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ALAVANCAGEM FINANCEIRA E RENTABILIDADE NAS EMPRESAS BRASILEIRAS LISTADAS NA B3
Authors: Marschner Paulo Fernando , Dutra Vanessa Rabelo , Ceretta Paulo Sergio
Published: February 2022

Este artigo analisa a relação entre a alavancagem e a rentabilidade nas empresas brasileiras não financeiras de capital aberto no período de 2010 a 2015. Para atingir o objetivo proposto foram analisadas 75 empresas listadas na B3 S.A – Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão, a partir de dados coletados no banco de dados Economática. O procedimento metodológico empregado foi o método de análise de dados em painel com threshold proposto por Hansen (1999). No modelo foi considerada como variável dependente a rentabilidade, sendo explicada pela alavancagem financeira, e controladas pelas variáveis tamanho e crescimento. Seguindo a proposição de Fattouh, Harris e Scaramozzino (2008), a variável “Alavancagem” é definida como o threshold do modelo, e após estimado, foram encontrados dois regimes balizados por esta variável, que possibilitou a segmentação da amostra em empresas com maior e menor alavancagem. As evidências empíricas, sugerem que no primeiro regime, onde estão as empresas com menor alavancagem, não existe uma relação significativa entre alavancagem financeira e rentabilidade, no segundo, por sua vez, onde estão as empresas com maior alavancagem, existe um efeito negativo da alavancagem sobre a rentabilidade. A variável tamanho é significativa e positiva em ambos os regimes, porém o crescimento não foi significativo em nenhum regime. As conclusões gerais deste estudo são favoráveis a Teoria de Pecking Order, e sugerem a existência de uma relação não linear entre alavancagem financeira e rentabilidade nas empresas brasileiras de capital aberto. Esse estudo amplia o escopo dos exames empíricos sobre rentabilidade e alavancagem a partir de uma metodologia que proporciona uma forma diferenciada de analisar os resultados a fim de obter um relacionamento estrutural específico entre as variáveis.
GOVERNANÇA CORPORATIVA EM INSTITUIÇÕES DE ENSINO FUNDAÇÕES E NÃO-FUNDAÇÕES
Authors: Lugoboni Leonardo Fabris , Sousa Fabio Luiz Santana de , Silva Lidiane Moreira da , Nakamura Wilson Toshio
Published: February 2022

O objetivo desta pesquisa é a de evidenciar e comparar se os aspectos de governança corporativa utilizados pelas Instituições de ensino superior que são Fundações diferem das demais instituições de ensino superior. Para isso, foi necessário identificar aspectos pertencentes a governança comporativa nos PDIs de diferentes Instituições de ensino superior. A pesquisa documental descritiva analisou 26 PDIs pertencentes às principais Instituições de ensino superior localizadas na região sudeste do Brasil, sendo que 8 tem como natureza jurídica a definição de fundações. A análise de dados foi realizada por meio da leitura dos planos de desenvolvimento institucional e os dados foram tabulados em planilha eletrônica. Percebe-se que os elementos de governança mais evidenciados são os relacionados aos stakeholders e meio ambiente. Elementos como “Prestação de Contas”, “Auditoria Independente” e “Comitê de Auditoria” tiveram pouca ou nenhuma evidenciação tanto nas IES fundações como nas IES não-fundações. Ainda de acordo com os dados da pesquisa há diferença entre as IES fundações e IES não-fundações com relação a quantidade de elementos que são evidenciados e que não são evidenciados. Também se percebe diferença entre as IES fundações e não-fundações com relação a quantidade de vezes que os elementos são mencionados por página. Apresenta-se como maior contribuição desta pesquisa a identificação de que a forma como as IES fundações e não-fundações evidenciam seus elementos de governança se diferem com relação a quantidade de elementos que são evidenciados e que não são evidenciados e a quantidade de vezes que os elementos são mencionados por página.
THE RELATION BETWEEN OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND TAX AGGRESSIVENESS IN BRAZIL
Authors: Paste Junior Eloy , Martinez Antonio Lopo
Published: February 2022

This paper studies whether there is a relation between the operational efficiency measured through the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models and the tax aggressiveness of the Brazilian public companies listed on B3 between the period of 2010 to 2015. The main hypothesis is that companies that are more operational efficient are in average less tax aggressive. Or, in other words, we predict that the less operational efficient companies have usually to engage in tax aggressiveness strategies more often. An efficiency score was calculated considering the outputs and inputs of the companies, classifying them according to the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models to determine the relative company’s operational efficiency. The tax aggressiveness was measured by the difference between the Effective Tax Rates (ETR) and the average of ETR of companies from specifics economic sectors. Five relevant economic sectors were evaluated. A Data Panel model was estimated using the fixed effects. Considering the regression of all sectors, the results confirmed the hypothesis that companies that are more operational efficient in average tend to be less tax aggressive. However, when the samples were separated by sectors, only in the Energy and Textile Sectors this relation is significant.
RESPONSABILIDADE SOCIAL CORPORATIVA E IDENTIFICAÇÃO ORGANIZACIONAL: INFLUÊNCIA NO ENGAJAMENTO DOS FUNCIONÁRIOS
Authors: Santos Edicreia Andrade dos , Sallaberry Jonatas Dutra , Gonzaga Carlos Alberto Marçal , Soares Simone
Published: February 2022

Este estudo teve por objetivo verificar em que medida o engajamento dos funcionários de um grupo de empresas é influenciado por suas percepções acerca das práticas de responsabilidade social corporativa (RSC), mediado pela identificação organizacional. Para alcançar o objetivo, foi utilizado um questionário com 189 respostas válidas, aplicado a funcionários de um grupo de empresas do Paraná. Para análise, utilizou-se Modelagem de Equações Estruturais processada pelo software SmartPLS. Os resultados indicam relação positiva e significativa entre o comprometimento dos funcionários e suas percepções das práticas de RSC. Também evidenciam a identificação organizacional como mediadora desta relação. Conclui-se que a percepção da RSC tem o maior impacto sobre os funcionários quando eles se sentem mais identificados com a organização. Este estudo também contribui para demonstrar a importância de investigar a RSC sob um nível individual de análise.
EFEITO DA ESTRUTURA DO CONSELHO DE ADMINISTRAÇÃO NA EVIDENCIAÇÃO DE PRÁTICAS AMBIENTAIS E SOCIAIS EM EMPRESAS BRASILEIRAS
Authors: Forte Hyane Correia , Silva Larissa Karoline Souza , Abreu Mônica Cavalcanti Sá de
Published: February 2022

O estudo analisa a influência da estrutura do conselho de administração na evidenciação de práticas ambientais e sociais em empresas brasileiras. Baseado na teoria da agência, foram selecionadas 73 empresas listadas na Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (B3), que divulgaram relatório de sustentabilidade GRI no formato G4, no período de 2013 a 2017. A variável dependente é a evidenciação de práticas de responsabilidade social corporativa, a qual subdivide-se em três dimensões: evidenciação total, evidenciação ambiental e evidenciação social. Quanto às variáveis independentes, o estudo utilizou a proporção de conselheiros independentes no conselho de administração, a proporção de mulheres presentes no conselho, a idade média dos membros que constituem o conselho e o número de reuniões anuais do conselho de administração. Foram estimados modelos de regressão Pooled OLS, além da análise descritiva dos dados. Observa-se um baixo percentual de mulheres no conselho de administração e a limitada diversidade geracional dos seus membros. Os resultados econométricos apontam que a proporção de conselheiros independentes no conselho de administração influencia positivamente na evidenciação de informações ambientais e sociais. Verificou-se que o número de reuniões anuais do conselho influencia negativamente, enquanto a proporção de mulheres no conselho e a idade média dos conselheiros não apresentaram significância. O estudo conclui que a composição equilibrada do conselho pode influenciar na evidenciação de práticas ambientais e sociais.
DESEMPENHO DOS MUNICIPIOS BRASILEIROS: UMA ANÁLISE GERENCIAL DA REALIDADE ECONÔMICA E FISCAL POR MEIO DO EFEITO FLYPAPER
Authors: Paz Rodrigo Noleto , Serrano André Luiz Marques , Ferreira Lucas Oliveira Gomes
Published: February 2022

A pesquisa testou a influência da capacidade gerencial econômica sobre o desempenho dos municípios brasileiros, avaliando o efeito flypaper, fenômeno que avalia o descompasso na execução orçamentária e financeira dos entes federativos. Os governantes criam distorções sobre a realidade fiscal nos contribuintes, dificultando a percepção sobre o preço dos serviços públicos, por meio de mecanismos como utilização de transferências governamentais para aumento de gastos, ao invés de redução de impostos. A pesquisa objetiva analisar as evidências a partir dos estudos de Araújo (2014) e Araújo e Siqueira (2016), por meio da utilização de dados em painel. Foram definidas as variáveis que traduzem a execução orçamentária e financeira (receita tributária, despesa corrente, transferências correntes, população municipal e PIB), dados referentes a 5.570 municípios em um período de quatorze anos (2005 a 2018). Os resultados da aplicação em dados em painel com efeitos fixos revelaram que o efeito não é aplicável no período avaliado, ou seja, os testes econométricos permitiram verificar que a realidade econômica e fiscal dos municípios brasileiros no período não se alinha aos preceitos do efeito flypaper, visto que a elasticidade gasto/repasse não é superior à unidade.
STATE-OF-THE-ART: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON FINANCIAL WELL-BEING
Authors: Kreutz Rafael Rudolfo , Silva Wesley Vieira da , Vieira Kelmara Mendes , Dutra Vanessa Rabelo
Published: February 2022

This paper aims at presenting a systematic review of the literature based on the state of the art of research on financial well-being. We systematized a research protocol based on the works developed by Tranfield, Denyer, and Smart (2003), Kitchenham (2004), and Zupic and Čater (2015), to contribute to scientific knowledge about financial well-being, consistent with the methodological rigor required in RSL, which resulted in the composition of the research corpus. We search on the Scopus and Web of Science databases. The analysis includes all international publications between 1960 and 2018, comprising a total of 78 articles. Our results show that the financial well-being (demographic and socioeconomic variables, such as sex, ethnicity, age, income, education, and marital status), in addition to behavioral factors (attitude towards debt and financial literacy), may be indicative of theoretical gaps. We also evidenced that researchers have expended efforts on research involving the decision-making process in finance as a factor influenced by the satisfaction of people's lives.
INDICADORES DE QUALIDADE NA PESQUISA CONTÁBIL NO BRASIL
Authors: Santos Domingos Correia dos , Iudícibus Sergio De , Marion José Carlos , Santos Fernando De Almeida
Published: February 2022

A avaliação da qualidade da pesquisa contábil é considerada um processo complexo e demanda inúmeros debates na comunidade acadêmica. Nesse contexto, esta pesquisa teve como objetivo investigar indicadores de qualidade que definem uma pesquisa contábil relevante, na percepção dos docentes dos programas de mestrado e doutorado acadêmicos em Contabilidade no Brasil. Para isso foi aplicado questionário aos docentes de 26 programas de pós-graduação em Ciências Contábeis, nas modalidades mestrado e doutorado acadêmico, resultando em uma amostra de 113 docentes. Os dados foram tratados por meio do software IBM SPSS PASW Statistics 18 para tabulação das variáveis, inferências estatísticas e parte das análises qualitativas. Foi utilizada a análise fatorial confirmatória e exploratória dos dados para análise das variáveis. Os resultados apontaram para a necessidade de aproximação da pesquisa e prática no campo da Contabilidade, diversidade nas estratégias de pesquisa e ênfase na sua aplicabilidade. Sendo assim, esta pesquisa apresenta caminhos a serem adotados para que se tenham estudos que contribuam para o avanço teórico da Contabilidade e a explicação para os seus fenômenos.
FATORES EXPLICATIVOS PARA O COMPORTAMENTO ASSIMÉTRICO DOS CUSTOS DAS EMPRESAS LISTADAS NA B3
Authors: Richartz Fernando , Borgert Altair
Published: February 2022

Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo determinar a influência dos fatores explicativos no comportamento assimétrico dos custos de empresas brasileiras. Após a revisão da literatura, com base no mapeamento de diversos fatores explicativos para a assimetria dos custos, pode-se testar 12 hipóteses de pesquisa (11 individuais e uma conjunta), por meio da técnica de regressão com dados em painel, aplicada a 617 empresas listadas na Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (B3), no período de 1995 a 2014. Como resultados, para cada fator, tem-se que: i) existem diferenças significativas entre a assimetria dos diferentes setores; ii) o fluxo de caixa afeta a assimetria dos custos, porém, o sentido é oposto ao apresentado na literatura internacional; iii) o tamanho da empresa é um fator explicativo para a assimetria do Custo Total e do Custo dos Produtos Vendidos; iv) a intensidade do uso de ativos é um dos principais fatores que afetam os Sticky Costs; v) com três períodos consecutivos de diminuição da Receita Líquida de Vendas, os gestores reduzem os custos em proporções superiores à própria redução da Receita; vi) a influência do crescimento do Produto Interno Bruto na assimetria dos custos apresentou coeficiente significativo; vii) quando a variação da Receita é superior a 15%, a assimetria é menor do que para variação inferior a esse percentual; viii) a legislação de proteção ao emprego; e (ix) a regulação do mercado não se confirmam para a realidade brasileira; x) o atraso nos ajustes dos custos se confirma, e o período de ajustes é de três anos; xi) o efeito da concentração do capital na assimetria dos custos é rejeitada pelos resultados dos testes. Por fim, uma hipótese conjunta foi estruturada e confirmada, com base nos 11 fatores analisados. Assim, pode-se concluir que com a junção dos fatores explicativos, que já se apresentaram significativos de forma individual, os resultados refletem de maneira mais completa o comportamento dos custos das empresas brasileiras, sobretudo em relação às causas dos Sticky Costs.
INFLUÊNCIA DE PRESSÕES AMBIENTAIS NA FORMAÇÃO DE REDES MEDIADAS PELOS SISTEMAS DE CONTROLE GERENCIAL EM INCUBADORAS DE EMPRESAS
Authors: Lopes Iago França , Beuren Ilse Maria
Published: February 2022

Este estudo contribui para uma melhor compreensão da conexão entre a contabilidade gerencial e o seu contexto social, ao oferecer explicações para o fenômeno formação de rede-de-atores em incubadoras de empresas, a partir de elementos contábeis e contingenciais, inscritos nesta investigação nas pressões ambientais. O estudo fundamenta-se na Teoria Ator-Rede (Actor-Network Theory - ANT) e no modelo das alavancas de controle de Simons (1995), para analisar a influência das pressões ambientais na formação de rede-de-atores, mediadas pelos Sistemas de Controle Gerencial (SCG), em incubadoras de empresas. A população da pesquisa compreendeu as incubadoras de empresas das regiões Centro-Oeste, Sudeste e Sul do Brasil. A amostra consistiu em 76 questionários válidos respondidos pelos gestores. Os resultados da Modelagem de Equações Estruturais mostram que as pressões ambientais, entendidas como condições econômicas, influenciam positivamente nos SCG. Ademais, os SCG afetam positivamente elementos estruturais da formação de rede-de-atores. Tem-se ainda o papel mediador dos SCG, na sua dimensão interativa, na relação entre as condições econômicas e o processo de atração de interesses. A ANT explica esse papel mediador do SCG como uma relação sociotécnica, em que os elementos humanos e não-humanos estão congregados para o alcance de um objetivo. Conclui-se que as pressões ambientais conduzem para a readequação e adoção dos SCG, e que esses estão associados com a formação de redes-de-atores, podendo alterar os atores e a forma da sua relação.
Saint Jerome’s Posthumous Life: Aspects of His Reception in the Twentieth Century
Authors: Giannotti Filomena
Published: February 2022

The paper examines three examples of Saint Jerome’s contemporary reception. First, in Sous l’invocation de Saint Jérôme, the essay by the French writer and translator Valery Larbaud (1946), Jerome’s life is imagined as the large city of Hiéronymopolis where three itineraries are possible: one that is imaginary to Stridon, Rome, and Bethlehem; one that is iconographical through the paintings of Raffaello, Correggio, and Domenichino, and one that is literary through Jerome’s works, divided into many “city districts,” where an impressive bridge, the Vulgata, connects Jerusalem to Rome. – In the eccentric novel Jérôme ou de la traduction by the French-Canadian writer Jean Marcel (1990), Hieronymus’s famous lion narrates the main episodes of the Saint’s life, especially regarding his translations. This is an existential metaphor for the passage from the ancient eastern world to early Christian Rome. – The poetic movie by the Brasilian director Júlio Bressane, São Jerônimo (1999), is not a biographical reconstruction of Jerome’s life, but rather a fresco, which consists of some moments of his life and some iconic symbols (the skull, the lion, the desert).
« Nos…inter nos eruditionis causa disserimus » : Désaccords et conciliations dans les échanges épistolaires augustinohieronymiens
Authors: Nsiri Mohamed-Arbi
Published: February 2022

Le présent travail s’inscrit dans une démarche d’archéologie conceptuelle. Il s’agit de suivre, à travers les épîtres échangées entre Jérôme et Augustin, les grandes thématiques abordées par les deux hommes. Leurs échanges, très orageux parfois, restèrent respectueux à la codification de l’épistolographie du temps. En somme chacun gardait ses idées, et Jérôme se refusait à toute discussion ; mais ni l’estime, ni l’affection réciproque ne reçurent d’atteinte et il viendrait un temps où la collaboration intellectuelle si désirée s’établirait d’elle-même pour faire front devant l’ennemi commun, Pélage.
Truly Bewept, Full of Strife: The Myth of Antigone, the Burial of Enemies, and the Ideal of Reconciliation in Ancient Greek Literature
Authors: Kocijančič Matic
Published: February 2022

In postwar Western culture, the myth of Antigone has been the subject of noted literary, literary-critical, dramatic, philosophical, and philological treatments, not least due to the strong influence of one of the key plays of the twentieth century, Jean Anouilh’s Antigone. The rich discussion of the myth has often dealt with its most famous formulation, Sophocles’ Antigone, but has paid less attention to the broader ancient context; the epic sources (the Iliad, Odyssey, Thebaid, and Oedipodea); the other tragic versions (Aeschylus’s Seven Against Thebes and his lost Eleusinians; Euripides’s Suppliants, Phoenician Women, and Antigone, of which only a few short fragments have been preserved); and the responses of late antiquity. This paper analyses the basic features of this nearly thousand-year-long ancient tradition and shows how they connect in surprising ways – sometimes even more directly than Sophoclean tragedy does – with the main issues in some unique contemporary traditions of its reception (especially the Slovenian, Polish and Argentine ones): the question of burying the wartime (or postwar) dead and the ideal of reconciliation.
Jerome’s Reception in an Early Eighteenth-Century Hungarian Historical Work
Authors: Pap Levente
Published: February 2022

Works concerning the history of the Hungarian Reform had been almost absent until the second half of the seventeenth century. The relatively peaceful process of the Hungarian Reform, the lack of armed conflicts, and the tragic memory of the battle of Mohács made the appearance of self-justifying religious narratives in Hungarian historiography seem unnecessary. On the other hand, the changes caused by the Tridentine Catholic renewal movement and the deterioration of the religious and political condition of the Protestant confession culminated in punishing actions. This brought the polemical and self-justifying narratives to the forefront in both literature and historiography. First signs of interest regarding the history of Protestantism appeared on the Catholic side, but they emerged under the pressure of the circumstances. On the other hand, a growing foreign interest gradually appeared on the Protestant side, making way to historiographical works. An example of such an opus is the Historia Ecclesiae Reformatae in Hungaria et Transilvania (1706) by Pál Debreceni Ember. The author presents the history of the Reformed Church in Hungary. He also tries to present the origins of Hungarian Christianity, projecting it onto the Apostolic Period. Finally, he turns to the early Christian writers such as Jerome to prove his theory. The paper aims to present this chapter in Jerome’s reception and its religious background.
Eksplorowanie ruchomych piasków. Krytyka przekładu i krytyka literacka wobec petryfikacji współczesnej literatury światowej
Authors: Szmidt Olga
Published: February 2022

Exploring Quicksand. Translation Criticism and Literary Criticism in the Face of the Petrification of Contemporary World Literature

In contemporary discussions on the condition and further perspectives of World Literature, the mood of disappointment and disillusionment seems to dominate. Reservations concern World Literature in its complexity – its canon, potential multilingualism, existing hierarchies and often contradictory conceptualizations. The crisis of World Literature is not, however, the result of a scandal, but rather of many years of progressive petrification resulting in actual monolingualism, formulaic narrative patterns, consolidation of the center-periphery hierarchy and abandonment of the real pluralism of interpretation. One of the areas that seems to meet the challenge of World Literature is undoubtedly translation criticism. Therefore, the aim of the article is to reflect on how contemporary theories and conceptualizations of World Literature as well as its far-fetched utopia can benefit from translation criticism’s input. The article also argues that translation criticism may become a field that dynamizes contemporary World Literature and restores its reordering or even revolutionary potential.
Zemsta Trygława i Swaroga? Krytyka fanowska angielskiego tłumaczenia komiksu Kajko i Kokosz
Authors: Dybiec-Gajer Joanna
Published: February 2022

The Revenge of Triglav and Svarog? Fan-Generated Translation Criticism of the English Version of the Comic Book Kajko i Kokosz

The article discusses the role of fan communities as critics of translated texts. It shows how fans’ active involvement as prosumers in the production of translational (mock) critical content can affect the promotion and distribution of the official, commercial translation. The case in point is a fan-generated and fan-mediated reception of the English rendition of an album from a classic Polish Kajko i Kokosz comic series. First published in 1975, Szkoła latania (Flying School) is part of Poland’s shared popcultural idiom, since recently also part of the primary school reading canon. Its first English translation (2018) made available in a pre-release to the comic’s fans led to a number of controversies, ranging from humorous internet-mediated discussions of an editing mistake to an open petition to the publisher to preserve in translation the comic’s cultural specificity. The article sets off by discussing the profile of the translation critic emerging from leading models of translation criticism to move on to sketch new developments and the role of fandom and fan-generated criticism. Arguing that currently translations of speculative fiction into and out of English in the Polish context can be considered vulnerable translations, prone to fans’ critical scrutiny, it focuses on Flying School and its fan reception which lead to the prolonged postponement of the publication of the official translation. The article also provides an analysis of the pre-release commercial translation to provide background for the fan criticism. It shows the clash of the translator’s consistent domesticating strategy with fans’ expectations of an exoticizing translation, preserving the Slavic character of the series which raises the question of the translation brief and publisher-translator relationship.
Krytyka przekładu w cyberprzestrzeni – nowe szanse i wyzwania (na przykładzie tłumaczeń Mistrza i Małgorzaty Michaiła Bułhakowa)
Authors: Rozwadowska Kinga
Published: February 2022

Translation Criticism in Cyberspace – New Opportunities and Challenges (on Polish Translations of Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita)

The ongoing digitization of the literary heritage together with the growing competition between publishing houses have led to a situation where translation series of works considered as canonical changed their form of extending from diachronic, linear development in time to synchronic “explosion” of parallel texts, which task is to win readers-consumers with advantages of novelty, distinctness, “inventiveness.” Such translations gain a new function – they become a marketing tool for publishing houses. In my opinion the newest retranslations of Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita is one of the most interesting examples of the process described above. In recent years, new Polish versions of this novel have been published at a dizzying pace (five new translations between 2015 and 2018) and in overwhelming welth (five editions were published in four different translations in 2018 alone). The new translations of Bulgakov’s novel evoke a lively response from the audience. All sorts of analysis, comparisons and opinions have been published not only in scientific journals, but also in daily newspapers, internet forums and in comments in online bookstores. In the Internet, professional translation criticism coexists with private opinions of Internet users (often based on non-literary factors) and with marketing content, advertisements, and blurbs deliberately formed as reviews. In this paper I would like to discuss new roles of professional translation criticism in circumstances described above, analyse its presence in the Internet and try to define its new objects. On the one hand, its voice should be loud and clear enough to be heard in the virtual chaos of texts, on the other hand – persuasive and lucid enough to help readers to become aware of decisions they make by choosing a particular translation and perceive the literary value of texts hidden behind attractive covers of new editions.
O polskim przekładzie Prawie to samo. O doświadczeniu przekładu Umberta Eco
Authors: Kłos Anita
Published: February 2022

On the Polish Translation of Dire quasi la stessa cosa. Esperienze di traduzione by Umberto Eco

The article contains a review of the translation of Dire quasi la stessa cosa. Esperienze di traduzione by Umberto Eco (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków 2021) into Polish, authored by Jadwiga Miszalska and Monika Surma-Gawłowska. Notwithstanding the significant popularity of Eco’s literary and scholarly work in Poland, his influential volume of essays on translation was published in Polish almost twenty years after the original edition. In the first place, the review focuses on the translators’ approach to multilingualism and Italocentrism of Eco’s source text. It also addresses the issues of validity and actuality of Eco’s semiotic contribution to translation studies, by confronting it with recent trends in translation scholarship, especially with Kobus Marais’s bio-semiotic theory of translation.
Facebook jako narzędzie wspierające osiąganie celów z zakresu employer brandingu na rynku IT
Authors: Figiel Adam , Czajkowska-Sowa Angelika
Published: February 2022

Facebook as a Tool Supporting the Achievement of Employer Branding Goals on the IT Market

Due to the demand of IT specialists, it is necessary to apply appropriate employer branding activities. To achieve set goals, social media such as Facebook, are used and specific values for stakeholders and strong employer brand are created as well as specialists are encouraged to join or stay in a given organization. What’s more, offered products and services are promoted and the organization presents its own and employees’ development, as well as cooperation process and activities in the field of CSR. Information on events and the celebration of special occasions are also disseminated, and organization presents i.a. workplace culture and recruitment processes, educate recipients and introduce entertainment elements. Due to the above, qualitative research was conducted in the form of an analysis of the content of posts published on Facebook in the period from January 1st to December 31st, 2020, as well as other publications on the discussed phenomenon. The research sample consisted of 4 organizations that took the highest places in the Great Place to Work ranking in the Best Workplaces in Poland 2020 category with over 500 employees, i.e. Cisco Poland, Sii Polska, Hilti (Poland) Sp. z o.o., and Akamai Technologies Poland. The subject of the study was the use of social media in employer branding, and its purpose was to compare the indicated implementation among organizations operating on the IT market. The research problem was the identification of employer branding activities with the use of Facebook among organizations operating on the IT market.
Corporate Digital Responsibility w przedsiębiorstwach medialnych
Authors: Soczyński Sławomir
Published: February 2022

Corporate Digital Responsibility in Media Enterprises

The impact of digitization on our lives is constantly growing. Benefits resulting from automation, data analysis, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning are increasingly more visible in everyday life. However, they give rise to previously unknown ethical and social problems. Many of them have already been described in literature. A new concept of Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR), drawing on Corporate Social Responsibility, aims at developing precise guidelines and good practices, which will influence responsible business activity in the digital world. The purpose of this article is to present the sole concept of CDR and to ground it in the context of the media, which constitute an important part of the economy relying on new technologies.
Komunikacja w dobie koronawirusa szansą dla marki na nawiązanie bliskich relacji z otoczeniem. Studium przypadku komunikacji marki 4F z konsumentami w pierwszej fazie pandemii COVID-19
Authors: Żuchniewicz Malwina
Published: February 2022

The purpose of the analysis presented in the article is to confirm the thesis that the time of the coronavirus pandemic was an opportunity for brands to establish close relations with the environment. The brands showed their non-commercial sense of existence and organized or supported the CSR campaign, which positively influenced their image. A positive example of communication activities carried out by the 4F brand was analyzed in the article. The author analyzed the content of the Facebook profile of the 4F brand in the period from March 14 to May 4, the time when stationary stores were closed by ordinance of the Minister. The analysis of comments under Facebook posts showed that the activities carried out had a positive impact on the brand’s reception and involved its surroundings in aid campaigns. Therefore, the thesis proved to be true.
Geologia, petrografia e geoquímica dos granitoides arqueanos de alto magnésio da região de Água Azul do Norte, porção sul do Domínio Carajás, Pará
Authors: Gabriel Eleilson Oliveira
Published: February 2022

Os granitoides mesoarqueanos de alto Mg que afloram a nordeste de Água Azul do Norte ocorrem como dois corpos alongados na direção E-W. Correspondem a intrusões compostas por granodioritos e tonalitos porfiríticos miloníticos, com anfibólio, biotita e epidoto como principais minerais máficos. Geoquimicamente são caracterizados pelo fracionamento de CaO, Fe2O3, MgO, TiO2 e Al2O3, e aumento de K2O e da razão K2O/Na2O da fácies menos evoluída, com anfibólio, em direção à fácies mais evoluída, com biotita. Sr, Y, Zr, #Mg, Ni, Cr e Sr/Ba decrescem, enquanto que Rb, Ba e Rb/Sr aumentam no sentido das rochas mais diferenciadas. Os padrões de elementos terras raras (ETR) mostram importante fracionamento de elementos terras raras pesados (ETRP) com moderada razão LaN/YbN e anomalia de Eu ausente ou pouco expressiva. As rochas estudadas são predominantemente metaluminosas, com altos valores de #Mg, Cr e Ni, distintas geoquimicamente das séries cálcio-alcalinas de margens continentais ativas e de associações tonalito-trondhjemitogranodioritos (TTG) e leucogranodioritos arqueanos. As afinidades petrográficas e geoquímicas existentes entre as rochas estudadas e as principais ocorrências de granitoides de alto-Mg da Província Carajás sugerem que estas podem fazer parte de uma suíte magmática análoga, até então não identificada nesta parte da Província.
Geologia, geoquímica e geocronologia do Granito Mesoarqueano Boa Sorte, município de Água Azul do Norte, Pará – Província Carajás
Authors: Rodrigues Daniel Silvestre , Oliveira Davis Carvalho de , Macambira Moacir José Buenano
Published: February 2022

O Granito Boa Sorte ocorre no Subdomínio de Transição entre o Domínio Rio Maria e a Bacia Carajás. É um batólito alongado na direção E-W, composto predominantemente por biotita-leucomonzogranitos com diferentes graus de deformação, com idade de 2857 ± 2 Ma (Pb-Pb em zircão). Faz contato a sul com o Granodiorito Água Limpa, é intrusivo em TTG e greenstone belts, além de ser intrudido por corpos de composição máfica a intermediária do Diopsídio-Norito Pium e por granitos da Suíte intrusiva Planalto. Geoquimicamente, mostra afinidade com granitos cálcio-alcalinos, levemente peraluminosos e do tipo I, identificando-se quatro grupos de rochas: 1) Alta La/Yb – caracterizado pelas altas razões (La/Yb)N e moderadas anomalias negativas de Eu; 2) Baixa La/Yb – baixas razões (La/Yb)N e fortes anomalias negativas de Eu; 3) Baixa Gd/Yb – empobrecido em elementos terras raras (ETR) leves, com razões (Gd/Yb)N próximas da unidade e anomalias negativas de Eu moderadas; e 4) Baixo ΣETR – baixo conteúdo total de ETR, com razões (La/Yb)N altas a moderadas. Tais grupos podem ser correlacionados aos corpos leucograníticos da região de Canaã dos Carajás, sugerindo que tanto esta quanto a área aqui estudada tenham sido afetadas por processos magmáticos similares durante a evolução mesoarqueana do Subdomínio de Transição.
Annotation of glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, and trehaloneogenesis pathways provide insight into carbohydrate metabolism in the Asian citrus psyllid
Authors: Tamayo Blessy , Kercher Kyle , Vosburg Chad , Massimino Crissy , Jernigan Margaryta R. , Hasan Denisse L. , Harper Douglas , Mathew Anuja , Adkins Samuel , Shippy Teresa , Hosmani Prashant S. , Flores-Gonzalez Mirella , Panitz Naftali , Mueller Lukas A. , Hunter Wayne B. , Benoit Joshua B. , Brown Susan J. , D’Elia Tom , Saha Surya
Published: February 2022

Citrus greening disease is caused by the pathogen Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus and transmitted by the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri. No curative treatment or significant prevention mechanism exists for this disease, which causes economic losses from reduced citrus production. A high-quality genome of D. citri is being manually annotated to provide accurate gene models to identify novel control targets and increase understanding of this pest. Here, we annotated 25 D. citri genes involved in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis, and seven in trehaloneogenesis. Comparative analysis showed that glycolysis genes in D. citri are highly conserved but copy numbers vary. Analysis of expression levels revealed upregulation of several enzymes in the glycolysis pathway in the thorax, consistent with the primary use of glucose by thoracic flight muscles. Manually annotating these core metabolic pathways provides accurate genomic foundation for developing gene-targeting therapeutics to control D. citri.
The rebels' credibility dilemma: A new approach to the search for credibility towards the international community and the population
Authors: Bajon Theò
Published: February 2022

By being part into the theory of the rebels' credibility dilemma, this research takes its framework in a historical analysis of relations between rebel groups and governments, in order to better understand the mechanisms of demands and negotiations between these two actors. In this paper, we propose to test the validity of the theory of the rebels' credibility dilemma in Latin America, and to provide specific precision to this geographical area. For that, our approach proposes an historical and political study on data going from 1945 to 2019. The study is characterized by the creation of specific classifications and a relative power indicator of the rebel groups, making it possible to highlight new specificities of the rebels' credibility dilemma. The results show that globally the theory seems valid on the studied area, but that new parameters can be implemented to the initial theory, namely the search for popular and international credibility, through a general model of the rebels’ credibility dilemma.
Kinematic Analysis of a Series of Jumps In First Position In Professional Ballet Dancers
Authors: Smith Jessica , Robinson Kevin , Sells Pat
Published: February 2022

Purpose: Few ballet-specific studies in the literature examine kinematics during dance activities. Sports studies have identified injury risk in athletes by observing kinematics during specific activity, but this has not yet been explored for ballet. Evaluating kinematics in dancers has the potential to identify injury risk and influence treatment for prevention and rehabilitation. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the landing kinematics of professional ballet dancers during a series of 16 ballet-specific jumps. Methods: This study was a multi-factor repeated measures design. Participants (3 males, 16 females aged 19-33 years; first or second company members) performed 16 consecutive sautés in first position to a metronome set at 120 beats per minute. Lower extremity kinematic data was captured using the Noraxon myoMOTIONTM system and was analyzed at peak knee flexion of landing on jumps 1, 8, and 15 for hip abduction (HA), hip flexion (HF), and hip external rotation (HER). Analyses included: right versus left side differences (RvL), differences between jumps 1, 8, and 15, and interaction between the specific jump and RvL. Results: Statistically significant differences (SD) were found in: RvL HA (p=0.000, 10.68 degrees; clinically relevant) and in HF between jumps 1 and 8 (p=0.000) and 1 and 15 (p=0.006). There was no interaction effect of HA between jump number and RvL (p=0.470) or of HER between jump number and RvL (p=0.599). There was no SD in: HF between jumps 8 and 15 (p=0.245), HA between jumps (p=0.062), RvL HF (p=0.190), RvL HF between jumps (p=0.972), HER between jumps (p=0.366), or RvL HER (p=0.562). Conclusions: The RvL difference in HA (p=0.000) suggests asymmetrical loading of hip joints. This difference did not change between jumps (p=0.062), suggesting repeated preferential frontal plane loading. The SD in HF between jumps 1 and 8 (p=0.000) and 1 and 15 (p=0.006) suggests that a small series of jumps that are standard in ballet class are not consistent motions for professional dancers. Limitations include small sample size and lack of controlled warm up. Future work should examine single leg jumps or sautés following a fatigue protocol to assess joint motion more accurately.
Intensive Robot-Assisted Gait Training in Individuals with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: Case Series from Saudi Arabia
Authors: Alraddadi Naif , Madi Sanaa
Published: February 2022

Purpose: The aim of this study was to report whether intensive body weight-supported treadmill training with a robotic exoskeleton could improve over-ground functional mobility in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury and to investigate its feasibility and safety. Methods: This was a case series design. Two male individuals with chronic (> 1 year since injury) spinal cord injury (SCI) were included in this study. All subjects underwent intensive gait training sessions 5 times per week using exoskeleton for 12 weeks with a total of 60 sessions. The duration of the session was 60 minutes, including the installment of the HAL, gait training, and the removal of the HAL. The training was performed on a treadmill with adjustable speed and a lifter, under the supervision of a physiotherapist. Two types of outcomes were collected: treadmill-associated data and functional outcomes. Results: We observed a continuous increase in treadmill walking distance, time, and speed for both cases from baseline assessment until the end of the study at 12 weeks The findings from this study provide evidence that the Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) can be used with chronic spinal cord injury and can improve walking abilities in terms of distance, speed, and time. Conclusion: HAL can be used for gait training in rehabilitation facilities for individuals with chronic spinal cord injury and did not cause any serious adverse effects to the participating subjects. Our results support the findings of previous studies that show that treatment with HAL may result in improvement in gait parameters. However, more studies with a larger sample size are needed to compare the effect of HAL with conventional physical therapy
An Appreciative Inquiry Approach to Understanding What Attracts and Retains Early-Career Therapists to Work in Community Organizations
Authors: Dancza Karina , Choi Yik Ming , Amalia Kaisah , Wong Pei Shan , Hu Jia Hao , Yap Li Wen
Published: February 2022

Purpose: Community health organizations are expanding in many countries to meet the health and care needs associated with an aging population, an increase in recognition of children with developmental and mental health needs, and escalating healthcare costs. Singapore is no exception. Community organizations, however, are facing challenges in recruiting and retaining early-career therapists to these positions due to competition from acute services and a declining foreign talent pool. At the same time, early-career therapists encounter challenges during the transition from student to professional. Community organizations, therefore, need to identify what makes their organization attractive to early-career therapists and what makes them stay. This study explored factors that attracted and retained early-career therapists in community organizations in Singapore from the perspectives of early-career therapists and supervisors. Methods: Appreciative Inquiry was adopted as a strengths-based approach to guide this qualitative study process. Focus groups were conducted with three groups of early-career therapists and supervisors, to explore perspectives of what attracted them to work in a community health organization and what factors retained them in their roles. Two phases of focus groups were held three-weeks apart, giving early-career therapists and supervisors the opportunity to consolidate and expand their ideas. Focus groups were audio-recorded, transcribed, and thematically analyzed. Results: This study highlighted three key factors which attracted and retained early-career therapists to the Singapore community health organizations: (1) a culture that values learning and professional development; (2) structured supervision that is timely and individualized; and (3) a system that supports job satisfaction and promotes staff wellbeing. Conclusions: This study highlighted that community organizations could enhance their attraction and retention of early-career therapists through a focus on opportunities for early-career therapists’ formal and informal learning and professional development opportunities. Having a clear supervision framework and continuing development for supervisors is another key attraction for early-career therapists. Finally, time and opportunities to develop meaningful relationships with colleagues and clients enhances job satisfaction and wellbeing of early-career therapists. Making explicit the offer in these three areas could enhance applications and the retention of early-career therapists to these services.
Fungal microbiota of sugarcane straw and their ability to produce hydrolytic enzymes
Authors: Mendoza-Infante Nadia , Debernardi Héctor , Hidalgo-Contreras Juan , Mugica-Álvarez Violeta , Hernández-Martínez Ricardo
Published: February 2022

The microbiota presents in sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) straw can have benefits to produce sustainable crops, also can be used for the development of alternative processes to produce molecules of industrial interest and valorization of biomass and residues unexploited. Therefore, the objective of the present work was the isolation of the fungal microbiota present in the sugarcane straw (CP 72-2082) and its capacity to produce hydrolytic enzymes. The fungal microbiota was isolated by sampling for four months one sampling for month the straw in fields of the "El Potrero" sugar mill in the Veracruz state, Mexico, and soil was also sampled to determine the effect of straw chili on the organic matter content. Furthermore, the capacity of the strains to produce xylanases and cellulases was determined in a Petri dish using birch xylan and carboxymethylcellulose as substrates. Thirty-four strains were isolated from the samples, in all was identified the genera Trichoderma, Fusarium in three and Aspergillus and Penicillum in two. The results indicate that if sugarcane straw is reincorporated into soils where sugarcane is grown, it can have a beneficial impact, 22 isolated strains showed the ability to produce hydrolytic enzymes. The organic matter content in the soils with both shredded and unshredded crop residues showed that chili does not present a benefit to the soil but can contribute beneficial fungal microbiota for various purposes.
Design and characterization of sgRNAs aimed at the control of the phytopathogen
Pseudocercospora fijiensis that causes Black Sigatoka
Authors: Moncayo Luis , Centanaro Paulo , Arcos-Jácome Diego , Castro Alex , Maldonado Cristina , Vaca Diego , González Gardenia , Lossada Carla , Perez Aleivi , González-Paz Lenin
Published: February 2022

Black Sigatoka, caused by the fungus Pseudocercospora fijiensis (Mycosphaerella fijiensis) is an important disease of bananas and plantain. The design of sgRNAs molecules for gene silencing offers the possible control of this phytopathogen. The sgRNAs, are molecules that bind to enzymes to specifically edit genes of interest. The use of these molecules requires the use of bioinformatics tools for their study. Therefore, the objective of this research was to design and characterize sgRNAs to silence the Fus3 virulence gene and CYP51 gene growth in P. fijiensis, through the analysis of structural, thermodynamic and functional characteristics that allow to discriminate the sgRNAs candidates for control of the phytopathogen. Several thermodynamically stable sgRNAs with high specificity for the target genes were achieved, as well as with sequences easily recognizable by the SpCas9 nuclease, and with sizes that allow efficient diffusion in eukaryotic cytoplasms. The results suggest that all the designed and characterized sgRNAs can promote the correct silencing of the genes selected for the control of P. fijiensis. Additionally, the most optimal designs were identified, based on the characteristics considered in this study. These results, although they require additional studies to improve the technology, are promising as they show the possibility of using non-toxic and highly specific molecular tools in plant biotechnology for genetic improvement, directed mutagenesis, plant sanitation and control of phytopathogens.