bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effect of Employees Empowerment in Achieving Reality and Reducing Turnover in the Jordanian Industrial Companies
Authors: Sakarneh Bilal Khalaf
Published: July 2019

This research aimed at finding out effect of the empowerment in employee’s reality and reducing turnover in the Jordanian industrial companies.Study sample consisted of those who occupy the supervisory and administrative jobs in the industrial companies in Amman city, there number (250) individuals divided into categories. (250) questionnaire was distributed for the analysis. and (200) were retrieved by (80%), and after testing the questionnaires for their validity for the statistical analysis (29) questionnaires were excluded for their invalidity for the statistical analysis process, so the total number of the valid questionnaires became (171) questionnaires.The study reached the follow:The presence of a linear relationship between the empowerment variables (Training, providing the required information, delegating the authority, and participation), and the employees reality variables and reducing turnover (customers services, customers loyalty).The researcher recommended a number of recommendations, the most important:The work to disseminate the empowerment culture between the employees in the Jordanian industrial companies through enhancing the organizational values and traditions that motivate for achieving that goal.
Perceived Organizational Support: A Literature Review
Authors: Sun Li
Published: July 2019

Perceived organizational support (POS), which reflects the organization’s value on employees’ contributions and concern for employee benefits, is an important tool to help organizations establish favourable relationship with employees and motivate employees work hard. This paper aims to make a review of POS concept and the variables related to POS. Research results showed that perceived organizational support emphasizes organizational commitment to employees and is a unilateral relationship. Perceived organizational support is related to employees’ reduced absenteeism, increased job satisfaction, happiness, organizational citizenship behaviour and organizational performance, and also influenced by organizational fairness, working conditions, HR practices, employee characteristics, leadership, management communication. Besides, this paper summarized the measures to improve perceived organizational support, such as supportive or high commitment HR practices, fairness, superior and co-worker supports, employee empowerment. This study helps researchers understand the latest research progress in perceived organizational support.
An Analysis on Rose in A Rose for Emily
Authors: HUANG Yan
Published: July 2019

A Rose for Emily is the first published short story of William Faulkner, which talks about a tragic life of an elderly Southern woman Emily Grierson. In the whole story, the none rose does not appear, the only use of the word is an adjective for two times. The “Rose” in the title “A Rose for Emily” attracted a lot of attention. This paper will analyze the rose on two main aspects: the symbolic meaning of rose and who give rose to Emily.
Contemporary Reviews of Edith Wharton's Work: An Addendum
Authors: Monteiro George
Published: July 2019

Dozens of reviews of Edith Wharton's books that are unrecorded in the standard bibliographies are listed in this article. Many of these reviews appeared in periodicals published far from Wharton's native milieu, and some in rather unexpected venues. Some of the reviewers evaluated several of Wharton's works, and some were well-known critics in their day.
Betty Putnam: An Unpublished One-Act Play by William Carlos Williams
Authors: Roessel David , Barrick Ciara
Published: July 2019

Betty Putnam is a short play by William Carlos Williams set during the Salem witch trials. Known chiefly as a poet, Williams once thought he would make his name as a playwright. Between 1909 and 1912, he composed several plays based on early American history, which show he was already considering the usable American past that he would later construct in In the American Grain (1925). Betty Putnam was his first literary exploration of Salem, and Williams dealt with the subject twice more, in In the American Grain and in Tituba's Children (1950). By tracing Williams's engagement with Salem and how it changed from the Progressive Era to the Cold War, one sees that it mirrors that of American culture generally. The Progressive Era Betty Putnam, with its happy ending and assertive new woman, seems far removed from the dread and violence of the McCarthy period writings.
“Affectionately Yours, Bishop”: The Early Correspondence of Elizabeth Bishop and Rhoda Wheeler Sheehan
Authors: Sheehan Fiona
Published: July 2019

Few original records document Elizabeth Bishop's development during her high school and college years (1926–34). This article presents twelve new pieces of correspondence that Bishop wrote to her lifelong friend and classmate, Rhoda Wheeler (later Sheehan), at both Walnut Hill School and Vassar College, together with mentions of Bishop made by Wheeler in forty-six of the weekly letters that she wrote home to her mother during that time. Readers and biographers have turned to Bishop's correspondence to better understand what motivated and inspired her work. The Bishop-Wheeler letters give readers a rare glimpse into the inner world of this enigmatic writer as she was transitioning from a shy, anxious youth to a self-possessed poet.
Pictures and Progress
Authors: Moses Wilson J.
Published: July 2019

This attractive gift book is “a steal” at its very affordable price, but it also presents the results of outstanding investigative scholarship and analytic bibliography. The editors assert that Frederick Douglass “became the most photographed American of the nineteenth century” and that he “wrote more extensively on photography than any other American” during the four years of the Civil War. They have identified 160 separate photographs of him that are not copies from the same negative, and his closest competitors seem to be General George Armstrong Custer, Red Cloud, Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, and Ulysses S. Grant. The volume celebrates and illustrates the amazing career of Frederick Douglass through several visual media and brings together his essays on photography, which were often vehicles for his ideas on a wide range of subjects, ranging from literature, to popular science, to “philosophy of Progress,” to American politics.
Harriet Jacobs and African American Women’s Mutual Support
Authors: Saunders Catherine E.
Published: July 2019

Letters from a private collection, written by Louisa Jacobs, daughter of Harriet Jacobs, to Eugenie Webb between 1879 and 1911, supplemented by correspondence to and from associates including Harriet Ann Purvis, shed light on African American life in the post-Reconstruction era, especially on the personal and professional lives of single women working as teachers, civil service employees, boardinghouse keepers, and caregivers in Washington, DC; Philadelphia, PA; and Camden, NJ. Editor Mary Maillard's extensive biographical and historical notes provide valuable context for the letters, but her introductory account of prior relationships among the correspondents sometimes claims longer and stronger connections between Harriet and Louisa Jacobs and members of the established African American community in Philadelphia than available evidence seems to support. Nevertheless, the volume expands knowledge of the Jacobs' lives and of African American life during the late nineteenth century, and it provides an engaging account of the correspondents' struggles and mutual support.
The “Rhetoric of Self-Making” in the Writings of Sui Sin Far
Authors: Roh-Spaulding Carol
Published: July 2019

A recuperative undertaking of significant scale, Becoming Sui Sin Far includes a “range of styles and narrative voices” that reveals the author to be “far more prolific than previously believed,” with an existing oeuvre now standing at 206 pieces. Editor Mary Chapman is at her best when she gathers the rich historical and cultural evidence that places Sui Sin Far within the stream of influences of her time. However, Chapman makes too big a claim for the literary interpretation made possible by this expanded oeuvre, in which Sui Sin Far's “transnational” agenda and shifting subject positions reveal her gradual move toward Eurasian/dislocated subjectivity. Recovery scholarship produced prior to her undertaking, which Chapman characterizes as limited, had already laid the groundwork for this interpretation. Thus, the collection richly extends rather than breaks with previous scholarship.
New Letters by an Old Master
Authors: Hart Henry
Published: July 2019

The editors of this collection of Robert Frost's letters—the second of a planned five volumes—express in their preface the hope that the letters, many of which have not been published previously, will provide the “raw material” for a new biography to rectify Lawrance Thompson's somewhat-unflattering portrait of Frost in his authorized biography. The letters in this volume, however, are not consistently flattering. What emerges from Frost's correspondence with family and friends is the image of a restless, uniquely talented, and often-troubled poet who was proud of what he called his “good American prejudices.” Although these prejudices were not always “good,” the letters and the editors' many footnotes help us understand Frost's life and his extraordinary literary accomplishments.
Thomas Wolfe, A Portrait of Paradox
Authors: Jennette Martha
Published: July 2019

Through their collection of reminiscences of Thomas Wolfe, editors Mark Canada and Nami Montgomery present a comprehensive portrait of the complex, contradictory personality of this often-volatile literary genius. Dividing Wolfe's short life span into four phases, the editors include entertaining, clearly annotated memories by people acquainted with Wolfe at specific times in his development as a man and as an artist. The publication focuses on the autobiographical nature of Wolfe's writing, providing glimpses into the personal issues and prejudices that made his relationships complicated but fascinating and ultimately contributed to his success.
Controlling Confounding in a Study of Oral Anticoagulants: Comparing Disease Risk
Scores Developed Using Different Follow-Up Approaches
Authors: Bohn Justin , Schneeweiss Sebastian , Glynn Robert J. , Toh Sengwee , Wyss Richard , Desai Rishi , Gagne Joshua J.
Published: July 2019

Purpose: Little is known about how disease risk score (DRS) development should
proceed under different pharmacoepidemiologic follow-up strategies. In an analysis of
dabigatran vs. warfarin and risk of major bleeding, we compared the results of DRS
adjustment when models were developed under “intention-to-treat” (ITT) and “as-treated”
(AT) approaches.Methods: We assessed DRS model discrimination, calibration, and ability
to induce prognostic balance via the “dry run analysis”. AT treatment effects stratified
on each DRS were compared with each other and with a propensity score (PS) stratified
reference estimate. Bootstrap resampling of the historical cohort at 10 percent–90
percent sample size was performed to assess the impact of sample size on DRS
estimation.Results: Historically-derived DRS models fit under AT showed greater
decrements in discrimination and calibration than those fit under ITT when applied to
the concurrent study population. Prognostic balance was approximately equal across DRS
models (–6 percent to –7 percent “pseudo-bias” on the hazard ratio scale). Hazard ratios
were between 0.76 and 0.78 with all methods of DRS adjustment, while the PS stratified
hazard ratio was 0.83. In resampling, AT DRS models showed more overfitting and worse
prognostic balance, and led to hazard ratios further from the reference estimate than
did ITT DRSs, across sample sizes.Conclusions: In a study of anticoagulant safety, DRSs
developed under an AT principle showed signs of overfitting and reduced confounding
control. More research is needed to determine if development of DRSs under ITT is a
viable solution to overfitting in other settings.
Speaking the Truth with Folk and Fairy Tales: The Power of the Powerless
Authors: Zipes Jack
Published: July 2019

We have never known a time without lies, propaganda, and conflicts, but this hardly means that contesting the deception of those in power does not matter. Contesting misuses of history that inform the present, this essay presents three neglected writers and storytellers who offer alternative ways of thinking with fairy tales that give me the courage to try to live and work in truth: the Russian teacher and poet, Pyotr Pavolovich Yershov (1815-1869), the French politician and scholar of jurisprudence, Édouard Laboulaye (1811-1883), and the Austrian writer and essayist, Hermynia Zur Mühlen (1883-1951).
Adaptive Occasions: Synchronic Correlatives in Traditional Folktale Adaptation
Authors: Sobol Joseph
Published: July 2019

This essay examines a contemporary re-figuration of the traditional Appalachian folktale “Jack and the Giants’ Newground” through the lens of a recent performance event. The mechanisms of parody generate imaginative friction of foreground and background, a structural aesthetic of formal or functional congruence and indicial dissonance. I posit a key device for such genre-crossing adaptations, one I call the synchronic correlative. Synchronic correlatives are a form of meta-discursive parallelism, synchronic because they work as non-linear connectors between otherwise independent local/temporal constructs; they are thematic or indicial pivot points that serve to launch a tale type from one imaginative frame into another.
Clindamycin-Induced Rhabdomyolysis in the Setting of Mitochondrial Myopathy
Authors: Lowenthal Jonathan , Kunadia Jessica , Bose Vivek , Xu Jack , Nahass Thomas , Iwata Isao
Published: July 2019

We present a patient with mitochondrial myopathy who developed rhabdomyolysis following treatment with clindamycin. While clindamycin is not yet linked to drug-induced rhabdomyolysis in the literature, other drugs with mechanisms of action similar to clindamycin have been shown to damage human host mitochondria. Given this, we contend that clindamycin may also be capable of causing mitochondrial injury, and that while in otherwise healthy patients it may not produce any negative clinical outcome, it can precipitate rhabdomyolysis in certain patients whose mitochondria are already vulnerable.
School based educational intervention to raise awareness of students about HIV/AIDS disease
Authors: Amer Hemat Mostafa , Nady Sabah E.
Published: July 2019

Background: Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) diseases are considered two of the most serious health conditions. Behavioral intervention is one of the best ordinary less cost and most effective strategies applied to fight against HIV/AIDS. In addition to information education and communication (IEC) campaign. Health education regarding HIV/AIDS at school can help in the prevention of infection. Current study was aimed to evaluate the effect of school based educational intervention to raise awareness of students about HIV/AIDS disease.Methods: Design: A quasi-experimental design with pre-posttest was utilized. Subjects: Multi-stage random sample of 360 students recruited at preparatory and secondary schools. Tool: A structured interviewing questionnaire consisting of socio-demographic data sheet for students, knowledge of students about HIV/AIDS disease, methods of prevention and students' attitudes and opinions about HIV/AIDS.Results: Statistical significant differences regarding students’ knowledge about HIV/AIDS, methods of prevention and attitudes and opinions about HIV/AIDS were found.Conclusion and recommendations: The first and second research hypothesis was accepted as it was found that educational intervention was effective and had a positive impact on improving students' knowledge and methods of prevention regarding HIV/AIDS,. The third hypothesis was students' opinions and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS that was also accepted and had significant effect. A long-term intervention among students must be conducted for the prevention of HIV/AIDS. So, educational intervention should be disseminated to more schools to increase the effects of offering opportunities that provide students with accurate information on HIV/AIDS.
Teacher's Opinion Towards Constructive Thinking for Teaching Essay Writing Based on Interactive Multimedia Integration
Authors: Ayob Adenan
Published: July 2019

Teaching essay writing scenario in this technological era is also aimed on interactive multimedia integration; text and graphics that revolve around inquiry and constructive thinking. In thinking process itself, inquiries are considered fundamental to teachers in teaching essay writing. Hence, this research is conducted to study teacher's opinion on constructive thinking process that based on interactive multimedia integration; text and graphics. Quantitative research design that based survey method is used in accordance with the questionnaire. The samples are 33 Malay Language teachers in Bangsar Zone, Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur. The finding shows that there is a significant correlation between inquiry and constructive thinking, r = 2.01, the level of significant is < 0.05. It is advised that all Malay language teachers focus on the aspect inquiry and constructive thinking for teaching essay writing. The implication of this study is focused on impressive teaching sources. The interactive multimedia integration that is being studied should also focus on other integrated elements; graphic, audio, animation and video.
Country Governance, Market Concentration and Financial Market Dynamics for Banks Stability in Pakistan
Authors: Kamran Hafiz Waqas , Arshad Shamsul Bahrain bin Mohamed , Omran Abdelnaser
Published: July 2019

Considering the country governance, market concentration and financial market dynamics are key explanatory indicators, this study has examined the stability trends in commercial banks of Pakistan. Overall sample of 28 banks is considered, adding both conventional and Islamic banks into consideration for the panel regression models like fixed effect and random effect. Findings for overall sample indicates that both stability measures in the form of z-score ROA and ROE are significantly and negatively affected by poor control over corruption, regulatory quality, market concentration, financial market development and increasing non-performing loans. For conventional banking, key determinants of financial stability are control over corruption, political instability, market structure and credit risk. For Islamic banking firms, corruption and government effectiveness, capital adequacy ratio, market structure and financial market development are significant determinants, affecting Z measures of stability. However, through lending interest rate, we do not find any significant relationship with both stability measures. Study findings are very useful for country officials, risk officers, and other stakeholders in financial markets who want to explore the relationship between country governance and financial market dynamics in the economy of Pakistan. In addition, study has experienced various limitations like non-consideration of bank-based and macroeconomic risk factors, international trends in banking and their influence on domestic banks of Pakistan, which could be reconsidered in coming research.
Environmental Factor, Education & Training and PPE Impact on Safety Performance: A Study Among Construction Workers at SESCO Sub-station, Balingian, Sarawak
Authors: Kasuma Jati , Ismailly Norlida , Ghaffari Sara , Rusuli Muhamad Saufi Che , Gapor Abdul Hakim Abdul
Published: July 2019

Safety and health at workplace is an emergent concern in almost all parts of the world including developing countries such as Malaysia. Construction industry is one of the most hazardous industries with regard to work-related injury and fatality rates. Impact on the company would include loss working hours of injured employee, cost of repair and replacement of property and damages as well as increment in insurance premium. The purpose of the study is intended to examine the relationship between factors with safety performance at construction sites. This study investigates whether factors such as working environment, education & training, PPE and weather have any influence on safety performance. The study was conducted among construction workers at Sesco Sub-Station, Balingian, and Sarawak. A set of validated questionnaires were distributed to 100 construction workers. Data were examined based on 95 returned questionnaires (respond rate 95%). Data were analyzed with SPSS version 22 using descriptive and inferential statistics. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to measure the strength of relationship between independent and dependent variables. It was concluded that the most important factor affecting safety performance of the construction workers at SESCO Sub-Station, Balingian, and Sarawak is PPE.
Entrepreneurial Logistics Education in Institutions of Higher Learning: The Case of Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
Authors: Redzuan Razman Hafifi , Ibrahim Mohamed Dahlan , Hussein Muhammad Zaly Shah Muhammad
Published: July 2019

In recent times, the unemployment rate has been reported increasing as year passes as well as the nation’s economy been fluctuating (Department of Statistics Malaysia, 2016). Besides that, from the survey, it has been noted that students that eager to step into entrepreneurship field were insufficient to cope up with nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Therefore, the main objective of the research is to determine the number of logistics students possesses entrepreneurship personality. In addition, to identify whether the program offered could shift the mindset of logistics students become an entrepreneur as well as to provide suggestion to UMK in order to sustain the logistics program, survey was done in Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) City Campus, where 123 respondents were chosen out of 180 fourth year logistics students referring to Krejcie and Morgan table. Convenience sampling has been used to determine the sample size. The data was collected using a quantitative method where the questionnaires were designed using Holland Test Occupational Theme Model. Descriptive analyses were conducted to analyze the data obtained. From the finding, it’s proven that majority of logistics students are interested in becoming an entrepreneur as well as the entrepreneurial education offered by UMK is fitted in instilling plus producing more entrepreneur undergraduates especially in Logistics and Distributive Trade program.
O processo de territorialização do agronegócio global na Microrregião Geográfica de Rondonópolis – MT, a partir da década de 1970
Authors: Santos Roberto Souza
Published: July 2019

O artigo levanta uma discussão teórica e empírica sobre as contribuições do processo de modernização na reorganização do espaço agrário e no fortalecimento político e econômico de um grupo de atores sociais vinculados ao agronegócio na Microrregião de Rondonópolis – MT, a partir da década de 1970, com a introdução do progresso técnico-científico no espaço agrário dentro do modelo de produção capitalista. Observa e estuda a influência da introdução do progresso técnico-científico na modernização da economia e do espaço agrário, bem como o papel que este progresso desempenhou no fortalecimento político e econômico do setor ligado ao agronegócio. O texto aborda as estratégias dos agentes do agronegócio no processo de produção tanto a montante quanto a jusante no setor agrícola. Observa as ações e estratégias de territorialização das empresas globais do agronegócio e sua influência na reorganização e produção do espaço regional e a subordinação dos agricultores à sua arena geopolítica comercial. Adotou-se o método qualitativo e a elaboração do artigo baseou-se em uma revisão bibliográfica e em uma pesquisa empírica. Após o levantamento bibliográfico, procedeu-se a compilação, organização das ideias e interpretação dos dados e informações teóricas e empíricas disponíveis na literatura adotada e nas pesquisas de campo.
Reestruturação produtiva e transformações no emprego industrial frente ao avanço da silvicultura do eucalipto no Sudoeste Maranhense
Authors: Oliveira Allison Bezerra , Silva Daniely Lima , Leal Maria da Conceição Mesquita
Published: July 2019

O presente artigo tem por objetivo apresentar o processo recente de reestruturação produtiva pelo qual o sudoeste maranhense vem passando a partir da implantação da unidade fabril da Suzano Papel e Celulose no município de Imperatriz, bem como o consequente avanço da silvicultura do eucalipto como elemento motriz da cadeia produtiva dessa indústria. No centro de tais transformações, busca-se compreender as mudanças recentes no emprego industrial local, analisando os processos de requalificação profissional ordenados pela empresa e agentes locais para atender à estrutura econômica em curso e seu processo de especialização. A construção da base analítica de dados aqui apresentados considerou a produção cartográfica de áreas de avanço da silvicultura do eucalipto no Maranhão, os registros de instituições de formação em nível médio/técnico e superior da cidade-sede da indústria e dados do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística – IBGE (2017), do Instituto Brasileiro de Árvores (2017), da Relação Anual de Informações Sociais - RAIS (2018) e do Cadastro Geral de Empregados e Desempregados (2018). Os resultados obtidos sugerem que há em curso um processo de requalificação na formação do empregado local para atender às demandas da unidade fabril da Suzano no que compete ao fornecimento de força de trabalho.
Resíduos sólidos e a solução de problemas locais em bairros periféricos: o caso do Programa Lixo Que Vale de Umuarama - PR
Authors: Kuhn Angela Danielle , Neves Fabio de Oliveira
Published: July 2019

Os resíduos sólidos têm sido interpretados como problema socioespacial, já que têm o potencial de degradação ambiental e ameaça à saúde pública. No entanto, há uma percepção alternativa destes enquanto solução, pois materiais reaproveitados podem ser respostas a problemas sociais, econômicos e ambientais. Gerir os resíduos sólidos de modo criativo e reinseri-los no ciclo de produção é um desafio. Em Umuarama-PR desenvolve-se o programa Lixo que Vale, com o objetivo de estimular a separação entre resíduos domésticos recicláveis e orgânicos e de resolver problemas ambientais e sociais em bairros periféricos: Jabuticabeiras, Sete Alqueires, Industrial, Arco Íris, Viveiros e Alto da Glória. O objetivo deste artigo é analisá-lo no período de sua existência (2010-2018), considerando os diferentes agentes sociais envolvidos e as estratégias do poder público na resolução de problemas locais. Para isso, discutiu-se a problemática do lixo enquanto fenômeno socioespacial, como problema ou solução para questões locais. Em seguida, realizou-se levantamento de dados sobre a gestão municipal dos resíduos sólidos. Posteriormente, realizaram-se entrevistas semiestruturadas visando caracterizar o programa, levantar opiniões e compreender suas fragilidades. Os resultados mostram que o programa consegue atingir distintas áreas (ambiental, alimentar, emprego e renda) e distribui seus benefícios entre diferentes agentes (população, agricultores e catadores). Algumas fragilidades ameaçam sua permanência: mudanças na gestão municipal e dependência de recursos públicos.
Políticas públicas e desenvolvimento territorial: uma análise do Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar nos municípios de Dracena e Regente Feijó - SP
Authors: Colnago Ellen Tamires Pedriali , Hespanhol Rosangela Aparecida de Medeiros
Published: July 2019

A descentralização política e administrativa, ocorrida na década de 1990, associada à eminência da abordagem territorial, modificaram as condições de execução de políticas públicas, como o PNAE. Nos anos 2000, com a incorporação dos agricultores familiares como fornecedores da alimentação escolar, esse programa ganhou maior relevância social. Buscando apresentar a operacionalização do Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar (PNAE), nos municípios de Dracena e Regente Feijó, localizados no Estado de São Paulo, foram adotados como procedimentos metodológicos revisão da literatura em fontes bibliográficas, realização de entrevistas com os atores sociais, formadores do arranjo institucional, necessário para o funcionamento do PNAE, e aplicação de questionários com os agricultores familiares participantes do programa. Em Dracena e Regente Feijó, ocorre a participação do Setor da Alimentação Escolar e dos agrônomos pertencentes às Casas de Agricultura para o desenvolvimento do programa e a inserção da agricultura familiar. Contudo, a atuação do Conselho de Alimentação Escolar (CAE), não ocorre da mesma forma. Em Dracena, ele é mais atuante que o de Regente Feijó, assim como a participação dos produtores rurais no primeiro município através de uma cooperativa permite a inserção dos agricultores familiares em outras políticas públicas, situação que não ocorre no município de Regente Feijó, pois os produtores participam do PNAE por meio de um grupo informal, tendo neste programa a única alternativa de comercialização de seus produtos.
Capoeira e identidade cultural: um esforço de análise a partir das narrativas de mestres capoeiristas
Authors: Oliveira Elvis Reis de , Freire Ana Lucy Oliveira
Published: July 2019

Este trabalho é desdobramento de uma pesquisa de mestrado que se propôs a investigar como os grupos de capoeira localizados na cidade de Vitória – ES exercem a sua prática, evidenciando aspectos que promovam a consolidação das identidades culturais no território em que se encontram inseridos. A investigação apresenta como foco de estudo seis grupos de capoeira: Barraveto, Volta ao Mundo, Beribazu, Renascer, Herança Cultural e Sapeba Capoeira. Esse artigo é construído com base em entrevistas realizadas aos mestres de capoeira. Consideramos este indivíduo como o catalisador de opiniões dentro do grupo; aquele que, em limitado processo de feedback com seus discípulos, forma e informa a ideologia do grupo. O mestre exerce a função de referência e autoridade máxima, sendo respeitado e obedecido. As narrativas construídas, por meio das entrevistas, foram primordiais para entendermos e refletirmos sobre os componentes que integram a territorialidade dos grupos de capoeira, os quais colaboram para a ampliação da identidade cultural. Notamos que o principal componente desse processo são os valores transmitidos pela oralidade e pela experiência de vida dos mestres, que passam de geração a geração.
Ambivalência nas avaliações em concursos públicos para professores de Geografia do Estado do Paraná
Authors: Xavier Rafael Gonçalves , Moura Jeani Delgado Paschoal
Published: July 2019

Este artigo debate os tipos de avaliações aplicadas em concursos para professores do ensino básico da rede pública do Estado do Paraná, buscando responder a seguinte problemática: os critérios de avaliação publicados nos editais têm sido eficazes na seleção qualitativa, levando em conta os saberes necessários para o exercício da docência em Geografia no ensino básico? Utiliza-se como metodologia a pesquisa qualitativa, com análise documental dos editais de concurso público para a contratação de professores de Geografia para a educação básica, à luz de abordagens teóricas que sustentam o debate sobre a formação qualitativa e os atributos esperados desse profissional. Como resultados, constatou-se a fragilidade avaliativa dos últimos concursos públicos voltados a professores de Geografia do Paraná, uma vez que utilizam instrumentos cujos critérios não avaliam o saber docente de forma qualitativa e mais próxima do que se julga ideal.
Diagnóstico ambiental a partir da declividade, erosividade, erodibilidade e o Índice SAVI no semiárido piauiense: estudo de caso no município de Juazeiro do Piauí
Authors: Dos Santos Francílio de Amorim
Published: July 2019

O estudo objetivou caracterizar os componentes ambientais e avaliar e realizar diagnóstico do estado do meio natural do município de Juazeiro do Piauí, a partir das variáveis biofísicas. O estudo empregou metodologia quantitativo-qualitativa e abordagem descritiva, com emprego do Diagnóstico Físico Conservacionista (DFC) e os programas computacionais USUAIS e QGIS. Desse modo, delineou-se o valor mínimo 6 para representar a melhor qualidade ambiental e o valor máximo 19 para o pior estado de conservação. A área estudada assenta-se sobre as formações geológicas sedimentares Cabeças (78,2%) e Pimenteiras (21,8%). O relevo apresenta altitudes que variam de 100 a 260 metros, predominando declividade plana a suave ondulada. O município é cortado pelos rios Poti e Parafuso e riacho Vertente e possui precipitações que oscilam entre 900 a 1.200 milímetros. Foram identificadas as seguintes subordens de solos: Latossolos Amarelos (44,6%), Neossolos Litólicos (39,2%), Neossolos Quartzarênicos (13,1%) e Planossolos Háplicos (3,1%). Esses solos são recobertos por estrato herbáceo a arbóreas mais encorpadas e cerrado rupestre. A fórmula descritiva do DFC apontou aumento da degradação ambiental no município de Juazeiro do Piauí da ordem de 1.067 unidades, considerando-se os anos de 1997 (11.448) e 2016 (12.515). Esse aumento possivelmente está associado à dinâmica das atividades econômicas e oscilações climáticas, que interferem no crescimento da cobertura vegetal. Logo, os dados devem ser tomados como elementos-chave para o planejamento territorial e a gestão e recuperação do quadro ambiental do município.
Determinação da umidade de solo pelos Métodos Estufa e Forno Micro-Ondas em diferentes texturas de um Latossolo Vermelho-Amarelo Sul-Amazônico
Authors: Dos Santos Salem Leandro Moura , Da Silva Filho Eliomar Pereira
Published: July 2019

Este estudo objetiva avaliar a secagem de solo entre o padrão estufa com fornos micro-ondas de diferentes potências, com destaque para análises de diferentes texturas de solos e as interações dos óxidos de ferro com as micro-ondas. Para tanto, foi avaliada a correlação e o nível de significância dos valores de umidade de solo, em porções de 100 gramas de texturas arenosa, argilosa e muito argilosa em estufa por 24 horas à temperatura de 105° Celsius e em dois fornos micro-ondas de diferentes potências reais a 100% de sua eficiência por cinco minutos. Além disto, foi procedida a análise do Índice de Vermelho das amostras para avaliação da existência de óxidos de ferro. Verificou-se um índice de correlação positivo de desidratação das amostras de R² 0,97; entre estufa e micro-ondas, tanto para as amostras argilosas como para as arenosas, utilizando a potência real média de 494,31 . Conclui-se que o forno micro-ondas oferece uma elevada eficiência para a secagem de solo. Contudo devem ser observadas discretas deficiências de secagem de solos argilosos contendo óxidos de ferro, que reduzem o percentual de secagem das amostras muito argilosas em torno de 0,69%, dada a dissipação das micro-ondas quando atingem os óxidos presentes nestes solos.
Atividade portuária, globalização e crescimento de Rio Grande e São José do Norte - RS - Brasil (1990 - 2010)
Authors: Parfitt Claure Morrone , Gallo Betty Braga , Alba Jose Maria Filippini
Published: July 2019

No século XXl a globalização tem impactado as relações porto-cidade no que se refere à sua dinâmica de crescimento, fato observado sobretudo em muitos centros urbanos ao redor do mundo. Observam-se novas formas de articulação da economia brasileira com o capitalismo internacional e também distintas caracterizações das cidades médias do país. Este trabalho tem por objetivo investigar o crescimento econômico, quanto ao PIB (Produto Interno Bruto), populacional e espacial a partir da expansão urbana de Rio Grande e São José do Norte no período de 1990-2010. Foram utilizadas imagens LANDSAT 5 do Sensor Thematic Mapper (TM). Os dados foram processados nos softwares Spring e ArcGIS. Como procedimentos também foi realizada pesquisa bibliográfica, no IBGE, FEE/RS (Fundação de Economia e Estatística do Rio Grande do Sul), entrevistas e visita aos locais de expansão. Os resultados demonstram, neste período, a associação entre o fenômeno da urbanização e a atividade portuária, com o crescimento de ambas as cidades. Conclui-se que proporcionalmente São José do Norte expandiu-se mais do que Rio Grande e ressalta-se o papel do Estado nesse processo.
Recognition of Variety for $100 Malaya Japanese Invasion Money Pick Number M8a: Capital Block Letter M and Number of Ropes
Authors: Daud Dazmin
Published: July 2019

In this paper varieties which have not been described in numismatic reference book of the World War II Remembered-History in Your Hands-A Numismatic Study and numismatic major catalogues of Pick and KN Boon are introduced. It is shown that the $100 Malaya Japanese Invasion Money, Pick number “M8a” (Pick # M8a) has other types of varieties by scoping their capital block letter “M” and “number of ropes” respectively. The recognition of variety on paper money is an important problem for private collectors and numismatic researchers responsible for the classification of numismatic collections. The paper presents a research approach for recognizing unlisted varieties in paper money of M8a. Using convenience sampling, 81 pieces of the $100 M8a were analysed for the dimension, faceplate, backplate and block letter. This paper provides an insight for Japanese Invasion Money collectors to be aware of regarding the new varieties found from the paper money.
Investigation of Spin-on Dopants and Curing Temperature Effect on Dopant Activation
Authors: Patel Bhavink , Saporito Martin , Cui Runye , Malallah Khaled , Alsubaiei Mohammad , Du Wei
Published: July 2019

Spin-on dopant technique has been investigated in the paper. The boron and phosphorus were used as p- and n-type dopant sources and were deposited on silicon substrates, followed by the baking process to evaporate the solvents from spin-on dopant layers. The standard drive-in process was applied to diffuse and activate the dopants. The curing temperature varied from 150 to 200 oC to investigate the temperature effect on dopant activation. It is suggested that for our selected spin-on dopant sources, the curing temperature and time of 175 oC and 60 minutes would lead to the best result of dopant activation during drive-in process, evidenced by the lowest sheet resistance, which was measured using four-point probe measurement method. 
Responsiveness in Family Planning Service Using Android-Based Smart Contraception Application
Authors: Irmadani Andi Syarifah , Nontji Werna , Syarif Syafruddin , Ahmad Mardiana , Asad Suryani , Syam Azniah , Jamil Nurhayani
Published: July 2019

Introduction: Midwifery documentation is a process of recording, reporting, and storing the information or meaningful data which based on the accurate and complete written communication. The documentation is an evidence of the implementation of midwifery care which is useful for midwives, patients, and other health workers.

Materials and Methods: The study employed comparative method with quasi-experiment design. By employing purposive sampling technique, 84 acceptors of family planning were chosen. Moreover, they were divided into two groups; 42 acceptors who used conventional documentation and 42 acceptors who used Smart Contraception documentation. The data were analyzed by using Univariate analysis to find out the mean and Bivariate analysis by using Chi-square test.

Results: From 29 out of 42 (69%) samples, it was found that the accessibility of documentation by using Smart Contraception was easier than using conventional method, meanwhile 13 out of 42 (31%) samples found it difficult. In conventional method, 23 out of 42 (54,8%) samples found it easier in documenting by using conventional method than using Smart Contraception application, meanwhile 19 out of 42 samples found it difficult. The statistical result showed that p value 0.006 (<0.05) which means that there was difference between the use of Smart Contraception application and conventional method in doing documentation.

Conclusion: Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that Smart Contraception was better on documentation accessibility than conventional documentation.
Developing and Testing Gluten-Free Spaghetti using Quinoa
Authors: Caratini Cindy , Rosentrater Kurt A.
Published: July 2019

The goal of this study was to make quinoa pasta only with flour and water using extrusion processing and to compare quinoa spaghetti with commercial spaghetti from Barilla containing gluten thanks to physico-chemical tests. First, using a KitchenAid, several tests were carried out in order to find the recipe with a suitable proportion of water and quinoa flour. After the moisture content has been found, three formulations with the same moisture content (38%) were selected using several percentage of pre-gelatinization (20%, 30% and 40%) in order to compare the influence of level of pre-gelatinization on dough properties. The pre-gelatinization was in order to improve the texture and the appearance of pasta because with 38% of moisture content without pre-gelatinization, pasta were too breakable and sticky. However, as regarding results on physico-chemical properties, pre-gelatinization had increased the percentage of cooking loss and the water activity. Moreover, the pre-gelatinization did not have an impact on moisture content, unit density, cooking time and the texture. Concerning the color, the pre-gelatinization had improved the lightness only for 30% of pre-gelatinization. The main problem with the pre-gelatinization was an excessive starch swelling which caused damage, an irreversible disruption of the protein-starch network. Moreover, the optimal formulation (30%) used to produce quinoa pasta with extruder, did not have good results. According to sensory analysis, the major problem with quinoa pasta was due to the texture, which was too breakable, with a lack of firmness, as well as the color of quinoa pasta.
Luminescence Spectra of C6H9EuO6 x H2O Doped Synthetic Opals Matrix Containing Bi-Active Dielectrics
Authors: Sal Bilal Abu
Published: July 2019

This paper presents the results of experimental studies for the luminescence spectral intensity redistribution of opal photonic crystals containing various active dielectrics - Bi12SiO20, opal - Bi2TeO5 and opal - NaBi(MoO4)2 matrix nanocomposites and filled with europium C6H9EuO6 x H2O salt. Ultraviolet excitation was provided by semiconductor laser operating at wavelengths of 400nm and 100 mW average power. An increase in the integral luminescence intensity of the matrix composite opal - Bi12SiO20: Eu3+ was found. The possibility of the participation of bismuth ions as a co-activator and luminescence concentrator also is analyzed. It has been proposed to use opal-Bi12SiO20 nanocomposite filled with europium as a potentially attractive material to improving the solar cell efficiency.
La transición de la enseñanza primaria a la enseñanza secundaria. Un estudio exploratorio en Brasil
Authors: Fagundes Caterine , Saraiva Mateus
Published: July 2019

La universalidad de la secundaria, la última etapa de la educación básica, obligatoria y gratuita, está en marcha en Brasil. Una de las dificultades que han surgido para implantarla ha sido asegurar la progresión continua de los estudiantes ingresantes. Con el objetivo de analizar la calidad de la transición de primaria a secundaria, propusimos realizar una investigación en una escuela pública ubicada en Porto Alegre. A partir de las referencias teóricas sobre el estudio de las transiciones, realizamos la triangulación de los datos cuantitativos y cualitativos que surgían del sistema de evaluación brasileño y del análisis de las respuestas que los estudiantes dieron a un cuestionario estructurado. Los principales resultados apuntan a que la mayoría de los jóvenes han transitado hasta la escuela secundaria desde el mismo centro donde realizaron primaria, que más de la mitad de los encuestados indica que concluirá la educación básica dentro de los rangos etarios apropiados y que se han encontrado mejoras en su tarea como alumnos. Los datos obtenidos permiten concluir que el factor de motivación fue decisivo para un buen rendimiento académico y para la permanencia en la escuela hasta el último año de educación básica.
Estudio longitudinal del proceso de abandono y reingreso de estudiantes de Ciencias Sociales. El caso de Administración y Dirección de Empresas
Authors: Torrado Fonseca Mercedes , Figuera Gazo Pilar
Published: July 2019

La prevención del abandono de los estudios superiores constituye uno de los retos más importantes de la política universitaria actual. El análisis que se presenta en este artículo forma parte de la investigación Trayectorias de abandono, persistencia y graduación en Ciencias Sociales (EDU2012-31568). Específicamente, se analiza el proceso que ha seguido una cohorte de estudiantes de Administración y Dirección de Empresas (ADE) de la Universidad de Barcelona durante el período 2010-2015 en referencia al abandono y su evolución a lo largo del tiempo. El proceso atiende a tres aspectos fundamentales: momento y situación académica previa, motivos e impacto emocional y reingreso universitario. Se ha llevado a cabo un estudio descriptivo mediante entrevista telefónica en que han participado 225 de los 393 estudiantes que han abandonado definitivamente la carrera (un 57,3%). Los resultados confirman diferencias significativas en su valoración sobre los motivos de deserción relacionados con el año de abandono. La probabilidad de reingreso presenta también diferencias en función del año y del impacto emocional de la decisión. Se confirma la incidencia de la vía de acceso a los estudios superiores sobre el abandono y la conducta de reingreso posterior del estudiante. Se reflexiona sobre la importancia de establecer sistemas continuados de diagnóstico a lo largo de la trayectoria académica del estudiante universitario.
Las trayectorias profesionales de los estudiantes de máster en Educación: un análisis desde las expectativas y la transición
Authors: Justiniano Domínguez María Delia
Published: July 2019

El artículo describe la realidad de los estudios postgraduales en Educación en el contexto boliviano. Los cambios estructurales de la educación superior boliviana exigen el análisis de la formación desde dos puntos de vista: el sociocognitivo y el estructural. A partir del fundamento que permiten establecer las teorías estructuralistas de Lent, Cabrera, Tinto, Pascarella y Terenzini, entre otros, se presenta un postulado centrado en el análisis sobre las trayectorias universitarias, los itinerarios de la formación postgradual, las teorías sobre la transición y las expectativas de los alumnos. El método utilizado en la investigación es de carácter cuantitativo y sirve para definir las características del instrumento de recolección de datos y el procedimiento para su aplicación. Los resultados permiten visualizar elementos clave como la procedencia académica, la elección de los estudios, el proyecto profesional y el cumplimiento de objetivos que permiten estructurar procesos de trayectoria universitaria.
Presentación
Authors: Jurado de los Santos Pedro , Llanes Ordóñez Juan
Published: July 2019

Presentación del volumen 55/2: Transiciones educativas.