bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Design and Evaluation of a Mobile Application for an Educational Card Game
Authors: Silva Rubens Anderson de Sousa , Andrade Rossana Maria de Castro , Aragão Filho João Bosco Borges , Santos Ismayle de Sousa , Paiva Joseane de Oliveira Vale , Aragão Bruno Sabóia
Published: December 2020

Educational games can provide players with rich learning and socializing experiences through different interac-tion paradigms, such as board games, card games, and, more recently, hybrid (physical-digital) games. However, the process of making, maintaining, and evolving an educational analog game is not a trivial task. Balancing the game mechanics and dynamics to provide a pleasant and educational gaming experience can be very difficult to achieve. Furthermore, adding a digital component in the gameplay can disturb the experience of the game and learning ob-jectives, and this kind of insertion should be evaluated. This work then aims to report the process of developing and evaluating a mobile application for helping the gameplay of a card game that focuses on on teaching software testing concepts. Our primary concern during the development of the application was whether its insertion would compromise the learning process or the social experience of the card game. The developed application has the fol-lowing functionalities: point counter, dice scrolling, timer, and a summary of the rules. We designed and developed a first version of the application. Then, we evaluated the impact of its insertion on gameplay by applying the game assisted with the application with students from Computer Science and Computer Engineering courses and, after the end of the game, the participants answered questionnaires about the players’ experience and their impressions about the application. Based on the results, we perceived that the use of the application provided benefits to the players’ experience, although the evaluation highlighted some opportunities for improvement. Thus, we evolve the mobile application based on the comments gathered in this evaluation. This new version has improvements on user’s interface, aiming to provide a better user experience, and new functionalities. Furthermore, we assessed the second version and compared both versions of the mobile app in order to collect evidence regarding improvements in the game experience.
Estratégias para Aprimorar a Diversidade Categórica e Geográfica de Sistemas de Recomendação de POIs
Authors: Carvalho Rodrigo , Rocha Leonardo
Published: December 2020

Currently, so-called Recommendation Systems (SRs) have been used to assist users in discovering relevant Points of Interest (POIs) on Location-Based Social Networks (LBSN), such as FourSquare and Yelp. Given the main challenges of data-sparse and geographic influence in this scenario, most of the work on POI recommendations has focused only on improving the effectiveness (i.e. accuracy) of the systems. However, there is a growing consensus that just effectiveness is not sufficient to assess the practical utility of these systems. In real scenarios, categorical and geographic diversities were identified as the main complementary dimensions for assessing user satisfaction and the usefulness of recommendations. The works in the literature are concentrated on only one of these concepts. In this work, we propose a new post-processing strategy, which combines these concepts in order to improve the user’s interest in POIs. Our experimental results in the Yelp data sets show that our strategy can improve user satisfaction, considering different SRs and multiple diversification metrics. Our method is capable of improving diversity by up to 120 % without significant losses in terms of effectiveness.
Investigating sets of linguistic features for two sentiment analysis tasks in Brazilian Portuguese web reviews
Authors: Oliveira Miguel V. , Melo Tiago de
Published: December 2020

Identifying subjective sentences and classifying the polarity of subjective sentences are two important tasks in sentiment analysis. Besides being a hot topic, there is still a lack of resources to perform the mentioned sentiment analysis tasks in the Portuguese language, with its syntactic specificities. This paper describes the identified challenges and next steps in an initial study regarding the classification of subjectivity and polarity of sentences with a small set of syntactic features extracted directly from the text. Our approach reached satisfying results in experiments with two classic machine learning models in four datasets consisting of user reviews from different domains.
Possibilitando o Reconhecimento de Expressões Faciais em Aplicações Ginga-NCL
Authors: Valentim Pedro Alves , Barreto Fábio , Muchaluat-Saade Débora C.
Published: December 2020

As the facial recognition research field grows, so do the possibilities for digital TV applications. However, in the current state of the art, it is not safe to assume there is a certain algorithm that would be the best for all kinds of applications. This work proposes an architecture to enable facial expression recognition for TV in a way that is agnostic to the recognition algorithm. As proof of concept, the proposal was developed for the Ginga middleware. There are two implementations: the first one, based on the current version of the Ginga middleware, and the second one, based on a proposed extended version of the middleware, exploring the viability of the present work.
Relacionando Modelagem de Tópicos e Classificação de Sentimentos para Análise de Mensagens do Twitter Durante a Pandemia da COVID-19
Authors: Pinto Matheus Adler Soares , Jacob Junior Antonio Fernando Lavareda , Busson Antonio José G. , Colcher Sérgio
Published: December 2020

In 2020, COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most talked-about subjects on social networks. This subject has generated discussions of great importance about politics, economics, medical advances, people’s awareness, preventive techniques, etc. Using sentiment analysis and topic modeling techniques, in this paper, we aim to present an analysis of the messages from the social network Twitter during the pandemic of COVID-19. For this, we use a tweets dataset to train a sentiment classifier and then use the NMF algorithm to perform the interest topic generation.
NuGinga Playcode: A web NCL/NCLua authoring tool for Ginga-NCL digital TV applications
Authors: Nogueira Dina , Nascimento Lois , Mello Michael , Braga Rodrigo
Published: December 2020

Entering the world of Interactive Digital Television (iDTV) applications can lead to an exhaustive process that involves reading extensive standards and may need a robust middleware solution to run Ginga-NCL applications, which is a subset of Ginga and the standard for interactivity of digital television adopted in Latin America countries. Even though there are some open and commercial solutions for development of Ginga applications available on the market, most of these solutions present downsides such as deep dependency of Ginga engine implementation, need of complex en- vironment setup and they are not very intuitive NCL/NCLua coding platforms. To solve these issues, we created an IDE developed in web technology that makes possible for students and professionals to learn how to develop Ginga-NCL applications. With this tool, developers can write, validate and experiment their applications entirely on the web environment, with no software installation required.
ÁGATA: um chatbot para difusão de práticas para Educação Ambiental
Authors: Gomes Bruno Rocha , Jacob Jr Antonio Fernando Lavareda , Pinto Ivan de Jesus Pereira , Colcher Sérgio
Published: December 2020

Instant messaging apps have billions of monthly active users, which made this environment a good medium for purposes other than communication, such as education. In this context, one of the most appropriate technologies to encourage learning in these applications is chatbots. They consist of conversational applications that make use of artificial intelligence and natural language processing to interact with the user in a similar way to a human. In this scenario, this article presents the AGATE a chatbot developed for the Environmental Management Office (AGA / UEMA) in order to disseminate knowledge on environmental education, focusing on the problems of water and energy waste. The chatbot was developed for Telegram through the pyTelegramBotAPI implementation. In addition, conversation flows were created using DialogFlow. A multidisciplinary team composed of 14 people participated in the evaluation of the project, with a greater participation of professionals in the field of Biology. The initial results focused on the user experience were satisfactory.
Aplicativo para sondagem de hipótese de escrita infantil remota
Authors: Mombach Jaline , Soares Fabrizzio
Published: December 2020

Nowadays, we face a considerable improvement in education technologies, yet children’s spelling assessment is still a paper-and- pencil based method. Since it is a regular activity in literacy class- rooms and has to be conducted individually with each child, it is a laborious task for a teacher. It is challenging to offer an optimal number of tests because of the number of students in a single class. Moreover, the pandemic period highlighted the need for digital resources to support this activity remotely. In this context, we are developing a method for conducting automated word dictation sessions and support teachers in identifying children spelling development stages. Using DSRM, we believe that we can provide not only offering a more playful writing experience for children through technology, also to reduce teacher overload in the classroom. As preliminary results, the proposal was validated by usability inspection, and the results are promising.
COVID-19 Borescope: uma ferramenta intuitiva, escalável e flexível para compreender e correlacionar padrões de mobilidade da população e casos de infecção
Authors: Rocha Antonio A. de A. , Damasceno Nilson L. , Sousa Peron R. de
Published: December 2020

Lack of physical distancing, isolation, and social interactions are some of the key factors that have contributed to the spread of COVID-19 and transformed it into this global pandemic. Combining and correlating human mobility with the COVID-19 cases being reported may help to determine possible hotspots. Further, it may also help to provide guidance on how to possibly make lifestyle changes and choices to avert/limit future waves of this pandemic or a similar one. This project aims to cope with the research problems involved in the development of a graphical and interactive tool that performs intelligent data analysis of visually selected geo-temporal subsets of collected information. As a result of the project, it was launched the COVID-19 Borescope, which is shown in Figure 1.
Teleodontologia e Teleducação: Design de estratégias de visualização avançada para a supervisão docente em ambiente de telemonitoramento e teleconsulta
Authors: Toscano Rafael M. , Estrela Dandara , Silva Cicero I. da , Almeida Fernanda C. , Macedo Mary Caroline S. , Lemos Guido
Published: December 2020

This article proposes an advanced interaction and visualization strategy for teacher supervision in a telemonitoring and teleconsultation environment based on video-based services. For the development of the proposal, a case study was carried out with the USP School of Dentistry. The proposal considers issues such as the hierarchy of supervision, request for help and communication, classification of priority of service; control of information flow and marking of contextual attributes such as time and type of service. Finally, it is believed that the presented prostitution is a potential solution both in the scenario of Teledentistry and in other contexts of education and health.
Considerações relevantes para o ensino online durante a pandemia de Covid-19 nas escolas públicas do Amapá
Authors: Santana Aldrin , Costa Jeovani , Castro Simey
Published: December 2020

Th is work has the theme: Relevant considerations for inline teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic in Public Schools in Amapá. It may be considered that the online teaching has been a challenge for the teacher and for the student, because the difficulties a re innumerable: Internet access, cellphone or computer. The fact is that no one was prepared for this situation, nor the Amapá Secretariat of Education, as well as school managers, teachers students and their families. Everyone had to use creativity to develop students’ learning process. Th us, this new modality requires reflection on the consideration of relevance that can contribute to education quality. Th ese considerations highlight the importance and the family compromise at this moment to encourage the children to attend classes; teachers can create alternatives at websites, groups at social media and messengers’ apps; schools to offer tools to teachers and students in this interaction and the State Secretariat of Education providing support to enable the necessary conditions to minimize the impact suffered in relation to the students’ content and learning. Due to a certain part of the students not having access to the Internet, one of the alternatives found was delivering the activities on printed material. Our objective is knowing the difficulties presented during this period of pandemic in online education for the actors of the process and the expected solutions by the Educational System with the schools. Th e methodology used to carry out the work is based on bibliographic research. Therefore, it was found that innovation and creativity was means that the school was able to involve students so that they did not distance themselves, not necessarily using the technology, but making them part of the process and promoting reflection about their maturity in distance learning. From the above, it is concluded the importance of the Amapá State Secretariat of Education, of the school, of the teacher and the family to develop the potential of each student and to prepare them for the development of their knowledge and learning.
Towards Neural-Symbolic AI for Media Understanding
Authors: Costa Polyana B. , Marques Guilherme , Serra Arhur C. , Moraes Daniel de S. , Busson Antonio J. G. , Guedes Álan L. V. , Lima Guilherme , Colcher Sérgio
Published: December 2020

Methods based on Machine Learning have become state-of-the-art in various segments of computing, especially in the fields of computer vision, speech recognition, and natural language processing. Such methods, however, generally work best when applied to specific tasks in specific domains where large training datasets are available. This paper presents an overview of the state-of-the-art in the area of Deep Learning for Multimedia Content Analysis (image, audio, and video), and describe recent works that propose The integration of deep learning with symbolic AI reasoning. We draw a picture of the future by discussing envisaged use cases that address media understanding gaps which can be solved by the integration of machine learning and symbolic AI, the so-called Neuro-Symbolic integration.
Culture, Religion and Politics
Authors: Gruenwald Oskar ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: December 2020

This essay proposes that while a "Christian" democracy may be too idealistic, liberal democracy presupposes transcendent moral and spiritual norms, in particular a Judeo-Christian foundation for human dignity and human rights. A Biblical understanding of human nature as fallible and imperfect susceptible to worldly temptations, emphasizes free choice and personal responsibility, and the imperative to limit the temporal exercise of power by any man or institution. Maritain's concept of integral or Christian humanism is founded on personalism, the unique value and dignity of each human being created in the image of God, and the need for community. The major challenge for literal democracy is how to reconcile individual freedom with socio-economic-political-legal institutions and processes which require the constraint of man-made laws and the exercise of authority and power The essay condudes that perhaps the major legacy of the American founding is the notion of the priority of liberty which offers the best prospects for conjoining reason and faith, the secular and the sacred, Athens and Jerusalem, The priority of liberty also animates Maritain's vision of a "Christianly-inspired" personalistic society capable of advancing both individual human flourishing and the common good.
Christian Heritage and Democracy in Europe
Authors: Merutiu Monica D. ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: December 2020

The Judeo-Christian tradition has put its imprint on a fascinating and complex creation: Europe. Looking at the European stage today, one cannot help notice its struggles, challenges, and changes. The core of European unity cannot be stable and durable if the spiritual dimension is left aside, considered unimportant compared to the political and economic dimensions. In an era said to experience "pathologies of reason" and "pathologies of religion," the interdependence of reason and religion in a democratic, liberal state becomes highlty relevant. Understanding the complementarity between Christian values and the democratic ideal is the key to a genuine democracy that remains true to its goals. Maritain insisted that democracy needs virtue, and hence must not be separated from its moral dimension.
The Zadar Declaration
Authors: Group Mihajlov ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: December 2020

The Zadar Declaration of 9 August 1966 is a curious document. Its original intent was the founding of the Movement of Independent Intellectuals at the Faculty of Philosophy at the Zadar branch of Zagreb University, which would sponsor a new independent socialist magazine, Free Voice or Free Word, in Tito's Yugoslavia. It was a test case whether Tito's "liberal" national communism would allow genuine freedom of thought, speech, press, association, pluralism, and tolerance characterizing an open society, democracy, and popular self-government. The regime response was the arrest of Mihajlo Mihajlov on the eve of the meeting on 8 August 1966. Yet the Mihajlov Group pressed on with the project. Due to regime pressure on the organizers, the founding meeting and Declaration became an occasion both for a critique of the ruling Party's ideological-political monopoly and an endorsement of Titoism. Nonetheless, it is a testimony to the courage of non-Marxist intellectuals who sought to speak the truth. The organizers were intimidated before the meeting, while all the signers of the Declaration were persecuted.
CADDY: "Enemies of the People" From Abroad
Authors: Matulić Rusko ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: December 2020

This essay offers a brief overview of Mihajlo Mihajlov's efforts in the USA to publicize human rights violations in Titoist Yugoslavia, Mihajlov co-founded the Committee to Aid Democratic Dissidents in Yugoslavia (CADDY) within The Democracy Intemational in 1979, Its CADDY Bulletin became a reliable source of information regarding persecutions and prosecutions of individuals and groups championing basic human rights and freedoms, the rule of law, pluralism, tolerance, and an open society in Yugoslavia, CADDY thus became a platform urging the democratization of the country as the only way to avoid inter-ethnic conflagration. CADDY inspired Freedom House conferences and publications by both Freedom House and the Helsinki Committee USA as well as the most comprehensive multi-author volume on Human Rights in Yugoslavia, CADDY challenged not only one-party rule in Titoist Yugoslavia, but also the US, State Department's favorable view of this maverick communist state as the first to break away from the Soviet monolith.
Remembering Mihajlo Mihajlov
Authors: Djilas Aleksa ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: December 2020

This essay sketches an intimate portrait of Mihajlo Mihajlov by a friend and fellow dissident with a special connection to Milovan Djilas whom Mihajlov thought of as the number one dissident in Tito's Yugoslavia and the father of the dissident movement in Eastern Europe, In Aleksa Djilas' remembrance, Mihajlov emerges not as some kind of superhero, but as a man with strongly held convictions, and an impish sense of humor, willing to risk all in defense of basic human rights and freedoms, democracy, pluralism, tolerance, and an open society.
Weariness
Authors: Al-Saji Alia ,   DePaul University
Published: December 2020

Though fatigue appears a constant of this pandemic year, I argue that we may not all be living the same pandemic. I highlight the non-belonging of most racialized and colonized peoples to a world where flourishing is taken for granted as norm. To think this, I use the term “weariness.” I want to evoke, wearing out, wearing down, as well as the medical concept of weathering. Drawing on Césaire, Fanon, Hartman, Scott, and Spillers, my concept of weariness articulates an exhausting and enduring experience—the eroding, grating, and crumbling of racialized flesh—through repetitive colonial duration, not simply for a year, but over a longue durée. I read this as a wounding that needs to be thought not simply in terms of health outcomes and disease, but in terms of affective experience and dismembered possibility.
Authentic leadership: women leaders in Serbia
Authors: Dramićanin Sandra , Mihajlov Snežana , Pavlović Nebojša
Published: December 2020

Authentic leaders are people who are aware of themselves and own capabilities, who respect other people's opinions, perspectives and attitudes (about business and them as leaders), who are guided by high moral principles and practice transparency in business and communication with other employees. The aim of this research is to show are the women leaders in Serbia belong to the authentic type of leader and which of the characteristics of the authentic leader is the most common among them. In the research 113 women leaders from various activities from the territory of the Republic of Serbia participated. Of the total number of respondents, 31 results show an authentic leadership style, while only 3 results show a strong authentic style. Self-awareness is a dimension that stands out in relation to the other three and characterizes the largest number of women leaders. Further analysis showed that the greatest leadership potential in terms of authentic leadership has women who deal with services, have between 36-45 years and 10-15 years of work experience in the business in which they are engaged and have Bachelor’s degree. The society in Serbia is such that it prefers male leaders, the goal of this research is to show that women are excellent leaders based on their characteristics and to have the predisposition to become great authentic leaders.
Antifungal activity of aqueous and corn steep liquor extract of Ficus exasperata, Anonna muricata and Azadiractha indica
Authors: Akinkugbe Temilola , Bankole Samuel , Ogunbamowo Paul , Awotedu Olamilekan
Published: December 2020

This study investigated the activity of aqueous and corn steep liquor (CSL) extracts of Ficus exaperasta, Annona muricata and Azadirachta indica against Candida spp. isolated from high vaginal swab samples. Phytochemical screening of the plants was done using standard methods, the antifungal activity of the plant's extracts and standard drugs were tested against isolates of Candida spp. using the agar well diffusion method; the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) were also determined using microdilution standardized techniques. Phytochemical screening of the aqueous and CSL extracts of the plants revealed the presence of tannin, saponin, flavonoids, and terpenoids. Among the five Candida strain isolates, the zone of inhibition produced by the plant extracts against C. albicans shows a range of 0-18.3 mm; C. krusei (strain A): 5.1-24.5 mm; C. krusei (strain B): 0-18.0 mm; C. kefyr (strain A): 6.1-27.5 mm; and C. kefyr (strain B): 0-22.0 mm. The CSL extract had higher inhibitory action compared with aqueous extract, also F. exasperata and A. muricata gave better antifungal activity against the tested Candida strains. The MIC of the aqueous and CSL extracts of the F. exasperata ranged between 6.25-12.50 mg/mL; A. muricata: 3.125-12.500 mg/mL, while the aqueous and CSL extracts of A. indica was found to have no activity at all the tested concentrations against C. albicans, C. krusei (strain A) and C. krusei (strain B), similar observation for the MFC. This study proved the antifungal efficacy of aqueous and CSL extracts of F. exasperata, A. muricata, and A. indica against isolates of Candida species which are usually implicated in candidiasis.
Cultivation cost-benefit analysis of some important medicinal plants in Serbia
Authors: Pljevljakušić Dejan , Brkić Sreta
Published: December 2020

Driven by frequent misinformation about the level of profitability of growing certain medicinal plants, in this paper we presented a cost-benefit analysis based on twenty years of experience in field production. The observed costs and profits for peppermint, chamomile, lemon balm, marshmallow, valerian and pot marigold are based on the average values of production elements within the current prices of labor, energy and raw materials. Fixed costs in this paper were deliberately neglected and the discussion was based on the assumption of the existence and availability of infrastructure. In the cost analysis, we divided them into four main groups, which had different shares in total costs such as labor (45-79 %), drying (5 - 37 %), material (9-16 %) and machinery use (4-13 %). Regarding the level of profitability of cultivation of the six observed medicinal plants valerian was the most profitable with an estimated profit of over 4000 e/ha. Next best earning plants were lemon balm and marshmallow with about 3500 e/ha, while the income from peppermint and chamomile was more than twice lower and it was around 1500 e/ha. The lowest profit was realized by cultivating marigold (about 600 e/ha) due to the high labor consumption on the flower picking operation. In terms of labor consumption marshmallow, pot marigold and valerian are the most demanding with 365, 285 and 150 working days per hectare, respectively. The general conclusion of this observation of the profitability of growing medicinal plants would be that the producer must be aware of the costs and scope of labor engagement which should be expected per unit area before embarking on the calculation of production.
Reduction factor of 110kV cable line: Measurement and simulation model
Authors: Jasika Ranko , Mrvić Jovan , Simić Ninoslav , Petrović Momčilo
Published: December 2020

The procedure for determining the reduction factor for 110 kV feeding cable lines based on the measurement results is presented in this paper. The obtained results were compared with the values obtained by cable line modeling by ATP/EMTP software tool. The values obtained for reduction factor are compared, as well as the values of induced voltage in the cable sheath. The obtained results show a fairly good agreement between the simulation model and measurements. In the created model, the influence of soil resistivity and conductors arrangement on the values of the reduction factor were analyzed. It has been shown that their combined impact can be significant.
Falhas nos serviços de telefonia brasileira e o papel jurisdicional na tutela dos consumidores
Authors: Dias Mateus da Silva , Lorentino Sérgio Augusto Pereira
Published: December 2020

As empresas que ofertam serviços de telefonia em território brasileiro acumulam ao longo do tempo uma gama de reclamações registradas periodicamente nos órgãos de proteção ao consumidor e, estão relacionadas principalmente ao funcionamento ou qualidade dos serviços prestados aos seus consumidores. Considerando estas informações, o presente trabalho tem por objetivo analisar, através do método dedutivo, dados relacionados ao histórico de falhas reiteradas na prestação de serviços de telefonia no Brasil e as estatísticas que demonstram o número de ações consumeristas buscando compreender a relação entre elas e o papel do controle jurisdicional para a proteção desses consumidores. Em seguida, a fim de entender os motivos pelos quais a tutela jurisdicional não consegue ser efetiva e pôr fim a esse processo de lesões reiteradas e acúmulo de processos, serão analisadas, por meio de estudo doutrinário e de legislações vigentes no país, as consequências da morosidade, da subutilização das ações coletivas e o baixo valor das indenizações por danos morais para o desempenho da tutela empregada, bem como o que pode ser feito para contornar essa situação. Diante das informações coletadas ao longo da pesquisa, conclui-se que, apesar da quantidade de ações consumeristas que envolvem as operadoras de serviços telefônicos do Brasil, a quantidade de clientes lesados continua em alta, dando a entender que, a tutela jurisdicional aplicada nessas relações de consumo não está sendo capaz de provocar desestímulos à prática de novas ofensas.
O saneamento básico e suas implicações no meio ambiente e na saúde humana
Authors: Silva Danielson Xavier da
Published: December 2020

O saneamento básico é conceituado como um conjunto de serviços, infraestruturas e instalações operacionais direcionados à população. As instalações operacionais que compõem o saneamento básico são compostas por: distribuição de água potável, coleta e tratamento de esgoto, drenagem urbana e coleta de resíduos sólidos. Estes serviços influenciam diretamente na saúde, qualidade de vida e no desenvolvimento da sociedade como um todo. Assim, esta pesquisa teve como objetivo estudar a relação dos serviços de saneamento com o meio ambiente e com a saúde pública. A metodologia utilizada foi revisão bibliográfica do tipo descritiva com abordagem qualitativa. a amostra foi composta de artigos, monografia, periódicos publicados em revistas nacionais com data de publicação compreendida entre os últimos sete anos. A base de dados para levantamento dos artigos foram: Google Acadêmico; BIBENG (Biblioteca da Escola de Engenharia UFRGS), dentre outros. Os resultados demonstraram que ainda é grande o déficit no que diz respeito ao acesso ao saneamento básico a falta de acesso a esses serviços prejudicama saúde pública, especialmente das populações de baixa renda ou vulneráveis que vivem em periferias. Ao final concluiu-se que a relação dos serviços de saneamento com o meio ambiente e com a saúde pública é uma relação de interligação, onde o saneamento básico, quando realizada de maneira eficiente e completa favorece a elevação do nível da saúde pública, além de contribuir com a preservação do meio ambiente.
Quantitativo de acidentes de trabalho na construção civil de 2015 a 2017 no Brasil
Authors: Silva Hiago Manoel da , Assis Junior José Djair Casado de
Published: December 2020

A indústria da construção civil historicamente é um dos setores produtivos que apresentam maiores índices de acidentes de trabalho no Brasil. Este fato se deve a exposição a diversos riscos que os trabalhadores do setor estão dispostos diariamente, sendo muitas vezes os acidentes sofridos fatais. Este trabalho buscou analisar quantitativamente os acidentes de trabalho ocorridos no setor da construção civil brasileira entre os anos de 2015 e 2017, divididos por estados e regiões, e identificou a contribuição do estado do Tocantins e da região Norte no total de acidentes. Para isso foi realizado um levantamento dos dados mais recentes disponibilizados pelo Ministério da Previdência Social. A partir da análise dos dados observou-se que a quantidade de acidentes sofreu reduções sucessivas durante o período analisado, entre as causas desta redução está a crise financeira que provocou uma diminuição na quantidade de empresas e profissionais ativos na construção civil. Por fim, foram propostas medidas preventivas, inclusive com uma cartilha para os trabalhadores, a fim de contribuir com a redução da quantidade de acidentes de trabalho.
RELATIONSHIP OF FOREHEAD AESTHETICS WITH FRONTAL SINUS SIZE AND SKELETAL MALOCCLUSIONS
Authors: CAMCI Hasan
Published: December 2020

Introduction
Forehead inclination and aesthetics have received very limited attention, although forehead is critically important in obtaining total facial aesthetics. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between frontal sinus fields, forehead morphology, and skeletal malocclusion.
Materials and Methods
A total of 224 extraoral lateral photographs and cephalometric radiographs from skeletal class I, class II and class III patients in the post-pubertal period were investigated. Extraoral photographs and cephalometric radiographs were superimposed for each patient before measurements. The photographs were evaluated in three groups: Group A: Skeletal Class I malocclusions (n = 85), Group B: Skeletal Class II malocclusions (n = 74), Group C: Skeletal Class III malocclusions (n = 65). All subjects from the three groups were classified according to the types of the foreheads, and then on the photographs, four different angle measurements (A1, A2, A3, A4) were performed. In addition, the frontal sinus (FS) fields were calculated using the RadiAnt Dicom Viewer (Beta version) on cephalometric and posterior-anterior radiographs. One-way ANOVA, Chi-square, and Student t tests were used for statistical evaluation.
Results
No significant relationships between the skeletal malocclusions and the forehead types were seen. In Group C, the FS fields and A2 angles were higher than in the other groups. No gender-related variations were detected for any measurements.
Conclusion
There was a limited correlation between malocclusions, frontal sinus, and forehead morphology. Gender was not an element that creates morphological differences in forehead aesthetics.
The Moderation of Frente Farabundo Martí Para La Liberación Nacional’s Economic Orientation in El Salvador, 2009-2019
Authors: Wening Petrus Putut Pradhopo
Published: December 2020

Frente Farabundo Martí Para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) was a Marxist guerrilla group, known for its activities in the 1980s and 1990s to seize El Salvador’s government through war. Post-peace accords, FMLN transformed into an electoral political party and successfully won to lead the government of El Salvador in 2009-2019, but then they compromised their economic policies to suit neoliberalism. This article uses Gill and Law’s conceptualisation of the theory of direct and structural power of capital to explain the causes of FMLN’s neoliberalism-compromising economic policy adjustment in 2009-2019. This article finds that El Salvador’s social and political-economy historical dynamics, which were dominated by the bourgeoisie class since Spain’s colonisation, strengthened transnational capitalists and enabled them to directly penetrate El Salvador’s economy by forming and intervening in political parties, along with dominating the bureaucracy. The combination of these factors caused transnational capitalists to encourage neoliberal reforms which supported the development of the structural power: deindustrialisation, deagrarianisation, and decapitalisation; El Salvador’s economic dependency; dollarisation; and the hegemony of neoliberalism discourses. This article argues that FMLN regime’s economic moderation is caused by the El Salvador bourgeoisies’ strengthened position after neoliberal reforms, allowing them to determine FMLN’s policies through their direct and structural power.
The Rise of Self-Interests: How Shifting Political Goals Changed the Effectiveness of Dutch Official Development Aid to Bangladesh From 2005 Until 2016
Authors: Oomen Thomas L.
Published: December 2020

Aid effectiveness has been situated in the central debate of development studies and, particularly, among foreign aid policy making community. As the Netherlands was one of the unique countries which focused extensively on the needs of its recipient, it is important to investigate the Netherlands’ recent practice of its development aid, particularly to Bangladesh and the associated goal ambiguity. This article attempts to answer the question, “to what extent does goal ambiguity in Dutch development aid affect the effectiveness of Dutch development aid given to Bangladesh?” This analysis is based on independent assessments of Dutch official development aid (ODA) to Bangladesh and Dutch coalition agreements in 2005-2010 and 2011-2016. This study finds that, in the second period, goal ambiguity has increased, while the aid effectiveness has decreased. This change is unlikely to be attributed to the conditions for aid effectiveness since these remained largely stable or even in slightly in favour of the second period. While the comparison of different sectors between timeframes lacks full robustness, there is direct evidence that goal ambiguity has played a role in lower effectiveness in the water related aid in the second period. Therefore, this study suggests that aid effectiveness in Bangladesh has decreased in the period 2011 to 2016 due to an increase in goal ambiguity caused by increasing self-interests in Dutch ODA policy.
Turkish Islam-Nationalism Under AKP: A New Model for the Muslim World?
Authors: Tobing Fredy B. L. , Nurwijoyo Agung
Published: December 2020

The Justice and Development Party’s (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi/AKP) activities in bridging Islam and nationalism marks a historic milestone in Turkey’s democracy. Throughout its two decades-long leadership, AKP, under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s leadership, demonstrated that nationalism and Islam do not clash with Turkey’s stance on secularism. Such understanding provides AKP with a strategic leverage, both at the domestic and international level, especially within the Muslim world. Reflecting upon Rustow’s democratic transition model and Ibn Khaldun’s classic conceptualisation on ashabiyyah, this article attempts to comprehend how Turkish nationalism is formulated within its relations with Islam as AKP’s political roots. Aside from consolidating its political power at the domestic level, this article suggests that the Islam and democracy synthesis provides an opportunity for Turkey to strengthen its political image and position in the region. In a much broader context, this article attempts to contribute to academic discussions on the relationship between religion and states which undergo the process of democratisation.
Singspiels of Hans Iver Horn
Authors: Skagen Annabella
Published: December 2020

This article focuses on two singspiels that were created in the intersection of professional and amateur production in Denmark-Norway during the Danish-Swedish war of 1808–1809, namely Kapertoget (The Capturing Raid) and Fredsfesten (The Peace Festival). Both were written by the Danish-Norwegian physician Hans Iver Horn, with music by Friedrich L.Æ. Kunzen and Hans Hagerup Falbe, respectively. They are among the rare examples of plays in this period where the setting, characters and action are presented from a Norwegian point of view.

During the years of war leading up to 1814, questions of nationality and national identity became increasingly significant in Denmark-Norway. The article examines the representation of Norwegian identity and self-perception, ideals of patriotism, and political tendencies in Horn’s scripts, seen within their historical performance context.

The analyses demonstrate an ongoing negotiation between an established twin-state patriotism and a separate Norwegian nationalist identity, with an early Scandinavist interest in Sweden as a possible liaison. The national character probably found expression through staging and music as well as in the written dialogue. The article argues that singspiels and occasional dramas produced within amateur circles should be seen as part of a politically charged discourse, reflecting and affecting issues of historical significance.
Gestión participativa, prácticas de gobernanza y desarrollo sostenible en pequeñas ciudades turísticas
Authors: Franz Nádia-Mara , Andreoli Cleverson-Vitorio , Da Silva Christian-Luiz
Published: December 2020

La investigación tiene como objetivo analizar los efectos de la gestión participativa y las prácticas de gobernanza de las administraciones públicas en el desarrollo sostenible de las pequeñas ciudades turísticas. Según datos del Instituto Brasileño de Geografía y Estadística (IBGE) de 2019, el 94,2% de las ciudades brasileñas son pequeñas, tienen menos de 100.000 habitantes. La investigación es un enfoque mixto, que delimita los estudios de casos. Los municipios de Bombinhas, Ilhabela, Cairu, Caldas Novas y Mateiros fueron seleccionados por muestreo intencional. Los resultados revelan que las ciudades evaluadas presentaron crecimiento tanto de la población como del PIB en el período medido. Sin embargo, el aumento del PIB no tuvo igual impacto en los datos sociales y en los ambientales. El crecimiento de los ingresos puede servir como base para mejoras sociales y ambientales, pero las elecciones de los administradores y la sociedad determinarán el futuro de las ciudades.
Heterogeneidad de los efectos de la crisis española en los mercados laborales urbanos
Authors: Murias Pilar , Martínez-Roget Fidel
Published: December 2020

Este artículo estudia la heterogeneidad espacial en las consecuencias de la crisis económica de España, al analizar su impacto en diferentes mercados laborales urbanos. Utilizando datos relacionados con los municipios urbanos más grandes de España, se identifican cuatro grupos en función del impacto de la crisis en las tasas de desempleo. Los resultados muestran una importante división norte/sureste en la evolución de los mercados laborales locales en España durante el periodo 2006-2013. Los factores clave de la resiliencia en los mercados laborales urbanos fueron el nivel de estudios de la población, la estructura industrial y, en menor medida, el grado de urbanización.
Ni urbano ni rural: lo ‘citadino’ como tipología para pensar la ciudad no metropolitana
Authors: Greene Ricardo , de Abrantes Lucía
Published: December 2020

El par urbano/rural ha sido la base desde la cual se ha construido el pensamiento espacial de Occidente, usado no solo para oponer distintas formas de ocupación territorial, sino también posiciones contrarias en el proceso modernizador; discursos e imaginarios donde el campo ocupa lo primitivo, tradicional y restrictivo, y la metrópolis lo moderno, versátil y tolerante. Intentando superar esta dicotomía, este artículo ofrece un modelo más acorde a la complejidad de nuestros arreglos espaciales, proponiendo pensar cada espacio como el ensamblaje de piezas de distinto cuño, como urbano o rural, pero concentrándose en definir las características esenciales de un tercer tipo de territorio: las ciudades no metropolitanas. A partir de un trabajo cuantitativo y cualitativo realizado en Chile y en Argentina, se plantean cuatro variables centrales que configurarían el modo de vida de estos territorios, al que hemos llamado ‘citadino’: la escala, el ritmo, la población y las jerarquías.
Metodología para la construcción del Inventario de Recursos Paisajísticos en la Quebrada de Humahuaca (Argentina), Patrimonio Mundial
Authors: Ferrari Mónica-Rossana , Bruna Luis-Alberto
Published: December 2020

La sostenibilidad futura del paisaje es un tema pendiente en las agendas latinoamericanas e involucra un proceso de gestión del territorio que se inicia con el conocimiento del mismo y finaliza con la propuesta de regulaciones para su protección u ordenamiento. En este contexto, el artículo muestra los avances de una investigación que propone, como herramienta clave, la elaboración de un inventario de recursos paisajísticos para la región de la Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina. Se expone como resultado una metodología –originada en la necesidad de reconocimiento, valoración y protección del paisaje– que comprende la recopilación y evaluación de la información, así como el registro de los recursos paisajísticos y su georreferenciación.
Defensa del reconocimiento de un derecho constitucional del medio ambiente a nivel europeo
Authors: De Sadeleer Nicolas
Published: December 2020

Aunque durante la década de los ochenta ya existía una amplia legislación secundaria que abarcaba el agua y el aire, el ruido, los productos químicos, los desechos y la protección de la naturaleza, no había competencias ambientales específicas en el tratado. Con el objetivo de llenar este vacío, el Acta Única Europea, así como los Tratados de Maastricht, Ámsterdam, Niza y Lisboa, han ido perfeccionando progresivamente una competencia medioambiental de la Unión Europea más sólida, que persigue objetivos ambiciosos y se basa en una serie de principios. Junto con el reconocimiento del desarrollo sostenible, las obligaciones medioambientales del derecho primario instan a las instituciones de la Unión Europea y a los 27 Estados miembros a desglosar sus diferentes políticas de acuerdo con las consideraciones medioambientales. Si bien puede que no constituyan una revolución, estos sucesivos ajustes del Tratado son un testimonio de la constitucionalización de la política medioambiental a nivel de la Unión Europea.
Hidden Patterns of Sell for Fresh Agriculture Produce by Farmers near to APMC Ahmedabad
Authors: Shah Neepa Kanaiyalal
Published: December 2020

After delisting of fresh agriculture produce at APMC Ahmedabad, there is no change in farmers’ behavior to sell their produce. They still prefer to sell produce through traders and brokers in regulatory body such as APMC. This paper is about the behavior of farmers to sell produce. This study derives some hidden patterns which are previously unknown. The pattern shows that to whom farmers want to sell produce; when they get success or failure to get market for the produce. It also shows behavioral pattern of farmers for different income groups. A pattern of auction in APMC market and how many farmers are agree with the auction and its beneficence. One of the most important parameter for the fresh agriculture produce is the timeframe within that produce get sold. This paper shows the pattern of who is able to sell produce in required timeframe. At last a study of those farmers who were failed to sell produce within required timeframe and what they do with that unsold produce and alternatives available to them.
Effect of anthropogenic activities on mangrove coverage in the lower Coatzacoalcos river basin
Authors: Cuevas-Díaz María del Carmen , Hernandez-Romero Ángel Héctor , Vázquez-Luna Dinora , Lara-Rodríguez Daniel Alejandro , Guzmán-López Oswaldo , González-Arvizu Jazmín Eraldi , Ontiveros-José Jorge Ivan
Published: December 2020

Los manglares son uno de los tipos de humedales costeros presentes en la cuenca baja del río Coatzacoalcos que, a pesar de su creciente deterioro, conservan importancia ecológica y económica. El objetivo del presente estudio fué identificar la principal actividad antropogénica que ha contribuído a reducir la cobertura de manglar en la cuenca baja del río Coatzacoalcos, mediante dos métodos: 1) comparando las áreas de los manglares y el desarrollo urbano, entre los años 1986 y 2016, con imágenes Landsat y Sentinel (escala 1:250,000), utilizando Q-Gis versión 2.14.2; y 2) mediante una matriz de máximos y mínimos, donde se asignaron valores para calificar el grado de afectación de las acciones antrópicas a cada componente del ecosistema. De acuerdo con el análisis espacial realizado, entre 1986 y 2016, se registró una pérdida del 86% de manglares, asociado al aumento de los asentamientos humanos en la cuenca baja del río Coatzacoalcos. Las acciones que más afectaron los componentes ambientales fueron los asentamientos humanos, desmontes y rellenos, ganadería y emplazamientos industriales con porcentajes de afectación de 15.9, 15.7, 15.5 y 13.5%, respectivamente. Los componentes ambientales más afectados fueron el suelo, la flora y el agua, con porcentajes de afectación del recurso de 17, 17 y 16%, respectivamente. Los asentamientos humanos son la principal causa de pérdida de manglares en la cuenca baja del río Coatzacoalcos, en particular los asentamientos irregulares que se dan en la región.