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Critical Success Factors in the Transition Processes to Industry 4.0 Projects
Authors: Bolatan Gulin Idil S. , Gözlü Sıtkı
Published: February 2019

In today's competitive industrial world, sustainability and competitive advantage of companies depend mostly on their capability of adaptation to changing business requirements. The Fourth Industrial Revolution, driving from the progress in new technologies has been profoundly changing the dynamics of most industries. Hence, companies are getting prepared to move from the Third Industrial Revolution to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The purpose of this research is to define critical success factors in the transition processes to Industry 4.0 projects. It is important for the effectiveness of the transition process to Industry 4.0. In this study, a literature study was conducted to identify the critical success factors in the transition processes of Industry 4.0. and, the survey instrument, a questionnaire form, was designed. The results of this research show that big data management is the most important success factor of Industry 4.0.
Dynamic and Stability Analysis of Wind-Diesel-Generator System With Intelligent Computation Algorithm
Authors: Guha Dipayan , Roy Provas Kumar , Banerjee Subrata
Published: February 2019

In this chapter, the dynamic performance of a wind-diesel-generator system has been studied against wind and load perturbations. The wind perturbation is modeled by simulating base, ramp, gust, and random wind. An optimized cascade tilt-integral-derivative (CC-TID) controller is provided to the test system for producing desired control signal to regulate the blade pitch angle of wind turbine. To confirm the efficacy of CC-TID controller, the output results are compared to that of PI- and PID-controller. The optimum gains of the proposed controllers are explored employing Levy-embedded grey wolf optimization, whale optimization algorithm, drone squadron optimization, and search group algorithm. To show the effectiveness, the output results are compared to the results of genetic algorithm and particle swarm optimization tuned controllers. A thyristor control series compensator (TCSC) is provided to WDG model for increasing the damping of system oscillations. Analysis of the presented results confirm the supremacy of CC-TID-TCSC controller over other controllers provided in this chapter.
Uninterrupted Power Supply to Micro-Grid During Islanding
Authors: Chandrakar Ruchi , Nale Ruchita , Biswal Monalisa
Published: February 2019

The major purpose of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems is to supply regulated sinusoidal voltage at constant frequency and amplitude. UPS systems are gaining much popularity as a means of providing clean and continuous electricity to critical loads during any disturbances in main grid. Modern equipment is sensitive to power fluctuation and requires back up power supply for optimal performance. This chapter introduces a set of possible solutions so that uninterrupted power supply can be provided to emergency feeders and critical loads such as hospitals and communication systems. Different network configurations can be applied to micro-grid system for obtaining an uninterrupted power supply. Various hybrid energy and modern UPS systems for micro-grid along with their control techniques have been elucidated. A comparative assessment of all UPS technologies on the basis of cost, performance, and efficiency of the system has been presented.
Under Frequency Load Shedding Techniques for Future Smart Power Systems
Authors: Alhelou H. H.
Published: February 2019

It is critical for today's power system to remain in a state of equilibrium under normal conditions and severe disturbances. Power imbalance between the load and the generation can severely affect system stability. Therefore, it is necessary that these imbalance conditions be addressed in the minimum time possible. It is well known that power system frequency is directly proportional to the speed of rotation of synchronous machines and is also a function of the active power demand. As a consequence, when active power demand is greater than the generation, synchronous generators tends to slow down and the frequency decreases to even below threshold if not quickly addressed. One of the most common methods of restoring frequency is the use of under frequency load shedding (UFLS) techniques. In this chapter, load shedding techniques are presented in general but with special focus on UFLS.
Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids
Authors: Darab Cosmin
Published: February 2019

Electric vehicles were proposed as a good solution to solving energy crisis and environmental problems caused by the traditional internal combustion engine vehicles. In the last years due to the rapid development of the electric vehicles, the problem of power grid integration was addressed. In order to not put additional pressure onto the power grid several new technologies were developed. This chapter presents the smart grid technology, vehicle-to-grid concept, and electric vehicles grid integration. These technologies made possible the integration of electric vehicles without any major changes in the power grid. Moreover, electric vehicles integration brought new benefits to the power grid like better integration of renewable energy.
Correction of Artifacts and Optimization of Atomic Force Microscopy Imaging
Authors: Mwema Fredrick M. , Akinlabi Esther T. , Oladijo Oluseyi P.
Published: February 2019

Acquisition of experimental data from atomic force microscopy (AFM) sometimes has artefacts that distort the information contained in the image. Such artefacts can be very delirious especially for sensitive applications such as in biomedical and microelectronics. This chapter illustrates the correction of the artefacts resulting from tapping mode imaging. It also shows the application of Taguchi optimization technique for reducing artefacts during AFM imaging. Using AFM images of Al films, Fourier filtering is illustrated as a useful technique for correcting the artefacts. Taguchi optimization is shown to determine the optimal scan rate, scan size, integral and proportional gains in minimizing the size and number of artefacts at the imaging stage. The correction technique is shown to improve the morphological information of the AFM images while the Taguchi method is effective for determining the best imaging conditions for AFM analysis.
A Review on Materials for Orthotic Devices
Authors: Kalita Hridayjit , Zindani Divya
Published: February 2019

The recent use of fiber-reinforced composites as bio-material in fabrication of orthoses have accelerated the research in finding the most compatible combinations of bio-polymeric composites. The strength, flexibility, biological compatibility, durability, and fatigue strength can be easily altered considering different combinations of polymers and their reinforced structures. In this chapter, a review of the presently used polymeric composites as orthotic materials, their properties, and their applications based on their availability for common people, for a variety of specialized functions, and for the best quality and compatibility factor were discussed. The common orthotic devices mainly used on patients to support weak joints or limbs, materials used, and processing techniques were discussed. Characterization tests for polyethylene composites performed for material properties like ultimate tensile and bending strength, elastic modulus, thermal degradation properties, and surface resistance were discussed, which validates the usability of polyethylene in orthotic fabrication.
Modeling and Numerical Analysis of Advanced Machining for Orthotic Components
Authors: Jena Pankaj Charan , Pradhan Barsarani , Dhupal D.
Published: February 2019

Electrochemical micromachining plays a vital role in the advanced machining domain. Particularly, it helps the medical industry in machining micro-level devices in hardened materials. Though it is maintaining a very small inter-electrode gap during machining, it is required to understand suitable machining parameters before machining. These parameters can be achieved by proper modeling and simulation. In this chapter, a model for flow analysis of electrolytes in inter-electrode gaps is designed to obtain optimal process parameters for machining. The geometric model used in this simulation consists of cylindrical workpiece, an inlet allowing the flow of sodium nitrate solution as electrolyte to the machining zone, and a cylindrical tool with a flat end. Electrolytic flow simulation is incorporated using computational fluid dynamics by ANSYS–CFX 15.0 for finding pressure variation, streamline velocity pattern, turbulent energy, and temperature contour in IEG. According to the CFD analysis, the passivation effect, stagnation effect, pressure, and temperature zone are studied.
Search for Prioritized Test Cases during Web Application Testing
Authors: Khanna Munish , Chauhan Naresh , Sharma Dilip Kumar
Published: February 2019

Regression testing of evolving software is a critical constituent of the software development process. Due to resources constraints, test case prioritization is one of the strategies followed in regression testing during which a test case that satisfies predefined objectives the most, as the tester perceives, would be executed the earliest. In this study, all the experiments were performed on three web applications consisting of 65 to 100 pages with lines of code ranging from 5000 to 7000. Various state-of-the-art approaches such as, heuristic approaches, Greedy approaches, and meta heuristic approaches were applied so as to identify the prioritized test sequence which maximizes the value of average percentage of fault detection. Performance of these algorithms was compared using different parameters and it was concluded that the Artificial Bee Colony algorithm performs better than all. Two novel greedy algorithms are also proposed in the study, of which the goal is to smartly manage the state of a tie, where a tie exhibits the condition that all the test cases participating in the tie are of equal significance in achieving the objective. It has also been validated that the performance of these novel proposed algorithm(s) is better than that of traditionally followed greedy approach, most of the time.
Performance Evaluation of Population Seeding Techniques of Permutation-Coded GA Traveling Salesman Problems Based Assessment
Authors: Paul Victer , Ganeshkumar C  , Jayakumar L
Published: February 2019

Genetic algorithms (GAs) are a population-based meta-heuristic global optimization technique for dealing with complex problems with a very large search space. The population initialization is a crucial task in GAs because it plays a vital role in the convergence speed, problem search space exploration, and also the quality of the final optimal solution. Though the importance of deciding problem-specific population initialization in GA is widely recognized, it is hardly addressed in the literature. In this article, different population seeding techniques for permutation-coded genetic algorithms such as random, nearest neighbor (NN), gene bank (GB), sorted population (SP), and selective initialization (SI), along with three newly proposed ordered-distance-vector-based initialization techniques have been extensively studied. The ability of each population seeding technique has been examined in terms of a set of performance criteria, such as computation time, convergence rate, error rate, average convergence, convergence diversity, nearest-neighbor ratio, average distinct solutions and distribution of individuals. One of the famous combinatorial hard problems of the traveling salesman problem (TSP) is being chosen as the testbed and the experiments are performed on large-sized benchmark TSP instances obtained from standard TSPLIB. The scope of the experiments in this article is limited to the initialization phase of the GA and this restricted scope helps to assess the performance of the population seeding techniques in their intended phase alone. The experimentation analyses are carried out using statistical tools to claim the unique performance characteristic of each population seeding techniques and best performing techniques are identified based on the assessment criteria defined and the nature of the application.
Putting Context in the Network Access of Mobile Applications Using Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process
Authors: Mowafi Yaser A. , Alaqarbeh Tareq , Alazrai Rami
Published: February 2019

In this article, the authors present a design and implementation of a context-based network access mechanism for eliciting context information and adapting this information with mobile applications' network access management. This paper proposes a multi-criteria decision-making algorithm based on fuzzy analytic hierarchy process that allows for integrating four context criteria, namely location, network, time, and speed, with network access service management of mobile applications at run-time. This article evaluates the proposed mechanism in the Android operating system running on handheld smart phone devices. Evaluation results have revealed the significance of fuzzy analytic hierarchy process method in providing network access management features based on real-time assessment of user context.
Parametric Study and Optimization of Pulsed Laser Thermal Micro-Forming of Thin Sheets
Authors: Maji Kuntal
Published: February 2019

This article presents the investigations on deformation behavior in precision forming of thin sheet metal by laser pulses using finite element analysis. The temperature and deformation fields were estimated and analyzed in pulsed laser micro-forming of AISI 304 stainless steel sheet of rectangular and circular shape considering the effects of different process parameters such as laser power, spot diameter and pulse on time. Response surface models based on finite element simulation results were developed to study the effects of the process parameters on deformations for the rectangular and circular workpieces. The amount of deformation was increased with the increase in laser power and pulse on time, and it was decreased with the increase in spot diameter. The effects of pulse frequency and sample size on deformations were also explained. Experiments were conducted on pulsed laser micro-forming of stainless-steel sheet to validate the finite element results. The results of finite element simulations were in good agreement with the experimental results.
Optimal Design and Fabrication of Shoe Lasts for Ankle Foot Orthotics for Patients With Diabetes
Authors: Anggoro P.W. , Tauviqirrahman M. , Jamari J. , Bayuseno A.P. , Wibowo J. , Saputro Y.D.
Published: February 2019

Patients with diabetes often desperately need ankle foot orthotics (AFO) to perform daily activities. In Indonesia, experienced shoemakers employ manual procedures and follow the prescriptions given by a doctor or orthopaedic technician. This process remains traditional in that each pair of AFO is handmade, not precise, and is time consuming. This article describes the development of the design process and fabrication of a new AFO product for patients with diabetes based on a computer aided reverse engineering system (CARESystem). The reverse innovative design approach method discussed in this paper sought to achieve the best shoe last. The results also shows a functional test with highly satisfactory results. The shape of the shoe fit the standard AFO and the first patient experienced comfort for the 4-week long testing period. This article proves that the CARESystem technology successfully reduced the time for both the design and fabrication of the AFOs by 64%.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: prevalence of and risk factors associated with colonization of patients on admission to the Teaching hospital, Karapitiya
Authors: Kurukulasooriya M. R. P. , Tillekeratne L. G. , Wijayaratne W. M. D. G. B. , Bodinayake C. K. , De Silva A. D. , Nicholson B. P. , Ostbye T. , Woods C. W. , Nagahawatte A. De S.
Published: February 2019

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) causes a substantial burden of community-acquired and nosocomial infection. Prior colonization with MRSA is a recognized risk factor for MRSA infection. The study aimed to assess the prevalence of and risk factors for MRSA colonization at admission to surgical, medical and orthopaedic wards of Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya, Sri Lanka. From September 2016 to March 2017, consecutive patients admitted to orthopaedic wards and every fifth patient admitted to medical and general surgical wards were enrolled. A nasal swab was collected from the anterior nares within 24 hours of admission and tested using standard microbiologic procedures. Clinical and demographic data were collected. A total of 502 patients were enrolled, including 152 medical, 201 general surgical, and 149 orthopaedic patients. The median age was 45 years (range 3- 85 years) and 58% of patients were male. At admission, 31 (6.2%) were colonized with MRSA. Colonization prevalence was higher in orthopaedic (18, 12.1%) compared to medical (6, 4.0%) and general surgical (7, 3.5%) patients, p=0.002. Patients colonized with MRSA on admission were more likely to be children
Investigation of Some Endogenous Antimicrobial Peptides in Thalassemia
Authors: Efendiyev Arif Mustafa , Azizova Gulnara Ibrahim , Dadashova Arzu Ramiz
Published: February 2019

The aim of this work was a comparative study of the amount of antimicrobial peptides—human neutrophil peptides—defensins (HNP), hepcidin, bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI), and endotoxin in β-thalassemia. Blood samples of 135 patients with thalassemia were investigated. All patients were divided into 3 groups. The first group included patients with heterozygous form (n = 45). The second group consisted of patients with homozygous form before splenectomy (n = 45). The third group included patients with homozygous form after splenectomy (n = 45). The age of patients varied from 2 to 18 years. Biochemical [unconjugated and conjugated bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, hemoglobin, ferritin, aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), mean corpuscular volume (MCV)] and immune (IgA, IgM, IgG, phagocytic activity) parameters were defined. Obtained results suggest that increased levels of endogenous antimicrobial peptides are associated with the development of the infectious process and reflect the dynamics of changes in biochemical parameters and immune status.
Socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among Korean women aged 19-79 years: the 2016 Korean Study of Women’s Health-Related Issues
Authors: Choi Eunji , Cho Ha Na , Seo Da Hea , Park Boyoung , Park Sohee , Cho Juhee , Kim Sue , Park Yeong-Ran , Choi Kui Son , Rhee Yumie
Published: February 2019

OBJECTIVES: While the prevalence of obesity in Asian women has remained stagnant, studies of socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among Asian women are scarce. This study aimed to examine the recent prevalence of obesity in Korean women aged between 19 years and 79 years and to analyze socioeconomic inequalities in obesity.METHODS: Data were derived from the 2016 Korean Study of Women’s Health-Related Issues. The chi-square test and logistic regression analysis were used to analyze the associations between socioeconomic factors and obesity using Asian standard body mass index (BMI) categories: low (<18.5 kg/m2 ), normal (18.5-22.9 kg/m2 ), overweight (23.0-24.9 kg/m2 ), and obese (≥25.0 kg/ m2 ). As inequality-specific indicators, the slope index of inequality (SII) and relative index of inequality (RII) were calculated, with adjustment for age and self-reported health status.RESULTS: Korean women were classified into the following BMI categories: underweight (5.3%), normal weight (59.1%), overweight (21.2%), and obese (14.4%). The SII and RII revealed substantial inequalities in obesity in favor of more urbanized women (SII, 4.5; RII, 1.4) and against of women who were highly educated (SII, -16.7; RII, 0.3). Subgroup analysis revealed inequalities in obesity according to household income among younger women and according to urbanization among women aged 65-79 years.CONCLUSIONS: Clear educational inequalities in obesity existed in Korean women. Reverse inequalities in urbanization were also apparent in older women. Developing strategies to address the multiple observed inequalities in obesity among Korean women may prove essential for effectively reducing the burden of this disease.
GRACE-REC: a reconstruction of climate-driven water storage changes over the last century
Authors: Humphrey Vincent , Gudmundsson Lukas
Published: February 2019

Abstract. The amount of water stored on continents is an important constraint for water mass and energy exchanges in the Earth system and exhibits large inter-annual variability at both local and continental scales. From 2002 to 2017, the satellites of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment mission (GRACE) have observed changes in terrestrial water storage (TWS) with an unprecedented level of accuracy. In this paper, we use a statistical model trained with GRACE observations to reconstruct past climate-driven changes in TWS from historical and near real time meteorological datasets at daily and monthly scales. Unlike most hydrological models which represent water reservoirs individually (e.g. snow, soil moisture, etc.) and usually provide a single model run, the presented approach directly reconstructs total TWS changes and includes hundreds of ensemble members which can be used to quantify predictive uncertainty. We compare these data-driven TWS estimates with other independent evaluation datasets such as the sea level budget, large-scale water balance from atmospheric reanalysis and in-situ streamflow measurements. We find that the presented approach performs overall as well or better than a set of state-of-the-art global hydrological models (Water Resources Reanalysis version 2). We provide reconstructed TWS anomalies at a spatial resolution of 0.5°, at both daily and monthly scales over the period 1901 to present, based on two different GRACE products and three different meteorological forcing datasets, resulting in 6 reconstructed TWS datasets of 100 ensemble members each. Possible user groups and applications include hydrological modelling and model benchmarking, sea level budget studies, assessments of long-term changes in the frequency of droughts, the analysis of climate signals in geodetic time series and the interpretation of the data gap between the GRACE and the GRACE Follow-On mission. The presented dataset is publicly available (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7670849) and updates will be published regularly.
Quantifying projected changes in runoff variability and flow regimes of the Fraser River Basin, British Columbia
Authors: Islam Siraj Ul , Curry Charles L. , Déry Stephen J. , Zwiers Francis W.
Published: February 2019

Abstract. In response to ongoing and future-projected global warming, mid-latitude,
nival river basins are expected to transition from a snowmelt-dominated flow
regime to a nival–pluvial one with an earlier spring freshet of reduced
magnitude. There is, however, a rich variation in responses that depends on
factors such as the topographic complexity of the basin and the strength of
maritime influences. We illustrate the potential effects of a strong maritime
influence by studying future changes in cold season flow variability in the
Fraser River Basin (FRB) of British Columbia, a large extratropical watershed
extending from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast. We use a
process-based hydrological model driven by an ensemble of 21 statistically
downscaled simulations from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5
(CMIP5), following the Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 (RCP 8.5). Warming under RCP 8.5 leads to reduced winter snowfall, shortening the
average snow accumulation season by about one-third. Despite this, large
increases in cold season rainfall lead to unprecedented cold season peak
flows and increased overall runoff variability in the VIC simulations.
Increased cold season rainfall is shown to be the dominant climatic driver
in the Coast Mountains, contributing 60 % to mean cold season runoff
changes in the 2080s. Cold season runoff at the outlet of the basin
increases by 70 % by the 2080s, and its interannual variability more than
doubles when compared to the 1990s, suggesting substantial challenges for
operational flow forecasting in the region. Furthermore, almost half of the
basin (45 %) transitions from a snow-dominated runoff regime in the 1990s
to a primarily rain-dominated regime in the 2080s, according to a snowmelt
pulse detection algorithm. While these projections are consistent with the
anticipated transition from a nival to a nival–pluvial hydrologic regime,
the marked increase in FRB cold season runoff is likely linked to more
frequent landfalling atmospheric rivers in the region projected in the CMIP5
models, providing insights for other maritime-influenced extratropical
basins.
Mapping rainfall hazard based on rain gauge data: an objective cross-validation framework for model selection
Authors: Blanchet Juliette , Paquet Emmanuel , Vaittinada Ayar Pradeebane , Penot David
Published: February 2019

Abstract. We propose an objective framework for selecting rainfall hazard mapping models in a region starting from rain
gauge data. Our methodology is based on the evaluation of several
goodness-of-fit scores at regional scale in a cross-validation framework,
allowing us to assess the goodness-of-fit of the rainfall cumulative
distribution functions within the region but with a particular focus on their
tail. Cross-validation is applied both to select the most appropriate
statistical distribution at station locations and to validate the mapping of
these distributions. To illustrate the framework, we consider daily rainfall
in the Ardèche catchment in the south of France, a 2260 km2
catchment with strong inhomogeneity in rainfall distribution. We compare
several classical marginal distributions that are possibly mixed over seasons
and weather patterns to account for the variety of climatological processes
triggering precipitation, and several classical mapping methods. Among those
tested, results show a preference for a mixture of Gamma distribution over
seasons and weather patterns, with parameters interpolated with thin plate
spline across the region.
The building, shaping, and filling of an Upper Slope Terrace: the Rio Grande Terrace, SW Atlantic
Authors: de Mahiques Michel Michaelovitch , Alcántara-Carrió Javier , Lobo Francisco José , Schattner Uri , dos Santos Rosangela Felício , Cazzoli y Goya Samara , Ramos Raissa Basti , Natorf de Abreu José Gustavo , Pereira de Souza Luiz Antonio , Lopes Figueira Rubens Cesar , Bícego Marcia Caruso
Published: February 2019

Abstract. In this work, we analyze the origin, evolution, and recent sedimentation of the Rio Grande Terrace (RGT), the most prominent upper slope terrace of the SW Atlantic. We gathered data from deep to shallow seismic, echo-sounding and surface sediments in order to recognize the role played by the geological inheritance, the sediment origin, and the present hydrodynamics, this last one defined by the action of the high speeds of the Brazil Current. The RGT is here interpreted as a unique geomorphological feature, which was developed over a pre-Aptian basement high. It presents a complex modern morphology, given by the erosional action of the Brazil Current and its present surface sediments show a high complexity in terms of origin and grain size.
De que forma a disciplina “libras” pode contribuir com a formação de professores para a educação inclusiva?
Authors: Xavier André Nogueira
Published: February 2019

O objetivo deste artigo é discutir de que maneira a disciplina “Libras” (Língua Brasileira de Sinais), obrigatória em cursos de licenciatura, pode contribuir ainda mais com a formação de professores no âmbito da educação básica inclusiva. Tendo em vista a falta de diretrizes nacionais para a constituição de uma ementa básica para essa disciplina, sugere-se a inclusão de tópicos, inferíveis da legislação que determina a sua obrigatoriedade nesses cursos, em seus conteúdos. Esses tópicos abrangem singularidades linguístico-culturais dos alunos surdos, questões históricas e filosóficas, bem como a atuação de tradutores-intérpretes de libras/português.
O ensino e o aprendizado do inglês como língua estrangeira em uma escola bilíngue para surdos: reflexões sobre a prática pedagógica
Authors: Borges Edvanilda Antônia , Lima Layane Rodrigues de
Published: February 2019

Este artigo tem como objetivo relatar facilidades e dificuldades próprias ao processode ensino e de aprendizagem do inglês como LE por alunos surdos em uma escolabilíngue, localizada em Brasília-DF. A base teórica se pauta nas discussões sobre osujeito surdo, sua língua e sua cultura, bem como sobre o processo de ensino e deaprendizagem. Foram realizadas observações de aulas, entrevistas e aplicadosquestionários a quatro estudantes surdas e a duas professoras de inglês da escolaobservada. Os dados indicam a necessidade de se utilizar métodos de ensino quecontemplem as especificidades linguísticas e culturais dos surdos, especialmente noque se refere ao uso da Língua Brasileira de Sinais nesse processo.
Lecionar línguas estrangeiras para alunos surdos: desafios e oportunidades
Authors: Medeiros Elita De
Published: February 2019

Embora as políticas públicas preconizem educação para todos, com igualdade, a prática docente mostra que ainda há um espaço de debates sobre ações necessárias para que se possa alcançar uma educação realmente igualitária e inclusiva para indivíduos surdos. O objetivo deste artigo é apontar algumas das dificuldades encontradas no ensino de Língua Estrangeira (LE) para surdos em espaços escolares inclusivos. A partir do que indica a legislação e da exposição de algumas das particularidades que distinguem línguas sonoras e línguas viso-espaciais, buscou-se verificar a viabilidade do ensino de LE para surdos. Os resultados desta pesquisa indicam ser possível esse aprendizado, desde que respeitadas as particularidades dos indivíduos surdos.
O príncipe sapo ou Enrique de ferro
Authors: Lima Alessandra Campos , Barros Mariângela Estelita
Published: February 2019

O Príncipe Sapo ou Enrique de Ferro foi recolhido pelos irmãos Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) e Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859) e publicado com vários outros contos tradicionais da Alemanha. A Bibliolibras, Biblioteca Bilíngue de Literatura Infantil e Juvenil - Libras/Português, inaugurada em 2017, publicou doze contos em sua Coleção “Contos dos Irmãos Grimm”, entre os quais está a história do Príncipe Sapo. Traduzido para a Língua Brasileira de Sinais (Libras), O Príncipe Sapo ou Enrique de Ferro pode ser acessado no site www.bibliolibras.com.br, assim como as demais obras da Bibliolibras.
Questioning the Anthropocene: A Critical Assessment of the Age of Humankind
Authors: Germain Gil
Published: February 2019

The Anthropocene denotes the Earth’s entry into the age of humankind. A growing chorus of expert opinion now claims the fate of “the Earth system” lies squarely in human hands. Acknowledging the scale of human agency and its impact upon environmental processes, this article questions the largely unthought assumptions that facilitate the view that our species constitutes the determining factor regarding the planet’s fate. The central premise examined here underpins the technological worldview, the perception of reality that fuels the project of mastering nature. This reading of reality posits that nature is conquerable. Its guiding assumption is that the judicious application of increasingly sophisticated forms of technological know-how can yield a world reworked in ways that have reality conform fully to our designs for it. Using Jean Baudrillard’s thoughts on technology as inspiration and guide, the technological imaginary—inspired by dreams of an “integral reality”—is exposed as founded on a profound misreading of the nature of the real. An alternative reading of reality is proffered that holds that the world is not constituted in a way that permits its perfectibility. This counterinterpretation suggests that we ought to reinterpret humanism in a way that acknowledges the limits of the enterprise to remake reality in humanity’s own image. Relinquishing the self-imposed demand to realize the future we wish for, it is concluded, is the surest way to regain the equilibrium we have lost with our entry into the Anthropocene.
Posthumanism and Miss Representation: Scarlett Johansson Is Getting Under the Skin of Men
Authors: Matthews Malcolm
Published: February 2019

Four recent Scarlett Johansson films—Under the Skin, Her, Lucy, and Ghost in the Machine—work in tandem as a subversive, reactionary form of phallocentrism both disguised as and in repudiation of a posthuman ontology that heralds the obsolescence of man. These films, far from being feminist manifestos, are, upon closer examination, a male reaction to the perceived existential threat posed by posthumanism to masculinity, itself. Central to what Rosi Braidotti refers to as the “posthuman predicament” is Scarlett Johansson, whom I will address, not as a singular entity, but as a multiplicity that manifests simultaneously as a flesh-and-blood human being, as a Hollywood actor and icon, as a twenty-first-century female prototype, and, ultimately, as a rhetorical cultural construct. With her come-hither looks, husky voice, voluptuous figure, versatility, and social and political activism, Scarlett Johansson the actor presents as the ultimate liberated woman; Scarlett Johansson the cultural construct, however, performs a much different function. Informed by Johansson’s public persona and embedded in Johansson’s four characters and the fictional worlds they inhabit is an unsubtle threat to notions of male supremacy both implicit and historically manifest under the umbrella of humanism. Whether immolated, unplugged and decommissioned, vanished into the ether as a techno-consciousness, or digitally dissolved, Scarlett Johansson’s characters in these films personify man’s anxiety about the extinction of his humanist self.
Transhumanist Parties as Niche Parties
Authors: Szabados Krisztian
Published: February 2019

Political parties advocating transhumanist ideas have recently sprung up in a great number of countries, supported by rapid technological and scientific progress. This article examines whether any of the various frameworks of niche party theory can adequately describe transhumanist parties. It is discussed how the nicheness of transhumanist parties can be conceptualized. After determining the common set of issues that ideologically diverse transhumanist political organizations accentuate, this article conducts a qualitative analysis to justify the “proto-nicheness” of transhumanist parties within the spatial and salience theories. Two new accounts will be put forward based on Bischof’s consumer market analogy and Hughes’s three-dimensional conceptualization of contemporary politics.
UTILIZAÇÃO DE BARREIRAS DE SEGURANÇA NO PREPARO DE DROGAS VASOATIVAS E SEDATIVOS/ANALGÉSICOS EM TERAPIA INTENSIVA PEDIÁTRICA
Authors: Julca Carla Susana Martinez , Rocha Patrícia Kuerten , Tomazoni Andreia , Manzo Bruna Figueiredo , De Souza Sabrina , Anders Jane Cristina
Published: February 2019

Objetivo: analisar a utilização de barreiras de segurança no preparo de drogas vasoativas e sedativos/analgésicos. Método: estudo quantitativo, com 204 observações durante o preparo de medicamentos em uma Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica no Hospital Pediátrico do Estado de Santa Catarina, de março de 2016 a maio de 2017. As barreiras analisadas foram: tipo de prescrição; transcrição da medicação, identificação do paciente e dados no rótulo; local de fixação; dupla checagem; preparo de infusões contínuas; interrupções. Os dados foram analisados por estatística descritiva. Resultados: as barreiras de segurança foram relacionadas à prescrição escrita (93,6%); transcrição da medicação em rótulo (87,7%); identificação do primeiro nome do paciente no rótulo (96%); dados da medicação no rótulo sem a transcrição da via de administração (99,4%); dupla checagem (34,6%); interrupções durante o preparo (52,9%). Conclusão: este estudo alerta a área sobre a necessidade da implementação de barreiras no intuito de uma prática clínica segura.
ELABORAÇÃO E VALIDAÇÃO DE INSTRUMENTO DE ASSISTÊNCIA DE ENFERMAGEM PARA PACIENTES EM UNIDADES DE TERAPIA INTENSIVA
Authors: Ferreira Ráisa Camilo , Montanari Fábio Luis , Ribeiro Elaine , Correia Marisa Dibbern Lopes , Manzoli Juliana Prado Biani , Duran Erika Christiane Marocco
Published: February 2019

Objetivo: elaborar e validar instrumento para assistência de enfermagem, baseado em literatura específica para pacientes internados em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva, de um hospital universitário do estado de São Paulo. Método: estudo metodológico, com coleta de dados de agosto a dezembro de 2015, em três fases: caracterização da população e levantamento dos diagnósticos de enfermagem, elaboração, e validação do instrumento para o registro do Processo de Enfermagem. Para a validação de conteúdo, utilizou-se a técnica Delphi, com um grupo de especialistas na área, composto por 11 jurados. Resultados: durante a coleta de dados, 152 pacientes estiveram internados, 61,18% do sexo masculino, com idade média de 54,9 anos. O conteúdo do instrumento foi validado com índice de validação > 0,81. Conclusão: a construção de instrumentos para o processo de Enfermagem é útil para facilitar a implementação da assistência, evidenciar a assistência, incrementar a comunicação e segurança dos cuidados em saúde.
O determinismo racial e geográfico no discurso geopolítico moderno/colonial: por uma geopolítica decolonial
Authors: Rocha Pedro Diniz
Published: February 2019

A expansão do sistema moderno/colonial a partir das grandes viagens nos séculos quinze e dezesseis originou a construção de uma diferenciação primeira entre conquistadores e colonizados baseada na ideia de raça. Esta se tornou então elemento fundante e constitutivo de relações de dominação, articulando e cristalizando o poder no espaço geográfico. O objetivo deste artigo, então, é o de analisar teses geopolíticas fundadas inicialmente sobre o prisma do determinismo racial e geográfico em fins do século dezenove e início do século vinte, de forma a compreender se seu discurso de autoridade legitima à época nova expansão colonial e a intensificação da violência e do domínio europeu sobre o globo, tendo em vista que remete a classificação social de agrupamentos humanos a partir da ideia de raça e de seu ambiente geográfico. Em vista disto, será realizada uma breve genealogia do discurso determinista no pensamento ocidental e a análise de sua influência nas teses geopolíticas de Friedrich Ratzel, Ellen Semple e Ellsworth Huntington e de alguns de seus paralelos e contrapontos com a geopolítica francesa, em especial a de Paul Vidal de la Blache. Espera-se a partir deste artigo ampliar o chamado para construção de uma geopolítica subalterna que aponte para as vicissitudes do discurso geopolítico moderno/colonial, responsável por apagar vivências e práticas espaciais produzidas ao sul global
Direito do Mar: breve historiografia
Authors: Sousa Yolanda Nunes
Published: February 2019

Este artigo tem por objetivo apresentar breves apontamentos historiográficos acerca da evolução do arcabouço jurídico do regime internacional para os mares e oceanos, elencando os principais eventos que contribuíram para o estabelecimento de conceitos e princípios que se desenvolveram ao longo da história, baseados e regidos pelo direito consuetudinário, dando lugar, posteriormente, à normatização e codificação efetiva na III Conferência das Nações Unidas para o Direito do Mar em 1982.
Congresso e Política Externa nos Estados Unidos
Authors: Araujo André Leite
Published: February 2019

O artigo analisa as funções e os comportamentos do Congresso estadunidense em temas de política externa, verificando sobretudo as variáveis referentes à composição partidária e às relações entre Executivo e Legislativo, na chave de situação e oposição, que é entendida como a principal explicação para o padrão de votação dos parlamentares. O trabalho contribui nos estudos de Análise de Política Externa, com ênfase no papel do Congresso, assim como na análise da política comercial estadunidense, destacando seus aspectos políticos e os processos domésticos para sua realização. Como estudos de caso, são analisadas as deliberações sobre os Tratados de Livre Comércio com o Chile, a Colômbia e o Peru, assinados no governo de George Bush. Além das explicações internas aos Estados Unidos, situamos esse período da política externa na conjuntura do sistema internacional observada no século XXI, tanto na esfera regional quanto mundial, demonstrando a interação entre os planos nacional e internacional na formulação da política externa.
Racismo Ambiental e a Pesca Artesanal: o caso da Ilha de Deus, Pernambuco
Authors: Cidreira-Neto Ivo Raposo Gonçalves , Rodrigues Gilberto Gonçalves
Published: February 2019

O processo de urbanização no Brasil possibilitou o surgimento de locais que não receberam a atenção pública necessária, sendo conhecidas como “cidades informais”, caracterizadas também pelo descaso ambiental. Com base nesta problemática, o objetivo desse trabalho é compreender como o racismo ambiental surge e se instala nos grupos pesqueiros, trazendo como estudo de caso a comunidade da Ilha de Deus, situada na Cidade do Recife, Estado de Pernambuco. Contextualiza-se neste estudo que devido a relação Homem & Natureza ter base utilitarista, voltada para o acúmulo de capital, teve-se a criação de políticas ambientais como instrumento legal de defesa do meio ambiente, assegurando a continuidade dos recursos naturais. Esse cenário fundamentado no modelo hegemônico do desenvolvimento resultou na segregação do direito ao território ecologicamente saudável, no qual as populações ricas ficam alocadas nas cidades, com direitos básicos garantidos, enquanto os pobres são alocados às margens da sociedade, em locais com elevado grau de poluição e descaso ambiental. As comunidades artesanais pesqueiras frequentemente são exemplos de exclusão, devido a diversos fatores como o trabalho na lama dos manguezais. A Ilha de Deus, como estudo de caso típico das inúmeras comunidades pesqueiras do Recife, é um território de pesca, onde os comunitários passam diariamente por casos de racismo ambiental, tornando-se um exemplo de resistência, onde a comunidade não se deixa levar pelos padrões capitalistas, lutando pelo direito à pesca.
O “insustentável” peso da moradia: uma análise socioambiental sobre o processo de formação territorial do Bairro Jardim Social – Paranaguá (PR)
Authors: Varella Marcelo , Souza Roberto Martins de , Duarte Letícia Ayumi
Published: February 2019

O presente artigo visou refletir sobre a questão fundiária de Paranaguá a partir do caso concreto vivido pelos moradores da ocupação denominada Jardim Social, que atualmente estão ameaçados de sofrer uma “reintegração de posse”. Nesse sentido, apresentamos um debate teórico-temático e jurídico sobre os aspectos da urbanização parnanguara, amparado no método da pesquisa-ação, a fim de apresentar um contradiscurso capaz de enfrentar os argumentos que embasam tal pedido de reintegração de posse e que levam à desterritorialização desses sujeitos e à reprodução do padrão histórico da fragmentação socioespacial vivida na cidade, marcada pelo parco acesso à moradia regularizada e à ampliação da rede urbana sobre áreas ainda conservadas. Por fim, iluminamos ações que podem ser feitas pelo poder público parnanguara, visando enfrentar o grave problema fundiário vivenciado pelos moradores mais pobres da cidade.
Estado e campesinato brasileiro: um panorama sobre as relações dos governos federais e as políticas públicas para o campo
Authors: Zorek Daniel Vanessa Cristhina , Silva Bega Maria Tarcisa
Published: February 2019

O objetivo do trabalho consiste em identificar as políticas sociais direcionadas aos trabalhadores do campo e agricultores familiares no Brasil, observando as políticas desenvolvidas nos governos eleitos democraticamente após o período de governos militares (1964-1985) – que compreende do governo de Fernando Collor de Mello até o governo de Michel Temer. Levou-se em consideração que os camponeses compõem um grupo social que foi excluído, direta ou indiretamente ao longo da história brasileira, dos direitos sociais, civis, políticos e do acesso à propriedade. As classes camponesas ansiaram por mudanças e avanços no processo de reforma agrária e assistência do Estado aos trabalhadores rurais, principalmente com a chegada dos governos democráticos. No entanto, o que se observou é que não houve mudanças estruturais na posse da terra no Brasil durante esse período. Em relação às políticas públicas, durante os anos de 1990 houve uma diminuição dos recursos para as políticas de intervenção na área da agricultura, gerando um déficit nas políticas específicas para os produtores e trabalhadores rurais, que foram substituídas por ações assistencialistas e localizadas. A partir da segunda metade dos anos 2000, as políticas direcionadas aos camponeses foram ampliadas, a exemplo de políticas que fomentam recursos para o desenvolvimento de estruturas básicas no campo, cursos, assistência técnica e políticas que auxiliam os pequenos produtores a ter acesso ao mercado. A partir de 2016 nota-se um retrocesso considerável nas políticas públicas para ao campo, através de reduções executadas e outras previstas nos orçamentos direcionados ao campo e aos produtores e trabalhadores rurais.
Editorial
Authors: Hoffmann-Horochovski Marisete T.
Published: February 2019

Editorial da Guaju - Revista Brasileira de Desenvolvimento Territorial Sustentável
Colômbia: Defesa Constitucional de uma democracia ameaçada
Authors: Becerra Augusto Hernández
Published: February 2019

As democracias estão seriamente ameaçadas pela intrusão do crime organizado na po­lítica. O artigo descreve algumas estratégias de ordem constitucional e legal empregadas na Colômbia para que o Estado possa defender as instituições democráticas com tanta energia quanto necessária para neutralizar a violência e o dinheiro que utilizam seus inimigos para as atacar. Entre essas estratégias se arrolam a “cadeira vazia” nas corpora­ções públicas, a supressão do foro como sinônimo de imunidade ou impunidade, a ação de perda de mandato, a extinção judicial do domínio sobre bens ilicitamente adquiridos.
A Justiça Eleitoral brasileira: modelo de governança eleitoral
Authors: Barreto Alvaro Augusto de Borba
Published: February 2019

Este artigo analisa o modelo institucional da Justiça Eleitoral brasileira a partir das contribuições da concepção de governança eleitoral, de modo a construir uma com­preensão mais ampla e sistemática a respeito dele. É construído por meio da revisão da literatura das áreas de Ciência Política e de Direito Eleitoral e da composição des­sas contribuições com os novos parâmetros interpretativos trazidos por essa abor­dagem. Desse modo, apresenta os elementos que constituem a noção de governança eleitoral, caracteriza os diferentes modelos implantados historicamente e insere nesse campo aquele correspondente ao adotado pelo Brasil a partir de 1932. Os resultados indicam que a Justiça Eleitoral corresponde a um modelo de governança eleitoral que possui prerrogativas distintas em comparação aos equivalentes internacionais, cons­truído a partir de uma decisão política consciente e que vem sendo continuamente reafirmada, razão pela qual o papel, os poderes e as funções exercidas por esse orga­nismo eleitoral continuam essencialmente os mesmos desde sua adoção.