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Barriers and facilitators of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) intention among Chinese men who have sex with men
Authors: Su Xiaoyou , Si Mingyu , Yan Li , Jiang Yu , Liu Yuanli , Wei Chongyi , Yan Hongjing
Published: January 2020

BackgroundDespite strengthened efforts on HIV prevention and control, new HIV infections continue to increase among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a highly effective HIV prevention tool, has recently been included in China’s Action Plan of HIV Prevention and Control. To inform future PrEP implementation, this study aims to identify the barriers and facilitators of PrEP intention among MSM in China. MethodsIn 2018, a cross-sectional survey was conducted among 300 MSM in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. Questions on demographics, sexual behavior (including a 7-item high-risk behavior index), PrEP use intention, PrEP-related awareness and accessibility, and a 7-item public HIV stigma scale were included in the questionnaire. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify factors associated with PrEP intention. ResultsOverall, 44.67% had more than 2 male sexual partners and 5.56% had HIV-positive sexual partners. Just 57.00% had heard of PrEP and only 4 (1.33%) participants had used PrEP. However, 75.34% expressed a willingness to use oral PrEP if its efficacy was assured. Beliefs that ‘PrEP can prevent HIV if taken as prescribed’ (aOR=4.84, p<0.001), and ‘PrEP can be scaled up in the community’ (aOR=3.24, p<0.001), were positively associated with oral PrEP intention. Concerns of side effects were negatively associated with oral PrEP intention (aOR=0.32, p =0.006). Respectively 77.00% of the participants would choose injectable or implanted PrEP instead of oral PrEP. One of the PrEP stigma items, ‘Not certain if doctors can prescribe PrEP if I go to the clinic’ was positively associated with the intention to use injectable or implanted PrEP (aOR=3.03). Individuals who had heard of PrEP (aOR=2.74) and believed ‘PrEP can prevent HIV if taken as prescribed’ (aOR=2.65) were also positively related to the intention to use injectable or implanted PrEP. The most common concerns regarding PrEP use were efficacy (44.67%) and side effects (38.67%). The most common reasons for using injectable and implanted PrEP were adherence (81.94% and 77.86%, respectively) and privacy concerns (56.48% and 55.00%, respectively). Affordable price and coverage of health insurance are the driving factors for using PrEP. ConclusionsGiven the relatively low awareness of PrEP-related information in China, interventions on awareness and knowledge targeting high risk individuals and communities are needed. Furthermore, additional alternatives to prevent HIV, such as long-acting injectable or implanted PrEP, should be investigated to reduce the risk of HIV infection in at-risk MSM. Particularly, it is necessary to develop a more supportive social environment for MSM when implementing PrEP programs that are approved by China’s FDA.
Welsh primary schoolchildren’s perceptions of e-cigarettes: a mixed method study
Authors: Porcellato Lorna , Houle-Ross Kim , Quigg Zara , Gee Ivan , Harris Jane , Bigland Charlotte , Bates Rebecca , Timpson Hannah , Bishop Julie , Gould Ashley , Davis Alisha
Published: January 2020

Background: There are concerns that the growing popularity of e-cigarettes promotes experimentation among children. Current research has focused almost exclusively on children over 11 years. Given the possible lifelong health harms caused by behaviours established in early childhood, understanding younger children’s perceptions is essential; to inform tobacco control policies, prevention strategies and the wider debate on further regulation of vaping. In one of the first global studies to provide insights into younger children’s perceptions of e-cigarettes, we explored Welsh primary schoolchildren’s (aged 7-11) awareness of e-cigarettes relative to tobacco smoking, their understanding of the risks and benefits associated with e-cigarettes and their intentions and beliefs about vaping. Methods: Data was collected using a mix of methods in June and July 2017 from 8 purposively selected primary schools across Wales. Four hundred and ninety-five children (52% female), aged 7 years (n=165), 9 years (n=185) and 11 years (n=145) completed a class-administered booklet encompassing a draw and write exercise and questionnaire. Ninety-six children participated in 24 peer cohort-based discussion groups comprised of 2 boys and 2 girls. Data from the three tools were analysed independently and findings triangulated. Questionnaire analyses used frequencies, descriptive statistics and chi-squared tests. Content analysis was undertaken on the draw and write data and peer discussion groups were analysed thematically. Results: Primary schoolchildren have general awareness of e-cigarettes but understanding of any health harms or the role of nicotine in e-cigarettes is poor or misperceived, particularly in the youngest children. Vaping was viewed as healthier than smoking by most and there was some recognition that e-cigarettes were used for smoking cessation. Few children intended to smoke (1.8%) or vape (3.9%) in the future but almost half thought it was okay for grownups. Children’s perceptions were influenced by exposure through family and friends. Conclusions: There is a need for e-cigarette education in primary schools. Health promotion efforts should reinforce the message that vaping is ‘less harmful’ rather than ‘healthier’ and highlight associated risks of e-cigarette experimentation including the potential for tobacco initiation. Further research is needed to explore whether children’s perceptions influence their future use of tobacco or e-cigarettes.
Tuberculosis and lung mycobacteriosis in patients at late stages of HIV infection
Authors: Mishina A. V. , Mishin V. Yu , Sobkin A. L.
Published: January 2020

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Tuberculosis in children and adolescents over the last decade
Authors: Poddubnaya L. V. , Shilova E. P. , Kudlay D. A. , Dubakova G. F. , Egoshina I. Yu.
Published: January 2020

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Competencies of phthisiologists and physicians of primary medical services when providing tb care for population
Authors: Parolina L. E. , Pshenichnaya N. Yu. , Kazimirova N. E.
Published: January 2020

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Muslim Refugees in Serbia – Narrating Gender Role Identity Change
Authors: Simić Nataša , Vranješević Jelena , Ilić Isidora
Published: January 2020

Forced migration is a highly stressful event that can cause changes in identity work. The aim of this research was to determine in what way the migration and prolonged stay in Serbia, a country that differs from both the refugees’ heritage cultures and wished host cultures on many cultural dimensions, influenced the young Muslim refugees’ gender role identities. Semi-structured interviews with seven female and eight male refugees coming from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan, staying for several months in Serbia were conducted. Narrative inquiry, focused on recurring themes and changes in the past- and present-time narratives about gender role identities, yielded three types of narratives. The most frequent narrative, Expressing what was suppressed, points to identical past- and present-time narratives, but significant changes in the way gender role identities are expressed and pursued, self-confidence and interpersonal relationships. In narrative Reinventing oneself a major shift in gender role identity was noticed. Narrative Remaining the same, reflects changes in neither gender role identities nor their expression. Most participants applied integration strategies during the migration and moved towards individualism, femininity and rational values, whereas a few, exclusively male refugees, retained traditional patriarchal values.
Reception of Natalie's Ramonda, Armistice Day Symbol in Serbia
Authors: Kovač Senka
Published: January 2020

Nataliе’s Ramonda, a symbol of Armistice Day – November 11 in Serbia, is a new memorial symbol constructed and promoted by politicians in 2012. The Armistice Day was celebrated then as a national holiday in Serbia. The reception of this symbol has been explored over a five-year period, both in a public discourse and on a representative sample of first year students at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. In public discourse, as well as among students of the Faculty of Philosophy, Natalie’s Ramonda is perceived as an emblem, a badge, and most often as a symbol.

It was seen as an emblem on the lapel of public and media figures, inaccessible to broad commercial promotion and sales. In public discourse and among students at the Faculty of Philosophy, Natalie’s Ramonda was perceived in several answers as a medal, and is also recognized as a flower that symbolizes the suffering of the Serbian people in World War One; symbol of the nation’s rebirth – the flower phoenix, as a mark of peace and freedom.

As a newly constructed symbol of the Armistice Day in Serbia, for the past seven years, Natalie’s Ramonda has been a mediator in the public culture of remembrance and in the ongoing process, by becoming a part of cultural memory.
Advantages and disadvantages of combined mucolytic therapy in children
Authors: Mizernitsky Yu. L. , Shakhnazarova M. D.
Published: January 2020

The article discusses in detail advantages and disadvantages of combined mucolytic therapy in children, the requirements for the composition and purpose of such drugs. Such drug as Ascoril expectorant is considered to be a successful combination, pathogenetic mechanisms of the synergistic action of its components. The clinical experience of Ascoril expectorant application demonstrated its high clinical efficacy and safety, which makes it the first choice for bronchitis, mild bronchial obstruction in outpatient pediatric practice
The first city medical complex of protection of mother and the infant in Moscow
Authors: Gorelova L. E. , Shelkova V. N.
Published: January 2020

In the early twentieth century in Moscow consistent development of city system of health care delivery to mothers and children was carried out. Under the leadership of the outstanding Russian obstetrician G. L. Grauerman, a medical complex was created, which included the Lepekhin maternity hospital and the Timister hospital for postpartum patients. Here for the first time in our country systematic protection of motherhood was carried out. The experience of the institution in 1916 was recommended for widespread distribution in Russia, and after the revolution was used to build the Soviet health care system. The example of the complex showed that in Russia it was possible to implement effective measures for the protection of infancy. The receiver of the complex is the Moscow regional research Institute of obstetrics and gynecology (MONIIAG).
Algorithm of diagnostics of cognitive functions development violation in children born extremally premature
Authors: Keshishyan E. S. , Alyamovskaya G. A. , Sakharova E. S. , Vorsanova S. G. , Demidova I. A. , Kurinnaya O. S. , Zelenova M. A. , Iourov I. Yu.
Published: January 2020

A qualitative improvement in the management of pregnancy and delivery, optimization of General care and provision of intensive care for children born prematurely, particularly with low and extremely low body weight, significantly reduced the risk of damage to the nervous system of perinatal hypoxic-ischemic genesis. At the same time, there is a significant number of children born at low gestational age, with a significant violation of intellectual, cognitive development and behavior change. One of the assumptions about cause of improper maturation of the brain is the role of unbalanced chromosomal and genomic micro anomalies. There is provided the data on the survey of 22 children with approximately the same clinic of developmental disorders, 19 of which revealed various structural micro-damages of genesis, but their interpretation is difficult today. The algorithm of selection of children for the extended genetic examination is given.
Medical and social characteristics of families and psychological characteristics of mothers of children born with a body weight of less than 1500 g
Authors: Matveeva E. A. , Malyshkina A. I. , Filkina O. M. , Kocherova O. Yu. , Dolotova N. V.
Published: January 2020

In order to study the medical and social characteristics of families, an analysis of the biological and social history of mothers and fathers of children born with a body weight less than 1500 was carried out. To identify the psychological characteristics, mothers were tested.

It has been established that the social characteristics of the families of children born with a body weight of less than 1500 g was favorable – most families were two-parent, had satisfactory living conditions, mothers and fathers of these children were working and had education not lower than secondary special. The majority of fathers (80%) considered themselves healthy, the state of health of mothers was characterized by a high frequency of somatic pathology, only 27% of women were healthy. The majority of fathers and mothers noted the impact of occupational hazards, while the mothers’ adverse factors were mainly associated with intellectual activity, and the fathers – with physical labor. Half of mothers and 70% of fathers belonged to the age group of 30 years and older. Despite the favorable characteristics of reproductive behavior at the stage of pregravid preparation and in the first trimester of pregnancy, mothers who gave birth to children weighing less than 1500 g were characterized by an unfavorable obstetric gynecological history and a high incidence of gynecological pathology. Psychological features of mothers consisted in a high frequency of accentuation of hyperthymic character traits, a desire to emphasize determination and masculinity, anxiety, impulsivity, which may indicate a compensatory reaction to a stressful situation – the birth of a premature baby. This is also indicated by the high frequency of psychosomatic (45.9%) and authoritarian (29.5%) types of attitude to the problems of the child. In this regard, only 62.2% of mothers established optimal emotional contact with the child by the end of the neonatal period. The revealed psychological characteristics of mothers require early psychological and psychotherapeutic correction to successfully overcome the stress of giving birth to a premature baby and consolidate all the efforts of a woman for habilitation.
Neonatal carbohydrate metabolism disorders: a personalized approach to diagnostics and treatment
Authors: Alimova I. L.
Published: January 2020

The article discusses the current state of the problem of providing personalized medical care to newborns with impaired carbohydrate metabolism: neonatal diabetes and congenital hyperinsulinism. Approaches to the diagnosis, prognosis of the disease, the choice of treatment and the evaluation of its effectiveness, based on the results of molecular and genetic research, are considered. It is shown that the introduction into clinical practice of the principles of the personalized medicine contributed to improving the quality of medical care for newborns with endocrine diseases and substantiated the directions for the further development of neonatal endocrinology.
Ante- and postnatal diagnostics and complex treatment of congenital cytomegalovirus infection
Authors: Rogozina N. V. , Vasilev V. V. , Grineva A. A. , Mikhailov A. V. , Kashtanova T. A. , Romanovskiy A. N. , Ivanova R. A. , Romanova E. S. , Ushakova G. M.
Published: January 2020

Timely diagnostics and treatment of cytomegalovirus infection in pregnant women and newborns allow to avoid serious consequences, preserving the life and health of the child. The article provides an example of antenatal diagnosis of congenital cytomegalovirus infection in the fetus (positive result of polymerase chain reaction in umbilical cord blood), treatment with umbilical transfusion of donor red blood cells, postnatal therapy with antiviral drugs, including ganciclovir and specific immunoglobulin. The issues of assessing the risk of congenital cytomegalovirus infection, approaches to its prevention and treatment during pregnancy are discussed.
WT1 gene mutation in exone 7 in boy with disturbance of the sex formation and the bilateral nephroblastoma
Authors: Akramov N. R. , Osipova I. V. , Zakirova A. M. , Khaertdinov E. I. , Rashitova E. L.
Published: January 2020

The case of observing a patient with WT1 gene mutation in exone 7 with bilateral Wilms metachronous tumor, disturbance of the sex formation in the form of scrotal hypospadias and bilateral abdominal cryptorchidism, without nephropathy, is presented. The child underwent surgical operations: left-sided nephrectomy, resection of the lower pole of the right kidney, bilateral orchiopexy and two-stage hypospadias correction. 7 years after the start of treatment and 3 years after the final operation, the condition of the child was estimated as satisfactory. The presented case by the results of the molecular genetic study has no previously described analogues and requires further observation.
Constructing a 3D geological model from geophysical data for groundwater modelling and management in the Kribi-Campo sedimentary sub-basin, Cameroon
Authors: Yevalla Gah-Muti Salvanus , Blaise Biyong Bi Mback Emmanuel , Seth Rodrigue Ebonji , Beka Étienne Totcha , Tabod Tabod Charles
Published: January 2020

Groundwater resources along the coast of Cameroon (Kribi–Campo Sub-Basin) are under siege from point and non-point pollution sources, climate change, urbanization and infrastructure development. This situation is made worse by the absence of a water management and development strategy. Managing and monitoring the area's water resources requires an understanding of the groundwater systems, and thus a thorough understanding of the geology. In this study, a 3D geological model was built from electro-seismic data and the structure of the area's aquifer system developed. The aquifer system structure was transferred into Visual MODFLOW Flex and then used to develop a typical hydrogeological model, which will help the management and monitoring of the area's groundwater resources. As more geological data become available, the current model can be updated easily by editing and recomputing. This work is expected to have a positive impact quite quickly on the provision of potable water and on public health.
Antimicrobial Peptides: A Promising Avenue for Human Healthcare
Authors: Bhopale Girish M.
Published: January 2020

Antimicrobial drugs resistant microbes have been observed worldwide and therefore alternative development of antimicrobial peptides has gained interest in human healthcare. Enormous progress has been made in the development of antimicrobial peptide during the last decade due to major advantages of AMPs such as broad-spectrum activity and low levels of induced resistance over the current antimicrobial agents. This review briefly provides various categories of AMP, their physicochemical properties and mechanism of action which governs their penetration into microbial cell. Further, the recent information on current status of antimicrobial peptide development, their applications and perspective in human healthcare are also described.
Ethiek als verbeelding van het goede leven. Enkele overwegingen bij en naar aanleiding van Michael Banner, The Ethics of Everyday Life
Authors: Den Hertog G.C.
Published: January 2020

Michael Banner’s The Ethics of Everyday Life begins by sketching his understanding of contemporary moral as ‘hard cases ethics’, especially in its connections with the rise of Western European moral theology in the slipstream of the penitentials, a development which led to an estrangement from everyday life. With the help of a recently developed approach in social anthropology Banner reframes Christian ethics and brings it back toeveryday experience. He argues that intense and extensive Christian reflection within the Christian tradition on the life of Christ is a resource of prime importance for Christian moral theology, one which will stimulate the human imagination.
Dordtse Leerregels actueel: discussies, structuren en motieven
Authors: Te Velde R.T.
Published: January 2020

This article addresses the continuing validity and relevance of the 400 year old confessional statements published by the Synod of Dordt (1618-19). It discusses continuities and differences at three levels: (1) the debates of the early 17th century on questions concerning divine sovereignty and grace versus human responsibility and free choice; (2) the conceptual structures that underlie the exposition of doctrine in the Canons, and that express the necessary connections between God’s eternal and unconditional decree, atonement through Christ’s death, the powerful work of the Holy Spirit in regeneration, and the perseverance of the saints; and, (3) the Christological, Biblical, pastoral, and ecclesiological motives that permeate the doctrinal statements.
De schapen horen naar zijn stem. Neurowetenschap en het vermeende determinisme van de Dordtse Leerregels
Authors: Labooy G.H.
Published: January 2020

It is often argued that the Canons of Dordt are so profoundly deterministic that Calvinists shouldn’t blame neuroscience for its ‘biological reductionism’. This essay examines Turrettini’s refined analysis of freedom and concludes to a profound difference: whereas the dominant modern philosophical interpretation of neuroscience is indeed deeply reductionistic, Turrettini explicitly rejects biological reductionism, arguing that any naturalistic determination of the human will (e.g., biology) violates its essence by considering it a mixed entity of intellect and a free two-way capacity. Yet God’s determination of the will, so he argues, does respect the essence of the will. Thus, Reformed thought rejected the modern identification of freedom and autonomy.
Developing a Framework of Media-Aided Descending-Ascending Repetition of Vocabulary Learning
Authors: Madya Suwarsih
Published: January 2020

Foreign language basic vocabulary learning for teenagers mostly belongs to verbal information learning, involving a lot of memorization and thus, necessary repetition. However, EFL teachers, particularly in the school observed, fail to pay attention to vocabulary learning at this stage due to limited time, which has resulted in low learning achievement.  This action research was focused on developing a framework of media-aided fading repetition of vocabulary learning for purposes of mastery improvement. The research participants were two English language teachers, one teacher educator, and 32 students in a state junior secondary school of a medium ranking and size in Sleman District, Yogyakarta Special Territory, Indonesia. This school was selected considering the transferability of the findings. The study was conducted from January-May 2017 in three planning-action-observation-reflection cycles of repeating the learning of the target vocabulary in the process of developing an appropriate framework of media-aided fading repetition in the existing curriculum implementation. Data were collected through observation and testing. The results were of two types: (1) the intended framework, and (2) improvement in the following aspects: the increasing classroom atmosphere liveliness, students’ greater participation, students’ increasing scores, and the teacher’s awareness of the importance of repetition and variations of activities in vocabulary learning. Keywords: vocabulary, EFL, media-aided descending-ascending repetition
English Language Anxiety: A Case Study on Undergraduate ESL Students in Malaysia
Authors: James Olivia Eloise , Amini Mansour , Yaqubi Mojde
Published: January 2020

The level of foreign language anxiety and the factors leading to the English anxiety level among English students were explored using a sequential mixed method with semi-structured interviews and survey. The interview was the main research tool to learn about students’ coping strategies in dealing with English language anxiety, while the survey was aimed to provide additional information to support the qualitative data. The questionnaire and the interview questions were adapted from Horwitz et al.’s (1986) Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS). The participants of the study (11 interviewees and 33 questionnaire respondents) were selected purposively from the “Basic English” of a private university students in Malaysia. Analysis of the findings revealed that the students’ of Basic English were “slightly anxious” because of Fear of Negative Evaluation (m=3.16), “slightly anxious” about Communication Apprehension (m=3.07), “slightly anxious” about tests (Test Anxiety, m=3.02), and “not very anxious” about being in the Basic English class (m=2.9). Therefore, overall, the students were “slightly anxious”. The most common coping strategies used by Basic English students were “enquiring friends and lecturer”, “referring to sources such as Google and dictionaries”, “self-helping”, “self-motivation”, “positive thinking”, “shifting focus”, “doing revision”, “listening and understanding”, “self-reflect”, “trying to perform”, “calming down”, “acceptance, exercise”, “taking time to think”, “entertainment”, and “land laugh back to hide embarrassment”. Language educators are advised to prioritize their students’ social and emotional needs by removing or lessening the obstacles and challenges that the students go through when learning English by creating relaxed and non-threatening setting for the teaching and learning.
De la revolución a la democracia
Authors: Lechner Norbert
Published: January 2020

De la revolución a la democracia
Derechos humanos para la democracia
Authors: De Barbieri Teresita
Published: January 2020

Derechos Humanos para la democracia
El feminismo y la democratización mundial
Authors: Arizpe Lourdes
Published: January 2020

El feminismo y la democratización mundial
La politización de las feromonas
Authors: Lazcano Araujo Antonio
Published: January 2020

La politización de las feromonas
Un objeto de la ciencia histórica
Authors: López Austin Alfredo
Published: January 2020

Un objeto de la ciencia histórica
Lo que no se tiene
Authors: Lamas Marta
Published: January 2020

Lo que no se tiene
Las estructuras elementales del parentesco de Claude Lévi-Strauss por Simone de Beauvoir
Authors: Autor Sin , Jáuregui Jesús
Published: January 2020

Las estructuras elementales del parentesco de Claude Lévi-Strauss por Simone de Beauvoir
Las estructuras elementales del parentesco de Claude Lévi-Strauss
Authors: De Beauvoir Simone , Lamas Marta
Published: January 2020

Las estructuras elementales del parentesco de Claude Lévi-Strauss
La Ciudad de México y sus facultades en asuntos internacionales
Authors: Becerra Ramírez Manuel
Published: January 2020

Aún antes de que se hablara del fenómeno de la globalización las entidades estatales, diferentes a las del mismo Estado (municipios, cantones, Estados o provincias, etcétera), realizaban y realizan acuerdos con sus pares a nivel internacional. Esta práctica se ha incrementado en los últimos años, en virtud de la globalización y los fenómenos de integración y posteriormente es retomada por la nueva Constitución de la Ciudad de México (CCM) que entró en vigor el 17 de septiembre de 2018. La CCM forma parte de esa corriente globalizadora e introduce el marco jurídico para que las instancias locales puedan relacionarse y celebrar acuerdos con su entorno internacional. Eso es un gran hito en el constitucionalismo local que aquí comentamos.
El derecho parlamentario en México a un siglo de vigencia de la Constitución de 1917. Análisis de avances y retrocesos
Authors: Chávez Hernández Efrén
Published: January 2020

El presente artículo aborda un estudio comparativo de la reglamentación del Poder Legislativo en México en el texto original de la Constitución de 1917 y el texto vigente a mayo de 2019. Mediante el derecho parlamentario, se analizan reformas que a juicio del autor han sido benéficas para la democracia y el equilibrio de poderes en México, y otras que, de acuerdo al autor, han resultado retrocesos en este camino. Mediante una reflexión histórico-comparada de los cambios al Congreso General de los Estados Unidos en este siglo de vigencia de la Constitución, se busca obtener conclusiones sobre la utilidad o no de los mismos, para la consolidación de la democracia. Finalmente, se proponen algunas ideas para mejorar la institución representativa en México.
Entrevista al Doctor Héctor Fix Fierro
Authors: Uscanga Barradas Abril
Published: January 2020

Este documento constituye una transcripción de la entrevista realizada. Se ha revisado sin alterar el estilo coloquial propio de una conversación, considerando que esta característica enriquecería el texto que se presenta al lector. La entrevista fue realizada con la colaboración de Mara Anahí Bernabe Galván, Salvador Villaseñor Olguín y Brenda Olalde Gómez.
Editorial
Authors: Uscanga Barradas Abril
Published: January 2020

Somos miembros de una sociedad que cambia día con día, y que tiene la necesidad de interactuar cotidianamente, por lo que es necesario tener siempre presente que no somos entes individuales que puedan subsistir sin la interacción y participación de otros seres humanos. Como dijo John Donne en su poema Las campanas doblan por ti: “Ningún hombre es una isla entera por sí mismo. Cada hombre es una pieza del continente, una parte del todo” y sus palabras no han dejado de ser ciertas desde el momento que fueron escritas hace poco más de cuatro siglos atrás. Con éste número queremos reiterar nuestro compromiso con la periodicidad, así como deseamos hacer patente que la realidad social y las ciencias sociales se encuentran en un constante proceso evolutivo del cual no se divisa ningún final cercano.
A mosca e a panela: as formas da morte em A Montanha mágica
Authors: Caldas Pedro
Published: January 2020

O objetivo deste artigo consiste em compreender o projeto de Thomas Mann em fazer de A montanha mágica um romance de formação. Para além da já consolidada interpretação de que esta obra é uma paródia do gênero Bildungsroman, gostaria de compreender em que sentido o livro é um aprendizado da vida através da experiência da morte. Com o propósito de elaborar esta questão, este artigo está baseado em quatro passagens de A montanha mágica em que a morte é um motivo destacado A partir da interpretação destas passagens, proponho a seguinte análise: ao menos nestas passagens escolhidas, é possível identificar três distintas formas para a morte: o rigor mortis, a bela morte e a morte do reino das sombras, uma alusão ao Canto XI da Odisseia, de Homero. É a partir do espelhamento entre estas passagens que se torna possível ver como há uma dimensão para além da paródia neste romance de formação, a saber: a plasticidade de toda forma.
Liberdade, identidade e política na arte contemporânea: um diálogo com Danto
Authors: Guimarães Bruno
Published: January 2020

O presente trabalho se propõe a instaurar um diálogo crítico com a filosofia dantiana da arte. A primeira parte do texto acompanha o desenrolar da construção teórica dos trabalhos de Danto paralelamente ao desafio de explicar as conseqüências estéticas e filosóficas das mudanças que ocorreram no cenário artístico mundial contemporâneo. Mostramos como Danto extrai implicações filosóficas dessas mudanças, colocando em pauta temas como o da liberdade artística, do pluralismo, das identidades multiculturais e da política. Contudo, problematizamos também os aspectos ideológicos presentes na relação que ele estabeleceu entre sua tese do fim da arte e a ideia do fim da história. Na segunda parte do texto, discutimos algumas intuições do próprio Danto sobre os temas acima elencados para confrontarmos sua teoria oficial com a especificidade da produção local de identidades artísticas periféricas. Finalmente, procuramos indicar como alguns elementos renovados da Teoria Crítica da Sociedade podem nos ajudar a perceber o surgimento de subjetividades históricas que estão fora da comunidade dominante, mas encontram com grande criatividade “novos usos” para os objetos do cotidiano, bem como para suas próprias identidades, em contraste com aqueles que vivem apáticos sob a segurança e a acomodação política do mercado global.
Holy Motors: da experiência de ser em vida
Authors: Karam Sofia
Published: January 2020

Este ensaio se articula a partir da curiosidade e do encantamento em relação ao filme Holy Motors de Leos Carax, tendo em vista a sua potência como narrativa e experiência da imaginação do cinema, e da própria vida.
Dispositio: uma leitura retórica da forma musical contemporânea
Authors: Teixeira William , Ferraz Silvio
Published: January 2020

A forma é um dos parâmetros mais presentes nas análises do discurso e, do mesmo modo, o é na análise do discurso musical. Todavia, a complexificação estrutural da música contemporânea tem tornado cada vez mais improvável um pensamento analítico sobre essa dimensão que corresponda à realidade estética de seu material. Tendo em vista que a ideia de uma forma musical surge justamente do contato que a retórica e a música vêm tendo através dos tempos, a forma será discutida aqui a partir do referencial da Nova retórica, movimento importante para a retomada do pensamento retórico no século XX. Essa tão necessária readequação epistemológica faz emergirem outras questões de ordem pressuposicional, sendo discutidas brevemente aqui algumas delas, como a questão do tempo e das noções de matéria e forma. Por fim, a discussão terá sua aplicabilidade verificada através de análises formais da Sequenza XIV e de Les Mots Sont Allés..., ambas escritas pelo compositor Luciano Berio.
Deslocamentos e deformações em Kafka
Authors: Gagnebin Jeanne-Marie
Published: January 2020

Esse artigo tenta refletir sobre o questionamento do sentido que a prosa de Kafka opera, forçando o leitor a outra atitude em relação ao texto. Apoia-se, em particular, nos ecos da interpretação de Max Brod (na sua biografia de Kafka) nos textos, críticos, de Günter Anders, Walter Benjamin e Theodor W. Adorno.
As metamorfoses de Proteu
Authors: Süssekind Pedro
Published: January 2020

O tema deste comentário é a temporalidade que se constitui nos episódios da Odisseia em que o herói assume a função de narrador e relata seu nostos, seu retorno para casa, na condição de navegante por mares e ilhas desconhecidos. Para estudar esse tema, tomo como referência o trecho do Canto IV em que Menelau narra sua aventura com Proteu, o ancião do mar. Destaco (seguindo indicações de Irene De Jong) alguns paralelos entre esse trecho e a narrativa feita por Ulisses na corte dos feácios, do canto IX ao XII. Por fim, com base em uma metáfora formulada por Adorno, proponho uma leitura alegórica da narrativa de Menelau que ressalta a relação entre o narrador-herói, a verdade e o tempo.
A ética, ou a ação de julgar entre o bem e o mal: reflexões arendtianas em torno a Billy Budd
Authors: Francalanci Carla
Published: January 2020

A proposta desse trabalho é relacionar as reflexões que Hannah Arendt desenvolve acerca de Billy Budd, Sailor, em uma passagem de Sobre a revolução, a partir do entrelaçamento ético-estético de um recurso analisado por ela, e presente em Aristóteles e Kant: o exemplo. Minha proposta é abordar a função ética do exemplo presente já em Aristóteles, mostrar como Arendt interpreta o exemplo em Kant como a solução da dificuldade criada pela ação de julgar, ao imbricar de maneira própria o particular e o geral, para então mostrar como ela trata a exemplaridade das figuras literárias de Budd, Claggart e do Capitão Vere, podendo através da novela abordar de maneira inusitada em seu pensamento as questões do mal e do juízo.
O domingo da vida e os dias da semana: Ironia e negatividade em Hegel e no romantismo
Authors: Werle Marco Aurélio
Published: January 2020

O artigo trata da crítica hegeliana ao romantismo literário alemão, presente na resenha sobre a obra de Solger. Nessa resenha se apresenta uma análise da ironia sob o ponto de vista histórico, estético e religioso.
Fio e luz: Apontamentos dispersos sobre um labirinto
Authors: Pinto Aline Magalhães
Published: January 2020

O texto propõe, por meio de um jogo interpretativo, abordar alguns aspectos da produção teatral Labirinto explorando uma cadeia de metáforas: luz, fio, labirinto e dívida.
Breves considerações acerca da poesia, da filosofia e da crítica literária
Authors: Vieira da Costa Affonso H.
Published: January 2020

O trabalho se constitui diante de uma indagação: É possível falar sobre a arte? Ele tem por objetivo tecer considerações em torno da relação existente entre poesia, filosofia e crítica literária.
Terra e terror em Phase IV, de Saul Bass
Authors: Fausto Juliana
Published: January 2020

Os anos 1970 foram palco de uma onda de filmes do gênero eco-horror, dos quais se destaca Phase IV (1974), único longa-metragem dirigido por Saul Bass. O filme é tomado no artigo como um experimento diante da interpelação de povos não-humanos, no caso, as formigas, à humanidade, representada pelo discurso científico. Tendo em vista a atual catástrofe ambiental, propõe-se que o cinema seja um lugar privilegiado para o desenvolvimento de um aparato mítico-real capaz de lidar com o fim do mundo humano.
Intertextualidade, metaficção e autoficção: Fronteiras da narrativa de ficção na literatura do início do século XXI
Authors: De Araujo Marcelo
Published: January 2020

Na literatura da segunda metade do século XX, existem várias obras em que é explícita a alusão e até mesmo a apropriação de personagens e de ideias de outras obras literárias. Narrativas de ficção que têm como tema a própria produção de narrativas de ficção se tornaram também frequentes na literatura contemporânea. Em algumas obras literárias, a linha que perpassa a fronteira entre a figura do autor e a do narrador se tornou bastante fluida. O objetivo deste artigo é examinar como algumas obras literárias bem recentes, produzidas nos últimos dez anos, têm levado a intertextualidade, a metaficção, e a autoficção às últimas consequências. Essas obras, como pretendo mostrar, exploram as fronteiras da literatura com as artes visuais, com o plágio, com relatos autobiográficos, e com o universo de textos publicados sob a forma de postagens nas redes sociais. Em algumas dessas obras, não é sequer evidente se temos diante de nós um “texto”, no sentido tradicional da palavra, ou alguma coisa diferente.
Eixos (ensaio visual)
Authors: Cruz Yhuri
Published: January 2020

Sem resumo (ensaio visual)
Cost stickiness behavior and financial crisis: Evidence from the UK chemical industry
Authors: Hassanein Ahmed , Younis Mohsen
Published: January 2020

The global financial crisis has created pessimism in terms of prospects of sales rebounding in the future. Therefore, this study aims to examine the stickiness behaviors of firm costs pre, during and post the period of the financial crisis. It uses a sample from the UK chemical industry over the period from 2001 to 2015. The ABJ sticky cost model is applied with the following cost categories: total costs, cost of goods sold, operating costs, selling, general and administrative costs, salaries and benefits, and finance costs. The ABJ sticky cost models are run separately for each cost category over pre (2001-2007), during (2007-2009) and post (2010-2015) the financial crisis. The study finds that total costs have behaved as sticky pre the financial crisis and anti-sticky during and post the financial crisis. Furthermore, cost of goods sold has changed from sticky (pre and during the financial crisis) to anti-sticky (post the financial crisis). Furthermore, salaries and benefits costs have changed from sticky (pre the financial crisis) to anti-sticky (during the financial crisis) and financing costs from sticky (pre the financial crisis) to anti-sticky (after the financial crisis). However, there is no variation in the behavior of selling, general and administrative costs pre and post the financial crisis
Capital Structure and Profitability of Manufacturing Firms listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange
Authors: Gideon Tayo AKINLEYE  , LovethOluwatosin AKOMOLAFE
Published: January 2020

This study examined capital structure and profitability of manufacturing firms listed on theNigerian stock exchange. Specifically the study analyzed the impact of disaggregated variables of debt finance(Short term debt and long term debt) and equity finance (share capital and share premium) on profit aftertax. Secondary data were gathered from annual reports of sampled firms over a period of ten years (2008-2017) and were analyzed using panel data estimators such as pooled OLS estimator, fixed effect estimator,random effect estimator, Hausman test, and Pesaran test of cross sectional dependence. The findings revealedthat short term debt has insignificant positive effect on profit after tax of manufacturing firms showing inspecific term a coefficient estimate of 0.114985 (p=0.5890> 0.05) long term debt exerts significant positiveimpact on profit after tax, with specific coefficient estimate of 0.578290 (p=0.0001< 0.05) share capital exertssignificant positive effect on profit after tax, with coefficient estimate of 0.784525 (p=0.0000< 0.05) sharepremium exerts insignificant negative effect on profit after tax, with coefficient estimate of -0.000395 (p=0.9924> 0.05). The study concluded that short term debt has declining effect on the profitability ofmanufacturing firms in the country, while the long term variable of debt finance of firms spurs the rate ofprofitability. In clear term disaggregated debt finance subsets exerts significant effect on the profitability offirms sampled in the study. On the other hand equity finance disaggregated into share capital and sharepremiums reflect that share capital has significant positive effect on profit after tax, while share premium hasinsignificant negative effect on profit after tax.
How Promotional Advertisements Can Change the Buying Behavior of Children
Authors: Muhammad Irfan Akram  , Sheikh Aftab Ahmad  , Ahsan Ul Haq
Published: January 2020

This study aims to highlight the impact of promotional advertising on children's buying behavior.Promotions are tools that maximize the sales of any organization. Retailers or manufacturers apply this toolto invite consumers to buy more products. The proposed study aims to focus the advertising impact on childpurchases in the Pakistani capital. It is convenient to sample 500 respondents and collect data with the helpof the questionnaire. The results show that there is a negligible correlation between the purchase behaviorand coupons. On the contrary, buying one-to-one free, the physical environment impacts significantly on thepurchase behavior. The proposed research helps marketers recognize most effective promotional ads thatcan significantly affect a child's buying behavior
Estimation of Technical Efficiency of Micro and Small-Scale Manufacturing Enterprises in Selected Towns of Jimma Zone, Oromia National Regional State
Authors: Haile Girma  , Gadisa Abera Dinka  , Mohammedsani Ali Gelan
Published: January 2020

This study was conducted to estimate the technical efficiency of micro and small-scale manufacturing enterprises in Selected Towns of Jimma Zone, Oromia National Regional State by using the Stochastic Frontier Approach. The analysis used Cross-sectional data which was collected from 343 Micro and small-scale manufacturing enterprises in 2018. The finding shows the mean technical efficiency of sampled Micro and Small-Scale Manufacturing Enterprises is about 54.8% and output value-added is positively affected by capital input and raw material, but negatively affected by labor input. The finding from the inefficiency model indicates that technical inefficiency of sampled Micro and Small-Scale Manufacturing Enterprises is negatively affected by the amount of finance used for initial investment expenses; lower for enterprises which received land from the government, participate only in “Ekub”, participate in both “Ekub” and “Edir”. However, seasonal change in demand for a product is found to make technical inefficiency of enterprises higher. Thus, by improving Micro and Small-Scale Manufacturing Enterprises access to land, market, sufficient
Creative Production and Exchange of Ideas
Authors: Iryna Sikora
Published: January 2020

This paper explores the relationship between individual creative productivity and learning aboutideas of others. I report evidence from a two-stage real-effort lab experiment, in which subjects perform ideageneration tasks. In the first stage some subjects observe creative output of other players, while the othersnot. This design makes possible to assess whether learning ideas of others is an important input for ideageneration and quantify its importance. In the second stage, I make ideas costly and study the subjects’willingness to pay for them. I compare the costs of ideas to the expected monetary benefits from increasedcreative productivity and characterize investment behavior of the subjects. The results show that observingoutput of others boosts productivity in creative tasks, but only when it shows truly new, previously unknownby the subject items. When ideas of others become costly, I find that the subjects do not act in a profitmaximizing way. To minimize the costs they choose to see the ideas of less creative players, which usually donot contribute many original items. As a result, the participants get less than optimum benefits. This effect ismore pronounced for subjects of lower creative ability, more risk-averse or self-confident participants andfemales. In aggregate, such behavior does not lead to the highest possible level of creative production. Thesefindings make an argument for policies that encourage exchange of information at a workplace (e.g.teamwork, workshops) and at the same time show the need for oversight, central planning of collaborativeactivities or other actions that may help to creative professionals to invest efficiently, when access to ideas ofothers is costly.
Long and Short Run Relationship between Stock Market Development and Economic Growth in Nigeria
Authors: Anthony Olugbenga Adaramola  , Modupe F. Popoola
Published: January 2020

We examined the long and short run association subsisting between stock market development(market capitalisation, value of transactions, number of deal and all share index), and Nigerian economicgrowth (RGDP) with quarterly data from 1986 to 2017. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model isapplied for the purpose of estimation. The ARDL bound test result revealed that all the indicators of marketdevelopment exert positive effect on the RGDP in the short run. Further, all the indicators except number ofdeals, have direct and significant relationship with economic growth. Moreover, we find that marketdevelopment causes economic growth. Consequently, we recommend a need for the implementation ofpolicies and procedures capable of enhancing investors’ confidence and boosting market because of theirperceived multiplier impacts on economic growth. Effort should also be focused on the enhancement of stockmarket size which in turn will provide the needed fund for investment and thus resulting in rise in the RGDP.