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Engaging K-12 Audiences with Biodiversity Data through Advancing Digitization for Biodiversity Collections
Authors: Phillips Molly , Basham Anne , Cubeta Marc , Harris Kari , Hendricks Jonathan , Hogue Gabriela , Karim Talia , White Lisa
Published: July 2018

Natural history collections around the world are currently being digitized with the resulting data and associated media now shared online in aggregators such as the Global Biodiversity Information Facility and Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio). These collections and their resources are accessible and discoverable through online portals to not only researchers and collections professionals, but to educators, students, and other potential downstream users. Primary and secondary education (K-12) in the United States is going through its own revolution with many states adopting Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS https://www.nextgenscience.org/). The new standards emphasize science practices for analyzing and interpreting data and connect to cross-cutting concepts such as cause and effect and patterns.

NGSS and natural history collections data portals seem to complement each other. Nevertheless, many educators and students are unaware of the digital resources available or are overwhelmed with working in aggregated databases created by scientists. To better address this challenge, participants within the National Science Foundation Advancing Digitization for Biodiversity Collections program (ADBC) have been working to increase awareness of, and scaffold learning for, digitized collections with K-12 educators and learners. They are accomplishing this through individual programs at institutions across the country as part of the Thematic Collections Networks and collaboratively through the iDigBio Education and Outreach Working Group. ADBC partners have focused on incorporating digital data and resources into K-12 classrooms through training workshops and webinars for both educators and collections professionals, as well as through creating educational resources, websites, and applications that use digital collections data. This presentation includes lessons learned from engaging K-12 audiences with digital data, summarizes available resources for both educators and collections professionals, shares how to become involved, and provides ways to facilitate transfer of educational resources to the K-12 community.
Bringing Back the Buzzing of the Bees: Enhancing the Discovery of Fossil Insect Collections with the ePANDDA API
Authors: Hendy Austin , Walker Lindsay , Krimmel Erica , Sessa Jocelyn
Published: July 2018

The enhancing Paleontological and Neontological Data Discovery API (ePANDDA) project (NSF ICER 1821039) has developed an application programming interface (API) to integrate online paleontological and neontological databases, including the Paleobiology Database, iDigBio, and iDigPaleo. This connectivity provides a synthetic resource of information on all aspects of specimens, taxa, and localities. Here we present a case study that demonstrates how the ePANDDA API is being utilized to aid the digitization and dissemination of natural history collections, connect relevant disassociated data, and create added value to each of those resources.

The Invertebrate Paleontology Collection at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLA) is presently contributing data to the NSF-funded Fossil Insect Collaborative TCN (http://fossilinsects.colorado.edu). A cornerstone of the “Fossil Insects of L.A.” contribution (NSF DBI 1702342) is the historic Georg Statz Collection of fossil insects from the Rott Formation (Oligocene) of Germany. This collection of spectacularly preserved compression fossils was extensively described between the 1920s and 1940s, creating a comprehensive published record, which has been entered into the Paleobiology Database. Several thousand specimens of Statz’ collection, including over 900 type specimens, left Europe in the 1950s to be permanently reposited at the NHMLA. While important to their long-term conservation, this move has hampered collection access by the research community.

The ePANDDA project will be able to link specimen record data hosted in iDigBio with bibliographic and taxonomic data reposited in the Paleobiology Database. In addition, programmatic development of the Paleobiology Database now allows for the tracking of fossil occurrences at the resolution of individual specimen records, and better documents the institutions with which those specimens are reposited. Therefore, images of NHMLA specimens, together with historic photographs, drawings, and annotations, will be discoverable through the Paleobiology Database and associated with the bibliographic records within which they were originally described or listed. Seamless search and discovery among these online resources enriches the potential of the historic Statz collection and augments its value for both research and education. We anticipate greater visibility of this and other NHMLA collections as a result of creating such linkages.
Earthquake Mitigation Solutions for Collections - Experience from New Zealand’s National Museum
Authors: Kusabs Antony , Dalen Jennifer
Published: July 2018

The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, on the Wellington waterfront, has been developing its earthquake resilience since it was first built. The reclaimed land was compacted before building started and the building was built on base isolators (steel, rubber and lead shock absorbers) which help the building move with earthquakes, dissipating energy. Since building completion, there has been a steady implementation of earthquake mitigation systems.

Since 2010, New Zealand has experienced a series of strong earthquakes - Christchurch (2010-2011), Seddon (2013), and Kaikoura (2016). These sequences have instilled a perception that we are experiencing an extremely active geological period in New Zealand. And the last two events, in 2013 and 2016, had the greatest impact on the Wellington urban area. But earthquakes in New Zealand are constant. These more noticable events act as a test of earthquake resilience and motivate custodians to review current systems.

The first wave of most recent Te Papa investment to improve earthquake resilience occurred during 2012, after the Christchurch earthquakes. Since then, there has been a continuation of more focused solutions throughout Te Papa collection stores. A range of mitigation solutions were found for various containers and objects. We bolted, strapped, fastened and netted our way towards better collection storage. Practices around earthquake mitigation became part of our everyday collection management culture.

The work has been a collaboration between collection staff in order to discover the most creative and workable solutions, and these were transferred across collection areas. We will showcase some of our solutions, the elegant and not so elegant, and discuss lessons learnt.
Reviving a Dormant Collection: Updating the Invertebrate Zoology Collection at the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute for Future Use and Accessibility
Authors: Delnavaz Vanessa , Jensen Kirsten , Herzog Kaylee
Published: July 2018

The Invertebrate Zoology Collection at the University of Kansas (KU) Biodiversity Institute is one of KU’s smaller collections, with just over 2,000 lots. Its taxonomic strength are hexacorallians (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from across the globe. Holdings also include earthworms primarily from Southeast Asia and the Caribbean, as well as crayfish and molluscs from the United States, notably from Kansas. The collection has seen little loan activity over the past decade, in part due to the fact that collection records are not digitally available. Moreover, the collection has been virtually untouched for several years as research activities on hexacorallians has ceased following curator retirement. In an initial inventory, physical holdings were checked against original catalog data, while simultaneously re-curating to ensure proper storage containers and maximal levels of either ethanol or formalin. Preliminary comparison of the catalogued data with original and secondary label data housed with the specimens suggest that across these sources, the captured and entered data is somewhat inconsistent and incomplete. In an attempt to remedy such issues, the next phase of the project will involve digitally capturing label data to verify collection information. Once the data has been validated, the working data in spreadsheet format will be imported into Specify, and published to a list of aggregators including Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio), Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON), and Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), for visibility and use outside of KU. The hope through such efforts is an accessible and easily searchable collection that is properly preserved for future research.
Put a (clear, goal-oriented, flexible and focused) contract on them! Some thoughts on selecting your pest contractors
Authors: Mendez Armando , Ryder Suzanne , Swindells Chris
Published: July 2018

In the last 20 years, IPM (Integrated Pest Management) has become an increasingly important discipline within the area of Preventive Conservation.

Incorporating an IPM program is a complex task even for a small sized institution, so when facing the challenge of starting a monitoring, recording, quarantine and identification scheme whilst ensuring that IPM protocols and best practices cascading from a comprehensive IPM Policy are followed throughout the institution, most IPM professionals tend to focus on the invertebrate pest problem while relaying entirely on external pest control companies to deal with the parallel issue of vertebrate pest.

This talk will present a case study to show an example of the well-known correlation between vertebrate and invertebrate pest activity and their complex relations, providing a few tips for those new to IPM on how to spot potential infestation sources, identifying points of entry and following the clues to find the origin of infestations, demonstrating how the detective work is an essential part of the role of an IPM professional. Following up on the case study the talk will lead on to discuss the importance of stablishing secure and long-lasting relationships with key position holders in your institution in order to influence key contracts. The talk will provide advice on how to help your colleagues in Building/Estates Management Departments (those usually being in charge of managing pest control contracts), select the best candidate for an institution that have chosen the IPM strategy of prevention and investment on investigation over the traditional methods of pest control.

The talk will also discuss issues of reaction versus prevention, legalities, preventive strategies, raising awareness of IPM in your institution, the importance of education and outreach and many other areas of IPM you always wanted to know about but were afraid to ask…
Introduction to 3D Imaging Using Photogrammetry
Authors: Brown JP
Published: July 2018

This full day workshop will provide an introduction to 3D imaging using photogrammetry. The course is designed for museum professionals who are already familiar with using digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras, and want to extend their practice to 3D imaging.

Photogrammetry is a low-cost-of-entry 3D imaging method which can be used to produce excellent results for many different museum specimens, and scales well. From large buildings to tiny clay molds, photogrammetry has been used to successfully model and document a very wide variety of museum material in full color and in three dimensions. The technique can also be extended to multi-spectral imaging.

The workshop will be hands-on and will cover camera setup, lighting, and image processing, imaging flat and contoured specimens. We will look at working at different scales, and metric photogrammetry using Agisoft Photoscan.

The course will be led by a museum professional with five years of experience of using photogrammetry to image museum collections from bivalves and taxidermy to textiles, and fossils to furniture. Due to the intensive and fast-moving nature of the workshop, participation is limited to eight people. Participants will be expected to bring a DSLR and a laptop computer to the workshop.
Le Livre Rouge (1914-1930) de Carl Gustav Jung : individuation et discours sur l’éthique
Authors: Maillard Christine
Published: July 2018

Cette contribution propose une lecture du discours sur l’éthique présent dans le Livre Rouge de C.G. Jung, en relation avec la notion d’individuation, fondamentale dans l’œuvre du psychologue, dont les premiers développements s’esquissent dans les textes composant cette œuvre très particulière. L’être « individué » est celui qui se détermine en fonction d’une « nouvelle éthique » (qu’analysera également le jungien Erich Neumann), en rupture avec les prescriptions collectives. Pour exposer cette nouvelle éthique située « par-delà le bien et le mal » (selon la célèbre formule de Nietzsche), Jung a recours à la figure du Christ, présente dans de nombreux chapitres comme élément du discours. Le Christ est présenté comme ayant rompu avec les valeurs de sa communauté d’origine, pour fonder de nouvelles valeurs, devenant ainsi le prototype de l’être individué. L’individuation a ainsi, pour Jung, à voir avec une « christification » de chacun, qui pour autant ne saurait être une simple « imitation » du Christ. S’y ajoute la dimension d’un affrontement avec le mal, en relation avec la notion de « conflit des devoirs » ( Pflichtenkollision ), développée par Jung dans un texte de 1918 consacré au thème de l’adaptation versus individuation.
Spiritualité et addiction
Authors: Besson Jacques
Published: July 2018

L’addiction et la spiritualité sont présentées sous l’angle des neurosciences et montrent qu’elles sont dans un rapport inverse : toutes deux tentent de répondre à l’angoisse fondamentale de l’être humain. L’une, l’addiction, dans un paradigme de l’avoir et du prendre, dans l’autodestruction. L’autre, la spiritualité, dans un paradigme de l’être et du donner, dans la résilience. L’addiction se présente ainsi comme une pathologie du lien et du sens dans notre crise de civilisation.
Grande Mère et Ouroboros patriarcal
Authors: Liard Véronique
Published: July 2018

Pour Neumann, la domination masculine patriarcale de la conscience occidentale et la méconnaissance fondamentale de la psychologie de la femme sont des facteurs ayant contribué à la crise du monde occidental moderne. Une meilleure connaissance des différents aspects du féminin est donc nécessaire pour que le collectif, qui souffre d’une unilatéralité extrême, puisse guérir. Le présent article expose « Les stades psychologiques du développement de la femme » dans l’optique de la dépendance du féminin, de sa prise d’indépendance et de l’interdépendance entre masculin et féminin ; il s’intéresse ensuite à Amor et Psyché 12   qui exemplifie l’interprétation de Neumann.
Socrate cinéaste et Jean-Luc Godard philosophe : comment filmer l’amour, du pressentiment à l’épreuve ?
Authors: Bouillon Anne
Published: July 2018

Comment Jean-Luc Godard filme-t-il l’amour ? Comment nous montre-t-il le sentiment amoureux se déployer dans l’épreuve de l’amour ? Comment Godard, dans son cinéma, vise-t-il la vérité du sentiment amoureux qui sans cesse se dérobe et fuit comme l’image dans la bobine ? En quoi sa démarche vis-à-vis de l’amour est-elle comparable à celle du philosophe vis-à-vis du vrai ? C’est que ce nous tenterons d’esquisser dans cet article.
Sens du poème d’amour dans un conte des Mille et Une Nuits
Authors: Ayouch Soraya
Published: July 2018

Par le recours au poème au miroir de la trame littéraire du conte du Portefaix et des trois dames , on voit comment s’élabore l’éprouvé d’amour chez Schéhérazade dans sa relation au roi. Par les histoires qu’elle raconte, elle crée un mouvement qui permet le dépassement de l’acte traumatique du crime initial, par un gracieux sacrifice de deuil, qui permet d’exhumer l’objet de la vie, en résonance à une figure maternelle originaire.
De l’empêchement d’aimer. Lectures de Journaux d’écrivains
Authors: Fos-Falque Sabine
Published: July 2018

À même le corps, la faim et la soif d’aimer et d’être aimé élancent vers l’autre dans un unique mouvement sexuel et tendre. La peur de rejoindre entrave le mouvement, la jouissance de Narcisse en défléchit le sens. Lorsque l’acte d’aimer s’articule au geste de penser et puis d’écrire, il devient possible de s’acclimater à la peur de perdre pour résister à celle d’aimer. Le geste d’écrire en fait preuve, à partir de quelques pages de journaux d’écrivains, celui de Catherine Pozzi, d’Alejandra Pizarnik et de Cesare Pavese.
Analyste-analysant roussis au feu de l’amour
Authors: Ben Hamed Vernotte Souad
Published: July 2018

Nous partons de l’hypothèse qu’il existe, côté face, un amour de transfert pour l’analysant et côté pile, un amour de contre-transfert pour l’analyste. Pour étudier l’amour de contre-transfert, nous revisitons l’hypnose en tant qu’aïeule de la psychanalyse. Nous étudions la dynamique relationnelle spécifique à la relation hypnotiseur-hypnotisé ainsi que les procédés mis en place pour traiter la question de l’amour. Nous étudions enfin la manière avec laquelle le couple analyste-analysant affronte les deux courants « tendre » et « sexuel » de l’amour et tente leur intégration. Certains aspects de la vie et de l’œuvre de Freud nous aideront à étayer un exemple de manque d’intégration des deux courants chez le psychanalyste.
Aulodes and Rhapsodes: Performance and Forms of Greek Elegy from Mimnermus to Hermesianax
Authors: Sbardella Livio
Published: July 2018

The present discussion reconsiders Hermesianax Leontion fr. 7.35–46 Powell (3.35–46 Lightfoot) as offering a synthesis and aesthetic evaluation of the tradition of Colophonian elegy from the archaic to the Hellenistic period. It is argued that the terminology employed in this passage makes a clear distinction between Hermesianax’ two great predecessors, Mimnermus and Antimachus, by implying that the former composed elegy for sung execution with the accompaniment of the aulos, whereas the latter probably intended his poetry either for chanting recitative performance with accompaniment (parakataloge) or for purely recitative performance without accompaniment. In the early Hellenistic age, Hermesianax, with his Leontion, made an effort to revive sympotic elegy in its original aulodic form, as practised by Mimnermus, and to reconcile it with the rhapsodic form of an extended, thematically coherent elegiac composition modelled on Antimachus’ Lyde. A similar attempt to recreate sympotic elegy was made by Hermesianax’ contemporary and acquaintance Philitas of Cos in the Paignia, as can be inferred from a short fragment of Philitas (fr. 15 Lightfoot = 18 Sbardella = 20 Spanoudakis) and from a new reading of the passage of Hermesianax devoted to him.
La memoria herida : entre los límites de la rememoración personal y la conciencia histórica de la violencia en Los ejércitos de Evelio Rosero Diago
Authors: Luna Bibian Paola Ferández
Published: July 2018

This article purports to analyze the novel Los ejércitos (2006) by Colombian author Evelio Rosero Diago. The interest to analyze this literary work responds to the form in which the novel explores new points of enunciation, getting away from the cliche ways in which violence is referenced in Colombia: data, statistics, and terrifying anecdotes that produce an ephemeral indignation. On the contrary, Rosero investigates new forms of language combined with uncommon narration of daily realities which provides us with the necessary distancing from the pathological familiarization with violence to which we have grown accustomed. This novel arrives in the field of Colombian literature as a distanced examination of the violent novel and its narrative tools. Consequently, the purpose of this article is to analyze the system of characters as well as time and space to elucidate the manner in which they evoke memory, revelations, and, most of all, the way in which narration of memory affects the perception of the present and expectations for the future. In this way, the reader is able to understand the link between the past, present, and future as different types of time that together constitute historical consciousness. Colombia.
Museo, lenguaje, memoria
Authors: Ponce Néstor
Published: July 2018

Un museo de la memoria es una espacio lingüístico inscrito en el tiempo. Debe recordar los acontecimientos que marcaron la historia de un territorio, pero al mismo tiempo alejarse del discurso panfletario y plantear una reflexión. Pensar el pasado es anticipar el futuro, escribir el porvenir. El fin del conflicto armado en Colombia, con la firma del tratado de paz en noviembre de 2016, conlleva una reflexión ciudadana con un principio participativo de todos los actores del conflicto. El Museo de la Memoria de Medellín merece ser estudiado en una óptica de construir síntesis y ofrecer propuestas alternativas de paz.
Kitsch et mélodrame dans le film mexicain No se aceptan devoluciones de Eugenio Derbez
Authors: Dufays Sophie
Published: July 2018

Cet article compare et analyse l’une par rapport à l’autre deux catégories esthétiques souvent perçues négativement : le mélodrame et le kitsch, suivant trois points de vue superposés. Après une introduction d’ordre théorique, il situe brièvement l’importance de ces catégories dans le cadre culturel et cinématographique mexicain, puis il étudie leur présence dans une production récente qui a obtenu un immense succès commercial : No se aceptan devoluciones (Ni repris, ni échangé, Eugenio Derbez, 2013). L’analyse montre que le kitsch non seulement caractérise ce film comme produit culturel consommable, mais intervient à différents niveaux de sa trame et de sa mise en scène. L’article clarifie en particulier les liens que le film permet d’instaurer entre mélodrame et kitsch et interprète sa « sensibilité » mélo-kitsch – clé de son succès – à la lumière de son contexte (cinématographique et plus largement culturel) et de sa réception.
Le numérique au service de comportements durables ? Premiers pas des entreprises de « Transition Techs »
Authors: Peugeot Valérie , Beuscart Jean-Samuel , Pharabod Anne-Sylvie , Josset Jean-Marc
Published: July 2018

Alors que les pouvoirs publics appellent de plus en plus les individus à modifier leurs comportements dans un sens plus « durable », l’innovation numérique n’est guère mobilisée en ce sens et reste comme à l’écart de cette politique environnementale. De nouvelles entreprises entendent combler ce vide et développent des dispositifs numériques susceptibles d’aider les utilisateurs dans l’adoption de « petits gestes verts », acteurs que nous proposons d’appeler « Transition Techs ». En s’appuyant sur une exploration en ligne de 120 initiatives et d’entretiens avec des entrepreneurs porteurs de tels dispositifs (n=9), l’article s’attache à décrire ces innovateurs numériques d’un genre nouveau, à en décrypter les trajectoires, intentions et positionnements, ainsi que les modèles économiques. À la lumière de ces spécificités, nous constatons que cet espace en cours de constitution reste fragile, parcouru de tensions, loin d’un monde social solidifié.
Les outils numériques gouvernementaux au service de la loi : Le design de la plateforme République numérique
Authors: Laurent Victoria , Badouard Romain , Mabi Clément , Méadel Cécile , Sire Guillaume
Published: July 2018

Le 26 septembre 2015, Manuel Valls et Axelle Lemaire, secrétaire d’État au numérique, présentent les grandes lignes du projet de loi « pour une République numérique » et lancent, dans le même temps, une consultation participative, « République numérique ». Durant trois semaines, les citoyens sont invités à modifier ou commenter en ligne ce texte de loi, sur une plateforme créée pour l’occasion. Une partie de leurs contributions est prise en compte dans la version finale du texte, soumise au débat parlementaire le 26 janvier suivant, pour être définitivement promulguée le 7 octobre 2016 et définitivement adoptée le 28 septembre 2016. L’objet de cet article est de questionner la place accordée aux citoyens au sein de ce processus consultatif à partir d’une analyse du design de la plateforme. Nous nous intéresserons aux acteurs convoqués dans la procédure, à leurs usages du dispositif mis en place, ainsi qu’à leurs interactions.
Le déploiement des innovations sociales numériques dans les fablabs
Authors: Pélissier Maud
Published: July 2018

Notre papier propose d’approfondir la notion d’innovation sociale numérique, domaine de recherche en gestation, au travers d’une étude circonscrite à l’un de ses champs d’application : la diffusion de l’open hardware dans les fablabs, lieux singuliers de fabrication collective. Il va mettre en évidence l’originalité de ces dynamiques d’innovation contributives originales, qui réside dans la promesse d’un univers de production post-industriel créateur de communs de connaissance.
L’inclusion sociale numérique : le cas de trois dispositifs numériques améliorant l’accès aux droits
Authors: Muracciole Mathilde , Massé David
Published: July 2018

L’innovation numérique est souvent perçue comme un facteur d’exclusion des minorités, des personnes âgées et des populations les moins aisées. Cette perception explique que les pouvoirs publics aient pu un temps se tenir à l’écart des dispositifs numériques innovants dans leurs prestations. Cet article étudie le cas de la Caisse Nationale des Allocations Familiales et de trois projets de dispositifs numériques innovants, ayant pour but d’améliorer la prestation de service envers les allocataires. L’analyse de ces trois cas nous permet de soutenir que les nouvelles fonctionnalités offertes par l’innovation numérique favorisent l’inclusion et l’amélioration de l’accès aux droits grâce à un service plus simple et mieux adapté aux besoins des allocataires. L’étude de ces exemples de transformation dans la sphère publique témoigne de l’émergence de nouvelles démarches centrée sur l’utilisateur, d’une personnalisation du service permise par des découpages temporels, spatiaux et communautaires, et enfin des bouleversements organisationnels induits par la mise en place d’une démarche d’innovation agile.
Nomenclatural notes on southern African Oxalis species
Authors: Dreyer Leanne L. , Oberlander Kenneth C. Oberlander , Klopper Ronell R.
Published: July 2018

Background: The correct author citation of Oxalis sonderiana (Kuntze) J.F.Macbr. and the validity and identity of the species Oxalis beneprotecta R.Knuth, Oxalis bullulata T.M.Salter and Oxalis pulchella Jacq. var. beneprotecta (R.Knuth) T.M.Salter are unclear.Objectives: To resolve the nomenclatural and taxonomic confusion surrounding these four taxa.Method: We studied relevant herbarium records (especially type material) of all the taxa, and paired this with scrutiny of all publications that bear reference to the nomenclature and taxonomy of these species.Results: The correct author citation for Oxalis sonderiana has been determined; Oxalis bullulata is confirmed as a distinct species, and the continued recognition of Oxalis beneprotecta as a variety of Oxalis pulchella is suggested. It is further ascertained that the name ‘Oxalis nidulans Turcz.’ is not a later homonym, but a reference to a misapplication of Oxalis nidulans Eckl. & Zeyh. to the type specimen of Oxalis sonderiana.Conclusion: These results clarify the current confusion surrounding these taxa in global herbaria and in national and international databases.
Pastoral Letters and the Church in the public square: An assessment of the role of Pastoral Letters in influencing democratic processes in Malawi
Authors: Jere Qeko , Magezi Vhumani
Published: July 2018

The contributory role Pastoral Letters play in Malawi’s democracy cannot be underestimated. Historically, Pastoral Letters have been the voice of the Malawian people, and these have forced authorities to accommodate social and political reforms. From colonialism, federations and independence to the birth and consolidation of democracy, Pastoral Letters have been issued by the Church to State authority demanding political change and improvement in governance issues. For instance, Pastoral Letters issued by the Church put pressure on the British to end colonialism in Malawi, and in 1992, Pastoral Letters hugely contributed to the dismantling of Dr Kamuzu Banda’s, and the Malawi Congress Party’s, three-decade autocratic rule. Even in the multiparty dispensation, which was ushered in during 1994, Pastoral Letters have provided checks and balances to government in the consolidation of democracy. Thus, Pastoral Letters represent the voice of the voiceless in every political dispensation. The article is informed by the Pauline Pastoral Letters’ conceptual framework. The main argument governing this article is that unless there is continuity in the issuing of Pastoral Letters by the Church in addressing specific challenges within a democracy, sustainability of democratic value will always be compromised and not realised.Interdisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This is an interdisciplinary article that touches on practical and public theology focusing on Church history and polity in assessing the role of Pastoral Letters in influencing the sustainability of democratic processes in a public square. The article contributes to a wider debate on the role the Church’s Pastoral Letters play in determining the sociopolitical landscape in Malawi. However, this is the only article written from a Pauline Pastoral Letters’ conceptual framework.
Heavy metals in waters used for human consumption and crop irrigation
Authors: Silva Laercio Santos , Galindo Izabel Cristina de Luna , Nascimento Clístenes Wilians Araújo do , Gomes Romário Pimenta , Freitas Ludmila de , Oliveira Ivanildo Amorim de , Campos Milton César Costa , Cunha José Maurício da
Published: July 2018

The consumption of contaminated water is a major source of heavy metal contamination in humans and animals. This study therefore aimed to assess Cd, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn levels in water used for human and animal consumption and vegetable crop irrigation in Camocim de São Félix, Pernambuco, Brazil. Water samples were collected on the studied farms from an artesian well and reservoirs used for human and animal consumption as well as for crop irrigation. The results showed that concentrations of Cd (> 0.001 mg L-1), Ni (> 0.025 mg L-1) and Pb (> 0.01 mg L-1) were above the maximum allowable limits established under Brazilian law, indicating the need for a preventive monitoring program and immediate intervention initiatives aimed at the sources of contamination. The results demonstrate the need to quantify heavy metal content in vegetable crops, since their contamination by irrigation water may make them harmful to human health. Rainfall has a seasonal effect on heavy metal concentrations in water, showing a significant effect on Pb levels, whereas Cd and Ni content was less dependent on seasonal variation.
Importance of adequate appropriation of physiographic information for concentration times determination
Authors: Souza Joseline Corrêa , Reis José Antonio Tosta dos , Mendonça Antonio Sergio Ferreira
Published: July 2018

Concentration time is an important parameter for drainage systems design and is closely related to the physiographic characteristics of a given hydrographic basin. Information from cartographic bases or images obtained by remote sensing, which present certain scales/resolutions, are often employed for the appropriation of concentration times. The present study sought to investigate the influence that the combination of different physiographic information, in different scales, and different calculation methods can produce in concentration times’ values. The applied methodology included a concentration times appropriation methods survey, identification of methods compatible with the study area characteristics, physiographic variables appropriation from information plans at different scales and concentration times determination for different regions. The results show that there is an equivalence between Tulsa District and US Corps of Engineers methods, and that these methods produce higher concentration times estimates than those produced by the George Ribeiro method. For the study area, the maximum calculated relative error was 52%.
One-Sided Operators in Grand Variable Exponent Lebesgue Spaces
Authors: Kokilashvili Vakhtang , Meskhi Alexander
Published: July 2018

The boundedness of one-sided integral operators in grand variable exponent Lebesgue spaces unifying grand Lebesgue spaces and variable exponent Lebesgue spaces are established. The conditions on variable exponent is weaker than the log-Hölder continuity condition.
Pensamiento y activismo de mujeres españolas. Testimonios de aquellas que la vivieron
Authors: Boned Colera Ana
Published: July 2018

Esta investigación aborda el pensamiento contra la guerra y el movimiento pacifista que se va gestando desde finales del siglo XIX, al calor del clima imperialista y prebélico que se respiraba en Europa en los prolegómenos de la Gran Guerra. Y en el contexto amplio de conflagración mundial (1914-45), se analiza cómo las mujeres españolas piensan la guerra, la viven y actúan. En estas páginas se recogen las ideas y consideraciones de algunas de esas mujeres que reflexionaron sobre la guerra y también el activismo organizado nacional e internacional de aquellas que lucharon por la paz, con una estrategia que aunó feminismo, pacifismo y antifascismo. Algunas de estas voces protagonistas son las de Concepción Arenal, Carmen de Burgos, María Lejárraga, Isabel Oyarzábal, Veneranda García Manzano, Carmen Dorronsoro, Federica Montseny, Sara Berenguer, Aurora Arnáiz, Teófila Madroñal, Manuela Ballester…
Yo disparé a la Cenicienta. Los certámenes de belleza en el corpus fotográfico de Juana Biarnés para Diario Pueblo [1963-1972]
Authors: García-Ramos Francisco José
Published: July 2018

Juana Biarnés es una de las pioneras del fotoperiodismo español tras la Guerra Civil. Su forma de enfrentarse a los roles de género y de abrirse paso en un mundo dominado por hombres la convierten en importante caso de estudio para comprender la historia de la fotografía de prensa en España. Utilizando la entrevista en profundidad con la propia fotógrafa y una metodología de archivo para el rastreo pormenorizado de fuentes fotográficas, hemerográficas y fílmicas, este estudio aborda, desde una revisión historicista, la manera en que se justifican y articulan los reportajes fotográficos sobre certámenes de belleza en el corpus fotográfico de Biarnés a diario Pueblo [1963-1972]
IFRS Adoption in Developing Countries: What Is the Impact?
Authors: D. Gingrich Chris , Kratz Leah , Faraci Ryan
Published: July 2018

This study explores the impact of mandatory adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in developing countries on business leaders’ perceptions of the overall accounting and financial environment. The study employs survey data from the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report to gauge business leaders’ perceptions of the accounting and financial environment. Eight countries across Latin America, Africa, and Asia comprise case studies, all of whom recently adopted mandatory IFRS use for publicly listed companies. Each survey variable is tracked over time, comparing pre and post IFRS adoption, vis-à-vis the same variable in a control country that did not adopt IFRS. IFRS adoption shows mostly positive impacts on the accounting environment in four cases. The impact of adoption in the other three countries is mostly insignificant. These results should encourage policymakers in developing countries to improve auditing and enforcement practices to increase the likelihood of positive results from IFRS adoption.
An Interpersonal Meaning Study of two Excerpts from Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun: A Systemic Functional Approach
Authors: Yokossi Daniel T.
Published: July 2018

Using the Hallidayan Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), this article seeks to carry out a theoretically founded analysis of two extracts from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun to decode both her world view and ideology behind her writing for a better understanding of the whole novel with a view to making her message accessible to the laymen. The quantitative research method employed by the study has helped to recap the linguistic features of the analyzed excerpts in a statistical table paving the way to their interpretation via the qualitative method. The study has interestingly arrived at impressive results. Among others, it is to be highlighted that Adichie has written Half of a Yellow Sun to get important messages across. To descend to particulars, the analysis has unveiled that unkindness, wickedness, violence, heartlessness and mistrustfulness are some of the evils that the Nigeria-Biafra war has resulted into. As a result, by writing this award winning novel, Adichie aims at giving advice to her contemporaries and, more precisely, to the Nigerian current and future political leaders for the country brighter future. Adichie’s selections of modality in the studied excerpts reveal the possibility of new developments of the bygone civil war. The high rate of circumstantial adjuncts has contributed to improve the texts experiential density, and complements other strategies used by Adichie to make her novel very well written in mode. Indeed, these are just some of the results the present research work has arrived at; more remain to be discovered in the section devoted to the interpretation of findings in this paper. The study has interestingly opened up to such further research horizons as experiential meaning, textual meaning, pragmatic transfer, code switching, code mixing to name but just a few of them.
MODELLING THE MELTING TEMPERATURE OF A LIPID‐BASED CRITICAL TEMPERATURE INDICATOR: A COMPARISION BETWEEN SIMPLEX-LATTICE AND SIMPLEX-CENTROID DESIGNS
Authors: KAUFMANN KARINE CRISTINE , GONÇALVES ODINEI HESS , BONA EVANDRO , LEIMANN FERNANDA VITÓRIA
Published: July 2018

Critical temperature indicators (CTI) find applications in food industry in cases when defrost may not occur or a specific temperature may not be reached, , indicating changes through visual changes, such as melting, color changes, etc. Lipid mixtures are promising candidates to formulate CTI since the final melting point of the mixture may be manipulated by the proportion of each lipid. In this work a lipid mixture consisting of stearic acid, lard and peanut oil was used to develop a CTI mixture. Simplex-lattice and Simplex-centroid experimental designs were compared to modelling the melting temperature of the lipid mixture. Addition of axial points to the experimental design improved predictive ability of the models while the inclusion of inverse terms was necessary to improve models accuracy. Simplex-lattice design presented an improved ability to predict the melting point of binary mixtures, while the simplex-centroid design resulted in an improved model for predicting melting point of the ternary mixtures
The Adaptive Capabilities of Chinese Students Studying In Chinese, British and Russian Universities
Authors: Bordovskaia Nina V. , Anderson Charles , Bochkina Natalia , Petanova Elena I.
Published: July 2018

This article presents a comparative study of the personal adaptive capabilities of Chinese students studying in Chinese, British and Russian universities. The study involved 224 Chinese first-year students who formed 3 groups: Group 1, 96 first-year students studying in China; Group 2, 100 Chinese first-year students studying in Russia; Group 3, 28 Chinese first-year students studying in the UK. The instruments employed were: a Personality questionnaire (adapted Rogers-Dymond method), the Big Five and the Method of studying the Research Potential of students (Bordovskaia et al., 2017). The study found that for all Chinese students, the general predictors of adaptation to university education are "openness" and "agreeableness". The differences are that the personal resources for the adaptation of Chinese students in Chinese and Russian universities are "research potential", in the British university "neuroticism", "extraversion" and "conscientiousness (self-control)”. The findings point up the conditions for ensuring the future academic, social and communicative success of Chinese students in the educational environments of British, Russian and Chinese universities, and allow one to predict the reasons for the difficulties faced by individual students.
Desenvolvimento de tecnologia assistiva para o transporte público baseado na percepção do usuário.
Authors: Cavalcanti Filho André Marques , Cavalcanti André Marques , Marinho Marcelo Luiz Monteiro , Lima Telma Lúcia de Andrade
Published: July 2018

O transporte público de passageiros está diretamente ligado a qualidade de vida dos seus usuários devendo prover acesso à serviços básicos, como saúde, educação, lazer etc. Considerando os problemas do sistema de transporte público nos centros urbanos, observa-se a necessidade da melhoria da acessibilidade para usuários com deficiência visual. Dentre as soluções possíveis para o problema de acessibilidade, o uso de tecnologias assistivas se apresenta como uma solução viável pelo seu baixo custo de implantação e por requererem, em geral, pouca adaptação na infraestrutura existente. Dessa forma, busca-se realizar estudo para aplicações voltadas para acessibilidade de passageiros com deficiência visual ao sistema de transporte público rodoviário, no intuito de diminuir o nível de dependência dessa parte da população e facilitar o seu deslocamento e proporcionando o acesso a diversos serviços existentes nas cidades. Para tanto, aplica-se a modelagem da extração de atributos para identificar os diversos requisitos percebidos pelos usuários das capacidades gerais de uma aplicação e sistema em determinado domínio. Foi realizada uma pesquisa do tipo survey tomando uma amostra de 30 passageiros com deficiência visual a partir de respostas a um questionário para extração dos atributos mandatórias do sistema. A partir dos atributos identificados, determinou-se a existência de possíveis provedores de soluções no mercado, e, entre eles, apenas um sistema seria capaz de atender as necessidades levantadas, o CittaMobi. Assim, realizou-se o estudo nesse sistema aplicando-se o modelo de extração dos atributos para identificar as falhas do sistema frente a necessidade dos usuários e adequar o sistema de acordo com a necessidade específica dos mesmos.
Avaliação da qualidade dos serviços por meio do fuzzy multiple criteria decision making (MCDM)
Authors: Stefano Nara Medianeira , Casarotto Filho Nelson , Laux Raul Otto , Gripa Sidnei
Published: July 2018

A qualidade dos serviços é uma construção abstrata e indescritível devido a três características: intangibilidade, inseparabilidade de produção e consumo e, heterogeneidade. Dessa forma, define-se a qualidade dos serviços como aquela percebida pelo cliente. Neste contexto, este trabalho teve o objetivo de avaliar a qualidade dos serviços em um hotel de grande porte localizado em Santa Catarina – Brasil, contando com a participação de 187 hóspedes. Utilizou-se o método Servqual para coletar os dados em um questionário baseado nas dimensões da qualidade. Para o cálculo dos pesos da expectativa e da percepção foi utilizado o método Fuzzy AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process - FAHP). Como resultado, são apresentados os aspectos onde a expectativa dos hóspedes em relação ao serviço prestado é maior do que a realidade encontrada, permitindo, dessa forma, que a empresa alinhe de forma estratégica seus futuros investimentos.
Uso adequado de embarque controlado nível 2 pelas montadoras, podem reduzir o índice de recall no Brasil
Authors: Silva Neto Jose Alves
Published: July 2018

Nos últimos quatro anos, o índice de Recall aumentou em quase 600%. As empresas automobilísticas, possuem o certificado conforme NBR ISO TS 16949. A principal barreira de contenção deste sistema, para as peças não conforme, são os sistemas de inspeção de peças, antes de serem enviadas para a montadora, chamado de Embarque Controlado Nível 2 (ECN2). O objetivo desta pesquisa foi verificar, dentre 20 empresas do setor automotivo, quais são os critérios e normas para se aplicar um ECN2. Os métodos utilizados foram pesquisa bibliográfica, documental, com abordagem qualitativa. O resultado demonstra que, apenas 51% de ações, para implantar um ECN2, são comuns nas empresas. Dessa forma, o ECN2, para se tornar eficaz e atuar, para minimizar os índices de rejeições e Recall, precisa ser mais pesquisado e difundido entre as empresas.
Definindo uma estratégia make to availability para uma empresa make to stock de linha branca
Authors: Brito Taise Câmara , Barreto Bruno Da Silva , Spaulonci Isabela , Bergamini Fernanda Paula , Longo Aníbal José , Godinho Filho Moacir
Published: July 2018

Neste artigo é abordada a metodologia da manufatura responsiva (Quick Response Manufacturing – QRM) que tem como objetivo reduzir o lead time das operações, aqui, o objeto de estudo será uma empresa de linha branca. A utilização do gráfico Manufacturing Critical-path Time (MCT) permitiu identificar que o estoque de produtos acabados seria a etapa foco de redução de lead time, com este fim, é apresentada uma proposta de adoção de estratégia de produção para disponibilidade (Make to availability – MTA) em substituição a atual estratégia de produzir para estoque (Make to Stock – MTS). O objetivo é reduzir o lead time de produção e, consequentemente, diminuir os custos desses produtos em estoque resultando em redução de aproximadamente 50% no MCT atual.
ELEMENTOS DE GESTÃO DE SEGREDOS EMPRESARIAIS PARA A INOVAÇÃO
Authors: Rossi Juliano Scherner
Published: July 2018

Este artigo propõe políticas empresariais para a proteção e transferência de conhecimentos e inovação colaborativa, com ênfase em know-how tecnológico, e informa sobre certas deficiências em estruturas jurídicas existentes para a proteção de segredos empresariais. São apresentados elementos teóricos de gestão do conhecimento para incorporação às rotinas das empresas de processos de proteção de segredos. As empresas devem desenvolver uma política de gestão de riscos relativa ao segredo empresarial e integrá-lo no código de conduta da empresa. Convergência da legislação de segredo empresarial entre jurisdições incrementa a segurança jurídica ao permitir o tratamento mais eficaz a apropriação indébita. A pesquisa adota o método monográfico e a técnica de pesquisa bibliográfica, em abordagem indutiva. O foco não está em resultados, mas em modelos teóricos que enderecem a questão.
A “CONSTITUCIONALIZAÇÃO DA POLÍTICA”: IMPASSES ENTRE O CONSTITUCIONALISMO E A DEMOCRACIA
Authors: Iensue Geziela
Published: July 2018

O presente artigo busca analisar a relação de aparente conflito entre o constitucionalismo comumente entendido como um conjunto de limitações ao poder estatal, e a democracia comumente encarada como o poder da maioria. Procura-se sustentar que o constitucionalismo não se opõe à democracia; ao contrário o constitucionalismo oportuniza, preserva e protege a democracia para as gerações vindouras, na forma de compromissos prévios, aqui entendidos, como princípios e normas pactuadas pelo poder originário, com vistas à organização política, a separação dos poderes e aos direitos e garantias fundamentais. Para tanto, se evidencia que o constitucionalismo ao instituir as restrições constitucionais ao invés de se apresentarem como antidemocráticas são reforços à democracia, ou seja, podem produzir ou melhorar a liberdade, haja vista que o constitucionalismo não viabiliza tão somente a proteção, mas também os mecanismos de defesa das minorias.