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PROPOSTA DE ESTRUTURA COMBINADA PARA ANÁLISE DA COMPETITIVIDADE E DA SUSTENTABILIDADE DE CIDADES
Authors: Soares Eduardo Codevilla , Hansen Peter Bent
Published: March 2016

O crescimento econômico de meados do século XX e início do século XXI, descortinou uma série de problemas os quais tornaram-se preocupações na atualidade, entre outros, os problemas ambientais e sociais. Tendo como embasamento a discussão sobre os dois paradigmas predominantes nesse contexto, a abordagem de Maximização de Lucros dos Shareholders (MLS) e a abordagem da Responsabilidade Social Corporativa (RSC), o objetivo deste artigo é lançar um novo olhar sobre os temas visando permitir uma aproximação dos constructos teóricos que aparentemente se mostram divergentes, e evidenciar a relevância de se considerar os conceitos de sustentabilidade na construção da competitividade das cidades. Para desenvolvimento desta pesquisa foram realizadas entrevistas e desenvolvidos mapas cognitivos com especialistas e atores sociais de cidades do RS, os quais convivem com tal contexto em seu cotidiano. Como resultado do trabalho desenvolvido constata-se que uma abordagem conjunta entre competitividade e sustentabilidade é possível de ser realizada, desde que sejam consideradas as divergências fundamentais entre os dois campos.
UM ESTUDO SOBRE AS EVIDENCIAÇÕES CONTÁBEIS DO GOVERNO DO ESTADO DE PERNAMBUCO SOB A ÓTICA DA TEORIA DA LEGITIMIDADE E DOS CUSTOS POLÍTICOS
Authors: Araújo João Nascimento de , Soeiro Tiago De Moura , Lagioia Umbelina Cravo Teixeira , Carlos Filho Francisco De Assis
Published: March 2016

Este trabalho teve como objetivo investigar, sob a ótica da Teoria da Legitimidade e dos Custos Políticos, como estão sendo apresentadas as evidenciações contábeis compulsórias e voluntárias que o Governo do Estado de Pernambuco disponibiliza em seu sítio eletrônico. Para tal, baseado em método indutivo, foi realizada uma pesquisa qualitativa, exploratória e com análise documental. Para a análise dos resultados utilizou-se metodologia semelhante as de Beuren e Söthe (2009) e Avelino, Colauto e Cunha (2010). Foram analisados o cumprimento das Lei nº 9.755/1998 e a Lei Complementar nº 101/2000, quanto as divulgações das evidenciações compulsórias; com base nos parâmetros apresentados por Hendriksen e Van Breda (1999) de níveis de evidenciação; bem como as características qualitativas de informação do Pronunciamento Conceitual Básico (R1) do CPC (2011). Assim, o resultado a pesquisa aponta que as evidenciações compulsórias e voluntárias apresentadas pelo Estado de Pernambuco, não atingem completamente sua legitimidade perante a sociedade, pois as evidenciações não atendem de forma total os níveis de evidenciação justa e completa, bem como as características qualitativas de compreensibilidade e fidedignidade. Infere-se desses achados, portanto, que o Estado de Pernambuco não se sente potencialmente ameaçado em sua legitimidade perante a sociedade, considerando, desta forma, o custo político do aumento dos níveis e qualidade das evidenciações frente à perda da legitimidade.

 
O litígio estratégico na luta antitransgênicos no Brasil
Authors: Losekann Cristiana , Bissoli Luiza Duarte
Published: March 2016

O artigo examina o uso de estratégias judiciais nas lutas contra os transgênicos no Brasil. O objetivo é entender os mecanismos que levam essas organizações a buscarem no judiciário uma forma de influenciar em decisões políticas. Argumentamos que a constituição deste tipo de estratégia deve entendida a partir da observação das razões que levam organizações a recorrerem à ação judicial. Nesse sentido analisamos que em certos aspectos o apelo ao judiciário revela uma limitação das possibilidades de entendimento via espaços de participação e deliberação. Além disso, evidenciamos que o litígio estratégico, nesse conflito, ocorre de formas distintas: por um lado, refere-se ao conteúdo da questão proposta judicialmente e, por outro, à preservação do espaço de participação e atuação das organizações.
Gritos por dentro e por fora da ordem: legalidade e ilegalidade nos discursos políticos dos movimentos populares após 17 de junho de 2013
Authors: Pazello Ricardo Prestes , Pinto André Sefrin Nascimento , Nunes Guilherme Cantero
Published: March 2016

O objetivo deste artigo é analisar as manifestações que ocorreram no Brasil entre 17 de junho e 11 de julho de 2013. Do levante espontâneo das manifestações massivas até a organização da paralisação geral das centrais sindicais e movimentos populares, uma quantidade muita rica de posicionamentos tomou conta do cenário político-jurídico nacional. Para tanto, a metodologia utilizada foi a da análise etnográfica dos documentos tornados públicos por movimentos sociais, centrais sindicais, partidos e organizações políticas, o que permitiu avaliar, no caso concreto, o amplo leque de reivindicações e contestações que caracterizam o processo reiterado de aproximação e afastamento entre as mobilizações populares e o direito oficial, viabilizando uma leitura que relacione antropologia jurídica (entendida, no caso, como relação entre direito e movimentos sociais) com antropologia política.
O discurso jurídico metafórico e a construção retórica de verdades no direito
Authors: Parini Pedro
Published: March 2016

No presente ensaio defendo que o estabelecimento de um modelo adequado de compreensão do direito depende do desenvolvimento de uma epistemologia da metáfora. Minha hipótese é de que a produção de conhecimento jurídico estaria intrinsecamente ligada à capacidade tipicamente humana de lidar com os aspectos figurativos da linguagem do direito. Desse modo, o conceito de verdade no direito dependeria da noção de verdade metafórica para a qual a ideia de correspondência entre linguagem e realidade, assim como a ideia de consenso são irrelevantes do ponto de vista retórico. Para defender esta tese, parto do pressuposto de que a própria ideia de sentido literal é em si metafórica e serve apenas como referencial para o desenvolvimento de interpretações não literais dos textos normativos. Dessa forma, concluo afirmando que a semântica do direito depende sempre de sua pragmática, isto é, que a produção de sentido jurídico está atrelada a questões de performance e uso criativo da linguagem.
Ensaio sobre novas questões filosóficas extraídas do direito
Authors: Artosi Alberto
Published: March 2016

Este artigo é uma homenagem a Leibniz e a sua obra da juventude Specimen quaestionum philosophicarum ex iure collectarum (“Ensaio de questões filosóficas extraídas do direito”). Neste texto, Leibniz, no início de sua carreira como filósofo e como jurista apresenta a sua (para a época e provavelmente ainda hoje) tese audaciosa de que o direito se oferece espontaneamente à filosofia seja pelo que há nele de intrinsecamente filosófico, seja porque “muitíssimos lugares do direito, sem a condução desta, seriam um labirinto inextricável”. No rastro destas teses leibnizianas, o artigo se concentra em três normas do ordenamento jurídico italiano: o art. 1189 do Código Civil italiano (pagamento ao credor aparente); o art. 47 del Código Penal italiano (erro de fato), e o art. 533 do Código de Processo Penal italiano (dúvida razoável). De cada um desses artigos é analisado o alcance filosófico implícito.O primeiro artigo nos leva diretamente ao problema da dicotomia entre realidade e aparência; o segundo põe o problema da nossa representação da realidade, enquanto o terceiro levanta questões acerca da diferença entre dúvida possível e dúvida razoável. Em todos os três casos são também sugeridas algumas possíveis implicações jurisprudenciais da relativa leitura filosófica.
Antifungal properties exhibited by bacteria isolated from agriculturally cultivable soils and their antagonistic nature towards fungal phytopathogen suppression
Authors: Rani Ch. Usha , Priyanka  , Rao A. Srinivasa
Published: March 2016

Soil samples collected from rhizosphere soil, cultivable field soil, Rhizoplane soil of paddy plants and were used to isolate bacteria by culture methods of which thirty two bacterial cultures were identified with diverse colony characteristics on nutrient agar medium and biochemical characterization. Sixteen bacterial isolates were selected for screening fungal antagonism on PDA and were further tested against Fusarium and Rhizoctonia species. In this study, two Pseudomonas strains (RB15, RB30) and Bacillus cereus (RB13) were cyanogen producers. Both strains of Pseudomonas RB15 and RB30 and Bacillus cereus (RB13) were also siderophore producers. Only three isolates showed chitinolytic activity; Serratia marcesens (RB24), Bacillus cereus (RB13) and Enterobacter cancerogenus (RB17).
Characterization of compost as affected by manipulation of C/N ratio
Authors: Arbab Khalid M. A. , Mubarak A. R.
Published: March 2016

An aerobic composting experiment was conducted for 91 days in the laboratory of the Department of Soil and Environment Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Khartoum, Sudan to investigate the effects of three levels of C/N ratio on some physico-chemical properties of final compost from sheep manure (C/N 15.9), groundnut straw (C/N ratio 25.9) and their mixture (C/N ratio 18.3). Increase in C/N ratio of materials had consistently resulted in an increase in pH, increase of the final compost and the increase was 5, 36 and 68%, respectively. Total N, P, K, Mg, pH, WHC and bulk density were increased in final compost whereas organic C, lignin, polyphenol and C/N ration showed variable reduction. Characterization of final compost generally depends on initial C/N ratio of the materials used.
Soil and leaf nutritional constraints in major pomegranate growing states of India
Authors: Marathe R. A. , Babu K. Dhinesh , Shinde Y. R.
Published: March 2016

Pomegranate orchards grown under hot, semi-arid to arid tropical climate were surveyed to diagnose nutrient constraints through soil and leaf analysis. A total 347 pomegranate orchards covering an area about 60,000 ha were surveyed in major pomegranate growing areas of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh states during 2007 to 2013. Physico-chemical analysis of the soil samples revealed that most of the pomegranate cultivation is on shallow and light textured soils having pH (< 8.9), EC (< 1.86dS/m) and CaCO3 (< 10% in majority orchards) which is within tolerable limit for pomegranate cultivation. Soil as well as leaf nutrient status indicated that P was the most limiting nutrient, followed by N while K and Ca was in sufficient quantity. Micronutrient constraints through foliar analysis revealed that Fe content was in sufficiency range in almost all the orchards despite its low availability in the soils. Similarly, leaf Cu content was very low in majority orchards despite its availability in the soil in excess range. Zinc content in the leaves was in sufficient quantity in all the orchards located in all the states. The nutrients should be applied in a balance ratio ensuring periodical application of organics to maintain soil health.
The Rule Of 78s: Practical Applications And Theoretical Limitations
Authors: McGrail George R.
Published: March 2016

The purpose of this article is to provide an in-depth explication of basic concepts and operational precepts of the rule of seventy-eights sol that the accountant may better understand and, therefore, better advise his client in regard to interest income recognition. This income recognition technique does have wide application and as will be shown, is a theoretically valid approach to recording interest revenue so long as certain constraints are not violated.
Interest Rate Variations For Automobile Loans In Large Cities
Authors: Jung Allen F.
Published: March 2016

his study presents empirical data on finance charges for automobile loans in 10 large cities. The data were gathered from automobile dealers, commercial banks, credit unions, and savings and loan associations by personally shopping for a new car loan. In addition to institution and city comparisons some information is provided on consumer credit pricing policies. Consumer installment credit receives a great deal of attention from the Federal Reserve System and it plays an important role in the Consumer Price Index. The literature contains considerable material about the volume of consumer credit and the direction that interest rates appear to be heading. However, few empirical data have been published about finance rates for consumer loans.The purpose of this study was to gather price data on consumer installment credit. Specifically it sought to make an estimation of interest rate variations for automobile loans in large cities. Secondary purposes were to ascertain if some classes of lenders offered lower cost loans than others, and to see if the variations found were common to a number of cities.The study found that there were rate variations for automobile loans within every type of lender in every city. Credit unions quoted significantly lower rates than the other firms. There was not any pattern of rates common to the various cities. Some interesting data about financial institution pricing policies were found.
The Three Rs Of Applied Research With Particular Attention To Sales Management
Authors: Wotruba Thomas R.
Published: March 2016

Applied research needs not only rigor and relevance, but also responsiveness to the needs of practitioners. Suggestions for applied research topics in sales management are offered.
Effects Of The New System Of Fiscal Federalism On Local Economic Development Efforts A Test Case
Authors: Peck John E. , Swartz Thomas R.
Published: March 2016

Although Congress has never officially endorsed President Reagans plan for a New Federalism, it is apparent that our system of fiscal federalism has undergone massive changes in recent years with Federal grants as a percentage of state and local own revenue falling since 1978 on a yearly basis. This paper considers the impact of the changing fiscal federalism upon local economic development efforts using South Bend, Indiana, a rather typical community in the manufacturing belt  as a case study.
A Hierarchical Model Of The Structural Relationships Between Environmental Attitudes And Beliefs
Authors: Padmanabhan K. H.
Published: March 2016

This study explores the hierarchical relationships between a selected group of environmental attitudes and beliefs. Data support the hierarchical model hypotheses that broad and specific beliefs are linked by a hierarchy of mediating beliefs and that permanent change begins at the top of the belief hierarchy.
Produce certification and income risk management strategies of cocoa farming households in South-West Nigeria
Authors: Oreyemi A. B. , Sanusi R. A. , Okojie L. O. , Olaiya A. O. , Akerele D.
Published: March 2016

Agricultural produce certification is synonymous to farm assurance of which cocoa certification is an example; dealing with issues of Good Agricultural, Environmental and Social Practices (GAP, GEP and GSP) in cocoa production. Essentially, GAP, GEP and GSP packages had in-built mechanism that can aid farmers mitigate factors that could lead to farm income risks in cocoa production. Consequently, this study examined the influence of cocoa certification on income risks of cocoa farming households in South-west Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 180 cocoa farming households from whose heads data were obtained with interview schedule in Southwest Nigeria. Data were analyzed with Chi-square Statistic, Income Risk Management Diversification Index (IRD) and Mann-Whitney-U Test Statistic. Chi-square analysis shows that (52.3%) certified cocoa farming households employed more risk management strategies than (94.2%) uncertified cocoa farming households (p<0.01). The Mann-Whitney-U test revealed a significant difference (p>0.05) between the income risk management practices of certified and uncertified cocoa farming households. Therefore, produce certification has been helping cocoa farming households in mitigating farm income risk in cocoa production through the employment of diverse (risk) management strategies. Hence, stakeholders should intensify efforts in encouraging farming households to embrace (cocoa) produce certification.
CAP 2013 reform: consistency between agricultural challenges and measures
Authors: Popp József , Pető Károly , Jámbor Attila
Published: March 2016

The latest reform of the Common Agricultural Policy has just been accepted, identifying important challenges for EU agriculture but proposing only limited changes to the previous CAP. Now it is time for the implementation of the new measures. However, from a theoretical point of view, it seems that the CAP can hardly meet the challenges it faces due to the inconsistencies between the predefined challenges and the measures proposed to meet them. The aim of the paper is to analyse the consistency between the challenges of European agriculture and the policy measures aimed at meeting them. It seems that not all measures are consistent with the challenges.
An application of the error correction model in analyzing the long run equilibrium between Ghana’s exports and imports
Authors: Acquah Henry de-Graft , Acquah Joyce De-Graft
Published: March 2016

This study investigates the long-run relationship between Ghana’s exports and imports for the period of 1948 to 2012. Using the Engle Granger two-step procedure we find that Ghana’s exports and imports are cointegrated. However, the slope coefficients from the cointegration equations were not statistically equal to 1. Furthermore, application of the error correction model reveals that 1% increase in the imports will significantly result in 0.56% increase in exports, suggesting that the exports’ responsiveness to imports is low. The estimated error correction coefficient suggests that 32% of the deviation from the long run equilibrium relation is eliminated, leaving 68% to persist into the next period. These results suggest persistence in the trade deficit and an option of curbing the deficit is to re-order the relationship between imports and exports with a view to reducing imports demand. These results imply that though Ghana’s past macroeconomic policies have been effective in bringing its imports and exports into a long run equilibrium, it is yet to satisfy the sufficient condition for sustainability of foreign deficit.
Measuring technical, economic and allocative efficiency of maize production in subsistence farming: evidence from the central rift valley of Ethiopia
Authors: Musa H. Ahmed , Lemma Z. , Endrias G.
Published: March 2016

This study measured the technical, allocative and economic efficiencies of maize production in the central rift valley of Ethiopia using cross sectional data collected from randomly selected 138 sample households. The estimated result showed that the mean technical, allocative and economic efficiencies were 84.87%, 37.47% and 31.62% respectively. Among factors hypothesized to determine the level of efficiency scores, education was found to determine allocative and economic efficiencies of farmers positively while the frequency of extension contact had a positive relationship with technical efficiency and it was negatively related to both allocative and economic efficiencies. Credit was also found to influence technical and economic efficiencies positively and distance to market affected technical efficiency negatively. The model output also indicated that soil fertility was among significant variables in determining technical efficiency in the study area. The result indicated that there is a room to increase the efficiency of maize producers in the study area.

JEL Classifications: C67, D24, D61, L23, Q12, Q18
Material Construction of Care Workers’ Identity
Authors: Laulainen Sanna , Hujala Anneli
Published: March 2016

This article takes a critical look at the unconscious and unnoticed effects of materiality on care workers’ identity. The data was collected through nonactive role-playing using written accounts, in which the respondents described how they felt about working in fictitious ‘good’ or ‘bad’ elderly care homes. The data was analyzed with rhetorical analysis. Five different identity strategies were identified in the accounts. Strong professional identity was defended by downplaying the significance of materiality. Adjustment and passive compliance were used to adjust to physical shortcomings of the work environment. A ‘rebellion’ was described as an extreme course of action to resolve the contradiction between good care and poor facilities. At its best, the materiality of care homes, in particular homelikeness, seemed to support professional identity. These identity strategies illustrate how care workers balance between the physical realities of care homes and the requirements of the ethos of care, which are often incompatible with each other. It is crucial that managers as well as workers themselves recognize and acknowledge these connections affecting motivation and commitment to care work. Investments in better environments could be one way to improve the image and the attractiveness of the care branch and relieve the recruitment problems.
What Is a Good Workplace? Tracing the Logics of NPM among Managers and Professionals in Swedish Elderly Care
Authors: Keisu Britt-Inger , Öhman Ann , Enberg Birgit
Published: March 2016

Neoliberal policies such as new public management (NPM) have been pivotal to the Swedish elderly care system for two decades. This article explores the discourses of NPM and work by focusing on how a good workplace is represented by professionals and managers in Swedish elderly care. Using qualitative interviews with 31 managers, nurses, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists at nine workplaces, we identified four competing meanings (‘storylines’) of how a good workplace is constructed among the interviewees within an ongoing struggle between two discourses. Three storylines, i.e., striving to achieve the mission, a desire to work in elderly care, and striving for good working relationships, are linked to the neoliberal discourse of organizational effectiveness. In contrast, the fourth storyline, support and better working conditions, is related to a welfare-state discourse of traditional labor relations with strong historical roots. Four subject positions available to the managers and professionals were identified: the bureaucrat, the passionate, the professional, and the critic. We conclude that NPM is translated on top of existing discourses, such as those of traditional labor relations, care ideals, and practices, that are already established in elderly care workplaces and that counteract the new policy.
ÉTICA PÚBLICA Y GOBIERNO LOCAL EN UN CONTEXTO DE CRISIS ECONÓMICA
Authors: Aldeguer Cerdá Bernabé
Published: March 2016

La caída de ingresos en el ámbito local como consecuencia, en gran medida, de la dependencia que han experimentado las Entidades Locales (EELL) españolas respecto del sector inmobiliario, confluye con un proceso de ajuste fiscal y con una creciente demanda de servicios sociales derivada de las ascendentes tasas de exclusión socioeconómica (menor consumo, cierre de empresas, desempleo). La crisis económica, acompañada de una crisis ética y de valores, remite a la emergencia de la Ética Pública como instrumento para la adopción de las políticas sociales y de refuerzo institucional y democrático. La búsqueda constante de legitimidad y de consenso, no tanto en relación al output de las políticas públicas sociales, sino sobre el propio procedimiento deliberativo y de diálogo en su definición y adopción, ubica a las EELL ante el reto de fortalecer el cuerpo político como premisa para la puesta en marcha y el desarrollo, con éxito, de procesos participativos y deliberativos. El fomento de las condiciones socioeconómicas precisas para garantizar la cohesión social, la libertad y la igualdad de oportunidades, devienen en retos que trascienden en mucho la literalidad y la urgencia de los balances contables y presupuestarios en un proceso de ajuste fiscal. El artículo repasa las principales tendencias y los retos emergentes en relación al papel de la Ética Pública en la adopción de las políticas públicas presupuestarias, de participación ciudadana y de inclusión social impulsadas desde las instituciones de gobierno local. Todo ello, en un contexto de crisis económica, progresivo debilitamiento social, ajuste fiscal del Sector Público local, desconfianza ciudadana respecto de las instituciones y creciente pluralismo axiológico.
LA GESTIÓN TRIBUTARIA LOCAL EN ESPAÑA: ALGUNAS PROPUESTAS SOLIDARIAS DEL ESTADO DEL BIENESTAR ANTE LA CRISIS GLOBAL
Authors: Belmonte Martín Irene
Published: March 2016

El gobierno local es un pilar fundamental en el desarrollo del Estado del Bienestar según el principio de máxima cercanía al ciudadano (subsidiariedad). Sin embargo, los municipios se encuentran con múltiples problemas para hacer posible este reto, entre ellos, precisamente su limitada capacidad financiera y el infra municipalismo. Por ello, han tenido que idear nuevas fórmulas administrativas para maximizar la eficacia de su gestión tributaria y recaudación. Estas fórmulas, que incorporan elementos tanto de la Nueva Gestión Pública (NGP) como de la Gobernanza, se han reflejado en distintos modelos que van desde la cooperación inter y supra municipal organizando las competencias desde el ámbito provincial hasta la cesión de gran parte de sus competencias en manos privadas. Con este estudio se pretende explicar las circunstancias de las Haciendas Locales en las que resulta beneficiosa la gestión supramunicipal de los ingresos tributarios para que, en aras de los principios de solidaridad, redistribución y equidad, los municipios puedan maximizar los recursos necesarios para el efectivo desarrollo de sus Políticas Sociales en un Estado del Bienestar que se nos aparece cada vez más incierto.
LOS “MATRIMONIOS DE CONVENIENCIA” EN ESPAÑA: INDICIOS.
Authors: Ortega Alfonso
Published: March 2016

Este artículo es un análisis del problema de los denominados “matrimonios de conveniencia”, fenómeno muy común en los países sometidos a fuerte inmigración y que comienza a tener bastante importancia en España. De esta forma, en el presente trabajo trataremos de, tras concretar qué se entiende por “matrimonio de conveniencia”, analizar la verdadera razón de ser de esta práctica, para así, poder detenernos en el examen de aquellos indicios que permitan identificar un “matrimonio de conveniencia”.
ANÁLISIS CRÍTICO DE LOS DERECHOS DE LOS EXTRANJEROS PRIVADOS DE LIBERTAD EN ESPAÑA
Authors: Santacruz Iglesias Cristina
Published: March 2016

El análisis crítico de los derechos de los extranjeros privados de libertad en España es donde se inserta el presente estudio, con el objetivo de analizar de forma crítica el sistema normativo vigente y sus repercusiones -desde el punto de vista legal- sobre los extranjeros que cumplen sanciones privativas de libertad en algún Centro Penitenciario español. Para ello también será objeto de análisis el perfil de la población en cárceles españolas, así como consecuencias jurídicas de la excarcelación.
EL RÉGIMEN CONSTITUCIONAL DE LOS DERECHOS EN BOLIVIA: DE LA CONSTITUCIÓN A LA JURISPRUDENCIA. UN BREVE REPASO SOBRE SU APLICACIÓN
Authors: Andaluz Vegacenteno Horacio
Published: March 2016

Este es un artículo sobre el desarrollo jurisprudencial de los derechos proclamados en la Constitución boliviana. El artículo se ha limitado a estudiar los aspectos que la jurisprudencia ha considerado formales y, en consecuencia, comunes a todos los derechos de índole constitucional en el ordenamiento boliviano. A cinco años de la entrada vigor de la Constitución de 2009, el Tribunal Constitucional ha desarrollado un vasto cuerpo de jurisprudencia sobre los proclamados por ella. Sin ser un análisis exhaustivo, el artículo pretende sólo hacer un breve repaso de ese desarrollo.
ACCIÓN, DISCURSO Y METÁFORA. SOBRE EL LENGUAJE EN H. ARENDT
Authors: Uña Juárez Octavio
Published: March 2016

Toda la obra de Arendt se alimenta de múltiples registros y de ámbitos variados de conocimiento: filosofía y ciencias sociales especialmente, pero también de la literatura y la poesía. En el lenguaje se acumula el sentido. Pensar consistirá en un ejercicio de “descongelación” de los significados que habitan en el lenguaje. Por ello, no hay pensamiento sin palabra. El lenguaje es el medio donde se manifiesta el pensamiento. Es más, el pensamiento necesita el lenguaje no sólo para expresarse, sino para ponerse en movimiento. Por otra parte, tal es la prioridad del lenguaje, que las palabras y sus articulaciones son las únicas armas que tenemos para dar cuenta de los hechos del mundo. A su vez, el lenguaje funda la comunidad. La ciudad y la sociedad son por el carácter público del “logos”. La ciudad, la “politeya”, es construcción de hechos y palabras. Con la palabra y la acción nos insertamos en el mundo propiamente humano. La acción es realmente política por la palabra, por el discurso. La sociedad es cuando los hombres se hablan y se sienten. Y cuando se pierde “la poderosa luz del ágora” se desvanece la comunidad. Si las aportaciones de Arendt al lenguaje en su relación con el conocimiento y con la vida social son extraordinariamente creativas, no lo son menos en lo relativo al lenguaje poético en su función de originancia y creatividad. Bajo la influencia de Heidegger y en la larga sombra de Hölderlin, para Arendt en el lenguaje vive el origen: recordar será la esencia del pensar, como ya estableciera Platón.
SURGIMIENTO Y RUPTURA DE LA SOCIOLOGÍA ALEMANA: ENTRE EL IMPERIO, LA REPÚBLICA Y EL RÉGIMEN NAZI
Authors: Wollmann Hellmut
Published: March 2016

El artículo describe la emergencia y ruptura de la sociología alemana desde sus inicios a principios del siglo XX hasta 1933 en la Universidad en Berlín, fundada en 1810 y desde entonces centro del mundo universitario alemán. Durante su fase inicial, fue modelada por Gustav Schmoller, un típico economista de corte reformista (de la “Escuela Histórica”). El despliegue disciplinario posterior de la sociología fue promovido por una cohorte de graduados, entre los cuales se destacaron Max Weber, Georg Simmel y Werner Sombart. Tras su florecimiento durante la década del veinte, fue “brutalmente interrumpido” (René König) cuando los nazis tomaron el poder, empujando a casi todos estos sociólogos al exilio o a la “emigración interna”. Desde 1933, una nueva cohorte ocupó la escena universitaria, suministrando, por medio del instituto universitario de Berlín y de su vinculación con la SS, la base ideológica y “científica” de las políticas expansionistas y genocidas.
LA IDENTIDAD COMO ARQUEOLOGÍA DEL YO. EL CASO DE ALBERT CAMUS
Authors: Martínez Sahuquillo Irene
Published: March 2016

El doble propósito de este trabajo es, por un lado, indagar en el problema teórico de la identidad narrativa partiendo de la tesis de Ricoeur de que la narración sirve para dotar a la vida del sujeto de una unidad biográfica, y, por el otro, abordar un caso significativo de narración autobiográfica que renuncia a dicha unidad, porque el verdadero yo se localiza en el pasado y hay que excavar en él para recuperarlo, tal como ejemplifica la novela autobiográfica de Camus El primer hombre. Para interpretar el relato de Camus se sostiene que una doble identidad o identidad escindida, unida a un sentido muy fuerte de alienación, condujeron al autor a poner entre paréntesis su identidad pública de intelectual y situar el foco en la privada y familiar, que le vinculaba a los suyos y le dotaba de un sentido de pertenencia con el que superar el desarraigo.
LA DESPROTECCIÓN “INTERNACIONAL” DEL TITULAR DEL DERECHO A LA PROTECCIÓN DE DATOS DE CARÁCTER PERSONAL
Authors: Ortega Giménez Alfonso
Published: March 2016

El objeto de este estudio es analizar los diferentes mecanismos de protección a los que podría o debería tener acceso el titular del derecho a la protección de datos personales, ante una transferencia internacional de sus datos ilícita, con el fin de obtener una tutela adecuada, equilibrada y efectiva, en los distintos centros de producción normativa: superestructura jurídica internacional, sistemas de integración regional, y espacio transnacional. Análisis que revelará una situación que dista mucho de ser satisfactoria y que concluirá demostrando que el Derecho internacional privado es, claramente, la posibilidad más plausible para que el perjudicado obtenga una satisfacción a sus legítimos intereses.
CIUDADANÍA DEMOCRÁTICA vs. IDENTIDAD NACIONAL: LOS DERECHOS POLÍTICOS DE LOS EXTRANJEROS EN ESPAÑA
Authors: Durán Ayago Antonia
Published: March 2016

La relación entre soberanía-pueblo-nacionalidad-ciudadanía debe ser objeto de revisión. La ciudadanía democrática, único concepto válido en el siglo XXI, implica que todas las personas, con independencia de su origen, puedan tener una implicación directa en los asuntos de la vida pública que le conciernen. En España, este derecho sólo lo poseen los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea en las elecciones municipales y al Parlamento Europeo, y los nacionales de los 12 países con los que España ha firmado Acuerdos, y únicamente para ejercer el derecho de sufragio activo en las elecciones municipales. Esto supone que en las próximas elecciones municipales de mayo de 2015, únicamente el 15 % de los extranjeros no nacionales de la Unión Europea que residen en nuestro país podrán ejercer el derecho de sufragio.
LA DIRECTIVA DE RETORNO Y LA TUTELA JUDICIAL EFECTIVA
Authors: Reig Fabado Isabel
Published: March 2016

Después de cierto tiempo de aplicación, la Directiva de Retorno 2008/115 contiene elementos que suscitan un especial interés por afectar a los derechos procesales fundamentales de los extranjeros nacionales de terceros Estados en situación de retorno. Pero, además, su proyección afecta a la configuración de una nueva política migratoria de la Unión Europea que supone sin temor a la exageración el verdadero reto para el siglo XXI. Una política que debe respetar los derechos básicos de los extranjeros y permitir la integración en un espacio de libertad, justicia y seguridad. El presente trabajo señala luces y sombras en el camino desarrollado por la Directiva de retorno, su transposición por los Derechos estatales, la aplicación de la misma y la jurisprudencia del TJUE en su interpretación precisamente en el momento en que se plantea su modificación.
EL DERECHO DE LOS EXTRANJEROS A UTILIZAR LOS SERVICIOS DE LA SEGURIDAD SOCIAL
Authors: Cornelio Landero Egla , Islas Colín Alfredo
Published: March 2016

El extranjero es la persona que viene de un país y entra en otra soberanía, quedando sus derechos limitados conforme al derecho que reconoce la Ley Fundamental del país al que llega, en México el artículo 33 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, refiere que son extranjeros los que no posean las calidades determinadas en el artículo 30 de la misma Constitución y gozarán de los derechos humanos y garantías que reconoce la misma Constitución. El Derecho de Seguridad Social es un derecho humano de acceso a la salud, a la asistencia médica y medios de subsistencias que necesita el individuo para sobrevivir.
LAS INSEGURIDADES DEL RETORNO: VIAJES DE VUELTA Y LAS VUELTAS DE LOS VIAJES
Authors: Piñeiro Aguiar Eleder , Ferrer Muñoz Manuel
Published: March 2016

Las migraciones son parte consustancial de la globalización y, por tanto, construyen formas de entender la relación ‘nosotros-otros’ en un plano de ampliación de la ciudadanía. Comprender un fenómeno como el del retorno migrante resulta clave a la hora de analizar la gobernabilidad global, las expectativas ante el sistema capitalista o las capacidades de los imaginarios para explicar las migraciones. Con estas líneas se trata de problematizar un concepto en constante construcción académico-política, como es el del retorno, para relacionarlo con la seguridad ciudadana y las relaciones entre minorías y mayorías.
EL FENÓMENO MIGRATORIO ENTRE ANDALUCÍA Y MARRUECOS: REFLEXIONES PARA UN DESARROLLO HUMANO ENTRE AMBAS ORILLAS
Authors: Benamar Jamal , Melero Aguilar Noelia
Published: March 2016

Las llamadas migraciones irregulares, clandestinas o ilegales, que se están desarrollando en la última década, adquieren una singular importancia en el espacio mediterráneo, especialmente entre España y Marruecos. En este marco, este trabajo son las conclusiones de un estudio que recoge las impresiones y valoraciones de expertos españoles y marroquíes sobre la inmigración irregular entre la frontera Sur de Europa (Andalucía Sur) y el Norte de África (Norte de Marruecos), analizando su incidencia sobre las economías, las sociedades y las políticas de los países de acogida y de origen. Las conclusiones nos acercan a aspectos como la valoración del fenómeno de la inmigración, las características de los inmigrantes, la evolución de los flujos migratorios y las posibles soluciones a esta difícil situación.
SOBRE EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE Y LA SOSTENIBILIDAD: CONCEPTUALIZACIÓN Y CRÍTICA
Authors: López Pardo Iván
Published: March 2016

Hace algo más de tres décadas, y con especial intensidad en los años 80, se inicia un proceso sin precedentes de reflexión a nivel mundial que impulsa Naciones Unidas, seguida de la Unión Europea, para abordar la cuestión de la sostenibilidad y el desarrollo sostenible del planeta como uno de los grandes retos a los que se enfrentan las sociedades del siglo XXI. La publicación del Informe Brundtland (WCED, 1987) representa un hito en dicho proceso al ofrecer una definición del desarrollo sostenible que hasta la actualidad es referencia en el debate. En este artículo se recogen las posiciones y argumentos de defensores y críticos para arrojar luz sobre un concepto en continuo estado de definición a la vez que plantear los interrogantes por resolver en un debate ni mucho menos acabado.
Evaluación de un sistema de refuerzo estructural para un edificio: Un caso de estudio
Authors: Guzmán Marcelo , Maldonado Noemí , Castro Gustavo , Buss Diego
Published: March 2016

La problemática de las edificaciones existentes y cuya construcción data con anterioridad a la década de los ’70 es una realidad de la cual, inexorablemente, no se puede desestimar debido a la peligrosidad que esto implica por la imprevisión en los diseños sismorresistentes.Toda la Provincia de Mendoza, Argentina, está ubicada en una región de elevado nivel de peligro sísmico. El Gran Mendoza ha experimentado intensidades sísmicas iguales o superiores a VI M.M. por lo menos once veces en los últimos 200 años.El caso de estudio corresponde a un edificio existente ubicado en el microcentro de la ciudad de Mendoza. El mismo fue construido en la década de los ’50 y dada la necesidad de su refuncionalización, se encomendó el estudio para evaluar el estado de conservación así como también la adecuación al código sismorresistente actualmente vigente en la jurisdicción de competencia.El estudio permitió establecer la necesidad de plantear un sistema integral de refuerzo estructural debido no sólo al estado de fisuración de los muros de mampostería presentes y/o al incompleto encadenamiento, sino también a la escasez de planos sismorresistentes necesarios para satisfacer la eventual demanda impuesta por el terremoto de diseño.Se tuvo en cuenta el capítulo 8 del Código de Construcciones Sismorresistentes para la Provincia de Mendoza de 1987, donde se establecen las pautas a seguir sobre las construcciones existentes que son motivo de reformas.En la propuesta de recuperación estructural se consideró el uso de pórticos metálicos arriostrados excéntricamente, los cuales presentan importantes bondades frente a otros tipos de sistemas estructurales, tales como un bajo costo de inversión, rapidez en las tareas de rehabilitación y mano de obra no especializada
Home-based interventions for black patients with uncontrolled hypertension: a cluster randomized controlled trial
Authors: Feldman Penny H , McDonald Margaret V , Barrón Yolanda , Gerber Linda M , Peng Timothy R
Published: March 2016

Aim:Assess the comparative effectiveness of two blood pressure (BP) control interventions for black patients with uncontrolled hypertension.Patients & methods:A total of 845 patients were enrolled in a three-arm cluster randomized trial. On admission of an eligible patient, field nurses were randomized to usual care, a basic or augmented intervention.Results:Across study arms there were no significant 12 months differences in BP control rates (primary outcome) (25% usual care, 26% basic intervention, 22% augmented intervention); systolic BP (143.8 millimeters of mercury [mmHg], 146.9 mmHG, 143.9 mmHG, respectively); medication intensification (47, 43, 54%, respectively); or self-management score (18.7, 18.7, 17.9, respectively). Adjusted systolic BP dropped more than 10 mmHg from baseline to 12 months (155.5–145.4 mmHg) among all study participants.Conclusion:Neither the augmented nor basic intervention was more effective than usual care in improving BP control, systolic BP, medication intensification or patient self-management. Usual home care yielded substantial improvements, creating a high comparative effectiveness threshold.Clinical Trial Registration:NCT00139490.
Tillage and planting density affect the performance of maize hybrids in Chitwan, Nepal
Authors: Karki Tika Baladur , KC Govind , Shrestha Jiban , Jadav Jitendra P
Published: March 2016

To find out whether the different tillage methods at different planting densities affect the performance of maize hybrids, an experiment was carried out at National Maize Research Program, Rampur during spring season of 2013 and 2014. The experiment was laid out in strip plot design with three replications having 12 treatments. The vertical factor was tillage with conservation tillage (No Tillage + residue=NT) and conventional tillage (CT) and the horizontal factor were genotypes (Rampur Hybrid-2 and RML-32/RML-17) and in split planting geometries (75cm × 25cm =53333 plants/ha, 70cm × 25cm=57142 plant/ha and 60cm ×25cm= 66666 plants/ha). In both the years, the highest number of cobs (73,177 and 67638/ha) was recorded at planting density of 66666/ha. NT had the highest no of kernel rows/cob (14.01) as against 12.12 in CT in 2014. The highest number of kernels (27.3 and 29.29) per row was recorded in NT during 2013 and 2014 respectively. Similarly, in 2014, the highest number of kernels were found in RML-32/RMl-17 (29.17/row) and planting density of 53333/ha (28.46/row). In 2013, RML-32/RML-17 produced the highest test weight of 363.94g over the Rampur hybrid-2 with 362.17g. Significantly the highest grain yield of 9240.00 kg/ha in 2013 and 7459.80 kg/ha in 2014 at planting geometry of 65cm ×25cm were recorded. No effects was found by tillage methods for grain yields of maize in 2013, but was found in 2014 (7012.18 kg in NT compared to 6037.59 kg/ha in CT). NT and wider spaced crop matured earlier in both the years; however Rampur hybrid-2 matured earlier to RML-32/RML-17 in 2013. In 2014, harvest index of 47.85 % was recorded in planting geometry of 66666/ha, the highest benefit cost ratio of 1.36 was worked out in NT and 1.46 at the density of 66666/ha. The highest value of 2.46% of soil organic matter was recorded in NT as compared to 2.43% in CT.Journal of Maize Research and Development (2015) 1(1):10-20DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.34285
A review on important maize diseases and their management in Nepal
Authors: Subedi Subash
Published: March 2016

In Nepal, maize ranks second after rice both in area and production. In recent years, maize area and production has shown a steady increase, but productivity has been low (2.46 t/ha). The major maize producing regions in Nepal are mid hill (72.85%), terai (17.36%) and high hill (9.79%) respectively. A literature review was carried out to explore major maize diseases and their management in Nepal. The omnipresent incidence of diseases at the pre harvest stage has been an important bottleneck in increasing production. Till now, a total of 78 (75 fungal and 3 bacterial) species are pathogenic to maize crop in Nepal. The major and economically important maize diseases reported are Gray leaf spot, Northern leaf blight, Southern leaf Blight, Banded leaf and sheath blight, Ear rot, Stalk rot, Head smut, Common rust, Downy mildew and Brown spot. Information on bacterial and virus diseases, nematodes and yield loss assessment is also given. Description of the major maize diseases, their causal organisms, distribution, time and intensity of disease incidence, symptoms, survival, spreads, environmental factors for disease development, yield losses and various disease management strategies corresponded to important maize diseases of Nepal are gathered and compiled thoroughly from the available publications. Concerted efforts of NARC commodity programs, divisions, ARS and RARS involving research on maize pathology and their important outcomes are mentioned. The use of disease management methods focused on host resistance has also been highlighted.Journal of Maize Research and Development (2015) 1(1):28-52DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.34292
Use of optical sensor for in-season nitrogen management and grain yield prediction in maize
Authors: Baral Bandhu Raj , Adhikari Parbati
Published: March 2016

Precision agriculture technologies have developed optical sensors which can determine plant’s normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI).To evaluate the relationship between maize grain yield and early season NDVI readings, an experiment was conducted at farm land of National Maize Research Program, Rampur, Chitwan during winter season of 2012. Eight different levels of N 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180 and 210 kg N/ha were applied for hybrid maize RML 32 × RML 17 to study grain yield response and NDVI measurement. Periodic NDVI was measured at 10 days interval from 55 days after sowing (DAS) to 115 DAS by using Green seeker hand held crop sensor. Periodic NDVI measurement taken at a range of growing degree days (GDD) was critical for predicting grain yield potential. Poor exponential relationship existed between NDVI from early reading measured before 208 GDD (55 DAS) and grain yield. At the 261GDD (65DAS) a strong relationship (R2 = 0.70) was achieved between NDVI and grain yield. Later sensor measurements after 571 GDD (95DAS) failed to distinguish variation in green biomass as a result of canopy closure. N level had significantly influenced on NDVI reading, measured grain yield, calculated in season estimated yield (INSEY), predicted yield with added N (YPN), response index (RI) and grain N demand. Measuring NDVI reading by GDD (261–571 GDD) allow a practical window of opportunity for side dress N applications. This study showed that yield potential in maize could be accurately predicted in season with NDVI measured with the Green Seeker crop sensor.Journal of Maize Research and Development (2015) 1(1):64-70DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.34261
Productivity and profitability of maize-pumpkin mix cropping in Chitwan, Nepal
Authors: Dhakal Shiva Chandra , Regmi Punya Prasad , Thapa Resham Bahadur , Sah Shrawan Kumar , Khatri-Chhetri Dilli Bahadur
Published: March 2016

The study was conducted to determine the productivity, profitability and resource use efficiency of maize-pumpkin mix crop production in Chitwan. The study used 53 maize-pumpkin mix crop adopting farmers from among 300 farmers adopting different pollinator friendly practices. Descriptive and statistical tools including Cobb-Douglas production function were used to analyze data, collected from structured interview schedule. The benefit cost ratio (1.58) indicates that maize-pumpkin mix cropping was profitable with productivity of 2.83 ton per ha on maize main product equivalent basis. The magnitude of regression coefficients of maize-pumpkin mix cropping implied that expenditure on seed and fertilizer and irrigation had significant positive effect on gross return with estimated decreasing return to scale (0.85). According to estimated allocative efficiency indices, it is suggested to increase expenditure on seed and fertilizer cum irrigation by about 90% and 55% respectively. Extension of modern technologies with adjustment on resource use is to be encouraged for increase in productivity and profitability of maize-pumpkin mix crop production which indirectly promotes and ensure forage for pollinatorsJournal of Maize Research and Development (2015) 1(1):112-122DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.34290