bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A compostagem como metodologia dialógica para ensino de solos: estudo de caso.
Authors:   , do Nascimento Cavalcante Jaqueline
Published: May 2023

Considerando a urgência de discutir conteúdos ambientais para fundamentar o senso crítico visando a formação cidadã, centrada na Educação em Solos, a pesquisa objetivou verificar a visão de professores e educandos do 7º ano do Ensino Fundamental II sobre o solo e a prática da compostagem,. As atividades foram desenvolvidas numa escola municipal, localizada no município de Sumé, microrregião do Cariri paraibano. A metodologia considerou a aplicação de questionários, para verificação dos conhecimentos prévios dos participantes sobre os assuntos, a apresentação de palestras e vídeos, além da realização de oficina temática. Os resultados apontam que os professores apresentaram de forma mais expressiva a visão ecológica sobre o solo, centrada na percepção de recurso natural, não desenvolvem trabalhos relacionado ao solo e afirmam que é insuficiente a abordagem do tema solo nos livros didáticos. Já os 45% dos educandos disseram que o lixo contamina o solo e a água, mas não conheciam a prática da compostagem (73%), percepção que mudou após a apresentação das palestras e realização da oficina. Assim, pode-se concluir que a pesquisa realizada demonstrou que a aprendizagem pode integrar teoria à prática, com uma melhoria de atitudes e hábitos presentes e futuros. Os professores reconheceram a compostagem como metodologia enriquecedora para o ensino de solos. Na perspectiva da Educação em Solos, a prática da compostagem deve ser estimulada nas escolas, como importante instrumento de Educação Ambiental para a formação cidadã. Por outro lado, uma atenção especial deve ser dada a formação continuada de professores, centrada nas atividades do ensino de solos, para que haja uma abordagem mais eficiente e expressiva dos conteúdos escolares.
A terra nos alimenta: as famílias e a produção agroecológica no Assentamento Giral do Campim.
Authors:   , Ligia David Sobrinho Ana
Published: May 2023

A agroecologia representa uma alternativa de reprodução para os produtores familiares, tendo como fundamento os princípios da sustentabilidade dos agroecossistemas e solidariedade entre os produtores. Nesse sentido, o presente trabalho tem por objetivo compreender o desenvolvimento da atividade agroecológica em pequenas propriedades no Município de Livramento - PB. Nessa pesquisa foi utilizada a metodologia da pesquisa qualitativa, dividida em dois momentos: no primeiro momento foi realizado um levantamento bibliográfico na Biblioteca do CDSA, e no segundo momento foi realizada a pesquisa de campo no Assentamento Giral de Capim do Município de Livramento - PB, com entrevistas aos assentados tem para produzir produtos agrícolas saudáveis para fornecer ao consumidor, através da comercialização na feira local dos alimentos de boa qualidade e livres de agrotóxico, como baixo custo para consumo das famílias.
Revisão de literatura: parâmetros fisiológicos e reprodutivos de machos bovinos criados no Brasil.
Authors:   , Phyllipy Pereira Santos José
Published: May 2023

Realiza revisão de literatura sobre a criação e os aspectos fisiológicos de machos bovinos no Brasil. Considera que a criação de gado é a atividade econômica que ocupa uma vasta extensão de terras no Brasil. hoje o país esta responsável por mais da metade do mercado mundial de carne bovina, e na produção de leite o Brasil se destaca como o quinto maior produtor, daí nota-se a importância econômica desta atividade no país. A reprodução de bovinos é uma atividade de extrema necessidade para o produtor rural elevar ao máximo o potencial do seu rebanho seja ele para produção de leite ou carne, a reprodução bovina se relaciona de forma direta com fatores internos e externos tais como fatores genéticos e climáticos que interferem de forma direta na habilidade reprodutiva dos animais, a atividade leiteira no Brasil ganha destaque, mas muitos produtores desconhecem que os elevados índices de temperatura influenciam de forma negativa na produção e reprodução principalmente quando nos relacionamos a criação de animais de raças especializadas o gado de origem européia, conhecidos pela sua grande capacidade reprodutiva e precocidade, características bastante desejadas para quem segue no ramo da bovinocultura leiteira, mas as altas temperaturas também afetam de forma negativa animais adaptados ao clima tropical reduzindo o percentual espermático, atividade sexual encurtando o tempo de vida do macho bovino no rebanho quando os mesmos são criados em sistemas extensivos devido a exposição a intemperes climáticos e a bruscas mudanças de temperaturas condições que interferem na fertilidade do rebanho independentemente da raça ou sexo seja ela indiana ou européia a exposição a fatores adversos inibe fatores fisiológicos e reprodutivos nos machos e nas fêmeas bovinas inibindo hormônios e sucessivamente diminuindo a capacidade reprodutiva comprometendo todo o sistema, pois a bovinocultura leiteira ou de corte dependem das habilidades reprodutivas dos mesmos para que seja realizado um trabalho de sucesso, diante do exposto o trabalho teve por objetivo realizar uma revisão de literatura a respeito dos parâmetros reprodutivos e fisiológicos do macho bovino.
Contextos de interacción, valores y práctica docente. El sentido de la formación en la escuela normal rural
Authors: Mendoza Alegría Ivett Maurita , Minor Ferra Nadia , Paredes García Edwin , Zempoalteca González Gilgamés , Quiroz Macías Marinelly , Maldonado Bautista Olimpia , Cano Corona Melina , Cid Carro Piedad , Ponce López Nancy Yadamara , Hernández Ventura María Laura , Ponce López Itzetl , Vázquez Antonio Jennifer , Vázquez Antonio José Manuel , Mendoza Morales Darney , Valencia y Peña María Silvia , Téllez Castillo Jaina Siltalin
Published: May 2023

La idea de formación docente articula los contextos que los autores exponen en este libro. Tres de los cinco trabajos están respaldados por evidencias empíricas. En uno de ellos, sus autores exploran los sentidos que una egresada construye sobre su formación profesional. En los otros dos, la preocupación de sus autores se focaliza en la caracterización social y académica de las estudiantes y en la exploración de las relacioanes de convivencia entre estudiantes normalistas. Asimismo, los autores de los dos artículos restantes exponen ideas relacionadas con el construccionismo y la socioformación. En este marco, este colectivo indaga en significados y en construir sentidos sobre la formación inicial docente desde la experiencia de profesores formadores de docentes de educación básica.
PARTIAL PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF L. PLANTARUM ADMINISTRATION ON SOME BLOOD PARAMETERS AND ANAE-POSITIVE LYMPHOCYTE RATIOS IN FEMALE RATS EXPOSED TO CADMIUM (Cd)
Authors: KISADERE İhsan , TAVŞANLI Hakan , AYDIN Mehmet Faruk , DEMİRBAŞ Özkan
Published: May 2023

We aimed to research the influences of oral L.plantarum administration on some blood parameters and alpha-naphthyl acetate esterase (ANAE)-positive lymphocyte ratios in female rats exposed chronically to Cd. In order to perform this investigation, rats were separated into four equal groups as control (C, n = 8), cadmium (Cd, n = 8), L.plantarum (n = 8), and Cd+ L.plantarum (n = 8). Cd (2.04 mg / mL) was orally applicated to Cd and Cd+ L.plantarum groups for 28 days. In addition, active-live L.plantarum (approximately 108 - 109 cfu / mL) was applicated orally to L.plantarum and Cd+ L.plantarum groups at the same time. C group animals received only fresh water and standard rat food during the study. After the applications, animals were decapitated and blood samples were collected for evaluating of some blood parameters (WBC and its different sub-types, RBC, HCT, MCV, MCH, MCHC, and PLT) and also ANAE-positive lymphocyte ratios. WBC counts were determined the highest in the Cd group compared to other experimental groups (p < 0.05). On the other hand, LP administration caused a significant amelioration in WBC counts of Cd+ L.plantarum group animals when compared to Cd group (p < 0.05). Although NEU counts were detected the highest in the Cd group, these counts decreased due to oral L.plantarum administration in Cd+ L.plantarum group (p < 0.05). Increased PLT values due to CD administration were fixed by using LP diet in the Cd+ L.plantarum group compared to the Cd group in the study (p < 0.05). In conclusion, L.plantarum partially affects female rats’ blood parameters from the harmful effects of Cd.
Sağlık İnanç Modeli Bileşenleri ile Kadınların Serviks Kanseri ve Pap Smear Tarama Testi Bilgilerinin ve Tarama Testi Davranışlarının İncelenmesi
Authors: POLAT Aylin , KALKIM Aslı
Published: May 2023

Araştırmanın amacı; serviks kanserine ve papsmear tarama testine yönelik kadınların bilgilerinin ve taramaya katılma davranışlarının sağlık inanç modeli ile incelenmesidir. Tanımlayıcı, kesitsel türdeki araştırma İzmir’in Bornova ilçesinde bulunan bir Halk Eğitim Merkezinde, Şubat-Haziran 2019 tarihleri arasında gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın evrenini, Halk Eğitim Merkezinde eğitim alan kadınlar (n=926), örneklemini; 350 kadın oluşturmuştur. Araştırmada Birey Tanıtım Formu ve Rahim Ağzı Kanseri ve Pap Smear Testi Sağlık İnanç Modeli Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizi SPSS 22.0 programı ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmada sayı, yüzdelik dağılım, ortalama ve standart sapma, bağımsız gruplarda t testi, Mann-Withney U testi ve tek yönlü varyans analizi kullanılmıştır. Kadınların yaş ortalaması 39,47 (SD=13.10)’dur. Serviks kanserine ilişkin bilgisi olduğunu belirtenlerin oranı % 45,7; Papsmear testini bilenler %60,3 ve papsmear testi yaptıranların oranı %54,9’dur. Serviks kanserine ilişkin bilgisi olduğunu ifade eden kadınların yarar algıları, sağlık motivasyonları ve önemseme algıları istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı şekilde yüksek bulunmuştur (p
Determining the Level of Health Management Information System Data Use in Southern Region of Lesotho
Authors: E.M. Taunyane , E.F. Mpati
Published: May 2023

Health management information system (HMIS) has been implemented in many countries to promote evidence-based decision making. The aim of this study was to generate information that will help the Ministry of Health (MOH) to improve the use of HMIS data at district level in southern region, Lesotho. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study which employed explanatory mixed methods approach. Quantitative data were collected through records reviews while qualitative data were collected through interviews and records reviews. The findings have shown that DHMTs and district hospitals are using HMIS data quite satisfactorily. Also, data demand by managers and possession of HMIS skills influences the use of data. In conclusion, the main enablers to a satisfactory level of HMIS data use in the southern region were ability of managers to demand data from their subordinates and improved data quality because of intensive interventions aimed at strengthening Lesotho’s HMIS by external donors.
A Need for Further Education on Buprenorphine in Pain Medicine
Authors: Hasoon Jamal , Nguyen Anvinh , Urits Ivan , Robinson Christopher , Viswanath Omar , Kaye Alan D
Published: May 2023

With the ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States there has been a strong transition towards utilizing multi-modal analgesia, interventional procedures, and non-opioid medications when managing acute and chronic pain. There has also been an increased interest in utilizing buprenorphine. Buprenorphine is a novel long-acting analgesic with partial mu-opioid agonist activity that can be utilized for analgesia as well as opioid use disorder. Buprenorphine also has a unique set of side effects as well pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties that require special attention, especially if these patients require future surgical interventions. Given the increased interest in this medication we believe that there needs to be increased education and awareness regarding this medication amongst physicians, specifically pain management physicians and trainees.
Rezension von: Schneidmüller, Bernd; Weinfurter, Stefan (Hrsg.), Otto III. - Heinrich II.
Authors: Setzler Wilfried , Schneidmüller Bernd , Weinfurter Stefan
Published: May 2023

Bernd Schneidmüller und Stefan Weinfurter (Hrsg.): Otto 111. - Heinrich 11. Eine Wende? (Mittelalter Forschungen, Band 1). 2., verbesserte Auflage. Jan Thorbecke Verlag Stuttgart 2000. 438 Seiten mit 22 Abbildungen, davon 12 in Farbe. Gebunden DM 68,-. ISBN 3-7995-4251-5
Rezension von: Kraiss, Eva Maria u.a., ... und erschlugen sich um ein Stücklein Brot
Authors: Wolf Reinhard , Kraiss Eva Maria
Published: May 2023

Eva Maria Kraiss, Marion Reuter und Bernhard Losch: ... und erschlugen sich um ein Stücklein Brot. Steinkreuze in den Landkreisen Schwäbisch Hall und Hohenlohe. Fotodokumentation. Hänisch-Fränkisches Museum Schwäbisch Hall/Swiridoff Verlag Künzelsau 2000.174 Seiten mit zahlreichen Farbabbildungen. Gebunden DM 59,-. ISBN 3-934350-31-3
Rezension von: Renn, Wendelin (Hrsg.), Joseph Beuys
Authors: Setzler Sibylle , Renn Wendelin
Published: May 2023

Wendelin Renn (Hrsg.): Joseph Beuys. . Aus dem Bestand der Stiftung Museum Schloss Moyland. DuMont Buchverlag Köln 2000. 240 Seiten mit zahlreichen, meist farbigen Abbildungen. Gebunden DM 68-. ISBN 3-7701-5553-X
IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CSR ON EMPLOYEES’ ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE: MEDIATING ROLE OF GREEN SHARED VISION
Authors: Rehman Shuja Ur , Khan Irfan Ullah
Published: May 2023

The study examines influence of environmental corporate social responsibility upon employee environmental performance, with a focus on the mediating role of green shared vision. The environmental CSR is voluntary initiatives and practices aimed at reducing its environmental impact and promoting sustainability however, employees’ environmental performance is behaviors and actions of the employees that contribute to environmental conservation and sustainability within organization. The green shared vision encompasses shared understanding & commitment among employees to environmental goals and sustainability objectives. Research utilizes quantitative approaches and survey data was collected from 338 employees in diverse organizations across many manufacturing industries. The data analysis involves statistical techniques, like correlation, regression, mediation, to examine association, impact, the direct and indirect effects of environmental CSR on employee environmental performance through mediating role of green shared vision. The findings will help organizations understand the mechanisms over which environmental CSR initiatives can effect employee behaviors and contribute to environmental sustainability.
ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL PASSION IN LINKING ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS
Authors: Khan Nafid , Khan Muhammad Saqib
Published: May 2023

This study aims to explore the influence of entrepreneurial passion in linking entrepreneurial education and intentions in the higher education institutions (HEIs) as entrepreneurial passion is positive intense spirits that entrepreneurs experience toward their work to ensure creativity and innovation. Literature revealed that entrepreneurial education plays a crucial role in promoting entrepreneurial intentions in HEIs among the students. Still, the link between entrepreneurial intentions and education is stronger for students who have higher entrepreneurial passions. Present study used mixed-method approach by obtaining data from surveys in HEIs. The results indicated that students who have higher entrepreneurial passions are more possible to have higher entrepreneurial intentions. Students who have taken more entrepreneurial courses report higher levels of entrepreneurial intentions, suggesting that entrepreneurial education play crucial role in promoting entrepreneurial intentions among students. The HEIs should, design courses and programs that promote entrepreneurial passion, by providing theoretical knowledge and practical skills. This may help to create a culture of entrepreneurship in HEIs but also help to promote the development of successful entrepreneurs in the future.
EXPLORING IMPACT OF IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT ON CONTEXTUAL PERFORMANCE OF EMPLOYEES
Authors: Abbas Ghulam , Akbar Umar , Batool Zara
Published: May 2023

Managers are trying to persuade their subordinates to fulfil the organizational duties without coercion or penalty. However, impression management has grown into current leadership influencing strategy managers use to persuade their subordinates to achieve organizational goals. This study uses positivism and social influence theory to examine how impression management affects contextual performance of employees in service organizations of Pakistan. Using cross-sectional research. Survey includes 40 Pakistani four-star hotels, quick food outlets, and travel agencies. A sample size of 315 was determined from a sample frame of 2400 employees from 40 selected businesses. Data was acquired via questionnaire. IBM SPSS was used to analyze hypotheses using linear regression. According to the findings of study, various aspects of impression management have a significant influence on measurements of employee contextual performance. Employees' ECP is enhanced in Pakistan service organizations when IM is practiced, as measured by self-promotion, ingratiation, and exemplification. This means that managers and other top leaders in organization show their impression by pushing themselves, being nice towards their subordinates, and setting the good example of how they treat them.
HUMANIZING NATIONAL HARMONY IN PAKISTAN WHILE IMPLEMENTING AN ANTI-EXTREMISM STRATEGY
Authors: Malik Zoha Bibi , Batool Misbha , Nawaz Abid Hussain
Published: May 2023

The purpose of this study is to conduct an investigation on the current state of national harmony in Pakistan. In a nation that is home to people from a diverse range of the cultural and ethnic backgrounds, maintaining national peace may be a difficult and time-consuming task. The study discusses the difficulties associated with creating national harmony by conducting an in-depth examination of variety of theoretical method and conceptualizations, all of which are supplied by the various viewpoints of the relevant academics. Despite this, research suggests that most important factors in maintaining national peace in Pakistan are eliminating sectarianism and resolving conflicts between provinces on a variety of topics, such as the 18th amendment and the distribution of resources. In particular, when it comes to the provinces, Baluchistan and Sindh have been dealing with a wide variety of problems. In addition, the constructive role that the media and youth can play in the growth of national harmony is analyzed and addressed from a variety of perspectives. At the end, the policy recommendations are created in order to achieve greater national cohesion and harmony within Pakistan's diverse and multi-cultural society.
O conhecimento matemático na Crítica da Razão Pura e a interpretação de Jaakko Hintikka do método transcendental
Authors: Coriolano Ericsson Venâncio
Published: May 2023

Este trabalho pretende analisar o conceito de conhecimento matemático encontrado na Crítica da Razão Pura no intuito de mostrar que a releitura de Jaakko Hintikka sobre esse tema desemboca em uma proposta de abandono da Estética Transcendental. Para isso, primeiramente, será feito um paralelo entre a Crítica da Razão Pura e os textos de lógica geral de Kant, com o objetivo de mostrar que as estruturas das doutrinas dos elementos e do método da Crítica são derivadas dos estudos de lógica geral. Depois, será apresentado o caráter extralógico da noção de intuição encontrada na Estética Transcendental. Com isso, mostrar-se-á que Hintikka propõe que a filosofia da matemática kantiana seja resgatada apenas por meio da Doutrina do Método, focando no aspecto representacionista do conhecimento. Conclui-se que a releitura de Hintikka, embora discutível, faz uma correção que é coerente com a própria essência do método transcendental.
A Filosofia do Renascimento e a fundação do pensamento moderno em Ernst Cassirer
Authors: Júnior Ivânio Lopes de Azevedo , Garcia Rafael Rodrigues
Published: May 2023

O presente artigo tem como objetivo apresentar os elementos centrais da compreensão de Cassirer acerca do Renascimento como meio para a interpretação do desenvolvimento do pensamento moderno. Fundamental e presente ao longo de praticamente todos os períodos de produção intelectual do autor da Filosofia das formas simbólicas, o período do Renascimento fornece um ponto de vista privilegiado para a reconstrução das ideias e teorias que se estabelecem na modernidade, de modo que o retorno a elas é fundamental para compreender os desdobramentos deste período e explorar os potenciais de atualização destas ideias em face do cenário de crise que se apresenta nas primeiras décadas do século XX. Para levar a cabo essa tarefa, apresentaremos o legado programático que Cassirer encontra no pensamento Renascentista, destacando especialmente o papel atribuído à obra de Nicolau de Cusa.
TCPD in Tanzania: Design-Based Implementation Research Cycle 1 Recommendations Policy Brief
Authors: Koomar Saalim , Massam Winston , Chachage Kristeen , Anthony Gervace , Mrope WinifridaJacob , Malibiche Mustafa , Mutura Emmanuel , Adam Taskeen , Hennessy Sara , Mtenzi Frederick , Komba Aneth , Mwakabungu Fika , Masonda Paskali , Nkya Henry
Published: May 2023

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A representação do corpo feminino em anúncios publicitários na tv: a ditadura da beleza presente nos comerciais de lingerie
Authors: De Freitas Darlene Rodrigues
Published: May 2023

O corpo humano, sobretudo o corpo feminino, carrega consigo significados e significantes que reiteram comportamentos sociais. Nesse contexto, a publicidade manipula imagens do corpo da mulher para consolidar e/ou criar valores socioculturais que direcionam o interlocutor para um corpo modelado de acordo com padrões de beleza predeterminados pela própria mídia, para afirmar ou reafirmar uma ditadura da beleza que impõe o que esse corpo deve consumir. Esta pesquisa se propõe a analisar o discurso da beleza por natureza da mulher brasileira aclamado na campanha publicitária da marca de lingerie da Hope, atendo-se a dois dos seus anúncios publicitários: um apresentado pela modelo internacional Gisele Bündchen e o outro exibido pela famosa atriz Juliana Paes, sob o slogan “Bonita por natureza”.
Innovative Exploration of "Five-in-one, Three-wheel Drive" Marketing Practice Teaching System
Authors: Lu Hongjuan
Published: May 2023

In view of the old practice teaching system of marketing specialty, the lack of effective implementation methods and paths of practice teaching, the loose evaluation of students by schools, the lack of evaluation of professional ability and the disconnection between practice and industrial development, this paper analyzes and studies the current situation of practice teaching of marketing specialty, and puts forward a "five-in-one, three-wheel-driven" practice teaching system of marketing specialty. Teaching practice has proved that the new practical teaching system greatly stimulates students' enthusiasm for professional theory learning, competition certificate participation and professional practice, promotes the cultivation of students' comprehensive ability, improves the quality of professional personnel training, and enhances students' employment competitiveness.
Habitabilidad urbana, una categoría para analizar vivienda social en México en el siglo XXI
Authors: Valdez Calva Silvia Andrea , Romero Guzmán Liliana
Published: May 2023

La reflexión sobre el habitar en la vivienda puede realizarse desde lo social para comprender que ésta trasciende al territorio donde se emplaza. Co­mo lo señala Borja, “la vivienda es uno de los elementos que hacen la ciudad; pero, sin estar integrada a la ciudad, la vivien­da no es adecuada” (2016: 8). Por lo tanto, la vivienda es el elemento de primera instancia que permite a la persona desenvolverse en la ciudad, pero es necesario que se encuentre inserta al tejido urbano para facilitar las condiciones de habitabilidad que brinda la ciudad.

El presente artículo tiene como objetivo reconocer la integración de la habitabilidad en la vivienda social en­tendida como una forma de urbanización que surge de las políticas habitacionales. El método parte de la refle­xión teórica de los conceptos habitabilidad urbana, vi­vienda social y periferia, para comprenderlos como pro­cesos integrales dentro de la ciudad. En los resultados se identifican elemen­tos mínimos —al interior y al exterior— que debe contener la vivienda social emplazada en la periferia con relación a la habitabilidad urbana para satisfacer las ne­cesidades básicas de sus habitantes dentro del contex­to mexicano en el siglo XXI.
Effectiveness of Employing the Imaginative Learning Strategy in Scientific Courses in Emirati Private Schools
Authors: Alderbashi Khaled Younis , Tawdrous Maher Ibrahim
Published: May 2023

This study explored the effectiveness of employing the imaginative learning strategy in scientific courses in Emirati private schools from the perspective of the teachers teaching scientific courses. The descriptive analytical approach was adopted to investigate such effectiveness, and in-depth interviews were carried out. Online in-depth interviews were conducted with thirty teachers (19 male teachers and 11 female teachers). Those teachers were chosen purposively. They teach science courses. They were chosen from six private schools in Sharjah, five private schools in Dubai, and three private schools in Dubai. The interviews were recorded and analysed to reach reliable results. Such analysis aims to identify the degree to which the targeted teaches employ this strategy. It aims to identify the impact of employing this strategy in scientific courses on the quality of education. It aims to identify the impacts of employing this strategy in scientific courses. It aims to identify the barriers and challenges that might be faced when employing this strategy by the targeted teachers. Several results were reached. For instance, respondents have positive attitudes towards employing this strategy in scientific courses. In addition, employing this strategy in scientific courses in Emirati private schools effectively improves the quality of education. The researchers recommend holding courses for teachers in UAE about the use of the imaginative learning strategy in scientific courses.
מורות ומורים אקטיביסטים
Authors: קטקו-איילי קרן
Published: May 2023

מאמר זה עוסק בערך (תרתי־משמע) "מורות ומורים אקטיביסטים", מונח המשמש בעשורים האחרונים בספרות המחקרית במערב, אם כי פחות בישראל, לתיאור חינוך למעורבות ולאזרחות פעילה. פדגוגיה אקטיביסטית היא גישה תיאורטית ומעשית לקידום פעולה לשינוי סוציו־פוליטי על ידי המורים. פדגוגיה אקטיביסטית מאקרו־פוליטית מתארת עשייה של מורים אקטיביסטים המקדמים צדק חינוכי באמצעות מאבקים לשינוי מדיניות החינוך. המאבקים מתקיימים לרוב בבתי משפט ומערבים פרסום בתקשורת. חלק מהאקטיביסטים פועלים לשינוי מדיניות באופן עצמאי, חלקם דרך התארגנויות מורים וחלקם אף מצטרפים להורים, כמו למשל במאבקים בישראל בסוגיות חלוקת משאבים שוויונית בין מרכז לפריפריה וצמצום מספר התלמידים בכיתה. חיוני למסגר מחדש את מקצוע ההוראה כאקטיביסטי, ולעודד מורים פעילנים (מורים אקטיביסטים) הפועלים בשטח לקידום שינוי חברתי־פוליטי על פי ערכי זכויות אדם, הומניזם, פלורליזם וערכי הדמוקרטיה המהותית.
Business performance and purchase intentions in cross-border e-commerce
Authors:   , Goldman Sjoukje Pieta Karianne
Published: May 2023

Cross-border e-commerce is flourishing worldwide and is particularly intriguing because it allows sellers and buyers to regularly cross national borders to distant and distinct
countries via the Internet. Marketers need to understand the challenges retailers and consumers may face to develop effective marketing strategies, attract foreign consumers to retailers’ websites, and convert their visits into actual purchases.

This dissertation contributes to the growing literature on cross-border e-commerce by
examining how e-retailers can shape their marketing strategy to reach foreign consumers who may make a purchase and what drives consumers’ perceptions and preferences before making that purchase. To this end, study 1 examines how and to what extent small e-retailers can shape their marketing strategies to increase their use of digital marketing tactics and thereby improve their performance in foreign markets by comparing e-retailers originating from developed and emerging e-commerce markets. Study 2 focuses on how store values and country stereotype perceptions lead to higher trust between consumers and retailers in foreign e-stores, and how this differs for European consumers shopping at U.S. and Chinese e-stores. The third study addresses why consumers buy from foreign e-stores when they can buy domestically. It examines three different categories of determinants across generational cohorts: e-store characteristics, domain-specific values, and human values.

Overall, this dissertation demonstrates the drivers of small retailers’ business performance and consumers’ purchase intentions in cross-border e-commerce while showing that neither e-retailers nor consumers should be considered uniform or generalizable.
Pure, honest, sincere church music
Authors:   , Winter Christiaan Bert
Published: May 2023

This study has the church musician and composer Willem Vogel as a point of reference. His life and works reflect the developments in Dutch Protestant liturgical music in the second half of the twentieth century. Conversely, he himself partly determined the course of these developments through his work as a practicing church musician, his involvement in church music policy in the Dutch Reformed Church in particular, and above all through the relentless stream of compositions with which he enriched Dutch Protestant liturgical music for sixty years. The question of the influence of Vogel's work on the sound idiom of Dutch Protestant liturgical music is central to this research. Archival and literature research are the most important methodological pillars of this research.
The dissertation is divided into six chapters. The first three are devoted to Willem Vogel's biography, to the development of his thinking on liturgical music and to the gradually changing sound idiom of his compositions. Chapter four describes Willem Vogel's complete oeuvre: its structure, composition, characteristics and focal points. Subsequently, a part of that oeuvre, the stanza melodies, is musically analyzed in chapter five. This analysis visualizes the typical properties of the sound idiom of Willem Vogel's compositions. The sixth and final chapter is dedicated to the place of Willem Vogel's work in the broader context of both Dutch Protestant liturgical music and social and cultural developments in the second half of the twentieth century.
It is mainly the quantity of Vogel's work – his extensive oeuvre, his important policy influence and his long working life – that has had a qualitative influence on the sound idiom of Dutch Protestant liturgical music. In the interplay between rhythm, melody and harmony, the melody is central to Vogel's work. The harmony arises from the melodic course and the rhythm often has a structuring function. However, it is mainly the close relationship between word and tone that characterizes Vogel's music and in which he asserts his idiomatic influence. Finally, the influence of Willem Vogel's work can be seen in the attunement of his sound language to the specific Dutch church music situation in which music practice by amateurs is leading: in the construction of simple singing styles with small melodic elements.
A Feminist Reading of Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Authors: Du Yuanmeng
Published: May 2023

Charlotte Perkins Gilman is one of the representative feminist writers in the United States. Her novel Herland constructs a utopian society for women and breaks binary opposition between men and women. This thesis analyzes from two different perspectives -- space and environment, and ideology in a woman-dominated country to reveal the ability of females’ deconstruction of dualism and reconstruction of equality rebuild between people and nature, and between men and women with subjectivity and agency of women. On the other hand, by comparing patriarchal ideology in reality and feministic thoughts in Herland, this thesis also aims to reveal the advancement in this feminist utopia, thus indicating the practical significance of the novel as a social criticism by creating a female dominated utopia to explore the ways to solve the various social problems in patriarchal United States.
A Logistic Fractional Model with Control Measures for Cumulative Cases of COVID-19
Authors: Lopes M. M. , Pedro F. S. , Sánchez D. E. , Wasques V. F. , Esmi E. , De Barros L. C.
Published: May 2023

The curve of cumulative cases of individuals infected by COVID-19 shows similar growth to the logistic curve in the period referring to each epidemic "wave'', as each peak of active cases is called. Considering that in pandemic scenarios it is common to seek control measures based on previous experiences. In this paper, we model the curve of cumulative cases through a logistic model with infected removal to include the control measures in the dynamics. This model is based on fractional differential equations to also include the memory effect. We study the scenario of the first two "waves'' in the analyzed countries: Brazil, China, Italy, and Switzerland. Scenarios with and without control measures are compared, proving the importance of control measures such as isolation. Moreover, this model makes it possible to determine the portion of the population that did not participate in the dynamics of the spread of the disease, as well as to analyze how the number of infected people reduced in each country.
ON CAREGIVERS : IMAGES FROM INDIAN LAW
Authors: Chadha-Sridhar Ira
Published: May 2023

To take care of another person is work. This work has immense value not just for the individuals who are being cared for, but also for communities, societies, and nations at large. Despite this, those who engage in care work – caregivers – are often denied the compensation, rights, and protection they need. In this paper, I will investigate the status of caregivers under Indian law. Who is a caregiver, and who is not? As there is no law in India that specifically deals with caregivers, we turn to cases and statutes that mention caregivers anecdotally and define the term. An analysis of this legal material reveals a range of contradictory images. In particular, two conceptual constructions seem to emerge: ‘responsibility-based accounts’ and ‘action-based accounts’. I argue that a conceptual account of caregivers – broadly of the latter type – must be incorporated in any future law (or range of laws) that confers rights, benefits, and protections upon caregivers. I hope to show, more generally, that such laws for caregivers are very much the need of the hour.
Gender Equality Redux
Authors: Kapur Ratna , Gossman Brenda
Published: May 2023

This article offers a broad review of gender justice jurisprudence in India between 1993 and 2022. In analysing some of the landmark judgements on women's rights in the intervening years, the authors find the judicial approach to gender equality uneven and at times, conflicting. Despite the significant advancements in the jurisprudence of gender equality and dignity, discrimination and inequality persist on a staggering scale. The article argues for the continued importance of subjecting equality jurisprudence to feminist critical inquiry, which pays attention to the deeper structural and systemic issues that impact gender equality.
CHARACTERISING L TERISING LAND AND PROPER AND AND PROPERTY RELATED LITIGATION AT THE DELHI HIGH COURT
Authors: Damle Devendra , Gulati Karan
Published: May 2023

There are three common conjectures regarding land and property related litigations in India. Firstly, it forms a large proportion of the case load in Indian courts. Secondly, the quality of property records is to be blamed for the large volume and length of the litigations. Thirdly, the amount of case load is compounded due to the complexity created by the multitude of laws that govern land and property. Additionally, the government is considered the largest litigant in such disputes. This paper presents a novel data-set of case-level data from the Delhi High Court to test these conjectures. It answers important questions regarding the volume and typologies of such disputes and the typologies of litigants. At the Delhi High Court, land and property disputes constitute 17% of all litigations. In these cases, the largest proportion of litigation is between private parties. The Union Government is the petitioner (or appellant) in 2% of such litigation but is the respondent in more than 18% of cases. Tenancy and land acquisition matters are the most common types of litigation. Lastly, approximately 14% of property litigation is related to property records.
FAIRNESS THROUGH EFFICIENCY: THE CASE FOR A NONMANDATORY MANDATORY BID RULE Y BID RULE
Authors: Singh Karan , Chaturvedi Kaustubh , Khatri Pallavi
Published: May 2023

It is commonly believed that the Mandatory Bid Rule is necessary to ensure the protection of minority shareholders, and that the inefficiency it causes is the price we must pay for fairness. In this paper, we challenge that belief. We suggest that efficiency and fairness are not competing notions – instead, in the Indian market for corporate control, an efficient regulatory regime is most likely to lead to fair outcomes. To make this point, we demonstrate that the protection the MBR grants is inherently less valuable in India than in the UK, where it originates, since takeovers in India are seller-driven and are therefore, prima facie likely to be good for the company. In this background, we empirically evaluate the takeovers that occurred between October 2015 and February 2022 to demonstrate that minority shareholders neither really need, nor particularly want the protection of the MBR. In fact, both they and every other stakeholder would likely be better off without it. However, recognising the inertia built into the regulatory framework, and the players it governs, we propose a temporary system where the MBR would not apply by default, but companies can nonetheless choose to have it be applicable to them. It is our hope that such a transitory regime will generate further evidence on the comparative fairness and efficiency outcomes of each system, allowing both companies and policymakers to make better decisions thereafter.
Recommender Systems and Autonomy: A Role for Regulation of Design, Rights, and Transparency
Authors: Djeffal Christian , Hitrova Christina , Magrani Eduardo
Published: May 2023

Recommender systems are now widely deployed across multiple dimensions of the digital reality that increasingly shapes our lives. In doing so, they mould individual thoughts and actions and can affect individual and collective autonomy. In this paper we first discuss how the ubiquitous exercise of ‘soft’ power by recommender systems on individual users presents interference into individual autonomy and its legal dimensions, expressed through collective and individual self-determination, democratic values and institutions, as well as individual human rights and freedoms. We then argue that this exercise of power over individual and collective destinies necessitates regulatory action to establish an appropriate system of checks and balances on recommender systems and their creators. Utilising a bottom-up approach, we look at the fundamental aspects of a recommender system’s design and functioning that shape the impact these algorithms have on individual autonomy. On the basis of this, we identify three key areas where regulation can be targeted in order to empower users and address current power imbalances - (1) algorithmic design, (2) data protection rights, and (3) transparency and oversight. We map the key questions and options for future regulatory action in each of these domains, highlighting the decisions and competing interests that regulators will need to consider. We conclude by discussing the policy implications of this mapping of the debate and the relevance they have for the future of recommender systems regulation.
On Women, Equality and the Constitution: Through the Looking Glass of Feminism
Authors: Ka Ratna , Gossman Brenda
Published: May 2023

This article explores the approaches that have been adopted by the Supreme Court and High Courts in constitutional cases on sex discrimination. It begins by reviewing and evaluating two competing models of equality-formal versus substantive equality. The authors illustrate the extent to which Indian constitutional law is informed by a formal model of equality, and how attempts at moving towards a more substantive understanding have been thwarted by the deeply embedded assumptions regarding equality as formal equality. They examine three competing approaches to the question of the relevance of gender difference: protectionist, sameness, and corrective. Finally, they contextualise the Supreme Court and High Court case law on gender discrimination within these debates.
Globalisation and City-Zenship in a Not-So-Networked Society: Looking for Narratives of Empowerment in the Process of Seepage of Techno-Cultural Practices
Authors: Majumder Atreyee
Published: May 2023

The article seeks to answer questions crucial to the marginalisation debate like - Is commercial globalisation bringing in more than consumer goods into the developing countries? And if so, then what is the consequent impact on the relationship between the state and its citizens. While the city in the developed world acts as a node of contact with the forces of globalisation, sending out the messages of the global ‘fantasy’, the city in the developing world acts as the receptor of such signals from which the 'fantasy’ can be accessed by the rest of the developed world. Persons living in the city in the developing world,as a result, can not only have greater access to the cultural products of globalisation, but also absorb the practices of the networked worlds. This process of seepage of practices of Globalisation, these city-zens undergo a change in their equation with the state, which previously used to be the sole mediator between the city-zens and the worlds of modernity and progress.
A CASE FOR DIFFEREN A CASE FOR DIFFERENT STANDARDS IN A ARDS IN AGE DETERMINATION PROCEEDINGS
Authors: Misra Shivani , Surendranath Dr. Anup
Published: May 2023

The absence of a clear statutory process for age determination of victims has resulted in inconsistent judicial outcomes that lack a principled approach and dilute the standard of proof requirements intrinsic to criminal trials. This paper explores the feasibility of transposing the method for age determination of an offender provided under the Juvenile Justice Acts to the determination of the age of a victim in the context of criminal trials where the victim’s age creates a new substantive offence. This, it is argued, is inconsistent with the text of the various Juvenile Justice Acts, their purpose, and judicial precedent. The paper explores the nature of these inconsistencies as they occur during the process of age determination in criminal trials and finds that the variations are a result of differences in the understanding and application of the law. The paper argues that the standard of proof for determining the age of a child in conflict with law cannot be applied to determine the age of a victim and the latter needs to adhere to a higher evidentiary standard given its bearing upon the rights of an accused.
Comment on Michael Kirby, 'India & Australia: A Neglected Legal Relationship and a Plan for Action'
Authors: Roux Theunis
Published: May 2023

Has much changed more than two decades after former Australian High Court Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG proposed his nine-point plan of action to solidify the legal relationship between India and Australia? This piece traces the evolution of that relationship from the time Kirby first envisioned a mutually beneficial legal partnership to the transformed landscape of the present day. After placing Kirby at the centre of initial efforts to reinvigorate the 'neglected relationship', this piece offers a structured explanation of how the association between India and Australia has progressed over the years. It presents a picture of how contemporary global politics, trade-driven cooperation and the emergence of parochial nationalism has impacted the course of interactions between the two countries. It concludes by re-emphasising Kirby's call for closer interaction between India and Australia, and the importance of intercultural learning in building a truly cooperative global community.
Of Marginality: Poverty, Migration and Memory in the Megacity
Authors: Mayaram Shail
Published: May 2023

The article addresses issues of marginalisation in the context of postcolonial migration to the megacity. Taking Delhi as an example, the author outlines first, the nature of migration during partition, and the importance of identities as central to the construction of the modern middle class mediated by a welfare-state, before moving on to examine the particular situation of migration in the context of poverty. Through the lived stories of men and women, what the author reflexively calls the ‘anecdotal’ mode, she attempts to identify the subaltern of the city, marginalised at once by the state, its elite citizens and the new global-market ethic. Using the rickshaw puller and the hawker/ vendor as examples, the author traces the multiple pressures at play in the megacity, showing how narratives of ‘planned’ cities and the categorization of marginal in academia and the media have impacted these processes. However, she does not give up hope that the megacity can also be a place for subaltern cosmopolitanisms and co-lived/ shared histories.
KILLER ACQUISITIONS AND COMPETITION LAW: IS THERE A GAP AND HOW SHOULD IT BE FILLED
Authors: Whish QC (Hon) Richard
Published: May 2023

In innovation-driven budding markets, there is a high likelihood of ‘killer acquisitions’. Killer acquisitions stifle potential competition where an established player eliminates an innovative new product or removes the potential competitor entirely in its nascent stage. An established, and often cash-rich, large entity’s fear of an innovative competitor undermining its market position incentivises it to make an acquisition with the intent to eliminate future competition. Many jurisdictions, such as India, lack adequate merger control regulations to restrain such acquisitions. This article highlights jurisdictional and substantive gaps which allows killer acquisitions to escape scrutiny. Jurisdictional gaps emerge when the threshold for scrutiny is based on turnover or asset value of the parties involved.Startups and new companies having negligible turnovers escape the regulatory radar when acquired by a large player. Substantively, merger controls are based on the potential merger’s impact on competition in the relevant market, whichis difficult to assess in the case of early-stage start-ups where products are at a nascent stage. Instances of under-enforcement of competition law in cases of killer acquisitions are common, as the new company’s potential is underestimated. Such under-enforcement may not be systemic in most jurisdictions, but poses a serious concern with consequences bordering on monopolisation in certain markets.