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IMPORTÂNCIA DO PROFISSIONAL NUTRICIONISTA SEGUNDO PRATICANTES DE MUSCULAÇÃO EM ACADEMIAS NA CIDADE DE CASCAVEL-PR
Authors: Assis Juliana Carla , Cezar Thais Mariotto
Published: July 2019

A musculação tem um significado de saúde, tendo em vista que a preocupação nos dias de hoje é a qualidade de vida, a população vem cultuando um corpo mais definido, e através disso o número de pessoas lotam academias, só que muitos não têm um acompanhamento nutricional. O presente estudo teve a participação de pessoas dos ambos os gêneros, sendo estes entre 18 a 60 anos, que são praticantes de musculação. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida em três academias na cidade de Cascavel-PR, sendo elas representadas por A, B e C, onde (A) é clube localizado na região oeste com um número maior de participantes, (B) é uma academia de porte pequeno também na região oeste, (C) é uma academia de porte médio localizada na mesma região das demais academias de coleta de dados desta pesquisa, os critérios de inclusão, de que estivessem matriculados e que praticasse musculação e que fossem maiores de 18 anos. 129 pessoas participaram, nas academias notou-se que 32,81% dos praticantes frequentam a academia 3 vezes na semana sendo que 35,14% são do gênero feminino, com uma faixa etária entre 30 a 49 anos pode-se notar que os entrevistados da academia (C) com 94,59% acham importante o acompanhamento nutricional para a atividade desenvolvida na academia, onde apenas 5,41% dos entrevistados  relatam que não é importante, em relação a importância dada ao nutricionista, 31% consideram que a alimentação é o principal para o desempenho. Assim pode-se concluir que é importante para os praticantes de musculação o acompanhamento profissional do nutricionista para melhores resultados.
CONSUMO DE SUPLEMENTOS ALIMENTARES E O NÍVEL DE CONHECIMENTO DESSES PRODUTOS POR PRATICANTES DE MUSCULAÇÃO EM ACADEMIAS NA CIDADE DE CASCAVEL - PR
Authors: Prado Dayane Ribeiro , Cezar Thais Mariotto
Published: July 2019

A procura por um corpo perfeito e pela melhora do desempenho físico tem influenciado muitas pessoas a utilizarem suplementos nutricionais, que, atualmente, podem ser adquiridos facilmente e utilizados de forma abusiva. Diante disso, objetivou-se conhecer o uso de suplementos por praticantes de musculação em academias na cidade de Cascavel-PR. O estudo foi composto por 129 participantes, entre 18 e 56 anos. Para a coleta de dados, foi desenvolvido um questionário com perguntas mencionando idade e gênero, consumo de suplementos nutricionais e finalidade destes suplementos. A utilização de suplementos nutricionais é um fenômeno que cresce a cada dia, mas é um fato não comprovado neste estudo, em que apenas 24,80% relataram consumir suplementos, sendo as principais fontes de indicação pessoas não habilitadas para tal prescrição, 34,78%. Foi verificado também que os suplementos mais citados na pesquisa foram whey protein e suplementos para complementação alimentar. Observou-se que 4% dos participantes afirmaram consumir suplementos, mas não sabem qual a finalidade do consumo, dado preocupante, pois, quando consumidos de forma inadequada, os suplementos trazem riscos à saúde. Conclui-se que o uso de suplementos nutricionais por praticantes de musculação, competitivos ou não, carece de maior segurança, e muito critério, sendo o trabalho do nutricionista de suma importância para direcionar de forma correta o uso e indicação dos suplementos.
HUMANIZAÇÃO DA ASSISTÊNCIA DE FISIOTERAPIA NO PÓS-OPERATÓRIO DE LIGAMENTOPLASTIA DE JOELHO
Authors: Vargas Alana Dara Pauli , Taglietti Marcelo
Published: July 2019

Introdução: Com o objetivo de proporcionar melhores condições a um paciente internado, em meio hospitalar, exige-se que o atendimento seja humanizado. O fisioterapeuta deve se comprometer com a proteção e a promoção à saúde, mostrando-se importante na reabilitação desse indivíduo, pois atua na etapa de recuperação, disponibilizando uma assistência de qualidade tanto técnica como relacional com o indivíduo. Objetivo: Verificar se a assistência fisioterapêutica prestada no pós-operatório de ligamentoplastia de joelho, no Hospital de Ensino São Lucas é realizada de maneira humanizada. Metodologia: Versa sobre um estudo de corte transversal, por meio de entrevistas com questionário apreciativo respondido por indivíduos que se encontravam internados após pós-operatório de ligamentoplastia de joelho. Resultados: A amostragem foi formada por 30 indivíduos, maiores de 18 anos, e os entrevistados consentiram às condutas fisioterapêuticas, executadas pelos profissionais atuantes. A relação entre fisioterapeuta-paciente amostrou respostas positivas nos pontos dignidade (100%), comunicação (100%), autonomia (93,3%), confiabilidade (96,7%), garantia (100%), fatores interpessoais (100%), empatia (96,7) e eficácia (100%). Constatado alto grau de satisfação nos aspectos pesquisados, demostrando o contentamento dos pacientes em relação ao atendimento, no qual se deve sempre propiciar a humanização em seus acolhimentos. Conclusão: Conclui-se como humanizada a assistência fisioterapêutica aos enfermos, disponibilizada nas Alas e Pisos, no Pós-operatório de Ligamentoplastia de joelho.
La videopoesía en Dionisio Cañas
Authors: López Cantos Clara
Published: July 2019

Dionisio Cañas es un poeta pionero en referencia al género videopoesía en España, un formato cada vez más extendido hasta hoy. En este artículo analizaremos los inicios del poeta en la experimentación con el video para después comprender el desarrollo y los caminos en los que se ha ramificado su obra y así percibir su inclusión en este tipo de poesía visual: el poema se va desprendiendo de su soporte tradicional para expandirse en otros territorios, y el video se convierte en una herramienta en conexión a la mirada del poeta que, en última instancia, desembocará en acción.
Antiviral drug Utilization and Annual Expenditures for Patients with Chronic HBV Infection in Guangzhou, China, in 2008–2015
Authors: Zhou Feng , Jia Weidong , Yang Shuo , Chen Ge , Li Guanhai , Li Yueping , Liang Yingfang , Yang Yi , Gao Yanhui , Chen Yue
Published: July 2019

Background

The aims of this study were to describe antiviral drug (AD) utilization and costs in patients with chronic HBV infection.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective study of patients in the hospital and calculated annual proportions of AD utilization and costs among patients. A two-part model was used to estimate adjusted odds ratio (OR) for antiviral therapy and cost ratios for antiviral costs associated with demographics.

Results

Of a total of 14,920 records, 143,658 records were involved in the analysis. The annual proportions of AD utilization were 56.99% (45.65%) for inpatients (outpatients) during 2008–2015 and increased annually. Entecavir (ETV), in particular, increased from 11.08% to 70.26% (11.05% to 49.35%) for inpatients (outpatients). The patients with medical insurance were more likely to use AD than patients without insurance, and the adjusted OR was 1.11 (95% CI: 1.03, 1.19) for inpatients and 1.66 (1.59, 1.73) for outpatients. With the disease progressing, the proportion of antiviral costs in total direct medical costs decreased from 13.91% to 4.07% (71.29% to 49.29%) for inpatients (outpatients).

Conclusions

The use of AD for chronic HBV infection was less than expected based on established guidelines, and only half of patients received antiviral treatment. However, the AD utilization, especially ETV, increased annually. Reimbursement policy was the most important factor affecting antiviral treatment. Antiviral therapy was an important part of the direct medical costs, especially in the early stage of disease.
New and little known Latindiinae (Blattodea, Corydiidae) from China, with discussion of the Asian genera and species
Authors: Qiu Lu , Wang Zong-Qing , Che Yan-Li
Published: July 2019

A new Latindiinae, Brachylatindiaxuigen. et sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Tibet, China. The new genus Beybienkonusgen. nov. is established to include Beybienkonusacuticercus (Bey-Bienko, 1957), comb. nov. The Asian Latindiinae is discussed with a total of six genera included. A checklist of Asian species and a key to the Asian genera of Latindiinae are provided.
A new species and new record of the cryptobiotic ant genus Ponera Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Hong Kong
Authors: Pierce Mac P. , Leong Chi-Man , Guénard Benoit
Published: July 2019

Despite its small size, Hong Kong hosts a surprising level of ant diversity. Through faunal studies on arthropods conducted in Hong Kong over recent years, a new record and species of the genus Ponera have been discovered, which are introduced here. Poneraguangxiensis Zhou, 2001 is reported for the first time from Hong Kong, and Poneratudigongsp. nov. is here described as a new species, easily distinguishable from other Ponera species and unique within the genus for its four mandibular teeth.
The genus Dixa (Diptera, Dixidae) in Croatian lotic habitats, with a checklist of species and relationships with the fauna of neighbouring countries
Authors: Ivković Marija , Ivanković Lara
Published: July 2019

Invertebrate surveys in Croatia conducted between 2005 and 2018 included 39 sampling sites yielding bycatch samples of Dixidae (Diptera). All records of this family from the territory of Croatia are summarized, including previously unpublished data. Collections contained six species ofDixaMeigen –D.dilatataStrobl,D.maculataMeigen,D.nebulosaMeigen,D.nubilipennisCurtis,D.puberulaLoew, andD.submaculataEdwards, withDixadilatatareported from Croatia for the first time. Information relating to the ecoregions in which species were found and specific species traits are provided. Compared to neighbouring countries, the Croatian species assemblage is most similar to the fauna of Italy and least similar to that of Serbia and Montenegro.
This Conjuncture: For Stuart Hall
Authors: Gilbert Jeremy
Published: July 2019

When Stuart Hall died in 2014, many tributes and memorial activities were planned by organisations, institutions and publications that felt they owed him a debt. New Formations was no exception, and the editorial board spent some time reflecting on an appropriate tribute. Stuart himself,
as many of us knew, had little interest in seeing his work codified or memorialised for its own sake. But there was one injunction that many of us were familiar with from that work, his example, and from frequent personal and political conversations with him. The importance of thinking about
'the conjuncture', of 'getting the analysis right', was one that Stuart frequently emphasised to his students and interlocutors. The importance of mapping the specificity of the present, of situating current developments historically, of looking out for political threats and opportunities,
was always at the heart of Stuart's conception both of 'cultural studies' as a specific intellectual practice, and of the general vocation of critical and engaged scholarship in the contemporary world. This is double-issue is the first of two volumes of New Formations to be dedicated, in Stuart's
honour, to the understanding of this conjuncture. This introductory essay/editorial considers the relationship between 'cultural studies' and 'conjunctural analysis' as specific types of intellectual practice, before proposing a specific analysis of our present 'conjuncture', in dialogue with
the other contributors to this volume.
Du paritarisme au marché
Authors: Chupin Ivan
Published: July 2019

Le Centre de formation et de perfectionnement des journalistes (CFPJ) constitue un cas typique pour observer les transformations des relations entre patronat, État et instances syndicales. Au gré des dépôts de bilan successifs du CFPJ, en 1998 puis en 2002, on passe successivement d’un système de formation géré par le paritarisme, à une reprise en main par les patrons de médias, puis par une entreprise extérieure à la profession journalistique. La crise de cette institution dominante à la fin des années 1990 traduit la perte d’autonomie d’une profession. Les journalistes perdent progressivement la maîtrise sur leurs propres outils de travail et sur leurs institutions de formation. Cette perte d’autonomie est la conséquence du retrait de l’État du champ des écoles de formation en journalisme, du refus du patronat d’en assumer la charge, dans un contexte d’augmentation des coûts liée à l’achat de nouveaux équipements. C’est cette mutation que nous nous proposons d’interroger en montrant que les crises financières produisent, par à-coups, l’irréversibilité de l’avènement d’un nouveau modèle entrepreneurial de formation.
Two methods for rearing the striped flea beetle Phyllotreta striolata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) under laboratory conditions
Authors: Nagalingam Tharshinidevy , Costamagna Alejandro C.
Published: July 2019

The striped flea beetle, Phyllotreta striolata (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), is a major pest of canola (Brassica Linnaeus, Brassicaceae) on the Canadian prairies. The previously published methods to rear striped flea beetles under laboratory conditions are not sufficient to maintain laboratory colonies over a sustained period of time. Here, we describe two methods to rear striped flea beetles in the laboratory. The first method produces both immature stages and adult flea beetles using Napa cabbage (Brassica napa subsp. pekinensis (Loureiro) Hanelt) and canola as food sources. Beetles reared using this method produced an average of 9.7 ± 4.5 eggs, had a juvenile development period of between 26 and 33 days, and had an adult longevity between 17 and 55 days. Between 62% and 90% of the colony-reared eggs resulted in the successful development to an adult beetle. The second method uses canola as the only host, and facilitates easy access to high quantities of adult beetles. This method resulted in a six-fold to nine-fold increase in adult numbers per generation. Developmental time from adult to adult ranged from 25 to 30 days. Our two methods facilitated rearing striped flea beetles for several generations in the laboratory with or without hibernation.
Factors influencing restaurateurs’ choice of wines and wine lists: A replication study in a South African context
Authors: Terblanche Nic S. , Pentz Chris D.
Published: July 2019

Orientation: The restaurant environment is highly competitive. Restaurants’ wine lists offer value, prestige and positive emotional experiences to customers.Research purpose: The research problem studied here focuses on the factors that restaurateurs consider when they design a wine list for a fine dining restaurant. The objective is to replicate the work of Sirieix et al. (2011) in a South African context.Motivation for the study: The primary motivation for this study is the absence in academic publications about why and how South African restaurateurs select wines for their wine lists.Research design, approach and method: Sixty one restaurants offering fine dining, are not part of a franchise and offered wines from other estates and producers were approached and agreed to participate in the study. Personal interviews were conducted with owners, managers or sommeliers. Restaurateurs’ strategy preferences were analysed with Finn and Louviere’s (1992) Best-Worst methodology.Main findings: The two individual factors selected the most by South African restaurateurs for inclusion on a wine list, that a wine should match well with the food offered and that it must taste good, are similar to those of the Sirieix et al. (2011) study.Practical/managerial implications: The findings may enable wine producers and wine marketers to refine their marketing strategies and tactics to restaurants that offer fine dining.Contribution/value-add: Wine contributes on average 29% to the turnover of restaurants and is therefore by implication of great importance to customer satisfaction and restaurateurs.
The accounting professions’ role in financial management skills development of small businesses
Authors: Kirsten Corrinna L. , Fourie Johannes R.
Published: July 2019

The support of small businesses in South Africa forms part of national strategies for creating jobs and wealth. To support small businesses, initiatives aimed at developing financial management skills (through training, support services and mentoring) are offered by various public and private sector organisations. Using a multi-case study design, this study explores the nature and extent of the financial management skills development interventions offered by a selection of Western Cape small business development support organisations. The study finds that the financial management skills development interventions on offer are generalised and limited in reach. Given the skills and expertise available in the South African accounting profession, the study also considers this profession’s involvement in financial management skills development interventions. The study’s main contribution is to demonstrate how members of the South African accounting profession can contribute to transferring financial management skills in a manner that will address the profession’s corporate social responsibility.
Accounting estimates in financial statements and their disclosure by some South African construction companies
Authors: Raubenheimer Elsje
Published: July 2019

Accounting estimates form part of the preparation of financial statements and should not affect faithful representation. The use of accounting estimates does not yield exact amounts, but, rather, amounts based on assumptions. The frequency of use of accounting estimates in financial statements depends on the measurement criteria prescribed by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs). For example, in the absence of prices in an active market, and if measurement is at fair value, the fair value is based on assumptions. Disclosure of the assumptions on which accounting estimates are based enables the users of financial statements to judge if amounts are faithfully represented. The objective of the research on which this article is based was to establish what IFRSs require in terms of the disclosure of assumptions and estimation uncertainty and also if listed companies in the construction and materials sector comply with these disclosure requirements.
Non-executive directors: Employees or independent contractors for both income tax and employees’ tax purposes?
Authors: Van Schalkwyk Linda , Nel Rudie
Published: July 2019

The concept ‘independent contractor’ is one of the more contentious concepts contained in the Fourth Schedule to the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962, as amended. The classification of a person rendering services as either an ‘employee’ or an ‘independent contractor’ is relevant for both income tax and employees’ tax purposes. The objective of this article is to determine whether non-executive directors (both resident and non-resident) are employees or independent contractors for both purposes, respectively. A comprehensive literature review was done in which the meaning of the concepts ‘non-executive director’ and ‘independent contractor’ was discussed in order to gather information needed for the classification. The statutory and common law tests were then applied to determine the classification of non-executive directors as independent contractors. The conclusion reached is that resident non-executive directors could qualify as ‘independent contractors’ for employees’ tax and income tax purposes. Non-resident non-executive directors of companies are ‘employees’ for employees’ tax purposes and ‘independent contractors’ for income tax purposes.
Evaluation of corporate integrated reporting in South Africa post King III release South Africa: An exploratory enquiry
Authors: Makiwane Theophilus S. , Padia Nirupa
Published: July 2019

Following the release of the King III report on Corporate Governance for South Africa, which became effective in March 2010, South African companies are expected to embrace the concept of integrated reporting in terms of which they are required to provide details of their strategies, corporate governance, risk management processes, financial performance and sustainability. More importantly, companies need to show how these components of integrated reporting are linked to one another so that stakeholders can make informed decisions about such companies’ current performance as well as their ability to create and sustain value in the future. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the level of reporting by South African listed companies has improved since the release of the King III report. It was subsequently found that there have been some progress in this regard, but there is still much room for improvement if the objectives of integrated reporting are to be fully met.
Belasting op toegevoegde waarde: Gevolge van kliëntelojaliteits-programtransaksies vir verskaffers
Authors: Brink Sophia
Published: July 2019

Client loyalty programmes are a common phenomenon in the South African market. Despite the fact that client loyalty programmes have been prevalent in South Africa since the 1980s, the South African Revenue Service has issued minimal guidance on the value-added tax treatment of client loyalty programme transactions. The main objective of the research was to determine whether South African client loyalty programme suppliers correctly account for client loyalty programme transactions for value-added tax purposes. In order to meet this objective, available local literature was analysed to determine the proposed value-added tax treatment of a client loyalty programme transaction. The proposed correct value-added tax treatment was compared with a survey circulated to a population of client loyalty programme suppliers in South Africa. The comparison indicated that in practice the Value-Added Tax Act 89 of 1991 is not always interpreted correctly. This incorrect tax treatment could result in financial loss to the client loyalty programme supplier as taxpayer
Modelling tourism demand for South Africa: An almost ideal demand system approach
Authors: Botha Andre , Saayman Andrea
Published: July 2019

This paper models tourism demand for South Africa from the UK and the USA, using an almost ideal demand system. An error-correction almost ideal demand system (EC-AIDS) is applied to quantify the responsiveness of UK and USA tourism demand for South Africa, relative to changes in tourism prices and expenditure or income. Short-term own-price, cross-price and expenditure elasticities are derived from the EC-AIDS models. One of the key findings of the paper is that tourism from the UK and USA is not sensitive to price changes in South Africa in the short term. Tourism to South Africa is found to be more income-elastic than price-elastic, indicating that the country is vulnerable to changing world economic conditions. Even though price competitiveness does not yet seem to be a key concern, significant substitution effects are present, with especially Spain and Malaysia benefiting from a decline in South Africa’s price competitiveness.
Screening the Royal Shakespeare Company
Authors: Wyver John
Published: July 2019

No theatre company has been involved in such a broad range of adaptations for television and cinema as the Royal Shakespeare Company. Starting with Richard III filmed in the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre before World War One, the RSC’s accomplishments continue today with highly successful live cinema broadcasts. The Wars of the Roses (BBC, 1965), Peter Brook’s film of King Lear (1971), Channel 4’s epic version of Nicholas Nickleby (1982) and Hamlet with David Tennant (BBC, 2009) are among their most iconic adaptations. Many other RSC productions live on as extracts in documentaries, as archival recordings, in trailers and in other fragmentary forms.

Screening the Royal Shakespeare Company explores this remarkable history of collaborations between stage and screen and considers key questions about adaptation that concern all those involved in theatre, film and television. John Wyver is a broadcasting historian and the producer of RSC Live from Stratford-upon-Avon, and is uniquely well-placed to provide a vivid account of the company’s television and film productions. He contributes an award-winning practitioner’s insight into screen adaptation’s numerous challenges and rich potential.
Mid-Century Modern Interiors
Authors: Havenhand Lucinda Kaukas
Published: July 2019

Mid-Century Modern Interiors explores the history of interior design during arguably its most iconic and influential period.

The 1930s to the 1960s in the United States was a key moment for interior design. It not only saw the emergence of some of interior design’s most globally-important designers, it also saw the field of interior design emerge at last as a profession in its own right. Through a series of detailed case studies this book introduces the key practitioners of the period – world-renowned designers including Ray and Charles Eames, Richard Neutra, and George Nelson – and examines how they developed new approaches by applying systematic and rational principles to the creation of interior spaces. It takes us into the mind of the designer to show how they each used interior design to express their varied theoretical interests, and reveals how the principles they developed have become embodied in the way interior design is practiced today. This focus on unearthing the underlying ideas and concepts behind their designs rather than on the finished results creates a richer, more conceptual understanding of this pivotal period in modernist design history.

With an extended introduction setting the case studies within the broader context of twentieth-century design and architectural history, this book provides both an introduction and an in-depth analysis for students and scholars of interior design, architecture and design history.
The Theatre and Films of Conor McPherson
Authors: Jordan Eamonn
Published: July 2019

The spellbinding premiere of The Weir at the Royal Court in 1997 was the first of many works to bring Conor McPherson to the attention of the theatre-going public. Acclaimed plays followed, including Shining City, The Seafarer, The Night Alive and Girl from the North Country, garnering international acclaim and being regularly produced around the globe. McPherson has also had significant successes as a theatre director, film director and screenwriter, most notably, with his award-winning screenplay for I Went Down.

This companion offers a detailed and engaging critical analysis of the plays and films of Conor McPherson. It considers issues of gender and class disparity, violence and wealth in the cultural and political contexts in which the work is written and performed, as well as the inclusion of song, sound, the supernatural, religious and pagan festive sensibilities through which initial genre perceptions are nudged elsewhere, towards the unconscious and ineffable. Supplemented by a number of contributed critical and performance perspectives, including an interview with Conor McPherson, this is a book to be read by theatre audiences, performance-makers and students who wish to explore, contextualize and situate McPherson’s provocative, exquisite and generation-defining writings and performances
Terrence Malick
Authors: Sinnerbrink Robert
Published: July 2019

Many critics have approached Terrence Malick’s work from a philosophical perspective, arguing that his films express philosophy through cinema. With their remarkable images of nature, poetic voiceovers, and meditative reflections, Malick’s cinema certainly invites philosophical engagement.

In Terrence Malick: Filmmaker and Philosopher, Robert Sinnerbrink takes a different approach, exploring Malick’s work as a case of cinematic ethics: films that evoke varieties of ethical experience, encompassing existential, metaphysical, and religious perspectives. Malick’s films are not reducible to a particular moral position or philosophical doctrine; rather, they solicit ethically significant forms of experience, encompassing anxiety and doubt, wonder and awe, to questioning and acknowledgment, through aesthetic engagement and poetic reflection.

Drawing on a range of thinkers and approaches from Heidegger and Cavell, Nietzsche and Kierkegaard, to phenomenology and moral psychology Sinnerbrink explores how Malick’s films respond to the problem of nihilism the loss of conviction or belief in prevailing forms of value and meaning and the possibility of ethical transformation through cinema: from self-transformation in our relations with others to cultural transformation via our attitudes towards towards nature and the world. Sinnerbrink shows how Malick’s later films, from The Tree of Life to Voyage of Time, provide unique opportunities to explore cinematic ethics in relation to the crisis of belief, the phenomenology of love, and film’s potential to invite moral transformation.
Design
Authors: Huppatz D. J.
Published: July 2019

Design is everywhere. It shapes not only our present but also our future. An essential introductory guide, Design: The Key Concepts covers fundamental design concepts: thinking, service, context, interaction, experience, and systems.

Each concept is situated within a broad context, enabling the reader to understand design’s contemporary practice and its relationship to issues such as new technology, social and economic development, globalization, and sustainability. Concepts are also explained by use of concise, illustrated case studies of contemporary objects, spaces, systems, and methods such as Uber, the iPhone, Kickstarter and IKEA. Chapter summaries and supporting discussion questions make this an engaging and accessible introduction for students and those new to the field. An annotated bibliography provides direction for further reading.
Eastern Approaches to Western Film
Authors: Teo Stephen
Published: July 2019

Eastern Approaches to Western Film: Asian Aesthetics and Reception in Cinema offers a renewed critical outlook on Western classic film directly from the pantheon of European and American masters, including Alfred Hitchcock, George Lucas, Robert Bresson, Carl Dreyer, Jean-Pierre Melville, John Ford, Leo McCarey, Sam Peckinpah, and Orson Welles. The book contributes an “Eastern Approach” into the critical studies of Western films by reappraising selected films of these masters, matching and comparing their visions, themes, and ideas with the philosophical and paradigmatic principles of the East. It traces Eastern inscriptions and signs embedded within these films as well as their social lifestyle values and other concepts that are also inherently Eastern. As such, the book represents an effort to reformulate established discourses on Western cinema that are overwhelmingly Eurocentric. Although it seeks to inject an alternative perspective, the ultimate aim is to reach a balance of East and West. By focusing on Eastern aesthetic and philosophical influences in Western films, the book suggests that there is a much more thorough integration of East and West than previously thought or imagined.
The Merchant of Venice
Authors: Lanier Douglas M.
Published: July 2019

Arden Student Skills: Language and Writing volumes offer a new type of study aid that combines lively critical insight with practical guidance on the writing skills you need to develop in order to engage fully with Shakespeare’s texts. The books’ core focus is on language: both understanding and enjoying Shakespeare’s complex dramatic language, and expanding your own critical vocabulary, as you respond to his plays. Each guide in the series will empower you to read and write about Shakespeare with increased confidence and enthusiasm.

A notoriously disturbing play, The Merchant of Venice explores how the discourses of racial and religious prejudice and of business intertwine and shape how characters understand themselves and their relationships with one another. The intersections between religious, racial and economic language in The Merchant of Venice can be challenging to grasp, but in this guide Douglas Lanier showcases a range of approaches to understanding its language, all based on close reading and attention to Shakespeare’s style. The volume will equip you to analyze Shakespeare’s troubling portrayal of anti-Semitism for yourself and to articulate your views on The Merchant of Venice with greater insight and confidence.
Modern American Drama: Playwriting 2000–2009
Authors: Listengarten Julia , Rosenthal Cindy
Published: July 2019

The Decades of Modern American Drama series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1930s to 2009 in eight volumes. Each volume equips readers with a detailed understanding of the context from which work emerged: an introduction considers life in the decade with a focus on domestic life and conditions, social changes, culture, media, technology, industry and political events; while a chapter on the theatre of the decade offers a wide-ranging and thorough survey of theatres, companies, dramatists, new movements and developments in response to the economic and political conditions of the day. The work of the four most prominent playwrights from the decade receives in-depth analysis and re-evaluation by a team of experts, together with commentary on their subsequent work and legacy. A final section brings together original documents such as interviews with the playwrights and with directors, drafts of play scenes, and other previously unpublished material.

The major playwrights and their plays to receive in-depth coverage in this volume include:Theresa Rebeck: Omnium Gatherum (2003), Mauritius (2007), and The Understudy (2008);Sarah Ruhl: Eurydice (2003), Clean House (2004), and In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play) (2009);Lynn Nottage: Intimate Apparel (2003), Fabulation or Re-Education of Undine (2004), and Ruined (2008);Charles Mee: Big Love (2000), Wintertime (2005), and Hotel Cassiopeia (2006).
Shakespeare and Queer Theory
Authors: Sanchez Melissa E.
Published: July 2019

Shakespeare and Queer Theory is an indispensable guide on the ongoing critical debates about queer method both within and beyond Shakespeare and early modern studies.

Clearly elucidating the central ideas of the theory, the field’s historical emergence from feminist and gay and lesbian studies within the academy, and political activism related to the AIDS crisis beyond it, it also illuminates current debates about historicism and embodiment.

Through a series of original readings of texts including Othello, The Merchant of Venice, and Venus and Adonis, as well as film adaptations of early modern drama including Derek Jarman’s The Tempest and Edward II, Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho, Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet, and Julie Taymor’s Titus, it illustrates the value of queer theory to Shakespeare scholarship, and the value of Shakespearean texts to queer theory.
The George Bell-Gerhard Leibholz Correspondence
Authors: Ringshausen Gerhard , Chandler Andrew
Published: July 2019

George Bell was one of the most significant British church leaders of the mid-20th century and in many ways he came to define the involvement of British church people with the issues which arose from the Third Reich. Gerhard Leibholz, a brother-in-law of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, was one of the most senior German lawyers of the period, a refugee from Nazism who would become a founding father of the new constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany. The two figures first encountered each other in the context of dictatorship and exile and in a brilliant, sustained collaboration over many years they fashioned a vigorous moral response to the crises of Nazism, Soviet communism, total war and cold war. This volume contributes fundamentally to our understanding of the ethical, religious, legal and political debates which Hitler’s regime provoked. It also brings to life a vivid picture of the realities of exile and the networks of support which were active internationally in the great refugee crisis of these momentous years.

With its wealth of primary source material, previously unavailable in English, this book is an important contribution to the historiography of the Third Reich and will be of great value to scholars and students of Nazism and international history.
Shakespeare and the Gods
Authors: Vaughan Virginia Mason
Published: July 2019

Shakespeare and the Gods examines Shakespeare’s many allusions to six classical gods (Jupiter, Diana, Venus, Mars, Hercules and Ceres) that enhance his readers’ and audiences’ understanding and enjoyment of his work. Vaughan explains their historical context, from their origins in ancient Greece to their appropriation in Rome and their role in medieval and early modern mythography. The book also illuminates Shakespeare’s classical allusions by comparison to the work of contemporaries like Edmund Spenser, Ben Jonson and Thomas Heywood and explores allusive patterns that repeat throughout Shakespeare’s canon. Each chapter concludes with a more focused reading of one or two plays in which the god appears or serves as an underlying motif. Shakespeare and the Gods highlights throughout the gods’ participation in western constructions of gender as well as classical myth’s role in changing attitudes toward human violence and sexuality.
Teaching Playwriting
Authors: Gardiner Paul
Published: July 2019

Playwriting is a skill under-explored in the classroom, despite the strong evidence that it’s an engaging and rewarding activity for young people. Teaching Playwriting addresses this gap and is an essential resource for teachers wanting to gain the skills and confidence necessary to introduce playwriting to their students.

Based on rich research and clearly explained theoretical concepts, the book explores the lessons from creativity theory that will provide the teacher with the skills and knowledge necessary to empower students’ writing and creativity. It also includes extensive practical activities and writing exercises to develop students' playwriting proficiency and creative capacity.

Discussing key concepts in playwriting such as idea, dialogue, character, action and structure, the book enables teachers to respond to the unique learning needs of their students and help them tell their stories and reach their potential as young playwrights.
Political Dramaturgies and Theatre Spectatorship
Authors: Tomlin Liz
Published: July 2019

What do we mean when we describe theatre as political today? How might theatre-makers’ provocations for change need to be differently designed when addressing the precarious spectator-subject of twenty- first century neoliberalism? In this important study Liz Tomlin interrogates the influential theories of Jacques Rancière to propose a new framework of analysis through which contemporary political dramaturgies can be investigated. Drawing, in particular, on Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe, Lilie Chouliaraki and Judith Butler, Tomlin argues that the capacities of the contemporary and future spectator to be ‘effected’ or ‘affected’ by politically-engaged theatre need to be urgently re-evaluated.

Central to this study is Tomlin’s theorized figuration of the neoliberal spectator-subject as precarious, individualized and ironic, with a reduced capacity for empathy, agency and the ability to imagine better futures. This, in turn, leads to a predilection for a response to injustice that is driven by a concern for the feelings of the subject-self, rather than concern for the suffering other. These characteristics are argued to shape even those spectator-subjects towards the left of the political spectrum, thus necessitating a careful reconsideration of new and long-standing dramaturgies of political provocation.

Dramaturgies examined include the ironic invitations of Made in China and Martin Crimp, the exploration of affect in Kieran Hurley’s Heads Up, the new sincerity that characterizes the work of Andy Smith, the turn to the staging of the spectators’ ‘other’ in Developing Artists’ Queens of Syria and Chris Thorpe and Rachel Chavkin’s Confirmation, and the community activism of Common Wealth’s The Deal Versus the People.
America & Islam
Authors: Pintak Lawrence
Published: July 2019

Donald Trump’s first term as the 45th President of the United States of America has shocked the world. His attitudes towards Islam became a key point of contention on the campaign trail, and in power Trump has continued his war of divisive words and deeds. Here, acclaimed journalist Lawrence Pintak scrutinizes America’s relationship with Islam since its foundation. Casting Donald Trump as a symptom of decades of misunderstanding and demonization of the Islamic world, as well as a cause of future tensions, Pintak shows how and why America’s relationship with the world’s largest religion has been so fractious, damaging and self-defeating.

Featuring unique interviews with victims and perpetrators of Trump’s policies, as well as analysis of the media’s role in inflaming debate, America & Islam seeks to provide a complete guide to the twin challenges of terrorism and the polarizing rhetoric that fuels it, and sketches out a future based on co-operation and the reassertion of democratic values.
Potential of TLR-gene diversity in Czech indigenous cattle for resistance breeding as revealed by hybrid sequencing
Authors: Novák Karel , Bjelka Marek , Samake Kalifa , Valčíková Terezie
Published: July 2019

Abstract. A production herd of Czech Simmental cattle (Czech Red Pied, CRP),
the conserved subpopulation of this breed, and the ancient local breed Czech
Red cattle (CR) were screened for diversity in the antibacterial toll-like
receptors (TLRs), which are members of the innate immune system. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
amplicons of TLR1, TLR2, TLR4, TLR5, and TLR6 from pooled DNA samples were sequenced with PacBio
technology, with 3–5× coverage per gene per animal. To increase the
reliability of variant detection, the gDNA pools were sequenced in parallel
with the Illumina X-ten platform at low coverage (60× per gene).
The diversity in conserved CRP and CR was similar to the diversity in
conserved and modern CRP, representing 76.4 % and 70.9 % of its
variants, respectively. Sixty-eight (54.4 %) polymorphisms in the five
TLR genes were shared by the two breeds, whereas 38 (30.4 %) were specific to
the production herd of CRP; 4 (3.2 %) were specific to the broad CRP
population; 7 (5.6 %) were present in both conserved populations; 5
(4.0 %) were present solely for the conserved CRP; and 3 (2.4 %) were
restricted to CR. Consequently, gene pool erosion related to intensive
breeding did not occur in Czech Simmental cattle. Similarly, no considerable
consequences were found from known bottlenecks in the history of Czech Red
cattle. On the other hand, the distinctness of the conserved populations and
their potential for resistance breeding were only moderate. This
relationship might be transferable to other non-abundant historical cattle
breeds that are conserved as genetic resources. The estimates of
polymorphism impact using Variant Effect Predictor and SIFT software tools
allowed for the identification of candidate single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for association studies
related to infection resistance and targeted breeding. Knowledge of TLR-gene
diversity present in Czech Simmental populations may aid in the potential
transfer of variant characteristics from other breeds.
On the representation of major stratospheric warmings in reanalyses
Authors: Ayarzagüena Blanca , Palmeiro Froila M. , Barriopedro David , Calvo Natalia , Langematz Ulrike , Shibata Kiyotaka
Published: July 2019

Abstract. Major sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) represent one
of the most abrupt phenomena of the boreal wintertime stratospheric
variability, and constitute the clearest example of coupling between the
stratosphere and the troposphere. A good representation of SSWs in climate
models is required to reduce their biases and uncertainties in future
projections of stratospheric variability. The ability of models to reproduce
these phenomena is usually assessed with just one reanalysis. However, the
number of reanalyses has increased in the last decade and their own biases
may affect the model evaluation. Here we compare the representation of the main aspects of SSWs across
reanalyses. The examination of their main characteristics in the pre- and
post-satellite periods reveals that reanalyses behave very similarly in both
periods. However, discrepancies are larger in the pre-satellite period compared to
afterwards, particularly for the NCEP-NCAR reanalysis. All datasets
reproduce similarly the specific features of wavenumber-1 and wavenumber-2
SSWs. A good agreement among reanalyses is also found for triggering
mechanisms, tropospheric precursors, and surface response. In particular,
differences in blocking precursor activity of SSWs across reanalyses are
much smaller than between blocking definitions.
Deriving Arctic 2 m air temperatures over snow and ice from satellite surface temperature measurements
Authors: Nielsen-Englyst Pia , Høyer Jacob L. , Madsen Kristine S. , Tonboe Rasmus T. , Dybkjær Gorm
Published: July 2019

Abstract. The Arctic region is responding heavily to climate change, and yet, the air temperature of Arctic, ice covered areas is heavily under-sampled when it comes to in situ measurements, and large uncertainties exist in weather- and reanalysis products. This paper presents a method for estimating daily mean 2 meter air temperatures (T2m) in the Arctic from satellite observations of skin temperature, using the Arctic and Antarctic ice Surface Temperatures from thermal Infrared (AASTI) satellite dataset, providing spatially detailed observations of the Arctic. The method is based on a linear regression model which has been developed using in situ observations and daily mean satellite ice surface skin temperatures combined with a seasonal variation to estimate daily T2m. The satellite derived T2m product including estimated uncertainties covers clear sky snow and ice surfaces in the Arctic region during the period 2000–2009. Comparison with independent in situ measured T2m gives average correlations of 95.5 % and 96.5 % and average root mean square errors of 3.47 °C and 3.19 °C for land ice and sea ice, respectively. The reconstruction provides a much better spatial coverage than the sparse in situ observations of T2m in the Arctic, is independent of numerical weather prediction model input and it therefore provides an important alternative to simulated air temperatures to be used for assimilation or global surface temperature reconstructions. A comparison between in situ T2m versus T2m from satellite and ERA-Interim shows that the T2m derived from satellite observations validate similar or better than ERA-Interim estimates in the Arctic.
Reseña. Laura Scarabelli. Escenarios del nuevo milenio. La narrativa de Diamela Eltit (1998-2018). Cuarto Propio, 2018
Authors: Barrientos Mónica
Published: July 2019

Reseña
Presentación. Pensar en los márgenes: de la palabra a la acción
Authors: Barrientos Mónica , Scarabelli Laura
Published: July 2019

Introducción al dossier de Diamela Eltit
“Clinician Knows Best”? Injustices in the Medicalization of Mental Illness
Authors: Gosselin Abigail
Published: July 2019

This paper uses a non-ideal theory approach advocated for by Alison Jaggar to show that practices involved with the medicalization of serious mental disorders can subject people who have these disorders to a cycle of vulnerability that keeps them trapped within systems of injustice. When medicalization locates mental disorders solely as problems of individual biology, without regard to social factors, and when it treats mental disorders as personal defects, it perpetuates injustice in several ways: by enabling biased diagnoses through stereotyping, by exploiting and coercing people who are seen as insufficiently competent, and by perpetuating idealized conceptions of choice and control that do not take into account people’s real limitations and the social context of health. Through practices of diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, medicalization can perpetuate injustices toward people who have serious mental disorders.