bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Community-Based Rehabilitation: Evolution From Medical-Oriented Approach to the Dream of Inclusive Development
Authors: Suharto Suharto
Published: September 2017

Di masa lalu, istilah difabel ini cenderung bertentangan dengan konsep rehabilitasi berbasis komunitas atau community-based rehabilitation (CBR), yang mana, dalam perkembangan di dekade awalnya, berfokus pada rehabilitasi medis. Rehabilitasi dapat didefinisikan sebagai sebuah pendekatan untuk menyembuhkan penyakit atau kelainan fisik dan non fisik atau memaksimalkan kemampuan orang yang memiliki penyakit itu, di mana ketidakmampuan untuk melakukan upaya penyembuhan ini akan menyebabkan sesorang dipisahkan dalam dua kategori: normal dan tidak normal. Bagaimanapun, saat ini, CBR telah bertransformasi melampaui pendekatan rehabilitasi dan banyak akademisi berharap hal itu menjadi sebuah strategi untuk mencapai perkembangan inklusif difabilitas. Selanjutnya, konsep ini telah membuktikan kesamaan misi antara CBR dan terminologi difabilitas itu sendiri. Tulisan ini akan mendesripsikan secara garis besar dari evolusi CBR dan ideologi di baliknya.Tulisan ini juga akan menerangkan bagaimana sebuah pendekatan ini dapat menjadi sebuah strategi yang efektif untuk mengurangi kemiskinan dan mewujudkan inklusi bagi kaum difabel dalam seluruh aspek kehidupannya.
Partisipasi Politik Masyarakat Difabel dalam Pembentukan Kebijakan Pendidikan Tinggi Inklusif
Authors: Fikri Abdullah
Published: September 2017

Inclusive education is an educational syem that accessible for everybody in any condition. In this case, the focus of inclusive education is for people with disabilities. People with any disability have the same right to acquire formal education. Until now, inclusive education is implemented in the elementary and middle school level, so higher education inclusive paradigm still needs to get more attention.Inclusive higher education is a continuity of inclusive education in the elementary and middle school level. In a formal sense, inclusive education in college has not gotten the policy that affirm the implementation of inclusive education in the college level. Therefore, people with disabilities and disabled-people activits, either from academic or non-academic settings, need to undertake the political efforts to toward policy makers for making policy about implementation of inclusive education in the college nationally. Community’s efforts to influence government decision-making is called political participation. Political participation is a form of community involvement to influence the policy-making process. In this case, the public policy form is called (regeling), which is the result of cooperation betwwen the local government and the local parliament and so president and parliament.In the context of democracy, people with disabilities is one of the people who are the actors in policy making. Participation of the population occurs not only in the electoral process, but also other places. It means that people with disabilities who certainly have interests, which interests will only be actulized if they are involved in political participation. Those which are strategic to realize is related  with inclusive higher education by national policy instrument (UU). With the national policy, the rights of people with disability can be guaranted and protected to access the college.
Persepsi Siswa Difabel terhadap Praktik Pendidikan Inklusif di SMA Inklusi di Yogyakarta
Authors: Suprihatiningrum Jamil
Published: September 2017

The rationale behind this study is how students with disabilities’ perception towards the inclusive education and inclusive teaching practices. As a qualitative single case study, two participants (student with hearing loss and visual impairment) were involved to give their depth explanation about inclusive practices in one secondary inclusive school in Yogyakarta. These participants were recruited by purposive technique sampling. Data were gathered by open-ended interview, documents’ analysis, and direct observation for building and learning media. Data then were analyzed using content-analysis technique. The results show students with disabilities have a positive perception towards the inclusive practices in their school. They claimed, this practice would be valuable if: the school provides learning materials in different modalities and teachers offers multiple ways in teaching. Furthermore, system support and shaping the inclusive culture is necessary to realize the inclusive education and teaching practices.[Penelitian ini mencoba untuk mengungkap persepsi siswa difabel mengenai praktik pendidikan dan pembelajaran inklusif di salah satu SMA Inklusi di Yogyakarta. Pendekatan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kualitatif dengan mengambil satu studi kasus yang melibatkan dua orang siswa difabel (Tuli dan tuna netra) sebagai responden melalui teknik purposive sampling. Data diungkap dengan wawancara semi terbuka, analisis dokumen dan observasi terhadap bangunan fisik dan media pembelajaran. Data kemudian dianalisis menggunakan teknik content-analysis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan siswa memiliki persepsi yang cukup baik terhadap pelaksanaan pendidikan dan pembelajaran inklusif. Menurut siswa, praktik pembelajaran inklusif akan lebih bermakna jika aksesibilitas terhadap materi-materi pelajaran semakin dipermudah dengan menyediakan berbagai macam sumber belajar yang bervariasi, termasuk cara guru dalam menyampaikan pelajaran perlu menggunakan berbagai metode. Selain itu, dukungan sistem dan penciptaan budaya inklusif juga harus selalu dipupuk agar warga sekolah mampu mewujudkan praktik pendidikan dan pembelajaran inklusif yang seharusnya.]
Impact of Petroleum on Smes Growth in Nigeria
Authors: B.A. Tende Sam , Obumneke Ezie
Published: September 2017

The study undertakes an empirical research on the impact of petroleum on small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) development in Nigeria. The log linear error correction model was adopted to examine how petroleum price (PP), Imported petroleum (IMP) and domestically produced petroleum (DPP) had impacted on Nigeria’s SMEs. Unit root test was carried out on each of the variables to determine their level of stationarity. They were however found stationary after first difference (that is, they are all integrated of order one (I(1)), then it was safe to proceed with Johansen Cointegration Test. The integrated variables were then used for the regression analysis. The cointegration result showed that the variables used in the model have a long term, or equilibrium relationship between them. It was observed that from the analysis that PP and IMP were found to be statistically insignificant and both had negative relationships with SMEs development Nigeria, while DPP had a positive impact and is statistically significant. Due to the underproduction of the Nigerian petroleum refineries, the government had to resort to importation of the shortfall which also has its cost implications on its sales and distribution. Local manufacturers and farmers had to pay more for transporting their goods and services to the markets. Incessant price hikes of petroleum products have led to crisis and industrial actions led by some pressure groups in Nigeria which has caused distortion in the SMEs activities of Nigeria overtime The study thus recommends that the down-stream oil need to be deregulated to allow private investors come in to build in more refineries so as to produce the petroleum at a relatively lower cost to propel the growth of SMEs in the country.
Are Men More Innovative and Aggressive in Business? Case Study from the Czech Republic
Authors: Bartoš Přemysl , Ključnikov Aleksandr , Popesko Boris , Macháček Jiří
Published: September 2017

SMEs make a major contribution to the growth and employment in the EU. In today’s fierce competition in the market economic activities the SMEs had gradually developed into a major force for national economic and social development in every country of world. The aim of this article is to examine the approach to innovativeness and competitive aggressiveness between males and females in the segment of small and medium-sized enterprises. Based on the results of the questionnaire which was conducted in May 2015 in the Czech Republic we tried to test four hypotheses on the relationship between the gender of entrepreneurs of SMEs and their attitude to innovativeness and competitive aggressiveness. The results of our research have pointed out some differences between genders. Men-entrepreneurs who do business in the segment of SMEs in the Czech Republic are slightly more innovative and are significantly more aggressive in regard to competitors than women, as they apply aggressive approach and their companies are perceived as aggressive.
Innovation within the Moravskoslezský Region – Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
Authors: Fialová Vendula , Hronová Pavlína
Published: September 2017

The paper focuses on innovation in the Moravian-Silesian Region in the sector of small and medium enterprises. The article presents the results of research which has dealt with innovations in the sector of small and medium-sized enterprises, in particular with types of innovations which have been implemented in this sector. Furthermore, it evaluates the impacts of their implementation on selected areas and how the size of a company influences the effects of implemented innovations within the selected areas. The greatest influences from the point of view of the effect of implemented innovation have been discovered in criteria focused on the observation of the market and a less significant influence in a criterion focused on social sector.
The Comparison of Competitive Balance between Super Rugby (Sanzar) and English Premiership Rugby: A Case Study from 1996-2014 Season or Not Attractive – No People – No Money
Authors: Kuchar Robert , Martin Andy
Published: September 2017

Most sports are attractive because they are almost unpredictable. The more the competitiveness of league teams, the harder to predict the games and as a result, that league will be more attractive. Message is: more attractive leagues= bigger audience= more attractive for sponsorship= more money in sport. Competitive balance (CB) refers to the balance in sport capabilities of teams. The aim of this paper was to compare the competitive balance between Super Rugby league named SANZAR, which consist of three nations (New Zealand, Australia and South Africa) and English Premiership Rugby League in 1996-2014 seasons and compare them. The data were secondary and collected from the final tables.

It was used five models in this study: the three-club and five-club concentration ratio (C3 and C5) and C3/C5 index of competitive balance (C3ICB/C5ICB) were used to analyse the data. The less the index C3ICB/C5ICB and C3/C5 are, the more competitive balance is, and conversely. Standard deviation of game results, the ratio of actual and ideal standard deviation wins, numbers of winners and a placement in the k-th place.

The results showed that the Salary cap in Premiership League does not work very effectively and the competitive balance is in last few seasons still worst and worst. Super Rugby has mirror position to Premiership. Last few years are the competitive balance on the right track. Comparison result is for Super Rugby strategy with involving more teams to the league.
Calculation and Spatial Distribution of Capitalization Rates in the Selected Segment of Reality Properties
Authors: Ardielli Eva , Ardielli Jiří , Slavata David
Published: September 2017

The process of real property valuation by usage of income approaches is significantly affected by capitalization rate. This article deals with problematic of the capitalization rate determination in the real estate segment of apartments in the Ostrava city. It primarily aims to calculate the level of gross capitalization rate according to different urban localities of Ostrava, for various sizes of apartments, as well depending on the type of apartment ownership. The analysis of the real estate market is an important part of the research. It is focused on the offer of apartments from the perspective of market apartments for sale and also of market apartments for rent. The analyzed and calculated spatial values distributions are consequently processed into cartographic outputs.
Testing EMA Indicator for the Currency Pair EUR / USD
Authors: Kolková Andrea
Published: September 2017

The aim of this paper is to verify the effectiveness of EMA indicator according to selected time intervals. The underlying assumption is that, on longer timescales EMA is profitable and provides more relevant signals. The second objective of this paper is to test the signals of indicators in different months. It is believed that in September and January the number of trading signals on this indicator will increase. Testing will be done on the five-minute time frame. The test will be subjected to 65,000 rate values of the EUR / USD currency pair. Effectiveness of the analysis will be evaluated on the basis of digital (binary) option. Business strategy is based on EMA crossover indicator of current exchange rate. By the contribution there were confirmed hypotheses about more profitable signals when selecting a greater timeframe breadth of moving average. There was also confirmed an increased amount of signals in September, but not in January.
Principles of Workplace Democracy: Cases from The Czech Republic
Authors: Vopalecký Andy , Durda Lukáš
Published: September 2017

The article is about the concept of management of democratic companies in the Czech Republic with a focus on the principles of workplace democracy. The analysis is based on four case studies of democratic companies. The case studies have been drawn up on the basis of a questionnaire survey among the workers of companies and interviews with their executives. The research has shown the importance of even a high rate of implementation of the various principles in all surveyed companies. The best rated principle is “dialogue and listening”. In the case of the principle of “reflection and assessment”, it will show certain deficiencies in the provision of feedback. Principles of workplace democracy identified in interviews mostly agree with the principles referred to in the literature. Resulting from the research, it proposes recommendations and suggestions for further research.
Rabbit In and Out of the Moon: A Retrospective of Emiko Omori
Authors: Zhang Ling
Published: September 2017

Attention to alternative methods for creating, promoting, and discussing films can function as both a meaningful gesture of resistance and advocacy for diversity. Nonmainstream, noncommercial, low-budget independent films have long been an effective means for filmmakers marginalized by ethnicity, gender, class, and/or sexual minority groups to communicate their appeals for social criticism, historical inquisition, and aesthetic innovation. The biography and oeuvre of Emiko Omori, the Japanese American cinematographer and documentarian, embodies and exemplifies these issues. In February 2017, New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) featured a retrospective of Omori's films as part of its Documentary Fortnight 2017: International Festivals of Nonfiction Films. MoMA screened Omori's four feature documentaries–Rabbit in the Moon (1999), Passion & Power: The Technology of Orgasm (2007, Omori and Wendy Slick), Ed Hardy: Tattoo the World (2010), and To Chris Marker, An Unsent Letter (2012)—as well as a new short film, When Rabbit Left the Moon (2017). These films demonstrate distinct social, historical, cultural, and thematic ramifications with an aesthetic consistency and a subtle, local focus on the San Francisco Bay Area. Best known to West Coast audiences, Omori embraced the opportunity to introduce her works to an East Coast audience by engaging in post-screening dialogues with viewers and including several people who had appeared in her films, thus transcending local contexts and creating new translocal ones.
Marked geographic patterns in the incidence of idiopathic central precocious puberty: a nationwide study in France
Authors: Le Moal Joëlle , Rigou Annabel , Le Tertre Alain , De Crouy-Channel Perrine , Léger Juliane , Carel Jean-Claude
Published: September 2017

Objectives

Precocious puberty seems to be increasing but epidemiological data are scarce. Our objective was to improve the epidemiologic knowledge on this disease. We analyzed the national incidence and spatial trends of idiopathic central precocious puberty in France in 2011–2013 in a cross-sectional descriptive study.

Design

We used an indicator based on treatment reimbursements recorded in the national insurance database, in girls under the age of nine years and in boys under the age of 10 years. We considered a time lag of up to one year from the onset of puberty to first drug delivery. We tested four different predictive spatial models at the département scale, selecting the model best fitting the data. We carried out semi-structured interviews with qualified hospital teams in five selected regions to investigate spatial differences in medical practices.

Results

The national annual incidence was 2.68 (95% CI: 2.55, 2.81) per 10 000 girls under the age of 9 years and 0.24 (95% CI: 0.21, 0.27) per 10 000 boys under the age of 10 years. Incidence rates conformed to a purely spatial heterogeneity model in girls, consistent between age groups, with a large incidence range. A similar pattern was observed for boys, with peaks in the South West and Center East. Differences in medical practices may have slightly affected incidence locally, but could not entirely explain the marked geographic pattern.

Conclusions

The results suggest that the risk factors are similar for boys and girls and justify further investigations of the role of the environment.
High-throughput testing of urogenital and extragenital specimens for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae with cobas® CT/NG
Authors: Marlowe Elizabeth M. , Hardy David , Krevolin Mark , Gohl Peter , Bertram Alexander , Arcenas Rodney , Seiverth Britta , Schneider Tanja , Liesenfeld Oliver
Published: September 2017

We compared the analytical and clinical performance of cobas® CT/NG for use on the cobas® 6800/8800 Systems with the cobas® 4800 CT/NG Test from urogenital and extragenital specimens in over 12,000 specimens from both male and female subjects in Germany and the United States. The analytical sensitivity was ≤40 EB/ml for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and ≤1 CFU/ml for Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG). Using clinical specimens, the overall percent agreement with the cobas® 4800 CT/NG Test was >98.5%. Across urogenital specimens, there were 93 discrepant specimens; 76 (93.8%) of 81 CT discrepant specimens were 6800+/4800− and 10 (83.3%) of 12 NG discrepant specimens were 6800+/4800−. Sequencing verified CT results for 45 (61.6%) of 73 samples positive by 6800 and 1 (20%) of 5 positive by 4800. Similarly, 7 (70.0%) of 10 NG samples positive by 6800 and 1 of 2 positive by 4800 were confirmed by sequencing. Among discrepant extragenital specimens (all 6800+/4800−), 7 (50%) of 14 oropharyngeal and 23 (76.7%) of 30 anorectal CT discordant samples were confirmed as CT positive by sequencing; all 8 anorectal and 20 (90.9%) of 22 oropharyngeal NG discordant results were also confirmed as NG positive. In conclusion, cobas® CT/NG for use on the cobas® 6800/8800 Systems provides high-throughput automated solutions for sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening programs.
Functional income distribution in portugal: The role of financialisation and other related determinants
Authors: Barradas Ricardo , Lagoa Sérgio
Published: September 2017

This paper provides an empirical analysis of the relationship between the labour income share and financialisation, as well as other related variables in Portugal from 1978 to 2012. We estimate an equation for the labour share that includes standard variables (technological progress, globalisation, education and business cycle) and variables to capture the effect of financialisation. We formulate the hypothesis that the financialisation process may lead to a rise in the inequality of functional income distribution through three channels: the change in the sectoral composition of the economy (due to both the increase in the weight of financial activity and the decrease in government activity), the diffusion of shareholder value governance practices and the weakening of trade unions. Our results show that the financialisation process has an indirect long-term effect on the labour share through its impact on government activity and trade union density. The paper also finds evidence supporting the traditional explanations for functional income distribution, namely globalisation, education and business cycle.
Economic aspects of biosimilar competition in Hungary — The treatment of rheumatic disorders
Authors: Zrubka Zsombor
Published: September 2017

Biologicals are the fastest growing segment of the global pharmaceutical market, reaching 199 billion USD sales per year with 9.8% 10-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR). Being less costly, yet equally efficacious and safe alternatives to originator reference products, biosimilars drive competition, promise budget savings and the opportunity for better patient-access. This paper examines the key factors and players of biosimilar competition in rheumatology in Hungary. Due to the scarcity of data, the total yearly expenditure on biologicals could only be estimated from different data sources. In 2015 the estimated expenditure on biologicals was around 100 billion HUF. In rheumatology indications the expenditure on biologicals was 10 (8.9-11.2) billion HUF, and the average annual net treatment cost was 1.2 (1.06-1.34) million HUF / per patient / year. The magnitude of societal benefits in terms of budget savings and health gains may result from the joint effort of policy makers, funders, physicians and patients. In rheumatology indications, biosimilar utilization could be increased by a policy supporting physician-driven interchange of the reference product to biosimilars. Also, creating a physician incentive system for broader use should be considered in order to realize the full economic advantages of biosimilars and contribute to sustainable healthcare financing in Hungary.
El malestar en la globalización. Nuevas formas de autoritarismo social
Authors: Ipar Ezequiel Eduardo
Published: September 2017

No contexto da crise que eclodiu no mercado financeiro em 2008 muitos cientistas sociais diagnosticaram um "mal-estar na Globalização", que reuniu uma série de fenómenos diferentes: o ressurgimento do nacionalismo, a ruptura de pactos de solidariedade institucionalizados, a crescente influência de discursos e partidos políticos abertamente xenófobos e racistas, uma nova onda de críticas as desigualdades sociais geradas pelo capitalismo desregulado e novas demandas de proteção social. Neste contexto de "mal-estar na globalização", o surgimento de novas e velhas formas de autoritarismo social constituem uma constelação específica de fenômenos, que precisa ser investigada em sua particularidade. O nosso trabalho centra-se nesta constelação do autoritarismo social contemporâneo, conectando com uma pesquisa mas ampla que se refere aos problemas e desafios das democracias contemporâneas.
Apontamentos sobre a modalidade a distância no Ensino Superior e a autoridade pedagógica no mundo digital
Authors: Ripa Roselaine
Published: September 2017

Esse artigo tem o objetivo de trazer apontamentos sobre o crescimento da educação a distância no Ensino Superior no Brasil, por meio de reflexões sobre as relações entre mídia e educação no mundo digital, bem como as perspectivas de utilização das metodologias da EaD em outros níveis e sistemas de ensino, a partir da sua implantação como modalidade educacional com a publicação da LDB nº 9394/96. Nessa perspectiva, considerando alguns dados sobre a educação a distância no Brasil retirados dos últimos relatórios técnicos do Censo do Ensino Superior, apresentaremos alguns estudos que analisam a implantação da educação a distância e sua relação com a construção de um projeto educacional que utiliza as tecnologias de informação e educação nos processos de ensino e aprendizagem. Em seguida, iremos propor alguns questionamentos sobre a docência no contexto das tecnologias digitais de informação e comunicação, utilizando estudos que destacam reflexões sobre a autoridade pedagógica no mundo digital, tendo como perspectiva a Teoria Crítica da Sociedade.
Doçura e labor: uma prática pedagógica com frações nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental
Authors: Tancredi Regina Maria Simões Puccinelli , Resende Adriana Torquato
Published: September 2017

O objetivo deste artigo é analisar a prática pedagógica de uma professora do 5º ano do Ensino Fundamental ao ensinar frações aos seus alunos. Para isso, foram realizadas com a professora e seus alunos entrevistas semiestruturadas baseadas em roteiro prévio. A pesquisa desenvolveu-se numa escola pública de um município da Grande São Paulo. Os referenciais teóricos focaram o ensino reflexivo, o ensino de frações e a aprendizagem da docência, envolvendo autores como Arroyo, Marcelo, Mizukami e Shulman, entre outros. A pesquisa se justifica porque as práticas pedagógicas são alguns dos modelos descritivos dos processos de ensino que podem contribuir para o aprimoramento profissional docente, quando socializadas. Essas práticas devem ser conhecidas e estudadas, favorecendo a troca de conhecimentos sistematizados e de experiências entre os pares. Os resultados evidenciaram a repercussão da prática pedagógica da professora na motivação dos alunos para aprender e aspectos da aprendizagem docente durante o processo de ensino.
A Educação Integral no Brasil: das experiências históricas ao Programa Mais Educação.
Authors: Valentini Camila Altmayer , Zucchetti Dinora Tereza
Published: September 2017

Recorte da pesquisa qualitativa intitulada “O currículo escolar e o Programa Mais Educação: um diálogo possível?”, o artigo é um estudo de revisão teórica cujo objetivo é apresentar a trajetória histórica, social e política que consubstancia experiências de Educação Integral no Brasil. Desde Anísio Teixeira com o Centro Carneiro Ribeiro, passando por Darcy Ribeiro e os CIEPs, chega-se ao Programa Mais Educação, proposta contemporânea de ampliação da jornada escolar que sugere a indução à Educação Integral nas escolas públicas de Ensino Fundamental. O texto alude a experiências educativas que aproximam a assistência social ao campo da educação através de práticas socioeducativas, pautadas pela ideia de que crianças e adolescentes das classes populares demandam pela ampliação da jornada escolar. Mais tempo de escola, enquanto ação afirmativa, em uma sociedade de oportunidades desiguais, por vezes aproxima, noutras distancia as experiências históricas em questão.
Universidade, comunidade e conhecimentos: interações necessárias à formação pedagógica
Authors: Falabelo Raimundo Nonato de Oliveira
Published: September 2017

Este trabalho apresenta resultados do Projeto de Pesquisa e Extensão Universitária, “Vidas em Aberto”, realizado, desde 2005, com crianças em dificuldades na apropriação qualitativa da leitura e da escrita, moradoras do entorno do Campus Universitário de Cametá/UFPA. Metodologia: bolsistas de iniciação científica e extensionistas, do curso de Pedagogia, em vivência teórico-empírica, visitam famílias convidando suas crianças; os encontros são realizados no Campus aos finais de semana; as atividades didáticas e culturais fazem uso de textos narrativos e poéticos; desenho, pintura; música regional/local; lendas, mitos, folclore, enquanto recursos indispensáveis à apropriação e ao domínio da linguagem. Trabalhar a leitura e a escrita de forma rica e diversificada, possibilitando a interação com os diversos gêneros simbólicos, vem se constituindo em motivadora estratégia a essas crianças ressignificar suas relações com os conhecimentos escolares e a cultura historicamente acumulada pela humanidade, experimentando a leitura e a escrita como atividades e práticas sociais fundamentais a sua formação.
O que move o movimento escola sem partido?
Authors: Rodrigues Cesar Augusto , Pucci Bruno , Padilha Anna Maria Lunardi
Published: September 2017

Há importantes trabalhos discutindo o conteúdo e as intenções do movimento Escola Sem Partidoe seus possíveis efeitos para a sociedade brasileira. O objetivo deste artigo, no entanto, é debater a questão do complexo ideológico que o impulsiona. Por meio de algumas observações sobre o movimento, analisam-se sobretudo as questões ideológicas defendidas por ele e suas conexões com a "nova racionalidade" que rege interesses muito mais amplos do capital na contemporaneidade e envolvem todas as esferas da vida social, entre elas a educação escolar.
Etnocentrism and Critical Theory Two cases: United States and Mexico
Authors: Gandler Stefan
Published: September 2017

How is it possible to understand a specific cultural determination of human praxis, especially the productive and consumptive one, without falling into ethnologising human subjects in their everyday forms of reproduction, or constructing biological fixations? The former senior faculty of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Bolívar Echeverría (Riobamba, Ecuador 1941 – Mexico City 2010), who does not limit human culture to its ‘elevated’ forms and bases his analysis in the precise manner of material reproduction, finds an adequate image of this relationship between freedom and tradition, between individuality and a historically- and geographically-determined collectivity. This image lies in human languages, their innumerable speech acts and in a science that studies the relation of interdependence among them: semiology.
Where is critical theory? Eurocentrism and marginalization in European and American Critical Theory
Authors: Farr Arnold
Published: September 2017

In this paper I will examine the marginalization of certain forms of critical theory in US.  I will argue that the real Great Refusals have been refused by much of what calls itself critical theory.  What gets accepted as critical theory in the academy is often connected to the social position of those doing the theory.  That is, quite often critical theory is constructed by those who enjoy a certain degree of social comfort and have created a gap between themselves and the “wretched of the earth” who suffer daily.  Critical Theory becomes Ivory Tower theorizing.  Finally, I will argue that Herbert Marcuse was a critical theorist who tried to stay connected to those who suffer.  I will make some proposals based on Herbert Marcuse’s critical theory of education, the black feminist framework of intersectionality, and what I call democratic attunement.
On the interaction between span length and opening ratio of RC frames under natural fires
Authors: Behnam Behrouz
Published: September 2017

Three reinforced concrete (RC) structures of the same height (3000 mm) but with different span lengths (4500, 6000 and 7500 mm) were subjected to nine different natural fire curves when different opening ratios (0·02–0·20) were applied. All the cases aimed to meet a 60 min fire resistance rating (FRR) based on the standard ISO 834 fire curve. Structural fire analyses showed that there was no collapse during the heating phase, confirming that all the cases were able to meet the required FRR. However, the results also showed that the possibility of structural failure during the decay phase increased with increases in span length and opening ratio. Furthermore, the results showed that structures with larger span lengths were more susceptible to collapse during the cooling phase than structures with shorter span lengths. The results of this study can be used as guidance to determine the FRR of structures with different opening ratios, thus providing more information about structural performance prior to a fire event.
Entre olhares ao infinito e pensamento matemático: educação, visual e pesquisa
Authors: Schuck Cássia Aline , Flores Cláudia Regina
Published: September 2017

Este artigo é um convite para pensar a educação, o visual e a pesquisa com imagens. Partimos de uma perspectiva da visualidade, proveniente da Cultura Visual, para discutir acerca de como afetamos e somos afetados por modos de olhar ao infinito. Para tanto, desenvolvemos uma pesquisa com imagens que sugerem o olhar ao infinito, envolvendo participantes do CAPS-Florianópolis. Foram desenvolvidas quatro oficinas com o objetivo de interagir tanto com modos de olhar ao infinito, quanto com modos de dizer sobre o infinito. Apresentamos aqui alguns fragmentos dessa pesquisa, mostrando a produção de dados e o movimento de cartografar saberes, afetos e olhares. Por fim, salientamos que uma produção de dados entre imagens e visualidades permite problematizar não só o próprio visual, mas as formas de se fazer pesquisa e a própria educação escolar.
Mulheres e heranças educativas do analfabetismo
Authors: Moraes Marileia Gollo de , Schwengber Maria Simone Vione
Published: September 2017

São recorrentes as constatações de que os índices de analfabetismo retratam a dívida educacional brasileira, pois gerações de diferentes estratos de renda vivenciaram o acesso desigual à escolarização. Assim, historicamente, associa-se analfabetismo com termos que sugerem tratamento, reparos, cura, erradicação. Essa pesquisa coloca em evidência outras dimensões da “dívida educacional”: trata o analfabetismo como herança educativa e traz as mulheres egressas do Programa Mulheres Mil como foco de análise. Estuda o que se sabe dessas mulheres enquanto grupo social participante do Programa, analisando os principais documentos dessa política: Termo de Cooperação (2006), Base Legal (s.d.), Guia Metodológico (s.d.) e Cartilha (2014). Operacionaliza metodologicamente com a análise do discurso foucaultiano a partir das “coisas ditas” pelas mulheres em entrevista narrativa, na direção de constituir um percurso analítico entre as aproximações discursivas em correlação com diferentes campos discursivos. Identifica as implicações sociais, históricas, políticas e culturais que compõem a herança educativa do analfabetismo.
Aportes freirianos para a formação continuada de professores: relato de uma experiência
Authors: Slongo Iône Inês Pinsson , Paim Elison Antonio , Paulino Monalisa
Published: September 2017

O estudo decorre do projeto “O Pensamento de Paulo Freire na Educação Brasileira: análise de Sistemas Públicos de Ensino a partir da década de 1990”, coordenado pela Cátedra Paulo Freire (PUC/SP), com ramificações em diversos estados brasileiros. O recorte aqui apresentado focou de modo particular a formação continuada de professores, concebida e desenvolvida durante o movimento de reorientação curricular ocorrido no município de Chapecó (SC), no período de 1997 a 2004. Os dados foram produzidos mediante entrevista semiestruturada, realizada com oito docentes envolvidos na implementação dessa política educacional. Através da análise de conteúdo foi possível identificar: as condições objetivas que oportunizaram a implementação da proposta, as principais ações voltadas à formação continuada dos professores, os avanços promovidos e dificuldades enfrentadas pela política educacional, na visão dos docentes.
The application of OpenCL to accelerate the lossless image compression algorithm based on cascading fragmentation and pixels sequence ordering
Authors:   Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University, Studencheskaya 7, 426069, Izhevsk, Russia, Khokhlachev Alexander , Smirnov Vasiliy ,   Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University, Studencheskaya 7, 426069, Izhevsk, Russia, Korobeynikov Alexander ,   Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University, Studencheskaya 7, 426069, Izhevsk, Russia
Published: September 2017

The previous papers of the authors offer approach to building the ordered sequence of image pixels at lossless compression, which comprises methods of cascading fragmentation and the use of bypasses code book. For fragment sized 6*6 the code book contains 22144 various bypasses, the cost of coding to be estimated for every one of them. The search of optimal bypass is an exhaustive search type. The present paper describes ways of increasing the image lossless compression rate by using parallel computation based on OpenCL. Algorithm functions with great runtime were changed in order to transfer calculations to OpenCL using GPU/CPU. The acceleration degree for different algorithm functions gained in experiments amounted to 3..32.
Automatic adjustment of image processing pipeline
Authors:   Ryazan State Radio Engineering University, Gagarina, 59/1, 390005, Ryazan, Russia, Kolchaev Dmitriy A. , Muratov Evgeniy R. ,   Ryazan State Radio Engineering University, Gagarina, 59/1, 390005, Ryazan, Russia, Nikiforov Mikhail B. ,   Ryazan State Radio Engineering University, Gagarina, 59/1, 390005, Ryazan, Russia
Published: September 2017

Mathematical processing of images in real-time vision systems can be conventionally divided into two stages: preprocessing (filtering, contrasting, protection from natural distortions, etc.) and final one (imposition, visualization, solution of the navigation task, etc.). Mentioned tasks can be solved by a lot of known and specially developed methods with various degrees of efficiency. The present paper suggests a mathematical criterion model and algorithm of automatic selection of the most effective method at each stage of the image processing pipeline in relation to the current situation at its input.
A fast one dimensional total variation regularization algorithm
Authors:   Chelyabinsk State University, ul. Bratiev Kashirinykh, 129, 454001, Chelyabinsk, Russia, Makovetskii Artyom , Voronin Sergei ,   Chelyabinsk State University, ul. Bratiev Kashirinykh, 129, 454001, Chelyabinsk, Russia, Kober Vitaly ,   Chelyabinsk State University, ul. Bratiev Kashirinykh, 129, 454001, Chelyabinsk, Russia
Published: September 2017

Denoising has numerous applications in communications, control, machine learning, and many other fields of engineering and science. A common way to solve the problem utilizes the total variation (TV) regularization. Many efficient numerical algorithms have been developed for solving the TV regularization problem. Condat described a fast direct algorithm to compute the processed 1D signal. In this paper, we propose a variant of the Condat’s algorithm based on the direct 1D TV regularization problem. The usage of the Condat’s method with the taut string approach leads to a clear geometric description of the extremal function.
Compressing deep convolutional neural networks in visual emotion recognition
Authors:   National Research University Higher School of Economics, Laboratory of Algorithms and Technologies for Network Analysis, 25/12 Bolshaya Pecherskaya Street, 603155, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Rassadin Alexandr G. , Savchenkov Andrey V. ,   National Research University Higher School of Economics, Laboratory of Algorithms and Technologies for Network Analysis, 25/12 Bolshaya Pecherskaya Street, 603155, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Published: September 2017

In this paper, we consider the problem of insufficient runtime and memory-space complexities of deep convolutional neural networks for visual emotion recognition. A survey of recent compression methods and efficient neural networks architectures is provided. We experimentally compare the computational speed and memory consumption during the training and the inference stages of such methods as the weights matrix decomposition, binarization and hashing. It is shown that the most efficient optimization can be achieved with the matrices decomposition and hashing. Finally, we explore the possibility to distill the knowledge from the large neural network, if only large unlabeled sample of facial images is available.
Effectiveness of correlation and information measures for synthesis of recurrent algorithms for estimating spatial deformations of video sequences
Authors:   Ulyanovsk State Technical University, Severnii Venets, 32, 432027, Ulyanovsk, Russia, Tashlinskiy Alexandr G. , Zhukova Alena V. ,   Ulyanovsk State Technical University, Severnii Venets, 32, 432027, Ulyanovsk, Russia
Published: September 2017

A comparative analysis of the efficiency of correlation (cross-correlation, Tanimoto coefficient and Kendall's rank correlation coefficient) and information (mutual information of Tsallis and Shannon, F-information measure and entropy of the joint probability distribution) measures of image similarity for the synthesis of recursive estimation algorithms is presented for the problem of estimating parameters of spatial deformations of a sequence of images. Unbiased additive Gaussian noise was used as an interfering factor in the experimental studies. It is shown that the potentially high convergence rate of the estimated parameters and the smaller variance of the estimation error from the investigated correlation measures are ensured by the Tonimoto coefficient, and from the I-information of the F-information among the information measures. According to these criteria, the Kendall's rank correlation coefficient and the M-measure of F-information are inferior, respectively.
Wsparcie i zmagania religijne jako predyktory jakości życia Anonimowych Alkoholików – moderacja przez czas abstynencji
Authors: Zarzycka Beata , Ziółkowska Dominika , Śliwak Jacek
Published: September 2017

The aim of the study was to analyze the connection between religious comfort and struggle and quality of life in Alcoholics Anonymous. The interaction effect of the length of abstinence and religious variables on the quality of life was tested as well. The participants were 100 members of an Alcoholics Anonymous group. We used the Religious Comfort and Strain Scale by Yali, Exline, Wood, and Worthington and the Quality of Life Questionnaire for Adults by Schalock and Keith. The correlation analysis showed that Religious Comfort correlated positively while fear–guilt and negative emotions towards God correlated negatively with quality of life in the AA group. Duration of abstinence played a moderating role: participants in the long abstinence period group with high religious comfort showed the highest level of quality of life.
A structural analysis of deconversion processes in adolescence: The construction of the Adolescent Deconversion Scale
Authors: Nowosielski Mirosław , Bartczuk Rafał P.
Published: September 2017

The presence of spiritual and religious changes in adolescence is strongly supported by the existing theory and research. In the present article we propose to apply a deconversion-based approach to the exploration of religious crisis in adolescence. Streib developed the theory of deconversion in the context of the growing interest in atheism and apostasy. In the proposed approach, deconversion processes comprise all changes in personal religiosity that involve a departure from the current ways of manifesting religiosity. Drawing on Streib’s theory, on the basis of research conducted on 323 people, we constructed the Adolescent Deconversion Scale. Analyses revealed the existence of four dimensions, which we interpreted as: (1) abandoning faith, (2) withdrawal from the community, (3) experiencing transcendental emptiness, and (4) moral criticism. The reliability and validity of the new method were assessed and found to be acceptable.
Teorias de Enfermagem aplicadas à pacientes hospitalizados: Revisão Integrativa de Literatura
Authors: Caliari Juliano Souza , Gonçalves Jamila Souza , Souza André Luiz Thomaz
Published: September 2017

Identificar na literatura as teorias de enfermagem utilizadas na assistência de enfermagem ao paciente hospitalizado. Revisão de integrativa realizada por meio das etapas: delimitação do tema e desenvolvimento de uma questão norteadora, busca e seleção da literatura, categorização e avaliação dos dados, síntese dos dados e apresentação. A busca foi realizada em bases de dados nacionais e internacionais, utilizando os descritores nursing theory, nursing care e hospitalization, e a questão norteadora: “Quais são as teorias de enfermagem utilizadas no planejamento do cuidado de enfermagem direcionado ao o paciente hospitalizado?”. Foram encontrados 540 estudos, dos quais 433 foram considerados elegíveis nesta revisão. Após eliminação dos estudos duplicados (n=33) e a implementação dos critérios de elegibilidade em 421 estudos, foram utilizados nesta revisão 12 estudos. Os estudos selecionados nesta revisão integrativa apontam que dentre as diversas teorias de enfermagem, destacou-se na assistência hospitalar a Teoria de Betty Neuman, a Teoria de Madeleine Leininger, a Teoria de Paterson e Zderad, a Teoria de Wanda Aguiar Horta, a Teoria de Jean Watson, a Teoria de Dorothea E. Orem e a Teoria de Virginia Henderson.
Interpretación, argumentación y análisis económico del Derecho. El encuentro de la razón con la realidad
Authors: Rengifo Villamil María Alejandra , Barrero Arbeláez Juan Manuel
Published: September 2017

En el presente artículo se efectúa un estudio de cómo el uso inadecuado de las reglas de la interpretación y argumentación en las sentencias judiciales, concretamente del argumento por analogía, puede causar, desde la óptica del análisis económico del derecho, un impacto económico en los presupuestos de las entidades estatales, que no satisface la finalidad de eficiencia que deben tener todas las decisiones judiciales. Para identificar ello, se revisó la argumentación empleada en una sentencia judicial proferida por la Sección 2ª del Consejo de Estado, radicada con el número 11001-03-15-000-2013-00131-00, del año 2013, la cual recoge una posición jurisprudencial, asentada entre otros, en los fallos de tutela con radicados  internos No. 0176-2004; 7528-05; 4327-2005; 0507-2006; 5200-2005; 6494-05, 0730-07, en virtud de las cuales se desestimó la expresión del orden nacional contenida en el Decreto 1042 de 1978 a fin de extender el reconocimiento del factor salarial bonificación por servicios prestados a los empleados públicos del orden territorial y se identificaron las consecuencias económicas que tuvo esta posición jurisprudencial en el presupuesto del Departamento del Tolima de los años comprendidos entre los años 2008 al 2015. Resultado de lo anterior, se evidenció que el impacto del reconocimiento de este factor salarial sobre el presupuesto global de la entidad no es significativo pero si en cuanto a su costo de oportunidad, en tanto la entidad ha dejado de invertir en otros rubros presupuestales significativos para pagar a sus empleados este factor salarial. De esta manera, se concluye que la decisión de la Sección 2ª del Consejo de Estado no sólo no satisface las reglas del argumento por analogía, sino además, la decisión no es eficiente en términos del criterio de optimalidad de Pareto.
Editorial
Authors: Figueredo-Medina Gerardo
Published: September 2017

La actividad investigativa tiene muchos productos en su quehacer en las Universidades. Entre los más valorados por los docentes-investigadores se encuentran las publicaciones y principalmente aquellas que aplican proceso de revisión por pares académicos, es decir, las revistas científicas que definen formalmente el alcanzar resultados de investigación. Esta actividad de edición no está del todo consolidada en el país, aunque buena parte del impulso que ha tenido en los últimos años, se debe al establecimiento del Índice Bibliográfico Nacional – Publindex, bajo el manejo de Colciencias.