bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Identificación de ventajas y desventajas de los canales de comercialización en las economías campesinas de dos municipios de Meta y Cundinamarca, Colombia
Authors: López-Posada Juan Carlos , Pachón-Ariza Fabio Alberto
Published: December 2017

Una de las principales funciones de la economía campesina es la producción de alimentos para autoconsumo. Esta actividad es realizada sin desmedro de la generación de excedentes para comercializar y así satisfacer otras necesidades básicas; de esta forma las familias campesinas organizan su producción. En este contexto, los campesinos buscan diferentes canales para comercializar sus productos. Para los casos estudiados, municipios de Fuente de Oro, departamento del Meta; y El Colegio, departamento de Cundinamarca, la comercialización se hace a través del Programa Mercados Campesinos, pero también por medio de otros canales fuera del Programa. Mediante la metodología ‘Circuitos de Mercados Campesinos’ se hizo acompañamiento a una familia de cada municipio, con el fin de identificar ventajas y desventajas de los canales de comercialización usados por ellos. Los hallazgos muestran que la comercialización a través de los Mercados Campesinos es la preferida, aún cuando se continúa en la búsqueda de canales propios para comercializar. La limitante más relevante que se identificó durante el proceso es el transporte, lo cual hace que el campesinado recurra a la intermediación.
A influência da TV Justiça no processo decisório do STF
Authors: Hartmann Ivar Alberto , Almeida Guilherme da Franca C. Fernandes de , Valim Beatriz Nunes , Lima Clarissa Emanuel Leão , Mariano Gabriel Borges , Campos Larissa de Lima e , Nunes José Luiz
Published: December 2017

Diversos autores têm especulado sobre a influência da TV Justiça sobre o processo decisório do STF. Da mesma forma, os próprios ministros tendem a atribuir certos efeitos percebidos no comportamento argumentativo do tribunal ao televisionamento das sessões plenárias. Em geral, há um grau consideravelmente alto de convergência em torno de proposições como: “A partir da transmissão das sessões do STF, os ministros passaram a emitir votos mais longos” e “A exposição excessiva do debate gera uma deliberação interna menos franca”. O propósito do presente artigo é apresentar novas evidências empíricas sobre a TV Justiça, de modo a avaliar as afirmações que a literatura pré-existente faz sobre o tema. Em um nível mais básico é preciso saber se a TV Justiça fez ou não diferença sobre o comportamento deliberativo dos ministros. Nossos resultados indicam que de fato há uma relação entre a transmissão das sessões plenárias do STF e um aumento no número de páginas das decisões. Da mesma forma, o televisionamento parece ter aumentado a extensão dos debates que os ministros travam entre si. Por fim, análises envolvendo modelos de regressão linear indicam que o resultado se mantém mesmo quando controlamos para outros fatores que influenciam sobre essas duas variáveis.
VALE QUANTO PESA: o que leva(m) mulheres grávidas à prisão?
Authors: Simões Heloisa Vieira , Bartolomeu Priscilla Conti , Sá Priscilla Placha
Published: December 2017

O exponencial crescimento do número de mulheres encarceradas no Brasil não mudou o contexto de invisibilidade em que vivem. Diante de tal silêncio, e tendo a percepção de que é em face do feminino e de seu corpo que o sistema de justiça criminal parece expressar sua mais perversa atuação, o Projeto Mulheres pelas Mulheres se propôs a dar voz e visibilidade a essas mulheres. A partir de uma série de entrevistas – com as próprias internas e com as mulheres que visitavam presos nas penitenciárias de Piraquara-PR – foi possível traçar um perfil da mulher encarcerada no Paraná. Entretanto, chamou a atenção a expressiva quantidade de mulheres grávidas e com bebês dentro do sistema. Assim, tendo como base uma epistemologia feminista, foi possível perceber, através dos relatos e de informações a respeito da visita, da revista e das circunstâncias da prisão de determinadas mulheres, um padrão, uma série de histórias repetidas. Mulheres grávidas que, nas filas para a visita, recebem ofertas razoáveis de dinheiro em troca de um serviço, cujo sucesso já estaria acertado com os responsáveis pela revista. Em um instante, porém, tornam-se, para o sistema de justiça criminal, traficantes. Mulheres-traficantes que trazem no ventre a paradoxal contradição de serem mulheres-traficantes-grávidas, subvertendo a ordem de gênero e os papeis naturalmente estabelecidos, caracterizando aquilo que, simbolicamente, não se admite: que uma criminosa seja, também, mãe.
“O mundo gira sem o Mercosul”: um estudo sobre os editoriais do Jornal O Estado de S. Paulo
Authors: Marques Francisco Paulo Jamil , Pinheiro Yohanna Lara Barros
Published: December 2017

O artigo examina um conjunto de editoriais do jornal O Estado de S. Paulo a fim de compreender de que maneira o periódico se posiciona discursivamente em relação ao Mercosul. Organiza-se o estudo da opinião da empresa jornalística a partir de três aspectos: o contexto político recente do bloco; o desempenho de seus agentes diplomáticos; as vantagens e desvantagens políticas e econômicas que a integração teria trazido para o Brasil. A hipótese é a seguinte: Por defender em sua carta de princípios editoriais a ideia de livre mercado, OESP cultiva uma imagem negativa do Mercosul. A seleção do corpus levou em conta 16 textos publicados entre janeiro e junho de 2013. Por meio da Análise do Discurso, foram identificadas cinco principais Formações Discursivas na amostra: (1) o que o jornal denomina de “amarras” do Mercosul; (2) uma alegada incompetência ou passividade do governo brasileiro; (3) o caráter protecionista da Argentina; (4) o perfil “antidemocrático” da Venezuela diagnosticado pela publicação em tela; e (5) a suspensão do Paraguai do bloco como um “golpe”. Conclui-se que a opinião da empresa jornalística tende a desqualificar o bloco, destacando a concepção de que o Mercosul seria uma estratégia econômica fracassada e que traria consideráveis prejuízos ao Brasil.
Impeachment de Dilma Rousseff: análise das estratégias argumentativas de Veja e CartaCapital após a votação na Câmara dos Deputados
Authors: Pozobon Rejane de Oliveira , David Carolina Siqueira de
Published: December 2017

Este artigo analisa as matérias “Folga de 25 votos”, da revista Veja, e “Sorriso da Mona Lisa”, da revista CartaCapital, ambas referentes à votação do processo de impeachment de Dilma Rousseff na Câmara dos Deputados. Como referencial teórico, nos apoiamos em autores como Foucault, Bourdieu e Charaudeau que abordam o discurso e as relações de poder em sociedade. Para uma aproximação com nossos objetos, nos embasamos, principalmente, em Charaudeau que disserta sobre o discurso das mídias. A metodologia é baseada nas quatro estratégias argumentativas expostas por Breton: autoridade, enquadramento, comunidade e analogia. Como conclusão, observamos que as revistas convergem quando expõem um perfil negativo de Eduardo Cunha e impopularidade de Michel Temer, porém, diferem sobre outros participantes do processo como Dilma Rousseff e Lula.
Pensar a cidadania a partir da comunicação
Authors: Yamamoto Eduardo Yuji
Published: December 2017

O objetivo desse texto é refletir sobre o conceito de cidadania a partir das recentes manifestações brasileiras em redes sociais digitais, notabilizadas pelo caráter privado de suas reivindicações. Essas manifestações demandam uma investigação hermenêutica sobre a prática discursiva da cidadania na contemporaneidade. Na densidade semântica desse conceito, busca-se evidenciar a ideia de responsabilidade tendo como delineador a dimensão vinculativa da comunicação e da comunidade enquanto lugar de procedência comum do sujeito. O texto conclui com a sugestão de pensar uma cidadania comunicacional a partir da apresentação de vidas precárias sob enquadramento impessoal.
Imaginarios Geopolíticos en México desde la Gran Guerra de 1917
Authors: Gutiérrez-Martínez Daniel
Published: December 2017

Si bien han sido pocas las reflexiones hechas, al menos hasta ahora, sobre la interconexión entre los sucesos de la Gran Guerra y los eventos locales, sobre todo en términos económicos; menos aún han sido las reflexiones sobre su impacto en términos simbólicos y culturales. Por nuestra parte consideramos que las relaciones entre EUA y América Latina (particularmente México), a raíz de la Gran Guerra, se tensionaron para siempre dejando huellas culturales indelebles de desconfianza, resentimiento, temor; al tiempo que también, de consideración y seducción entre las dos regiones que han contribuido al establecimiento de percepciones ambivalentes entre las dos regiones a lo largo de cien años, y que han marcado las geopolíticas internacionales hasta ahora. Justamente, en términos analíticos, relacionar procesos culturales-identitarios con eventos históricos específicos, situándolos éstos como disparadores de sentimientos, percepciones colectivamente latentes que nos permiten comprender acciones, reacciones, prácticas cotidianas de un grupo, pueblo o comunidades, es lo que llamamos imaginarios geopolíticos.
Um olhar da Comunicação sobre o imaginário e a pós-modernidade: entrevista com Juremir Machado
Authors: Reino Lucas Santiago Arraes , Bueno Thaísa Cristina , Gehlen Marco Antônio , Araujo Ed Wilson Ferreira
Published: December 2017

Entrevista com Juremir Machado a respeito da alimentação da nossa esfera simbólica promovida pela publicidade, cinema, rádio, televisão, enfim, por todas as mídias: as tecnologias do imaginário. Aborda também temas referentes à existência e construção do real; o imaginário como elemento de superfaturamento do jornalismo, que transforma ordinários em extraordinário; e as características sociais do imaginário.
The Influence of School Type on the Initial Smoking Age among Adolescence: A Survey in Pontianak City, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Authors: Jamaliah . , Massardi Restiatun
Published: December 2017

Smoking habit usually started at adolescence. The decision to start smoking is heavily influenced by one’s surroundings, both school and family. Adolescents in general are in their school phase, so that most of their times are spent at school. Hence, school environment greatly influences one’s personality, including one’s decision to smoke. It has been decided that school is a non-smoking zone. Each school, either public or private, has put some surveillances on their students, particularly in terms of smoking. Each school conducts its own surveillance method. This difference shall shape different peer circumstance for each adolescent. This research aims to discover whether certain school type (from primary to high school) influences adolescent’s initial smoking age, without ignoring the smoking habit in one’s family (parental-habit transformation). This research employs a survey method. The survey is conducted randomly to 500 respondents from 18 years old to 23 years old. It is also found out that family’s smoking habit and mother’s educational background significantly influence the adolescent’s initial smoking age.
Collective List-only Entity Linking: A Graph-based Approach
Authors: Zeng Weixin , Zhao Xiang , Tang Jiuyang
Published: December 2017

List-only entity linking is the task of mapping ambiguous mentions in texts to target entities in a group of entity lists. Different from traditional entity linking task, which leverages rich semantic relatedness in knowledge bases to improve linking accuracy, list-only entity linking can merely take advantage of co-occurrences information in entity lists. State-of-the-art work utilizes co-occurrences information to enrich entity descriptions, which are further used to calculate local compatibility between mentions and entities to determine results. Nonetheless, entity coherence is also deemed to play an important part in entity linking, which is yet currently neglected. In this work, in addition to local compatibility, we take into account global coherence among entities. Specifically, we propose to harness co-occurrences in entity lists for mining both explicit and implicit entity relations. The relations are then integrated into an entity graph, on which Personalized PageRank is incorporated to compute entity coherence. The final results are derived by combining local mention-entity similarity and global entity coherence. The experimental studies validate the superiority of our method. Our proposal not only improves the performance of list-only entity linking, but also opens up the bridge between list-only entity linking and conventional entity linking solutions.
Gestão do conhecimento na documentação de projetos: um método para aperfeiçoar os esforços e a aprendizagem coletiva
Authors: Marques Demis , De Sá Freire Patricia , Dos Santos Antonio Venicius , Mattar Valente Amir
Published: December 2017

Este artigo tem como objetivo propor um método de Gestão do Conhecimento em documentos de projeto para adquirir e integrar dados, informações e conhecimento. Trata-se de uma pesquisa exploratória, descritiva e propositiva realizada em documentos de diferentes projetos administrados pelo Laboratório de Transportes e Logística da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brasil. O método abrange 22 fases e três portões para a análise da continuidade do processo de construção da base. Os resultados contribuem para a reutilização dos conhecimentos dos projetos através do entrelaçamento de dados, informações e conhecimento para facilitar o gerenciamento futuro e a aprendizagem coletiva. Finalmente, este artigo sugere o desenvolvimento de sistemas inteligentes para mapeamento de conhecimento de modo automatizado e dinâmico em documentos de projetos, bem como para seu compartilhamento eletrônico. Tais sistemas forneceriam pesquisas rápidas para apoiar a tomada de decisões e o aperfeiçoamento dos esforços gastos em projetos futuros através da reutilização de boas práticas e lições aprendidas.
Práticas de gestão de estoque no varejo: um panorama da produção científica brasileira
Authors: Andrade Longaray André , Gonçalves Tondolo Vilmar Antonio , Lopes Ávila Rodrigo , Munhoz Paulo Roberto , Da Rosa Portella Tondolo Rosana , Bessa Sarquis Aléssio
Published: December 2017

A competitividade de mercado requer operações com eficiência e produtividade. No setor de varejo, a gestão de estoques se consolida como tema relevante, pois afeta a eficiência e produtividade das operações. Este estudo buscou caracterizar a produção científica brasileira sobre gestão de estoque no contexto do varejo, publicada entre 2006 e 2015. O estudo é de natureza exploratória e envolveu uma revisão bibliográfica de artigos científicos publicados nas bases de dados SciELO e Google Scholar. A técnica de análise utilizada foi a bibliometria. Os resultados indicam que: dentre as práticas de gestão de estoques utilizadas, a colaboração logística é a mais estudada (13% da amostra); 5% dos autores que publicaram sobre o tema respondem por 30% dos artigos; há a necessidade de ampliar os estudos sobre o tema, utilizando métodos quantitativos como levantamento de campo.
Improving Nutritional Quality of Wheat Grain through Foliar Zinc Combined with Macronutrients
Authors: Li Meng , Wang Shaoxia , Tian Xiaohong , Huang Yingping
Published: December 2017

Core Ideas

Foliar N/P plus Zn caused much greater grain nutritional quality.

The increased total Zn concentration after foliar applications in flour came from soluble Zn.

Zinc could be applied together with N/P to increase its use in practice.

Low Zn content in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), often associated with soil Zn deficiency, contributes to insufficient dietary intake of Zn and to widespread human Zn deficiency. Foliar Zn application has been shown to increase grain Zn concentration and bioavailability but is time and energy consuming in practice. A 2‐yr split‐plot field experiment was conducted to investigate how foliar N and P application at the early grain‐filling stage affects nutritional qualities of whole grain and flour of winter wheat (cultivar Xiaoyan 22), whether these nutrients are applied alone, as is common in practice, or are combined with Zn applications (Zn+N, Zn+P and Zn+N+P). The results showed foliar N or P applied alone had little effect on Zn concentration and bioavailability. Foliar Zn+N generally resulted in higher Zn concentration and bioavailability in whole grain and grain fractions than did foliar Zn alone, while both foliar applications containing P resulted in lower Zn concentration and bioavailability than foliar Zn alone. Foliar Zn‐containing fertilizers increased total Zn concentration in flour (averaged by 60.0% during 2012–2013 and 81.0% during 2013–2014), mainly from soluble Zn increases, while the corresponding Zn increase in bran was mainly from insoluble Zn. Amino acid concentrations in flour tended to decrease with application of foliar Zn or P alone, but increased with foliar N. Overall, our findings demonstrate foliar Zn can be co‐applied with macronutrients, especially N, to increase practicality for farmers and to improve grain and flour nutritional quality to benefit human health.
Ammonia Volatilization from Broadcast Urea and Alternative Dry Nitrogen Fertilizers
Authors: Del Moro Sarah K. , Sullivan Dan M. , Horneck Donald A.
Published: December 2017

Core Ideas

Volatile NH3 loss in the field was quantified via the modified passive flux method.

Urease inhibitor (NBPT) or S‐coated urea reduced N loss by 39 to 53% versus urea.

Urea plus ammonium sulfate (Urea‐AS) reduced N loss by 19 to 28% versus urea.

A companion laboratory trial found the same relative efficacy among fertilizers.

Substantial ammonia (NH3) loss can occur when urea is broadcast without incorporation. Choosing an alternate fertilizer (instead of urea) is one option when incorporation of urea by tillage or sprinkler irrigation is not feasible. This research evaluated alternative N fertilizer products (vs. urea) using the modified passive flux method. Fertilizers were broadcast (168 kg N ha–1) on an Irrigon fine sandy loam soil (mesic Xeric Haplocambid), and not incorporated. Light showers (7 mm in 14 d after application) triggered NH3 loss. After 34 d, ammonia‐N loss was 14 to 17% of N applied as ammonium sulfate (AS) or ASN (fused granule of ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate), 22% as S‐coated urea (SCU), 28% as urea + urease inhibitor NBPT [N‐(n‐butyl) thiophosphoric triamide], and 33 to 37% as blended or fused urea‐AS fertilizers (79:21 urea/ammonium sulfate, w/w) vs. 46% as urea. A companion 44‐d laboratory study (16°C) demonstrated a similar ranking of fertilizer efficacy. We conclude that fusing AS with urea in a granule (instead of blending) did not reduce NH3 loss. Partial substitution of AN for AS in a fused granule (ASN) did not provide additional benefit in reducing NH3 loss vs. AS alone. Treated urea products (SCU and urea + NBPT) had greatest efficacy in reducing NH3 loss during the first 10 d after application, with reduced efficacy thereafter, likely due to the degradation of the coating (SCU) or the urease inhibitor NBPT.
Quantifying the Binding and Bonding Effects of Plant Roots on Soil Detachment by Overland Flow in 10 Typical Grasslands on the Loess Plateau
Authors: Wang Bing , Zhang Guang-Hui
Published: December 2017

Core Ideas

Plant root reduced soil detachment by 54%, of which 41% was by root binding effect.

Fibrous root was 1.6 times greater than tap root in reducing the soil detachment.

Correction coefficients of 10 typical herbs were presented for the WEPP model.

Plant roots penetrating the soil may enhance soil resistance and protect the topsoil against scouring by overland flow, but their mechanisms are not fully understood. This study was performed to quantify the binding and bonding effects of plant root systems on the process of soil detachment by overland flow. Ten typical dominant species of herbage representing two different root architectures on the Loess Plateau were selected, and 900 soil samples were collected from these grasslands for detachment capacity measurements under different flow shear stresses. The results showed that the existence of plant root systems greatly reduced the soil detachment capacity by 53.6%, of which 41.4 and 12.2% were attributed to the root binding and bonding effects, respectively. The contribution rate of the binding and bonding effects depended on plant root architecture (i.e., the tap and fibrous roots). For tap root, the average contribution of the plant root for protecting soil from detachment was 41.6%, of which 33.2 and 8.4% were induced by the root binding and bonding effects. For fibrous root, the mean contribution of plant root was 65.7%, of which 49.7 and 16.0% were attributed to the root binding and bonding effects, respectively. Series correction coefficients that took into consideration the root binding and bonding effects of 10 typical dominant plants for their rill erodibility in the Water Erosion Prediction Project model on the Loess Plateau; the result was satisfactory with Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency coefficients that ranged from 0.48 to 0.58.
Does Lending by banks and non-banks differ? Evidence from small business financing
Authors: Ho Han Joong
Published: December 2017

Non-bank loans to corporate businesses have shown a dramatic increase compared to bank loans. Despite the increasing importance of non-bank lending, the differences between loans made by different types of lenders are mostly unknown. To uncover the distinctions, the author investigates whether bank and non-bank financial institutions deal differently with information scarcity of small firms by introducing lender-borrower distance as a proxy for information availability. Using the National Survey of Small Business Finances (NSSBF) provided by the Federal Reserve Board, estimate the loan approval probability models after controlling for various borrower characteristics. The NSSBF data is collected by using stratified sampling to ensure sufficient numbers of observations for minority-owned firms. To circumvent potential bias due to the sampling method, the author follows the approach suggested by Wooldridge (1999) and estimates a weighted maximum likelihood estimation to adjust for sampling design. This paper establishes novel evidence supporting the notion that banks and non-bank financial institutions are different in their ability to deal with information scarcity. Bank loan approval probability decreases as distance to their borrowers increases, while its effect on non-bank loan approval probability is statistically insignificant, supporting the notion that non-bank lending is different from bank lending in dealing with information asymmetry.
Banking in Ukraine as an object of criminal and legal protection
Authors: Kurylo Mykola , Klochko Alyona , Timchenko Gennady , Gulyk Andriy
Published: December 2017

Banking institutions spend a lot of money and use various resources to ensure both their activities’ security and their customers’ security. States and international institutions make significant efforts in this regard. But, unfortunately, this cannot always completely protect bank or client from attackers (lawbreakers). This problem is not only of technical, economic and informational character, but also legal. The article deals with issues of ensuring the criminal law protection of banking in Ukraine. Current criminal legislation of Ukraine, and draft regulations as to the holding responsible for crimes in banking sector are analyzed. The proposals as to criminalization of actions dangerous for a society in the field of banking activity are put forward: illegal obtaining of a loan; willful evasion of satisfaction of accounts payable; improper execution of the bank deposit contract terms; abuse of authority in banking; fraud with bank electronic payments.
Vibration-based damage detection in beams by genetic algorithm encoding locations and damage factors as decision variables
Authors: Jeenkour Puttha , Pattavanitch Jitti , Boonlong Kittipong
Published: December 2017

Vibration-based damage detection is based on the fact that vibration characteristics such as natural frequencies and mode shapes of structures are changed when the damage is happened. The vibration-based damage detection of a beam is formulated as a single-objective optimization problem in which genetic algorithm (GA) is used as the optimizer. This paper presents the encoding by locations and damage factor (ELD) which employs location and damage amount as the decision variables. The proposed encoding can reduce the number of decision variables that used in the previous encoding, the encoding by damage factor of each element (EDE). The search space of GA with ELD is then smaller than that of GA with EDE. The simulation results reveal that GA with ELD can identify the damage occurred in the beam more correctly than GA with EDE. Moreover, the damage predicted by GA with ELD is quite close to the actual damage for all 3 test cases.
Virtual reality in urban water management: communicating urban flooding with particle-based CFD simulations
Authors: Winkler Daniel , Zischg Jonatan , Rauch Wolfgang
Published: December 2017

For communicating urban flood risk to authorities and the public, a realistic three-dimensional visual display is frequently more suitable than detailed flood maps. Virtual reality could also serve to plan short-term flooding interventions. We introduce here an alternative approach for simulating three-dimensional flooding dynamics in large- and small-scale urban scenes by reaching out to computer graphics. This approach, denoted ‘particle in cell’, is a particle-based CFD method that is used to predict physically plausible results instead of accurate flow dynamics. We exemplify the approach for the real flooding event in July 2016 in Innsbruck.
Por entre as brechas dos muros da universidade: O circo como componente curricular na formação inicial em Educação Física
Authors: Miranda Rita De Cassia Fernandes , Ayoub Eliana
Published: December 2017

Esta pesquisa descritiva analisa os desdobramentos da implementação curricular do circo como componente curricular na formação inicial em Educação Física em duas instituições de ensino superior do Estado de São Paulo/Brasil. Para tanto, foram realizadas entrevistas narrativas com docentes, gestores e alunos, totalizando 13 participantes. Concebendo o currículo como território de disputas e relações de poder, identificou-se que a intensa participação dos docentes e discentes nas ações de ensino, pesquisa e extensão tem conferido visibilidade ao circo para a produção de novos conhecimentos. Destaca-se também o relevante papel assumido pelos grupos de estudo e pesquisa atuantes nestas instituições, fomentando que muitos alunos egressos, hoje professores, incorporassem esses conhecimentos na escola básica, em projetos sociais, entre outros contextos de atuação profissional, alguns deles compondo, inclusive, grupos com enfoque artístico. Todavia, os exemplos investigados parecem não constituir maioria na realidade nacional, algo que pode vir a ser mapeado por outras investigações.Palavras-chave: Currículo; Ensino Superior; Educação Física; Circo ABSTRACTThis descriptive research examines the ramifications of curriculum implementation of the circus as a component in the initial training in Physical Education in institutions of higher education of the State of São Paulo/Brazil. Narrative interviews to teachers, administrators and students were made to a total of 13 participants. Viewing the curriculum as a territory of disputes and power relations, the intense participation of teachers and students in teaching, research and extension has given visibility to the circus in the production of new knowledge. The study highlights the important role assumed by study and research groups that are active in these institutions, encouraging many students graduating today, as well as teachers, to incorporate this knowledge in elementary school, in social projects, among other professional contexts, some of them including groups with an artistic focus. However, the examples investigated do not constitute a majority of the Brazilian national reality, something that could be mapped by other investigations.Keywords: Curriculum; Higher Education; Physical Education; Circus
Editorial
Authors: Moreira Maria Alfredo , Casa-Nova Maria José , Oliveira Lia Raquel
Published: December 2017

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Representações das crianças sobre o brincar na escola
Authors: Palma Míriam Stock
Published: December 2017

O objetivo desta investigação foi compreender as representações das crianças sobre o brincar em diferentes espaços escolares, nomeadamente no recreio, na sala de aula e na aula de Educação Física. A partir da análise das entrevistas realizadas a 106 crianças, entre os 5 e os 12 anos de idade, numa escola da rede pública de Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, verificou-se que as brincadeiras prediletas são as que implicam movimento e ocorrem, em grupo, no espaço de recreio da escola. As crianças que frequentam o Jardim de Infância afirmam que brincam em sala de aula, enquanto as que frequentam o Ensino Fundamental declaram não brincar ou brincar pouco nesse espaço. Nas aulas de Educação Física elas realizam brincadeiras diversificadas, muitas das quais coincidem com as suas preferidas. Palavras-chave: Infância; Brincadeiras; Educação ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to understand children’s representations about playing in different spaces at school, namely in the playground, in the classroom and in Physical Education class. From the analysis of the interviews with 106 children, aged between 5-12, who attended a public school in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, we verified that their favorite games were those which demanded body movement and were played in big groups during recess in the playground. Kindergarden children stated that they play in their classrooms, while Elementary School children said they don’t play or play very little in their classrooms. Children play diverse games in Physical Education classes, many of which coincide with their favorite ones. Keywords: Childhood; Play; Education
Pedagogy and education
Authors: Bhatnagar Manish
Published: December 2017

Pedagogy is the discipline that deals with the theory and practice of education; it thus concerns the study of how efficiently teaching can be done. Spanning a broad range of practice, its aims range from furthering liberal education (the general development of human potential) to the narrowing specifics of vocational education (the imparting and acquisition of specific skills). Teacher education should provide space for engagement with issues and concerns of India’s pluralistic nature; issues of identity, gender, equity, poverty and diversity. This would enable teachers to contextualize education and evolve a deeper understanding of its purpose and its relationship with society and humanity. It is also important to understand the classroom as a social context, as it provides a setting for interaction, generation of dialogue and the opportunity to appreciate diverse perspectives on a given issue.
Instructive strategies are governed by the pupil's background knowledge and experience, situation, and environment, as well as learning goals set by the student and teacher. One example would be the Socratic schools of thought.Roles and responsibilities of public authorities, schools, higher education institutions and other agencies are shifting and new demands are being placed on education systems to adapt to the changing needs of society and the nation.Herbartianism refers to the movement underpinned by Herbart's theoretical perspectives.
This paper deals with specific aspects of pedagogical components. Some definitions of pedagogy are given and learning outcome areas that characterize the teaching qualifications are also considered in this paper.Education reformers see the teacher's role as changing from disseminator of information to facilitator of learning. Education reformers see teachers as professionals who need the feedback and support of fellow professionals.
Stress among Adolescents in relation to their Gender and Region of residence
Authors: Upreti Kamal
Published: December 2017

Stress among adolescents is a topic of concern for educationalist and psychologist. Adolescents feel stress due to various factors including home and school environment. The present study was conducted to find out the stress felt by adolescents of different gender and region of residence. Objectives: The main objective of the study is to find out whether there is any significant difference between the adolescents of different gender, and region of residence with respect to stress. Hypotheses: 1.There is no significant difference between adolescent boys and girls with respect to stress 2.There is significant mean difference between rural and urban adolescents with respect to stress. Sample: Sample of the present study consist 100 students from different schools of Almora district. Tools: Dr. Zaki Akhatar’s STUDENT STRESS SCALE SSS-AZ was used for data collection. Result: Results shows that there is no significant difference in stress experienced by adolescent boys and girls. Rural adolescent are also not significantly different with urban adolescents in experiencing stress.
Effects of Treatment Length and Chat-Based Counseling in a Web-Based Intervention for Cannabis Users: Randomized Factorial Trial (Preprint)
Authors: Jonas Benjamin , Tensil Marc-Dennan , Tossmann Peter , Strüber Evelin
Published: December 2017

BACKGROUND

Digital interventions show promise in reducing problematic cannabis use. However, little is known about the effect of moderators in such interventions. The therapist-guided internet intervention Quit the Shit provides 50 days of chat-based (synchronous) and time-lagged (asynchronous) counseling.

OBJECTIVE

In the study, we examined whether the effectiveness of Quit the Shit is reduced by shortening the program or by removing the chat-based counseling option.

METHODS

We conducted a purely Web-based randomized experimental trial using a two-factorial design (factor 1: real-time-counseling via text-chat: yes vs no; factor 2: intervention duration: 50 days vs 28 days). Participants were recruited on the Quit the Shit website. Follow-ups were conducted 3, 6, and 12 months after randomization. Primary outcome was cannabis-use days during the past 30 days using a Timeline Followback procedure. Secondary outcomes were cannabis quantity, cannabis-use events, cannabis dependency (Severity of Dependence Scale), treatment satisfaction (Client Satisfaction Questionnaire), and working alliance (Working Alliance Inventory-short revised).

RESULTS

In total, 534 participants were included in the trial. Follow-up rates were 47.2% (252/534) after 3 months, 38.2% (204/534) after 6 months, and 25.3% (135/534) after 12 months. Provision of real-time counseling (factor 1) was not significantly associated with any cannabis-related outcome but with higher treatment satisfaction (P=.001, d=0.34) and stronger working alliance (P=.008, d=0.22). In factor 2, no significant differences were found in any outcome. The reduction of cannabis use among all study participants was strong (P<.001, d≥1.13).

CONCLUSIONS

The reduction of program length and the waiver of synchronous communication have no meaningful impact on the effectiveness of Quit the Shit. It therefore seems tenable to abbreviate the program and to offer a self-guided start into Quit the Shit. Due to its positive impact on treatment satisfaction and working alliance, chat-based counseling nevertheless should be provided in Quit the Shit.

CLINICALTRIAL

International Standard Randomized Controlled Trial Number ISRCTN99818059; http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN99818059 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6uVDeJjfD)
Kali, Untamed Goddess Power and Unleashed Sexuality: A Study of the 'Kalika Purana' of Bengal
Authors: Chakravarty Saumitra
Published: December 2017

This paper attempts to analyse the paradox inherent in the myth of Kali, both in her iconic delineation and the rituals associated with her worship as depicted in the twelfth century Kalika Purana. The black goddess Kali breaks conventional stereotypes of feminine beauty and sexuality in Hindu goddess mythology. She is the dominant sexual partner straddling the prone Siva and the wild warrior goddess drinking demon blood. She is originally depicted as a symbol of uncontrolled fury emerging from the fair, beautiful goddess Ambika in the battle with the demons in older goddess texts. Thereafter she gains independent existence both as the dark, mysterious and sexually demanding version of the more benign and auspicious Parvati and the Primordial Goddess Power pre-dating the Hindu trinity of male gods, the Universal Mother Force which embraces both good and evil, gods and demons in the Kalika Purana. Unlike other goddess texts which emphasize Kali's role in the battle against the demons, the Kalika Purana's focus is on her sexuality and her darkly sensual beauty. Equally it is on the heterodoxical rituals associated with her worship involving blood and flesh offerings, wine and the use of sexual intercourse as opposed to Vedic rituals.
Social Learning as a Vehicle for Complementary Strategies in Forest Resource Management
Authors: Donkor Felix Kwabena
Published: December 2017

Cooking is a daily activity often based on energy to satisfy individuals' nutritional requirements. Wood fuels are the main source of fuel in rural areas of Africa with detrimental health, environmental and livelihood effects. The study investigates how heavy dependence on wood fuels and the resultant degradation of scarce forest resources can be addressed employing social learning coupled complementary strategies. The qualitative method was used carry out the research in the West Gonja District of Ghana. The case study approach was complemented with Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) techniques to gather data from key informants, households and focus group discussions. The use of wood fuels is having a negative impact on critical rural resources such as forest ecosystem services which underpin land-based livelihoods of the study area. The continuous knowledge co-production and utilization within the context of social learning is vital for enhancing adaptive capacity of vulnerable livelihoods especially those reliant on forest resources. Moreover it is crucial to integrate complementary knowledge systems as per social learning and harness appropriate technology when introducing interventions that enable communities to shift to alternative fuel sources. This helps to reduce pressure on communal forest resources and enhance forest conservation with spin-offs for sustainable development.
CUSTOMER INVOLVEMENT AND PRODUCT CONFIGURATORS IN SMEs OKP WITH THE DOMINANT VARIATION OF THE TOPOLOGY
Authors: Aleksić Dejan , Janković Dragan
Published: December 2017

This paper is concerned with the complexity of the configuration process in small-and medium-sized one-of-a-kind production (SMEs OKP) with the dominant variation of the topology from the aspect of the position of customer involvement decoupling point (CIDP), batch size and the complexity of the product configurations process. The issues of the level of the product adjustment to the customer, complexity of the product configuration process, the possibility for the client to be integrated in that early phase of the production and the way of using the data obtained in the product configuration process for generating the final product specification of the customised product in this type of production have been discussed. A special concern has been given to the product complexity paradox, i.e. a risk that a customer may decide not to purchase the product because of too many technical details they encounter while configuring the product, as well as an inevitable extension of the leading time induced by the position of CIDP in this type of production. The division of configurators in three interconnected parts is suggested as the solution for the aforementioned problems: the front-end, middle-end and back-end configurator. The paper emphasises the establishment of the necessary communication channel between the customer, i.e. the front-end configurator and the seller, i.e. the middle end configurator in order to alleviate the effects of the product complexity paradox. A positive effect of the automatic download of the generated data from the front-end and middle-end configurators by the back-end configurator on the leading time reduction has been also discussed.
CONTROL OF FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER USING SUCTION, MAGNETIC AND ELECTRIC FIELD
Authors: Petrović Jelena , Stamenković Zivojin , Kocić Miloš , Nikodijević Milica
Published: December 2017

Flow of a viscous incompressible electrically conducting fluid between two infinite horizontal parallel porous plates under a constant pressure gradient or constant flow rate has been considered in the paper. Effects of magnetic field, suction/injection and load factor have been studied in order to control the flow rate, shear stress and heat transfer on the plates. Applied magnetic field is perpendicular to the plates, the channel plates are electrically insulated and through the plates perpendicular to the surface the fluid of the same physical characteristics as the fluid in the basic flow is injected or ejected. An exact solution of governing equation has been obtained in a closed form. The influences of each of the governing parameters on flow rate, shear stress and heat transfer are discussed with the aid of graphs.
STATISTICS OF SIGNAL TO INTERFERENCE RATIO PROCESS AT OUTPUT OF MOBILE-TO-MOBILE RAYLEIGH FADING CHANNEL IN THE PRESENCE OF COCHANNEL INTERFERENCE
Authors: Đošić Danijel , Milošević Nenad , Nikolić Zorica , Dimitrijević Bojan , Banđur Miloš , Stefanović Mihajlo
Published: December 2017

Dual-hop cooperative communications in interference-limited Rayleigh fading channel will be investigated in this paper. The paper considers the first- and second-order statistics of the signal to interference ratio process at the input of the destination mobile station. The exact closed-form expressions for the first-order statistical measures, the probability density function and cumulative distribution function, will be derived. We will also derive approximate closed form expressions for the second-order statistics, the level crossing rate and the average fade duration. The obtained theoretical results will be verified by the Monte-Carlo simulations.
CAN BANKING UNION HELP THE VIABILITY OF EUROZONE BANKING SECTOR? SOME PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Authors: Popović Svetlana , Janković Irena
Published: December 2017

Although financial integration and convergence of EMU member countries reached a high level, the financial crisis, that has developed into a banking and debt crisis, has caused an intense process of fragmentation of financial markets along national borders. This significantly complicated the implementation of the single monetary policy and disrupted the monetary transmission mechanism. Furthermore, in EMU, the crisis was much more intense than in other economies, and was rapidly transmitted among Member States. Besides, the contagion spread quickly from banks to sovereigns and vice versa, creating a “vicious loop” between banks and national finances.This paper attempts to show that adequate, strong and politically independent supranational bank regulation and resolution is necessary for the viability of banking sector, but also the economies in European monetary union. It should restore the market confidence and harmonize the rules of the game in the single financial market. Although the project is on its very beginning, there are some first  encouraging results.
THE EFFECT OF MEDIA REPRESENTATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF BANCASSURANCE IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
Authors: Vojvodić-Miljković Nevenka
Published: December 2017

The intense competition among banks, in terms of narrowing the interest margins, has led to an increase in administrative and marketing expenses and has limited the profit margins of traditional banking products. At the same time, there has been a change in the preferences of bank clients in terms of reduced interest in investing in the classic banking products of the deposits-saving character and an increasing interest in investing in various forms of life and voluntary pension insurance. Accordingly, as well as with a number of other developments in the market for financial services in the last two decades, a connection between banks and insurance companies has been formed. This process is known as bancassurance. Bancassurance in its simplest form represents the distribution of insurance products through the branch network of banks as a sales channel. For banks this is a way to increase customer loyalty, the diversity of offers and the source of additional income in the form of a reimbursement paid by the insurer. In bancassurance, insurance companies see a relatively inexpensive sales channel of insurance compared to traditional channels, which allows them better market positioning and easier access to a higher quantity of clients. The largest success that bancassurance has had, is with the sale of life insurance, keeping in mind the similarity with the traditional deposit banking products. Past results of the implementation of bancassurance in the Republic of Serbia are insignificant in comparison to the value achieved on this basis in most EU countries. Apart from the objective factors, such results are caused by the lack of information among the population about the possibilities of purchasing different types of financial services in one place (in a bank) and numerous benefits which such integrated purchasing offers. The success of bancassurance largely depends on the determination of the participants (banks and insurance companies) to present the sales channel through the joint appearance on the market, continuous advertisement in the media, especially those who have access to the widest part of the population. For that reason, special emphasis is given to the influence of media representation for the faster development of bancassurance, which would result in greater awareness and education of the population on that basis, which can later cause an increase in life and non-life insurance sales, given the size of the client basis and sales capacities of Serbian commercial banks.
ECONOMIC CRISIS AND CURRENT PROBLEMS OF SERBIAN FAMILY
Authors: Mitrović Predrag , Bošković Gorica
Published: December 2017

Modern society and the world economy are highly contradicted to existing processes and relationships. It could be discerned in large social inequalities, in unfair and unequal opportunities of socio-economic development and in severe conflicts of different contrasting groups and interests. The problem of economic growth, especially of the smaller countries in development, is radicalized by unequal distribution of natural resources, economic and political power. At the moment In Serbia the crisis is visible in almost every sector of society. Unemployment is rising, just like crime rate, corruption and various forms of social pathology. The growing rate of violence and different forms of family abuse are spreading the sense of hopelessness. Not only did the education become more expensive but also the employment availability and social success became inversely proportional to the acquired knowledge. Every year the birth rate declines. All of these affect the young, who become discontent. Being unable to identify themselves with their own country they start to accept the situation with resignation and social apathy. The number of those who leave Serbia is increasing. The roots of very bad economic situation in Serbia are planted in the inherited systemic problems which arose after the disintegration of Yugoslavia and its markets, sanctions and aggression and destruction of economy and infrastructure by NATO, but mostly and primarily is rooted in the acceptance and implementation of arguably detrimental doctrine shaped by the concept of neo-liberal model of economic policy. In this research paper, the authors, in order to minimize potential developmental risk and to maximize the biological survival of Serbian population in future, state that neoliberal globalization begins with destruction of the family and ends with the destruction of the country itself. This hypothesis is confirmed by the current demographic and development trends in Serbia.