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PRF - SYNTHESIS - The right to food: Reflecting on the past and future possibilities
Authors: Lambek Nadia
Published: September 2015

As scholars and activists met in Waterloo, Canada in September 2014 to discuss progress and obstacles in adopting the right to food, similar discussions were being held by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and among civil society organizations (CSOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and social movements around the globe. These parallel discussions marked an important milestone as well as political moment in the history of the right to food: the tenth anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security. Together, the various discussions provide an important opportunity to assess the right to food, not only for how it has been implemented as a legal doctrine by states and international institutions, but more broadly for how the right to food has and could be used as a frame for collective action and as an analytical tool to understand our food systems. Indeed, while the right to food is at its core a legal doctrine, it has been used and framed in a number of respects as a broader concept and tool by actors over the years.
CRFA - Big Food corporations and the nutritional marketing and regulation of processed foods
Authors: Scrinis Gyorgy
Published: September 2015

“Big Food” refers to the transnational food manufacturing corporations that dominate the production and marketing of highly processed foods and beverages, with the ten largest corporations comprised of Nestlé, Pepsico, Associated British Foods (ABF), Coca-Cola, Danone, General Mills, Kellogg, Mars, Mondelez International (previously Kraft Foods), and Unilever (Oxfam, 2013). The types of foods that make up the majority of the sales of these firms include snack foods, confectionary, sweetened milk and yoghurt products, ice cream, breakfast cereals, biscuits, sugar-sweetened beverages, and fruit juice.
GFT - Food fight: What the debate about food security means at the WTO
Authors: Kripke Gawain
Published: September 2015

Although still experiencing significant levels of hunger and malnutrition, India has recently taken historic measures to improve food security, namely through the expansion of domestic food assistance programs. Under the Obama Administration, the U.S. has prioritized improving global food security and promoting agriculture development within the foreign policy agenda. President Obama has helped to lead the international community in reviving funding and attention to these issues. Yet, the U.S. has opposed the Indian food security program in negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) by rejecting India’s proposals to shield the program from possible WTO enforcement. The disagreement came to a head in the WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali, Indonesia in December 2013 and more recently at a senior-level WTO meeting in July 2014 where negotiations collapsed. The conflict is emblematic of disjointed policy debates and development theories around food security, agriculture, and trade.
LGAR - Territorial restructuring and resistance in the Americas
Authors: Brent Zoe
Published: September 2015

Over the last thirty years, social movements for agrarian reform have struggled to keep up with the profound changes in the structures of land and agricultural production sweeping the continent. In Latin America, what once was a struggle for redistribution, dignity, and social justice in the context of national liberation, has shifted towards a model of “market-led land reform” focussed on productivity, privatization and opening land markets. In the U.S., there have been some important waves of agrarian resistance, but a sense of American exceptionalism has limited agrarian reform discourse from shaping policy, especially during and after the Cold war when it became associated with communism. Today, in both the global North and South, land grabbing and the financialization of land contribute to processes of territorial restructuring and pose broad threats to rural communities, farmers, indigenous peoples, fisherfolk, farmworkers, peasants, and people of color.
LGAR - SYNTHESIS - Land grabbing: New actors in a longstanding process
Authors: Lawther Isaac
Published: September 2015

Land is a complex component of the global food system. There is no one definitive function of land; we can stand on it, build on it, grow food on it, extract from it, divide it, and identify with it. Not surprisingly, rising investment in farmland in the wake of the 2007–08 food crisis—popularly referred to as the global “land grab”—has been a contentious issue in the global politics of food and agriculture. There has been no shortage of exchange between scholars, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and civil society on the issue. The preceding papers in this section by Akram-Lodhi, Brent, and Wolford covered, among other things, three distinct issues within the ongoing discussion of global land grabs: dispossession, the agrarian question(s), and access to and control over resources. They also discussed some possible paths forward.
FS - Food sovereignty
Authors: Clapp Jennifer , Desmarais Annette , Margulis Matias
Published: September 2015

Citizens in many countries are increasingly wary of the global industrial neoliberal food system. A number of food scares, growing awareness of human rights abuses in the countryside, a global food crisis, and climate change have all prompted many to form alternative food movements that are intent on building sustainable, just, safe and healthy food systems based on food sovereignty. This section explores various dimensions of food sovereignty.
LGAR - Land grabs and agrarian reform
Authors: Clapp Jennifer , Desmarais Annette , Margulis Matias
Published: September 2015

One of the key responses to the global food crisis that hit the headlines in 2008 was a significant change in land ownership in many countries as a result of large-scale land acquisitions carried out by governments, investors, and corporations. This global land grab, or what some refer to as agricultural investment, is leading to fundamental shifts in agricultural production, land use, and labour relations. Peasant and farm organizations, rural communities, and social movements in the global North and global South are actively resisting these forces, structures, and processes of further accumulation by dispossession.
PRF - The right to food: Progress and pitfalls
Authors: Narula Smita
Published: September 2015

Over the course of the past decade the human right to adequate food has definitively emerged as a normative response to widespread food insecurity, global food crises, and to the related phenomenon of agricultural “land grabbing.” This article considers both the progress and pitfalls in using the “right to food” framework to meet the paramount challenge of ensuring equitable and sustainable access to sufficient, nutritious food for all.
GRAB - SYNTHESIS The valorization of GMOs and the de-valorization of farmers’ contributions to biodiversity—Synthesis paper
Authors: Tourangeau Wesley , Smith Chelsea
Published: September 2015

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs)are deeply contested with respect to their implications for food security and environmental sustainability. The three papers in this section effectively capture the present-day focal points of the debates over the undeniably vast topic area of genetic resources and agricultural biotechnology and their implications for food security and the environment. Noah Zerbe outlines the value of (and contestation over) plant genetic materials and rights to their use. Matthew Schnurr explores the current push into a second wave of genetically modified (GM) crops, particularly focused on developing countries. And Taarini Chopra looks back at 20 years of experience with commercialized GM crops, focusing on GM technology’s consistent failure to address issues of food security.
GFT - Food security and international trade: Risk, trust and rules
Authors: Murphy Sophia
Published: September 2015

The multilateral trade system today shapes the economy of almost every country of the world. The World Trade Organization (WTO) now has 160 members, and even the non-members must deal with the rules the WTO has established when they trade. The system is ubiquitous yet faces serious challenges. One of these is a challenge that in various guises and for different reasons has been present since it was instituted in 1995: food security. The most recent iteration of the challenge is a fight primarily between the U.S. and India over whether WTO rules should be reformed to accommodate the programmes the Indian government has introduced with its 2013 National Food Security Act (Kripke, this issue). The Indian government is buying food at administered prices from farmers to store and then later distribute through a public distribution system. This fight is important, as a simple scan of the specialist trade press shows. It has implications for all member states seeking to curb domestic food insecurity.
Progress on the right to food
Authors: Clapp Jennifer , Desmarais Annette , Margulis Matias
Published: September 2015

The idea of the human right to food as a legal framework to address inequalities in the global food system has become increasingly mainstreamed at the level of political discourse and public policy. Indeed, claiming the right to food on the part of individuals and collectives is now firmly entrenched in struggles for food security and food justice around the globe. The articles in this section provide a sober assessment on the successes and failures of the right to food approach. This includes a careful consideration of the various purposes and uses of the right to food, ranging from a legal doctrine to normative framework for political action to an institutional resource that enables the elaboration of new human rights.
Global food governance in an era of crisis
Authors: Clapp Jennifer , Desmarais Annette , Margulis Matias
Published: September 2015

There have been multiple and significant changes in the global food landscape when it comes to governance. The 2008 Global Food Crisis heightened attention to and action for food security; this is reflected in the expanding food security agenda across the United Nations system, the World Bank and the Group of Eight (G8) and Group of Twenty (G20) clubs of states. Similarly, there has been expansion of new modes of governing the global food system, ranging from transnational certification schemes for agrofuels and food commodities to voluntary guidelines on land tenure. The two articles in this section provide timely analysis of the United Nations Committee on World Food Security (CFS), which is a global forum that has taken on greater centrality in the global governance of food and that features a diverse set of state and non-state actors involved in the agenda-setting, policy-making, and decision-making process.
ABCD and beyond: From grain merchants to agricultural value chain managers
Authors: Clapp Jennifer
Published: September 2015

The world of agricultural commodity trading firms has changed over the years, although corporate concentration has long been a defining feature of this sector. The four dominant agricultural trading firms—the ABCDs (ADM, Bunge, Cargill and Louis-Dreyfus)—have a long history dating back to the 1800s and early 1900s. First established as private, family-owned grain merchant companies with specific geographical specialties, these firms have since evolved to be quite complex companies. They buy and sell grain as well as a host of other agricultural and non-agricultural commodities, while they also undertake a range of activities from finance to production to processing and distribution. New entrants into this space have also taken on complex structures and activities in a bid to stay competitive.
Corporate role in food and agriculture
Authors: Clapp Jennifer , Desmarais Annette , Margulis Matias
Published: September 2015

Transnational corporations are powerful agents on the global food landscape. They have been able to shift and adapt their activities in a global food economy that has been constantly in flux in recent decades, while at the same time shaping it in ways that serve their interests. The papers in this section highlight the strategies corporations have taken to enhance their power and control in the food system across a range of activities from production to consumption and assess the wider implications of corporate activity in the sector.
State of the world food system
Authors: Clapp Jennifer , Desmarais Annette , Margulis Matias
Published: September 2015

The world food system has seen enormous change across a range of issue areas in recent years, as witnessed by the 2007–08 food crisis and subsequent period of volatility and uncertainty in a context of shifting ecological conditions. Closer examination of the specifics of those myriad changes first requires a step back to take stock of the broader shifts that have taken place over the past two decades. The papers in this section set this “big picture” backdrop, situating the global food system within wider contexts and developments and drawing important insights for understanding recent developments on the global food landscape. The papers remind us of the ways in which the food system connects to and also reflects broader economic, political, social, cultural, and ecological settings.
SWFS - Two roads diverged in the food crisis: Global policy takes the one more travelled
Authors: Wise Timothy A
Published: September 2015

The 2007-08 food price crisis provoked renewed policy debate on a wide range of important matters long sidelined from mainstream consideration—the role and value of smallholder agriculture, the need for public investment in the sector, the importance of public agricultural research, the value for developing countries of growing more of their own food, the dangers posed by climate change in an era of thin global commodity markets, and the potential value of food reserves for both food security and price stability.
Characteristics Of Room Temperature-CW Operated InGaN Multi-Quantum-Well-Structure Laser Diodes
Authors: Nakamura Shuji
Published: September 2015

The continuous-wave (CW) operation of InGaN multi-quantum-well-structure laser diodes (LDs) was demonstrated at room temperature (RT) with a lifetime of 35 hours. The threshold current and the voltage of the LDs were 80 mA and 5.5 V, respectively. The threshold current density was 3.6 kA/cm2. When the temperature of the LDs was varied, large mode hopping of the emission wavelength was observed. The carrier lifetime and the threshold carrier density were estimated to be 2-10 ns and 1-2 × 1020/cm3, respectively. From the measurements of gain spectra and an external differential quantum efficiency dependence on the cavity length, the differential gain coefficient, the transparent carrier density, threshold gain and internal loss were estimated to be 5.8×10−17 cm2, 9.3×1019 cm−3, 5200 cm−1 and 43 cm−1, respectively.
Engaging South Asian Religions: Boundaries, Appropriations and Resistances, by Matthew Schmalz and Peter Gottschalk (eds.)
Authors: Zavos John
Published: September 2015

Engaging South Asian Religions: Boundaries, Appropriations and Resistances, by Matthew Schmalz and Peter Gottschalk (eds.). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2011. 253 pp. $75.00. ISBN 978-1-4384-3323-3 (hardback). $24.95. ISBN 978-1-4384-3324-0 (paperback).
What Does Bamiyan Tell Us about Muslim Attitudes to Buddhism? Unpacking ‘Buddhist- Muslim Conflicts’ in Contemporary Asia
Authors: Obuse Kieko
Published: September 2015

The article highlights through a case study of the Taliban’s destruction of the Buddha statues of Bamiyan in 2001, that there has been considerable diversity in Muslim attitudes towards Buddhism and Buddha statues, reflecting the variety of political and socio-economic contexts in which they were expressed. It argues that the Taliban’s destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan cannot be attributed exclusively to theological issues but also reflects political agenda regarding economic concerns.
His Hiding Place is Darkness: A Hindu-Catholic Theopoetics of Divine Absence, by Francis X. Clooney, SJ
Authors: Forsthoefel Thomas A.
Published: September 2015

His Hiding Place is Darkness: A Hindu-Catholic Theopoetics of Divine Absence, by Francis X. Clooney, SJ. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2014. xvi + 187 pp. $85.00. ISBN 9780804776806 (hardback). $24.95. ISBN 978-0-8047-7681-3 (paperback).
Field Studies on Dynamic Pollen Production, Deposition, and Dispersion of Glyphosate-Resistant Horseweed (Conyza canadensis)
Authors: Ye Rongjian , Huang Haiyan , Alexander John , Liu Wusheng , Millwood Reginald J. , Wang Junming , Stewart C. Neal
Published: September 2015

Glyphosate-resistant (GR) horseweed has become an especially problematic weed in different crop production systems across the United States and the world. In this field study, we used a nondestructive measurement system to analyze the pollen production, deposition, and dispersion of a Tennessee glyphosate resistant (TNR) horseweed biotype in Knoxville, TN during the 2013 pollination season. We observed that the pollination season of TNR horseweed lasted about 2 mo (54 d). About 78.93% of horseweed pollen was released between 9:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. during each sampling day and the release peak was at about 1:30 P.M. The seasonal release of pollen grains was estimated to be 5.11 million grains plant−1. The release rate data indicated that the integrated horizontal flux density and deposition flux density contributed to 78.17% and 21.83% of the release rate, respectively. We also found that pollen concentration decreased with distance from the source field; the average pollen concentration decreased to 50.69% at a distance of 16 m from the source plot. This is the first result of a systematic, direct examination of the release rate (emission and deposition), release pattern (daily and seasonal), and dispersion pattern of GR horseweed pollen.
Mutation in the Monocarboxylate Transporter 12 Gene Affects Guanidinoacetate Excretion but Does Not Cause Glucosuria
Authors: Dhayat Nasser , Simonin Alexandre , Anderegg Manuel , Pathare Ganesh , Lüscher Benjamin P , Deisl Christine , Albano Giuseppe , Mordasini David , Hediger Matthias A. , Surbek Daniel V. , Vogt Bruno , Sass Jörn Oliver , Kloeckener-Gruissem Barbara , Fuster Daniel G.
Published: September 2015

A heterozygous mutation (c.643C>A; p.Q215X) in the monocarboxylate transporter 12-encoding gene MCT12 (also known as SLC16A12) that mediates creatine transport was recently identified as the cause of a syndrome with juvenile cataracts, microcornea, and glucosuria in a single family. Whereas the MCT12 mutation cosegregated with the eye phenotype, poor correlation with the glucosuria phenotype did not support a pathogenic role of the mutation in the kidney. Here, we examined MCT12 in the kidney and found that it resides on basolateral membranes of proximal tubules. Patients with MCT12 mutation exhibited reduced plasma levels and increased fractional excretion of guanidinoacetate, but normal creatine levels, suggesting that MCT12 may function as a guanidinoacetate transporter in vivo. However, functional studies in Xenopus oocytes revealed that MCT12 transports creatine but not its precursor, guanidinoacetate. Genetic analysis revealed a separate, undescribed heterozygous mutation (c.265G>A; p.A89T) in the sodium/glucose cotransporter 2-encoding gene SGLT2 (also known as SLC5A2) in the family that segregated with the renal glucosuria phenotype. When overexpressed in HEK293 cells, the mutant SGLT2 transporter did not efficiently translocate to the plasma membrane, and displayed greatly reduced transport activity. In summary, our data indicate that MCT12 functions as a basolateral exit pathway for creatine in the proximal tubule. Heterozygous mutation of MCT12 affects systemic levels and renal handling of guanidinoacetate, possibly through an indirect mechanism. Furthermore, our data reveal a digenic syndrome in the index family, with simultaneous MCT12 and SGLT2 mutation. Thus, glucosuria is not part of the MCT12 mutation syndrome.
Molecular Basis of Factor H R1210C Association with Ocular and Renal Diseases
Authors: Recalde Sergio , Tortajada Agustin , Subias Marta , Anter Jaouad , Blasco Miquel , Maranta Ramona , Coco Rosa , Pinto Sheila , Noris Marina , García-Layana Alfredo , Rodríguez de Córdoba Santiago
Published: September 2015

The complement factor H (FH) mutation R1210C, which was described in association with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), also confers high risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and associates with C3 glomerulopathy (C3G). To reveal the molecular basis of these associations and to provide insight into what determines the disease phenotype in FH-R1210C carriers, we identified FH-R1210C carriers in our aHUS, C3G, and AMD cohorts. Disease status, determined in patients and relatives, revealed an absence of AMD phenotypes in the aHUS cohort and, vice versa, a lack of renal disease in the AMD cohort. These findings were consistent with differences in the R1210C-independent overall risk for aHUS and AMD between mutation carriers developing one pathology or the other. R1210C is an unusual mutation that generates covalent complexes between FH and HSA. Using purified FH proteins and surface plasmon resonance analyses, we demonstrated that formation of these FH-HSA complexes impairs accessibility to all FH functional domains. These data suggest that R1210C is a unique C-terminal FH mutation that behaves as a partial FH deficiency, predisposing individuals to diverse pathologies with distinct underlying pathogenic mechanisms; the final disease outcome is then determined by R1210C-independent genetic risk factors.
La reproducción humana asistida en el contexto de los derechos humanos
Authors: Sánchez Martínez Maria Olga
Published: September 2015

Al abordar la legislación sobre Reproducción Humana Asistida, el legislador realiza una labor de mediación entre distintos derechos y principios que, en su pretensión de justicia, no está exenta de controversia. Tal labor no se realiza desde un punto de vista neutral, se han de tener en cuenta distintas opciones éticas e ideológicas propias de una sociedad democrática, sin abandonar la coherencia con el desarrollo de los distintos derechos humanos en juego, en definitiva, esa ética pública que configura los sistemas culturales, sociales y políticos: el derecho a la vida, a la dignidad, al libre desarrollo de la personalidad, a fundar una familia, a la intimidad personal y familiar, a la identidad, a la maternidad, a la salud, a la producción y creación científica y a gozar de los beneficios del progreso científico. Algunas Sentencias del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos y de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos inciden en estos derechos al tratar las Reproducción Humana Asistida, lo cual permite, más allá de las legislaciones concretas, esbozar algunos consensos sobre unas técnicas en constante evolución, como las sociedades en las que tales técnicas se ponen a disposición de sus ciudadanos.
Cooperação em saúde em fronteiras internacionais: a busca da igualdade em saúde
Authors: Cavini Bontempo Carla Gabriela , Ribeiro Nogueira Vera Maria , Perez Gimenez Roser
Published: September 2015

Este informe contêm os resultados do estudo sobre a cooperação entre sistemas de saúde apresentando quatro experiências consideradas como bem sucedidas de cooperação/integração/ harmonização dos sistemas e/ou serviços de saúde em linhas de fronteira. Os dados foram obtidos através de entrevistas com gestores e profissionais de saúde das cidades de Badajoz, Puigcerdã – Espanha e Foz do Iguaçu, Dionísio Cerqueira e Santana do Livramento - Brasil. Os principais achados se referem a: os antecedentes das iniciativas são similares, pois com exceção da tríplice fronteira, as demais têm como foco mobilizador as necessidades sociais em saúde, sendo determinante a dificuldade de acesso dos nacionais aos recursos de atenção básica, principalmente, de média e alta complexidade; destacam-se, em todas as experiências, o protagonismo dos profissionais e gestores dos sistemas locais de saúde na articulação de estratégias para fomentar a cooperação; outro aspecto que favoreceu os processos de cooperação estudados foi serem iniciativas que partem de um ente público, tanto na prestação como financiamento dos serviços. Os obstáculos se situam na excessiva formalização para atuação interfronteiras. Concluindo pode-se alertar, nas fronteiras brasileiras, para o papel desempenhado pelos comitês de fronteira e comitês de saúde para mobilizar as forças políticas locais em direção à cooperação em saúde. Há, no entanto, a necessidade de ampliar o espectro político para além do partidário e obter uma expertise para manejo dos recursos governamentais disponíveis.
A exigibilidade de autorização de funcionamento por empresas matrizes para atuar em estado onde não possuem filiais
Authors: De Souza Delgado Joedson
Published: September 2015

Como forma contemporânea de atuação da Administração Pública, a Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (Anvisa) tem por finalidade institucional promover a tutela da saúde da população através do controle sanitário dos produtos e serviços de interesse à saúde por intermédio da atividade regulatória. Analisa-se, então, a Resolução da Diretoria Colegiada (RDC) n. 345, de 16/12/2002 da Anvisa, ainda em vigor, que aprovou o regulamento técnico no que concerne à abrangência e validade de Autorização de Funcionamento de Empresa (AFE) para prestadoras de serviços, a qual entende limitada ao Estado ou Distrito Federal onde a empresa realiza a sua prestação de serviço. É pertinente uma reflexão sobre este processo, visto que o aludido normativo no art. 5º e parágrafos de seu Anexo I estabeleceram, de forma clara, que a AFE tem a sua abrangência limitada ao Estado ou Distrito Federal onde se realize a prestação do serviço. A partir de revisão de literatura verifica-se o impacto desse instrumento normativo nas atividades de fomento.Defende-se que não é da competência da Anvisa impor às empresas prestadora de serviço que constituam filiais com o fito de se adequarem ao regramento e, assim, obter a Autorização, nas hipóteses e condições estabelecidas pela norma técnica respectiva.
Plano de Gerenciamento dos Resíduos Sólidos de Serviços de Saúde de uma unidade de Saúde da Família
Authors: De Assunção Joceli Custodia , Da Silva Lima Solange , Soares da Silva Marilda
Published: September 2015

Objetivo: O presente trabalho objetivou identificar as medidas realizadas na unidade de saúde da família do município de Tangará da Serra-MT, para o gerenciamento dos resíduos sólidos. Metodologia: A pesquisa foi realizada em uma das unidades de saúde da família pertencente a cidade de Tangará da Serra-MT e foi escolhida usando o método aleatório com o período de análise que transcorreu de janeiro a outubro de 2012. Para a coleta de dados utilizou-se de um cheklist elaborado pela autora com base na fundamentação bibliográfica sobre a existência do Plano de Gerenciamento de Resíduos Sólidos dos Serviços de Saúde (PGRSSS). Resultados: A unidade de saúde da família não apresentava a coleta externa conforme a determinação da RDC 306/04, bem como a inexistência de educação continuada sobre o tema. Conclusões: Os dados obtidos apontam para a necessidade de um maior e mais efetivo envolvimento de gestores e profissionais de saúde com essa questão, visando não somente proporcionar maior segurança para os trabalhadores no exercício de suas funções, mas também contribuir para a preservação do meio ambiente e para a saúde da população. Vale ressaltar que os gestores municipais devem estar atentos em atender o que preconiza a legislação sobre o Plano de Gerenciamento de Resíduos Sólidos dos Serviços de Saúde - PGRSSS conforme preconiza a RDC vigente bem como a necessidade de pesquisas mais específicas sobre o tema entre os funcionários da unidade e maior fiscalização que irá reforçar sobremaneira a importância da não contaminação e da contaminação do solo que irá favorecer a preservação ambiental.
Crash sanitário: os retrocessos na política de saúde frente à crise econômica e a alternativa de um princípio constitucional
Authors: Cunha Jarbas Ricardo Almeida
Published: September 2015

São analisadas as consequências da crise econômica mundial na política pública de saúde, tendo como método uma análise histórico-dialética compreendendo a política e a economia subsumidas no critério da totalidade. Reflete-se sobre os retrocessos sociais no Estado Democrático e Social de Direito, demonstrando, como alternativa, um princípio constitucional que interage com a questão social demarcada.
Participação social na construção do SUS: uma análise à luz da experiência brasileira
Authors: Conserva Alinne Martins , Taveira Fabiana Mendes Fonseca , Gomes Luanna de Mendonça , Marinho Paulino da Silva , Silva Rosa Shirley Peres da
Published: September 2015

Este artigo se propõe a descrever e analisar a participação social na construção do SUS, com base em análise de experiências descritas em artigos recentes. Partiu-se do seguinte pressuposto teórico: as conquistas realizadas no processo de democratização da saúde brasileira e a participação exercida nos conselhos de saúde prenunciam uma nova política, que inclui novos participantes na saúde pública. O processo permite novo direcionamento da cultura política em busca de decisões mais democráticas. Foi realizada revisão bibliográfica integrativa nas bases Scielo, Lilacs e Bireme. Recorreu-se à técnica de pesquisa de artigos com o objetivo de analisar a literatura recente relacionada à construção do SUS por meio de debates e lutas de movimentos sociais. Nos estudos surgidos, identificou-se que a cultura política tradicional se tornou dinâmica e complexa e permitiu que o Movimento de Reforma Sanitária impulsionasse mudanças sociais com o entendimento de que todos possuem efetivo direito à saúde. Foi observado, ainda, que existem entraves que dificultam a participação e o controle social, o que nos permite afirmar que o processo democrático no Brasil ainda carece de desenvolvimento.
Direito à saúde, Poder Judiciário e Orçamento Público.
Authors: Mazza Fábio Ferreira
Published: September 2015

Passados mais de vinte anos desde a promulgação da Constituição Federal de 1988 (que institucionalizou as regras orçamentárias em nosso país), e mais de dez anos de vigência da Lei de Responsabilidade Fiscal (Lei nº 101/2000 que trata da responsabilidade na gestão fiscal), em que medida as decisões judiciais junto às prestações de serviços de saúde não observam as leis orçamentárias podendo, desta forma, comprometer o orçamento em saúde e prejudicar a concretização da política de saúde universal planejada? O artigo em questão serve como um alerta para que nos atentemos para a forma em que o Poder Judiciário vem decidindo as demandas na área da saúde, além de apontar para a necessidade de uma maior discussão e a realização de um estudo de maior amplitude no campo do direito à saúde e orçamento público. O artigo foi realizado mediante pesquisa bibliográfica e documental. A pesquisa documental e bibliográfica teve como bas e a literatura referente ao direito fundamental social à saúde, no marco do Estado Democrático de Direito, bem como o fenômeno da judicialização da saúde e da institucionalização das finanças públicas no País, a partir da Constituição de 1988.
Malícias do pano verde
Authors: Lyon Sandra
Published: September 2015

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Poema
Authors: Alves Luiz Carlos
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Canção urbana
Authors: Claver Ronald
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Um cansado caporal
Authors: Gomes Danilo
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Além da graxa e do óleo
Authors: Barreto Antônio
Published: September 2015

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Cochó do péga
Authors: Rocha Filho Aloyzo De Souza
Published: September 2015

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Índio e letras no Brasil
Authors: Viegas Ana Maria
Published: September 2015

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«Minas» mujer
Authors: Delgado José Angel Silva
Published: September 2015

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Lembranças
Authors: Pimenta Cláudio Da Cunha
Published: September 2015

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De alguns depoimentos e um relato
Authors: Neves Osias Ribeiro
Published: September 2015

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A coruja
Authors: Gontijo Maria Consuelo Porto
Published: September 2015

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Choro convulso
Authors: Souza Hugo De Almeida
Published: September 2015

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lnterlúdio da mulher morta
Authors: Almeida Ana Maria De
Published: September 2015

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Banda veneno
Authors: Gomes Duílio
Published: September 2015

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Os revisores de catálogos
Authors: Salles Edwaldo Zampier
Published: September 2015

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Ver-te não te quero verde
Authors: Andrade Napoleão Laureano de
Published: September 2015

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México de Carlos Fuentes
Authors: Gomes Danilo
Published: September 2015

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Primeiro poema para Isabella
Authors: Neves Osias Ribeiro
Published: September 2015

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Breves considerações sobre a poesia
Authors: Neves Osias Ribeiro
Published: September 2015

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A tartaruga
Authors: Gontijo Maria Consuelo Porto
Published: September 2015

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O vagalume
Authors: Gontijo Maria Consuelo Porto
Published: September 2015

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Choque ao portador
Authors: Gomes Duílio
Published: September 2015

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Tempo
Authors: Fraga Álvaro Eustáquio Rocha
Published: September 2015

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As vinhas da ira
Authors: Barreto Antônio
Published: September 2015

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Trivial completo
Authors: Maia Maria Clara Arreguy
Published: September 2015

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Por tantos séculos que o amor resultou insolúvel
Authors: Gomes Danilo
Published: September 2015

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Ânima
Authors: Resende Ângela Cançado Lara
Published: September 2015

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Cachorro sem dono
Authors: Almeida Ana Maria De
Published: September 2015

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Livro de bolso
Authors: Paulino Maria das Graças Rodrigues
Published: September 2015

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A lua cheia quer se banhar no rio
Authors: Marino José Alexandre Gomes
Published: September 2015

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Morrendo de saudades
Authors: Nascimento Marcus Vinicius Araújo
Published: September 2015

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Noturno para amor gemente
Authors: Assunção Paulinho
Published: September 2015

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A teia
Authors: Mendes Francisco De Morais
Published: September 2015

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Mulher brincando com menina
Authors: Cançado Ângela
Published: September 2015

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Missa do galo — Reapresentação de uma representação
Authors: Salles Suzana Cardoso Teixeira de
Published: September 2015

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A redentora
Authors: Mattos Virgílio Antônio Cunha de
Published: September 2015

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Sobre a dona
Authors: Grossi Maria Auxiliadora Cunha
Published: September 2015

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Marítima
Authors: Fraga Álvaro Eustáquio Rocha
Published: September 2015

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Deus dos abismos
Authors: Gomes Duílio
Published: September 2015

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Major Procopão
Authors: Madeira Antenor Pimenta
Published: September 2015

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Água
Authors: Medeiros Sérgio Coelho de
Published: September 2015

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Qu'est ce d'Amour
Authors: I Francisco
Published: September 2015

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Que é do amor
Authors: Laterza Moacyr
Published: September 2015

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Teoria
Authors: Resende Ângela Cançado Lara
Published: September 2015

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Cantiga 1
Authors: Martins Leda Maria
Published: September 2015

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Noite qualquer
Authors: Brandão Maria do Carmo
Published: September 2015

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Marinha
Authors: Motta Paschoal
Published: September 2015

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Blue
Authors: Assunção Paulinho
Published: September 2015

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O sol da ânsia
Authors: Souza Salomão
Published: September 2015

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Duelo
Authors: Claver Ronald
Published: September 2015

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Effective Brand Management for Better Positioning using K-means Clustering
Authors: Sinha Dr. Nidhi
Published: September 2015

Purpose: This article attempts to divide consumers into specific segments identified on the basis of K-means clustering and provide complete market segment information for a set of 50 brands chosen across India, where we use a set of 6 brand functions to profile the consumers into one of 11 categories based on the brand's performance (from a consumer perspective) across a strategic brand function. The objective is to be able to classify each consumer into one of the 11 specified segments so that organizations can formulate a targeting strategy to: 1) improve brand performance across the function where it appears lacking or 2) customize the product or marketing message to suit the individual consumer for maximum product adoption. This can help identify smaller, better-defined targets or sub-markets for enhancing business competitive advantage.
Evolution and Adoption of Social IT
Authors: Dutta Avijit , Kumar Dr. Vinay
Published: September 2015

Ubiquitous Computing concept conceived by 'Mark Weiser' along with 'WEB 2.0' paradigm of present and ‘WEB Squared' of early future as described by 'Tim Oreille' [19,25] has made computing a common place occurrence which in twentieth century was considered a specialized job. Entire archetype of today's computing rests on growing technical strength of data processing and communicating techniques. Further, arrival of technical standards, which are essentialities for present Object Oriented Design (OOD) practices helped fast paced scientific advancement leading to nomadic and ubiquitous computing. Technology evolution around WEB 1.0 & 2.0 paradigms are follow ups of these developments. Abstraction and encapsulation of technical details in accordance with OOD allows usages of tricky devices without knowing complex intricacies. This has encouraged general participation in computing that changed face of social systems. As data processing and disseminating techniques are shifting from manual to digital form with agility and flexibility as constant value additions, digital social interactions leads to 'Social IT' concepts [1, 5, 17, 23].
Evaluation Techniques in Health Communication: Issues and Perspectives
Authors: Mohapatra Dr. Atanu
Published: September 2015

Health communication is gaining recognition across the world because of its emphasis on combining theory and practice in understanding communication processes and changing human behaviour. This approach is pertinent when many of the threats to global public health (through diseases and environmental calamities) are rooted in human behaviour. For a communication campaign to be successful, a number of components are considered essential. Message development is an integral component of the campaign, and there should be widespread exposure to campaign messages. Campaign appeals that are socially distant from audiences are generally ineffective, and messages promoting prevention are less likely to be successful than those with immediate positive consequences. Measurement of carefully defined outcomes is important, and research designs should include adequate resources and methods to achieve useful campaign evaluation. This paper is an attempt to identify and discuss the issues that are important conducting of formative, process, and summative evaluations of health communication campaigns.
Media Ecology and its Multi Dimensional Effect- A Critical Analysis
Authors: Rabindranath Dr. M.
Published: September 2015

Media Ecology is study of complex communication systems as environments. Media ecologists are interested in the interactions of communications media, technology, technique, and processes with human feelings, thoughts, values, and behaviour. Ecology implies the study of environments: their structure, content, and impact on people and media environments; the specifications are more often implicit and informal, half concealed by our assumption that what we are dealing with is not an environment but merely a machine. Media Ecology tries to find out what roles media forces us to play, the media structure what we are seeing, why media make us feel and act as we do. An ecological perspective instead views the human as always being situated within both environmental and technical networks, and contends that an analysis of the human must not proceed from an abstract essence, such as the concept of the soul or free will. An ecological perspective instead views the human as always being situated within both environmental and technical networks, and contends that an analysis of the human must not proceed from an abstract essence, such as the concept of the soul or free will, but instead should compose an investigation into the networks in which humanity is situated. McLuhan saw that media change the way we live and who we are. McLuhan gave Media Ecology a centre of gravity, a moral compass. Neil Postman, who wisely created Media Ecology in so much of McLuhan’s image, was the one most responsible for our focus on media, technology, process, and structure, rather than content. This paper analyses the different dimensional effects of Media Ecology and the own personal interpretation of the author himself.
Women in Indian T.V. Advertising: The ‘Discourse’ in the ‘Fair & Lovely Ad Campaign’
Authors: Jaggi Ruchi
Published: September 2015

This paper explores the gender stereotyping of women in the contemporary space of Indian television commercials. The paper endeavors a discourse analysis of one ad campaign ‘Fair & Lovely’ over the last many years. The study deconstructs the discourse built by the brand through propagating a myth of ‘women’s beauty’ as only one kind of beauty i.e., fair skin – which becomes imperative to attain anything in life. Such a discourse mainstreams a racist version of beauty on one hand and trivializes the essence of a woman by representing her as a dependent on body image to attain success and approval.
Society, Law and Gender Justice in India
Authors: Katoch Dr Archna
Published: September 2015

The purpose of this paper is to determine the social status of women and "focus on gender disparities in India. It examines the effectiveness of constitutional laws, enactments and policies to establish the human rights and gender justice. In order to draw the inferences, different types of surveys reports and research studies showing the conditions of women have been used. Study concludes that the conditions of women have undoubtedly improved but gender injustice is still a problem that is seen all over in the society. In India the most of the laws are not effective as they are ahead of public opinion and willingness of the people to change the society and give the women the status of equality. We are still unaware and in the grip of customs and traditions which covertly discriminate against women.
Impact of Mobile Applications: Comparative Analysis of Users and Non-users of Smartphones in Delhi NCR
Authors: Devadas Pallavi , Sharma Jigyasa , Talwar Mansi
Published: September 2015

Communication is one of the most important aspects of dealing and analysing people. Man initially communicated with gestures, and gradually with words, which lead to sentences. Today communication has expanded into a larger context. Over a century we have changed from letters and telegraphs to mobile phones and social networks. There are a lot of new means of communication which have made our life so simple and easy going. Mobile phones can be seen as the most used present day phenomenon in this fast growing time. Mobile phone is a revolutionary step in the field of telecommunication. However, communication’s basic purpose has not changed, especially in the work place, and that is to accurately convey information from one person to another (or multiple people). Smartphones have completely changed the concept of the telephoning. Now a phone is not only a mere phone but it is a lot in itself and this is possible with the introduction of mobile applications which have made our life easier and faster. Mobile applications have triggered a revolution globally. Now, smartphones know everything - where people go, what they search for, what they buy, what they do for fun and when they go to bed.
Growth, Factor Endowment and Trade of India - A Review of Literatures
Authors: Prakash Dr Shri , Anand Ms. Sonia
Published: September 2015

The factor endowment theorem better known as the Heckscher - Ohlin Theorem has been much been researched topic in the arena of International Trade. The H-O theorem envisages that trade between different countries is caused due to differences in relative factor endowments of those countries. H-O theorem is a theorem of long term general equilibrium in which the two factors are mobile between sectors. Leontief was the first to find that despite the fact that the USA was capital-abundant country it was exporting labour-intensive products. This clearly indicated factor reversal in the case of USA and popularly came to be known as Leontief paradox. This very study instigated the researchers all over the world to test H-O theorem for other countries. This paper is an attempt to review literatures related to the studies on growth, factor endowment and trade of India.
Women Empowerment through Corporate Social Responsibility - The Role of Indian Commercial Banks
Authors: Karamala Dr. Padmasree
Published: September 2015

The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities have started since 1990s now has become a medium for most of Indian corporate to contribute to inclusive growth of Indian society. Now the companies are participating actively in CSR initiatives by spending 2-5 per cent of their net profits. The new Companies Bill also made it compulsory to spend 2 per cent of net profit of the company towards CSR activities. Consequent to the decision, the Indian Corporate have shifted their focus beyond traditional activities. The present paper focuses on how CSR extends beyond the traditional business to encompass new governmental and social drivers and emphasised on the gender content of CSR in banking sector for the inclusive growth since development and empowerment of women ultimately imperative for the inclusive growth of the nation. The study also emphasised on the comparison of CSR content among different ownership patterns of Indian Commercial Banks in the era of competitive globalisation towards inclusive growth.
Coverage of Women’s Issues by Urdu and English Press: A Comparative Analysis
Authors: Sahu Dr. G. K. , Alam Shah
Published: September 2015

We are living in a mediated world where every aspect of human life is getting affected by images of media. Consciously or unconsciously, knowingly or unknowingly our attitudes, values and belief systems are getting increasingly influenced by media. Some media critics expressed serious concern over the influence of the media in our everyday life. In the contemporary media saturated world, the agenda of the media becoming the public agenda. It is in this context, the news media play an important role in shaping public opinion and creating consciousness on different issues. Keeping in view of the importance of the news media in the contemporary society, the paper makes an attempt to ascertain the agenda setting role of the press towards women’s issues. For the purpose two mainstream dailies- one from the English and the other from the Urdu language newspapers purposively taken and their contents related to women’s issues have been subjected to detailed analysis.
Communication Strategies of Government Agencies for Mass Awareness in Rural Areas of Punjab: A study based on Health Department of District Amritsar, Punjab
Authors: Nazir Arif
Published: September 2015

Rural development has always been a core issue for the development planners in order to take the country on the path of socio-economic development. Mahatma Gandhi rightly said that the development in true sense is not possible unless villages of the country are developed. In the initial years of development planning stress was laid on agriculture and industrial development but with the passage of time, focus shifted to other equally important areas like Healthcare, Education, Employment and Sanitation programmes. Communicating with the rural masses was always a point of discussion. Earlier, where interpersonal means and folk media were the only means of reaching people but with the advent of print and electronic media, there was a paradigm shift in communication strategies also. Presently there are number of communication strategies which are being employed by various departments in order to reach people and create awareness. The present study would try to find out the communication strategies of Department of Health and Family Welfare of District Amritsar, Punjab. The study would also try to find out the media usage of the department for public awareness. Besides, it would also be helpful to find out the role (if any) of new media technology for information dissemination in rural areas.