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The Technology is not the Cultural Form?: Raymond Williams's Sociological Critique of Marshall McLuhan
Authors: Jones Paul
Published: August 2017

Abstract: This article's prime aim is to provide an exegesis of Raymond Williams's neglected "mature'' theorization of means of communication. Much of this aspect of his cultural materialism is articulated as a critique of Marshall McLuhan. Williams attempts to recover and develop what he saw as the lost early promise of McLuhan's work. The article thus takes the form of an account of the complex relationship between the two authors' projects from their common origins in English literary criticism through to Williams's rejection of McLuhan's proto-postmodern avant-gardism. The normative sociological typologization of means of communication offered by Williams is argued to be directly relevant to contemporary research. Résumé: Le but principal de cet article est de donner une exègèse des théories "matures" négligées de Raymond Williams sur les moyens de communications. Williams articule une bonne partie de cet aspect de son matérialisme culturel sous forme d'une critique de Marshall McLuhan. Il essaie de récupérer et de développer ce qu'il perçoit comme la promesse inaccomplie des premiers ouvrages de McLuhan. Cet article prend ainsi la forme d'un compte-rendu du rapport complexe entre les projets des deux auteurs, -- partir de leurs origines communes dans la critique littéraire anglaise jusqu'au rejet par Williams de l'avant-gardisme postmoderne avant la lettre de McLuhan. L'article soutient en outre que la typologie sociologique normative des moyens de communications offerte par Williams est directement pertinente -- la recherche contemporaine.
The Effect of Cultural Differences on the International Co-production of Television Programs and Feature Films
Authors: McFadyen Stuart , Hoskins Colin , Finn Adam
Published: August 2017

This article examines the perceptions of Canadian, Australian, and Japanese participants in international co-productions of television programs and feature films. Benefits and drawbacks experienced in each country are reported. The results show that not only do co-production partners in different countries experience different benefits and drawbacks but that many of these differences can be traced to the cultural characteristics of each partner and the extent of the cultural difference that exists between the partners in a given project.
International Reporting in Canadian Newspapers: Results of a Survey of Daily Newspaper Editors
Authors: Soderlund Walter C. , Lee Martha F.
Published: August 2017

Research demonstrates that the press performs an important role in interpreting world events for the Canadian population (both the masses and the elites) and serves as an information conduit linking the government and the governed in the policy-formation process. This study examines both of these roles of the press based on data collected from a questionnaire that was mailed to the editors of Canada’s 107 daily newspapers in the spring of 1995. The data is also compared to that generated in a similar study of Canadian newspaper editors conducted in 1988. The study reveals that editors believe the mass public is much more powerful than newspapers in influencing Canadian foreign policy. Paradoxically, they rank international stories at the bottom of their hierarchies of importance, and the number of international stories published is declining. This limits both mass and elite input into the foreign policy process, and could prove to have a significant negative political impact.
Exploring Policy Issues of Electronic Cash: The Mondex Case
Authors: Stalder Felix , Clement Andrew
Published: August 2017

Electronic cash in Canada is moving from the developmental into the implementation phase. Mondex, a smart card-based electronic money system, began its most extensive field trial worldwide on February 13, 1997 in Guelph, Ontario, foreshadowing a Canadian nationwide roll-out. This paper introduces the basic concepts of electronic money and describes the Mondex system and the dynamics of its current test in detail. This provides the basis for an analysis of its social and political implications. Mondex raises interrelated questions of access, privacy, and the development of private currencies. We conclude that Mondex has a strong potential, but if the implementation is completely market driven there is a substantial danger of excluding whole segments of the population from a technology which is positioned to become a key element of the future technological infrastructure. The flexibility of the Mondex system creates a new, potentially significant threat to the individual’s privacy. Electronic cash, by effectively introducing private currencies, contributes to the decrease of economic influence of the nation state’s institutions vis-à-vis global financial institutions. The paper concludes by proposing starting points for the policy debate to develop an inclusive and privacy-safeguarding framework for implementing electronic cash in Canada.
Public Service Media, Old and New: Vitalizing a Civic Culture?
Authors: Dahlgreen Peter
Published: August 2017

By the mid-1990s, the crisis in public service broadcasting in Sweden had passed and a new stability had emerged. In this situation, the two non-commercial television channels share the airwaves—and the public—chiefly with the new commercial terrestrial channel, TV4. This channel manifests a form of “popular public service.” Yet the new stability is being challenged by social and cultural developments in Sweden, especially various forms of social fragmentation. The main argumen,t is that a key role of public service broadcasting must be to enhance the democratic character of society. This can best be achieved by promoting what is called a civic culture, and the text discusses what this entails. The discussion concludes with some reflections on the emergence of digital television and how it could best further the public service project.
Is There a “Canadian” Approach to the Study of Organizational Communication?
Authors: Taylor James R.
Published: August 2017

Although few departments in Canada have identified organizational communication as an area for priority development, this paper argues that there is at least a virtual “Canadian approach” to the field. It outlines three factors that might serve to distinguish such an approach: (1) the influence of Harold Innis; (2) the crossroads situation of Canadian scholars, resulting in a confluence of both European and American ideas; and, inspired by an analysis by Maurice Charland of the divergent constitutional ontologies of Canada and the United States, (3) the special circumstances of the Canadian experience as a seedbed for Canadian intellectual inquiry. The paper concludes by proposing that the Canadian “way” may indeed be postmodern.
The Terrorists’ Best Ally: The Quebec Media Coverage of the FLQ Crisis in October 1970
Authors: Cohen-Almagor Raphael
Published: August 2017

During the past 40 years or so there have been many instances in which media coverage of terrorist events was problematic, evoking public criticism and antagonizing the authorities. The paper opens by mentioning some of the most troubling episodes and then reflects on some incidents that took place in Canada, a country that has not typically suffered from terrorism. The paper focuses on the FLQ crisis in October 1970, arguably the most problematic event of all, and shows that some organs of the French media co-operated with the terrorists because they felt sympathy with the FLQ’s basic premise and did not really perceive them as terrorists. The crisis escalated rapidly into a state of national emergency and the War Measures Act was invoked. Some segments of the media played a significant role in provoking the authorities to such a dramatic action.
Speaking and Hearing: Aboriginal Newspapers and the Public Sphere in Canada and Australia
Authors: Avison Shannon , Meadows Michael
Published: August 2017

Disenfranchised Aboriginal people in both Canada and Australia have had a long struggle to gain access to democratic institutions like the media. Aboriginal newspapers since the late nineteenth century in Australia, and early twentieth century in Canada, have played a crucial role in the symbolic reclamation of space for an Aboriginal public sphere. In this paper, we suggest that a combination of social and political events, along with particular policy environments, enabled the formation of Aboriginal public spheres through access to media technologies-in this case, the press. While broadcasting and multimedia may dominate the popular imaginary, it was print technology which set up the framework on which the emerging Aboriginal communications industry is built.
Public Service Broadcasting Beyond 2000: Is There a Future for Public Service Broadcasting?
Authors: Collins Richard , Finn Adam , McFadyen Stuart , Hoskins Colin
Published: August 2017

This article focuses on the media coverage of a strike at the Irving Oil Refinery in Saint John, New Brunswick, between 1994 and 1996. A variety of central issues are examined, including: monopoly ownership of the New Brunswick media by the Irving Group of Companies, the ideological presentation of strikes in general, and the representation of changing labour relations in a postindustrial, globally oriented society. The four New Brunswick English-language daily papers as well as selected English-language papers elsewhere in Canada were analyzed for their representation of the strike. The paper argues that the media coverage reinforced an ideology of defeatism and aided in the increased legitimation of a "roll back" orientation in our society.
Correspondence, Constructs, and Qualification in World War I
Authors: McKenzie Andrea
Published: August 2017

This paper examines the archival correspondence of Vera Brittain and three companions to demonstrate the workings of censorship and self-censorship in wartime. Using Mikhail Bakhtin's notion of dialogism, I replace the traditional active soldier-writer/passive civilian-reader model with a model that envisions both reader and writer as active and influential, and as shaped by past and future discussions and "worldviews." Censorship thus becomes a site of active subversion, and self-censorship becomes a site of complexity, both subject to the construction of the audience and the relationship between the writer and reader. Finally, this exploration demonstrates the importance of archival work, where signatures, stamps, handwriting, enclosures, and corrections become significant clues to the writers' and readers' intentions.
The BELLE Project: Towards a National Digital-Content Repository
Authors: Ring Janelle L. , MacLeod Douglas
Published: August 2017

A key component of Canada's commitment to the emerging information age has been the extension of broadband Internet connectivity to institutions of higher education. However, the design and implementation of broadband applications that could support the goals of higher education has proved challenging for these institutions. This article introduces the BELLE (Broadband Enabled Lifelong Learning Environment) Project, an interprovincial initiative to prototype a national shared-digital content repository - a potentially transformative application for education. It outlines the goals and components of BELLE as well as the promises and challenges of digital-content infrastructures for educational and research activities, contextualized within current discourse about the information age.
InSite: Using Video-Conferencing Applications over CA*net3 to Enhance the Collaborative Process for National Research Teams
Authors: Matishak Andrea , Mitchell David
Published: August 2017

The InSite project aims to demonstrate how broadband video-conferencing technology can assist collaborative research goals. We propose a rigorous and thorough evaluation strategy based on a knowledge-management theoretical framework to deepen our understanding of broadband applications in a research setting. The sheer size and scope of the project will require the collective skills of a great number of technicians, researchers, and graduate students from various disciplines and institutions across Canada. In this sense the project is in itself a model for collaborative research using high-speed networking technologies. In addition to testing new broadband applications, the project will determine improvements to maximize their potential and make recommendations toward solving the "final mile" connectivity problem.
Rock the Nation: MuchMusic, Cultural Policy and the Development of English-Canadian Music-Video Programming, 1979-1984
Authors: Wagman Ira
Published: August 2017

This paper focuses on the various interrelationships between the Canadian sound recording industry, broadcasting community, cultural-policy practitioners, and the CRTC, which influenced the application process for MuchMusic (Canada's national music video service) between 1979 and the station's debut in 1984. These dates are significant as they witness the intersection of a sound recording industry seeking reinvigoration and additional government support; a broadcast regulator seeking television applicants of solid financial grounding; and a cultural-policy strategy oriented toward improving the marketing and distribution of Canadian cultural products. Each of these elements converge on one point of general assent: that Canada "needed" a national music video broadcaster.
Making Connections: Cultural and Social Cohesion in the New Millennium
Authors: Mitchell Ritva , Duxbury Nancy
Published: August 2017

An important stream of cultural policy thinking in recent years has concerned the cluster of public policy interests often subsumed within the term "social cohesion," yet conceptual and analytical examination of the linkages between social cohesion and culture (and, by extension, cultural policy) is young and underdeveloped. To address this situation, cultural researchers from Canada and Europe came together in Edmonton, Alberta, May 26-27, 2000, to participate in a round table entitled "Making Connections: Culture and Social Cohesion in the New Millennium." The round table was co-organized by the Canadian Cultural Research Network (CCRN) and the Cultural Information and Research Centres Liaison in Europe (CIRCLE) and sponsored by the Department of Canadian Heritage. This paper briefly reviews the main themes and ideas presented during this event.
Silences and Lies: How the Industrial Fishery Constrained Voices of Ecological Conservation
Authors: Corbin Carol
Published: August 2017

In combination with historical research, this paper uses interviews of fishers, fishery workers, scientists, and Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) enforcers and observers to recount the communication processes that occurred before the 1992 collapse of the cod fishery in Atlantic Canada. As the fishery industrialized over the course of the twentieth century, those who worked in the industry became increasingly segregated. Distinct discursive realms emerged, among them "fishers' vernacular," "scientific language," "product talk," and DFO's "official word." There was little dialogue between the groups and little collective opposition to the overfishing. DFO's "official word" claimed that the stocks were strong despite protestation to the contrary from several fishers' groups and DFO's own scientists. The outcome for the region was economically and ecologically devastating.
Film Policy under MERCOSUR: The Case of Uruguay
Authors: Falicov Tamara L.
Published: August 2017

This paper explores the cultural dimensions of regional integration that could result from the regional trade pact of the Latin American Southern Cone called MERCOSUR. The aim of this study is to understand whether cultural industries such as film can be aided by state policies that work to erase borders between neighbouring countries and to facilitate interchange and trade through regional integration. Despite grassroots mobilization by filmmakers, this cultural dimension of MERCOSUR has not been realized in any material fashion. This research explores the various reasons for the failure of this policy. The Uruguayan film industry serves as a case study of some of the obstacles to cultural integration.
Keynote Address: How Will We Live Together?
Authors: Jeanotte M. Sharon , Stanley Dick
Published: August 2017

As the planet grows ever more crowded, and smaller because of cheaper travel, the intermingling of diverse cultures will increasingly be the norm. One of the greatest demands which will be placed upon us will be to find ways for people to live together. The link between culture and social cohesion may be among the most challenging issues we will face. Culture may hold the key to finding accommodation within this diversity. This paper discusses how culture builds social trust and social capital, how it can promote democratic inclusiveness, and how it serves as a laboratory to experiment with social innovation and to test new symbolic resources.
Identifying the Links: Social Cohesion and Culture
Authors: Jenson Jane
Published: August 2017

The notion of social cohesion is widely used to discuss current economic, social, and political situations. It lacks a clear definition, however. This article's first section reviews some of the ways that social cohesion is used, while cautioning against falling back into nostalgia for a supposedly "golden age." A second section provides a discussion of the reasons why social cohesion is on the agenda in a time of globalization and neo-liberalism. The third section briefly raises some links between social cohesion and culture. The final section, by way of conclusion, raises the following two queries: How can social cohesion be maintained? Can there be "too much" social cohesion?
Culture, Connectedness, and Social Cohesion in Spain
Authors: Pascual i Ruiz Jordi
Published: August 2017

"Culture and social cohesion" is not (yet) an important policy or media issue in Spain. This article analyzes the reasons for this, emphasizing the importance of the full sociohistorical context (such as the late development of the "welfare" state, the importance of families in producing cohesion, and the territorial aspects of cultural diversity). New social developments, including the rise of economic globalization, the growth of individualism, and the increase of immigrants from poor countries, all converge around the question of "culture and social cohesion." A broader vision is needed of the possible actors, activities, and systems to help manage these issues, together with a greater emphasis on the role of local partnerships in the production of social capital and in building a more active general cultural participation.
Sharpening the Lens: Recent Research on Cultural Policy, Cultural Diversity, and Social Cohesion
Authors: Baeker Greg
Published: August 2017

Many of the assumptions surrounding "culture, connectedness, and social cohesion" must be held up to sharper scrutiny, including the nostalgia for a return to simpler times, when cultural consensus and social cohesion seemed easier to achieve. The challenge is not one of "repairing fractured cohesion" or "renewing civil society," but rather of envisioning a new civic realm where diversity is supported by more empirically grounded foundations for claims regarding the interconnections amongst these phenomena. Although we must acknowledge the enormous power of globalizing markets and communications systems, we also need to resist a simplistic equation of these factors with homogenizing cultural trends. Our current discourses related to culture, diversity, and social cohesion require a complete rethinking before we can proceed with policies to respond effectively.
The Third Sector: Cultural Diversity and Civil Society
Authors: A. Murray Catherine
Published: August 2017

This paper provides a general overview of the types, membership bases, major positions, and political strategies of cultural groups and policy networks in Canadian cultural policy. There is a need for independent and critical research which can assess and respond to the growth of the several cultural coalitions operating throughout civil society. Within this context, the Canadian and multilateral initiative around a separate cultural accord in global politics offers an avenue of possibility for Canadian rethinking of the value of cultural diversity on the local, national, and international levels. The paper concludes with some suggestions for applying the principles of civic realism to the politics of cultural diversity.
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Spinning a Legal Web: The Impact of the Internet on Canadian Law
Authors: Bol Jennifer
Published: August 2017

Much of the discussion about the Internet's impact on the law focuses on issues of jurisdiction and enforcement. This paper suggests that the rise of the Internet is also having a profound impact on the content and scope of existing laws, as well as creating impetus for the development of policy and legislation on new issues. This paper briefly discusses three distinct areas of law - child pornography, privacy, and broadcasting - that have been affected by the Internet in separate ways.
Mapping the Field: Knowledge Management
Authors: Wolfe Mark
Published: August 2017

Knowledge Management labours under the weight of research orientations and practical applications that proceed under its banner but do little to help clarify the nature of KM or the solutions it offers. A thematic analysis of relevant literatures verifies dominance of KM by Information Technology (IT) approaches and helps account for the field's popularity. However, questions are raised about the role of non-IT disciplines and literatures to sustain KM in light of the IT downturn, and the maturation of the field generally. Further bibliometric analysis is conducted to identify core and secondary KM literatures informing the field. Ideas and models from the complexity sciences are used to help conceptualize KM, and these too are probed in the literature for bibliometric evidence of relevance.
Portrayal of Canada in the Dutch Print Media
Authors: d'Haenens Leen
Published: August 2017

This article is devoted to the nature of recent news coverage of Canada in the on-line versions of eight Dutch newspapers. The research literature points to five recurrent frames in news reporting: conflict, human interest, economic impact, morality, and responsibility. Our central research question concerned the nature of recent news reporting on Canada in Dutch newspapers in terms of amount of coverage and themes dealt with - and whether this news reflects the news frames. Two periods of study included eight weeks of routine reporting early in 2001 and two event-driven crisis months starting with September 11. In-depth interviews were also conducted with media makers and experts on Canada regarding their perception of the overall quality of the Dutch news reporting on Canada.
Making Sense of Bad News: The Media, Sensemaking, and Organizational Crisis
Authors: O'Connell Caroline J. , Mills Albert J.
Published: August 2017

This paper explores the construction of organizational crisis through the discourse of media. Using a critical sensemaking framework, the authors conclude that the media serve as a disproportionate influence in the creation of plausible organizational narrative after crisis. They implicate the practices of journalistic work and the relationships between news workers and those holding power in organizations. They use the 1992 explosion at the Westray coal mine in Nova Scotia, Canada, where 26 men died, to illustrate these contentions. They find that among available and plausible early narratives of this event, enactment of a discourse of natural disaster and tragedy has prevailed over those that incorporated human agency and organizational culpability.
Les organisations entre récits et médias
Authors: D'Almeida Nicole
Published: August 2017

This article considers organizational communication as the production of narrations intended to unify spatially, temporally, and socially working groups threatened by implosion. These narrations legitimating economic action seek their place in the media. For a few years, using different methods in different countries, the mainstream media have devoted space to economic actors while specialized media dedicated to economic action have been gaining in importance. All of these media communicate company narratives, but it is companies' own media systems that privilege such narratives. These sophisticated media systems achieve a perfect correspondence between content and container, but their credibility is always in doubt.
Television and Canada's Aboriginal Communities
Authors: Baltruschat Doris
Published: August 2017

This paper traces the origins of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) and highlights current trends in indigenous film and television production. Indigenous film and television narratives are rooted in storytelling traditions and oral culture. They describe histories and communities, and highlight critical issues from land claims to language preservation. In spite of their local focus, film and television programs are also closely linked to global production modes through co-productions and international distribution. This results in a dichotomous dynamic: While First Nation producers are dedicated to preserving Aboriginal cultures, they also partake in the development of global cultural production.
EFEKTIVITAS PELAKSANAAN BEUT AL-QURAN BA’DA MAGHRIB DI KABUPATEN ACEH BESAR
Authors: Azwir Azwir
Published: August 2017

Learning the Quran is regarded as an essential activity in Muslim world in order to educate their young generations. However, in Aceh Besar district, many children and teenagers are not accustomed to reciting the Quran after the sunset prayer, but instead wandering around the street. Therefore, in 2012, the local government initiated a program of Beut al-Quran Ba’da Magrib in all villages in Aceh Besar district. This study attempted to figure out the effectiveness of the implementation of the program, strategy used, and impacts on the people in Aceh Besar. Held in Aceh Besar district, the study used cluster-based purposive sampling in Banda Safa, Lamcot, and Meunasah Karieng Lamlhom villages. The research participants were the Head of Islamic Law Office of Aceh Besar, teungku (Islamic teachers) of the program, santri (students) of the program, and community figures. In addition, the researcher had also collected some important documents reagrading this program. The data were collected by interview, observation, and documentation. The data were also triangulated. The findings indicated that the implementation of Beut al-Quran Ba’da Magrib program was not effective as expected. The strategy used was requiring school aged children to take part in the program. The impacts, however, were very good as the program has induced positive spirit of the young learners, as well as of the community and local environment. The positive impacts have encouraged other villages to implement similar programs. Nevertheless, there were still some obstacles that need to attention during the implementation of the program.
PENINGKATAN KETERAMPILAN TAJHIZ MAYIT MELALUI PENGGUNAAN LABORATORIUM PAI PADA SISWA KELAS XI IPA-1 SMA NEGERI 8 BANDA ACEH
Authors: Zamora Elvita
Published: August 2017

This research intended to know teachers’ activities to manage the learning process of tajhiz mayit by using the PAI laboratory; students’ activities in the tajhiz mayit by using the PAI laboratory; and the practical ability of students of class XI IPA-1 SMAN 8 Banda Aceh on tajhiz materials. This research is a Classroom Action Research (CAR) with four cycles, each consists of four stages: planning, implementation, observation, and reflection. The results of data analysis indicated that there wis an increase in the average value of students and their active participation in each subject matter, ranging from bathing, shrouding, doing prayer for, and burying the dead body. For example, teacher activity in managing learning process in the first cycle of first meeting on bathing the dead reached 64.28 in average falling into mild category; and at second meeting increased to 87.71 in average with good category. In the cycle II, on the first meeting on the subject of shrouding the dead body was 64.28 in average falling into mild category; and at the second meeting increased to 89.28 on average falling into a very good category. Likewise, the increase in the score average and students’ participations in other cycles after the use of CAR in the laboratory.
MUHAMMAD SYUHUDI ISMAIL (1943-1995); TOKOH HADITH PROLIFIK,ENSKLOPEDIK DAN IJTIHAD
Authors: Ilyas Fithriady , Bin Hj. Suliaman Ishak
Published: August 2017

This paper aims to investigate the prolific, encyclopedic and ijtihad aspects of an Indonesian hadith figure, Muhammad Syuhudi Ismail.He has brought significant aspects in the development of hadith studies in Indonesia, especially in Islamic Higher Education sectors. This paper is framed by using qualitative approach. In order to collect data, the author compiled both the individual and group work of Syuhudi Ismail; examined other authors work about Syuhudi; and conducted in-depth interviewswith his wife and students. The author used descriptive analysis to analyse the data. The findings show that the productivity of Syuhudi Ismail can be seen from his collections of 59 scientific works dated from the 1970s to 1990s: 8 books, 13 enncyclopedi entries, 38 papers, articles and research reports. From the ijtihad (interpretative) aspect, he is one of proponents of women leadership. Meanwhile, he claimed that plastic surgery for the purpose of enhancing beauty is prohibited. In hadith studies, he introduced the hadith sanad studies by considering the major and minor essence. In understanding the substance of hadith, he preferred the thematic and holistic approach. Finally, this paper concludes by discussing the challenges faced by hadith researchers of Islamic Higher Education sectors today, that is to obtain that aspects, to constantly exploring new methods in hadith studies and producing practical works in the field of hadith studies which are applicable and relevant for wider society.
Implantação de uma Unidade de Cuidados Paliativos num hospital de média complexidade de Londrina - PR: relato de experiência
Authors: Marcucci Fernando Cesar Iwamoto , Mendes Ivone Aparecida Soares , Dias Clarcia Aparecida Manaia , Do Nascimento Leonel Alves , Pedri Wânia Lavinia Nantes
Published: August 2017

A ocorrência de óbitos nos hospitais é frequente e exige destes serviços de saúde preparo para oferecer um cuidado integral até o fim da vida. O acesso aos Cuidados Paliativos (CP) é fundamental para o suporte nesta fase, mas ainda é limitado no Brasil. Assim, descreve-se a experiência de implantar uma unidade de CP num hospital de média complexidade. Inicialmente, foi formada uma comissão institucional, composta por profissionais do hospital, para planejar a implantação do atendimento em CP. Elaborou-se um protocolo institucional para organizar o fluxo de atendimento dos pacientes em fase avançada, definiram-se alterações na rotina do atendimento, na estrutura da unidade e realizou-se capacitação dos profissionais. A iniciativa é inovadora ao aplicar CP num hospital geral, com resultados iniciais satisfatórios. Por fim, apresenta-se uma discussão sobre este modelo de aplicação dos CP nas políticas públicas de saúde.
Diferenças de gênero na utilização dos serviços de saúde por indivíduos com diabetes mellitus tipo 2
Authors: Machado de Oliveira Rinaldo Eduardo , Baldoni Nayara Ragi , Ueta Julieta , Franco Laercio Joel
Published: August 2017

Objetivo: Analisar as diferenças de gênero na utilização dos serviços de saúde dos indivíduos com diabetes tipo 2. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo transversal realizado com 100 mulheres e 100 homens em Unidades de Saúde da Família de Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo. As variáveis de interesse foram sociodemográficas, estilo de vida e clínicas. Resultados: Predominou-se a autopercepção da saúde como muito boa/boa nos homens (61%) e mulheres (51%). O consumo do álcool foi maior nos homens (28%) que nas mulheres (4%). O tabagismo foi três vezes mais frequente entre os homens (18%). A maioria dos homens (73%) e mulheres (67%) utilizavam as Unidades de Saúde da Família para o tratamento do diabetes. A média de doenças autorreferidas associadas ao diabetes foi de 2,5 nas mulheres e 1,6 nos homens. Conclusões: Verificaram-se diferenças na relação entre gênero e cuidados em diabetes
Fatores que envolvem o alcance da maternidade por meio de material genético de terceiros
Authors: Da Lozzo Claudia Inês Aparecida , Villela Wilza Vieira
Published: August 2017

Objetivo: Identificar alguns dos obstáculos enfrentados por mulheres que buscam a maternidade utilizando material genético de terceiros. Método: estudo exploratório descritivo com abordagem qualitativa tendo como foco depoimentos disponíveis em dois espaços virtuais voltados para mulheres envolvidas na Reprodução Humana Assistida (RHA) heteróloga. Resultados: A análise dos relatos possibilitou identificar alguns obstáculos enfrentados por mulheres que buscavam a RHA heteróloga. Pode-se destacar o incentivo ao processo de tomada de decisão quanto à RHA heteróloga; solidariedade diante das vivências relatadas; socialização de experiências e compartilhamento do conhecimento construído; apoio a outras mulheres; doação compartilhada de oócitos e embriões; enfrentamento do preconceito quanto à utilização de gametas doados. Conclusão: Os blogs constituem importante fórum de discussões com compartilhamento de dúvidas, conhecimentos e explicitação das ambiguidades quanto ao tema. O anonimato parece favorecer essas trocas.
Políticas públicas de saúde voltadas à população LGBT e à atuação do controle social
Authors: Sobral Barros da Silva Jonatan Willian , E Silva Filho Carlos Nobre Nobre , De Carvalho Bezerra Hassyla Maria , Nascimento Duarte Kesia Valentim , De Macedo Quinino Louisiana Regadas
Published: August 2017

O artigo discorre sobre as políticas públicas de saúde criadas pelo governo federal, voltadas à população LGBT no Brasil, no período de 2004 a 2014, e sobre a atuação do controle social. O estudo bibliográfico foi realizado através da análise das políticas públicas e dos relatórios finais das conferências nacionais de saúde, com o objetivo de identificar quais foram as ações propostas e os possíveis entraves para sua efetivação. Verificou-se uma crescente visibilidade à promoção da equidade da população LGBT no Sistema Único de Saúde – SUS, embora ainda não seja suficiente para a efetivação destas. Em vista disso, aponta-se a necessidade da criação de dispositivos legais que proíbam práticas discriminatórias e de exclusão para com esta população nos serviços, bem como a implementação de ações e programas de educação permanente, uma reforma curricular e a atuação em conjunto com os movimentos sociais, para a desconstrução da “LGBTfobia” no SUS.
Vigilância em saúde no âmbito municipal: revisão integrativa
Authors: Silva João Felipe Marques , Carvalho Brígida Gimenez
Published: August 2017

Com objetivo de analisar a gestão e a organização da vigilância em saúde, tendo em vista o conceito de vigilância ampliada, bem como de suas ações e atribuições no município, realizou-se uma revisão integrativa da literatura, a partir da análise de dezessete artigos indexados nas bases de dados nacionais SCIELO e LILACS, 70% publicados entre 2009-2015, e oito documentos oficiais e de centros de formação profissional, permitindo a construção de duas categorias de análise. Os resultados da revisão apontam que o conceito de vigilância em saúde deveria incorporar a integração das atividades para uma atenção ampliada. Para o alcance desses resultados destaca-se a necessidade de compartilhamento do saber conjunto e do saber específico de cada uma das vigilâncias, bem como a importância de ações da gestão no processo de trabalho, na alocação de recursos, na capacidade técnica, e gestora municipal.
Relato de Experiência sobre o desenvolvimento de um Plano Operativo para a reestruturação da logística de antirretrovirais no estado do Paraná
Authors: Dias Frederico Alves , Czepula Alexandra Ingrid dos Santos , Strapasson Giovanna Chipon
Published: August 2017

O presente trabalho trata-se de um relato de experiência sobre o desenvolvimento de um Plano Operativo (PO) através das estratégias do Planejamento Estratégico Situacional (PES) durante o Curso de Especialização de Gestão da Assistência Farmacêutica da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, no ano de 2014. Foi desenvolvida uma análise descritiva e explicativa do referido plano, refletindo sobre sua execução, potencialidades e fragilidades. Este relato teve como objetivo principal descrever a execução do referido PO, relacionando o problema trabalhado com sua importância para a assistência farmacêutica e a experiência vivida durante a sua construção para os atores envolvidos. Como objetivos específicos buscou-se identificar a relevância do PES para a execução de planejamentos de rotina e verificar a implantação do que foi proposto no PO. A partir dos resultados obtidos, foi possível verificar que as ferramentas dinâmicas do PES podem auxiliar todos os profissionais de saúde no planejamento de suas ações no dia a dia de trabalho e na resolução de conflitos ou situações-problema frequentemente encontrados na assistência farmacêutica de estados e municípios.
Conhecimento sobre acolhimento com classificação de risco pela equipe da Atenção Básica
Authors: Rocha Najara Barbosa da , Franchin Ana Tereza , Gasparetto André , Lolli Luiz Fernando , Fujimaki Mitsue
Published: August 2017

Objetivou-se avaliar o conhecimento sobre acolhimento com classificação de risco dos funcionários na atenção básica de um município do Paraná. Trata-se de pesquisa descritiva, exploratória, quantitativa, realizada com funcionários da UBS, por pesquisador calibrado, utilizando questionário com dados demográficos e sobre acolhimento com classificação de risco. Os funcionários relataram que o espaço físico da UBS não é suficiente para realizar acolhimento (62,5%) e acomodar o acompanhante (75%). As dimensões estrutura, processo e resultado foram classificadas como precárias. A maioria dos funcionários concordou que acolhimento deixa um ambiente aconchegante (62,5%) e promove conforto ao usuário (56,3%). Apesar de apenas 42,9% terem sido treinados, 50% dos funcionários atendiam de forma humanizada. Conclui-se que os funcionários mostraram disposição em atender o paciente com humanização, porém ainda há pouco conhecimento sobre acolhimento com classificação de risco, necessitando de educação permanente para qualificação da equipe.
Análise de tendência da taxa de mortalidade prematura por doenças crônicas não transmissíveis no estado do Paraná entre 2000 e 2013
Authors: Oliveira Edmilson De , Faoro Nilza Teresinha , Cubas Raquel Ferraro
Published: August 2017

Objetivo: Analisar a tendência da taxa de mortalidade prematura por doenças crônicas não transmissíveis (DCNT), no estado do Paraná, entre os anos 2000 a 2013.Método: Trata-se de um estudo de séries temporais, de taxa de mortalidade por DCNT, que considerou a mortalidade por Doenças do Aparelho Circulatório (DAC), Doenças do Aparelho Respiratório (DAR), Neoplasias e Diabetes Mellitus em indivíduos de 30 a 69 anos.Resultados: Identificaram-se maiores taxas de mortalidade prematura em indivíduos do sexo masculino. Entre os grupos de causas, as DAC foram as que apresentaram maiores taxas de mortalidade, seguidas pelas Neoplasias, Diabetes Mellitus e DAR. Os Coeficientes de Regressão (CR), tanto do estado, quanto das 22 Regionais de Saúde, foram negativos, com tendência decrescente, apenas para as Neoplasias e para o Diabetes Mellitus o CR foi crescente.Conclusão: A mortalidade prematura por DCNT no estado do Paraná é decrescente, isto indica um cenário de redução na mortalidade por DCNT para os próximos anos.
Caracterização geológica e geofísica do sistema aquífero urucuia e de seu substrato nas bacias dos Rios Arrojado e Formoso, Bahia
Authors: Lima Olivar Antônio Lima de , Santos Emerson Sidinei Mota dos
Published: August 2017

As características hidrogeológicas do sistema aquífero Urucuia e de seu substrato nas bacias dos rios Arrojado e Formoso foram estudadas usando dadosgeológicos de poços, dados gravimétricos e geodésicos e sondagens elétricas verticais. Perfis litológicos e geofísicos de poços profundos perfurados no Grupo Urucuia nas vizinhas sub-bacias dos rios das Fêmeas e dos Cachorros, possibilitaram a identificação de três fácies geofísicas constituintes dessa sequência, identificadas como as formações geológicas denominadas de: Serra das Araras, Posse e Geribá. Quinhentas e sessenta e cinco estações gravimétricas e geodésicas foram levantadas na área com uma densidade aproximada de três estações por 100 km2. Mapas de isovalores da gravidade absoluta, de anomalias Bouguer e de anomalias gravimétricas residuais permitiram definir mais precisamente a estrutura de blocos falhados inferida a partir da morfologia do terreno, assim como delinear a configuração regional do substrato geológico subjacente ao Grupo Urucuia. Sessenta e cinco sondagens elétricas Schlumberger, expandidas até uma separação máxima de eletrodos de correnteAB/2 de 1.000 m, foram usadas para definir a geometria do aquífero e a estrutura de seu substrato no intervalo de profundidades entre 0 e 500 m. A inversão automática unidimensional dos dados de resistividade versus AB/2 foi calibrada com dados de poços, fixando-se os valores da profundidade do nível fréatico. Os resultados geoelétricos permitiram inferir a natureza não-confinada do fluxo subterrâneo no aquífero e mapear algumas de suas interfaces geológicas internas. Permitiram também definir a estrutura e composição do seu substrato, assim como detectar um divisor de fluxo hídrico subterrâneo na porção ocidental da área. Localmente, é possível a ocorrência de condições de confinamento parcial causadas por intensa silicificação de alguns horizontes arenosos.
SEDIMENTARY TRANSPORT IN COASTAL BAYS: CASE STUDY OF VITÓRIA AND ESPÍRITO SANTO BAYS – ES – BRAZIL
Authors: Neves Rafael C. , Quaresma Valéria Da S. , Bastos Alex C. , Silva Júlio C.R. da
Published: August 2017

Coastal sediment dynamics is strongly influenced by distinct agents such as waves, currents, tides and wind. Sediment transport pattern is associatedto the prevailing forcing mechanisms which will be typical for each study area. This investigation has collected and analyzed in situ hydrodynamics data (using anADP – Nortek AS Aquadopp (2 MHz)) at two distinct sites along the Vit´oria coastal area. Results have shown a significant difference in hydrodynamics and associatedinduced sediment transport patterns. Espírito Santo Bay showed a quite complex circulation pattern associated to the influence of cold front systems, being dominatedby storm waves that resuspend sediments that are swept away by the combined action of currents and waves. Vitória Bay, on the contrary, is dominated by tidalcurrents, with a strong ebb-dominated asymmetry. The results have shown that net transport direction is towards the mouth of the bay, indicating sediment exportwithin this system.
Characterization of medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances in the brazilian low latitude sector – Statistical Analysis of All-Sky Images of oi 630 nm airglow emission
Authors: Amorim Danielle Cristina de Morais , Pimenta Alexandre Alvares , Almeida Aline Amorim de
Published: August 2017

In order to characterize the phenomenon known as Medium-Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (MSTIDs), we present in this paper the resultsobtained from the statistical analysis of 10.5 years all-sky images of OI 630 nm airglow emission over the Brazilian low latitude sector. The images, which were obtainedby an all-sky imager installed at Cachoeira Paulista (22.7◦S, 45◦W), show dark band structures propagating from southeast to northwest with velocities of 50-200 m/s.Our results show the greatest occurrence of MSTIDs during solar minimum and a minor occurrence rate during descending and ascending solar activity periods. Duringsolar maximum activity we have not detected MSTIDs signatures on all-sky images. In relation to seasonality, the greatest frequency of occurrence is during local winter.All detected events have occurred during geomagnetically quiet conditions (Kp<3). Possible mechanisms of generation of this phenomenon are discussed.
Simplified modeling of downwelling long-wave radiation over brazilian semi-arid under irrigation conditions
Authors: Araújo Argemiro Lucena , Silva Bernardo Barbosa da , Braga Célia Campos
Published: August 2017

Data collected in a micrometeorological campaign conducted in a banana orchard in a semi-arid land of Brazil in the period from 2005 to 2006 were usedfor a long-wave radiation (LWR) study. The objective of the study was the calibration and determination of a long-wave radiation models. In this sense, two establishedmodels were used for estimating apparent emissivity of the atmosphere locally calibrated. The percentage and root square errors obtained by calibrated equations wereequal to 3.28% and 16.10 Wm-2 for the model of Brutsaert and 2.46% and 12.68 Wm-2 for the model Bastiaanssen. It was found that the errors obtained with thecalibrations performed substantially decreased and that estimates of the radiation incident wave with the same produce results far more accurate than those made withthe calibrations proposed originally. This shows the variability of the coefficients in the regions studied and the importance of local calibration.
Seismic Investigation in the Bertioga Coastal Plain, Brazil
Authors: Barbosa Emílio Eduardo Moreira , Prado Renato Luiz , Sobreira Matheus Cafaro Arouca , Samões Rodrigo Dias , Souza Célia Regina de Gouveia
Published: August 2017

This paper presents results of seismic data from shallow seismic reflection onshore acquisition in the coastal plain of Bertioga (São Paulo State, Brazil) in order to support studies of its geological-geomorphological evolution. By using data from a CMP survey, we sought to analyze and interpret the record of three distinct events: reflected waves, refracted waves and surface waves. From the data processing, three sections were generated: stacked section of the reflected waves, tomographic section from the inversion of travel times of refracted P waves, and S-wave velocity section obtained from the inversion of dispersion curves of surface waves. The integration provided a detailed geological section with information about important contacts of quaternary units, surface of the basement rock and a geological structure that suggests a quaternary reactivation of an inferred fault.