bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Branded fitness: Exercise and promotional culture
Authors: Powers Devon , Greenwell DM
Published: January 2016

This article develops a theory of branded fitness within the United States through a focus on two of its most visible examples: CrossFit and Bikram yoga. We argue that highly successful forms of branded fitness such as these give insight into the enormous power and permeation of branded sensibilities into everyday life – in this case, going so far as to inform how we relate to, and attempt to modify, our own bodies. However, we argue that a close examination of branded fitness likewise reveals the inconsistencies, trouble spots, and extraordinary limits of the brand as a way to build a fitness movement – which we contend is instructive in thinking about how branding more generally relates to mediation, community, and cultural commodification.
Citizen-consumer revisited: The cultural meanings of organic food consumption in Israel
Authors: Grosglik Rafi
Published: January 2016

Organic food consumption is associated with “citizen-consumer” practice, which is an act of promoting different aspects of social and ecological responsibility and the integration of ethical considerations in daily practices such as eating. This article analyzes aspects of organic food consumption in Israel and the symbolic meanings given to it by its consumers. The study shows how practices attributed to ethical eating culture are used in identity construction, social status manifestation, and as a means to demonstrate openness to global cultural trends. Organic food consumption is carried out as part of a symbolic use of ethical values and its adaptation to the local Israeli cultural context. In addition, organic food consumption patterns are revealed as fitting the cultural logic of globalization, which spread in the last decades in Israel. Analysis of the socio-cultural aspects related to organic food consumption points to the polysemy embodied in the term citizen-consumer and shows how the actual implementation of this term in Israel is based on the assimilation of cosmopolitan meanings.
(In)authenticity work: Constructing the realm of inauthenticity through Thomas Kinkade
Authors: Koontz Anthony Amanda , Joshi Amit
Published: January 2016

Although we know that authenticity work can add value to cultural products, little research explores efforts to claim the inauthenticity of products in commercial markets. The question arises, how does the critical reception of a popular culture phenomenon employ a form of authenticity work to determine the cultural products eligible – or ineligible – for the status of “authentic?” This research seeks to answer this question through a comprehensive content analysis of 328 documents from 1998 to 2012 related to the late artist Thomas Kinkade. We put forth the term inauthenticity work to explain how cultural intermediaries defined cultural products as antithetical to authenticity. Even in the face of immense commercial success, intermediaries constructed Kinkade’s work as exemplifying inauthenticity, defining his work as mass produced, insincere, escapist, and oppositional to high art. Such inauthenticity work reveals that even if there is greater variance in cultural products eligible for authentication, intermediaries uphold culture boundaries through critically maintaining a cultural realm of inauthenticity.
Grooving in the ludic foodscape: Bridled revelry in collegiate tailgating
Authors: Bradford Tonya Williams , Sherry John F.
Published: January 2016

Throughout North America, the open air public feasting and drinking that surrounds an athletic event, most commonly football, is labeled “tailgating.” In this article, we explore how consumers infuse their place-creating activity with a well-modulated aura of revelry that energizes tailgating without jeopardizing either its immediate or long-term viability. To an appreciable degree, tailgating is about celebrating and preserving the communal bond enkindled in the primal hearth. We characterize tailgating as a “ludic foodscape” in an attempt to capture the kinetic, multisensory backdrop and atmosphere of playful consumer creativity against which the revelry of feasting and drinking unfolds. Our study is located at the intersection of inquiries into foodscapes, brandscapes, and landscapes. Among the interpretive themes emerging from our ethnographic analysis, we have implicated three in particular in the generation and modulation of the revelry that distinguishes tailgating from some of its more bacchanalian cousins: cuisine, carnivalesque, and canalization. These themes can be understood as social regulators that literally govern tailgating, endowing it with just the right amount of license to give it a festive edge without resulting in too disruptive or dysfunctional an atmosphere. We unpack the three cogs in this mechanism and analyze their relevance to the atmosphere pervading the sites of tailgating.
Strategy and commitments to institutional logics: Organizational heterogeneity in business models and governance
Authors: Ocasio William , Radoynovska Nevena
Published: January 2016

Theory and research on institutional pluralism and complexity provide an opportunity to re-examine a key question of strategy: the sources of organizational heterogeneity in the creation and capture of value. Concretely, we focus on the implications for value creation and capture in terms of organizations’ business models and governance strategies, respectively. We posit that strategic organizational choices are shaped by available institutional logics and theorize that greater institutional pluralism leads to increased heterogeneity—rather than isomorphism—in business models and governance strategies. As the mechanism for heterogeneity, we explain how pluralism leads to differentiated organizational commitments to distinct combinations and prioritizations of institutional logics. The article further examines how institutional complexity, wherein latent contradictions between logics become salient, provides opportunities for strategic change. We theorize that framing exposed contradictions as incompatible or paradoxical implies differentiated outcomes with respect to transformations in organizations’ business models and governance strategies.
On Critical Reflection
Authors: Lundgren Henriette , Poell Rob F.
Published: January 2016

In this article, we review empirical studies that research critical reflection based on Mezirow’s definition. The concepts of content, process, and premise reflection have often been cited, and operationalizing Mezirow’s high-level transformative learning theory and its components has been the endeavor of adult education and human resource development (HRD) researchers. By conducting a literature review, we distill 12 research studies on critical reflection that we dissect, analyze, and compare. Discovering different approaches, assessment processes, and outcomes leads us to the conclusion that there is little agreement on how to operationalize reflection. We suggest four improvements: (a) integrating different critical reflection traditions, (b) using multiple data collection pathways, (c) opting for thematic embedding, and (d) attending to feelings. By implementing these improvements, we hope to stimulate closer alignment of approaches in critical reflection research across adult education and HRD researchers.
Dialogic pedagogies in educational settings for active citizenship, social cohesion and peacebuilding in Lebanon
Authors: Akar Bassel
Published: January 2016

Many educational programmes in societies affected by armed conflict aim to promote dialogic engagement as a fundamental aim and pedagogy for social reconstruction. Despite supporting government policies, classrooms show very little or no evidence of dialogic practices where learners (co-)construct knowledge with peers and engage in critical and appreciative inquiry. In the case of Lebanon, I examine the approaches of promoting dialogic pedagogies through formal and non-formal educational programmes. The conceptual framework draws on literature from Bakhtin, Habermas, Islamic and Arab scholars and researchers in effective learning. Evidence is gathered from (1) classroom observations and conversations with teachers from seven schools and (2) students’ written reflections from a 10-day residential programme. Evidence suggests that dialogic engagement is largely dependent on facilitators’ approaches to knowledge construction. Even with intervention to support teachers in facilitating dialogic activities in formal schooling, teachers continue to seek student confirmation of preset content knowledge.
Becoming entrepreneurial: Transitions and education of unemployed youth
Authors: Mononen-Batista Costa Sari , Brunila Kristiina
Published: January 2016

In Finland, young people who are neither employed nor in any education or training programme are expected to participate in short-term education, the aim being to improve their work life and employment skills, and thus make them more accountable for their labour market outcomes. An extensive assortment of so-called transition activities is created to guide young adults ‘into society’. The empirical data is analysed by using a discursive approach. The focus is on the consequences of entrepreneurial discourses, with specific attention given to project-based educational practices that train young adults on the margins of education, working life and society. Based on their results, the authors show how entrepreneurial activities offer skills for representing oneself in accordance with entrepreneurial ideals, but might limit opportunities to speak otherwise.
‘What’s he doing that for? He’s a boy!’: Exploring gender and sexualities in an early childhood setting
Authors: Kelly-Ware Janette
Published: January 2016

In young children’s worlds, gender and sexualities are constantly policed. Who children play with, where they play and how they play are often subject to regulation by others to perpetuate ‘normativity’. This colloquium draws on ‘telling examples’ from an in-progress study in an early childhood education setting in Aotearoa New Zealand. Examples of challenge and resistance show several children actively constructing and performing their gender in flexible and multiple ways, some of which contest/resist traditional and cultural norms and dominant discourses. The central argument is that ‘doing gender’ in relationship with others is complex work for children that can be better understood through the constructs of ‘performativity’ and ‘working theories’ jointly.
B-cell survival and development controlled by the coordination of NF-κB family members RelB and cRel
Authors: Almaden Jonathan V. , Liu Yi C. , Yang Edward , Otero Dennis C. , Birnbaum Harry , Davis-Turak Jeremy , Asagiri Masataka , David Michael , Goldrath Ananda W. , Hoffmann Alexander
Published: January 2016

Key Points

NF-κB family members RelB and cRel are coordinately activated by BAFF and provide distinct survival signals. In vivo and in vitro B-cell developmental defects are observed when both RelB and cRel are deleted.
Dicer1-mediated miRNA processing shapes the mRNA profile and function of murine platelets
Authors: Rowley Jesse W. , Chappaz Stéphane , Corduan Aurélie , Chong Mark M. W. , Campbell Robert , Khoury Amanda , Manne Bhanu Kanth , Wurtzel Jeremy G. T. , Michael James V. , Goldfinger Lawrence E. , Mumaw Michele M. , Nieman Marvin T. , Kile Benjamin T. , Provost Patrick , Weyrich Andrew S.
Published: January 2016

Key Points

Dicer1 deletion in MKs alters platelet miRNA and mRNA profiles. Dicer1-deficient platelets display increased integrins αIIb and β3 levels and enhanced in vitro and in vivo functional responses.
The impact of multiple low-level BCR-ABL1 mutations on response to ponatinib
Authors: Parker Wendy T. , Yeung David T. O. , Yeoman Alexandra L. , Altamura Haley K. , Jamison Bronte A. , Field Chani R. , Hodgson J. Graeme , Lustgarten Stephanie , Rivera Victor M. , Hughes Timothy P. , Branford Susan
Published: January 2016

Key Points

The association between multiple BCR-ABL1 mutations and inferior response to nilotinib/dasatinib was not seen with ponatinib therapy. However, chronic phase patients with T315I plus additional mutation(s) did have poorer responses to ponatinib than those with T315I only.
N-linked glycan stabilization of the VWF A2 domain
Authors: Lynch Christopher J. , Lane David A.
Published: January 2016

Key Points

Glycosylation at N1574 stabilizes the VWF A2 domain against unfolding and proteolysis by ADAMTS13, and its first GlcNAc is the critical element. Y1544 is a likely interacting residue with N1574-GlcNAc, and its mutation to aspartic acid stabilizes the domain in the absence of the glycan.
A lymphomagenic role for HIV beyond immune suppression?
Authors: Dolcetti Riccardo , Gloghini Annunziata , Caruso Arnaldo , Carbone Antonino
Published: January 2016

Despite the immune reconstitution promoted by combined antiretroviral therapy (cART), lymphomas still represent the most common type of cancer in HIV-infected individuals. Cofactors related to immunodeficiency such as oncogenic viruses, chronic antigenic stimulation, and cytokine overproduction are thought to be the main drivers of HIV lymphomagenesis, although the current scenario does not convincingly explain the still-high incidence of lymphomas and the occurrence of peculiar lymphoma histotypes in HIV-infected patients under cART. Recent findings are challenging the current view of a mainly indirect role of HIV in lymphoma development and support the possibility that HIV may directly contribute to lymphomagenesis. In fact, mechanisms other than immune suppression involve biologic effects mediated by HIV products that are secreted and accumulate in lymphoid tissues, mainly within lymph node germinal centers. Notably, HIV-infected patients with lymphomas, but not those not affected by these tumors, were recently shown to carry HIV p17 protein variants with enhanced B-cell clonogenic activity. HIV p17 protein variants were characterized by the presence of distinct insertions at the C-terminal region of the protein responsible for a structural destabilization and the acquisition of novel biologic properties. These data are changing the current paradigm assuming that HIV is only indirectly related to lymphomagenesis. Furthermore, these recent findings are consistent with a role of HIV as a critical microenvironmental factor promoting lymphoma development and pave the way for further studies that may lead to the design of more effective strategies for an early identification and improved control of lymphomas in the HIV setting.
A computational method for genotype calling in family-based sequencing data
Authors: Chang Lun-Ching , Li Bingshan , Fang Zhou , Vrieze Scott , McGue Matt , Iacono William G. , Tseng George C. , Chen Wei
Published: January 2016

Background

As sequencing technologies can help researchers detect common and rare variants across the human genome in many individuals, it is known that jointly calling genotypes across multiple individuals based on linkage disequilibrium (LD) can facilitate the analysis of low to modest coverage sequence data. However, genotype-calling methods for family-based sequence data, particularly for complex families beyond parent-offspring trios, are still lacking.

Results

In this study, first, we proposed an algorithm that considers both linkage disequilibrium (LD) patterns and familial transmission in nuclear and multi-generational families while retaining the computational efficiency. Second, we extended our method to incorporate external reference panels to analyze family-based sequence data with a small sample size. In simulation studies, we show that modeling multiple offspring can dramatically increase genotype calling accuracy and reduce phasing and Mendelian errors, especially at low to modest coverage. In addition, we show that using external panels can greatly facilitate genotype calling of sequencing data with a small number of individuals. We applied our method to a whole genome sequencing study of 1339 individuals at ~10X coverage from the Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research.

Conclusions

The aggregated results show that our methods significantly outperform existing ones that ignore family constraints or LD information. We anticipate that our method will be useful for many ongoing family-based sequencing projects. We have implemented our methods efficiently in a C++ program FamLDCaller, which is available from http://www.pitt.edu/~wec47/famldcaller.html.
Deciphering transcriptional regulations coordinating the response to environmental changes
Authors: Acuña Vicente , Aravena Andrés , Guziolowski Carito , Eveillard Damien , Siegel Anne , Maass Alejandro
Published: January 2016

Background

Gene co-expression evidenced as a response to environmental changes has shown that transcriptional activity is coordinated, which pinpoints the role of transcriptional regulatory networks (TRNs). Nevertheless, the prediction of TRNs based on the affinity of transcription factors (TFs) with binding sites (BSs) generally produces an over-estimation of the observable TF/BS relations within the network and therefore many of the predicted relations are spurious.

Results

We present Lombarde, a bioinformatics method that extracts from a TRN determined from a set of predicted TF/BS affinities a subnetwork explaining a given set of observed co-expressions by choosing the TFs and BSs most likely to be involved in the co-regulation. Lombarde solves an optimization problem which selects confident paths within a given TRN that join a putative common regulator with two co-expressed genes via regulatory cascades. To evaluate the method, we used public data of Escherichia coli to produce a regulatory network that explained almost all observed co-expressions while using only 19 % of the input TF/BS affinities but including about 66 % of the independent experimentally validated regulations in the input data. When all known validated TF/BS affinities were integrated into the input data the precision of Lombarde increased significantly. The topological characteristics of the subnetwork that was obtained were similar to the characteristics described for known validated TRNs.

Conclusions

Lombarde provides a useful modeling scheme for deciphering the regulatory mechanisms that underlie the phenotypic responses of an organism to environmental challenges. The method can become a reliable tool for further research on genome-scale transcriptional regulation studies.
Lactic acidosis and severe septic shock in metformin users: a cohort study
Authors: Doenyas-Barak Keren , Beberashvili Ilia , Marcus Ronit , Efrati Shai
Published: January 2016

Background

High serum lactate is associated with increased mortality in septic shock patients. Metformin alters lactate metabolism, and may affect its prognostic value. We compared, between metformin users and nonusers, the prognosis of extremely elevated plasma lactate levels in patients with septic shock.

Methods

The electronic medical records (EMR) of patients admitted to the emergency room between January 2011 and June 2013 were reviewed. The study cohort comprised patients with an initial diagnosis of septic shock and blood lactate higher than 10 mmol/L. The selected population was divided into two groups: metformin users (exposed) and metformin nonusers (unexposed). The primary outcome measured was inhospital mortality.

Results

The study included 44 metformin users and 118 nonusers. Metformin users were similar to nonusers with respect to levels of lactate, HCO3, and blood pH; however, they were older and had higher incidence rates of cardiovascular disease and acute kidney injury at admission, compared to nonusers. Inhospital mortality rates were significantly lower in the metformin-treated group, 56.8 % vs. 88.1 %, p <0.0001.

Conclusions

Though high lactate concentration indicates poor prognosis in septic patients, mortality rate was found to be significantly lower in those who were treated with metformin. This finding may help clinicians in deciding treatment for these patients, who could otherwise be considered too ill for real treatment benefit.
Draft genome of the Arabidopsis thaliana phyllosphere bacterium, Williamsia sp. ARP1
Authors: Horn Hannes , Keller Alexander , Hildebrandt Ulrich , Kämpfer Peter , Riederer Markus , Hentschel Ute
Published: January 2016

The Gram-positive actinomycete Williamsia sp. ARP1 was originally isolated from the Arabidopsis thaliana phyllosphere. Here we describe the general physiological features of this microorganism together with the draft genome sequence and annotation. The 4,745,080 bp long genome contains 4434 protein-coding genes and 70 RNA genes. To our knowledge, this is only the second reported genome from the genus Williamsia and the first sequenced strain from the phyllosphere. The presented genomic information is interpreted in the context of an adaptation to the phyllosphere habitat.
Application of prestack orthotropic AVAz inversion for fracture characterization of a deep carbonate reservoir in northern Kuwait
Authors: Narhari Srinivasa Rao , Al-Qadeeri Bashar , Dashti Qasem , Silva Josimar , Dasgupta Sagnik , Hannan Andrew , Walz Milton , Lu Lee , Wagner Charles , Sayers Colin M.
Published: January 2016

Prestack anisotropic (orthotropic symmetry) AVAz inversion of full-azimuth 3D seismic data for fracture characterization of the upper Najmah Formation in northern Kuwait was conducted. This formation comprises a thin, tight, naturally fractured carbonate overlying a kerogen-rich shale source rock. The inversion methodology uses an orthotropic system of symmetry that is appropriate for analysis of vertical transverse isotropic (VTI) anisotropic rock layers containing swarms of aligned vertical fractures. Measured seismic amplitudes show good agreement with synthetic models created at different well locations, indicating reliable representation of fractures in amplitude data. Inversion results show good agreement with well and drilling data. Rock-physics modeling shows a relationship between elastic properties and seismic anisotropy and between elastic properties and reservoir properties, such as porosity and fracture density.
Regional geopressure studies — Their impact from prospect identification and risking through the life cycle of a field to production and development
Authors: Edwards Alexander , O'Connor Stephen
Published: January 2016

Regional data provided geologic and hydraulic context to help understand the aspects of the petroleum system in a basin to help companies derisk and reduce uncertainty in potential acreage. Supplementing local data, which often can be limited or absent, with an understanding from a regional geopressure perspective can mean the difference between success and failure. A similar concept of regional assessment and the importance for reducing uncertainties is introduced, except focused only on geopressure and its implications and uses across the entire oil-field cycle. These studies synthesize stratigraphic, structural, and basin-history data to produce an understanding of mechanisms of pore-pressure generation and its resultant distribution across a basin. The results of these regional assessments of pressure have the following benefits: Rock-physics models are better understood at the prospect-identification stage once the pressure regime is understood; an understanding is gained of the risk of hydraulic top seal failure, i.e., seal breach within a license acreage; well planning can be more accurate because all geologic uncertainty, not visible on local seismic, can be anticipated; real-time data can be reconciled with data within a regional study to better define pressure-transition zones; in production, naturally draining, connected dynamic reservoirs can be identified only by regional overpressure mapping; in true frontier areas, a regional study of deep water, for instance, from an entirely different basin, provides a sense-check analogue of the local pressure regime estimated from the seismic velocity for a new prospect.
Student Zone
Authors: Ford Linda
Published: January 2016

Excitement and speculation buzzed around the Student Pavilion at the SEG International Exhibition and 85th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, in October as students eyed the new trophy for the Best Student Chapter. The name of the 2015 winner of Best Student Chapter was obscured for most of the week, leaving students eager for the announcement at the end of the Annual Meeting. The announcement of the 2015 Best Student Chapter capped off the annual commencement and recognition ceremony on Wednesday afternoon, 21 October. The three finalists were the Pandit Deendayal University (India) SEG Student Chapter, SEG Student Chapter Cracow at AGH University of Science and Technology (Poland), and Society of Exploration Geophysicists Universitas Gadjah Mada (Indonesia) Student Chapter.
The Gly16 Allele of the Gly16Arg Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism in the β2-Adrenergic Receptor Gene Augments Perioperative Use of Vasopressors: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Authors: Nielsen Morten , Staalsoe Jonatan M. , Ullum Henrik , Secher Niels H. , Nielsen Henning B. , Olsen Niels V.
Published: January 2016

BACKGROUND:

Arterial hypotension is frequent in patients undergoing anesthesia and may aggravate the outcome. Common genetic variations may influence the cardiovascular response to anesthesia. In this retrospective cohort study, we tested whether variation in the gene encoding the β2-adrenergic receptor (ADRB2) influences perioperative arterial blood pressure and consequently the use of vasopressors.

METHODS:

Five hundred seventy-one Danish Caucasians undergoing neurosurgery were genotyped for 5 marker single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within ADRB2 (Gly16Arg, Gln27Glu, Thr164Ile, Arg175Arg, and Gly351Gly). A pairwise tagging principle was used to identify ADRB2 haplotypes. Mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) was recorded in the supine awake state and, together with administration of vasopressors (ephedrine and/or phenylephrine), for 30 minutes after induction of general anesthesia (sevoflurane/remifentanil or propofol/remifentanil).

RESULTS:

Four hundred thirteen (72%) patients received ephedrine and/or phenylephrine. Only baseline MAP (P < 0.001) and the Arg175Arg SNP (P = 0.01) were associated with nadir perioperative MAP. The Gly16Arg SNP but no other SNPs showed a trend toward an association with the amount of vasopressors used during anesthesia with Arg16 homozygotes receiving less ephedrine equivalents. The Arg16-Gln27-Thr164-Arg175-Gly351 haplotype was associated with approximately 13% lower vasopressor requirements than the most common Gly16-Glu27-Thr164-Arg175-Gly351 haplotype (P = 0.01).

CONCLUSIONS:

Gly16 carriers received larger amounts of vasopressor compared with Arg16 homozygotes. This corresponds to previous studies demonstrating that the Gly16 allele in ADRB2 is associated with vasodilation and high cardiac output.
Thyroid bud morphogenesis requires CDC42- and SHROOM3-dependent apical constriction
Authors: Loebel David A. F. , Plageman Timothy F. , Tang Theresa L. , Jones Vanessa J. , Muccioli Maria , Tam Patrick P. L.
Published: January 2016

Early development of the gut endoderm and its subsequent remodeling for the formation of organ buds are accompanied by changes to epithelial cell shape and polarity. Members of the Rho-related family of small GTPases and their interacting proteins play multiple roles in regulating epithelial morphogenesis. In this study we examined the role of Cdc42 in foregut development and organ bud formation. Ablation of Cdc42 in post-gastrulation mouse embryos resulted in a loss of apical-basal cell polarity and columnar epithelial morphology in the ventral pharyngeal endoderm, in conjunction with a loss of apical localization of the known CDC42 effector protein PARD6B. Cell viability but not proliferation in the foregut endoderm was impaired. Outgrowth of the liver, lung and thyroid buds was severely curtailed in Cdc42-deficient embryos. In particular, the thyroid bud epithelium did not display the apical constriction that normally occurs concurrently with the outgrowth of the bud into the underlying mesenchyme. SHROOM3, a protein that interacts with Rho GTPases and promotes apical constriction, was strongly expressed in the thyroid bud and its sub-cellular localization was disrupted in Cdc42-deficient embryos. In Shroom3 gene trap mutant embryos, the thyroid bud epithelium showed no apical constriction, while the bud continued to grow and protruded into the foregut lumen. Our findings indicate that Cdc42 is required for epithelial polarity and organization in the endoderm and for apical constriction in the thyroid bud. It is possible that the function of CDC42 is partly mediated by SHROOM3.
A Formação do Administrador e a Moral do Super-Homem: um Estudo com Docentes e Discentes do Curso de Administração
Authors: Saraiva Luiz Alex Silva , De Souza Claudia Josepha
Published: January 2016

O objetivo nesse artigo é discutir a formação do administrador levando em consideração a perspectiva moral do super homem de Nietzsche. Para a confecção do estudo foi feita uma pesquisa qualitativa, de cunho descritivo, baseada em entrevistas semi estruturadas individuais, efetuadas junto a 12 discentes e cinco docentes do curso de administração de uma instituição de ensino privada de uma cidade de Minas Gerais, material tratado por meio da análise do discurso. Os principais resultados sugerem que as representações sociais em relação à profissão do administrador são associadas ao trabalho técnico e operacional. Em relação à formação do administrador, há uma preocupação preponderante com as demandas organizacionais, uma vez que relacionam o êxito na profissão ao alcance de resultados na empresa. As conclusões apontam que, no contexto de formação da profissão do administrador, a ética passa a ser a da finalidade, já que é regida pelos resultados organizacionais.
Perspectivas de Carreira dos Formandos de Administração de uma IFES
Authors: Miano Vítor Yoshihara , Vieira Fernando De Oliveira
Published: January 2016

Este artigo trata de um estudo realizado com os formandos de Administração de uma Instituição Federal de Ensino Superior (IFES) do Rio de Janeiro, no ano de 2009, que objetivou identificar como estes estudantes se comportam em relação às suas carreiras profissionais, tendo como referência alguns conceitos contemporâneos de gestão e planejamento de carreira.
Uma Análise de Técnicas de Ensino em Ciências Sociais e Características Sociodemográficas dos Discentes
Authors: Pereira Felipe Augusto , Lins Daniel , Picarte Ronei , Castellan Rita Rovai
Published: January 2016

Este artigo é o resultado de uma pesquisa que teve como objetivo principal identificar a existência de associação entre a preferência por técnicas de ensino e as características sociodemográficas de estudantes de cursos de ciências sociais. Para tanto, foi realizado um estudo de caráter bibliográfico exploratório, para a identificação das técnicas a serem pesquisadas, seguido de uma análise quantitativa com 89 discentes, com o intuito de identificar as preferências e as relações.  Foram identificadas tanto as técnicas preferidas quanto as menos apreciadas pelos alunos. Posteriormente, as técnicas foram agrupadas em 08 fatores através de análise fatorial e descobriu-se que alguns dos fatores estão associados a características sociodemográficas dos discentes. Desse modo, os docentes podem lançar mão de técnicas que têm maior aceitação, adaptando-se às contingências e potencializando assim a aprendizagem.
Editorial
Authors: Rocha-de-Oliveira Sidinei , Craide Aline
Published: January 2016

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O mundo do trabalho visto no cinema: busca por significados no documentário Peões
Authors: Estanislau Cristiano , Castro Dagmar S. P. de , Vieira Almir Martins , Resch Sibelly
Published: January 2016

No mundo do trabalho brasileiro, as transformações do capital mundial tiveram seu impacto nos anos 1990, incluindo a Região do Grande ABC, com o desemprego estrutural e com a reestruturação produtiva. Sendo assim, a proposta desse artigo é refletir sobre estas transformações utilizando o recurso estético da arte, especificamente o cinema, a fim de ir além do raciocínio lógico, envolvendo o sentimento e a experiência perceptiva desenvolvida pelos sentidos como uma possibilidade de compreender também a vivência organizacional, envolvendo a experiência perceptiva desenvolvida pelos operários que narram suas origens e participações no movimento operário, além dos desfechos de suas vidas na primeira década do século XXI, fazendo uma construção de si pela fala. A produção cinematográfica escolhida para análise foi o documentário Peões, produzido em 2002. Assumiu-se, portanto, o filme como aproximação entre ciência e arte, para análise das narrativas que se apresentam para compreensão da divisão do trabalho capitalista.
Consumidores da base da pirâmide e as restrições ao lazer
Authors: Rocha Ana Raquel , Rocha Angela Da
Published: January 2016

Este ensaio apresenta proposições sobre o comportamento de consumidores na base da pirâmide, grupo que tem se tornado importante para Marketing nos últimos anos em função do aumento de sua renda. Neste contexto, o investimento em atividades de lazer pode melhorar a qualidade de vida desses consumidores. Paralelamente, os estudos sobre restrições ao lazer buscam entender como tais restrições afetam as escolhas de lazer das pessoas. Neste trabalho articula-se sobre como os consumidores em questão lidam com suas restrições ao lazer e de que tipos de estratégias adaptativas se utilizam para diminuir os impactos das restrições que enfrentam.
Morfologia das competências: análise da produção científica brasileira
Authors: Lima Marcos Antonio Martins , Lima Bruno Chaves Correia , Vale Juliana Cidrack Freire do , Cabral Augusto Cézar de Aquino
Published: January 2016

Este artigo objetiva apresentar um panorama da morfologia do tema competências, a partir de um estudo bibliométrico, que teve como intuito mapear os modelos de competências presentes nas publicações reunidas nos anais do ENANPAD e nas revistas brasileiras que regularmente publicam artigos relacionados a competências, tendo a bibliometria como instrumento. Após a coleta inicial de 137 artigos e posterior seleção intencional e não-probabilística, o estudo analisou 50 artigos publicados entre os anos de 2006 e 2010. Foram obtidos como principais resultados da bibliometria a predominância de: a) estudos práticos – estudos de caso - encontrados em 54% dos artigos; b) abordagens de competências individuais/gerenciais (46%); e, c) modelo de competências profissionais de Dutra e o modelo integrado de metacompetências de Cheetham e Chivers. Os resultados também revelam uma grande heterogeneidade morfológica de competências no desenvolvimento das pesquisas.
Critérios de Avaliação no Setor Público: um comparativo entre União X seis estados
Authors: Silveira Jaqueline Insaurriaga , Pinheiro Ivan Antônio , Antunes Elaine Di Diego
Published: January 2016

Debatem-se os critérios de avaliação de desempenho dos servidores públicos quanto a sua clareza e objetividade, analisando-os nas normas estaduais dos Planos de Cargos e Carreiras do Poder Executivo e no Decreto Federal nº. 7.133/2010. Demonstra-se que os estados do Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Piauí, Roraima e Tocantins contemplam a avaliação de desempenho. Constatou-se que os critérios dispostos na norma federal encontram-se nas legislações estaduais, contudo quanto à sua clareza e objetividade pode-se inferir que não guardam estreita relação com a consecução de metas individuais e institucionais, além, de possibilitar dubiedade e impressão em determinados casos.
Ferramentas online como estratégia de marketing: Converse All-Star Brasil
Authors: Almeida Tatiane Nunes Viana de , Ladeira Rodrigo , Bruno Michelle Silva , Leal Ailton Da Silva
Published: January 2016

Uma das principais características do século XXI é que empresas e consumidores estão envolvidos em uma intensa conversação capaz de mudar radicalmente as relações comerciais. Com a incorporação de recursos e ferramentas, a internet torna-se relevante e passa ser amplamente utilizada como um poderoso meio de comunicação. Dentro deste contexto, o objetivo deste artigo é analisar como a CONVERSE – All Star Brasil explora os recursos de colaboração e interatividade disponíveis na web 2.0, para obter vantagem competitiva e consolidar a marca no mercado. Trata-se de um estudo de caso, de caráter descritivo-qualitativo. Pode-se afirmar que a CONVERSE – All Star tem desenvolvido sua estratégia dentro do meio digital, com o objetivo de acompanhar as mudanças de hábitos do consumidor. As possibilidades oriundas dessa conjuntura são imensas, todavia, as empresas carecem de uma mudança de mentalidade, haja vista a exigência de maior transparência e adaptação ao ambiente que se tornou a internet.
Coaching de executivos e a mudança comportamental
Authors: Ramos David Moreira , Souza Paulo Roberto
Published: January 2016

O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar a importância e efetividade de se avaliar a capacidade adaptativa e o estágio de mudança do indivíduo no início e no final de um programa de Coaching, como uma etapa estratégica de assessment e melhor planejamento do processo, de forma a escolher com mais rapidez e segurança as ferramentas a serem utilizadas em cada caso. Para cumprir este objetivo, utilizando a Escala de Estágios de Mudanças/EEM, que foi desenvolvida por McConnaughy, Prochaska e Velicer (1983) foram acompanhados oito executivos num processo de Coaching durante três meses. Os resultados deste estudo sugerem que os programas de Coaching de executivos podem ser ainda mais eficientes utilizando ferramentas de avaliação como a Escala de Estágios de Mudanças.
Programas de monitorias: um estudo de caso em uma IFES
Authors: Jesus Daniele Maria Oliveira de , Mancebo Rafael Cuba , Pinto Fernando Igor Pinho , Barros Giovanni Victor Evangelista de
Published: January 2016

Este trabalho apresenta uma análise sobre o Programa de Monitoria do Departamento de Administração da Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) e seu impacto tanto para o aluno-monitor, a partir do processo de ensino-aprendizagem da iniciação à docência, quanto para o professor-orientador de monitoria. Estes realizam atividades que visam a auxiliar e renovar as práticas pedagógicas no processo de ensino-aprendizagem.Para tanto, foi construída uma pesquisa que consiste num estudo de caso descritivo no qual foi utilizado como instrumento de pesquisa o Questionário de Avaliação do Programa de Monitoria aplicado aos professores e monitores do Departamento de Administração da UFF. Os resultados mostraram que tanto os professores respondentes (77%) quanto os monitores (68,8) concordam que a monitoria contribuiu para a evolução do desempenho dos alunos que são beneficiados pelo Programa. Constatou-se a importância da monitoria na vida acadêmica do monitor, tendo em vista sua contribuição para despertar o interesse pela docência, atendendo a um dos principais objetivos dos programas de monitoria das universidades federais. Este estudo também lançou mão de entrevista semi-estruturada com o gestor atual do Programa de Monitoria na UFF e da análise do índice de aprovação dos alunos nas disciplinas beneficiadas pelo Programa no Departamento de Administração. Os resultados demonstraram a necessidade de avaliação e acompanhamento sistemático da execução prática do Programa não apenas no curso de administração, mas em toda a Universidade.
Empreendedorismo jovem: perfil e motivações de empreendedores em Aracaju, Sergipe
Authors: Carvalhal Felipe , Leão Ana Luísa , Teixeira Rivanda Meira
Published: January 2016

Apesar da participação significativa dos jovens na criação de empresas e dos mecanismos para incentivá-los, pouco se conhece sobre as especificidades de jovens empreendedores. Este estudo teve como objetivo geral analisar o perfil e as motivações dos empreendedores jovens de Aracaju, Sergipe. Especificamente pretende delinear o perfil desses jovens que empreendem, identificar as sua motivação para a abertura do negócio e ainda descrever as empresas criada por esses empreendedores. Esta pesquisa classifica-se como quantitativa, descritiva e de corte transversal. A estratégia de pesquisa adotada foi survey, utilizando-se de um questionário estruturado como instrumento de coleta de dados. Foram pesquisados 27 jovens empreendedores, entre 18 e 34 anos, da cidade de Aracaju, com adoção de critério amostral não probabilístico. Como principais resultados foi possível destacar que os empreendedores jovens de Aracaju são na sua maioria do sexo masculino, idade entre 25 e 34 anos, alto grau de educação formal, renda familiar elevada, solteiros e não são associados ao CJE. Verificou-se ainda que estes jovens criam seu negócios por oportunidade, motivados pela busca de realização pessoal, para aproveitar uma oportunidade de mercado ou para alcançar a independência financeira. As empresas constituídas por eles são de pequeno porte, do setor de serviço, com a participação de sócios e o capital inicial é próprio, da família ou do sócio.
EVALUATION OF FORMABILITY OF THIN SHEETS BASED ON Al-Mg-Si FOR AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Authors: Petroušek Patrik , Kvačkaj Tibor , Kočiško Róbert , Bidulský Róbert , Bidulská Jana , Fedoriková Alica , Hlava Tomáš
Published: January 2016

In this paper is evaluated workability of rolled aluminium alloy based AIMgSi. Static tension test was used for obtained the mechanical properties, such as tensile strength, yield strength, elongation, the strain hardening exponent and coefficient of surface anisotropy. Rolled samples used for a tensile test were taken in three different directions, namely in the direction of rolling, in 45 ° and 90° direction. The result is an consideration of suitability of the material for stamping technology. For measurement of the elongation, variations in thickness and width in real-time was used method called videoextensometry. To obtain deforming maps and left side of forming limit diagrams (FLD) was applied digital correlation method (DIC).
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Authors: AMS Editorial
Published: January 2016

Research papers
CLINCHING HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL COMBINED WITH ALUMINIUM ALLOY
Authors: Kaščák Ľuboš , Spišák Emil , Kubík René , Majerníková Janka
Published: January 2016

Combination of steel sheets and aluminium alloys in components are widely used in various industrial areas because of their high performance. At times it is not possible to join this material combination utilizing conventional joining techniques, especially welding methods, therefore other alternative techniques are developed. One of the alternatives are mechanical clinching as a cold joining process. The paper evaluates the properties of clinched joints. The following materials utilized in automotive industry in car body production were used in the joining process: hot-dip galvanized steel sheet H220PD (thickness of 0.8 mm) and aluminium alloys EN AW 5754 (0.8 mm). The following tests were performed to evaluate the properties of the clinched joints: tension test – to determine the load bearing capacities and the force-elongation diagrams; microhardness test – to determine the changes in the materials joined by clinching; and a metallographic analysis observing the clinched joints’ structures. Clinching proved to be suitable methods for joining the observed combination of hot-dip galvanized steel and aluminium alloy.
Gamma ray irradiation inhibits Plasmodium falciparum multiplication in in vitro culture supplemented with tritium labeled hypoxanthine
Authors: SURNIYANTORO HARRY NUGROHO EKO , DARLINA DARLINA , NURHAYATI SITI , TETRIANA DEVITA , SYAIFUDIN MUKH
Published: January 2016

Abstract. Surniyantoro HNE, Darlina, Nurhayati S, Tetriana D, Syaifudin M. 2016. Gamma ray irradiation inhibits Plasmodium falciparum multiplication in in vitro culture supplemented with tritium labeled hypoxanthine. Nusantara Bioscience 8: 8-13. Malaria remains a major public health threat in the world. Therefore an attempt to create malaria vaccine for supporting the control of disease was taken by attenuating parasites with gamma rays and it was proven effective based on microscopic observation. The objective of this research was to assess the effectiveness of gamma rays to attenuate malaria parasites based on isotopic method. A laboratory strain of P. falciparum (3D7) was in vitro cultured with standard procedure and it was irradiated with gamma rays at doses of 150-250 Gy and unirradiated parasites served as control. Twenty four hours after 1-2 µCi of 3H-hypoxanthine was added into culture 100 µl of medium was taken and was repeated at various times, then hypoxanthine incorporation was measured with beta counter. Microscopic observation of parasitemia in culture was also done. The results showed that there was a fluctuation in multiplication of parasites post irradiation mainly in higher dose (more than150 Gy). Irradiated of parasites were more active in incorporate with purine precursor up to 48 hours. Parasites returned to their highest activity at 116 hours after hypoxanthine addition. No significant difference was found among doses of irradiation with p of 0.05. This was quite different from the finding from microscopic observation. It was known that dose of 150 Gy was the most effective dose for inhibiting of the parasite multiplication where some factors affecting these facts.
Orienting Myself: Finding my way through Ruth St. Denis’ archive
Authors: Popkin Lionel
Published: January 2016

This article takes the 2013 evening-length dance Ruth Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, which was loosely based on the life and career of pioneer Ruth St. Denis (1878–1968), and examines it from an auto-ethnographic point of view, tackling two main issues. The first stems from the piece’s own central question and is a self-reflexive examination of Orientalist practices within contemporary dance-making, particularly the author’s, engaging St. Denis as a foil and a sounding board. The second question driving the work is an investigation of the influence that an archive, in this case St. Denis’s and her early twentieth-century corpus, can have on a contemporary choreographic investigation. The writing here is from an artist’s perspective, seeking to uncover how historical approaches to choreographic structuring can interface with current dance practices and uses of the body.
Scoring choreographic poetics
Authors: Blades Hetty
Published: January 2016

This article considers two ‘choreographic objects’, Synchronous Objects for One Flat Thing, reproduced (2009) and Using the Sky (2013). In response to articulations from performance researchers Scott deLahunta and Bojana Cvejic´, I outline the ways in which such objects can be seen as ‘poetics’. Drawing on ideas arising in literary theory from Gérard Genette, and dance studies from Laurence Louppe, I consider how the scores utilize technology to draw together articulations about the process of dance making with the resonance of the body in performance.