefits pose a risk to the environment, local populations and traditional livelihood of the Indigenous peoples. In the following three years (2020-2022), recently established interdisciplinary team investigates the impact of climate change and human activities on natural environment in the Arctic. The team is composed of eight scientists with different specialization from three faculties of the Masaryk University – Faculty of Social Studies, Faculty of Science, and Faculty of Law. The research focuses on both the challenges and risk assessment in terrestrial ecosystems. The relation of natural environment changes to the human-to-environment interaction is investigated, as well as the consequences for the geopolitical, legal and security developments in the Arctic region. Based on gained findings, risks analysis and recommendations for mitigating the impact of environmental changes on the natural environment and population in the specific Arctic territories will be done. The research directly contributes to encouraging interdisciplinary innovative approach with high added value and international impact. These innovative aspects of the project lie in the interdisciplinary character of the Arctic research across different specializations – natural science, social science and law, which has not been combined and investigated yet. Additionally, the project is unique due to its specific science communication and dissemination of research findings, which aims at four levels of audiences – (i) academic community, (ii) policymakers, (iii) general public, and (iv) students.
St. Augustine’s Tears
Authors: Miles Margaret R. ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: August 2020

In St. Augustine’s society, men’s tears were not considered a sign of weakness, but an expression of strong feeling. Tears might be occasional, prompted by incidents such as those Augustine described in the first books of his Confessiones. Or they might accompany a deep crisis, such as his experience of conversion. Possidius, Augustine’s contemporary biographer, reported that on his deathbed Augustine wept copiously and continuously. This essay endeavors to understand those tears, finding, primarily but not exclusively in Augustine’s later writings, descriptions of his practice of meditation suggesting that a profound and complex range of emotions from fear and repentance to gratitude, love, rest in beauty, and delight in praise richly informed Augustine’s last tears.
O programa Future-se e o empresariamento da educação superior
Authors: Frizzo Giovanni , Silveira Leonardo
Published: August 2020

Recentemente, o Ministério da Educação (MEC) anunciou mais uma proposta privatizante com significativo impacto na oferta e garantia do Ensino Superior público, trata-se do Programa Universidades e Institutos Empreendedores e Inovadores – Future-se, lançado em julho de 2019. Esse programa é o objeto desta investigação, portanto este artigo tem por objetivo analisar esta política educacional com intuito de compreendê-la como mais uma das medidas que aprofundam o caráter privatista e empresarial da educação pública brasileira. Como procedimento metodológico, faremos uma análise documental do Programa Future-se com base na minuta de Projeto de Lei apresentada pelo Governo Federal ao Congresso Nacional. É possível identificar que dois conceitos-chave do projeto – inovação e empreendedorismo – se tornaram slogans das políticas educacionais capitalistas em meio à sua mais profunda crise. A partir dessas premissas e fundamentos, a análise sobre o programa passa, necessariamente, por compreender que há uma determinação explícita do mercado sobre a vida. Ao invés de pensar a educação voltada a enfrentar os problemas sociais, as demandas de vida da população e a formação humana de qualidade de cada sujeito, as políticas educacionais em curso definem os interesses empresariais, de lucratividade de poucos e as demandas econômicas como as bases fundantes dos projetos educacionais; não é a educação contribuindo para a formação humana, é o mercado capitalista determinando as mercadorias humanas de que necessita.Palavras-chave: Educação e Estado. Empreendedorismo. Privatização na educação.
Comportamento dos universitários de instituição pública e privada em relação ao uso das redes sociais: um comparativo
Authors:   Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste, Chiusoli Claudio Luiz , Padilha Alex Ferreira Leite , Rodrigues Ariani Aparecida , Rodrigues Ariéli Aparecida , Santos Alex Junior dos
Published: August 2020

Atualmente, as redes sociais são um meio de se expressar; poucas pessoas as tinham, contudo isso mudou e, hoje em dia, elas se tornaram uma exigência, sendo utilizadas até mesmo pelas empresas e se tornando um diferencial competitivo. O objetivo do estudo é analisar como as redes sociais influenciam o comportamento e atitude de compra dos universitários de uma instituição pública e outra privada. Foi realizado por meio de uma pesquisa bibliográfica, sendo classificada, quanto à metodologia utilizada, como um estudo quantitativo, mediante amostragem não probabilística e por cotas em duas instituições de ensino superior, uma pública e outra particular, com 100 universitários. Os principais achados indicam que 70% dos acadêmicos concordam que as redes sociais facilitam o contato com o produto; da mesma forma, 70% consideram importante que as empresas tenham redes sociais. Por outro lado, 49% concordam que as redes sociais influenciam na hora da compra e para 47% as lojas oferecem facilidades de vendas por meio delas. Muito embora, a segurança oferecida pelas redes sociais tenha apenas 29% de aprovação e 15% somente acreditem que a qualidade do produto é a mesma que a descrita nas redes sociais. Por fim, entre as redes sociais mais utilizadas para compra aparecem o Whatsapp (48%), o Facebook (34%) e o Instagram (14%). Como contribuição, foi possível entender o comportamento dos acadêmicos, que se trata de um público jovem e mais conectado, o que pode ajudar as organizações a criarem estratégias específicas de acordo com a característica desse grupo.
Teatro como elo entre culturas: a experiência do corpo como narrador de histórias na aldeia Jaguapiru em Dourados - MS
Authors: Dolci Marco Aurélio Poli , Vale Flávia Janiaski
Published: August 2020

É possível pensar em um teatro comunidade em que não são ouvidas as vozes dos integrantes pertencentes a este espaço? Acreditamos que não. Para se trabalhar em comunidade é preciso escolher o caminho da troca e do respeito, delineando um projeto que esteja alicerçado no reconhecimento de que ambas as partes possuem cultura e conhecimentos prévios e distintos. Partindo dessa perspectiva, o presente artigo - escrito a quatro mãos - apresenta uma reflexão sobre a oficina realizada no ano de 2019 na Aldeia Jaguapiru (Dourados/MS), com um grupo de 10 crianças entre 6 e 12 anos. A oficina fez parte da disciplina de estágio curricular supervisionado da Graduação de Artes Cênicas da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados - UFGD. O Sistema do Movimento de Rudolf Laban como propulsor para a expressividade do corpo que narra foi a metodologia utilizada para auxiliar no compartilhamento da dramatização entre culturas distintas. Os apontamentos e as descobertas aqui expostos visam inspirar outros trabalhos em comunidade que reflitam o fazer democrático do teatro e o respeito aos sujeitos.
Teatro comunitário: um cruzamento sem fronteiras (fenômeno do século XXI)
Authors: Silva Maria Jose Lisboa
Published: August 2020

Este artigo aborda três estudos de caso pertinentes às práticas do teatro comunitário estabelecendo conexões além-fronteiras. Objetiva cruzar possíveis informações relacionadas a três grupos teatrais remanescentes, criados a partir da década de 1970, e que desenvolveram uma forma peculiar de sustentabilidade. São eles: Grupo Grita (Brasil); Grupo de Teatro do Centro Cultural Português (Cabo Verde); Grupo de Teatro As Avozinhas (Portugal). Foram averiguados os contributos dessas experiências na perspectiva de incorporar novas abordagens e conceitos para a formação e fortalecimento cívico e artístico das gerações futuras, para que novos grupos de teatro descubram formas criativas e sustentáveis de manter suas produções artístico-culturais aliadas às suas convicções.
Horta Teatro: corpo, palavra e espaço
Authors: Brasil Giselly , Webber Gabriel , Storalli Ligia
Published: August 2020

Este texto é um relato de experiência do Projeto Horta Teatro. O projeto acontece na interface entre arte e educação e tem como objetivo promover experiências sensíveis a partir de práticas que estimulam relações entre corpo, espaço e palavra. Ativar o olhar e a percepção para o entorno é intervir no ambiente, é produzir possibilidades de diálogo com o meio. No processo educativo aqui proposto a produção de arte se fundamenta em práticas de corpo e movimento, experimentos teatrais e leituras que acontecem em diferentes espaços. O ponto de encontro é o espaço em torno de uma horta cultivada pelos participantes. As experiências aqui relatadas são ações poéticas que surgiram a partir de elementos da escrita do poeta Manoel de Barros. A palavra aparece no mundo como disparadora de sentidos e sensações. Potencialidades da palavra e do corpo foram experimentadas em diferentes processos de criação e intervenções poéticas.
Meu horizonte de bordo: reflexões acerca da construção de sentido e dos desafios em uma prática teatral na comunidade
Authors: Souza Henrique Bezerra de
Published: August 2020

O presente relato visa a partilhar a experiência vivida pelo autor em uma prática de teatro na comunidade vivenciada no ano de 2013, no Nordeste brasileiro, com crianças e adolescentes. Neste percurso, discorre sobre os vínculos institucionais que possibilitaram esses encontros e aponta como estes mesmos vínculos também implicaram em desafios devido aos desejos da instituição promotora. Com isto, reflete, inicialmente, sobre as questões que permeiam a construção de sentido na prática desenvolvida, observando possíveis ecos que os pensamentos de Paulo Freire trouxeram ao trabalho realizado. Por fim, conjectura sobre a busca da transição de um “teatro para comunidade” a um “teatro por comunidade”.
Texto e configuração poética da bênção em Nm 6,24-26 e nos rolinhos de prata de Ketef Hinnom
Authors: Grenzer Matthias , Feitosa Hugo Chagas
Published: August 2020

O livro bíblico de Números apresenta a seus ouvintes-leitores um pequeno poema que transmite a fórmula de bênção a ser usada por Aarão e por seus filhos no momento de abençoarem os filhos de Israel (Nm 6,24-26). Primeiramente, o presente estudo investiga a configuração poética desse texto bíblico. Depois, a pesquisa se dedica ao texto da bênção que figura em dois rolinhos de prata encontrados em 1979 no sítio arqueológico de Ketef Hinnom, catalogados como KH1 e KH2, e cuja origem se situa, provavelmente, entre a segunda metade do século VII e o início do século V a.C. Novamente, é investigada a configuração poética do texto em questão, sendo que os documentos extrabíblicos apresentam parte das palavras que formam a bênção aaronita em Nm 6,24-26. Defende-se, aqui, que o estudo comparativo favoreça a observação de diferenças e/ou evoluções em relação à configuração de um texto poético que sempre esteve a serviço da fé judaico-cristã.
“Um Edito” imperial e três versões de reconstruir a Yehud Persa
Authors: Frizzo Antonio Carlos
Published: August 2020

A utilização das novas tecnologias – biomedicina, estratigrafia, geologia, fotografia, química – aplicadas à arqueologia acenam resultados precisos no quadro da cronologia da Palestina. Em nossa condição de recém-chegados no diálogo entre arqueologia e bíblia, bem sabemos o quanto devemos caminhar. O artigo busca compreender o entusiasmo da comunidade exilada em seu projeto de volta a Sião, considerando o “edito de Ciro”, exposto em três narrativas bíblicas na pauperizada e insignificante — aos olhos dos reis aquemênidas — Jerusalém.
Davi: um homem conforme o coração de Javé?
Authors: Dietrich Luiz José
Published: August 2020

Este artigo apresenta uma proposta de datação da vida e da chefatura de Davi, a partir da chamada “baixa cronologia”, e uma descrição da vida de Davi, a partir das novas proposições da arqueologia e dos estudos críticos da Bíblia. Correlaciona possíveis camadas pré-deuteronomistas dos livros históricos, escavadas dos textos bíblicos, tratados como um “tel” de textos, com descobertas arqueológicas referentes às montanhas centrais da Palestina e de seus entornos. Em seu caminho ao poder Davi torna-se vassalo dos filisteus e avança em meio a muitas mortes. Isso coloca sua ascensão sob muitas suspeitas. O texto tem como pano de fundo o dito de que Davi era um “homem conforme o coração de Javé”.
Certain aspects of formation of green facades for high-rise development
Authors: Dorozhkina Ekaterina
Published: August 2020

“Green architecture” gains more and more popularity worldwide. In many ways, this relates to the need for improving environmental quality of urban area. Often, enviromentalization is used for creating green spaces on buildings, including vertical or with significant inclination. This article is dedicated to studying the questions of the structure of greening of vertical surfaces of the buildings (green facades) for medium and high-rise buildings. The research is aimed at determination of technical characteristics of designing green facades. The subject of this article is building structures of various designation (architectural, load-bearing and enclosing) that serve for the formation of greening. The author examines their potential in the formation of objects of "green architecture". The key research method is the analysis of normative and scientific framework for the design of vertical greening. The existing experience in designing green facades is explored. The scientific novelty of this work consists in systematization of the applied design concepts and engineering solutions. As a result of the study, the two types of structures are determined: supporting and maintaining. The author reviews structural systems characteristic to each type, outlines the assortment of greenery, engineering and technical solutions for maintaining plants, as well as forming capacities of the types of design solutions of green facades.
Urban planning ideas and concepts that influenced the development of New Urbanism movement
Authors: Al-jaberi Ahmed Abdulsalam Hanash
Published: August 2020

New Urbanism is an urban planning concept aimed at creation of a comfortable urban space, oriented towards human and environment that satisfies the communication needs of citizens, while retaining function of city as a system of effective  development, distribution and augmentation of resources, as well as the impact upon social structure through creation of conditions for communication between people. An ideal city for the adherers of New Urbanism is the one, where is the streets and public spaces are the center of social activity, and environment is adequate to a person. The article explores the urban planning concepts and ideas of the XX century: garden cities movement of Ebenezer Howard, regionalism of Patrick Geddes and Lewis Mumford, idea of neighborhood and superblock of Clarence Perry and Clarence Stein, impact of urban development practice of Jane Jacobs, Léon Krierm, Kevin Lynch and Donald Appleyard, as well as the factors of emergence of the Congress for the New Urbanism. The author examine the fundamental principles of each concept, their key representatives, as well as legacy or rejection of the ideas by the New Urbanism movement. Overall, the concept of New Urbanism suggests the approach towards city planning that is aimed at creation of comfortable urban environment oriented towards people. The New Urbanism movement is called to lay the foundation for sustainable development of urbanized territories, and establish such city planning principles and rearrangement of urban environment, which would be able to ensure high quality of life without damaging the natural framework.
Evolution of multi-storey residential construction through the prism of sociology
Authors: Litvintsev Denis Borisovich
Published: August 2020

A multi-storey residential house is viewed as a product of urbanization of modern society and is an object of research of such specific branches of sociological knowledge, as sociology of city, sociology of architecture, and sociology of housing. Currently, urbanization processes have captured the majority of developed and developing countries worldwide; the portion of urban population residing in multi-storey buildings (including condominiums, apartments, etc.) is constantly growing. For the sociology of housing, of special interest ate the social prerequisites, patterns and trends of development of multi-storey residential construction, which became the object of this research. The article provides a historical-sociological analysis of evolution of multi-storey residential construction since the ancient times until the modern stage. The theoretical framework contains works of the authors in the field of sociology of city, as well as 12 volumes of the “General History of Architecture”. The empirical base contains the data of the Russian Federal State Statistics Service, data of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat allocated on the digital resource the Skyscraper Center. The conclusion is made that urbanization process, reflected in the development of multi-storey residential construction, began way before modern stage of social development – in the Ancient World. The author determines the social factors (overpopulation of cities, development of capitalist relations, etc.), and current trends (high-rise construction, “smart” homes, etc.) in evolution of multi-storey residential construction.
Slowly folding surface extension in the prototypic avian hepatitis B virus capsid governs stability
Authors: Makbul Cihan , Nassal Michael , Böttcher Bettina
Published: August 2020

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an important but difficult to study human pathogen. Most basics of the hepadnaviral life-cycle were unraveled using duck HBV (DHBV) as a model although DHBV has a capsid protein (CP) comprising ~260 rather than ~180 amino acids. Here we present high-resolution structures of several DHBV capsid-like particles (CLPs) determined by electron cryo-microscopy. As for HBV, DHBV CLPs consist of a dimeric α-helical frame-work with protruding spikes at the dimer interface. A fundamental new feature is a ~ 45 amino acid proline-rich extension in each monomer replacing the tip of the spikes in HBV CP. In vitro, folding of the extension takes months, implying a catalyzed process in vivo. DHBc variants lacking a folding-proficient extension produced regular CLPs in bacteria but failed to form stable nucleocapsids in hepatoma cells. We propose that the extension domain acts as a conformational switch with differential response options during viral infection.
Splicing variation of BMP2K balances abundance of COPII assemblies and autophagic degradation in erythroid cells
Authors: Cendrowski Jaroslaw , Kaczmarek Marta , Mazur Michał , Kuzmicz-Kowalska Katarzyna , Jastrzebski Kamil , Brewinska-Olchowik Marta , Kominek Agata , Piwocka Katarzyna , Miaczynska Marta
Published: August 2020

Intracellular transport undergoes remodeling upon cell differentiation, which involves cell type-specific regulators. Bone morphogenetic protein 2-inducible kinase (BMP2K) has been potentially implicated in endocytosis and cell differentiation but its molecular functions remained unknown. We discovered that its longer (L) and shorter (S) splicing variants regulate erythroid differentiation in a manner unexplainable by their involvement in AP-2 adaptor phosphorylation and endocytosis. However, both variants interact with SEC16A and could localize to the juxtanuclear secretory compartment. Variant-specific depletion approach showed that BMP2K isoforms constitute a BMP2K-L/S regulatory system that controls the distribution of SEC16A and SEC24B as well as SEC31A abundance at COPII assemblies. Finally, we found L to promote and S to restrict autophagic degradation and erythroid differentiation. Hence, we propose that BMP2K-L and BMP2K-S differentially regulate abundance and distribution of COPII assemblies as well as autophagy, possibly thereby fine-tuning erythroid differentiation.
A Case of Achalasia Presenting with Cardiac Arrest due to Left Atrial Compression
Authors: Yeom Dong Han , Ryu Han Seung
Published: August 2020

Achalasia is a rare primary esophageal motility disorder characterized by the loss of enteric neurons leading to an absence of peristalsis and impaired relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter. The subsequent stasis of ingested food not only leads to symptoms of dysphagia, regurgitation, chest pain, and weight loss, but also results in an increased risk of esophageal carcinoma. Structural or functional pulmonary abnormalities occur in more than half of patients and may be due to recurrent aspiration or tracheal compression from a dilated esophagus. Delayed diagnosis or ineffective intervention may lead to progressive dilation of the esophagus and the development of a megaesophagus. Respiratory distress and cardiopulmonary arrest from tracheal or left atrial compression secondary to a megaesophagus are rare complications of achalasia. There is only limited evidence that pneumatic dilation may be used as a first-line therapy for a megaesophagus. The choice of definitive treatment will depend on many factors including achalasia type, patient wishes, performance status, and surgical expertise.
The IsoGenie database: an interdisciplinary data management solution for ecosystems biology and environmental research
Authors: Bolduc Benjamin , Hodgkins Suzanne B. , Varner Ruth K. , Crill Patrick M. , McCalley Carmody K. , Chanton Jeffrey P. , Tyson Gene W. , Riley William J. , Palace Michael , Duhaime Melissa B. , Hough Moira A. ,   IsoGenie Project Coordinators, IsoGenie Project Team, A2A Project Team, Saleska Scott R. , Sullivan Matthew B. , Rich Virginia I.
Published: August 2020

Modern microbial and ecosystem sciences require diverse interdisciplinary teams that are often challenged in “speaking” to one another due to different languages and data product types. Here we introduce the IsoGenie Database (IsoGenieDB; https://isogenie-db.asc.ohio-state.edu/), a de novo developed data management and exploration platform, as a solution to this challenge of accurately representing and integrating heterogenous environmental and microbial data across ecosystem scales. The IsoGenieDB is a public and private data infrastructure designed to store and query data generated by the IsoGenie Project, a ~10 year DOE-funded project focused on discovering ecosystem climate feedbacks in a thawing permafrost landscape. The IsoGenieDB provides (i) a platform for IsoGenie Project members to explore the project’s interdisciplinary datasets across scales through the inherent relationships among data entities, (ii) a framework to consolidate and harmonize the datasets needed by the team’s modelers, and (iii) a public venue that leverages the same spatially explicit, disciplinarily integrated data structure to share published datasets. The IsoGenieDB is also being expanded to cover the NASA-funded Archaea to Atmosphere (A2A) project, which scales the findings of IsoGenie to a broader suite of Arctic peatlands, via the umbrella A2A Database (A2A-DB). The IsoGenieDB’s expandability and flexible architecture allow it to serve as an example ecosystems database.