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Caracterização da interação pedestre-veículo em travessias semaforizadas
Authors: Carvalho de Oliveira Beliza , Craveiro Cunto Flávio José
Published: January 2024

O pedestre, como usuário vulnerável, ainda ocupa uma parcela significativa das fatalidades no trânsito, e a travessia é o momento mais crítico do seu percurso, devido a interação com os demais usuários. Esta pesquisa avalia a frequência e a severidade das interações pedestre-veículo em travessias semaforizadas, com foco nos atributos individuais dos pedestres e nas características geométricas da via. Foi feita uma caracterização das interações e análise exploratória das variáveis que podem influenciar na frequência e severidade desses eventos. Foram analisadas três travessias semaforizadas, na cidade de Fortaleza e as interações foram avaliadas a partir da observação de vídeos de tráfego, e de uma análise semiautomática, com foco no indicador Post-Encroachment Time (PET), que mede a diferença entre os tempos dos usuários na área de conflito. Foi possível identificar que 57% das interações são de severidade leve, 30% são moderadas e 13% são conflitos sérios. Além disso, fatores como gênero, agrupamento, o momento da chegada do pedestre na travessia, o veículo envolvido e o tipo de interação, podem influenciar significativamente na ocorrência dos eventos mais críticos.
A 13ª Emenda enquanto projeto político de denegação de direitos à população negra
Authors: Silva João Paulo da
Published: January 2024

O artigo busca discutir as questões atinentes ao encarceramento em massa da população negra a partir da análise do documentário a 13ª Emenda (Netflix, 2016), ao fazer correlações entre o Brasil e os Estados Unidos na condução de suas políticas estatais travestidas de “segurança pública”. Como justificativa, apresenta-se a necessidade constante de propagação de estudos que esclareçam a complexidade das questões raciais em países estruturados pelo colonialismo, tendo a pesquisa como questão: a comunhão de semelhanças entre os países quanto ao exercício do poder estatal punitivo contra os corpos racializados pelo colonialismo. Seus objetivos congregam esforços para discutir como o racismo opera a eleger pessoas pretas e pardas como inimigas do Estado e da sociedade, a partir dos estereótipos raciais construídos e difundidos sobre elas pela mídia hegemônica. A argumentação crítica fará reflexões sobre racismo, colonialismo e sistema de justiça, sendo Foucault (2014), Angela Davis (2016) e Silvio de Almeida (2019) alguns expoentes bibliográficos do estudo de natureza técnica qualitativa. Como resultado, sai o autor em defesa da linguagem fílmica como ferramenta para ilustração de problema central para a redução de disparidades sociais no Brasil: o racismo nosso de cada dia.
Experiência e trabalho docente em prisões: papel, controle social e alteridade encarcerada
Authors: Richter Nicolás Carlos , Orsi Guillermo Omar
Published: January 2024

Este artigo busca compreender a maneira pela qual os professores que exercem suas funções no sistema penitenciário da província de Buenos Aires (Argentina) entendem seu trabalho, bem como analisar a relação estabelecida entre eles e seus alunos. Para isso, são utilizadas diversas contribuições teóricas que analisam a situação e o papel do professor, bem como as trajetórias de indivíduos privados de liberdade. Para atingir esse objetivo, foram realizadas entrevistas com professores do sistema educacional prisional de Buenos Aires entre 2019 e 2021. Os materiais resultantes das entrevistas foram organizados de acordo com o objeto ao qual os entrevistados se referiram, desde as instituições de ensino, as dificuldades de ensinar em um contexto prisional, o papel docente e os alunos/presos.
Governança florestal na ONU após a Declaração de Glasgow: novas tensões entre Norte e Sul
Authors: Quadros Diogo Ives de
Published: January 2024

O artigo busca apontar explicações conjunturais e estruturais para o surgimento de três iniciativas multilaterais no tema da governança florestal, na ONU, em um curto espaço de tempo: a Declaração de Glasgow sobre Florestas e Uso da Terra, lançada na COP-26 do Clima, em 2021; a Parceria de Líderes para Florestas e Clima, anunciada na COP-27, em 2022; e a aliança Poder da Floresta para a Ação Climática, surgida também na COP-27. A Declaração de Glasgow postula, sobretudo, um aumento de investimentos em agricultura florestal sustentável e recebeu a assinatura de 140 países e da União Europeia. Por sua vez, a Parceria de Líderes e a aliança Poder da Floresta defendem maneiras diferentes de operacionalizar tais investimentos, sendo a primeira dominada por potências do Norte e a segunda, por países do Sul. O artigo interpreta estes movimentos à luz de entendimentos teóricos da ecologia política crítica e por meio da análise descritiva de conteúdo de documentos oficiais. Classifica-se a Parceria de Líderes como um esforço de green grabbing para atualizar um regime ecológico de acumulação capitalista dominado por potências ocidentais, ao passo que se entende a aliança Poder da Floresta como uma reação de países em desenvolvimento para se evitar novas formas de dependência econômica.
National or Regional Recruitment: “Market Area” of University Cities
Authors: Rolim Cássio , Rego Conceição , Dionísio Andreia , Ferreira Elsa
Published: January 2024

The depopulation of eastern Portugal and concentration on the coast has been a longstanding process. Since 1973 new HEIs has been disseminated around the country, and nowadays, every Portuguese region holds a set of HEIs. However, those closer to the coast tend to have a higher demand than those more distant. It is not clear if each one has a kind of restricted market area, such as a spatial monopoly in its neighbouring area or a national recruitment for some of them. This paper is the first exercise of determination of these areas for the Portuguese public network of HEIs. We use a database from the Ministry of Education (DGEEC-Ministry of Education) with information of the pair, place of residence (municipality level) and respective HEI, for enrolled students. Through techniques of Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA), we will look for clusters of municipalities that could be market areas for each “university city” considered. We also use fractional regression models that confirm the positive correlation between the chosen university city and the distance to the family home and belonging to the market area. Despite some overlaps, the market areas of the university cities look to be well defined.
O Meio Urbano na Satisfação Residencial: Diferenças entre o Centro da Cidade e os Bairros
Authors: Esperidião Aline Ramos , Neto Alfredo Iarozinski , Fortunato Rafaela Antunes , Lima Cristina de Araujo
Published: January 2024

As percepções do indivíduo em relação ao meio urbano no qual estão inseridos são influenciadas por diversos fatores, e cada vez mais se busca entender quais são e como eles afetam a satisfação. Neste sentido, os bairros e as cidades devem ser pensados para atender as necessidades dos indivíduos que vivem naquele meio. No entanto, há pouco entendimento das diferenças entre as percepções dos indivíduos quando se considera a localização das habitações, em relação à existência de certos fatores nos bairros. Assim, este estudo explora as diferenças de percepções entre os indivíduos que vivem nos centros das cidades, ou próximos a ele, e aqueles que vivem em bairros ou regiões mais afastadas. Foi coletada uma amostra com 426 respondentes, das regiões Sul, Sudeste e Centro-Oeste do país, por meio de um questionário que utilizou a escala Likert de 5 pontos. Os dados foram analisados por meio de estatísticas descritivas e análises multivariadas. Os resultados revelaram quais aspectos são mais significativos em diferentes regiões das cidades. Entre os três construtos estudados, os fatores que se destacaram foram boas escolas, transporte público e bairro isolado.
Optimisasi Stok Obat BPJS Pada Bulan April 2023 di Klinik Dompet Dhuafa Kupang Melalui Metode Topsis
Authors: Komba Clarisa , Bajuri Miftahul K , Beda Helena , Kaesmetan Yampi R
Published: January 2024

Kesehatan masyarakat menjadi aspek krusial dalam pembangunan suatu negara, dengan perhatian serius dari pemerintah dan lembaga kesehatan. Ketersediaan stok obat dan efisiensi keanggotaan BPJS Kesehatan menjadi elemen utama dalam menjamin pelayanan kesehatan yang optimal. Dalam konteks ini, implementasi Sistem Pendukung Keputusan (SPK) berbasis metode TOPSIS menjadi langkah strategis untuk meningkatkan efisiensi manajemen kesehatan. Penelitian ini difokuskan pada evaluasi dan perbaikan proses distribusi dan manajemen keanggotaan, dengan tujuan meningkatkan stok obat BPJS dan keanggotaan di Klinik Dompet Dhuafa Kupang. Pendekatan ini bertujuan memberikan pemahaman dasar tentang optimisasi stok obat dan keanggotaan BPJS, mengidentifikasi potensi masalah, dan menunjukkan kemajuan terbaru dalam bidang ini.
Keberhasilan penelitian ini akan memberikan dampak positif pada kualitas layanan kesehatan di Klinik Dompet Dhuafa Kupang, memperkuat urgensi dan relevansi penelitian ini dalam konteks peningkatan pelayanan kesehatan masyarakat
Analisis Anger Issues Terhadap Self Control Abilities Dalam Keterampilan Sosial
Authors: Nurhalimah Anisa
Published: January 2024

Anger issues sebagai bagian dari isu Kesehatan mental saat ini sedang menjadi sorotan Masyarakat. Anger issues adalah sebuah permasalahan terkait emosi marah dimana individu memiliki kesulitan dalam mengontrol amarah dan kemudian diimplementasikan dalam bentuk ucapan atau perbuatan agresif. Anger issues berkaitan dengan self-control abilities sebagai bagian dari struktur dalam keterampilan sosial. Keterampilan sosial akan mempengaruhi berbagai hubungan, baik personal maupun interpersonal sehingga apabila masalah ini berlanjut akan menimbulkan efek domino terhadap bangsa. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membahas mengenai anger issues dan menjelaskan anger issues berkaitan dengan self-control abilities dan keterampilan sosial. Pendekatan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode deskriptif. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa individu yang tidak memiliki anger issues cenderung memiliki self-control dan keterampilan sosial yang baik. Sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa anger issues berhubungan dengan keterampilan sosial sehingga juga dapat memengaruhi keterampilan sosial individu.
Cula Cuțui from the Village of Broșteni, Mehedinți County
Authors:   Institutul de Cercetări Socio-Umane din Craiova „C.S. Nicolăescu-Plopșor”, CIOAREC Ileana
Published: January 2024

"Since medieval times, in the area of Oltenia, several tower-dwellings were preserved, which remind, by their structure and construction system, of the Byzantine ones or of those from the Balkan world. They are called, by a term of Turkish origin, cula/ă (cule for plural = tower, turret). In Mehedinți County, there were quite a few cule, most of them are located in the Motru river valley. Their placement and the construction site indicate their identity and functionality: watch-tower and signalling cule, refuge and defence cule, or dwellings. Such a request was also answered by the cula from Broșteni, built by the members of Săvoiu family. It was built by Gheorghe Cuțui, called Surcel, towards the end of the eighteenth century and had, at first, the role of refuge and defense. Later, after stoves were built inside the cule, it began to be used as a permanent dwelling as well. The cula had a rectangular shape and two levels (one ground floor and one floor)."
The Influence of Urban Processes on the Community Spirit in the Municipality of Craiova
Authors:   Universitatea din Craiova, Facultatea de Științe Sociale, PRICINĂ Gabriel Nicolae
Published: January 2024

"The present article results from the data processing of a study carried out in July 2023 in the Municipality of Craiova, the largest city in the Oltenia region. The study was scheduled as a stage in the preparation of a new General Urban Plan where the population consultation stage has the role of providing the local mayors with a set of information necessary for prioritizing the city's problems from the point of view of the population's expectations. The most appropriate research method was the sociological survey, through which opinions were collected by questioning 732 inhabitants on topics related to the degree of coverage of urban functions specific to a modern urban community, how they appreciate modern urban processes and comparative influences. The main problem that is at the basis of such a study is that of harmonizing technical approaches, originating from fields of activity that assume knowledge from the field of exact sciences (architecture, engineering) and approaches that assume a background from the field of social sciences (sociology, anthropology, psychology). To a large extent, Romanian urban and rural communities have benefited from development programs segmented according to financing flows, prioritizing investments in favor of material ones, against the background of indifference to the preferences and expectations of the population. The aim of this research was to mitigate the distance between institutional and community strategies with the aim of integrating community spirit into local development policies. The analysis carried out proved that investments in the development of the city increased the degree of appreciation of the population and fueled value principles that lead to the overvaluation of some areas and the disinvestment of other areas, ignoring some synthetic indicators that contribute to the formation of realistic opinions."
The USSR’s Foreign Policy and “The Conflict with Finland” in Documents (1939–1940)
Authors:   Universitatea din Craiova, Facultatea de Științe Sociale, CÎRSTEA Marusia
Published: January 2024

The fate of East-European countries was decided on 23 August 1939, in the wake of the Soviet-German agreement, on 1st September 1939 Germany triggering its assault on Poland. The documents presented here refer to ‘the international situation which worsened in Eastern Europe after the fall of Poland.’ The Soviet Union invades Finland and, following difficult and exhausting battle, on 5 March 1940, the Finnish government sent a delegation to negotiate peace.
Aportes de Paul Ricoeur sobre lo justo: a propósito de la efectividad de la conversión de la pena privativa de libertad en pena de servicios comunitarios para el delito de violencia contra la mujer
Authors: Valdera Cabanillas Carol Lizeth
Published: January 2024

El estudio tuvo como objetivo contrastar los aportes filosóficos sobre lo justo en Paul Ricoeur a partir de la verificación de la efectividad de la conversión de la pena privativa de libertad en pena de servicios comunitarios para el delito de violencia contra la mujer en la casuística desarrollada y revisada de la ciudad de Moyobamba - Perú en el periodo 2020-2022. Desde un enfoque cualitativo y de tipo básico, se sostiene que la conversión de la pena privativa de libertad en el delito mencionado no ha sido efectiva y cumplida toda vez que, por un lado, no existe una cultura de la legalidad por parte de los procesados y, por otro lado, los magistrados no cuentan con mecanismos eficaces que le permitan que sus resoluciones se cumplan. Las implicaciones del estudio se basan en que la política criminal de conversión de la pena privativa de libertad en pena de servicios comunitarios no ha dado los resultados que el legislador esperaba, ello ha aumentado la percepción de impunidad para el inculpado y la injusticia para las víctimas. La originalidad del estudio reside en que se plantea una discusión teórica/práctica sobre la administración de justicia y sobre lo justo, a partir de la revisión de la casuística y de los aportes filosóficos de Ricoeur, que, desde su herencia aristotélica, hizo de “lo justo” el hilo conductor y el eje vertebral de toda su reflexión ius filosófica. Al finalizar el estudio, se exponen alternativas para que los operadores de justicia fortalezcan su capacidad operativa y reflexiva en el cumplimiento de sus decisiones. Se concluye señalando que, mientras los operadores de justicia no asuman que una decisión judicial tiene un componente que va más allá de lo legal, y que se trata más bien de una comunicación ética, filosófica y educativa hacia la sociedad; la tutela jurisdiccional efectiva y el acceso a la justicia seguirán siendo una quimera.
Avances en la tutela judicial efectiva en el código procesal Penal actual
Authors: Tuanamama Marín Juber
Published: January 2024

A lo largo de la historia del proceso penal peruano han existido diferentes ordenamientos procesales que han pretendido ordenar las acciones del Estado de modo que puedan concluir con una sentencia de acuerdo a derecho. Sin embargo, y como se verá a lo largo del presente artículo, los sesgos característicos de cada sistema procesal han lesionado la Tutela Judicial Efectiva que en estos tiempos se encuentra recuperando protagonismo, en ese sentido, los cambios que ha sufrido el proceso penal peruano han tenido consecuencias positivas que han traído a la palestra discusiones acerca de los derechos fundamentales tanto de la parte procesada como de las víctimas. Este cambio puede ser observado y entendido en forma proporcional a la Tutela Judicial Efectiva como un termómetro de legalidad y constitucionalidad.
Popular culture and Nile hydropolitics: Amharic songs about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Authors: Ayenalem Abebe Yirga , Fantini Emanuele , Van der Zaag Pieter
Published: January 2024

Water conflicts and negotiations between riparian states in the Nile Basin have mostly focused on legal, political, technical, and hydrological aspects of the river and dam construction. The contemporary cultural, emotional, and symbolic dimensions of the river and its dams have been largely overlooked. Therefore, this article explores how the Nile is portrayed, embedded, and perceived in Ethiopian popular culture, particularly popular songs. The Abbay, as the Nile is called in Ethiopia, is an integral part of the country’s identity, culture, history and politics. The river is at the heart of Ethiopian public space and popular songs, which both influence and are shaped by public opinion and official government discourses. The narratives communi- cated through these popular songs dramatically changed after construction began for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile in 2011. While most songs had previously lamented and cursed the river’s indifference to Ethiopians’ strife, newer narratives glorify and celebrate the river and the GERD. This study used discourse analysis to illustrate how popular songs shape public opinion about Abbay and mobilize popular support for the construction of the GERD. The article concludes with broader implications for water diplomacy and ongoing GERD negotiations.
“De” – The Xin of TCVM Practice with an Emphasis on Tui-na
Authors: Perdrizet John A.
Published: January 2024

In the primordial Chinese classic, Dao De Ching, opposites are a consistent and universal theme – Yin and Yang permeate the Cosmos. Even the title exemplifies this – in the word “De” 德. As Western acculturated individuals our experience with “de” comes from the French word for “of”… A little word with a little meaning. In contrast, one little word in Chinese has one big meaning – the illusionary and polar state of nature summed up in the word “De”. For the Chinese, “De” connotes a profound concept, the concept of Virtue. Dao De Ching literally means “The Way (or Path) of Virtue Classic”. “De” is the embodiment of Virtue in the individual. Virtue includes both the values of honest living and the resulting power derived from it – particularly the power of healing. The character, or pictogram (德), representing “De” is composed of three parts. On the left is a person walking (progress or action), on the top right is a symbol meaning “something observed from all angles or directions shows no deviation” (being perfectly right), and a symbol on the bottom right representing the character for “Xin” (the Heart). The imagery can be interpreted as a virtuous person’s behavior perfectly reflects their heart. For the practitioner the incorporation of “Xin” underscores the importance of utilizing both the heart and mind in daily practice. The ability to combine one’s mind (thoughts) with one’s heart (intuition) will refine one’s being as a healer. Further, it implies “the ability to directly bypass one’s mind and know spontaneously with one’s heart, the heart of all things.”
PERENCANAAN ULANG TATA LETAK DAN KEBUTUHAN APAR PADA PABRIK KARUNG PLASTIK
Authors: Moch. Luqman Ashari  , Ayomi Nur Laili  , Fiqih Kurniasandy  , Syeida Rusyda Bariroh
Published: January 2024

Penelitian ini membahas tentang perencanaan ulang tata letak Alat Pemadam Api Ringan (APAR) pada pabrik karung plastik dengan tujuan untuk meningkatkan efektivitas dan efisiensi dalam menghadapi risiko kebakaran. Ketersediaan APAR yang tepat dan tata letak yang optimal sangat penting dalam menjaga keamanan dan keselamatan di lingkungan pabrik karung plastik. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode survei lapangan untuk memahami kondisi pabrik karung plastik dan analisis risiko kebakaran yang mungkin terjadi. Faktor-faktor seperti aksesibilitas, jarak tempuh, jumlah dan jenis APAR yang diperlukan, serta regulasi dan standar keamanan dipertimbangkan dalam merencanakan tata letak APAR yang lebih efisien. Hasil dari penelitian ini memberikan rekomendasi konkret dan implementatif mengenai perencanaan ulang tata letak APAR pada pabrik karung plastik. Rekomendasi ini diharapkan dapat membantu para pengelola pabrik karung plastik dalam meningkatkan tingkat keamanan dan kesiapan dalam menghadapi risiko kebakaran. Diharapkan bahwa implementasi perencanaan ulang tata letak APAR ini akan memperkuat sistem keamanan pabrik karung plastik dan mengurangi potensi kerugian akibat kebakaran. Penelitian ini juga dapat menjadi dasar untuk penelitian lebih lanjut dalam bidang perencanaan tata letak APAR di industri-industri lain yang memiliki risiko kebakaran serupa.
Instructional Design: A Collaboration or A Consultation?
Authors: Carliner Saul , Chen Yuan
Published: January 2024

Although 29 studies of the relationship between instructional designers and faculty in higher education characterized it as collaborative, none defined collaboration (Chen and Carliner, 2021). That’s where this position paper begins, addressing these questions: What is collaboration in an educational services context? and To what extent does “collaboration” effectively characterize the relationship between instructional designers and faculty in a higher education context? This paper starts by defining collaboration in the context of educational support services. Then it describes the services offered by instructional designers in higher education and makes the case, at a conceptual level, that collaboration does not fully characterize the nature of the relationship between most instructional designers and instructors, and suggests, instead, the term "consultative" better characterizes this relationship. Next this paper summarizes evidence from an empirical study of three different instructional design services, which supports the concept. This paper closes by suggesting implications to practice, teaching, and research and theory.
Instructors Share Techniques for Teaching with Technology: Faculty Connections and Spotlights
Authors: Strang Roger
Published: January 2024

This article describes a collaborative project between instructional designers and faculty members in a California public university. It is based on the idea that faculty possess valuable applied knowledge of how to use technology tools to address instructional needs. The sharing of this knowledge via ‘Faculty Spotlights’ fosters technology adoption on campuses. Additionally, the process of co-creating spotlights helps instructional designers see how and why instructors apply technology to pedagogy. This understanding allows designers to collaborate with additional instructors more effectively. This paper describes processes for creating and promoting faculty spotlights, along with a description of early project impact and faculty feedback. It attempts to live its mission, which is to elevate learning from experience.
Private Rechtsetzung und fragile Staatlichkeit
Authors: Manzanza Lumingu Yves-J. , Rudkowski Lena
Published: January 2024

Mit der Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) will die EU europäische Unternehmen für die Auswirkungen ihrer Tätigkeit auf Umwelt und Menschenrechte in die Pflicht nehmen und so vor allem die Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingungen im globalen Süden verbessern. Wo staatliche Rechtsetzung und -durchsetzung nicht effektiv genug sind, um Umwelt, Menschen- und Arbeitnehmerrechte zu schützen, sollen private Unternehmen mit eigenen Regelwerken Mindeststandards setzen. Die Praxis zeigt jedoch, dass sie kein Ersatz für eine funktionierende Staatlichkeit sind. Die CSDDD übersieht, dass die tatsächlichen Rahmenbedingungen gerade in jenen Ländern des globalen Südens, in denen eine Verbesserung der Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingungen besonders nötig wäre, auch die Wirksamkeit von Lieferkettenregulierung mindern.
Biomass valorization assisted by protection strategies
Authors: Shuai Li , Song Bing
Published: January 2024

Valorization of lignocellulosic biomass is of great significance to reduce carbon emission and the dependence on petroleum-based products. Selective and economic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to bio-based products is still restricted by the high cost of producing platform chemicals such as sugars, furanics, and lignin-derived monomers, which is mainly caused by degradation and condensation of biomass components. To address the issues, chemical protection strategies that use aldehydes, phenolics, and diols as protection molecules has been developed to stabilize glucose, xylose, and lignins during biomass conversion. The stabilized platform chemicals or materials have shown distinctive applications in the area of preparing chemicals, bioplastics, and adhesives. Compared to traditional biorefining processes, biorefining processes involving the protection strategies demonstrate unique potentials in producing high-value products and can serve as additional options for selective valorization of lignocelluloses to fuels, chemicals, and materials.
A Double Truncated Binomial Model to Assess Psychiatric Health through Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale: When is Intervention Useful?
Authors: Sabharwal Alka , Goyal Babita , Singh Vinit
Published: January 2024

A double truncated binomial distribution model with ‘u’ classes truncated on left and ‘v’ classes truncated on right is introduced. Its characteristics, namely, generating functions; and the measures of skewness and kurtosis have been obtained. The unknown parameter has been estimated using the method of maximum likelihood and the method of moments. The confidence interval of the estimate has been obtained through Fisher’s information matrix.

The model is applied on cross sectional data obtained through Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) administered on a group of school going adolescent students; and the above-mentioned characteristics have been evaluated. An expert, on the basis of the BPRS score values, suggested an intervention program. The BPRS scores of the students who could be administered the intervention program lied in a range (which was above the lowest and below the highest possible values) suggested by the expert. Whereas the complete data suggested the average number of problem areas is four (which was not in consonance with the observations given by the expert), the double truncated model suggested the number of such areas as five which was consistent with the observations made by the expert. This establishes the usefulness of double truncated models in such scenarios.
Dossiê Coletivo
Authors: Flores Livia
Published: January 2024

Texto de apresentação do Dossiê Coletivo, que reúne 20 grupos atuantes no campo da arte, convidados a se apresentar neste espaço em texto e imagem a partir de perguntas sobre seu surgimento, motivações, modos de atuação e formas de trabalho, em diálogo com a temática desta edição, Arte Território. Concebido por Livia Flores, o dossiê foi organizado por Livia Flores, Dinah de Oliveira e André Leal, com a colaboração de Paulo Holanda.
Rede Muda Outras Economias
Authors: Coletivo Dossiê
Published: January 2024

Rede de ações culturais, socioambientais e educativas, formada por um conjunto diverso de pessoas e iniciada no Rio de Janeiro, interessa à Muda fortalecer procedimentos de partilha inspirados em práticas e pensamentos das economias solidárias e circulares, processos com base em tecnologias sociais e saberes ancestrais, facilitados pela tecnologia. A comunidade conjuga de forma interdisciplinar arte, educação, agroecologia e tecnologia.
Research on the Strategic Development of R Drama Club in the Post-Epidemic Era
Authors: Zhou Yuxuan
Published: January 2024

Background and Aims: The new coronavirus epidemic at the end of 2019 led to restrictions on offline performances, which stalled the development of China's cultural industry, and many companies were forced to go bankrupt and exit the market. In this context, R Drama Club, as an emerging original drama performance enterprise, needs to combine the internal and external environment and give full play to its own advantages to formulate a new development strategy suitable for the post-epidemic era. Based on the relevant theories of management, combined with the development status of R Drama Club, this paper adopts the case study method to help R Drama Club formulate the development strategy in the post-epidemic era.
Materials and Methods: The article employs a comprehensive approach, including document analysis, field interviews, questionnaires, and PEST analysis, to assess drama society development. This multifaceted approach provides a solid theoretical foundation, in-depth insights from the founder, expert opinions, and environmental analysis, enabling a well-informed and strategic approach to address current challenges and plan for the future of R Drama Club.
Results: The advantages are that the performance forms of R Drama Club are more diversified and can meet the needs of different audiences. The disadvantages are financing difficulties and the inhibiting effect of the epidemic on certain entertainment consumption. At the same time, based on a detailed analysis of the internal and external environment of R Drama Club, it uses the IEF and EFE matrix, SWOT strategy matching tool, and QSPM matrix to analyze the strategic turnaround strategy that R Drama Club should take.
Conclusion: the key issues of implementing the development strategy of R Drama Club, include improving the business ability of performers and internal managers, innovating the business model, continuing to carry out cooperation and peripheral products, and establishing a sound financial accounting system.
A Retrospective Study of the Dual-Main Surgeons’ Endoscopy-Assisted Insufflation Bilateral Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy with Immediate Implant Reconstruction
Authors: Li Haiyan , Li Haiyan , Wei Lina , Ziteng Liu , Yang Qingyu , Lai Shengqing , Zhang Ying , Li Zongyan
Published: January 2024

Background: Endoscopy-assisted breast surgery (EABS) is widely accepted, especially for young breast cancer women. But single-main surgeon’s EABS (SMS-EABS) has a long operation time and lots of blood loss during the surgery. Therefore, we advocate applying dual-main surgeons’ EABS (DMS-EABS) to improve surgical technique. Materials and Methods: This retrospective cohort study analyzed 34 patients with endoscopy-assisted insufflation bilateral nipple-sparing mastectomy with immediate implant reconstruction from March 2021 to December 2023 in The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University medical database and compared the blood loss, operation time, post-operation hospital stay, implant volume, operation costs, operation complications and breast-Q questionnaire between SMS-EABS and DMS-EABS with statistical analysis. Results: The blood loss (29.38 ml vs 51.67 ml, p<0.05) and operation time (4.38 h vs 5.56 h, p=0.01) in the DMS-EABS group are significantly better than SMS-EABS. There is no statistical difference in post-operation hospital stay, implant volume, operation costs, operation complications, and aesthetic evaluation between the two groups. Conclusion: DMS-EABS has the advantage of reducing blood loss and operation time and it also keeps its aesthetic advantages as same as SMS-EABS. Therefore, it can be widely applied.
Goldberg, K. Meira y Pizà, Antoni (Eds.) (2022). Celebrating Flamenco's Tangled Roots: The Body Questions. New Castle upon Tyne: Cambridge University Publishing
Authors: Ramírez Uribe Claudio
Published: January 2024

Se trata de una reseña sobre el libro Celebrating Flamenco Tangled Roots: The Body Questions editado este año del 2022 por K. Meira Goldberg y Antoni Pizà. Es un volumen compilatorio de investigación especializado en temas de danza música y performance sobre flamenco y temas afines.
El fandango de Herrera: su relación con el zángano de Puente Genil y posible origen del atribuido a Pérez de Guzmán
Authors: Arjona Díaz Salvador
Published: January 2024

In the town of Herrera (Sevilla), there was news of a local fandango, practically forgotten, which, it was suspected, could bear similarities with the one known as “zángano de Puente Genil”, a neighboring town with which he shared this type of dance when both songs were still considered folkloric fandangos. Nearby locality it shared this genre of dances with, when they still were folcloric fandangos. The only cantaor who remembered him was Pedro de la Timotea who, fortunately, recorded it on a home recording. Analyzed in detail, it is found that its melody coincides to a great extent with that of the fandango attributed to José Pérez de Guzmán, which raises the hypothesis that he was based on the melody of the fandango from Herrereño to create his own.

En la localidad sevillana de Herrera se tenían noticias de un fandango local, ya prácticamente olvidado, el cual, se sospechaba, pudiera guardar similitudes con el conocido como ``zángano de Puente Genil'', localidad vecina con la que compartió este tipo de bailes, cuyos cantes eran todavía fandangos de naturaleza folclórica. El único cantaor que lo recordaba era Pedro de la Timotea que, por fortuna, lo dejó registrado en una grabación casera. Analizada en detalle, se comprueba que su melodía coincide en gran medida con la del fandango atribuido a José Pérez de Guzmán, lo que plantea la hipótesis de que este se hubiera basado en la melodía del fandango herrereño para crear el suyo.
The capacity of community organizations in maintaining cultural entities as character values of Pasuruan society
Authors: Rizqi Ascosenda Ika , Kartika Rika , Habibah Siti Maizul
Published: January 2024

Local wisdom that has become a character building since several decades ago seems to be lost, in order to maintain this character, a community organizing capacity is needed that can be a bridge between the community and the government and a bridge between the community and the community, The method used in this paper uses ethnographic studies. The celebration of Praonan and Haul Kyai is a special attraction in maintaining the traditions of regional entities that are a source of pride.
El tacto como acto cinematográfico: Lo sguardo di Michelangelo Antonioni / Touch as a Cinematographic Experience: Lo sguardo di Michelangelo Antonioni
Authors: Martínez Ramírez Lola
Published: January 2024

ABSTRACT: Contrary to the affirmations of almost all of the previous studies on the Italian maestro Michelangelo Antonioni –full of adjectives on emptying, isolation, absence, alienation, among many others–, the presence of the body and touch is a true constant in the work of the Italian cinematographer. This article traces the persistent presence of the body in all of Antonioni’s filmography and formulates a reading of his entire corpus of work leading up to his latest film, Lo Sguardo di Michelangelo (2004), an interpretation that runs contrary to all previous research. With a focus on the latest work of the Italian filmmaker, this article studies touch in the history of cinematographic aesthetics and proposes the possibility of touch as a cinematographic experience.
KEYWORDSTouch; Body; Cinema; Limit; Antonioni.
RESUMEN: Contrariamente a las afirmaciones de casi la totalidad de las investigaciones sobre el maestro italiano Michelangelo Antonioni –colmadas de adjetivos sobre el vaciamiento, incomunicación, ausencia, alienación, entre muchos otros–, la presencia del cuerpo y del tocar es una verdadera constante en la obra del cineasta italiano. Esta investigación traza una línea de persistencia del cuerpo en la imagen que formula la lectura contraria de todo su corpus fílmico y derivan en su última obra: Lo Sguardo di Michelangelo (2004). A través de esta última obra del cineasta italiano, se estudiará el tacto en la historia de la estética cinematográfica y se propondrá la posibilidad del tacto como acto cinematográfico.
La pirámide en la emblemática: sic transit gloria mundi / The Pyramid in Emblematics: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
Authors: De Miguel Irureta Ainhoa
Published: January 2024

ABSTRACT: The image in emblematics serves to send various messages that further enrich its visual and literary story. In this context, the pyramid plays a fundamental role, as a transmitter of multiple meanings. Its image, both archetypal and also unknown or shrouded in a certain halo of mystery, is found in emblems in great abundance. This study details the different meanings attributed to the pyramid, by means of both a visual and literary review. The visual aspect includes a great wealth of images, while the literary analysis relies not only on the motto and texts that accompany the images, but also on references to passages from classical and biblical sources, Church Fathers, and scholars from different periods. In this way, the influence of pyramids on emblematics will be attested with a profusion of symbols, allegories, and metaphors.
KEYWORDSEmblem; Pyramid; Archetype.
RESUMEN: La imagen en la Emblemática sirve para transmitir diversos mensajes que enriquecen aún más su relato visual y literario. En este contexto, la pirámide juega un papel fundamental, como transmisora de múltiples significados. Su imagen, a la vez arquetípica y también desconocida o envuelta en cierto halo de misterio, se presenta en los emblemas de una manera profusa. En este estudio se muestran los distintos significados atribuidos a la pirámide, a través de un recorrido tanto visual, con gran riqueza de imágenes, como literario, apoyado éste no sólo en los lemas y textos que acompañan a las mismas, sino también en referencias a pasajes de fuentes clásicas, bíblicas, de Padres de la Iglesia y eruditos de diferentes épocas. De esta manera quedará atestiguada la influencia de la pirámide en la Emblemática con profusión de símbolos, alegorías y metáforas.
Imágenes. Encrucijadas interdisciplinares. María Elvira Mocholí Martínez, Rafael García Mahíques (eds.), Valencia, Universitat de València, 2023, 534 pp.
Authors: Bernad López Victoria
Published: January 2024

Recensión del libro:Imágenes. Encrucijadas interdisciplinares. María Elvira Mocholí Martínez, Rafael García Mahíques (eds.), Valencia, Universitat de València, 2023, 534 pp.
The vascularised chamber device significantly enhances the survival of transplanted liver organoids
Authors: Shi Denis D. , Makris Evelyn , Gerrand Yi-Wen , Lo Pu-Han , Yeoh George C. , Morrison Wayne A. , Mitchell Geraldine M. , Yap Kiryu K.
Published: January 2024

Organoid transplantation has a promising future in the treatment of liver disease, but a major limitation is the lack of guidance on the most appropriate method for transplantation that maximises organoid survival. Human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived liver progenitor cell organoids were transplanted into four different transplantation sites in a mouse model of liver disease, using five organoid delivery methods. Organoids were transplanted into the vascularised chamber device established in the groin, or into the liver, spleen, and subcutaneous fat. For organoid transplantations into the liver, organoids were delivered either in Matrigel alone, or in Matrigel and a polyurethane scaffold. At 2 weeks post-transplantation, the vascularised chamber had the highest organoid survival, which was 5.1x higher than the site with second highest survival (
p
=0.0002), being the intra-hepatic scaffold approach. No organoid survival was observed when delivered into the liver without a scaffold, or when injected into the spleen. Very low survival occurred in transplantations into subcutaneous fat. Animals with the vascularised chamber also had the highest levels of human albumin (0.33 ± 0.09 ng/mL). This study provides strong evidence supporting the use of the vascularised chamber for future liver organoid transplantation studies, including its translation into clinical therapy.
Hammerhead-type FXR agonists induce an eRNA FincoR that ameliorates nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in mice
Authors: Chen Jinjing , Wang Ruoyu , Xiong Feng , Sun Hao , Kemper Byron , Li Wenbo , Kemper Jongsook Kim
Published: January 2024

The nuclear receptor, Farnesoid X Receptor (FXR/NR1H4), is increasingly recognized as a promising drug target for metabolic diseases, including nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Protein coding genes regulated by FXR are well known, but whether FXR also acts through regulation of expression of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), which vastly outnumber protein-coding genes, remains unknown. Utilizing RNA-seq and GRO-seq analyses in mouse liver, we found that FXR induces many RNA transcripts from chromatin regions bearing enhancer features. Among these we discovered a previously unannotated liver-enriched enhancer-derived lncRNA (eRNA), termed
FincoR
. We further show that
FincoR
is specifically induced by hammerhead-type FXR agonists, including GW4064 and tropifexor. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated liver-specific knockdown of
FincoR
in dietary NASH mice reduced the beneficial effects of tropifexor, an FXR agonist currently in clinical trials for NASH and primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), indicating that that amelioration of liver fibrosis and inflammation in NASH treatment by tropifexor is mediated in part by FincoR. Overall, our results indicate that pharmacological activation of FXR by hammerhead-type agonists induces a novel eRNA,
FincoR
, ameliorating NASH in mice.
FincoR
may represent a new drug target for combating metabolic disorders, including NASH.
Progesterone induces meiosis through two obligate co-receptors with PLA2 activity
Authors: Nader Nancy , Assaf Lama , Zarif Lubna , Halama Anna , Yadav Sharan , Dib Maya , Attarwala Nabeel , Chen Qiuying , Suhre Karsten , Gross Steven , Machaca Khaled
Published: January 2024

The steroid hormone progesterone (P4) regulates multiple aspects of reproductive and metabolic physiology. Classical P4 signaling operates through nuclear receptors that regulate transcription. In addition, P4 signals through membrane P4 receptors (mPRs) in a rapid nongenomic modality. Despite the established physiological importance of P4 nongenomic signaling, the details of its signal transduction cascade remain elusive. Here, using Xenopus oocyte maturation as a well-established physiological readout of nongenomic P4 signaling, we identify the lipid hydrolase ABHD2 (α/β hydrolase domain-containing protein 2) as an essential mPRβ co-receptor to trigger meiosis. We show using functional assays coupled to unbiased and targeted cell-based lipidomics that ABHD2 possesses a phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activity that requires mPRβ. This PLA2 activity bifurcates P4 signaling by inducing clathrin-dependent endocytosis of mPRβ, resulting in the production of lipid messengers that are G-protein coupled receptor agonists. Therefore, P4 drives meiosis by inducing an ABHD2 PLA2 activity that requires both mPRβ and ABHD2 as obligate co-receptors.
Random genetic drift sets an upper limit on mRNA splicing accuracy in metazoans
Authors: Bénitière Florian , Necsulea Anamaria , Duret Laurent
Published: January 2024

Most eukaryotic genes undergo alternative splicing (AS), but the overall functional significance of this process remains a controversial issue. It has been noticed that the complexity of organisms (assayed by the number of distinct cell types) correlates positively with their genome-wide AS rate. This has been interpreted as evidence that AS plays an important role in adaptive evolution by increasing the functional repertoires of genomes. However, this observation also fits with a totally opposite interpretation: given that ‘complex’ organisms tend to have small effective population sizes (Ne), they are expected to be more affected by genetic drift, and hence more prone to accumulate deleterious mutations that decrease splicing accuracy. Thus, according to this ‘drift barrier’ theory, the elevated AS rate in complex organisms might simply result from a higher splicing error rate. To test this hypothesis, we analyzed 3496 transcriptome sequencing samples to quantify AS in 53 metazoan species spanning a wide range of Ne values. Our results show a negative correlation between Ne proxies and the genome-wide AS rates among species, consistent with the drift barrier hypothesis. This pattern is dominated by low abundance isoforms, which represent the vast majority of the splice variant repertoire. We show that these low abundance isoforms are depleted in functional AS events, and most likely correspond to errors. Conversely, the AS rate of abundant isoforms, which are relatively enriched in functional AS events, tends to be lower in more complex species. All these observations are consistent with the hypothesis that variation in AS rates across metazoans reflects the limits set by drift on the capacity of selection to prevent gene expression errors.
Random genetic drift sets an upper limit on mRNA splicing accuracy in metazoans
Authors: Bénitìere Florian , Necsulea Anamaria , Duret Laurent
Published: January 2024

Most eukaryotic genes undergo alternative splicing (AS), but the overall functional significance of this process remains a controversial issue. It has been noticed that the complexity of organisms (assayed by the number of distinct cell types) correlates positively with their genome-wide AS rate. This has been interpreted as evidence that AS plays an important role in adaptive evolution by increasing the functional repertoires of genomes. However, this observation also fits with a totally opposite interpretation: given that ‘complex’ organisms tend to have small effective population sizes (
N
e
), they are expected to be more affected by genetic drift, and hence more prone to accumulate deleterious mutations that decrease splicing accuracy. Thus, according to this “drift barrier” theory, the elevated AS rate in complex organisms might simply result from a higher splicing error rate. To test this hypothesis, we analyzed 3,496 transcriptome sequencing samples to quantify AS in 53 metazoan species spanning a wide range of
N
e
values. Our results show a negative correlation between
N
e
proxies and the genome-wide AS rates among species, consistent with the drift barrier hypothesis. This pattern is dominated by low abundance isoforms, which represent the vast majority of the splice variant repertoire. We show that these low abundance isoforms are depleted in functional AS events, and most likely correspond to errors. Conversely, the AS rate of abundant isoforms, which are relatively enriched in functional AS events, tends to be lower in more complex species. All these observations are consistent with the hypothesis that variation in AS rates across metazoans reflects the limits set by drift on the capacity of selection to prevent gene expression errors.