bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
MATERNIDADE DE CRIANÇAS COM TRANSTORNO DE DÉFICIT DE ATENÇÃO/HIPERATIVIDADE: CONTRIBUIÇÕES PSICANALÍTICAS
Authors: Tonetto Ana Paula Mucha , Barbieri Valeria
Published: September 2018

Transtorno de déficit de atenção/hiperatividade (TDAH) é um transtorno do neurodesenvolvimento caracterizado por desatenção, hiperatividade e impulsividade. A prevalência aumentou nos últimos tempos e sua origem permanece sob investigação. A suscetibilidade genética em interação com fatores ambientais, principalmente a vida em família, é considerada componente importante da etiologia. Diante disso, este estudo buscou compreender a experiência materna de mulheres com filhos diagnosticados com TDAH. Para tanto, foi desenvolvida uma pesquisa qualitativa empregando o método clínico-qualitativo e as Narrativas Transferenciais como estratégia metodológica. O Teste de Apercepção Temática Infantil, forma Animal - CAT-A foi utilizado como mediador na entrevista. A Psicanálise Winnicottiana foi adotada como referencial teórico para a interpretação dos resultados. As participantes foram quatro mães de crianças diagnosticadas com TDAH. A análise interpretativa mostrou que as mães experimentaram angústias desde a gestação e nascimento das crianças; elas tiveram dificuldades para entrar em sintonia com os filhos no início da vida e não tiveram condições objetivas e emocionais para experimentar a devoção e manifestaram limitações para vincular-se com eles e oferecer-lhes holding. Essas dificuldades no relacionamento inicial eram decorrentes de vivências depressivas latentes ou manifestas das mães, que lhes dificultavam auxiliar os filhos a alcançarem a capacidade para as experiências transicionais, para o brincar e para a simbolização; estes pareciam responder à apatia materna pelo seu gesto criativo por meio de uma motricidade exacerbada e sem objetivos. O artigo alerta para a necessidade de atenção e acompanhamento psicoterapêutico para a mãe e não apenas para a criança com TDAH.
O DISCURSO DO CAPITALISMO E OS EFEITOS DE SEGREGAÇÃO: UMA PRÁTICA
Authors: Brunhari Marcos Vinicius , Darriba Vinicius Anciães
Published: September 2018

Este artigo parte da articulação entre o Discurso do Capitalismo e os progressos da tecnicização da ciência como engrenagem de efeitos de segregação que teriam como consequência a produção de um indivíduo eficaz. A formulação dessa questão tem por objetivo geral conceituar o estatuto de abolição da divisão do sujeito viabilizada pelos efeitos de segregação. Recorre-se ao ensino de Lacan, no período do final da década de 1970, apontando a substancialização e a articulação da noção de efeitos de segregação enquanto processo subsidiado tanto pelos progressos científicos quanto por uma lógica mercadológica. Sustenta-se que este aporte possa ser aferido no ensino de Lacan por meio da formalização do discurso do capitalismo. Dessa maneira, a articulação entre o discurso do capitalismo e os progressos da tecnicização da ciência promove, por meio dos efeitos de segregação, a abolição da divisão em um processo de acoplagem entre sujeito e objeto de gozo. É desde a abolição da divisão que se produziria um indivíduo eficaz, categoria derivada dos efeitos de segregação e caracterizada por sua disponibilidade ao consumo e docilidade às métricas avaliativas.
Assessment of Evidence-Based Health and Safety Policies on Sudden Death and Concussion Management in Secondary School Athletics: A Benchmark Study
Authors: Adams William M. , Scarneo Samantha E. , Casa Douglas J.
Published: September 2018

Context: 

Implementation of best-practice health and safety policies has been shown to be effective at reducing the risk of sudden death in sport; however, little is known about the extent to which these policies are required within secondary school athletics.

Objective: 

To examine best-practice health and safety policies pertaining to the leading causes of sudden death and to concussion management in sport mandated at the state level for secondary school athletics.

Design: 

Descriptive observational study.

Setting: 

State high school athletic associations (SHSAAs), state departments of education, and enacted legislation.

Patients or Other Participants: 

United States (including the District of Columbia) SHSAAs.

Main Outcome Measure(s): 

A review of SHSAA health and safety policies for the 2016–2017 academic year, state department of education policies, and enacted legislation was undertaken to assess the polices related to the leading causes of sudden death and concussion management in sport. Current best-practice recommendations used to assess health and safety policies were specific to emergency action plans, automated external defibrillators, heat acclimatization, environmental monitoring and modification, and concussion management. The total number of best-practice recommendations required for each SHSAA's member schools for the aforementioned areas was quantified and presented as total number and percentage of recommendations required.

Results: 

Four of 51 SHSAA member schools were required to follow best practices for emergency action plans, 7 of 51 for access to automated external defibrillators, 8 of 51 for heat acclimatization, and 3 of 51 for management of concussion.

Conclusions: 

At the time of this study, SHSAA member schools were not required to follow all best-practice recommendations for preventing the leading causes of sudden death and for concussion management in sport. Continued advocacy for the development and implementation of best practices at the state level to be required of all secondary schools is needed to appropriately serve the health and well-being of our young student-athletes.
Formal Versus Informal Judgments: Faculty Experiences With Entrustment in Graduate Medical Education
Authors: van Loon Karsten A. , Teunissen Pim W. , Driessen Erik W. , Scheele Fedde
Published: September 2018

Background 

Entrustment of residents has been formalized in many competency-based graduate medical education programs, but its relationship with informal decisions to entrust residents with clinical tasks is unclear. In addition, the effects of formal entrustment on training practice are still unknown.

Objective 

Our objective was to learn from faculty members in training programs with extensive experience in formal entrustment how formal entrustment relates to informal entrustment decisions.

Methods 

A questionnaire was e-mailed to all Dutch obstetrics and gynecology program directors to gather information on how faculty entrusts residents with clinical independence. We also interviewed faculty members to explore the relationship between formal entrustment and informal entrustment. Interviews were analyzed with conventional content analysis.

Results 

Of 92 programs, 54 program directors completed the questionnaire (59% response rate). Results showed that formal entrustment was seen as valuable for generating formative feedback and giving insight into residents' progress in technical competencies. Interviewed faculty members (n = 12) used both formal and informal entrustment to determine the level of resident independence. Faculty reported they tended to favor informal entrustment because it can be reconsidered. In contrast, formal entrustment was reported to feel like a fixed state.

Conclusions 

In a graduate medical education program where formal entrustment has been used for more than a decade, faculty used a combination of formal and informal entrustment. Informal entrustment is key in deciding if a resident can work independently. Faculty members reported being unsure how to optimally use formal entrustment in practice next to their informal decisions.
Avanços e retrocessos ao sentido de capacidade legal: panorama prospectivo sobre decisões existenciais de pessoas com deficiência
Authors: Lopes Pereira Jacqueline , Harmatiuk Matos Ana Carla
Published: September 2018

A Convenção de Nova Iorque sobre os Direitos das Pessoas com Deficiência é marco legal para o reconhecimento de direitos das pessoas com deficiência, porém, não é divisor de águas que mudará a vivência desse grupo vulnerável. A leitura de uma capacidade legal conglobante pretende revisar paradigmas do regime clássico das incapacidades. Parte-se da necessidade de examinar o ordenamento jurídico brasileiro sob a disciplina promulgada pelo tratado internacional e pelo Estatuto da Pessoa com Deficiência. O estudo explora os sentidos formal, substancial e prospectivo de direitos clamados por pessoas com deficiência e sua efetividade no contexto brasileiro. Sob o método dedutivo em análise teórica feita por revisão bibliográfica da doutrina atual, o artigo se divide em três seções. Na primeira, revisa criticamente o regime clássico das incapacidades, em que imperou a “perspectiva de substituição da vontade” para a proteção patrimonial, com efeito de também eclipsar as preferências em decisões existenciais. Em segunda seção, discorre sobre o conceito conglobante de capacidade legal da Convenção e a ênfase dada pelo texto normativo à autonomia em escolhas existenciais, dentre as quais está a decisão de com quem viver em conjugalidade. No terceiro item, investiga-se o direito à escolha de com quem se casar e as fissuras que persistem no cenário doutrinário e legislativo que obstam o reconhecimento do exercício de liberdades por essas pessoas. Conclui-se que o sentido formal de se positivar direitos das pessoas com deficiência é apenas um primeiro passo para a concretização de proteção de seus direitos.
A Lei da Regularização Fundiária (Lei 13.465/2017): análise inicial de suas principais repercussões para o direito de propriedade
Authors: Tartuce Flávio
Published: September 2018

Este artigo científico pretende analisar e trazer as primeiras reflexões sobre a Lei 13.465/2017, norma jurídica de grande importância que promoveu amplas modificações no sistema de propriedades no Brasil, tratando da Regularização Fundiária Urbana (REURB). Neste texto serão abordados apenas alguns temas, como a visão geral dessa política, o instituto da legitimação fundiária, as novas modalidades de condomínio e o direito real de laje. Será feito um estudo crítico das categorias, que apresentam novos desafios não só para o Direito Civil, como também para outros ramos jurídicos, como o Direito Administrativo, o Direito Constitucional, o Direito Urbanístico e o Direito Notarial e Registral.
HRM: Quo Vadis? Over de geschiedenis en de toekomst van HRM vanuit een institutioneel perspectief
Authors: Blok Peter
Published: September 2018

Om na te kunnen gaan of HRM toekomstbestendig is, moeten we meer weten van de geschiedenis HRM en op welke grondslagen HRM eigenlijk is gebaseerd. Immers, de economie van de 21e eeuw wijkt op een aantal fundamentele punten af van de economie van de 20e eeuw; de periode waarin HRM is
ontstaan. In dit artikel, dat gedeeltelijk is gebaseerd een promotieonderzoek (Blok, 2013), zal daartoe een poging worden ondernomen. Eerst zal uiteen worden gezet welke theoretische benadering geschikt zou kunnen zijn om zicht te krijgen op een bruikbare invulling van HRM voor de huidige
tijd. Vervolgens zal de geschiedenis van HRM worden beschreven, waarvan de wortels in de Verenigde Staten liggen. De Nederlandse variant wordt daarna uiteen gezet. Vervolgens ga ik in op de economische veranderingen die zich voordoen vanaf het eind van de 20e eeuw worden daarna uiteen gezet
en vervolgens welke consequenties dit heeft voor HRM. Afsluitend zal worden ingegaan op de mogelijke gevolgen voor de toekomst van HRM in Nederland.
Molecular insights on aging and aqueous-phase processing from ambient biomass burning emissions-influenced Po Valley fog and aerosol
Authors: Brege Matthew , Paglione Marco , Gilardoni Stefania , Decesari Stefano , Facchini Maria Cristina , Mazzoleni Lynn R.
Published: September 2018

Abstract. To study the influence of regional biomass burning emissions and secondary processes, ambient samples of fog and aerosol were collected in the Po Valley (Italy) during the 2013 Supersito field campaign. After the extent of fresh vs. aged biomass burning influence was estimated from proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) and high-resolution time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometry (HR-ToF-AMS), two samples of fog water and two samples of PM1 aerosol were selected for ultrahigh-resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) analysis. Molecular compositions indicated that the water-soluble organic matter was largely non-polymeric without clearly repeating units. The selected samples had an atypically large frequency of molecular formulas containing nitrogen and sulfur (not evident in the NMR composition) attributed to multifunctional organonitrates and organosulfates. Higher numbers of organonitrates were observed in aerosol, and higher numbers of organosulfates were observed in fog water. Consistent with the observation of an enhanced aromatic proton signature in the 1H-NMR analysis, the average molecular formula double-bond equivalents and carbon numbers were higher in the fresh biomass-burning-influenced samples. The average O : C and H : C values from FT-ICR MS were higher in the samples with an aged influence (O : C  =  0.50–0.58, and H : C  =  1.31–1.37) compared to those with fresh influence (O : C  =  0.43–0.48, and H : C  =  1.13–1.30). The aged fog had a large set of unique highly oxygenated CHO fragments in the HR-ToF-AMS, which reflects an enrichment of carboxylic acids and other compounds carrying acyl groups, highlighted by the NMR analysis. Fog compositions were more oxidized and SOA (secondary organic aerosol)-like than aerosols as indicated by their NMR measured acyl-to-alkoxyl ratios and the observed molecular formula similarity between the aged aerosol and fresh fog, implying that fog nuclei must be somewhat aged. Overall, functionalization with nitrate and sulfate moieties, in addition to aqueous oxidation, triggers an increase in the molecular complexity in this environment, which is apparent in the FT-ICR MS results. This study demonstrates the significance of the aqueous phase in transforming the molecular chemistry of atmospheric organic matter and contributing to secondary organic aerosol.
Source apportionment of atmospheric aerosol in a marine dusty environment by ionic/composition mass balance (IMB)
Authors: Cardoso João , Almeida Susana M. , Nunes Teresa , Almeida-Silva Marina , Cerqueira Mário , Alves Célia , Rocha Fernando , Chaves Paula , Reis Miguel , Salvador Pedro , Artiñano Begoña , Pio Casimiro
Published: September 2018

Abstract. PM10 aerosol was sampled in Santiago, the largest island of Cabo
Verde, for 1 year, and analysed for elements, ions and carbonaceous material.
Very high levels of dust were measured during the winter months, as a result
of the direct transport of dust plumes from the African continent. Ionic and
mass balances (IMBs) were applied to the analysed compounds, permitting the
determination of six to seven different processes and source contributions to
the aerosol loading: insoluble and soluble dust, sea salt, carbonaceous
material and secondary inorganic compounds resulting from the reaction of
acidic precursors with ammonia, sea salt and dust. The mass balance could be closed by
the consideration and estimation of sorbed water that constituted
20 %–30 % of the aerosol mass. The balance methodology was compared
with positive matrix factorisation (PMF), showing similar qualitative source
composition. In quantitative terms, while for soil dust and secondary
inorganic compound source classes, the results are similar, for other sources
such as sea-salt spray there are significant differences in periods of dust
episodes. The discrepancies between both approaches are interpreted based on
calculated source profiles. The joint utilisation of the two methodologies,
which are complementary, gives confidence in our capability for the correct
source apportionment of aerosol particles.
Simultaneous observations by sky radiometer and MAX-DOAS for characterization of biomass burning plumes in central Thailand in January–April 2016
Authors: Irie Hitoshi , Hoque Hossain Mohammed Syedul , Damiani Alessandro , Okamoto Hiroshi , Fatmi Al Mashroor , Khatri Pradeep , Takamura Tamio , Jarupongsakul Thanawat
Published: September 2018

Abstract. The first intensive multi-component ground-based remote sensing observations by sky radiometer and Multi-Axis Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS) were performed simultaneously at the SKYNET/Phimai site located in central Thailand (15.18° N, 102.56° E) from January to April 2016. The period corresponds to the dry season associated with the intense biomass burning (BB) activity around the site. The near-surface concentration of formaldehyde (HCHO) retrieved from MAX-DOAS was found to be a useful tracer for BB plumes. As the HCHO concentration tripled from 3 to 9 ppbv, the ratio of gaseous glyoxal to HCHO concentrations in daytime decreased from ~ 0.04 to ~ 0.03, responding presumably to the increased contribution of volatile organic carbon emissions from BB. In addition, clear increases in aerosol absorption optical depths (AAODs) retrieved from sky radiometer observations were seen with the HCHO enhancement. At a HCHO of 9 ppbv, AAOD at a wavelength of 340 nm reached as high as ~ 0.15 ± 0.03. The wavelength dependence of AAODs at 340–870 nm was quantified by the absorption Ångström exponent (AAE), providing evidence for the presence of brown carbon aerosols at an AAE of 1.5 ± 0.2. Thus, our multi-component observations around central Thailand are expected to provide unique constraints for understanding physical/chemical/optical properties of BB plumes.
Crescent-shaped electron velocity distribution functions formed at the edges of plasma jets interacting with a tangential discontinuity
Authors: Voitcu Gabriel , Echim Marius
Published: September 2018

Abstract. In this paper we discuss numerical simulations that illustrate a physical mechanism leading to the formation of crescent-shaped electron velocity distribution functions at the edges of a high-speed plasma jet impacting on a thin, steep and impenetrable tangential discontinuity with no magnetic shear. We use three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations to compute the velocity distribution function of electrons in different areas of the plasma jet and at different phases of the interaction with the discontinuity. The simulation setup corresponds to an idealised, yet relevant, magnetic configuration likely to be observed at the frontside magnetopause under northward interplanetary magnetic field. The combined effect of the gradient-B drift and the remote sensing of large Larmor radius electrons leads to the formation of crescent-shaped electron velocity distribution functions. We provide examples of such distributions “measured” by a virtual satellite launched into the simulation domain.
Ungleichheit, Intersektionalität und Alter(n) – für eine räumliche Methodologie in der Ungleichheitsforschung
Authors: Enßle Friederike , Helbrecht Ilse
Published: September 2018

Abstract. This article explores the interplay of inequality, space and age(ing) from an intersectional perspective. It argues, that a spatial research methodology is most fruitful in order to include age(ing) in debates on intersectionality and inequality. Drawing on geographical gerontology and inequality research, we scrutinize the research gap at the intersection of these fields: While age is a neglected factor in intersectional debates on inequality, questions of power are hardly addressed by geographical gerontology. To bridge this research gap, we propose space as methodological perspective. By showing how the negotiation of age(ing) varies in different spatial settings, the article emphasises the value of spatial approaches to analyse the two faces of age(ing) – age as a marker of difference and ageing as a process. On a larger scale, the article points to the potential of a spatial methodology to approach the complexity of intersectionality.
Impacts of the emergency operation of the South-to-North Water
Diversion Project’s eastern route on flooding and drainage in the
water-receiving area: An empirical case from China
Authors: Wang Kun , Wang Zongzhi , Liu Kelin , Cheng Liang , Wang Lihui , Ye Ailing
Published: September 2018

Abstract. The water levels of lakes along the eastern route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project (ER-SNWDP) are expected to rise significantly and subsequently affect the process of flood control and drainage in those lake basins. However, few studies have focused on the impacts of interbasin water diversion on the flood control and drainage of water-receiving areas at the lake basin scale. Using MIKE software, this paper builds a coupled hydrodynamic model to address the existing literature gap on the impacts of interbasin water diversion on the process of flood control and drainage in a water-receiving lake basin, and it considers the many types of hydraulic structures in the model. First, a flood and waterlogging simulation model was constructed to simulate the interactions among the transferred water, waterlogging of the lakeside area surrounding Nansi Lake (NL), and water in NL and its tributaries. The ER-SNWDP was also considered in the model. Second, the model was calibrated and verified with measured data, and the results showed that the model is efficient and presents a Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency coefficient (NSE) between 0.65 and 0.99. Third, the process of flood and drainage in the lakeside area of NL was simulated under different water diversion and precipitation values. Finally, the impacts of emergency operations of the ER-SNWDP on flood control and waterlogging drainage in the lakeside area of NL were analyzed based on the results from the proposed model, and selected implications are presented for the integrated management of the interbasin water diversion and the affected lakes.
Ocean signature of intense wind events in the Western Mediterranean Sea
Authors: Ragone Francesco , Meli Andrea , Napoli Anna , Pasquero Claudia
Published: September 2018

Abstract. The Western Mediterranean Sea is often subject to intense winds, especially during the winter season. The effects of the enhanced enthalpy and momentum fluxes on the upper ocean is investigated using sea surface temperature and sea surface height observational data products in the period 1993–2014. The maximum surface cooling associated with the anomalous ocean heat loss, with upwelling, and with diapycnal mixing is shown to occur a couple of days after the intense wind event, to be dependent on the wind intensity and to persist for over a month during winter, when deep water is formed, and for about 10 days during summer, when the thermocline is very shallow. The sea surface height signal reaches a minimum in correspondence of the intense wind, and normal conditions recover in about six weeks. Unlike for intense winds in the tropics, associated to tropical cyclones, no long term sea surface height anomaly is observed, indicating that the water column heat content is not significantly modified.
Assessment of Insecticidal Properties of Products From Seeds of Carica papaya Against Callosobruchus Maculatus (Fabricius)
Authors: Idoko Joy Ejemen , Atere Bukola Mary , Adebayo Raphael Abiodun
Published: September 2018

Powder and ash of Carica papaya seed extracted from riped and unriped C. papaya fruits obtained from Teaching and Research Farm of the Federal University of Technology, Akure were evaluated for their insecticidal potential against Callosobruchus maculatus (Fabricius) at application rates of 0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0g per 20g of cowpea seeds. The experiment was carried out at the pest management laboratory of the Department of Crop, Soil and Pest Management under ambient laboratory conditions of 27±20C temperature and 70±5% relative humidity. Each treatment was infested with 5 pairs of C. maculatus. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design with each treatment replicated three times. Mortality of cowpea beetles were assessed at 24, 48 and 72hours post treatment. Thereafter data were collected on oviposition, adult emergence, weevil perforation index and seed germination. The results obtained indicated that adult mortality of C. maculatus increased with increasing application rates of powders and ashes of ripe and unripe C. papaya seeds. 100% mortality was observed on cowpea seeds treated with powders and ashes of unripe C. papaya seed at 0.8 and 1.0g application rates at 72hours post treatment. Powders and ashes of unripe C. papaya seed significantly reduced the oviposition potential of adult C. maculatus and caused significant reduction of damaged seeds. Highest number of seeds that germinated was recorded on the seeds treated with powders and ashes of unripe C. papaya seed at 0.8 and 1.0g application rates.
Neither High-Church, Low-Church, nor No-Church: Religious Dissatisfaction and Dissent inBleak House
Authors: Dickinson Christian
Published: September 2018

In Bleak House, Dickens gives us a panoramic view of the corrupted English society of his day. Scholars have dissected the novel for decades, and often read it through the lens of these corrupted institutions. However, their attention focuses primarily on the Aristocracy or the Courts, forgetting one institution nearly as large and just as corrupt: the Church. On closer examination of the novel, it is clear that Dickens had this institution in mind as one which added to the nation's decay. It is particularly interesting to note that Bleak House began its serial run in 1852, just one year after the religious census which showed how great a sectarian divide existed in the nation. By examining the novel through the division and corruption of the church in all its denominational leanings, we can come to a fuller understanding of the importance of the church itself in Victorian religious culture, and perhaps even get a glimpse into another matter of intense debate: Dickens's own personal religious beliefs.
Entangled Paths and Ghostly Resonances:Bleak HouseandOedipus Rex
Authors: Lougy Robert E.
Published: September 2018

This essay begins with the question of why Prince Turveydrop and his infant daughter are both afflicted with disabilities toward the end of the novel. I argue that we can best answer this question by reading Dickens's novel through the lens of Sophocles's Oedipus Rex. Drawing upon Wai Chee Dimock's concept of “deep time,” which views literature as “a crisscrossing set of pathways, open ended and ever multiplying, weaving in and out of other geographies, other language and cultures” (3), I look at the ways in which Oedipus Rex (429 BCE) is woven throughout Bleak House (1852–53). I look especially at the questions of infanticide, or, more generally, the death of children, and that of disability or lameness. Here I draw upon Jean Pierre Vernant's reading of lameness in Sophocles's play, in which he argues that for the Greeks, the life of each individual “must be articulated on the sequence of generations, must respect that sequence,” or else chaos will follow. To a degree that is not found in any of Dickens's other novels, I argue, Bleak House portrays a shattering of temporal order and a world in which this sequence of generations is violated.
Getting Bored withHard Times
Authors: Durnan Kailana
Published: September 2018

This essay confronts an impasse in criticism of Charles Dickens's Hard Times (1854) by working to take the novel's principal weakness—its tediousness—seriously, not only as a matter of sociohistorical concern, but also as a strategy for literary representation. I situate the novel within a cultural history of boredom that originates in the eighteenth century, arguing that Hard Times represents an important moment in the synthetic development of a democratic conceptualization of this situated psychological condition. As such, the novel forges similarities across differences in class, professional, and gender identity, and models a form of collectivizing sympathetic attention that works against novelistic teleology to productively frustrate readerly pleasure. The essay works to challenge the factory/circus binary that so often dominates critical accounts of the novel, instead illuminating Dickens's ambivalent interest in this unlikely (because anti-energetic) source of textual energy. In locating boredom as the novel's guiding heuristic, I argue, we can better account for the affordances and limits of Hard Times' antiutilitarian critique as well as its politics of reading.
The Professional Identity of Adjunct Faculty: Exploratory Study at a Private University in the UAE
Authors: Masri Taghreed Ibrahim
Published: September 2018

Professional identity has recently made its way as a concept that has become a central theme in teachers’ professionalism. However, adjunct faculty professional identity and development have not been given enough interest in literature despite their increasing contribution in higher education. The purpose of this study was to assess adjuncts’ perceptions of their identity. It also aimed to examine what institutional professional development they receive and the effect of its presence or absence on their professional identity. Four semi-structured interviews were conducted with four adjunct faculty in the Department of Writing Studies at a university in the UAE. Results showed that adjunct faculty have dilemma making sense of their professional selves due to being perceived differently by their students, colleagues, administrators and themselves. Results also showed that adjuncts are vulnerable, insecure, and embarrassed to declare their identity to their students. In addition, findings revealed that they do not get institutional professional development opportunities that they need and that ignoring their professional development threatens the quality of teaching and the reputation of the institution they work in.
On Translating Artistic Form of Ironical Style in Lu Xun’s Fiction
Authors: Yang Yikuan
Published: September 2018

In response to an age of turmoil and oppression, Lu Xun’s fiction features irony and it is manifested in artistic form which should be retained in English translation to achieve equivalence. Failure to do so would weaken or lose the ironical effect intended by Lu Xun and result in Western readers’ inclination to neglect historical and social contexts of his time and to miss the thematic significance of his works. In view of inadequate research in this, the thesis explores the artistic form of ironical style in Lu Xun’s fiction, the preservation of form and ironical effect in William A. Lyell’s, the YANGs’ and Julia Lovell’s English translations and their strategies of compensation for inevitable loss due to cultural and linguistic differences between Chinese and English. However, over-compensation is to be avoided, for it would spoil the delicacy of irony, and so is under-compensation which would reduce the artistic value of the form of irony and cut the ironical effect. Sometimes even if compensation is applied, the ironical effect could hardly be kept intact. Behind Lu Xun’s ironical style is his concern for the future of China and the Chinese people, his indignation against oppression, his disappointment at some people’s numbness and stupidity and his sorrow toward the failure of the Xinhai Revolution. Translators should bear this in mind when rendering his ironical style from Chinese into English, otherwise they will miss the thematic significance of Lu Xun’s fiction.
Heteroscedasticity and Model Selection via Partitioning in Fisheries Data
Authors: Marzjarani Morteza
Published: September 2018

Selecting a proper model for a data set is a challenging task. In this article, an attempt was made to answer and to find a suitable model for a given data set. A general linear model (GLM) was introduced along with three different methods for estimating the parameters of the model. The three estimation methods considered in this paper were ordinary least squares (OLS), generalized least squares (GLS), and feasible generalized least squares (FGLS). In the case of GLS, two different weights were selected for improving the severity of heteroscedasticity and the proper weight (s) was deployed. The third weight was selected through the application of FGLS. Analyses showed that only two of the three weights including the FGLS were effective in improving or reducing the severity of heteroscedasticity. In addition, each data set was divided into Training, Validation, and Testing producing a more reliable set of estimates for the parameters in the model. Partitioning data is a relatively new approach is statistics borrowed from the field of machine learning. Stepwise and forward selection methods along with a number of statistics including the average square error testing (ASE), Adj. R-Sq, AIC, AICC, and ASE validate along with proper hierarchies were deployed to select a more appropriate model(s) for a given data set. Furthermore, the response variable in both data files was transformed using the Box-Cox method to meet the assumption of normality. Analysis showed that the logarithmic transformation solved this issue in a satisfactory manner. Since the issues of heteroscedasticity, model selection, and partitioning of data have not been addressed in fisheries, for introduction and demonstration purposes only, the 2015 and 2016 shrimp data in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) were selected and the above methods were applied to these data sets. At the conclusion, some variations of the GLM were identified as possible leading candidates for the above data sets.
Population Arrangement of Crambe Plants
Authors: Silva Tiago Roque Benetoli da , Gouveia Beatriz Tomé , Mascarello Ana Claudia , Gonçalves-Júnior Affonso Celso , Secco Deonir , Alves Charline Zaratim , Santos Reginaldo Ferreira
Published: September 2018

Crambe (Crambe abyssinica Hochst) is an alternative raw material for biodiesel production. It is highly resistant to drought and has short growing cycle of 90 to 100 days. This work was conducted in Umuarama city, Parana State, Brazil, in Haplortox typical and aimed to study the effect of row spacing and population densities in the development of crambe in two growing seasons. The experimental design was a randomized block in a 3x3 factorial scheme with four replications. The treatments consisted of three row spacing (15, 30 and 45 cm) and three population densities (500 thousand, 750 thousand and 1 million plants per hectare). It was evaluated the thousand grain weight, oil content and grain yield. It can be concluded that high and low spacing plant population lead to smaller yields.
Isolation and Identification of Endophytic Fungi of Urena lobata L. Cultivated in Amazon
Authors: Ferreira Carla Coelho , Pereira Henrique dos Santos , Castro Albejamere Pereira de , Neto Pedro de Queiroz Costa , Coelho Kelven Wladie dos Santos Almeida
Published: September 2018

Fiber of Urena lobata L. (Caesar weed or Malva) has been produced from plants cultivated in floodplain areas of Brazilian Amazonas state since 1970s. Plants must be harvested before flooding and because of such a short cultivation season plants never reach fructification. Thus, local farmers depend on acquiring seeds collected in areas of spontaneous occurrence in drylands to sow their crop fields each year. This scenario might change, as this species is gaining socioeconomic important and there is interest in the development of cropping systems for seed production on a commercial scale. The objective of this study was to investigate the occurrence of endophytic fungi in U. lobata, evaluating the influence of the plant organ (leaf and seed) and farming site (two experimental fields of seed production: Manaus and Anori municipalities), once endophytic interaction can be beneficial or become harmful to the plants. The frequency and degree of colonization, Shannon-Weaver and Simpson diversity and Pielou uniformity indexes and the dominance component curve were calculated. The occurring genus were: Phomopsis, Colletotrichum, Fusarium, Pestalotiopsis, Curvularia and Cochliobolus. The greatest diversity and richness of fungi was found in Manaus site with high colonization present in the leaves. The genus Curvularia and Fusarium presented preference for seeds while Colletotrichum was more frequent in leaves. The similarity was greater between plant organs than between the farming sites, which indicates that the coevolution of these fungi and its host has resulted in a balanced mutual or antagonistic interaction (Crane & Acuna, 1945; Souza, 2012).
Classification of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench Seed Vigor by Respiratory Activity
Authors: Sousa Erivanessa C. , Leite Moadir S. , Torres Salvador B. , Oliveira Fernando S. , Dutra Alek S. , Brito Washington A. L. , Santos Brenna R. V. , Santos Paulo C. S.
Published: September 2018

Seeds are one of the main inputs used in agriculture, and their quality is directly related to the success of the field crop. Thus, seed companies increasingly need to obtain fast and reliable seed quality results, making it easier to make decisions regarding the use of seed batches. In this sense, the objective was to evaluate the CO2 measurement efficiency in the classification of S. bicolor seed vigor. For this, six batches of cv. Ponta Negra seeds were used, from different national producers. The physiological quality of the seeds was evaluated by means of the following tests: germination, first germination count, germination speed index, accelerated aging, total dry matter of seedlings, electrical conductivity and respiratory activity. The experimental design was completely randomized, with four replications. The Pearson correlation coefficient between the respiratory activity and the germination and vigor tests was determined. The respiratory activity test on S. bicolor seeds was shown to be promising for the identification of differences in vigor between seed batches.
Antioxidant Protection of Photosynthesis in Two Cashew Progenies Under Salt Stress
Authors: Silva Anselmo F. da , Sousa Valéria F. de O. , Santos Gisele L. dos , Júnior Eugênio S. Araújo , Silva Sérgio L. F. da , Macedo Cristiane E. C. de , Melo Alberto S. de , Maia Josemir M.
Published: September 2018

The present work evaluated the indicators of photosynthetic efficiency and antioxidative protection in cashew tree seedlings subjected to salinity stress. The study was conducted with seedlings of two advanced dwarf cashew clones (CCP09 and CCP76) subjected to salt stress with increasing doses of NaCl (0, control; 25; 50; 75; 100 mM) in the nutrient solution for 30 days under greenhouse conditions. The variables of gas exchange, CO2 assimilation (PN), stomatal conductance (gS), transpiration (E), intercellular CO2 concentration (CI), photochemical activity, potential quantum efficiency (Fv/Fm), effective quantum efficiency (ΔF/Fm’) of photosystem II (PSII), photochemical quenching (qP), non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) electron transport rate (ETR) as well as the indicators of damage and oxidative protection were measured. Under these conditions, there was an intense accumulation Na+ associated with a reduction in the K+/Na+ ratio in the leaves of both clones in response to salt, with higher values for this ratio in clone CCP09 than in CCP76 the highest concentration of NaCl (100 mM). Salinity reduced PN, gS and E in the two clones evaluated, with lower reductions in CCP09 than in CCP76 at the highest salt dose. Instantaneous carboxylation (PN/CI) and water use (PN/E) efficiencies were strongly restricted by salinity but were less affected in CCP09 than in CCP76. Salinity stress also increased hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) levels in CCP09, whereas lipid peroxidation decreased in both progenies. The clones presented specific antioxidant responses due to greater enzymatic and non-enzymatic activity in CCP76, in addition to the activity of phenol peroxidase (POX) in CCP09.
Endophytic Bacterial and Fungi Associated to Banana Leaves (Musa spp.) Cultivated Under Organic Management
Authors: Junior Carlos A. Souza , Marcon Joelma , Andrade Pedro Avelino M. , Silva José Antonio , Faraldo Maria Inez F. , Verdi Maria Carolina Q. , Filho Antonio A. Melo , Azevedo João Lúcio
Published: September 2018

Banana as a domesticated plant has a long evolutionary history of cultivation and has become one of the most important fruit in a world widely market, devoted to its high nutritional characteristics. However, its biology and association with microbes are poorly understood. Then the objective of the present study was isolate the cultivable endophytic bacterial and fungal community associated to leaves of an organic banana plantation in the Brazilian Amazon state of Roraima. A total of 24 fungi and 27 bacteria isolates were selected. The taxonomical classification showed that the cultivable endophytic fungi community is affiliated to the following 11 genera: Aspergillus, Peniophora, Meyerozyma, Saccharicola, Hypocreales, Nigrospora, Byssochlamys, Periconia, Myrothecium, Acrocalymma and Peroneutypa. Regarding the bacterial isolates 13 genera were found: Serratia, Pantoea, Streptococcus, Neisseria, Bacillus, Arsenicicoccus, Sphingobacterium, Herbaspirillum, Lactococcus, Variovorax, Pseudorhodoferax, Stenotrophomonas and Brevibacterium. Comparing the endophytic microorganisms isolated in the present research with previous studies already published, some new genera and species were detected. This could be due to use of organic cultivated bananas without the utilization of fertilizers and other chemical products. This could provide the isolation of bacteria and fungi which are benefic to their hosts but not yet previous found in banana.
Incidence of Leaf Spot Disease Caused by Cercosporidium personatum in Resistant, Susceptible and Hybridized Population of Groundnut Cultivars
Authors: Kottayi M. C. , Saoji D. D. , Pawar S. E. , Choudhary A. D.
Published: September 2018

The disease incidence of Cercosporidium personatum in field was analysed in the hybridized population derived from the resistant mutant lines of the cultivar ICGV-87304 and TAG-24 & TG-26. Reciprocal crosses were performed using the same parents. The comparison of disease incidence in hybridized population was made with resistant cultivar Girnar-1. Susceptible parents TAG-24 and TG-26 showed disease incidence of 14.08 and 16.40%, respectively while Girnar-1 and the resistant mutant parents showed percentage infection ranging from 0.06-0.96%. The plants raised from the hybridized population showed the percent infection ranging from 0.01 to 0.02 %.
Efficiency Analysis of Public Transportation Subunits Using DEA and Bootstrap Approaches -- Dakar Dem Dikk Case Study
Authors: Sow Oumar , Oukil Amar , Ndiaye Babacar M. , Marcos Aboubacar
Published: September 2018

Transportation is a sector which plays an important role in the process of development of countries around the world. A crucial step in transportation planning process is the measure of the efficiency of transportation systems in order to guarantee the desired service. This paper investigates the relative efficiencies of lines of the main public transportation company Dakar Dem Dikk (DDD)\footnote{\textit{Dem Dikk} meaning \guillemotleft Go-Return\guillemotright} in Dakar (Senegal). The objective is to apply Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and bootstrapping approaches in order to identify opportunities for improvement. In this study, we examine technical efficiency for the 24 lines of DDD using Constant Returns to Scale (CRS) and Variable Returns to Scale (VRS) DEA output oriented models. We apply bootstrap approach for bias correction and for confidence intervals creation of our estimates. Finally, we examine the returns to scale characterization of lines. The results establish that there exist possibilities for improvement for the lines and also shown that there are potential for restructure for some lines.
Ordinal Sums of De Morgan Triples
Authors: Mezzomo Ivan , Bedregal Benjamin
Published: September 2018

In this paper we consider the ordinal sum of the summands (a_i, b_i, T_i) ((a_i, b_i, S_i)), where (T_i)_{i\in I}$ $((S_i)_{i\in I}) are a family of t-(co)norms and $(]a_i, b_i[)_{i\in I}$ a family of nonempty, pairwise disjoint open subintervals of [0,1], and we characterize the ordinal sum of the summands (a_i, b_i, N_i) where (N_i)_{i\in I} are a family of fuzzy negations such that N_i\geq N_S and prove that the function N is a fuzzy negation. In addition, we prove if (T_i, S_i, N_i) is a De Morgan triple satisfy some specific conditions, then (T, S, N) is a semi De Morgan triple.
Grace and the Secular
Authors: Rober Daniel A. ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: September 2018

Charles Taylor indicates in A Secular Age his admiration for Henri de Lubac, Yves Congar, and other Catholic theologians associated with la nouvelle théologie. This essay reads de Lubac and Taylor on the secular, analyzing convergences as well as key differences. In particular, it argues that both underestimate the possibilities of political and liberation theologies. The concluding section puts de Lubac and Taylor in dialogue with forms of political theology that have been in dialogue with their work. The author argues that a stronger political theology can be drawn out of the approach of de Lubac and Taylor despite the trepidations of each toward such a project.
Estratégias de fragmentação no cinema contemporâneo: Short Cuts: Cenas da Vida, de Robert Altman, e Elefante, de Gus Van Sant
Authors: Codato Henrique , Marques Bárbara Cristina
Published: September 2018

O cinema contemporâneo tem exibido, com considerável frequência, obras cuja estrutura narrativa se revela quebrada, descontínua e dispersa. Observa-se, nesse tipo de cinema, a subtração ou a desativação do fluxo narrativo, da linearidade narrativa, o que vem a promover novas formas de experiência fílmica. Nesse sentido, apresentamos uma breve análise de duas produções norte-americanas – Short Cuts: cenas da vida (Robert Altman, 1993) e Elefante (Gus Van Sant, 2003) – a fim de apontar, na escritura desses filmes, exemplos de estratégias de fragmentação e os diferentes sentidos que tal iniciativa possibilita construir.
Mecanismos de convocação pela imagem nas capas de Realidade: justaposição e a articulação de um novo lugar de consumidor na narrativa
Authors: Casadei Eliza Bachega
Published: September 2018

A partir de um estudo que mapeia as estratégias de composição de imagem de revistas brasileiras ao longo do século XX, o objetivo do presente artigo é expor alguns dos dispositivos de convocação para o consumo nas capas da revista Realidade, em contraste com aqueles utilizados pelas principais publicações brasileiras do período anterior, como Revista da Semana e O Cruzeiro. A justaposição, na revista Realidade, se estrutura como a principal estratégia composicional utilizada na maior parte das capas. Isso implica na articulação de um mecanismo de convocação que constrói um novo lugar para o leitor na imagem: ao invés de imaginá-lo como uma entidade que projeta suas fantasias aspiracionais em figuras exemplares, como no período anterior, Realidade convoca-o a partir de um convite para o deciframento de um sentido conotado, explicitando os processos de feitura da imagem e sua arbitrariedade sígnica.
Julia Kristeva e a semanálise: dos dialogismos às significâncias
Authors: Silva Alexandre Rocha da , Lucas Cássio De Borba
Published: September 2018

O trabalho recolhe e discute as principais teses e contribuições da obra de Julia Kristeva em relação ao desafio pós-estruturalista da investigação em comunicação como uma questão menos de gramática e transmissão do que de micropolítica. Para tanto, passa dos dialogismos da comunicação, por suas teses fundantes (principalmente Bakhtin), à sua reformulação como intertextualidade (Kristeva e Barthes) no seio da lógica de significância. Esta, entendida como o fundamento, mas também como o devir da significação, é apresentada por suas relações com a textualidade e com o par conceitual fenotexto/genotexto, que constitui práticas significantes. Com isso, chegamos à ênfase da semanálise na produtividade e no trabalho que a comunicação pode investigar não somente como significação, mas como elaboração e problematização do sentido.
Número 16 completo
Authors: Autores Varios
Published: September 2018

Número 16 completo en PDF.
Editorial. Política y medios de comunicación en la era de la posverdad
Authors: Marzal Javier , Casero-Ripollés Andreu
Published: September 2018

Editorial.