bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Specificities of the Diabetic Population in French Guiana: The Health Barometer Survey
Authors: Sabbah Nadia , Massicard Mickael. , Mathieu Nacher
Published: January 2021

Aim:

This study aims to identify the epidemiological and social characteristics of the diabetic
population in French Guiana.

Background:

The prevalence of diabetes is very high in the French overseas departments. French
Guiana is, however, a very atypical territory, closer in the epidemiological field to Latin America
than European and French standards.

Objective:

To perform a descriptive analysis of variables related to renouncing medical care, social
parameters, and use of healthcare services

Methods:

A two-stage random sample of 1390 individuals aged 30 to 75 years was surveyed by
telephone, and screening was initially done for diabetic versus non-diabetic individuals. Logistic regression
was fitted on the sample to adjust for potential confounding factors. A Kaplan-Meier analysis
showed the risk of diabetes as a function of the age of onset.

Results:

The prevalence rate of diabetes was 9.3%, particularly among women, for whom 20% had
a history of gestational diabetes. Excess weight and obesity were found in 60% of people with diabetes.
The diabetic individuals in French Guiana were younger than those in mainland France, and
30% of people with diabetes were on insulin. They often reported sleep problems, and their health
status was described as poor. People with diabetes did not regularly consult a doctor and were very
rarely followed up by a specialist.

Conclusions:

The prevalence rate of diabetes and obesity in French Guiana was one of the highest
among the French territories, with specific vulnerabilities requiring to be addressed by local health
policies.
Modeling Hereditary Disease Behavior Using an Innovative Similarity Criterion and Ensemble Clustering
Authors: Mojarad Musa , Sarhangnia Fariba , Rezaeipanah Amin , Parvin Hamin , Nejatian Samad
Published: January 2021

Background:

Today, there are various theories about the causes of hereditary diseases, but
doctors believe that both genetic and environmental factors play an essential role in the incidence and
spread of these diseases.

Objective:

In order to identify genes that are cause the disease, inter-cell or inter-tissue communications
must be determined. The inter-cells or inter-tissues interaction could be illustrated by applying
the gene expression. The disorders that have led to widespread changes could be identified by investigating
gene expression information.

Methods:

In this paper, identifying inter-cell and inter-tissue communications for various diseases has
been accomplished utilizing an innovative similarity criterion of the graph topological structure characteristics
and an extended clustering ensemble. The proposed method is performed in two stages:
first, several clustering models have been combined to detect initial inter-cell or inter-tissue communications
and produce better results than singular algorithms. Second, the cell-to-cell or tissue-totissue
similarity in each cluster is identified through a similarity criterion based on the graph topological
structure.

Results:

The evaluation of the proposed method has been carried out, benefiting the UCI and FANTOM5
datasets. The results of experiments over FANTOM5 dataset report that the Silhouette coefficient
equals 0.901 in 18 clusters for cells and equal to 0.762 in 13 clusters for tissues.

Conclusion:

The maximum inter-cells or inter-tissues similarity in each cluster can be exploited to detect the relationships
between diseases.
Withdrawal Notice: Comparison of Fundamental Learning Strategies for CBIR using Deep Learning Methods
Authors: Garg Meenakshi , Malhotra Manisha , Singh Harpal
Published: January 2021

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Nursing care process in a user diagnosed with Acinetobacter baumannii
Authors: Morán Jazmin Isabel Choez , Salazar Ronny Jair Baque , Yampis Alexandra Denisse Torres , Gómez María Belén Guerra
Published: January 2021

This research work is conceived as the analysis of the nursing care process in a user with a diagnosis of Acinetobacter baumannii, for the methodology used is descriptive, with a non-experimental qualitative approach, since a study is carried out on the records of the nursing care applied to a polytraumatized patient with a history of a car accident, admitted to the Intensive Care Unit from the operating room, and later diagnosed with infection by Acinetobacter Baumannii, for which a care plan based on NANDA taxonomies was developed, NOC and NIC emphasizing the hemodynamic and respiratory improvement, which allowed the patient to achieve a positive evolution, managing to discharge her to general hospitalization without ventilator support.
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Online Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Support Community Members: Survey Study
Authors: Kaveladze Benjamin , Chang Katherine , Siev Jedidiah , Schueller Stephen M
Published: January 2021

Background

People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have faced unique challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Research from the first two months of the pandemic suggests that a small proportion of people with OCD experienced worsening in their OCD symptoms since the pandemic began, whereas the rest experienced either no change or an improvement in their symptoms. However, as society-level factors relating to the pandemic have evolved, the effects of the pandemic on people with OCD have likely changed as well, in complex and population-specific ways. Therefore, this study contributes to a growing body of knowledge on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people and demonstrates how differences across studies might emerge when studying specific populations at specific timepoints.

Objective

This study aimed to assess how members of online OCD support communities felt the COVID-19 pandemic had affected their OCD symptoms, around 3 months after the pandemic began.

Methods

We recruited participants from online OCD support communities for our brief survey. Participants indicated how much they felt their OCD symptoms had changed since the pandemic began and how much they felt that having OCD was making it harder to deal with the pandemic.

Results

We collected survey data from June through August 2020 and received a total of 196 responses, some of which were partial responses. Among the nonmissing data, 65.9% (108/164) of the participants were from the United States and 90.5% (152/168) had been subjected to a stay-at-home order. In all, 92.9% (182/196) of the participants said they experienced worsening of their OCD symptoms since the pandemic began, although the extent to which their symptoms worsened differed across dimensions of OCD; notably, symmetry and completeness symptoms were less likely to have worsened than others. Moreover, 95.5% (171/179) of the participants felt that having OCD made it difficult to deal with the pandemic.

Conclusions

Our study of online OCD support community members found a much higher rate of OCD symptom worsening than did other studies on people with OCD conducted during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Factors such as quarantine length, location, overlapping society-level challenges, and differing measurement and sampling choices may help to explain this difference across studies.
Interaction management as a tool for pre-service teacher training: Initial reflections on a case study
Authors: Ferroni Roberta , Birello Marilisa
Published: January 2021

Este artículo analiza cómo un futuro profesor de italiano como lengua extranjera gestiona episodios interactivos en que los alumnos se comportan de manera contraria a las obligaciones impuestas por el profesor, de-ritualizan el escenario educativo, y reivindican su rol como “yo” sujeto por encima del rol de “yo” estudiante. El marco teórico que sustenta el presente trabajo está orientado en la pedagogía de la interacción y utiliza el análisis de las interacciones que tienen lugar en el aula como una estrategia de formación profesional. Las reflexiones que se desprenden de este estudio de caso muestran que la observación de estos episodios puede ser un instrumento válido para reflexionar sobre la actividad didáctica y servir como input para la formación del profesorado. Emerge la necesidad de proponer actividades de aprendizaje que planteen situaciones comunicativas significativas estrechamente relacionadas con los objetivos de aprendizaje y que tengan en cuenta las necesidades de los estudiantes. Además, el análisis a posteriori de las interacciones ha permitido al docente reflexionar sobre sus prácticas y volverse más consciente de ellas.
A study of how English-speaking learners of Spanish in the beyond-basic stage express temporality in personal narratives
Authors: Castañeda Daniel Alex , Carduner Jessie
Published: January 2021

Esta investigación cualitativa de corpus de enfoque conceptual analizó funciones y formas estructurales de palabras, frases y cláusulas temporales en 34 narrativas personales escritas por universitarios angloparlantes en un curso de español de tercer año, recopiladas durante varios semestres consecutivos. Según los resultados, los estudiantes en la etapa más allá de la básica utilizaron abundantemente expresiones temporales para complementar un sistema verbal desarrollado, pero todavía en proceso de evolución. Utilizaron expresiones temporales mayormente para estructurar sucesos y acciones cronológicamente y, en segundo lugar, para organizar el discurso. Los indicadores de frecuencia y manera se usaron rara vez. Los estudiantes utilizaron frecuentemente el principio de orden natural presentando sucesos y acciones en el orden en que ocurrieron sin utilizar palabras o frases léxicamente asociadas con el tiempo. En orden decreciente de uso, emplearon frases adverbiales sin verbo, segmentos con múltiples frases temporales y cláusulas temporales. El género, la competencia lingüística y las instrucciones para la tarea, parecen haber influido en la manera en que los alumnos comunicaron la temporalidad.
Deutsch zusammen sprechen lernen: colaboración y corrección entre alumnos hispanohablantes de alemán durante actividades comunicativas
Authors: Hall Martina Caroline
Published: January 2021

Esta investigación describe el trabajo colaborativo entre alumnos hispanohablantes de nivel medio superior que estudian alemán durante actividades comunicativas, centrándose en su experiencia del proceso; específicamente cómo se apoyan entre sí cuando no comprenden o tienen dificultad para expresarse en la lengua meta sin el apoyo del maestro. Se analizaron estrategias de negociación de sentido según Long (1981, 1983) y de colaboración según Vygotsky (1962, 1978). Se grabó una actividad comunicativa en pares, de la cual se analizaron las instancias de corrección y colaboración y, posteriormente, se aplicó un cuestionario y entrevistas rememorativas a los participantes. Los resultados muestran que los alumnos aprovechan estas actividades para expresarse libremente, ensayar usos, corregir errores y apoyar a sus compañeros en sus producciones, usando predominantemente estrategias de colaboración, como la sugerencia y la autocorrección. Las entrevistas muestran que los alumnos aprecian y aceptan las correcciones de sus compañeros y consideran relevante este aspecto evaluativo durante el proceso de aprendizaje.
Aparición de oscilaciones autosostenidas en una ruta metabólica hipotética regulada por un bucle de retroalimentación positiva
Authors: Boluda Carlos José , Ceballos María , Díaz Kiara , Hernández Daniela , Hidalgo Daniela , Martínez Pedro
Published: January 2021

Los comportamientos oscilatorios sostenidos pueden surgir tanto en sistemas químicos como biológicos, aunque con mayor frecuencia en estos últimos. En las vías metabólicas se han observado oscilaciones con períodos del orden de minutos a las que se atribuye importancia funcional. Esta ritmicidad bioquímica puede explicarse mediante la existencia de una enzima alostérica que es considerada el origen de la inestabilidad estructural del sistema, promoviendo su evolución hacia dinámicas no estacionarias como las oscilaciones sostenidas y el caos. Este artículo presenta un modelo cinético simple de una vía metabólica hipotética lineal de cuatro etapas y que consta de un bucle de retroalimentación positiva. El modelo permite la simulación de comportamientos periódicos con el objeto de poder analizar sus factores desencadenantes y mecanismos subyacentes. Las oscilaciones surgen debido a la retroalimentación positiva para un rango estrecho de valores del flujo de entrada. La amplitud de las oscilaciones en las concentraciones de metabolitos depende de la distancia al oscilador, el valor de las constantes cinéticas y el flujo de entrada. El sistema exhibe comportamientos más complejos cuando el flujo de entrada es oscilatorio.
Diseño y simulación de un robot seguidor de personas para el transporte de suministros en hospitales
Authors: Rodríguez Vásquez Darian Marlis , Reyes Herrera Luis , Deschamps López Amín , Díaz Roque Yobany
Published: January 2021

Las enfermeras suelen realizar múltiples tareas de manera simultánea en hospitales; las de medicación son las más frecuentes y exigen el transporte de equipos pesados, lo cual genera agotamiento y provoca una disminución en la calidad de su trabajo . El objetivo de este artículo es desarrollar un prototipo simulado de un robot capaz de seguir enfermeras durante su recorrido en una superficie plana, aligerando su carga de trabajo. Este robot debe ser capaz no solo de seguir a una persona en particular, identificada por medio de un marcador aruco en la espalda, sino tener la capacidad de obtener información del ambiente que le rodea mientras sigue a la persona para actuar ante los cambios ambientales y seguirla, incluso cuando desaparece de su zona de visión momentáneamente al doblar en esquinas. La entrada del sistema es la imagen del marcador, que mediante el algoritmo de identificación computa las coordenadas del centro en pixeles y distancia al robot; si la persona está presente se utiliza un controlador P y PD para el seguimiento. En caso de que el usuario desaparezca de la cámara se realiza un planeamiento de la ruta local hacia la última coordenada global extraída de la persona, mediante la cámara monocular y luego un sistema de búsqueda. Los parámetros de planeamiento se modifican para pasar a través de una puerta; dicho reconocimiento se logra mediante la red convolucional YOLO v3. La localización del robot se determina con la odometría de rueda y al doblar el usuario en una esquina se determina la dirección en la cual se estaba moviendo para localizarlo nuevamente. Para analizar el desempeño del sistema propuesto se utilizó el software CoppeliaSim con el modelo de robot Pioneer 3-DX, donde se llevan a cabo diversas simulaciones bajo distintos escenarios a los cuales estaría expuesto el robot.
Brand Awareness Properti : Analisis Content Marketing Dan Social Media ( Kasus : Citra Garden City Jakarta)
Authors: Waoma Gersom , Hartono Bambang Dwi
Published: January 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat pengaruh Content Marketing dan Social Media dalam rangka membangun product awareness masyarakat. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kuantitatif untuk menentukan pengaruh antar variabel dalam sebuah populasi dengan melakukan pengukuran antar variabel untuk melihat hubungan sebab-akibat dari fenomena yang diteliti melalui penyebaran kuesioner kepada konsumen Citra Graden City Jakarta.Penelitian ini bersifat terbatas. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah konsumen Citra Garden City Jakarta berjumlah 140 dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 107 konsumen. Analisis data dalam penelitian ini melalui tiga tahapan, yaitu analisis deskriptif; uji validitas dan realibilitas; uji asumsi klasik serta pengujian hipotesis melalui analisis korelasi dan analisis jalur (path analysis). Penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa product Awareness adalah salah satu tolak ukur keberhasilan dalam membangun kesadaran merek atau product awareness sebuah perusahaan, dimana semakin bagus kualitas suatu content, semakin tinggi pula product awareness  yang tentu berpengaruh pada keberhasilan perusahaan. Social media menjadi salah satu media yang sering digunakan untuk mencari produk, untuk itu social media penting untuk diperhatikan dan dianalisa.
Pengaruh Komitmen Organisasi dan Keterikatan Kerja Terhadap Loyalitas Aktivis Muhammadiyah dan Organisasi Otonom pada Tingkat Pusat
Authors: Elyusra Muallimin  , Hartono Bambang Dwi , Diponegoro Ahmad
Published: January 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh komitmen organisasi dan keterikatan kerja terhadap loyalitas organisasi pada aktivis Muhammadiyah dan organisasi otonom tingkat pusat di Jakarta. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode kuantitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner. Populasi pada penelitian ini berjumlah 78 responden. Analisis jalur komitmen organisasi terhadap Loyalitas organisasi sebesar ρ_31= 0,725 memiliki tingkat korelasi kuat. Analisis jalur Keterikatan Kerja terhadap Loyalitas organisasi sebesar ρ_32  = 0,207 memiliki tingkat korelasi rendah. Analisis jalur komitmen orgnisasi terhadap keterikatan kerja sebesar ρ_21= 0,457 memiliki tingkat korelasi sedang. Dari ketiga hipotesis ini berarti Ha dan H0 di terima. Berdasarkan perhitungan korelasi antar dimensi, diperoleh dimensi Komitmen Normatif pada komitmen organisasi memiliki tingkat pengaruh lebih tinggi terhadap loyalitas organisasi sebesar 0,760 , lalu dimensi rasa memiliki pada keterikatan kerja juga memiliki tingkat pengaruh lebih tinggi terhadap loyalitas organisasi sebesar 0,729. Dan komitmen normatif memiliki pengaruh lebih tinggi terhadap keterikatan kerja sebesar 0,733. Ada hubungan keterikatan kerja Aktivis Muhammadiyah di tingkat pusat terhadap Loyalitas organisasi yang positif dan signifikan akan tetapi korelasinya cukup rendah sehingga dapat berimplikasi pada hasil kinerja aktivis Muhammadiyah dan organisasi otonom dalam menjalankan misi organisasi
Female images on historical background: victory of Omani writer Jokha al-Harti in The Man Booker International Prize - 2019
Authors: Zarytovskaya Victoria N. , Al-Rahbi Ahmed Mohammed
Published: January 2021

The article is devoted to the development of literature and, in general, the verbal culture of Oman from the early Middle Ages to the present day. For both objective and subjective reasons, the Omani national literature has not yet become an object of research by domestic specialists. However, the strengthening of all-round relations, including cultural, between our countries and the recognition of contemporary Omani writers by the international literary community necessitates such a study. The goal of the article was to highlight the main features that were inherent in the verbal work of Oman for centuries and for a long time constituted its originality, before Omani writers began to rapidly adopt the main creative tendencies of Europe. For this, as the most famous material, the work of the founder of the school of Omani poetry, the poet of the early XX century, Abu Muslim al-Bahlyani, was analyzed. Also the attempt to outline the rapid changes that have taken place in the literary environment of Oman over the past half century, and to answer the question of what caused the interest in the literature of the Gulf today was made. As part of the work was considered the novel Celestial Bodies by Jokha al-Harti, who received an international prize in 2019 and who today presents the women's prose of Oman, which simply did not exist in the recent past. The main conclusions that researchers come to are that Omani literature for a long time practically did not experience changes in its hermetic environment and acquired distinctive features, even if we talk only about the framework of the Arab world. And then, with the beginning of the Omani Renaissance, it made a sharp leap forward and began to be of interest due to the combination of contemporary artistic techniques and national colour, as in the work of Jokha al-Harti, whose last novel has been translated into two dozen languages.
Locating reality through visual narratives: Marjane Sartapi’s surfacing in “Persepolis”
Authors: Gupta Preeti
Published: January 2021

The innovative way of telling stories by using visuals with a motive of imparting a message to an audience has influenced several writings. The use of visual narratives turns out to be a profound technique of illustrating stories that has existed and continues to exist event today. From oral narratives to visual ones the art of storytelling has always been efficacious and more absorbing. Impressing upon what, how, where, and in what manner the event took place through graphics is fascinating. There is substantial writing that primarily deals with research on visual stories. One such is Marjane Sartapis Persepolis told through the eyes of a young girl, and this unique perspective of graphic narration offers distinctive insight into the perseverance to retain one's identity in tumultuous times. Nations and homelands play an important part in ones identity formation. Associating oneself to national sentiments and signs, individuals feel themselves part of the nation. However, identity becomes problematic for those in diaspora. This research paper intends to look at Majane Sartapis Persepolis as an attempt of the author to surface through many of her inner-outer conflicts. The paper shall trace her journey of self-approval from Iran to Vienna and finally to France. The trauma and the identity crisis she faces during her childhood in Iran and later in Vienna is an experience which she decides to narrate using animated comic images. The use of visual narrative form has helped her convey the trauma and pain she long carried. Finding a homeland and an identity became challenging.
Sources of Ferdowsi’s poem “Shahnāma”
Authors: Bondar Maria N.
Published: January 2021

The article explores one of the central problems of Ferdowsi Shahnāma (10th century) studies, e.g. its sources. In modern Iranian studies coexist different points of view and continues a discussion between the disciples of the theory of Ferdowsis use of prose sources and those who consider the poet rather a brilliant compiler and innovator, who transformed epic tales about kings and heroes (folklore oral poetry in the middle Persian language) into the new Persian language (dari). The discovery and accumulation of philological arguments indicating that the middle Persian epic poetry is hidden in the poem under the cover of the new Persian verse belongs to the current problems of Shahnāma studies, since this poetry was not recorded and original texts have not survived till nowadays. The arguments of supporters of both points of are briefly presented. To test the theory about the possible reliance of the Ferdowsi epic on the oral poetic tradition, a certain number of lines of the poem containing the name Ahriman were selected and analyzed using the Parry - Lord oral theory, and as a result the formulaic rhyme was discovered. The stability of rhymes and formulaic expressions in which the word Ahriman occurs in the poem allows to conclude that, apparently, there was an oral tradition of describing the Evil Spirit, dating back to the times of Ancient Iran and the creation of the Avesta, which survived until the time of Ferdowsi. This analysis supports the idea that Ferdowsis epic is based on the oral poetic tradition.
Draft law “On Media” No. 2693: new restrictions of freedom of media in Ukraine
Authors: Kadyrova Shuanat N. , Fomin Alexander
Published: January 2021

The analysis of the draft law On Media No. 2693, submitted for consideration by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in December 2019. The official reason for its development was the lack of working mechanisms to ensure information security and protection of the national media space of Ukraine in a hybrid war. The main task of our study is an attempt to determine the place of the bill in the reformed system of legal regulation of the media in Ukraine, from a position neutral to the process of the scientific community. (The following draft law On Misinformation, which is also under consideration by the Verkhovna Rada, speaks in favor of a systematic policy of reforms in the media sector of Ukraine). To this end, a detailed content analysis was conducted, which showed that the potentially ambiguous wording of the adopted document at the stage of its enforcement leaves the regulatory authorities free to interpret them depending on the interests of the parties, rather than on the letter of the law. The key to understanding the risks associated with its entry into force is the section on the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council of Ukraine, which will have jurisdiction over all aspects of the country's media structures, including economic ones. Thus, the proposed material may be of interest and be considered as a contribution to the development of criteria for a comprehensive scientific analysis of the legislation governing media structures, while the need for the participation of the scientific community in the development of such documents and public discussion at the stage of their preparation is obvious.
“This is the first Russian monthly”: Book review: Gotovtseva, A.G. (2018). “This is the most useful for Russian society”: The “Monthly Essays” as a Russian integrative enlightenment project of the mid-18th century. Moscow, YASK Publ.
Authors: Ovcharenko Alexey Yu.
Published: January 2021

The review analyzes the monograph of A.G. Gotovtseva “This is the most useful thing for Russian society”: the “Monthly essays” as a Russian integration enlightenment project of the middle of the 18th century”. The review of the presents book examines a universal descriptive way of periodical, as well as the genesis of its internal plot. The review considers the journal’s evolution in the context of the historical and political process of the epoch, the creation of various headings, modification of the original concept of the journal and the composition of authors. The author of the present monograph emphasizes a new view of the role of G.F. Miller as one the major Russian historians of that period in the development of Russian science and journalism in the 18th century.
Problems of creating predictive models of the COVID19 coronavirus pandemic
Authors: Levkova E. A. , Sepiashvili R. I. , Savin S. Z.
Published: January 2021

Relevance. The article is devoted to creating prognostic models based on epidemiological and immunological data. Objective: to study the comparative dynamic epidemiological and immunological characteristics of patients with COVID-19. Materials and methods. Methodological approaches to the use of system analysis of epidemiological and immunological characteristics of patients with COVID-19 using multivariate analysis are described. The used technologies of computer-aided analysis systems, algorithms for recognizing, measuring and identifying the condition of patients, and methods of statistical data processing made it possible to create a universal information predictive model for calculating the dynamics of infectious diseases prone to generalization (pandemics), as well as to understand in which groups these new infectious diseases are most dangerous. Results and discussion. Using the methods of system analysis, the epidemiological and immunological aspects of predictive models of the coronavirus pandemic were evaluated using the most objective international data, which increased the information content of the analysis. Conclusions . Creating predictive epidemiological and immunological models of the pandemic is an urgent and promising task to combat the medical and social consequences of the spread of coronavirus infection in Russia.
A linha que atravessa o quadro: da solidão à intimidade em “To the lighthouse’
Authors: Filizola Marcela
Published: January 2021

Este artigo tem como objetivo investigar a questão da linguagem e da arte em To the Lighthouse, de Virginia Woolf, ressaltando os movimentos de aproximação e afastamento, solidão e intimidade que apontam para a permeabilidade da vida. Com o intuito de analisar a ligação entre as mulheres no romance, busca-se refletir sobre a noção de precariedade desenvolvida por Judith Butler (Quadros de guerra) em diálogo com o ensaio A Room of One’s Own.
Mulher, natureza e loucura em ‘Uma carta” de Sérgio Sant’Anna
Authors: Queiroz Carmen Lúcia
Published: January 2021

Partindo da obra de Simone de Beauvoir e do conceito de ‘dialética sexual”, desenvolvido por Shulamith Firestone, analisa-se neste artigo a associação entre mulher, natureza e loucura como parte da estruturação literária do conto ‘Uma carta”, do escritor brasileiro Sérgio Sant’Anna.
Humanist vestiges in contemporary science fiction
Authors: Von MÃ¼cke Dorothea
Published: January 2021

Both Spike Jonze’s her and Alex Garland’s ex machina make references to such outdated media and cultural techniques as the handwritten letter, the hand-drawn sketch, oil paintings and the bound volume of the book. An analysis of the use and function of these seemingly obsolete cultural techniques in the two science fiction movies reveals a surprising commitment to traditionally humanist values as grounded in the invocation of the individualized, mortal human body.---Original in English.
Apresentação
Authors: Cardoso André Cabral de Almeida , Daflon Claudete
Published: January 2021

Apresentação aos Cadernos de Letras 58.
#FATO OU #FAKE: EFEITOS DE VERDADE E A POLÍTICA DO SILÊNCIO
Authors: Leite Milene Maciel , Silva Ariana Rosa
Published: January 2021

O objetivo desse artigo é analisar os processos de produção de sentido, circulação e checagem de fake news. Consideramos que o funcionamento de paráfrases discursivas das notícias falsas produzidas por sujeitos dispersos permitem a produção de um efeito de verdade e o apagamento de sentidos outros.
QUEM AS FEMINISTAS ELOGIAM? A INDETERMINAÇÃO SINTÁTICA E SEU FUNCIONAMENTO NAS FAKE NEWS.
Authors: Medeiros Laís Virginia Alves , Noronha Raquel
Published: January 2021

Neste trabalho, procuramos observar diferentes funcionamentos discursivos na produção dos efeitos de sentidos das fake news. Tomamos como corpus reportagens e vídeos com ampla circulação na internet. A partir das análises, concluímos que os efeitos de sentidos se sustentam pelos processos de indeterminação sintática e generalização.
"CONHECEREIS A VERDADE E A VERDADE VOS LIBERTARÁ" (JOÃO 08:32): SIMULACRO NO DISCURSO POLÍTICO ONLINE
Authors: Silva Gabriela de Mello , Ernst Aracy , Vieira Vívian
Published: January 2021

Ao voltarmos a atenção para o discurso político "online", buscamos compreender a representação mimética produzida imaginariamente nesse espaço discursivo que visa construir um dizer verdadeiro sob as condições históricas instituídas no Brasil atual. Trata-se, no entanto, da construção de um simulacro, i.e., de uma representação que não corresponde à realidade factual.
A democracia e o nosso sangue: paráfrase discursiva e compreensão das referências
Authors: Fonseca Rodrigo Oliveira
Published: January 2021

O presente artigo explora o recurso da paráfrase discursiva (HENRY, 1990 [1975]) para compreender a referencialidade de democracia em intervenções recentes do presidente Jair Bolsonaro, e sua relação com o que é dito acerca da defesa das cores verde e amarela na bandeira nacional.
Discursos sobre o outro: Caliban e o mito do homem selvagem
Authors: Cardoso Rosane Maria , Sbruzzi Viviane
Published: January 2021

O presente artigo propõe uma leitura sobre o mito do homem selvagem (Roger Bartra), a partir da personagem Caliban, de A tempestade, de Shakespeare. Com essa análise, busca-se discutir o mito como significativo para as memórias perpetradas a respeito do ‘outro”, ou do não-civilizado no contexto ocidental. Assim, interessa para essas reflexões a hermenêutica da condição histórica e do sujeito, com base na memória coletiva fixada por determinado imaginário.
Apresentação
Authors: Dias André , De Medeiros Elen
Published: January 2021

ta anos da fundação do periódico. De 1990 até 2020, muita coisa mudou no mundo e, naturalmente, na revista. Olhando retrospectivamente para o trabalho dos pioneiros, sobretudo quando comparado aos padrões editoriais de hoje, havia naquela ocasião um inegável caráter artesanal no desenvolvimento e produção da revista. Aqueles que, no presente, transitam com regularidade pelo Instituto de Letras da UFF podem conferir uma parte da história dos Cadernos de Letras da UFF. No saguão do 5º andar do Bloco C, do campus do Gragoatá, em local de destaque, há um expositor de vidro com exemplares das obras produzidas por docentes e discentes da instituição. Entre os muitos livros ali apresentados encontram-se exemplares dos primeiros números dos Cadernos de Letras da UFF. Aqueles exemplares expostos fundem, a um só tempo, a história dos Cadernos de Letras e a trajetória do Instituto que lhe empresta o nome. É bonito e poético contemplar, através do exame de livros e revistas, a presença e a história dos que vieram antes de nós. Tantos pesquisadores e professores que abriram o caminho para que hoje estejamos aqui, a reafirmar a relevância e o compromisso da Universidade pública e gratuita com a construção do conhecimento sólido, mas sempre em permanente transformação.
Retórica e exclusão na Ilíada: Tersites em foco
Authors: Proença Paulo Sérgio de
Published: January 2021

O mundo clássico foi sempre referência para o Ocidente, que se reconhece herdeiro e continuador de uma tradição que remonta às origens culturais situadas na Grécia antiga, em particular. Uma cena da Ilíada chama a atenção, protagonizada não por deuses nem por heróis, mas por um soldado que ousa enfrentar reis, proferindo um discurso articulado contra a guerra. Qual o papel deste plot para o conjunto da epopeia? É isso o que este trabalho procura averiguar, a partir de princípios retóricos, por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica apoiada em helenistas de prestígio, como Jaegger (1986) e Finley (s/d); e em  Aristóteles (2005), Weiler (2014), Mosca (2016), Amossy (2005), Bourdieu (1998), Dijk (2015) e Perelman e Olbrechts-Tyteca (2002), para aporte teórico em Retórica. Tersites mostra as contradições e dissimetrias do mundo antigo que, também em movimentos de continuidade, são reproduzidas ainda hoje pelos herdeiros de Homero.
Tensões entre o arquivo e o repertório: explorações da apropriação em certa poesia contemporânea brasileira
Authors: Abreu Luis Felipe Silveira de
Published: January 2021

Este ensaio busca discutir algumas poéticas de apropriação em práticas contemporâneas da poesia brasileira. A partir da leitura dos livros Delírio de damasco, Um útero é do tamanho de um punho, Mais cotidiano que o cotidiano,Livro das postagens e Sessão delineamos um procedimento de cópia específico a este cenário, calcado no uso intensivo de citações, com um interesse singular pela transcrição de falas cotidianas. Nesta preocupação com a linguagem comum, identificamos a possibilidade de pensar uma escrita enredada pelos problemas conceituais do arquivo e do repertório. A partir de tal jogo, somos levados a pensar como tal literatura reconfigura o gesto poético da apropriação, em uma reflexão tensiva sobre estes conceitos – e sobre a poesia mesma.
Eros colado à pele: dialogia entre profundidade e superfície na poesia de Luís Miguel Nava
Authors: Amaral Rodolpho
Published: January 2021

A elaboração de um breve percurso nas áreas da Filosofia, Psicanálise e Estudos Literários para pensar a pele em sua relação paradoxal vista em muitas dicotomias, mas resumida no par superfície/profundidade é um dos motes desse trabalho. Intenta-se, inicialmente, restituir a importância da superfície da pele e demonstrar sua dialogia com o profundo. Para isso, convocam-se os estudos de Maria Cristina Franco Ferraz, Didier Anzieu e Joel Birman, a fim de sedimentar a pele na constituição do ser, incluindo sua formação erótica. A seguir, procura-se alinhavar a teoria e os conceitos acerca da pele à poesia de Luís Miguel Nava, prenhe em temáticas ligadas ao corpo e que privilegiam a porosidade da pele como transcrição da realidade, bem como a inserção do eros – notadamente homossexual – na composição dos poemas. Para esse segundo momento, são basilares os estudos de Alberto Pucheu, Rosa Maria Martelo, Sinei Ferreira Sales. Assim, cogita-se demonstrar a centralidade da pele na poesia naviana, que se desdobra na restituição do sensível à superfície – evidenciando várias nuances desse deslocamento.
Uma espécie de coração
Authors: Roriz Paloma
Published: January 2021

A partir da contextualização de uma frase de Nietzsche, empregada de diferentes modos pelo escritor português Manuel António Pina, e de seu possível desdobramento na construção da relação entre a figura do convalescente e a da criança enquanto índice emblemático de modernidade poética, o presente artigo propõe uma reflexão acerca da controvertida entonação lírica presente em alguns dos poemas de Pina. Para isso, são apontadas algumas direções problematizantes em torno da associação entre experiência emocional e experiência poética, a partir do estatuto discursivo do sujeito lírico no contexto de surgimento e consolidação da poesia moderna, levando em conta seus reflexos posteriores na produção portuguesa mais recente.
TOXIC INSTITUTION IN SECURITY SECTOR REFORM: LESSON LEARNED FROM THE FAILURE OF BUILDING SECURITY INSTITUTIONS IN EAST TIMOR
Authors: Sugito Sugito , Warsito Tulus , Nurmandi Achmad
Published: January 2021

Liberal peace strongly believes that security sector reform (SSR) can strengthen the structure of peace and security in post-conflict countries. However, this approach is not always successful in several countries including East Timor. Based on the institutionalism approach, this study found an interesting fact that Falintil's veterans' toxic role in their relations with state security institutions had weakened the function of state security institutions and caused the insecurity of the state and people of East Timor from 2000-2008. These results were obtained through field research using qualitative-quantitative mix method research based on primary data obtained from interviews, surveys, and official documents from the United Nations and the government of East Timor.
A LOOK AT TAIWAN'S COOPERATION WITH PARAGUAY (2009 – 2019)
Authors: Cabral López Maria Antonella
Published: January 2021

Taiwan's situation in the international system is particular and the recognition of other states is key to its survival. Paraguay has maintained diplomatic relations with this Asian country continuously since 1957. This research aims to describe the south - south cooperation of Taiwan with Paraguay during the period 2009 - 2019, a very important facet of the bilateral relationship between both parties. For this, a bibliographic-documentary research was used. In addition is important to mention the level of this was descriptive and primary and secondary sources were employed. Among the main results obtained, it can be seen that non-reimbursable cooperation projects are being adjusted according to five-year negotiations, that there is some continuity regarding the issues addressed by technical cooperation and the existence of other less known initiatives such as conferences and participation in fairs.
THE DECLINING HEGEMONY OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE GROWING INFLUENCE OF CHINA: A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE ON POWER TRANSITION THEORY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Authors: Gwadabe Nasa'i Muhammad
Published: January 2021

The apparent eroding in the hegemonic power of the United States and the sustained growth of China has triggered debate as to whether the rise of China will be peaceful or conflictual. Structural realism posits that the world is characterised by the anarchic ordering principle in which there is no central authority sitting above the states. Therefore, the absence of a “leviathan” on the international system automatically makes every state equal on the system which created an atmosphere of competition for the maximisation of power for survival. On a similar line of reasoning, the Power Transition theory as a variant theory within realism postulates that when the international system is structured based on the principle of hierarchy, peace will reign. It means that when international relations are regulated and influenced by a dominant power, the international system becomes stable. But the emergence of a dissatisfied powerful nation to challenge the hegemon usually ends up in war. Based on this assumption, Power Transition theorists argued that the rise of China to rival the dominance of the United States could not be peaceful. The Power Transition theory has influenced many academics to have the belief that the two nations will end up in “Thucydides’ Trap”. This belief has aggravated the matter beyond the reasonable level and has instilled panic in the mind of foreign policymakers which could jeopardise world peace and international cooperation. Hence, this paper aims to critically evaluate the deficiency of the Power Transition theory in the 21st century in explaining the current United States-China relations and the prospect of peace or war between the two nations using process tracing. Accordingly, in this paper, it is argued that in the 21st century, an armed confrontation between the United States and China is highly unlikely. Because in today’s world, nations (including the United States and China) are intertwined by the forces of globalisation which created inexorable economic interdependence. Additionally, there is rapid advancement in military technology and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction which came with the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). Consequently, there is a need to revisit the Power Transition theory to accommodate contemporary factors. The inclusion of the current variables into the Theory will make it applicable and adequately fit in the discourse of international relations and global politics of the 21st-century international system.
BRIEF INTRODUCTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL IMPACTS OF THE 2020 PANDEMIC: CONTRIBUTION TO A STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
Authors: Visentini Paulo
Published: January 2021

BRIEF INTRODUCTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL IMPACTS OF THE 2020 PANDEMIC: CONTRIBUTION TO A STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD-SYSTEM: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEBATE ON DEVELOPMENT IN THE WORLD-SYSTEMS THEORY
Authors: Pereira Analúcia Danilevicz , Xerri Salvatore Gasparini
Published: January 2021

This work analyzes the development in World-System Theory as produced by the flow of appropriation of global surplus value through the international division of labor, creating the divisions between center, semiperiphery and periphery in the capitalist world-economy. It thus aims to explore how the global appropriation of surplus value in the capitalist world-economy produces variations in the level of development of its different regions. To this end, it contextualizes and conceptualizes its elements on its spatial and temporal dimensions. It defines surplus value and the form of its global accumulation, and in this sense explores the succession of capitalist hegemonies, in their dialectical relationship with the system's progress, enabling the approach to the international division of labor, and how the monopoly over finance and technologies allows the center of the system to consolidate a structure that ensures the transfer of capital and surplus value from the other regions to it. It follows that the development of a particular country or region in the capitalist world-economy depends on its ability to accumulate surplus value globally. Additionally, it is observed that the conditions imposed by the system structure prevent initiatives of autonomous development by its parts, being necessary to break with them for such a project to be possible
ESTABILIDADE REGIONAL: O BRASIL E O CONSELHO DE DEFESA SUL-AMERICANO
Authors: Nascimento Vinícius Damasceno
Published: January 2021

The South American Defense Council and Brazil have regional importance, considering that stability in South America is not guaranteed. This study has the objectives of confirming, in military terms, the condition of Brazil as an important regional protagonist; and analyzing its possible contribution to regional stability
GEOPOLITICS OF IRAN ACCORDING TO THE THEORY OF GEOGRAPHICAL BUFFER SPACES
Authors: Ahmadi Nohadani Syrus
Published: January 2021

With the occupation of India by one of the global powers namely Britain (1770), and its territorial expansion toward the West and Iran’s borders, Russia (the other global power) started to expansionism and move toward Indian Ocean and Iran’s north borders from the first of 19th century (1804-1813/ 1826/1828). Britain from East and South and Russia from North intruded on Iran’s borders, and buffered Iran and Afghanistan in order to not to collide with each other. In the rivalry pattern of buffered states, their geographic spaces should be separate. Low power geographic space is required between the powers. Geopolitical boundaries of these two powers should not contact because in such a case, the possibility of conflict can arise. So, the buffer space takes the form of vacuum space between the buffered powers.The research main question is that what are the nature, functions, characteristics and political behavior of geographic buffer space? Which geographic values and functions cause buffer space act as a buffer space and attract great powers?In this research, a new definition of buffer space is presented, and the process of formation of buffers (the whys and wherefores), functions and characteristics of buffers in two internal and external dimensions are investigated. Then, the validity of the variables is investigated using library and field findings, and is used in the process of evaluation of internal and external experts. The results are analyzed using statistical methods and SPSS. Finally, these variables are evaluated in the context of Iran.The research findings show that the pattern of geopolitical rivalry of great powers has been reflected in Iran’s space in the last two centuries, namely not only foreign relations, but also Iran’s internal political situation are reflections of the pattern of rivalry of great powers resulted from Iran’s buffer situation. The behavior of Iranian politicians and people have been affected by the behavior of buffered powers. This situation has caused some behaviors to be created like xenophobia, lack of trust in politicians, de-utilization etc. The buffer space cannot make decision without considering the interests of buffered states. In the buffer space, all of the political phenomenon are the reflection of buffered space.