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FORMAÇÃO POR COMPETÊNCIA: EXPERIÊNCIA NA ESTRUTURAÇÃO DO PROJETO PEDAGÓGICO DE UM CURSO DE ADMINISTRAÇÃO
Authors: Ching Hong Yuh , Silva Edson Coutinho da , Trentin Paulo Henrique
Published: May 2015

O artigo tem como objetivo relatar a experiência na estruturação do projeto pedagógico por competência em um curso de Administração. Para o desenvolvimento das habilidades e competências, foram consideradas as constantes nas Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais (DCN) da Resolução 04/2005, na Pesquisa Nacional do Conselho Federal de Administração e Conselho Regional da Administração (CFA/CRA) de 2011 e nos materiais de uma consultoria. Para atender aos objetivos, a pesquisa foi definida, com relação aos fins, como sendo descritiva, e com relação aos meios, como sendo uma pesquisa ação. A estratégia de abordagem é o estudo de caso. Este artigo propõe um roteiro para implantação de um Projeto Pedagógico de Curso (PPC) baseado em formação por competências ou pedagogia das competências e aprendizagem significativa, a partir de uma situação empírica. Constatou-se que qualquer futura implantação de uma nova proposta pedagógica por competência necessitará de uma mudança de mentalidade e paradigma do coordenador do curso, do seu corpo docente, dos alunos e, ainda, da IES para a consecução da formação dos alunos. Esta experiência visa contribuir para o estado da arte de administrar e educar, tendo em vista uma educação sólida, eficaz para atender aos interesses das organizações que contratarão esses profissionais.
ANÁLISE DA PRODUÇÃO CIENTÍFICA EM ADMINISTRAÇÃO SOBRE A PREVIDÊNCIA BRASILEIRA: META-AVALIAÇÃO DA PRODUÇÃO NOS EVENTOS DA ANPAD
Authors: Silva Lara Lúcia da , Costa Thiago Teixeira de Melo da , Nobre Laura Loredana Crisóstomo
Published: May 2015

O trabalho objetiva levantar a produção técnico-científica sobre a Previdência Brasileira nos eventos da Associação Nacional de Pós Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração (ANPAD) no período de 1997 a 2011, buscando identificar se o sistema previdenciário tem sido discutido no âmbito da administração. O delineamento metodológico utilizado foi a meta análise (LUIZ, 2002). Por meio da busca por palavras chaves como previdência, social e fundos de pensão foram encontrados 33 artigos que abordavam o tema Previdência, cujos conteúdos foram categorizados segundo os seguintes critérios: distribuição anual dos artigos e dos eventos, autores, unidades federativas dos autores e do evento, abordagem metodológica, tipos de regimes, pesquisadores mais citados, publicação em periódicos e déficit da Previdência. Verificou-se que há mais publicações nos eventos do EnANPAD e não há predominância de nenhuma abordagem metodológica, além de um enfoque maior dos estudos em relação aos regimes complementares de previdência. Os resultados evidenciam a carência de estudos sobre Previdência Social devendo, pois, abordar mais profundamente questões relevantes para o contexto da administração pública. O artigo também evidencia as principais estratégias utilizadas pelos pesquisadores, norteando os demais estudiosos para preencher as lacunas teórico-metodológicas na área, a fim de aumentar as pesquisas que subsidiem o governo na tomada de decisão em relação às políticas previdenciárias.
10 ANOS DE PESQUISA DA REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE INOVAÇÃO SOB A ÓTICA DA BIBLIOMETRIA E DA REDE SOCIAL
Authors: Ribeiro Henrique César Melo , Corrêa Rosany
Published: May 2015

Este artigo explorou a produção científica da Revista Brasileira de Inovação no período de 2002 a 2011. A referida pesquisa se norteou numa pesquisa bibliométrica e de rede social, utilizando-se de estatística descritiva em 100 artigos identificados. Os principais resultados foram: a prevalência de parcerias de dois a sete autores; verificou-se a baixa integração entre os autores, impactando na densidade da rede dos pesquisadores e, consequentemente, de suas respectivas IES. A Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) e Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), são as IES mais centrais deste estudo; constatou-se um equilíbrio entre as abordagens qualitativa e quantitativa. Também uma predominância nos tipos de pesquisa documental e bibliográfica. E o estudo de caso como um dos métodos de estudo mais visto nos 100 artigos investigados; e as áreas de estudo que se destacaram foram: políticas de ciência, tecnologia e inovação, gestão da inovação e mudança tecnológica e organizacional, representando 53% do montante de todas as áreas.
Effects of precommercial thinning strategies on stand structure and growth in a mixed even-aged stand of Scots pine, Norway spruce and birch in southern Sweden
Authors: Fahlvik Nils , Ekö Per , Petersson Nils
Published: May 2015

Four different management strategies were applied to a young mixed stand of Scots pine ( L.), Norway spruce ( (L.) Karst.) and birch ( Roth and Ehrh.) in southern Sweden. All strategies included an initial precommercial thinning to ca. 2400 stems ha. The different aims were: (i) a conifer-dominated stand with focus on high productivity; (ii) a conifer-dominated stand with high quality timber; (iii) keeping a stem-wise species mixture; (iv) a mosaic-wise species mixture. Stem selection according to the different strategies were simulated with a starting point from plots with a 5 m radius. All strategies were applied to all of the plots. A growth simulator was used to simulate the stand development up to final felling. This study illustrates the possibilities for influencing the structure of a mixed stand through precommercial thinning. The study also illustrates the long-term effects on stand structure and volume yield by consequently applying a management strategy from precommercial thinning until final felling. Precommercial thinning was found to be a useful tool to influence the stand structure in accordance to the aims set. However, the opportunities for influencing the stand by precommercial thinning were restricted by natural settings and unconditional considerations (e.g. tree vitality, stem quality, regular spacing), beyond what could be judged from stand average data. The stem volume production during a rotation was 6% lower for (iii) and (iv) compared to (i) and (ii), mainly due to a greater proportion of birch in the former strategies.Pinus sylvestrisPices abiesBetula pendulaBetula pubescensâ1
What Is in a Term? A Historical and Linguistic Examination of the Revolutionary Terminology: ywdäm, “let it be demolished, down with,” 1974–1977
Authors: Ayalew Semeneh , Mendisu Binyam Sisay
Published: May 2015

This paper attempts to subject revolutionary terminology to understand the extent of reinterpretation of newly introduced terms by the local language and culture. It also would like to draw scholarly attention to the link between terminology and political action during the early years of the Ethiopian revolution, 1974–1977. It has four sections and starts with a discussion of the context in which revolutionary terminology is proposed to be studied and a section on theories of space and the situatedness of language that lays out the conceptual frame of the study. This section is followed by a discussion of literature on terminology. Then, a frequently used revolutionary term, ywdäm, “let it be demolished, down with,” during the time under discussion will be examined in some detail, and this will be followed by a brief conclusion.
The Aural, the Visual, and Female Agency in the Mušo
Authors: Giorgis Elizabeth Wolde
Published: May 2015

Picking up on tenuous and culture specific notions such as the mušo, this essay examines the nature and parameter of its artistic complexity, and its visual, aural and linguistic sophistication that play out in forms of collective expression and performance. Furthermore, this essay also attempts to uncover female agency in cultural practices such as the mušo and counteracts the absence of women's history, identity and historical experiences of citizenship in Ethiopian history. In so doing, this essay calls for a new kind of intellectual enterprise that is intimately engaged with the archives, that brings forth the riches of interiority, and that ultimately argues for a critical body of thought. The obsession with the “modern” has razed customary cultural and social fabrics such as the mušo. The need to excavate our archives is paramount if we are to place modern Ethiopian history in proper perspective.
Der Wert der Musik
Authors: Appen Ralf von
Published: May 2015

Was bietet uns Musik, dass wir ihr so viel Zeit und Geld opfern? Wie soll sie beschaffen sein, damit sie die hohen Erwartungen erfüllt? Warum riskieren wir für sie das Gehör, warum gehen wir das Risiko illegaler Downloads ein? Um individuelle Bewertungen von Musik - und damit zusammenhängend: den Wert der Musik für den Menschen - zu verstehen, analysiert die Studie zunächst intensiv »Amazon«-Kundenrezensionen aktueller Alben von Robbie Williams, Eminem, The Strokes, Bob Dylan, Norah Jones u.a., um die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse dann aus der Perspektive gegenwärtiger philosophischer Ästhetik zu interpretieren.
Zwischen Bürgerkrieg und friedlicher Koexistenz
Authors: Kreuzer Peter , Weiberg-Salzmann Mirjam
Published: May 2015

Das Buch vergleicht drei multiethnische Gesellschaften Süd- und Südostasiens - die Philippinen, Sri Lanka und Malaysia - in Bezug auf deren Fähigkeit, interethnische Konflikte gewaltarm zu bearbeiten. Gezeigt wird, dass weder Multiethnizität Gewalt befördert, noch dass eine demokratische Regierungsform als Allheilmittel zur Zivilisierung des interethnischen Konfliktaustrags gelten kann. Vielmehr kommt dem Faktor Kultur eine zentrale Rolle sowohl für die Wege in die Gewalt als auch für deren Vermeidung zu. Ethnizität und politische Institutionen können in Abhängigkeit von kulturellen Mustern sowohl konfliktverschärfend als auch -zivilisierend wirken.
Grenzwahrnehmungen
Authors: Ehlers Monika
Published: May 2015

Grenzwahrnehmungen fordern nicht nur die Sinnesorgane heraus, sondern auch die Strategien der Darstellung. Dieses Buch geht den Inszenierungen von Grenzerfahrungen in literarischen Texten des 19. Jahrhunderts nach. Anhand der Werke von Kleist, Stifter und Poe untersucht es die Transformation historisch bedingter Wahrnehmungsmuster im Zuge der literarischen Gestaltung von Grenzüberschreitungen. In innovativer Weise werden dabei an Dekonstruktion und Psychoanalyse orientierte Textanalysen mit aktuellen wahrnehmungstheoretischen Fragestellungen verbunden und für interkulturelle sowie intermediale Perspektiven geöffnet.
Der Musik-Star
Authors: Borgstedt Silke
Published: May 2015

Stars sind allgegenwärtig - ob in Kultur, Politik oder Sport. Gleichzeitig fehlen nach wie vor systematische Zugänge, die das Phänomen der Prominenz nicht nur erklären, sondern auch empirische Methoden für die Analyse konkreter Star-Images erschließen. Erstmals werden in diesem Band soziokulturelle Determinanten musikalischen Startums interdisziplinär entwickelt - und es wird gezeigt, wie sich genrespezifische Wertewelten medial ausprägen und vom Publikum in die eigenen Erlebniskontexte integriert werden. Anhand umfangreicher Inhaltsanalysen und qualitativer Interviews wird deutlich, dass Alfred Brendel, Stefanie Hertel und Robbie Williams mehr gemein haben, als man zunächst vermuten mag.
Der Kolchoz-Archipel im Privatisierungsprozess
Authors: Lindner Peter
Published: May 2015

Die Reorganisation der Kollektivbetriebe im ländlichen Raum Russlands stellt das größte jemals durchgeführte Privatisierungsprojekt überhaupt dar. Einbezogen waren über 10 Mio. Beschäftigte und eine Fläche, die dem fünffachen Staatsgebiet der Bundesrepublik Deutschland entsprach. Sie musste meist gegen den Willen der Betroffenen durchgesetzt werden und erreichte ihr ursprüngliches Ziel, die Etablierung kleinbäuerlicher Strukturen, nicht einmal in Ansätzen. Die Studie geht den Ursachen dieses Scheiterns nach und setzt sich dabei insbesondere kritisch mit der verbreiteten These auseinander, kulturell verankerter Kollektivismus und Egalitarismus determinierten die Entwicklungen im ländlichen Raum. Stattdessen wird gezeigt, dass der Schlüssel zum Verständnis des Verlaufs der Transformation in der symbiotischen Beziehung zwischen Hofwirtschaften und Großbetrieben zu sehen ist, deren Auflösung durch die Einführung marktwirtschaftlicher Strukturen erzwungen wird.
Der Irrtum im Geschlecht
Authors: Mıhçıyazgan Ursula
Published: May 2015

Lässt sich die kulturelle Dimension der Geschlechterdifferenz untersuchen, ohne »Kultur«, »Geschlecht« und ein Subjekt vorauszusetzen? Diese Studie nimmt die in neueren feministischen und postkolonialen Arbeiten formulierte Essentialismus-Kritik auf und weist einen Ausweg über die Diskurstheorie Foucaults. Sie eröffnet einen methodisch innovativen Zugang, indem sie die Anwendung der Diskursanalyse auf Interviewtexte vorführt. Außerdem zeigt sie auf, wie die Subjektpositionen für »Mann« und »Frau« im westlichen und im muslimischen Diskurs reguliert werden - und bietet damit eine neue Perspektive auf Fragen von hoher politischer Brisanz.
Vom Diskurs zum Dispositiv
Authors: Bührmann Andrea D. , Schneider Werner
Published: May 2015

Die Dispositivforschung zielt auf die systematische Ergänzung und Weiterung diskurstheoretischer Perspektiven und diskursanalytischer Forschungspraxis. In ihrem Kern steht die empirische Frage nach den Wechselbezügen zwischen normierenden Wissensordnungen, ihren konkreten handlungspraktischen Wirksamkeiten im sozialen Austausch von Menschen sowie den damit einhergehenden Selbst-Bezügen und Subjektivitätsformen. Da dieses Forschungsfeld bisher theoretisch-konzeptionell und methodisch-praktisch kaum erschlossen ist, bietet das Buch eine grundlegende Einführung in Leitfragen und Themenfelder, analytische Konzepte und methodische Anwendungen der Dispositivanalyse.
Erziehung zum »wahren« Muslim
Authors: Hunner-Kreisel Christine
Published: May 2015

Diese Studie untersucht zum ersten Mal die Prozesse der institutionellen islamischen Bildung im postsowjetischen Transformationsstaat Aserbaidschan. Vor dem Hintergrund von religionssoziologischen und jugendtheoretischen Überlegungen zeigt die qualitative Forschung, wie und warum aserbaidschanische Schüler_innen und Studierende die jeweiligen Islamkonzepte von pädagogischen Akteuren aus dem islamischen Ausland übernehmen. Dabei lässt sich exemplarisch nachvollziehen, wie islamische Religion und Religiosität in einer Zeit des gesellschaftlichen Umbruchs Bedeutung für den Einzelnen erhält.
Das Schibboleth der Psychoanalyse
Authors: Geisenhanslüke Achim
Published: May 2015

Der vorliegende Band fragt unter dem titelgebenden Stichwort des »Schibboleths« nach den Zugangsmöglichkeiten zur Psychoanalyse im Zeichen der Literatur. Im Mittelpunkt des Interesses steht Freuds Auseinandersetzung mit mythologischen und literarischen Traditionen von den Anfängen der Psychoanalyse (Studien über Hysterie und Traumdeutung) über die metapsychologischen Schriften (Jenseits des Lustprinzips, Das Ich und das Es u.a.) bis zum testamentarischen Roman Der Mann Moses. Die Aufmerksamkeit gilt weniger der psychoanalytischen Interpretation literarischer Texte als vielmehr der Literarizität von Freuds eigenen Schriften. Neben Freuds Texten berücksichtigt der Band u.a. Hesiod, Sophokles, Ovid, Shakespeare und Hölderlin, um der inneren Verflechtung von Psychoanalyse und Literatur nachzugehen.
Vermittler wissenschaftlichen Wissens
Authors: Faulstich (verst.) Peter
Published: May 2015

Seit Entstehung der modernen Wissenschaft stellt sich die Frage nach der Vermittlung wissenschaftlichen Wissens an diejenigen, die nicht unmittelbar an der Wissenschaftsproduktion beteiligt sind. An den Beispielen einzelner Akteure des Wissenschaftsbetriebs, die diese Enge durchbrochen haben, lässt sich zeigen, mit welchen Schwierigkeiten und Widerständen des akademischen Betriebs zu rechnen ist. Vorgestellt werden die Positionen sowie Biographien von Anna Maria Sibylla Merian, Christian Thomasius, Dorothea Christiane Erxleben, Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Alexander von Humboldt, Emil Adolf Roßmäßler, Ludo Moritz Hartmann und Otto Neurath - viele von ihnen Wissenschaftler, die nicht in die Routinen institutionalisierter Wissenschaftsproduktion eingebunden waren.
Generation Golf: Die Diagnose als Symptom
Authors: Karasek Tom
Published: May 2015

Dieses Buch rekonstruiert die Frontstellungen und Abgrenzungen, denen ein populärer Text wie »Generation Golf« seinen Identifikationswert für die Leser verdankt. Wie produziert der Autor sein Ensemble alltäglicher Beobachtungen und Eindrücke so, dass beim Leser Effekte des »Erkennens« provoziert werden? Die Studie verdeutlicht dabei nicht nur, wie, sondern weshalb z.B. der Begriff »Generation« oder das Datum »68« spontane Zustimmung hervorrufen. Dabei verdeutlicht sie, wie sich Pierre Bourdieus Theorie des literarischen Feldes in ein Analyseverfahren überführen lässt, das in den Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften eingesetzt werden kann.
Die Modernität der Gemeinschaft
Authors: John René
Published: May 2015

Gemeinschaft gilt seit Tönnies' Gegenüberstellung mit dem Gesellschaftsbegriff als Prinzip der Vormoderne und weckt als solches Sehnsüchte oder Abwehr. Anhand einer Diskussion aktueller Beiträge gewinnt der Autor Anhaltspunkte für eine Untersuchung des Phänomens des Gemeinschaftsbezuges, wie dieser während des Hochwassers der Oder 1997 zu beobachten war. Wie sich zeigt, lässt sich die Frage nach dem Sinn, der Funktion und dem Funktionieren von Gemeinschaftsbezügen vom Individuum her beantworten. Die Gemeinschaft erscheint dann als ein nachgerade modernes Phänomen, das Voraussetzung für die Selbstbeschreibung von Individuen ist: Gemeinschaft ist unvermeidbar.
Das Ornamentale und die architektonische Form
Authors: Dürfeld Michael
Published: May 2015

Interpretiert man Ornamentalität mit Niklas Luhmann als grundlegendes künstlerisches Prinzip der Formengenerierung, so lässt sich das Ornamentale in der Architektur als die spezifisch künstlerische Qualität des architektonischen Entwurfsprozesses beobachten. Dieses Buch dekomprimiert Fundierung, Formulierung, Form und Funktion des Ornamentalen in die Themenkomplexe von Wahrnehmung, Kalkül, Geometrie und Struktur. Auf diese Weise wird für die Architekturtheorie ein operativer Ornamentbegriff entfaltet, der weiterfragt nach Kosmos, Evolution, Virtualität und Atmosphäre. So entsteht ein grundsätzlicher Kommentar zur aktuellen architekturtheoretischen Ornament-Diskussion, der zugleich als ein Scharnier dient, mit dem sich die Architekturtheorie zum ersten Mal von der Systemtheorie Niklas Luhmanns grundlegend irritieren lässt.
Kisten, Krypten, Labyrinthe
Authors: Johannsen Anja K.
Published: May 2015

Obgleich die Raumdebatte in den Kulturwissenschaften Konjunktur hat, wird selten darüber nachgedacht, wie sich deren Ergebnisse für die analytische Lektüre literarischer Texte nutzbar machen lassen. Anhand ausgewählter Gegenwartsprosa (von W.G. Sebald, Anne Duden und Herta Müller) will dieses Buch die Zusammenhänge zwischen literarisch artikulierten Raummodellen und texttheoretischen Fragestellungen erhellen. Dabei wird eine Erweiterung der klassischen Positionen zu topologischen und poetologischen Aspekten literarischer Texte ausgearbeitet, die die neueren Entwicklungen in der Raumtheorie konzeptuell aufnimmt.
Diskrete Gespenster
Authors: Bitsch (verst.) Annette
Published: May 2015

Dieses Buch stellt eine historische Rekonstruktion von psychoanalytischen und philosophischen Gedächtnistheorien in ein Wechselverhältnis zum Auftauchen der zeitbasierten Medien sowie Körpertechniken im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Die vorliegende Geschichte des Unbewussten, die untrennbar mit den für unsere Kultur entscheidenden und spannungsgeladenen Fragen nach Zeit, Erinnerung, Körpern und Medien verbunden ist, wird so von drei Achsen getragen: den Theorien von Freud, Lacan, Hegel, Heidegger, Deleuze u.a., der Geschichte der Diskretisierung sowie der Analyse der Beziehungen zwischen Körpern und Medien.
Die Unsichtbarkeit des Politischen
Authors: Ellrich Lutz , Maye Harun , Meteling Arno
Published: May 2015

Demokratische Gesellschaften geben ihren Bürgern das Versprechen, die Geschäfte der Politik durchsichtig zu machen - ein Versprechen, das laufend gebrochen wird. Zur Aufgabe der Massenmedien gehört es daher, die Arkanzonen der Politik auszuleuchten. Was aber machen die Medien tatsächlich sichtbar, wenn sie Latentes manifestieren? Pater Brown gab schon im Kino der 1960er Jahre zu bedenken: »Wer zu sehr hinter die Dinge schauen will, sieht am Ende die Dinge selbst nicht mehr.« Die Autoren des Bandes lassen sich dies gesagt sein und liefern Analysen zum politischen und medialen Diskurs des Enthüllens und Verbergens. Mit einem Kapitel von Carsten Zorn.
Kulturkritik ohne Zentrum
Authors: Schmitz Markus
Published: May 2015

Die Bedeutung des palästinensisch-amerikanischen Kritikers Edward W. Said (1935-2003) für die Zusammenführung vormals disparater kultureller und politischer Debatten ist international längst anerkannt. Erstmals liegt nun eine umfassende Werkeinführung und intellektuelle Biographie in deutscher Sprache vor. Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der arabischen Diskurssituation illustriert die vergleichende Rezeptionsanalyse zudem die cross-kulturelle Wirkung Saids. In vergleichender Perspektive werden seine wechselnden epistemologischen und politischen Verortungen erschlossen. Die in die Studie einbezogenen Stimmen stammen aus der akademischen Kritik und Historiographie, der politischen Theorie, dem journalistischen und kreativen Schreiben sowie aus den audiovisuellen Künsten. Indem hier dezidiert der Frage nachgegangen wird, was tatsächlich geschieht, wenn Saids Kritik über die Grenzen kultureller und sozialer Differenz reist, gelingt es exemplarisch, die emanzipatorischen Potentiale, aber auch die Hindernisse des postkolonialen kritischen Engagements herauszuarbeiten.
Die »westliche Kultur« und ihr Anderes
Authors: Attia Iman
Published: May 2015

Die Entstehung der »Islamophobie« wird gemeinhin als Folge des jüngsten radikalen Islamismus gesehen. Demgegenüber belegen kultur- und sozialwissenschaftliche Analysen, dass antimuslimischer Rassismus bereits lange vorher verbreitet war und in politischen, kulturellen und alltäglichen Diskursen der »westlichen Kultur« verwurzelt ist. Im Unterschied zu interreligiösen Dialogen, die sich bemühen, »das Fremde« zu verstehen und damit der »Islamophobie« begegnen wollen, kehrt dieses Buch die Perspektive um. Der Blick auf »die Anderen« dient als Ausgangspunkt der Betrachtung - nicht, um »das Fremde« zu verstehen, sondern um das »Eigene« reflektieren zu können. Mit Bezug auf postkoloniale und poststrukturalistische Theorien wird die Präsentation »des Islam« als hegemonialer Diskurs analysiert. Demnach ist die Dichotomie zwischen »Islam« und »Westen« eine Konstruktion, die beide essenzialisiert. Sie hat sich historisch entwickelt und transformiert, ihr kommen in politischen Konstellationen unterschiedliche Bedeutungen zu, ihre Facetten sind Teil des kulturellen Wissensbestandes »des Westens« über »den Orient« bzw. »den Islam«. In ihrem Alltag vermitteln sich den Subjekten die Bedingungen und Bedeutungen des »Islamdiskurses« als kulturelle Repräsentationen, die ihnen Sichtweisen und Interpretationen anbieten, nahelegen oder erschweren. In diesem Möglichkeitsraum setzen sich die Subjekte aktiv mit der kulturellen Hegemonie auseinander und positionieren sich darin.
PR für Kunst und Kultur
Authors: Mandel Birgit
Published: May 2015

Nach dem großen Erfolg der Erstauflage ist nun die komplett überarbeitete Neuauflage des Standardwerkes zur Kultur-PR im deutschsprachigen Raum erschienen. Das Buch analysiert die besonderen Ziele, Herausforderungen und Strategien der professionellen Kommunikation für Kunst und Kultur, bietet Hintergrundwissen über Anbieter und Nachfrager des Kultur- und Freizeitmarktes und vermittelt praxisnah grundlegende Vorgehensweisen von PR für Kunst und Kultur - von der Strategieplanung über die Erstellung von PR-Texten, die Gestaltung von Events und Aktionen bis zum Viralen Marketing. Zahlreiche Best-Practice-Beispiele aus den verschiedenen Kultursparten, von »AKKi - Kultur für Kinder« über die Berliner Philharmoniker bis zum Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, zeigen ganz unterschiedliche Erfolgsstrategien in der Kultur-PR.
Die neoliberale Stadt
Authors: Mattissek Annika
Published: May 2015

Unter Rückgriff auf die Gouvernementalitätstheorie von Foucault sowie die Hegemonietheorie von Laclau und Mouffe analysiert dieses Buch die derzeit ablaufenden, oft als »neoliberal« bezeichneten Umbrüche in der Stadtentwicklung. Als empirischer Gegenstand dient das Stadtmarketing, anhand dessen hegemoniale Auseinandersetzungen und diskursive Konstitutionsprozesse nachvollzogen werden. Zu diesem Zweck wird ein methodisches Vorgehen entwickelt, welches quantitativ-lexikometrische und aussagenanalytische Verfahren integriert und damit einen wichtigen Beitrag für die derzeit in der Diskursforschung stattfindende Methodendiskussion leistet.
Application of Piezofilms for Excitation and Active Damping of Blade Flexural Vibration
Authors: Pešek Ludĕk , Půst Ladislav , Bula Vítĕzslav , Cibulka Jan
Published: May 2015

The steam turbine blades of low pressure stages are endangerd by the high-cyclic fatigue due to the combined loading of dynamic stresses by the steam time-variant pressure and the pre-stress from centrifugal forces. Therefore, the importance of their experimental dynamic analysis in the design stage is critical. For laboratory tests of the blades, the piezo actuators placed on the blades, unlike electromagnets placed in the stationary space, give a possibility to excite the flexural vibration of the blades within the bladed disk by time continuous forces independently of the rotor revolutions. In addition, the piezo actuators can be also used to control the vibrations of the blade. Therefore, several dynamic experiments of the clamped model blade equipped with PVDF films were performed for the force description of the piezo foils and their behavior as actuators of the blade vibration. The numerical beam models were used for numerical analysis of the vibration suppression effects both by additional parametric excitation and by active damping. The optimal phase shift of piezo actuator voltage supply was ascertained both for amplitude amplification and suppression. The results contribute to the knowledge of the actuation and active damping of blade vibration by the piezo elements
An Influence of Directional Microphones on the Speech Intelligibility and Spatial Perception by Cochlear Implant Users
Authors: Kordus Monika , Tyler Richard S. , Żera Jan , Oleson Jacob J.
Published: May 2015

The objective of the study is to assess the hearing performance of cochlear implant users in three device microphone configurations: omni-directional, directional, and beamformer (BEAMformer two-adaptive noise reduction system), in localization and speech perception tasks in dynamically changing listening environments. Seven cochlear implant users aided with Cochlear CM-24 devices with Freedom speech processor participated in the study. For the localization test in quiet and in background noise, subjects demonstrated significant differences between different microphone settings. Confusion matrices showed that in about 70% cases cochlear implant subjects correctly localized sounds within a horizontal angle of 30-40◦ (±1◦ loudspeaker apart from signal source). However localization in noise was less accurate as shown by a large number of considerable errors in localization in the confusion matrices. Average results indicated no significant difference between three microphone configurations. For speech presented from the front 3 dB SNR improvements in speech intelligibility in three subjects can be observed for beamforming system compared to directional and omni-directional microphone settings. The benefits of using different microphone settings in cochlear implant devices in dynamically changing listening conditions depend on the particular sound environment
Modelling and Designing of Ultrasonic Welding Systems
Authors: Milewski Andrzej , Kluk Piotr , Kardyś Witold , Kogut Paweł
Published: May 2015

This article presents the main stages and challenges in modelling and designing of modern ultrasonic welding and cutting systems. First, the key components of such a system, such as an ultrasonic stack (con- sisting of a high power ultrasonic transducer and a sonotrode) and a digitally controlled ultrasonic power supply with precise control of the output power, have been considered. Next, a concept of measurement system for verification and validation of mathematical models of ultrasonic stacks and its components has been presented. Finally, a method of ultrasonic stack e-diagnosis based on ultrasonic transducer electrical impedance measurement during welding and cutting process has been described
An Active Functionally Graded Piezocomposite Plate Subjected to a Stochastic Pressure
Authors: Pietrzakowski Marek
Published: May 2015

In the paper the analysis of random vibration of an actively damped laminated plate with functionally graded piezoelectric actuator layers is presented. The simply supported plate is subjected to stochastic loading represented by a uniformly distributed pressure. The random input is assumed as a Gaussian sta- tionary and ergodic process. The actuators are regarded as a multi-layer structure arranged of piezofiber composite sub-layers. The sub-layers differ each other with amount of PZT (lead-zirconate-titanate) fibers and are stacked to achieve a desired change of the PZT volume fraction through the actuator thickness. The gradation scheme of constituents and material properties are estimated by parabolic and power functions. Numerical simulations are performed to recognize the influence of the applied random excita- tions and the actuator properties gradations on the characteristics of the stochastic field of active plate deflection i.e. power spectral density, autocorrelation function and variance
Technical Note. Effect of Liner Characteristics on the Acoustic Performance of Duct Systems
Authors: Othmani Chokri , Hentati Taissir , Taktak Mohamed , Elnady Tamer , Haddar Mohamed
Published: May 2015

Porous materials are used in many vibro-acoustic applications. Different models describe their perfor- mance according to material’s intrinsic characteristics. In this paper, an evaluation of the effect of the porous and geometrical parameters of a liner on the acoustic power attenuation of an axisymmetric lined duct was performed using multimodal scattering matrix. The studied liner is composed by a porous ma- terial covered by a perforated plate. Empirical and phenomenal models are used to calculate the acoustic impedance of the studied liner. The later is used as an input to evaluate the duct attenuation. By varying the values of each parameter, its influence is observed, discussed and deduced
Technical Note. The Comprehensive Research of the Road Acoustic Screen with Absorbing and Diffusing Surface
Authors: Kamisiński Tadeusz , Kinasz Roman , Szeląg Agata , Rubacha Jarosław , Pilch Adam , Flach Artur , Baruch Katarzyna
Published: May 2015

The paper presents the new solution to a road acoustic screen consisting of elements which are highly diffusing and simultaneously resistant to weathering, but also characterised by a sound absorption. There is described the comprehensive research of such the road acoustic screen with absorbing and diffusing surface. The study includes screen’s resistance to wind load and snow removal, impact tests and mea- surements of some acoustic parameters
Search for novel therapies for triple negative breast cancers (TNBC): analogs of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) and growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH)
Authors: Buchholz Stefan , Seitz Stephan , Engel Jörg B. , Montero Alberto , Ortmann Olaf , Perez Roberto , Block Norman L. , Schally Andrew V.
Published: May 2015

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive breast cancer subtype that is clinically negative for the expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors (ER/PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2). Patients with TNBC have a worse clinical outcome, as measured by time to metastasis and median overall survival. Chemotherapy has been the mainstay of treatment of TNBC but responses are disappointing. A substantial proportion of TNBC expresses luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH), receptors for LHRH, in addition to receptors for growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH). These receptors represent potential therapeutic targets. Potent antagonists of GHRH and LHRH receptors have been developed in recent years and these antagonists inhibit the growth, tumorigenicity and metastatic potential of various human experimental malignancies. These antagonists could be utilized for the treatment of TNBC. The targeted cytotoxic analog of LHRH, AN-152 (AEZS-108) containing doxorubicin, must also be strongly considered for therapy of TNBC. Experimental studies suggest the merit of clinical trials with LHRH antagonists and AEZS-108 in TNBC patients.
Impact of food components during in vitro digestion of silver nanoparticles on cellular uptake and cytotoxicity in intestinal cells
Authors: Lichtenstein Dajana , Ebmeyer Johanna , Knappe Patrick , Juling Sabine , Böhmert Linda , Selve Sören , Niemann Birgit , Braeuning Albert , Thünemann Andreas F. , Lampen Alfonso
Published: May 2015

Because of the rising application of nanoparticles in food and food-related products, we investigated the influence of the digestion process on the toxicity and cellular uptake of silver nanoparticles for intestinal cells. The main food components – carbohydrates, proteins and fatty acids – were implemented in anin vitrodigestion process to simulate realistic conditions. Digested and undigested silver nanoparticle suspensions were used for uptake studies in the well-established Caco-2 model. Small-angle X-ray scattering was used to estimate particle core size, size distribution and stability in cell culture medium. Particles proved to be stable and showed radii from 3.6 to 16.0 nm. Undigested particles and particles digested in the presence of food components were comparably taken up by Caco-2 cells, whereas the uptake of particles digested without food components was decreased by 60%. Overall, these findings suggest thatin vivoingested poly (acrylic acid)-coated silver nanoparticles may reach the intestine in a nanoscaled form even if enclosed in a food matrix. While appropriate for studies on the uptake into intestinal cells, the Caco-2 model might be less suited for translocation studies. Moreover, we show that nanoparticle digestion protocols lacking food components may lead to misinterpretation of uptake studies and inconclusive results.
Identification of the Learning Styles and “On-the-Job” Learning Methods Implemented by Nurses for Promoting Their Professional Knowledge and Skills
Authors: Rassin Michal , Kurzweil Yaffa , Maoz Yael
Published: May 2015

The aim of this study was to identify the learning styles and methods used by nurses to promote their professional knowledge and skills. 928 nurses from 11 hospitals across Israel completed 2 questionnaires, (1) Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory, Version 3.1. and (2) the On-The-Job Learning Styles Questionnaire for the Nursing Profession. The most common learning style was the convergent style. The other learning styles were rated in the following descending order: accommodation, assimilation, and divergence. The on-the-job learning style consistently ranked highest was experience of relevant situations. On the other hand, seeking knowledge from books, journals, television, or the Internet was ranked lowest on all the indicators examined. With respect to general and on-the-job learning styles, statistically significant differences were found between groups of nurses by: country of birth, gender, department, age, education, and role. Nurses required to take more personal responsibility for their own professional development by deepening their self-learning skills.
Numerical Study of Free Convection in a Doubly Stratified Non-Darcy Porous Medium Using Spectral Quasilinearization Method
Authors: Srinivasacharya D. , Motsa Sandile S. , Surender O.
Published: May 2015

Free convection boundary layer flow past a semi-infinite vertical plate in a doubly stratified fluid-saturated porous medium in the presence of constant suction/injection is analyzed. The flow in the porous medium is described by the Brinkman–Forchheimer-based model. A suitable coordinate transformation is introduced, and the obtained system of non-similar, coupled and nonlinear partial differential equations is solved numerically using the spectral quasi-linearization method. The effects of buoyancy parameter, Darcy number, Forchheimer parameter, suction/injection parameter, thermal and solutal stratification parameters on the dimensionless velocity, temperature and concentration are presented graphically. Further, the local skin friction coefficient, heat and mass transfer rates are presented graphically.
Conservation Laws and Exact Solutions with Symmetry Reduction of Nonlinear Reaction Diffusion Equations
Authors: Tascan Filiz , Yakut Arzu
Published: May 2015

In this work we study one of the most important applications of symmetries to physical problems, namely the construction of conservation laws. Conservation laws have important place for applications of differential equations and solutions, also in all physics applications. And so, this study deals conservation laws of first- and second-type nonlinear (NL) reaction diffusion equations. We used Ibragimov’s approach for finding conservation laws for these equations. And then, we found exact solutions of first- and second-type NL reaction diffusion equations with Lie-point symmetries.
Co-administration of α-lipoic acid and glutathione is associated with no significant changes in serum bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase or γ-glutamyltranspeptidase levels during the treatment of neuroborreliosis with intravenous ceftriaxone
Authors: Puri Basant K. , Hakkarainen-Smith Jaana S. , Derham Anne , Monro Jean A.
Published: May 2015

: While pharmacotherapy with intravenous ceftriaxone, a third-generation cephalosporin, is a potential treatment of Lyme neuroborreliosis, there is concern that it can cause the formation of biliary sludge, leading to hepatobiliary complications such as biliary colic, jaundice and cholelithiasis, which are reflected in changes in serum levels of bilirubin and markers of cholestatic liver injury (alkaline phosphatase and γ-glutamyltranspeptidase). It has been suggested that the naturally occurring substances α-lipoic acid and glutathione may be helpful in preventing hepatic disease. α-Lipoic acid exhibits antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic activities in the liver, while glutathione serves as a sulfhydryl buffer. The aim of this study was to determine whether co-administration of α-lipoic acid and glutathione is associated with significant changes in serum levels of bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase and γ-glutamyltranspeptidase during the treatment of Lyme neuroborreliosis with long-term intravenous ceftriaxone.

: Serum levels of bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase and γ-glutamyltranspeptidase were measured in 42 serologically positive Lyme neuroborreliosis patients before and after long-term treatment with intravenous ceftriaxone (2–4 g daily) with co-administration of oral/intravenous α-lipoic acid (600 mg daily) and glutathione (100 mg orally or 0.6–2.4 g intravenously daily).

: None of the patients developed biliary colic and there were no significant changes in serum bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase or γ-glutamyltranspeptidase levels over the course of the intravenous ceftriaxone treatment (mean length 75.0 days).

: Co-administration of α-lipoic acid and glutathione is associated with no significant changes in serum bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase or γ-glutamyltranspeptidase levels during the treatment of neuroborreliosis with intravenous ceftriaxone.
Therapeutic interventions using a combination of Telmisartan and omega 3-fatty acids in sodium arsenite-induced vascular endothelial dysfunction in rats: modulation through ATP-sensitive K+ channels and eNOS
Authors: Nirwane Abhijit , Pawar Vivek , Majumdar Anuradha
Published: May 2015

Background: Effective diet/drug combinations may show additive or synergistic effects in reducing endothelial risk factors vis-à-vis monotherapies. The study evaluated the effect of combined therapy of Telmisartan and omega 3-fatty acids in sodium arsenite-induced vascular endothelial dysfunction (VED) in rats.

Methods: Forty-eight male Wistar rats (180–220 g) were randomized into eight groups; control, sodium arsenite (1.5 mg/kg/day) exposed, sodium arsenite exposure followed by treatment with Telmisartan, omega 3-fatty acids, the combination and/or endothelial modulators for 2 weeks depending on the allocated group. VED was assessed by estimating vascular reactivity. Serum thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS), nitrite/nitrate levels, reduced glutathione (GSH) levels, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels were also determined.

Results: Sodium arsenite produced VED by attenuating acetylcholine-induced endothelial relaxation (% Rmax= 45.36), decreasing levels of serum nitrite/nitrate (9.28 μM/mg protein), GSH (16.06 μg/mg of protein), SOD activity (30.69 units/mg protein) and increasing TBARS (0.19 µM/mg protein) compared with control group. The combined therapy with Telmisartan (10 mg/kg/day) and omega 3-fatty acids (180 mg/kg/day) (% Rmax=80.93, 13.09 µM/mg protein, 25.93 μg/mg of protein, 57.84 units/mg protein and 0.08 µM/mg protein, respectively) significantly abolished the respective derangements induced by sodium arsenite. Further, this combination significantly prevented rise in serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels that was induced by sodium arsenite. However, the ameliorative effects of this combination were abated by N-omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) and glibenclamide.

Conclusions: Combined therapy of Telmisartan and omega 3-fatty acids attenuated VED, by activating enzyme nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) through opening of ATP-sensitive K+ channels.
Assessment and relation of total and regional fat mass with bone mineral content among Indian urban adolescents
Authors: Marwaha Raman K. , Garg M.K. , Bhadra Kuntal , Mahalle Namita , Mithal Ambrish , Tandon Nikhil
Published: May 2015

Fat mass (FM) has been shown to have an effect on bone mass accrual. Though gender and ethnic differences in body composition and bone accrual during puberty have been reported, there are limited data available for Indian children and adolescents.

To generate age and gender based percentile charts of FM among urban Indian children and adolescents and to evaluate the relationship with pubertal status and bone mineral content (BMC).

There were 1403 children and adolescents (boys: 826; girls: 577) in the study.

Total and regional FM, BMC, and pubertal staging were assessed. Fat mass index (FMI), FM/height ratio and BMC/FM ratio, were calculated.

The age of the study population ranged from 5 to 18 years, with a mean age of 13.2±2.7 years (boys: 13.0±2.7; girls: 13.4±2.8 years). Total and regional FM as well as FMI increased with increasing age in both genders. The highest percent increase in mean total FM occurred in the age group >8–11 years and decreased thereafter. The total and regional FM was higher in more advanced stages of pubertal maturation. There was no difference in total and regional FM between genders in prepubertal group. The age and pubertal associated increase in FM was significantly higher in girls than boys (p<0.0001). Total as well as regional FM and FMI were positively correlated with age, body mass index, total lean mass, and BMC even after adjusting for age, lean mass, and biochemical parameters.

Total and regional FM increased with age and pubertal maturation in both genders. FM was positively correlated with BMC.
Migratory polyarthritis as an adverse effect of thiamazole use in a 13-year-old girl with Graves’ disease
Authors: Janson Jo-Anne , de Laat Paul , Draaisma Jos M.T.
Published: May 2015

Graves’ disease is the most prevalent cause of hyperthyroidism in children. The treatment commonly involves antithyroid therapy using a thionamide. We present a case of a 13-year-old girl with the antithyroid arthritis syndrome, presenting as a migratory polyarthritis, after the initiation of thionamide treatment for Graves’ disease. Antithyroid arthritis syndrome warranted immediate cessation of thionamide. Improvement of the arthritis was seen in subsequent days. As there are no other reversible treatment modalities for Graves’ disease in children, definitive treatment with radioactive iodine was needed to control the hyperthyroidism in this child. Antithyroid arthritis syndrome presenting as a migratory polyarthritis is a severe adverse effect of a common pediatric disease and should therefore be recognized by pediatricians.
Knowledge, management and optimization: the use of live traps in control of non-native squirrels
Authors: Mazzamuto Maria Vittoria , Panzeri Mattia , Wauters Lucas , Preatoni Damiano , Martinoli Adriano
Published: May 2015

This study identifies techniques to maximize trap efficiency and minimize trapping effort when using live traps to capture the invasive alien Pallas’s squirrel (
Non-Genetic Inheritance, Fertility and Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Authors: Zander-Fox Deirdre , O McPherson Nicole , Lane Michelle
Published: May 2015

The concept of non-genetic inheritance is gaining considerable attention in the assisted reproductive technology (ART) community due to the reported differences between children born from ART and those that are conceived naturally. It has been demonstrated that children conceived via ART have differences in fetal growth, birth weight, congenital abnormalities, cardiometabolic parameters, glucose homeostasis as well as changes to body composition compared to children conceived naturally. Although these changes may have a parental contribution and may be influenced by the pathology of infertility there is concern that the technologies themselves may play a role. In support of this, is emerging evidence that aspects of ART technology such as culture media formulation and insemination method can alter offspring phenotype. In addition it is also documented that exposure to environmental factors, such as toxins can impact on offspring gametogenesis such that these perturbations persist through generations. With the increasing use of ART and the development of new technologies it is vital that we understand whether ART can effect non-genetic inheritance so that we can optimise technology and prevent abnormal programming and its impact on all aspects of offspring health including fertility and a possible transmission to subsequent generations.
Other-initiated repair in Murrinh-Patha
Authors: Blythe Joe
Published: May 2015

The range of linguistic structures and interactional practices associated with other-initiated repair (OIR) is surveyed for the Northern Australian language Murrinh-Patha. By drawing on a video corpus of informal Murrinh- Patha conversation, the OIR formats are compared in terms of their utility and versatility. Certain “restricted” formats have semantic properties that point to prior trouble source items. While these make the restricted repair initiators more specialised, the “open” formats are less well resourced semantically, which makes them more versatile. They tend to be used when the prior talk is potentially problematic in more ways than one. The open formats (especially thangku, “what?”) tend to solicit repair operations on each potential source of trouble, such that the resultant repair solution improves upon the troublesource turn in several ways.