bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Les faux-semblants du Front national
Authors: Ivaldi Gilles
Published: March 2021

Résumé L’analyse empirique des évolutions du programme socio-économique du FN depuis les années 1980 montre que le parti s’est progressivement éloigné de ses préférences néolibérales originelles pour endosser un agenda redistributif, protectionniste et interventionniste, dont le centre de gravité se situe aujourd’hui à gauche de l’axe économique. Cette welfarisation s’est accompagnée d’une saillance croissante des enjeux économiques en 2012, ainsi que d’une diminution significative des ancrages nativistes et social-conservateurs. Le FN conserve toutefois son statut de parti niche centré sur les enjeux culturels, et il ne s’est pas totalement départi de certains de ses marqueurs néolibéraux. La présence d’une forte composante populiste dans son programme témoigne en outre de son adaptation au contexte de crise, mais pose la question de l’existence d’un espace structurel stable pour la nouvelle offre socio-économique frontiste.
Les faux-semblants du Front national
Authors: Crépon Sylvain , Lebourg Nicolas
Published: March 2021

Résumé Loin des approches souvent péjoratives du militantisme frontiste, il s’agit ici d’aborder les adhérents du FN tant du point de vue sociologique que des convictions qu’ils affichent. À l’heure où le FN de Marine Le Pen s’applique à devenir un « parti comme les autres », qui sont les membres qui le composent ou le rejoignent, quelles sont leurs aspirations et comment trouvent-ils leur place dans l’appareil ?
Le règne des entourages
Authors: Ségur Philippe
Published: March 2021

Résumé Situés à la charnière du monde politique et du monde administratif, les collaborateurs et conseillers sont supposés n’interférer ni dans la prise de décision gouvernementale ni dans l’activité des services administratifs. En bonne logique, ils ne sont donc traditionnellement soumis à aucune responsabilité, qu’elle soit disciplinaire, budgétaire ou politique. Il n’en demeure pas moins qu’il pèse sur eux une responsabilité politique de fait qui s’apparente à un phénomène de régulation spontanée des institutions sous la pression des médias et de l’opinion publique. Quant à leur responsabilité pénale, si elle est davantage identifiable au titre de la faute détachable du service, c’est la difficulté de la preuve, imputable à la complexité des circuits décisionnels, qui va constituer l’obstacle le plus fréquent à la sanction et aboutir, dans certains cas, à une situation de quasi-impunité.
Le règne des entourages
Authors: Fretel Julien , Meimon Julien
Published: March 2021

Résumé En dépit de quelques affaires ou mobilisations médiatisées, on connaît mal les assistants parlementaires, personnel pourtant central dans la vie politique et vivier des cabinets ministériels. Leur ancrage dans la Cinquième République est en effet très directement lié à la professionnalisation et à la rationalisation de l’espace politique, chaque parlementaire tendant aujourd’hui à créer sa « petite entreprise politique » en ciblant le recrutement de ses assistants. L’analyse présentée ici, appuyée sur l’étude de leurs tâches quotidiennes et de leurs trajectoires professionnelles et politiques, permet de mettre en lumière ces auxiliaires factotums. Cette forme particulière d’auxiliariat apparaît alors comme une socialisation particulière au jeu politique et comme une formation pratique offrant un capital technique, social et professionnel spécifique, sans pour autant, compte tenu de sa forte précarité et de son institutionnalisation contrariée, être vécue comme un véritable métier.
Le règne des entourages
Authors: Fleischer Julia
Published: March 2021

Résumé Comparés à la France, au Royaume-Uni ou à la Belgique, les entourages ministériels allemands demeurent bien réduits. Toutefois, ils ont une configuration complexe et dynamique. Ainsi les ministres fédéraux disposent-ils de sources multiples et diversifiées de conseils, qu’ils peuvent manier à leur guise. D’abord, au sommet des ministères, porteurs d’une longue tradition, se trouvent les « fonctionnaires politiques » (politische Beamte), secrétaires d’État administratifs et directeurs généraux qui combinent compétence du bureaucrate et loyauté du collaborateur politisé pour faire l’interface entre chaque ministre et la machine administrative. En outre, dans l’administration centrale des ministères, des directions des affaires générales et de la planification politique, créées dans les années 1970 et dont l’influence a décliné, fournissent encore au ministre une expertise transversale qu’il peut ou non mobiliser en sus de la compétence des directions sectorielles. Enfin, et depuis peu, un ministre allemand dispose de sa propre équipe personnelle (Leitungsstab), peuplée de collaborateurs recrutés le plus souvent parmi les jeunes fonctionnaires pour lesquels ce passage auprès de l’autorité politique est un accélérateur de carrière.
Services sans frontières
Authors: Petit Pascal
Published: March 2021

Le capital risque est apparu dans les années 1990 comme un possible élément moteur d'innovation pour des économies fondées sur le savoir grâce à sa capacité à déceler et à financer les projets innovants. La révolution des technologies de l’information et de la communication semblait toute faite pour accompagner une telle aventure. L’histoire a montré que cette intermédiation était plus délicate que prévu. La bulle spéculative autour d’entreprises au business model trop virtuel (la crise des « dot.com ») a refroidi le monde de la finance. Lequel a préféré s’adonner aux délices faciles de ses propres innovations... menant droit à la crise financière de 2008. Cette expérience a montré la nécessité de développer des aides et des normes publiques donnant leurs chances aux projets innovants pour mieux évaluer leur temps de gestation et les synergies qu’ils impliquent et permettre ainsi aux investisseurs privés d’apporter, dans un second temps, leur soutien aux projets en bonne connaissance des risques.
Services sans frontières
Authors: Niang Nafi
Published: March 2021

Soulignant la relation de pouvoir dans la relation de service, ce chapitre montre que la normalisation technique constitue, au sens fort du terme, le débat sur l’internationalisation des services : elle en définit les conditions de possibilité. Nourri des études postcoloniales, il examine l’articulation entre normalisation, internationalisation et tertiarisation à travers le cas des délocalisations de services professionnels au Maroc selon quatre entrées : la différence culturelle, l’imaginaire, la performativité et l’ambivalence. Ces catégories questionnent la thèse de la spécificité servicielle qui appréhende les normes comme des technologies objectives qui ne font qu’organiser une relation de service préexistante à laquelle il s’agit d’indexer un potentiel d’internationalisation. L’étude de cas illustre comment les normes internationales sont des mécanismes performatifs qui produisent des visions multiples de l’internationalisation des services dont il est essentiel de reconnaître l’ambivalence et de préciser le contexte.
Enjeux du rapport au savoir dans la formation d’enseignants-stagiaires
Authors: Weber Jean-Marie , Strohmer Julia
Published: March 2021

L’objectif de tout enseignant est de transmettre du savoir, mais aussi de soutenir et d’accompagner les jeunes dans leur désir de savoir. Assumer la fonction de l’enseignant demande de se questionner sur le rapport au savoir, à la fois celui des étudiants que le sien propre. Les futurs enseignants doivent donc faire face à la question si oui ou non ils veulent assumer ces fonctions. A travers une étude qualitative longitudinale, les auteurs de cet article se sont intéressés aux processus de subjectivation et de professionnalisation de futurs enseignants, et ceci à partir d’une perspective psychanalytique d’orientation lacanienne. A l’aide d’études de cas individuels et l’élaboration d’une typologie, ce projet de recherche vise à bien déterminer et à conceptualiser les développements réussis, avortés, ou problématiques de parcours de formation.
Narration, transmission et traumatisme psychique
Authors: Taïeb Olivier
Published: March 2021

L’essai Le conteur de Walter Benjamin a été publié en 1936. Benjamin y fait le constat d’une « chute du cours de l’expérience », en particulier après la guerre de 1914-1918, entraînant une crise du récit et une crise de la transmission. La résonance de cet essai avec les écrits psychanalytiques sur le traumatisme psychique est évidente même si Benjamin ne fait pas référence à Freud. Cette relation a été peu soulignée jusqu’à maintenant, à l’exception notable de Janine Altounian. Cet article se propose d’expliciter la part « cachée » de cet essai.
The Banking Sector During COVID-19
Authors: Abdulla Yomna
Published: March 2021

In this chapter, the authors explore the banking sector during coronavirus era by using Bahrain Islamic Bank as a case. Overall, the pandemic has speeded several decisions and actions in the digital transformation journey of the banking sector. Prior literature has identified four main strategies, namely retrenchment, preserving, innovating, and exit in response to a crisis. The findings show that the decisions taken by Bahrain Islamic Bank support the preserving and innovating strategies, which are mostly related to the continuation of its operations and preservation of its market share and customers as well as digitalization of their services and reliance on technological solutions to cope with the precautionary measures imposed by the pandemic.
Prediction of Road Infrastructure Priorities in Banten Province Using Analytical Hierarchy Process Method
Authors: Warnars Harco Leslie Hendric Spits , Kusnadi Endang , Warnars Leonel Leslie Heny Spits
Published: March 2021

Roads are the key infrastructure that is needed to support the smooth transportation to improve the condition of the community economy. Along with the passage of time and the use of the road, the road will suffer damage due to natural factors as well as other technical factors, so it takes serious handling efforts from the local government to maintain excellent road infrastructure for the community. In case of road damage handling in some areas still found problems that need to be resolved immediately, one of them is the problem of availability of budget that is not comparable to the level of damage of the road is quite a lot required a method to know the order of the road priority should be addressed immediately. To determine the prediction and priority order of road handling, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) algorithm is used with consideration of damage, traffic, and economic factors as criteria decision. The result shows that area of Serang city with the value 0.231 (23.1%) as the most priority road to be repaired.
The Unfolded Protein Response Reveals eIF2α Phosphorylation as a Critical Factor for Direct MHC Class I Antigen Presentation
Authors: Nagamine Brandy S , Godil Jamila , Dolan Brian P
Published: March 2021

The ability to modulate direct MHC class I (MHC I) Ag presentation is a desirable goal for the treatment of a variety of conditions, including autoimmune diseases, chronic viral infections, and cancers. It is therefore necessary to understand how changes in the cellular environment alter the cells’ ability to present peptides to T cells. The unfolded protein response (UPR) is a signaling pathway activated by the presence of excess unfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum. Previous studies have indicated that chemical induction of the UPR decreases direct MHC I Ag presentation, but the precise mechanisms are unknown. In this study, we used a variety of small molecule modulators of different UPR signaling pathways to query which UPR signaling pathways can alter Ag presentation in both murine and human cells. When signaling through the PERK pathway, and subsequent eIF2α phosphorylation, was blocked by treatment with GSK2656157, MHC I Ag presentation remain unchanged, whereas treatment with salubrinal, which has the opposite effect of GSK2656157, decreases both Ag presentation and overall cell-surface MHC I levels. Treatment with 4μ8C, an inhibitor of the IRE1α UPR activation pathway that blocks splicing of Xbp1 mRNA, also diminished MHC I Ag presentation. However, 4μ8C treatment unexpectedly led to an increase in eIF2α phosphorylation in addition to blocking IRE1α signaling. Given that salubrinal and 4μ8C lead to eIF2α phosphorylation and similar decreases in Ag presentation, we conclude that UPR signaling through PERK, leading to eIF2α phosphorylation, results in a modest decrease in direct MHC I Ag presentation.
AN ANALYSIS ON THE EFFECTS OF CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) ON THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
Authors: Zayed Nurul Mohammad , Islam K. M. Anwarul , Shahi Shahiduzzaman Khan , Rahman Md. Sazidur , Raisa Tahsin Sharmila
Published: March 2021

This paper develops a sensible framework to get a handle on the spatiotemporal plans of the COVID-19 event, its real nature, and its implications to the Financial Management of MNCs (Multinational Corporations). In the most straightforward structure, the construction of multinational Corporations is included a parent organization that holds all licensed innovation rights, contract makers or undeniable makers which complete the creative work in the nations with low work costs, and the restricted or undeniable wholesalers that sell the completed merchandise in different business sectors and behaviors market explores in their nations of activity. The pandemic effect on financial movement contrasts as far as extent and force. This has delivered unrivaled proportions of shortcomings. This paper tries to diagram the overall elements of worldwide Financial Management of MNCs (Multinational Corporations) with country explicit dangers and primary dangers. Fundamental data is accumulated from different online media, adroit journals, various kinds of examination papers, and other online sources, etc. The globalization of Financial Management of MNCs (Multinational Corporations) is coordinated to the enormous extension of greatness and enhancement of monetary exchanges. At long last, all areas show and portray in detail this subject and give a few suggestions to conquer the present circumstance.

JEL Classification Codes: F36, G32, F23.
Prospective Secondary Math Teachers Encountering STEM in a Methods Course: When Math is More Than “Just Math”
Authors: Marco-Bujosa Lisa
Published: March 2021

Education reforms in the United States and abroad have increased efforts to improve student interest and capacity in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). Despite these attempts, students still have little opportunity to engage in STEM learning in K-12 education. This qualitative case study was designed to investigate how incorporating STEM into teacher education can promote STEM teaching as well as enhance math instruction. The study took place in the fourth year of an undergraduate teacher education program spanning a secondary math and science Methods course and student teaching. Guided by the framework of sensemaking, individual interviews, teaching artifacts, and written reflections for four teachers were analyzed to identify moments of dissonance that pushed participants to reach new understandings about the learning and teaching of math. Findings indicated that learning to teach math through the lens of STEM shifted pre-service teachers’ instructional emphasis in two ways: 1) figuring out math vs. learning about math; and 2) teaching math through authentic STEM contexts as opposed to focusing purely on mathematics. However, experiences in student teaching can either enhance or stifle these gains. Findings suggest the role of teacher education in promoting STEM education by shifting prospective teachers’ mindsets about mathematics and teaching.
TATA LETAK DAN PERANCANGAN PEMBANGUNAN BALE SAKARORAS
Authors: I Gede Ngurah Mardiana Putra  , Desak Made Sukma Widiyani, ST, MT.
Published: March 2021

Arsitektur tradisional Bali sangat erat kaitannya dengan budaya dan agama hindu di Bali. Arsitektur tradisional Bali juga tidak terlepas dari filosofi-filosofi atau konsep yang terkandung didalamnya. Salah satu bale adat yang jarang ditemui adalah Bale Sakaroras, karena hanya beberapa kalangan masyarakat yang memiliki kasta tertentulah yang boleh mendirikan Bale Sakaroras. Bale sakaroras adalah suatu bangunan yang memiliki dua belas tiang juga menempati daerah di bagian kelod suatu pekarangan rumah dan juga tidak bisa di tiduri oleh orang yang sudah bersuami istri. Filosofi yang melandasi Bale Sakaroras adalah Panca Maha Bhuta dan Tri Angga. Fungsi Bale Sakaroras adalah tempat untuk melaksanakan upacara adat agama Hindu. Pembangunan dari Bale Sakaroras ini tediri dari tiga bagian yaitu bataran yang merupakan bagian bawah bangunan, bagian tengah dan juga bagian atas. Dengan penelitian ini diharapkan dapat mengembangkan dan menerangkan  tata letak dan pembangunan Bale Sakaroras karena merupakan warisan dari pendahulu kita yang di dalamnya mengandung nilai-nilai filosofis dan sejarah dan tata letak bangunan Bali.
Sekolah Tinggi Tata Boga dengan Pendekatan Arsitektur Futuristik di Jakarta
Authors: Sahar Kartika , Hantono Dedi , Aqli Wafirul
Published: March 2021

Perkembangan yang sedang terjadi di Indonesia contohnya pada bidang pembangunan infrastruktur, pariwisata dan lainnya menarik perhatian untuk kalangan domestik maupun mancanegara untuk berkunjung atau melakukan kerja sama. Kunjungan dari berbagai pihak ke Indonesia dapat dimanfaatkan untuk lebih mempromosikan lagi tentang Indonesia. Salah satu yang menarik perhatian adalah di bidang kuliner dimana Indonesia memiliki beragam jenisnya. Dalam mewujudkan hal tersebut tentunya dibutuhkan tenaga profesional yang dapat mengolah makanan tersebut dengan baik. Salah satu perwujudannya adalah dengan mengadakan lembaga pendidikan di bidang kuliner dimana Indonesia memiliki beberapa jenis lembaga Perguruan Tinggi salah satunya adalah Sekolah Tinggi. Sekolah Tinggi merupakan lembaga yang menyelenggarakan program pendidikan pada satu disiplin ilmu sehingga lebih memfokuskan pada ilmu tersebut. Tentunya hal tersebut juga perlu didukung oleh bangunan yang mewadahi kegiatan tersebut dan dapat menarik minat masyarakat, salah satunya penerapan gaya arsitektur pada bangunannya, contohnya adalah penerapan gaya arsitektur futuristik pada bangunan dan lokasi bangunan yang strategis.
ETIKA PROFESI DAN PROFESIONALISME BAGI ARSITEK DALAM BERKARYA
Authors: Frysa Wiriantari
Published: March 2021

Perkembangan dunia rancang bangun, mensyaratkan bagi para  arsitek untuk terus berkompetisi dengan tetap berlandaskan etika dan  kode etik professional. Ditengah tuntutan kepentingan berbagai pihak arsitek harus tetap berjalan di aturan dan tetap memberikan “kepuasa” secara maksimal bagi semua pihak. Penelitian ini bertujua untuk memberikan pemahaman bagaimana  etika profesi Arsitek harus tetap bisa diakui dalam gelanggang pembangunan yang penuh kepentingan. Metode yang dipergunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah dengan menggunakan data skunder berupa melalui studi litelatur. Dari hasil penelitian didapatkan bahwa etika berprofesi akan sangat tergantung dari penilaian subjektif masing masing individu.  Etika akan memberikan pengakuan dan penghargaan terhadap profesi dan apa yang telah arsitek lakukan. Menjaga moral sebagai seorang arsitek untuk tetap diakui oleh masyarakat adalah bagian dari etika yang harus dipertahankan. Dan dalam perspektif etika profesi, arsitek diminta untuk bisa bersikap menghindari konflik kepentingan. Ketika, nilai-nilai yang menjadi dasar bagi para pelaku pembangunan berbeda-beda, maka etika menjadi relatif.
Educación integral de la sexualidad en la formación de estudiantes de psicología
Authors: Salinas Boldo Claudia , Be Ramírez Pedro Antonio
Published: March 2021

El objetivo de este trabajo fue el de describir y analizar el contenido y aplicación del programa de la unidad académica (PUA) de “Sexualidad humana” del programa de licenciatura en psicología, de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC). Esto en función de la vinculación que debe existir entre dicha formación y tanto los lineamientos internacionales en materia de educación sexual y desarrollo sostenible, como los ejes transversales de equidad y responsabilidad social universitaria del Plan de Desarrollo Institucional (PDI) de la UABC 2019-2023. Se aplicaron las técnicas de mapeo con base en los programas educativos de 32 universidades públicas del país, análisis de contenido al PUA de “Sexualidad humana” y tres grupos focales con nueve estudiantes que ya habían cursado la UA anteriormente mencionada. Se encontró que más de la mitad de las universidades públicas del país integran materias vinculadas con la sexualidad dentro de sus programas de licenciatura en psicología; que el PUA analizado requiere de la inclusión de temas vinculados con el aspecto socio-cultural de la sexualidad, tales como: valores y sexualidad; cultura y sexualidad; derechos sexuales y reproductivos; violencia de género; inclusión y diversidad sexual y estigma e ITS., y que los y las estudiantes, reconocen que los y las psicólogas tendrían que estar preparados para llevar a cabo procesos de educación sexual integral, algo que reconocen como una necesidad urgente en la sociedad mexicana.
Reflexiones acerca de la asexualidad a partir de dos experiencias clínicas en el CRAm
Authors: Gelpi Gonzalo , Suñol Nahuel
Published: March 2021

En este artículo se pretende reflexionar desde una mirada crítica sobre la asexualidad. La selección de la temática se relaciona con la necesidad de visibilizar a una comunidad que muchas veces es negada y desapercibida, dado que, generalmente, ocupa un sitio periférico dentro de la agenda de investigación y de las discusiones científicas dentro del campo de la sexualidad humana y de los estudios de género, generando una situación de baja producción académica en español en esta materia. Para cumplir con este objetivo, se realiza una síntesis relativa al estado del arte sobre la temática y se propone una articulación teórico-práctica en base a dos experiencias clínicas con usuarios autoidentificados como asexuales en el marco de la atención que se ofrece en el Centro de Referencia Amigable (CRAm). El escrito explora la hipótesis de una posible relación entre la asexualidad y sufrir experiencias traumáticas, en particular, eventos de abuso sexual infantil (ASI). Este trabajo lejos de buscar patologizar a la asexualidad, confirmar o refutar la hipótesis central o instalar una verdad absoluta, pretende ser un punto de partida para la reflexión y la crítica de las distintas concepciones, enfoques y abordajes acerca de la asexualidad, con el fin de motivar la formulación de nuevas interrogantes y promover un aumento de producción de conocimiento sobre el fenómeno.
A Review of Qualitative Research Groups in Web 2.0 Social Networking Communities: Prepare to Be Amused, Inspired, and Even Blown Away
Authors: Duffy Maureen
Published: March 2021

The presence of qualitative research groups on Web 2.0 social networking applications, like Facebook, has continued to grow. These groups are self organizing systems of people interested in particular aspects of qualitative research. Many of these qualitative research groups have companion internet websites and some also have companion YouTube channels, creating a very strong cyber presence. While visitors to these groups are encouraged to evaluate their quality for themselves, in general, the groups provide accessibility and good information for practitioners, students, and teachers of qualitative research alike. Most importantly, a number of these online qualitative research groups can serve as incubators for innovation for both the group members and visitors to the groups.
Facilitating Coherence across Qualitative Research Papers
Authors: Chenail Ronald , St. George Sally
Published: March 2021

Bringing the various elements of qualitative research papers into coherent textual patterns presents challenges for authors and editors alike. Although individual sections such as presentation of the problem, review of the literature, methodology, results, and discussion may each be constructed in a sound logical and structural sense, the alignment of these parts into a coherent mosaic may be lacking in many qualitative research manuscripts. In this paper, four editors of The Qualitative Report present how they collaborate with authors to facilitate improvement papers’ coherence in such areas as co-relating title, abstract, and the paper proper; coordinating the method presented with method employed; and calibrating the exuberance of implications with the essence of the findings. The editors share exercises, templates, and exemplary articles they use to help mentor authors to create coherent texts.
Writing Interview Protocols and Conducting Interviews: Tips for Students New to the Field of Qualitative Research
Authors: Jacob Stacy , Furgerson S.
Published: March 2021

Students new to doing qualitative research in the ethnographic and oral traditions, often have difficulty creating successful interview protocols. This article offers practical suggestions for students new to qualitative research for both writing interview protocol that elicit useful data and for conducting the interview. This piece was originally developed as a classroom tool and can be used by professors teaching qualitative research in conjunction with academic readings about qualitative interviewing.
An Autoethnographic Review of Big Black Penis: Misadventures in Race and Masculinity
Authors: Carlisle G.
Published: March 2021

Autoethnography is a qualitative research method that allows a researcher to universalize their experience of being an individual, thus allowing others to experience their experience, be affected and continue a conversation. Big Black Penis: Misadventures in Race and Masculinity (Taylor, 2008) is a book that invites readers into the author’s experience as a Black male. As a Black male, I enter into, review, and continue the autoethnography dialogue started by Taylor. Big Black Penis is for those wanting to learn about the lived experiences of being a Black man in America.
Spousal Caregiver Narratives and Credible Authority: Uncertainty in Illness of Spousal Caregivers
Authors: Sodowsky Karen
Published: March 2021

This article is taken from a larger longitudinal study that used caregiver interviews, caregiver surveys, and caregiver statistical information of one community. The interviews were conducted with six spousal caregivers to examine the narratives produced by spouses actively caring for their partners with dementia. The spousal caregivers were interviewed multiple times over approximately 12 to 18 months. The author was the caregiver counselor and had worked in the community in social services for fifteen years. The narratives were analyzed using a phenomenological approach that allowed the development of descriptions of uncertainty and sharing caregiver narratives with a specialized audience. The duality of caregiver uncertainty based on making decisions for and about cognitively impaired care recipients is evident in diagnosis, safety, end-of-life decisions, and the caregivers’ health. The choice of professional listeners as the audience when talking about uncertainty in illness relates to the importance of credible authority in reducing caregiver uncertainty.
Fostering Growth in the Survivorship Experience: Investigating Breast Cancer Survivors’ Lived Experiences Scaling Mt. Kilimanjaro from a Posttraumatic Growth Perspective
Authors: Burke Shaunna , Sabiston Catherine
Published: March 2021

The aim of this study was to use an ethnographic case study approach to explore breast cancer survivors’ experiences scaling Mt. Kilimanjaro from a posttraumatic growth perspective. Three breast cancer survivors who participated in interviews and observations during a nine-day climb on the mountain were included in this study. Findings are presented first as three individual case studies and then offered as a cross-case analysis to emphasize themes that illustrated the women’s shared experiences of growing from adversity. Participation in the climb on Mt. Kilimanjaro provided an opportunity for the women to (a) nurture priorities, (b) foster self-belief, and (c) cultivate connections. Future research should conduct investigations into the role of physical activity as a facilitator of the posttraumatic growth process.
Language Symmetry: A Force Behind Persuasion
Authors: Yeager Joseph , Sommer Linda
Published: March 2021

Language operates according to rules. Rules mean prediction. The application of these language rules to persuasive campaigns through linguistic technology can result in major gains in advertising, political and marketing outcomes. For qualitative researchers in communications, marketing and messaging, one area of persuasive language technology can be found in the linguistic feature of symmetry. Language has many forms of symmetry, and most persuaders are unaware that a great deal of persuasion depends upon symmetrical message structures. In persuasion, a mirror image or symmetrical reflection of an attitude or opinion is more persuasive than a random or non-symmetrical message or idea. Reading the subtle features of language to create symmetrical responses can create extraordinarily successful results for research and applied persuasive efforts ranging from single interviews to mass marketing campaigns.
The Relationship Between Corporate Governance Practices and Financial Performance:
Evidence from Amman Stock Exchange
Authors: Bataineh Hussein Ahmad , Al Harthy Sulaiman Salim , Al Balushi Raqiya Ali
Published: March 2021

The objective of the study was to establish the relationship between corporate governance Index and financial performance and evidence from Amman stock exchange. To achieve this objective, this study applied descriptive research structure. In this case, the research focused on the 181 firms listed at the Amman Stock Exchange (Appendix I). The statistical techniques that was applied to analyze collected data included descriptive statistics. The information analyzed revealed that the model summary indicated that the R² to be 0.243. This meant that 24.3% of the variation in performance (ROA) was due to the predictor variable captured in the study. This also implied that 75.7% of the variation in ROA was attributed to the measurements of error and other factors that could have had an effect on the ROA but were not captured in the study. The estimated model showed that ROA when other factors are held constant was 1.610. The outcomes also revealed that governance score had a beta coefficient of 0.573 indicating that for every unit increase in governance score on the ROA went up by 0.573. This relationship is significance since P-value of 0.025<0.05. Therefore, the model qualified as a good predictor.

Keywords: Corporate Governance, Financial Performance, Amman stock Exchange.
Turning the NARN into an ARC at the University of Bedfordshire: some reflections and comparisons
Authors: Kumar Arti
Published: March 2021

In recent years I have increasingly been involved with action research at several levels (as a leader and participant on the NARN project and also on other institutional, collaborative and individual research studies). To fulfil my various responsibilities I convened and led the Action Research Consortium (ARC) at the University of Bedfordshire from June 2008 to June 2010. Evaluating the effects of this action provided a research topic and the context for my own personal and professional development, which I present in this paper as a reflective analysis. I focus on the main lessons learned and applied at a management level, through analysing the type of change ARC participants reported and discussed, and that I observed. My insights and recommendations are broadly informed by theories related to action research, Appreciative Inquiry and positive psychology approaches.I argue here that action research can generate continuous improvements in pedagogy - but achieving this ideal for all staff crucially depends on cycles of action research operating in a productive dynamic with their personal and professional development (and this could extend to students). This will not happen by chance, and has not happened as extensively as expected, even though my findings show that the opportunities offered through the ARC were motivating and beneficial for staff who engaged. For the potential impact of action research to be realised in the experience of practitioner-researchers and in the vision of universities, positive conditions must be created to support research-active programmes and communities, underpinned by congruent protocols and values. The recommendations I make here can help to promote and sustain an integral research culture and are therefore relevant to managers, as well as practitioners, who are doing, or thinking of embarking on, action research.
Assessment of Core and Functional Competencies of Technical Personnel of the Center for Health Development Calabarzon, Philippines
Authors: Castillo Eleanor C. , Antonio Carl Abelardo T. , Carreon Racel G. , Tiu Jennifer Christina T. , Reyes Ma. Sophia Graciela L. , Quizon Romeo R. , Gregorio, Jr. Ernesto R.
Published: March 2021

Objective. To assess the competency levels of the technical staff of the Center for Health Development Calabarzon (CHD 4A) to inform the development of a human resource management plan.Methods. A cross-sectional assessment design to determine the CHD 4A technical staff's competency level was utilized. The team from the College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila invited all the CHD 4A technical staff to complete a self-assessment using the Learning and Development Needs Assessment Tool (LDNA) (version 3-45), rating their perceived competency and the level of importance to their functions on core and functional competencies stipulated in the Department of Health Compendium of Competency Standards. Gaps were identified by comparing perceived competency levels with a predetermined standard for each agency's salary grade or position.Results. All 67 technical staff took part in the assessment. Entry- and senior-level professionals had minimal deviations from predetermined standards, with gaps in quality service focus and teamwork for the former and planning and political savvy for the latter. In contrast, mid-career professionals had larger gaps in magnitude and number than entry and senior-level staff – the largest being on results orientation – reflective of newly-promoted staff's adjustment period. Of note, these gaps were based on the prevailing competency standards in force at the time of assessment in 2015. Findings may need to be revisited when the agency updates the core and functional competency standards.Conclusion. The participants perceived core and functional competencies as important, with the level of perceived importance increasing as the salary bracket increases. Core competency gaps were widest in integrity and quality service focus. Simultaneously, results orientation, and planning and organizing were the functional competencies that registered the widest gap and prioritized. Training needs assessments should be conducted in times of change to ensure an organization's training programs' relevance and to develop peak-level employee performance.
Os Pankararé de brejo do burgo na cidade de São Paulo
Authors: Luz Lidia Izabel da
Published: March 2021

Costuma-se ouvi, com grande frequência, que a cidade de São Paulo é a síntase do Brasil, pois, ao mesmo tempo, ela produz o desenvolvimento e diversos problemas socias.[...]
Os refugiados na América Central
Authors: Rodrigues P. Gabriela , Da Silva Sidney
Published: March 2021

Nos anos 80, em virtude dos conflitos bélicos existentes na América Central, um grande número de centro-americanos teve que emigrar de seus países de origem para outros países vizinhos da região. Tais populações caracterizamse, principalmente, pelo fato de serem camponeses pobres, analfabetos em sua maioria, e por fugirem da repressão e da violência interna desencadeada em seus países. Guatemala, El Salvador e Nicarágua foram os países que geraram a maior quantidade de refugiados, os quais tiveram que deixar seus países de origem. Existem também os “desplazados” internos, pessoas que tiveram de deixar seu lugar de origem para deslocar-se até outras zonas consideradas mais seguras dentro de seus próprios países. Todo esse movimento migratório externo e interno fez com que em março de 1991 existisse um volume de 876.000 pessoas “desplazadas” internas e 1.255.384 refugiados (Cf. CIREFCA) na América Central e México. Tenha-se em conta que Costa Rica, Belize e México não contam com “desplazados” internos; são por sua vez, países receptores de refugiados. Da cifra de refugiados anteriormente mencionada, 89% são indocumentados ou refugiados não reconhecidos, restando somente 11% de refugiados com status reconhecido. México possui 446.000 refugiados, dos quais só 10% recebem acompanhamento oficial.
Indagações sobre a educação de jovens filhos de migrantes
Authors: Sposito Marília Pontes
Published: March 2021

A década de 90 confirma, para muitos, a sensação de impasse e de falta de perspectivas para a sociedade brasileira. A recessão que marcou a última década, agravada pela profunda crise que ultrapassa as fronteiras da miséria social, atingindo as instituições e comprometendo o processo de transição democrática, é a grande herança para os próximos anos. Tais efeitos são imediatamente perceptíveis sob o ponto de vista geral da sociedade e de seus segmentos explorados[...]
O campesinato vive!
Authors: Fischer Nilton Bueno
Published: March 2021

A expressão contida no título deste artigo tem como objetivo entender como o processo educativo, existente nos assentamentos conquistados pelos trabalhadores rurais através do Movimento dos Sem Terra (MST), se torna também uma forma de aprendizagem para aqueles intelectuais, educadores populares e organizações (partidos, sindicatos) que atuam como seus assessores. [...]
A evolução recente do mercado de trabalho na grande São Paulo
Authors: Tendrih Leila , Ferreira Sinésio Pires
Published: March 2021

A crise economica por que passa o pais, acentuadaa partir de 1990, teve intensos reflexos no nivel de emprego c causou alteracoes importantes no mercado de trabalho em termos dos setores economicos responsaveis pela absorcao da forca de trabalho, das estrategias de sobrevivencia da populacao e dos niveis de rendimentos por ela auferidos. [...]
Operárias na calçada
Authors: Clarke Patrick
Published: March 2021

Encontrei, por aí, um dia, as comadres da calçada. Gente nova, povo novo lutador. Semeando a esperança no meio de uma grande desgraça. Vivendo a utopia da vida nova, transformada em poesia do reino, pelas lágrimas amargas da derrota. [...]
Ser "Gaúcho" no Nordeste
Authors: Haesbaert Rogério
Published: March 2021

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O negro escravo como imigrante forçado
Authors: Moura Clóvis
Published: March 2021

O problema do processo imigrantista no Brasil nunca foi analisado considerando-se o negro africano um imigrante compulsório, que foi trazido para o Brasil através da chamada diáspora negra, já definida como a “maior migração forçada da história”. A economia colonial exigia a mão-de-obra escrava como elemento fundamental para dinamizar a sua estrutura, e, por isto, foram organizadas companhias marítimas encarregadas de transportar e comercializar milhões de seres humanos. Por uma série de razões, a África foi o local escolhido para se realizar esta pilhagem genocídica e o seu território transformado no palco da mais bárbara caçada humana da história. [...]
Ocupação e arma dos sem tetos
Authors: Marques Lires
Published: March 2021

Enfrentamos hoje no Brasil, o maior déficit habitacional de nossa história. Para atender a atual demanda urbana, mais de dez milhões de moradias deveriam ser construídas. O BNH - Banco Nacional da Habitação - criado em 1964 pela ditadura militar com o “objetivo social” de erradicação da sub-moradia, nem de longe conseguiu tocar no problema. [...]
Índios e territórios
Authors: Cutti Dirceu
Published: March 2021

Há algumas décadas atrás, quando sentados nos bancos da escola primária, era relativamentefácil sair-se bem ao interrogatório da professora na vez da lição sobre os índios. Bastava retrucar que se dividiam em Tupis e Tapuias; usavam arco, flecha e tacape; vestiam penas e cocares, e viviam da caça, pesca e coleta. E bem verdade, estamos hoje distantes dessa tabula rasa que nos foi repassada; todavia, em termos de senso comum, quiçá permaneçamos longe de entender esta realidade; aliás, realidade multifacetada, rica em diversidade, que à medida que vai se descortinando para nós agrega maior complexidade. Mas este número de Travessia não objetiva tratar das questões atinentes ao universo indígena enquanto tal, embora perpassando por este caminho, mas do fenômeno migratório entre as sociedades indígenas e seus territórios. [...]
Memorias de trabalhadores rurais na cidade
Authors: Santana Charles d'Almeida
Published: March 2021

Entre os anos de 1960 e 1980 o cotidiano em Salvador modificava-se por força da presença de lavradores expulsos do campo baiano e por conta de diversas facetas do processo de industrialização pelo qual passava. Simultaneamente, a região dos municípios de Conceição do Almeida e Santo Antonio de Jesus, no Recôncavo Baiano, experimentava uma profunda transformação em seus modos de vida e de luta no campo. A concentração de terras, a extinção das roças de café e de fumo, o fechamento de engenhos de açúcar e a ampliação da criação de gado, processos históricos articulados entre si, empurravam os trabalhadores rurais para cidades próximas, outras regiões e estados brasileiros. Nessas circunstâncias, obviamente, a migração foi a alternativa para uma expressiva parcela dos agricultores da região, especialmente para as novas gerações que se viram sem perspectiva de encontrar terras para o trabalho. [...]
Cuando los dioses migran
Authors: Carozzi María Julia
Published: March 2021

El intercambio de religiones entre Brasil, Uruguai y Argentina, se ha caracterizado en las últimas décadas por el rol exportador del primer país en relación a los platinos1. El Brasil ha exportado a los otros dos. tanto religiones afro-brasileñas - principalmente Umbanda y Batuque, y en menor medida Umbanda Omolokó y Candomblé - como representantes de su contrincante, el neopentecostalismo de la guerra espiritual, en forma de filiales de la Iglesia Universal del Reino de Dios y Dios es Amor (Oro, 1998a). [...]
Associações e etnia
Authors: Araújo José Renato de Campos
Published: March 2021

As associações étnicas devem somente ser entendidas como o local de congregação, representação e defesa de interesses de indivíduos de mesma origem étnica? Devemos entender a organização étnica como um campo onde se desenvolve o próprio processo de formação desses interesses? Ou ainda, como agente formador do sentimento étnico nos indivíduos? O estudo das associações étnicas sem dúvida nos leva a ter condições para esboçarmos algumas respostas a estas questões, além de entendermos como setores da sociedade organizam-se através de clivagens diferentes da tradicional categoria “classe social”. Em outras palavras, o estudo do associativismo étnico leva-nos a refletir sobre o processo de “invenção” (Hobsbawm, 1984) da etnicidade, ou como os indivíduos constroem a idéia de que existem laços com outras pessoas por terem origens geográficas e culturais comuns. [...]
Pensando a terceira idade da primeira geração de imigrantes brasileiros nos Estados Unidos
Authors: Sales Teresa
Published: March 2021

Este artigo é o primeiro resultado de minha mais recente viagem de pesquisa à região de Boston nos Estados Unidos. A viagem foi motivada em parte para lançar meu livro Brasileiros Longe de Casa (Cortez Editora, 1999) junto à comunidade brasileira, em parte para dar continuidade à pesquisa que deu origem a esse livro. [...]
O refugio no mundo e os refugiados no Brasil
Authors: Silva Sidney A. da
Published: March 2021

Dentre as situações dramáticas do mundo das migrações, a dos refugiados constitui, sem dúvida alguma, a mais expressiva. Em primeiro lugar, por tratar-se de um número significativo, cerca de 22,3 milhões, particularmente da Ásia e da África, vítimas da pobreza, das guerras e de inúmeras situações resultantes da violação dos direitos humanos. Em segundo lugar, porque as possibilidades de se conseguir o refúgio definitivo vem se restringindo cada vez mais, em razão do aumento dos pedidos e da crescente xenofobia presente, particularmente em alguns países europeus. [...]
Jovens imigrantes angolanos no Rio de Janeiro
Authors: Petrus Regina
Published: March 2021

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Gente "sem eira nem beira"
Authors: Oliveira Agostinho Duarte de , Vicente Cenise Monte
Published: March 2021

Existem muitos tipos de migrantes. Náo nos deteremos nos bem sucedidos; pelo contrário, nossa atenção recairá sobre os marginalizados, os excluídos, os “desclassificados”; numa palavra, aquela gente “sem eira nem beira”. Caracteriza-se a migração, para a maior parte do povo brasileiro, por seu caráter involuntário. Para uma parcela, porém, do grande contingente que é forçado a sair de sua terra, aqueles que pela frente terão como destino certo a sargeta, migrar é, antes de tudo, exílio, desterro; é a condenação ao desenraizamento máximo. [...]
Linchamentos
Authors: Martins José de Souza
Published: March 2021

Na história da desagregação da ordem social e política e da crise das instituições, como a polícia e a justiça, no Brasil, a partir de certo momento da ditadura militar, até hoje, os linchamentos constituem um capítulo fundamental. Neste artigo, reúno dados de um levantamento sobre linchamentos e tentativas de linchamento ocorridos num período de dez anos, de 1979 a 1988, incluindo quatro casos avulsos registrados entre 1970 e 1978. Apresento, apenas, uma primeira descrição sociológica do material, de modo a definir um esboço preliminar de onde, quando, porque e como se dá esse tipo de violência, que expressa tão acentuadamente a crise social. [...]
Distante do Éden
Authors: Branco Adélia de Melo , Vainsencher Semira Adler
Published: March 2021

Analisando-se  a  realidade  concreta  do  Nordeste  do  Brasil,  de  acordo com  Ba­celar (1997),  não há como  negar:  a despeito do grande crescimen­ to econômico e da entrada no mercado  globalizado,  a  pobreza continua  sendo  uma das características mais marcantes  dessa Região. Segundo Guimarães Neto (1997), inúmeros fatores, entre eles a es­ cravidão e a concentração do poder po­ lítico e econômico, contribuíram para a  existência da pobreza que o Nordeste en­ frenta,  deixaram  marcas  profundas  na  economia local e tiveram uma forte in­ fluência  na  sua  evolução.  Tais  fatores  concorreram para dificultar o  acesso à  terra,  garantir  a  presença  marcante  do  latifúndio - onde o proprietário, no con­ texto  de relativo  excedente de  popula­ ção, sempre possuiu uma enorme capa­ cidade  de  definir relações  de  explora­ ção da força de trabalho - e defender o  papel  do  capital  mercantil,  no  interior  da própria economia regional,  além do  papel que o mesmo exerceu nas relações  do Nordeste com os comércios interna­ cional e inter-regional, notadamente na  comercialização da produção agrícola.  [...]