bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Identification of strains with phenotypes similar to those of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from table chicken eggs using MALDI-TOF MS and genotyping methods
Authors: Marek Agnieszka , Pyzik Ewelina , Stępień-Pyśniak Dagmara , Hauschild Tomasz , Banach Tomasz
Published: July 2015

The aim of the study was to identify the affinity of 10 Staphylococcus strains isolated from table chicken eggs to specific species. Preliminary analysis performed by API ID32 Staph test identified these strains as S. aureus, but they exhibited a negative reaction in the tube coagulase test. Thus, the analysed strains were initially characterised as Staphylococcus aureus-like (SAL). Further characterisation was performed by genotypic methods, using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of the coagulase gene (coa) and sequencing of the gene rpoB. An attempt was also made to identify the isolated Staphylococcus strains by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. The results indicated that none of the strains tested belonged to the species S. aureus. The rpoB sequences of five isolates showed the highest sequence similarity to S. haemolyticus, three isolates to S. chromogenes, and one isolate to S. epidermidis. One strain (SAL4) remained unidentified in this analysis. The results obtained using mass spectrometry were comparable to those based on gene sequence analysis. Strain SAL4, which could not be identified by sequencing, was identified by MALDI-TOF as Staphylococcus chromogenes.
Immunohistochemical detection of tumour cell proliferation and intratumoural microvessel density in canine malignant mammary tumours
Authors: Sennazli Gulbin , Yildirim Funda , Serdar Arun Seckin , Gurel Aydin , Sonmez Kivilcim
Published: July 2015

The objective of this study was to investigate the correlation between different histological types and grades of canine malignant mammary tumours, tumour cell proliferation and their angiogenic activity using immunohistochemical markers. Mammary tissue samples from 47 bitches with mammary cancer were evaluated. The expression of cellular proliferation marker Ki-67 and endothelial marker Von Willebrand’s factor (vWF) were immunohistochemically demonstrated. The tumours with the highest Ki-67 and vWF expressions were found to share similar histomorphological features. Simple solid carcinoma had the highest levels of Ki-67, vWF, and higher histological grade while complex carcinomas, osteosarcomas, and carcinosarcomas had the lowest ones. The differences between the expressions of Ki-67 and vWF in different tumour types were considered to be of great importance in determination of biological behaviour and prognosis of these tumours. This study is one of the few studies that evaluate these differences among the subtypes of malignant canine mammary tumours
Effects of flunixin and florfenicol combined with vitamins E and/or C on selected immune mechanisms in cattle under conditions of adaptive stress
Authors: Urban-Chmiel Renata , Stachura Rafał , Hola Piotr , Puchalski Andrzej , Dec Marta , Wernicki Andrzej
Published: July 2015

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of flunixin and florfenicol administered in combination with vitamin E or C on selected leukocyte immune mechanisms and on the inflammatory process during the first few weeks in the feedlot. Fifty calves divided into 5 groups (n = 10) received florfenicol and flunixin with vitamin E or C. Blood was collected on the 1st, 3rd, 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th d of the experiment. Intracellular metabolism (NBT), apoptosis, chemotaxis, susceptibility to M. haemolytica leukotoxin, and expression of β2-integrins were determined in leukocytes. The symptoms of respiratory tract infection were observed in 40% of calves in control group, while in the other groups the morbidity rate ranged from 10% to 20%. Leukocytes showed decreased NBT, and the mean values for apoptosis ranged from 14% to 24%. The lowest percentage of apoptotic cells was observed in the calves that received florfenicol with flunixin and vitamins E and C. The chemotactic activity confirmed the significant inhibitory effect of the preparations on migration of the cells. A significant decrease (P ≤ 0.05) in the susceptibility of leukocytes to leukotoxin was noted in the group that received florfenicol and flunixin with vitamin E. Expression of β2-integrin receptors was the lowest in calves receiving florfenicol with flunixin and vitamin E or C. The application of an antibiotic and a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug with antioxidants protected the leukocytes involved in defence against M. haemolytica virulence factors and effectively limited oxidative stress in the calves.
Role of insulin during the development of oligofructose (OF)-induced equine laminitis
Authors: Jiang Renli , Gao Li , Wang Guanying , Li Xinran , Li Yue , Fan Xiaojing , Liu Xu , Wang Jinglu , Zhang Yu , Kong Xiangxing , Xiao Jianhua
Published: July 2015

Horses (n = 20) were divided into 2 groups: oligofructose (OF)-induced equine laminitis group (group OF; n = 11) which received 10 g/kg b.w. of OF dissolved in 4 L water via nasogastric intubation, and control group (NS; n = 9) which received 4 L of saline. Blood was collected at 4 h intervals over 72 h study period and analysed by ELISA, kinetic limulus amoebocyte lysate assay, and glucose-oxidase methods. The level of insulin changed significantly in horses which received OF (P < 0.01); there was a significant negative correlation between the level of adiponectin and insulin over time. The results suggested that insulin may play an important role in the development of OF-induced equine laminitis by altering the level of endothelin-1 and nitric oxide.
Polymorphism of the PrP prion protein gene in Polish Merino and old-type Polish Merino from Brylewo flock
Authors: Niżnikowski Roman , Oprządek Artur , Czub Grzegorz , Świątek Marcin , Kubasik Dariusz , Brzoza Paweł , Głowacz Krzysztof , Ślęzak Magdalena
Published: July 2015

The study was conducted on Polish Merino (143♀ and 39♂) and old-type Polish Merino sheep (176♀ and 61♂) in Brylewo flock (Wielkopolskie Province). The examined sheep were at the age of one year. Prion protein (PrP) genotype was determined in all animals. In both breeds four alleles (ARR, ARQ, AHQ, VRQ) were found. Highly significant effect of breed and insignificant impact of gender within breed was observed in regard to the frequency of occurrence of alleles and genotypes susceptible to classical scrapie in the sheep. Eight different PrP genotypes in Polish Merino and nine genotypes in old-type Polish Merino were identified. Very high frequency of ARR/ARR genotype in old-type Polish Merino and high frequency of ARR/ARQ genotype in Polish Merino were found, with relatively significant frequency of occurrence of the genotypes containing VRQ allele. In old-type Polish Merino, three animals (of both genders) had VRQ/VRQ genotype. Breeding work involving elimination of animals encoding valine at codon 136, and introduction of rams with ARR allele to the population increased the frequency of occurrence of ARR/ARR genotype and ARR allele in the population of old-type Polish Merino. To improve the distribution of the genotypes genetically resistant to scrapie in the flock of Polish Merino only rams with ARR/ARR genotype were left. This guarantees an increase in the frequency of occurrence of genotypes genetically resistant to scrapie in the offspring.
Trilateral Trust Based Defense Mechanism against DDoS Attacks in Cloud Computing Environment
Authors: Iyengar N. Ch. S. N. , Ganapathy Gopinath
Published: July 2015

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) in a Cloud leads to a high rate of overload conditions, which subverts the Data Center (DC) performance and ends up in resource unavailability. This work proposes a “Trilateral Trust mechanism” which helps in detecting different kinds of attack groups at different points of time. It is the direct trust based defense mechanism for segregating legitimate and attack groups from the vast number of incoming requestors. It is a hybrid mechanism of trusts that follows the zero trust approach initially and eventually supports both Mutual trust and Momentary trust. This combinatorial trust mechanism helps in detecting almost all kinds of overload conditions at a cautionary period. Detecting the high rate of an attack at an earlier moment of time could reduce the traffic impact towards DC. The simulation results and profit analysis proved that the mechanism proposed is deployable at an attack-prone DC for resource protection, which would eventually benefit the DC economically as well.
Robot Path Planning Based on Improved A* Algorithm
Authors: Peng Jiansheng , Huang Yiyong , Luo Guan
Published: July 2015

Due to the characteristic that A* algorithm takes a long time when traversing an OPEN table and a CLOSED table, an improved method is proposed that is a new way of array storing in an OPEN table and a CLOSED table. Compared to the original A* algorithm, the way of array storing accesses the array elements by locating the number ranks each time you visit a specified element, which can be done by only one operation. The original A* algorithm requires the traverse of multiple nodes in order to find a specified element. The experimental results show that the comparison of the improved A* algorithm with the original A* algorithm shows that the operating efficiency is improved by more than 40%. Based on the improved A* algorithm the method preserves the advantages of the original A* algorithm, improving the operating efficiency of A* algorithm.
Is Iron Chelation Important in Preventing Glycation of Bovine Serum Albumin in Vitro?
Authors: Galiniak Sabina , Bartosz Grzegorz , Sadowska-Bartosz Izabela
Published: July 2015

The role of metal (especially) iron ions has been postulated to play a prominent role in protein glycation, suggesting antiglycating effectiveness of metal chelators. However, this rule may not apply to all model glycation systems. We found that metal chelators are not effective in prevention of glycation of bovine serum albumin (BSA) in vitro, and there is no correlation between the antiglycating effects of 32 compounds and their iron chelation activity as measured with the ferrozine test. These data indicate that the glycation of BSA in vitro is iron-independent and is not a proper system to study the role of metals in protein glycation.
Corrosion behaviors of steels under supercritical CO2 conditions
Authors: Wei Liang , Zhang Yucheng , Pang Xiaolu , Gao Kewei
Published: July 2015

Carbon dioxide (CO2) corrosion at low partial pressure has been widely recognized, but research on supercritical CO2 (SC CO2) corrosion is very limited. By far, investigations on steel corrosion under SC CO2 conditions have mainly focused on the corrosion rate, structure, morphology, and composition of the corrosion scales as well as the electrochemical behaviors. It was found in aqueous SC CO2 environment, that the corrosion rate of carbon steel was very high, and even stainless steels (13Cr and high-alloy CrNi steels) were subjected to some corrosion. Inhibitor could reduce the corrosion rate of carbon steels and stainless steels, but none of the tested inhibitors could reduce the corrosion rate of carbon steel to an acceptable value. Impurities such as O2, SO2, and NO2 and their mixtures in SC CO2 increased the corrosion rate of carbon steel. However, the existing studies so far were very limited on the corrosion mechanism of steels in SC CO2 conditions. Thus, this paper first reviews the finding on the corrosion behaviors of steels under SC CO2 conditions, points out the shortcomings in the present investigations and finally looks forward to the research prospects on SC CO2 corrosion.
Assessing the wood quality of interior spruce (Picea glauca × P. engelmannii): variation in strength, relative density, microfibril angle, and fiber length
Authors: Mansfield Shawn D. , Parish Roberta , Ott Peter K. , Hart James F. , Goudie James W.
Published: July 2015

A dynamic interrelationship exists among wood density and fiber traits (tracheid length and microfibril angel, MFA) and the ultimate wood strength properties. Moreover, many of the basic fundamental wood attributes are heavily influenced by crown size and architecture. In an attempt to examine this interplay, we thoroughly characterized 60 interior spruce (Picea glauca × P. engelmannii) trees sampled in three age classes from four sites in central British Columbia. Breast height discs were taken, and relative wood density was measured along two radii. Tracheid length was assessed on isolated 5 years increments from pith to bark at breast height for each tree, as was MFA. Segmented regression was used to identify the “juvenile to mature wood” transition point, which revealed transition ages of 9.4 and 15.1 years for wood density and MFA, respectively, while fiber length continued to elongate until near 60 years of age. The flexural properties, modulus of elasticity (MoE) and modulus of rupture (MoR), were also quantified in the 60 individuals and found to be best predicted by V
FV, a measure of tree vigor, and not the basic wood attributes. These findings imply that long crowns carrying large amounts of foliage, V
FV, negatively impact wood strength in interior spruce.
Dry Sliding Wear Behavior of Cast A7075 and A7075/SAF 2205 Composite Material
Authors: Karaaslan Ahmet , Kısasöz Alptekin , Atapek Ş. Hakan , Güler Kerem Altuğ
Published: July 2015

The wear behavior of cast A7075 and A7075/SAF 2205 composite material fabricated by vacuum-assisted investment flask casting was investigated under dry sliding condition. The wear tests were carried out using a “ball-on-disc” type tribometer. In the wear tests, 100Cr6 and ZrO2 balls were used as counterparts and the load, total distance and rotating speed were selected as 10 N, 100 m and 100 rpm, respectively. The results were evaluated using the friction coefficient–distance diagram, weight loss and wear rate. All worn surfaces were examined by scanning electron microscope and wear characteristics of the materials were discussed as a function of the microstructural features. It was concluded that composite material had lower friction coefficient, less weight loss and slower wear rate than that of cast material.
The Role of the XPF Gene Polymorphism (Xrcc4) Ser835ser in the Risk of Malignant Transformation of Cells in the Colorectal Cancer
Authors: Kabziński Jacek , Majsterek Ireneusz , Dziki Adam , Mik Michał
Published: July 2015

Participation of DNA repair systems in the pathogenesis of cancer has been a suspected phenomenon for a long time. Decreased efficiency in DNA repair translates to their ability to fix and consequently leads to mutations and the process of carcinogenesis. Linking individual polymorphisms of DNA repair systems with an increased risk of colorectal cancer will allow the classification of patients to high-risk groups and their placement under preventive program.

The aim of the study was to determine the effect of XPF gene polymorphism Ser835Ser on increasing the risk of colorectal cancer in the Polish population.

Material and methods. as the material blood collected from 146 patients diagnosed with colon cancer was used. The control group consisted of 149 healthy subjects. Genotyping was performed by Taq- Man method.

Results. The results indicate that genotype TCC/TCT is associated with an decreased risk of colorectal cancer (OR 0.574; CI 95% 0.335-0.984; p=0.043).

Conclusions. Based on these results, we conclude that the XPF gene polymorphism Ser835Ser may be associated with a decreased risk of colorectal cancer
Primary Adenocarcinoma in an Oesophageal Gastric Graft – Case Report
Authors: Dranka-Bojarowska Daria , Lewiński Adam , Grabarczyk Andrzej , Lampe Paweł
Published: July 2015

Primary adenocarcinoma in the esophageal gastric graft is a rare complication diagnosed in patients with long-term survival. Most data concerning the diagnosis and treatment of patients with metachronic cancer in esophageal grafts is derived from Japan and South Korea. The diagnosis of cancer in esophageal gastric grafts in the European countries is rare.

The study presented a case of a 66-year old male patient who, 30 months after an esophageal squamous cell cancer resection, was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the esophageal gastric graft. Despite control follow-up after the esophagectomy, cancer in the esophageal graft was detected during the stage that prevented performing radical surgery. The study presented the recommended diagnostic procedures and treatment options for esophageal gastric graft cancer, as well as review of available literature data
Assessment of the Results of Surgical Treatment of Zenker’S Diverticulum in Own Material
Authors: Bobkiewicz Adam , Banasiewicz Tomasz , Krokowicz Łukasz , Dryjas Andrzej , Wykrętowicz Mateusz , Katulska Katarzyna , Borejsza-Wysocki Maciej , Malinger Stanisław , Drews Michał
Published: July 2015

Zenker diverticulum (ZD) is the most common type of diverticula of the esophagus. Most often refers to men with a peak incidence in the seventh and eighth decade of life. In the majority diverticula remains asymptomatic and in patients with symptomatic course of the disease symptoms are often nonspecific.

Aim of the study was to present the authors’ own experience in surgical treatment of Zenker diverticulum.

Material and methods. In this paper we present an analysis of 31 patients with confirmed ZD treated surgically at the Clinic in 2004-2014. Patients were analyzed in terms of age, gender, clinical symptoms, diverticulum size, type of surgery, the time to return to the oral intake, hospital stay and perioperative complications.

Results. 22 men and 9 women were enrolled it this study. The mean age of the patients was 64.8 (SD, 10.7; in the range of 28 to 82 years). 29 patients (93.5%) underwent resection of the diverticulum, while diverticulopexy was performed in two patients. In 25 (80.6%) cases stapler device was used, while in 4 (12.9%) resection was performed manually. The average size of resected diverticulum was 4.9 cm (SD, 1.5). Following the surgery in four patients (12.9%) complications were present. The average operating time was 118.7 minutes (SD, 42.2, in the range of 50 to 240 minutes). The mean length of hospital stay was 9.3 (SD, 3.3).

Conclusions. Surgical treatment of ZD is associated with high effectiveness and low recurrence rate. Despite the advantages of endoscopic techniques, surgical treatment is characterized by one- stage procedure. The use of mechanical suture (stapler) significantly improves the operation, although on the basis of our own analysis there was no superiority revealed over hand sewn. Unquestionable adventage of classical technique is the opportunity to histopathological evaluation of resected diverticulum what is impossible to achieve in endoscopic techniques.
Phytochemical constituents as future antidepressants: a comprehensive review
Authors: Bahramsoltani Roodabeh , Farzaei Mohammad Hosein , Farahani Marzieh Sarbandi , Rahimi Roja
Published: July 2015

Depression is a major mental disease that is ranked as the fourth leading cause of disability. In order to avoid unwanted adverse reactions, as well as improve efficacy, current researches are seeking alternatives to conventional antidepressants. Phytochemicals provide an extensive research area in antidepressant therapies. The aim of the present study is to comprehensively review neurological evidences demonstrating the efficacy of phytochemicals in depression. For this purpose, electronic databases were searched to collect all data on the antidepressant mechanisms of phytochemicals from 1966 up to 2015. Plant metabolites from different categories including polyphenols (flavonoids, phenolic acids, lignanes, coumarins), alkaloids, terpenes and terpenoids, saponins and sapogenins, amines, and carbohydrates were found to possess antidepressant activity. Naringenin, quercetin derivatives, eugenol, piperine, diterpene alkaloids, berberine, hyperforin, riparin derivatives, ginsenosides, as well as β-carboline alkaloids are among the most relevant ones. Naringenin has represented its antidepressant effect by elevation of serotonin (5-HT), norepinephrine, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and glucocorticoid receptors. Piperine demonstrated inhibition of monoamine oxidase enzymes, elevation of brain 5-HT and BDNF levels, and modulation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis. The serotonergic, noradrenergic, and dopaminergic effect of berberine has been proven in several studies. Quercetin derivatives have revealed antidepressant potential via elevating pro-opiomelanocortin and neuroprotective properties, as well as reduction of proinflammatory cytokines. Assessing the structure-activity relationship of highly potent antidepressant phytochemicals is suggested to find future natural, semisynthetic, or synthetic antidepressants. Further clinical studies are also necessary for confirmation of natural antidepressant efficacy and completion of their safety profile.
Conventional and Non-Conventional Equipment for Pavement Surface Macrotexture Measuring
Authors: Kováč Matúš , Kotek Peter , Decký Martin
Published: July 2015

The article deals with the surface macrotexture measurement on various asphalt pavements. For the macrotexture measurement were used two differently working devices. The Profilograph GE is a continually working device owned by Slovak road administration. The ZScanner® 800 is a handoperated laser 3D scanner, which is the property of University of Zilina. As a characteristic for pavement texture evaluation was chosen the worldwide used parameter MPD.
THE FUTURE OF EVALUATION:PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES
Authors: Stockmann Reinhard
Published: July 2015

It is not possible to predict the future of evaluation. However, some well-founded assumptions can be made as to how evaluation is likely to develop on the basis of the current situation and the processes of social change in the future.
First, a series of indicators is used to show that evaluation is in a historic growth phase.

No es posible predecir el futuro de la evaluación. Sin embargo, se pueden expresar algunos supuestos fundamentados con respecto a cómo se va a desarrollar, teniendo en cuenta la situación actual, y los procesos de cambio social en el futuro.
En primer lugar se muestra, mediante una serie de indicadores, que la evaluación se encuentra en un período de crecimiento histórico. Después de formular tres funciones
sociales de la evaluación, se constata que el grado de institucionalización de cada una de ellas es muy distinto. En la mayoría de las organizaciones gubernamentales y no gubernamentales, la evaluación se ha establecido sólidamente como una función de gestión. En cambio, la evaluación está menos institucionalizada como herramienta
de gobernanza democrática. Las estructuras más débilmente institucionalizadas se encuentran en la función “iluminadora” de la evaluación. Al respecto, para mejorarlas serían necesarias instituciones independientes, con presupuesto, que puedan actuar sin limitaciones administrativas o agendas externas.
La última parte del artículo se centra en los retos y los peligros que la evaluación debe enfrentar para que la importancia de las tres funciones de la evaluación aumente en vez de disminuir.
Análisis estadístico del abstencionismo en las elecciones presidenciales de Costa Rica
Authors: Araya Alpízar Carlomagno
Published: July 2015

En este trabajo se analiza estadísticamente el abstencionismo electoral por distritos y provincias en
las elecciones presidenciales de Costa Rica, 2014. El autor estudia la importancia de las variables
socioeconómicas como el Índice de Desarrollo Social (IDS), con el objetivo de identificar los factores
desencadenantes y que representan un problema de legitimación del sistema político costarricense.
En este sentido, se determinó que el abstencionismo electoral en los distritos de Costa Rica se
distribuye desigualmente en relación con las características demográficas y económicas; así mismo,
tiene una correlación negativa con el índice de desarrollo social y es mayor entre la población con
menor edad promedio; además, se presenta con mayor frecuencia en aquellos lugares en donde
hay más dependencia económica y baja densidad poblacional, siendo menor en las zonas urbanas.
Finalmente, se muestra que el Partido Acción Ciudadana tuvo un efecto positivo en la disminución
del abstencionismo.
Monetary Policy, Hot Housing Markets and Leverage
Authors: Ungerer Christoph
Published: July 2015

Expansionary monetary policy can increase household leverage by stimulating housing liquidity. Low mortgage rates encourage buyers to enter the housing market, raising the speed at which properties can be sold. Because lenders can resell seized foreclosure inventory at lower cost in such a hot housing market, ex-ante they are comfortable financing a larger fraction of the house purchase. Consistent with this mechanism, this study documents empirically that both the housing sales rate and loan-to-value ratios increase after expansionary monetary policy. Calibrating a New Keynesian macroeconomic model to _t the response of housing liquidity to monetary policy, the interaction between credit frictions and housing market search frictions generates endogenous movements in the loan-to-value ratio which amplify the economy's response to monetary policy.
Autoficções de Mário
Authors: Souza Eneida Maria
Published: July 2015

Cet essai a pour but l'analyse de la position de Mario de Andrade en tant qu'intellectuel, écrivain et homme publique, aussi bien que la
construction de son auto-portrait à travers l'échange épjstolaire entre lui et quelques uns des écrivains de Minas Gerais.
Mário de Andrade e Henriqueta Lisboa
Authors: Oliveira Alaíde Lisboa
Published: July 2015

Depoimento apresentado pela autora no Centro Cultural de São Paulo, em 27/08/92, por ocasião das comemorações dos 70 anos da "Semana de Arte Moderna" e a convite da Secretaria Municipal de Cultura de São Paulo e do Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros da USP. Da mesa-redonda também participaram Antonio Candido e Décio de Almeida Prado.
Mário de Andrade e uma Carta
Authors: Iglésías Francísco
Published: July 2015

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Corpos escritos
Authors: Miranda Wander Melo
Published: July 2015

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Jorge, um Brasileiro: Herói Absurdo ou Passageiro da Esperança?
Authors: Aguíar Melânía Sílva
Published: July 2015

"Jorge, um brasileiro", traduction filmique du livre du même titre du romancier Oswaldo França Júnior, dans sa richesse rhétorique rend possible une compréhension plus juste du livre, objet principal de l'analyse comparative des deux systemes considérés ici. L'absence de signes rhétoriques apparents dans le livre traduit l'installation d'une lucidité qui détruit toutes les certitudes.
Problematizando o Pós-Estruturalismo e o Pós-Moderno
Authors: McCiuirk Bernard
Published: July 2015

The development not on1y institutionality ( théorie à la mode ) but aiso of the effect of the multiple play of cultural, sexual, political differences changed the resistance to theories in Anglo-Saxon tradition. What is the next step? An easy satisfaction with the pleasures of descpnstruction? An ideological bewilderment in the post-marxist phase? A cemetery of theories? Or is there a plausible reading of transcultural mosaic in Emmanual Levinas', Luce Irigaray's, João Guimarães Rosa's erotic-ideological writings?
Câncer-Paisagem
Authors: Vasconcelos Maurício Salles
Published: July 2015

Resumo: A imobilização do olhar panorâmico, em Week-End, de Jean-Luc Godard, é analisada neste artigo, sob o foco filosófico de Au fond des images, de Jean-Luc Nancy.Palavras-chave: Godard; Nancy; imagem.Abstract: The immobilization of the panoramical view, m Week-End, de Jean-Luc Godard, is analyzed in this article, under the philosophical approach of Jean­ Luc Nancy's Au fond des images.Keywords: Godard; Nancy; image.
Cegueira e Literatura
Authors: Ginzburg Jaime
Published: July 2015

Resumo: Este artigo procura examinar a cegueira, em perspectiva estética e epistemológica, como um campo em que, na literatura brasileira, é elaborada uma reflexão sobre a problemática da constituição do sujeito. A leitura, considerando ideias de Theodor W Adorno, parte de uma escultura de Cildo Meire les para se deter em dois escritores, Paulo Mendes Campos e Lara de Lemos.Palavras-chave: cegueira; sujeito; literatura brasileira.Abstract: This article tries to examine blindness, in an aesthetic and epistemological perspective, as an imagetic field, where are developed reflections referring to constitution of subject, in Brazilian Literature. This reading, considering Theodor W Adorno’s ideas, takes Cildo Meireles’ sculpture, and goes over two writers, Paulo Mendes Campos and Lara de Lemos.Keywords: blindness; subject; Brazilian literature.
Um Desafio a La Mirada Masculinista: Recursos Humanos por Gabriela Liffschitz
Authors: Foster David William
Published: July 2015

Resumo: Gabriela Liffschitz (falecida em 1983) é um exemplo particularmente único de fotografia urbana contemporânea argentina, por ter devotado a sua obra a documentar sua luta contra o câncer terminal. Não apenas ela foi brutalmente franca na exposição das consequências do câncer – uma doença que ataca particularmente as mulheres e é muitas vezes consequência dos transtornos da moderna vida urbana- como também produziu, nesse processo, uma fotografia que desafiava o olhar sexista masculino sobre o corpo feminino erotizado.Palavras-chave: Gabriela Liffschitz;mastectomia; olhar masculino; corpo feminino.Abstract: Gabriela Liffschitz (died 1983) was a particularly unique example of contemporary Argentine urban photography, as she devoted her work to chronicling her struggle against terminal cancer. Not only was she brutally frank in showing the consequences of cancer - a disease that particularly affects women and is often the consequence of the ravages of modem urban life- but in the process she produced a photography that defied the sexist male gaze of the eroticized female body.Keywords: Liffschitz; Gabriela; mastectomy; male gaze; women’s body.
"O inconsciente é Baltimore, ao amanhecer"
Authors: Rosa Márcia
Published: July 2015

Este artigo discute uma definição do inconsciente, proposta por Jacques Lacan em 1966, e comenta o retorno à poética nas publicações contemporâneas.
Quando a escritura se quebra nas ondas
Authors: Mourão Cleonice Paes Barreto
Published: July 2015

Desviando-se da estrutura tradicional do romance, Virginia Woolf, em As ondas, põe em cena seis vozes cujas falas executam um movimento contínuo de retração e distenção – movimento das ondas. As falas não estabelecem diálogo, apenas se tocam para um novo relance, revivem o passado contraído no presente e no futuro, cada uma delas marcada por pontos de intensidade, revivências que se repetem por não poderem ser substituídas. O cenário onde se desenrolam as falas é construído por uma narradora que limita o tempo aopercurso de um dia, sempre à beira-mar. Metáfora maior da escritura, o mar se derrama sobre as falas e aí produz um efeito de liquefação: desmancham-se os vetores do tempo, do espaço e das situações, para deixar na superfície a profusão de palavras que sobrenadam os acontecimentos revivenciados.
Escrita e escuta de corpo inteiro: a lalíngua de água viva
Authors: Andrade Maria das Graças Fonseca
Published: July 2015

Este trabalho estuda Água viva, de Clarice Lispector, a partir da noção lacaniana de lalíngua (lalangue), investigando aí a relação entre linguagem, inconsciente e Literatura, já que, para Lacan, “o inconsciente ‘é feito de lalíngua’” e ele se utilizará da experiência literária de Joyce para avançar em sua formulação. Água viva é aqui então pensado como um “idiomaterno”, “que nos ‘afeta’ com ‘efeitos’ que são ‘afetos’”, como bem o diz Haroldo de Campos, parodiando Lacan.
Está fora de causa acabar bem: biografemas de uma nem-sempre-possível
Authors: Branco Lucia Castello
Published: July 2015

Descrição de uma prática da letra, realizada na modalidade de oficina, e tendo como método a textualidade de Maria Gabriela Llansol articulada à psicanálise lacaniana.
Literatura e psicanálise: modos de aproximação
Authors: Mandil Ram
Published: July 2015

Este artigo procura apresentar alguns modos de aproximação entre Literatura e Psicanálise, a partir de um exame de suas origens na episteme moderna. As relações entre ambas são examinadas a partir da noção de aplicação e, também, de seu encontro no contexto universitário. Considerando-se uma “comunidade de destino” que as une, o artigo procura destacar alguns temas para futuras investigações e que poderão permitir a ambas estarem à altura dos desafios de nossa época.
A cena literária e a cena analítica
Authors: Ramos Maria Luiza
Published: July 2015

Retomando um tema polêmico, o objetivo deste ensaio é mostrar os tópicos em que convergem a cena literária e a cena analítica, considerando também o ponto em que ambas as cenas divergem. Para isso foram focalizados: a questão da verdade na poesia, aí compreendida a ficção; a unidade do espaço e do tempo; a unidade indivíduo; a errância entre o saber e a verdade; o sujeito suposto saber; a transferência; a repetição; o significante e, finalmente, a interpretação.
A narrativa norte-americana e a Segunda Guerra Mundial
Authors: Burns Tom
Published: July 2015

Neste artigo são discutidas as narrativas ficcionais e jornalísticas da Segunda Guerra Mundial no contexto de discórdia da sociedade norte-americana, que esteve dividida entre isolacionistas e intervencionistas durante os primeiros anos da guerra. A participação espontânea na guerra e a dúvida sobre uma percepção clara por que os homens lutavam têm sido questionadas por historiadores revisionistas. Era consenso geral, entanto, que a guerra era tanto justa como necessária. As questões políticas e sociais da guerra, como o totalitarismo, o racismo e outras formas de opressão, não são ignoradas pelas narrativas ficcionais sobre os combates. As narrativas jornalísticas e os filmes de Hollywood ocupam-se mais em mostrar o combatente como representante de valores americanos.
Lirismo versus formalidade
Authors: Moura Murilo Marcondes
Published: July 2015

Este artigo procura revelar, sem negar a imagem consagrada do poeta, aspectos problemáticos e perturbadores da poesia de Manuel Bandeira. Nele, é recontada, sob uma ótica deslocada em relação às abordagens que a obra do poeta habitualmente recebe, a fábula – simbólica da relação do poeta com sua obra – da superação, em que a robustez nasce da fraqueza.
Inter textus / inter artes / inter media
Authors: Clüver Claus
Published: July 2015

Sobre as vantagens e dificuldades de reconceber Estudos Interartes como Estudos Intermidiáticos e de construir uma base teórica para tais estudos, especialmente em relação ao
conceito de “mídia” e “mídias” e aos diversos sentidos de “intermidialidade” atualmente correntes.
Duas personagens, dois tempos, duas versões: Benjamin em livro e filme
Authors: Pereira Helena Bonito Couto
Published: July 2015

Uma das peculiaridades do romance Benjamim de Chico Buarque (1995) é a focalização de dois tempos da vida do protagonista: sua juventude nos anos 60 e a sua maturidade – com a qual se inicia a narrativa – no final dos anos 80. Em cada fase, ele contracena com uma personagem feminina, Castana Beatriz e Ariela, bastante semelhantes entre si. A descoberta dos nexos existentes entre ambas desencadeia reflexões em torno das profundas mudanças que ocorreram na sociedade brasileira nessas duas décadas. Discute-se, neste trabalho, a caracterização das personagens, em especial as femininas, e algumas das soluções adotadas por Monique Gardenberg, que realizou a transposição da narrativa para o cinema em 2002.
O diálogo imagem-palavra na arte do século XX: as colagens cubistas de Pablo Picasso e sua relação intertextual com os caligramas de Guillaume Apollinaire
Authors: Veneroso Maria do Carmo Freitas
Published: July 2015

Este estudo pretende discutir a relação entre palavra e imagem, aproximando artes plásticas e literatura, abordando o diálogo e as relações intertextuais no processo escritural nas artes no início do século XX. Serão focalizadas as relações entre imagem e texto no trabalho pioneiro de Pablo Picasso com suas colagens cubistas. Será estabelecida uma aproximação entre estas colagens e os poemas e caligramas de Guillaume Apollinaire, buscando-se mostrar pontos comuns entre os experimentos poéticos e gráficos do poeta e os papiers collés de Picasso.
A beleza da indiferença: reflexões sobre lieratura e artes plásticas a partir de um conto de Virginia Woolf
Authors: Costa Alexandre Rodrigues
Published: July 2015

Este texto analisa o conto “Objetos sólidos”, de Virginia Woolf, a partir do diálogo entre literatura e artes plásticas, com o objetivo de perceber como a opacidade dos objetos na obra de arte afeta o entendimento que o sujeito tem de si mesmo e da realidade à sua volta.
A terra, a tela e a letra
Authors: Feitosa Susanna Busato
Published: July 2015

Este estudo visa elaborar uma leitura dos aspectos semióticos que organizam os espaços de significação no processo da formação cultural brasileira a partir dos processos tradutórios realizados por parte das expedições exploratórias que para os trópicos vieram. Investigam-se, assim, por meio de relações em nível paradigmático e sintagmático, as produções pictóricas dos artistas viajantes dos séculos XVII, Albert Eckhout e Frans Post, e as produções poéticas barrocas de Gregório de Matos, Manuel Botelho de Oliveira e Manuel de Santa Maria Itaparica.
Rituals of remembrance: photography and autobiography in postmodern text
Authors: Ljungberg Christina
Published: July 2015

I argue that the use of photography in postmodern and postcolonial fiction functions firstly, by providing a powerful strategy for drawing attention to the creative and subjective ways in which both verbal and visual images are produced and presented and, secondly, by validating a verbal narrative’s exploration of events as well as supplying a special access to events and experiences that may have been forgotten or unknown. Photography emerges as a unique vehicle for moving between past and present and for thinking photographically as the image of a fleeting moment in time and space is allowed to dissolve into a multitude of possible takes, conflating various
viewpoints and space-times of the past, present and future.
Produções poéticas em mídias digitais: os clipoemas
Authors: Guimarães Denise Azevedo Duarte
Published: July 2015

O artigo analisa as diversas experiências relacionadas à
incorporação das novas mídias digitais aos textos poéticos e
pretende demonstrar como os clipoemas, tipo de poesia tecnoeletrônica, continuam um projeto em busca do movimento.
Trata-se de uma área recente que incorpora uma grande
variedade de procedimentos eletrônico-digitais. O trabalho
investiga como os clipoemas criam um jogo entre os signos
verbais e outros sistemas significantes. Procurando uma
análise sistemática, este artigo sugere uma nova tipologia,
baseada no componente tecnológico explorado, bem como
tenta explicar as variações estilísticas e modalidades de
apresentação dos clipoemas.
As relações entre as artes: por uma arqueologia da intermidialidade
Authors: Moser Walter
Published: July 2015

O ensaio investiga o conceito da Intermidialidade a partir dos Estudos Interartes e ilumina desenvolvimentos, desde o tratado de G. E. Lessing, de formas diferentes de interação entre duas ou mais mídias: dois casos românticos, a relação palavraimagem numa obra de William Blake e a representação verbal da música num conto de E. T. A. Hoffmann, e a remediação cinematográfica da pintura em filmes de Derek Jarman e Jean- Luc Godard.
A vertigem do arbitrário
Authors: Marques Ivan
Published: July 2015

Ricardo Domeneck, jovem poeta brasileiro que vive em Berlim, publicou dois livros de poemas e ensaios sobre poesia contemporânea que nos estimulam a reflexão sobre questões importantes da pós-modernidade, como o nomadismo, a flutuação entre territórios e a procura da identidade. Vivendo em “lugar nenhum”, ainda assim o poeta acredita na influência do contexto ou dos condicionamentos culturais sobre a criação das obras de arte. Esse apego ao contexto se traduz, na verdade, em fascínio pelo acaso (contra o “logocentrismo” moderno) e em supervalorização da subjetividade (apesar do “descentramento” pós-moderno).
Variações em torno do mesmo tema: a descida
Authors: Freire José Alonso Tôrres
Published: July 2015

Neste artigo, será abordado o tema da descida na ficção, especialmente em obras do escritor paraense Dalcídio Jurandir, enfatizando o percurso espacial do personagem solitário do romance rumo ao (auto)conhecimento.
Meio ambiente e literatura
Authors: Scarpelli Marli de Oliveira Fantini
Published: July 2015

Este artigo busca reconhecer alguns pontos de tangência entre os romances Vidas secas, de Graciliano Ramos, As cidades invisíveis, de Italo Calvino, e Grande sertão: veredas, de Guimarães Rosa, sobretudo no que respeita às relações modalizantes entre literatura e meio ambiente. Em meio à diversidade temática das obras indicadas, subjaz o tema da consciência ambiental, que, nas últimas décadas, vem recebendo a crescente adesão não apenas de ambientalistas, mas também de intelectuais, políticos, escritores. O foco na degradação ambiental, no alerta implícito acerca das precárias condições de vida futura em nosso planeta revela um dos nucleares e contundentes problemas a desafiar a agenda contemporânea. Nesse sentido, revela-se paradigmático o “lugar-sertão” rosiano, que, ao difundir seu território, seus valores e denúncias, patenteia uma concepção ambiental inovadora e reticular, em estreito diálogo com as atuais pesquisas interdisciplinares sobre o tema, as quais deveriam doravante guardar, em seu horizonte de expectativa, os paradigmas, as perspectivas e os equacionamentos que alicerçam as artes em geral e a literatura em particular.
Uma pequena história do espaço (e do tempo): o conceito de espaço em Kant, Lessing, Foucault e Benjamin
Authors: Otte Georg
Published: July 2015

O presente trabalho visa mostrar que tempo e espaço não são apenas “formas de intuição” (Kant), fundamentais na percepção dos objetos, mas que as duas categorias possuem um
valor diferenciado nas “epistémes” (Foucault) de cada época. Nossa hipótese é que a temporalização do pensamento, que marca a passagem da “Idade Clássica” para a Modernidade, encontra em Walter Benjamin um dos seus mais expressivos adversários mediante a valorização do espaço.
Pensando o conceito de alteridade hoje
Authors: Almeida Sandra Regina Goulart
Published: July 2015

 Entrevista concedida por Janet M. Paterson a Sandra R. G. Almeida.
Figurações da alteridade
Authors: Almeida Claudia
Published: July 2015

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Outro destino
Authors: Almeida Maria Inês
Published: July 2015

Entrevista concedida por Eduardo Viveiros de Castro a Maria Inês de Almeida
Identidade, nação e território na escrita dos intelectuais Mapuches
Authors: Silva Claudia Zapata
Published: July 2015

Este artigo tem por objetivo dar conta de um novo sujeito indígena, surgido na segunda metade do século XX: o intelectual indígena contemporâneo, formado em instituições de educação superior e que constrói discursos e representações a partir de uma disciplina do conhecimento (História, Sociologia, Literatura, Antropologia, entre outras). Abordarse- á o caso particular dos intelectuais mapuches na década de noventa, a partir de uma perspectiva de análise que os considera como autores e como atores de contornos próprios no interior do que, na atualidade, se conhece como Movimento Mapuche.
Representação e performance na literatura contemporânea
Authors: Azevedo Luciene
Published: July 2015

Identificando no romance A hora da estrela, de Clarice Lispector, a problematização da questão da representação do Outro, marca importante da tradição literária brasileira, o ensaio levanta a hipótese de a literatura contemporânea deslocar-se do paradigma da representação para o da performance construída sobre um precário equilíbrio entre a crítica e a reiteração de muitos preconceitos e estereótipos, desestabilização para a qual já acena o romance publicado em 1977. A ambigüidade da performance desdobra a questão da representação do Outro e abre um capítulo novo nos embates sobre o papel do escritor e da literatura.
O outro cinema
Authors: Nazario Luiz
Published: July 2015

Um breve panorama da trajetória percorrida pelo desejo homossexual no cinema, de seu tímido despertar no cinema mudo alemão, passando pelo seu mascaramento em Hollywood e sua estilização no “cinema de arte” europeu, até a constituição de um assumido “cinema gay” nos oásis de liberdade do capitalismo avançado.
Cinema e ficção literária em dois escritores hispano-americanos: em torno a Horacio Quiroga e Carlos Noriega Hope
Authors: Garate Miriam Viviana
Published: July 2015

O ensaio propõe uma leitura comparada de dois relatos de tema cinematográfico: Miss Dorothy Phillips, mi esposa (1919), do uruguaio Horacio Quiroga e Che Ferrrati, inventor (1923), do mexicano Carlos Noriega Hope. Examinam-se, entre outros aspectos, a presença do registro crítico-ensaístico na ficção, a evidenciação de estereótipos e clichês, o jogo ilusão/ desvelamento instaurado pela trama em relação à “máquina de sonhos”.
Bodegón californiano
Authors: Ramos Julio
Published: July 2015

Uma reflexão sobre o potencial de um pensamento pósestatista a partir da análise de um pequeno mural de Diego Rivera em um dormitório da Universidade de Califórnia em Berkeley. Começaremos com um comentário sobre o “Still Life or the Blossoming Almond Trees” (1931), que nos levará ao tema da “segunda língua materna” em um poema de Rosario Castellanos, “Silencio cerca de una piedra antigua” (De: El rescate del mundo).
Por amor às Letras
Authors: Branco Lucia Castello
Published: July 2015

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Roland Barthes ou as visões de Hildegarda
Authors: Sant’Anna Affonso Romano
Published: July 2015

O trabalho reflete sobre os limites da interpretação, tendo como eixo a leitura, por Barthes, de três desenhos de Cy Twombly.
À sombra das raparigas em flor: a Faculdade de Filosofia da Universidade de Minas Gerais
Authors: Queiroz Maria José
Published: July 2015

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Notícia sobre o espanhol na Faculdade de Letras
Authors: Carvalho Ilka Valle
Published: July 2015

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Francisco Ayala:cenas e projeções da Guerra Civil
Authors: Arcuri Silvia Inés Cárcamo
Published: July 2015

Resumo: Cenas ou momentos pontuais da ficção de Francisco Ayala relacionados com a Guerra Civil Espanhola e com a reflexão sobre o poder apresentam-se como particularmente instigantes se aproximados, pela leitura relacional, a outros textos da literatura espanhola contemporânea. Sem ignorar os contextos sociais da enunciação dos discursos, cremos válidas as tentativas de leitura de Francisco Ayala que não se restrinjam aos enquadramentos tradicionais, ainda que não questionemos como princípio de organização historiográfica as denominações consagradas de “Geração de 31”, ou “Grupo dos exilados, dos transterrados ou dos refugiados da guerra civil”. Vinculamos momentos textuais de Ayala, Unamuno e Cercas referidos às reatualizações das dimensões política e ética da guerra e do poder.Palavras-chave: Francisco Ayala; Guerra Civil Espanhola; narrativa espanhola contemporânea.Resumen: Escenas o momentos puntuales de la ficción de Francisco Ayala relacionados con la Guerra Civil Española y con la reflexión sobre el poder se presentan con singular interés si los aproximamos, por la lectura relacionante, a otros textos de la literatura española contemporánea. Sin ignorar los contextos sociales de la enunciación de los discursos, creemos legítimos los intentos de lecturas de Francisco Ayala que no queden limitados por encuadramientos tradicionales, aunque no pretendamos cuestionar las denominaciones de “Generación del 31”, o “Grupo de los exilados, de los transterrados o de los refugiados de la Guerra Civil”, ya consagradas. Vinculamos momentos textuales de Ayala, Unamuno y Cercas referidos a las reactualizaciones de aspectos políticos y éticos de la guerra y del poder.Palabras-clave: Francisco Ayala; Guerra Civil Española; narrativa española contemporânea.