bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Resilience and Coping as Moderators of Stress-Related Growth in Asians and AAPIs During COVID-19
Authors: Litam Stacey Diane Arañez , Oh Seungbin , Chang Catherine
Published: June 2021

This exploratory study examined the extent to which coping, resilience, experiences of subtle and blatant racism, and ethnic identity predicted stress-related growth in a national convenience sample of Asians and Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs; N = 326) who experienced COVID-19–related racial discrimination. Our analysis indicated participants with higher levels of coping, resilience, experiences of subtle and blatant racism, and ethnic identity were significantly more likely to cultivate higher levels of stress-related growth. Coping strategies such as self-blame, religion, humor, venting, substance use, denial, and behavioral disengagement significantly moderated the relationship between experiences of racism and stress-related growth. Notably, participants in the study who used mental health services following COVID-19 reported significantly higher levels of racial discrimination, resilience, coping, and stress-related growth compared to Asians and AAPIs who did not use professional mental health services. Mental health professionals are called to utilize culturally sensitive treatment modalities and challenge traditional Western notions that frame coping responses from an individualistic worldview.
La ecología-mundo bajo plástico: un análisis de la articulación entre la explotación de la naturaleza, el racismo y el sexismo en la producción de frutos rojos de Huelva
Authors: Hellio Emmanuelle , Moreno Nieto Juana
Published: June 2021

Este artículo aborda los vínculos existentes entre la explotación de la mano de obra migrante y el desarrollo de la agricultura intensiva en la provincia de Huelva, España. El objetivo es describir cómo la apropiación-explotación de la naturaleza humana y extrahumana (Moore, 2015) convergen en el cultivo de la fresa. Tomamos como punto de partida la teoría del capitalismo como ecología-mundo de Moore y la articulamos con las aportaciones del feminismo materialista y los análisis de la economía política sobre el continuum de control de la movilidad del trabajo en la historia del capitalismo. A partir de este posicionamiento teórico, analizamos el modo en que este cultivo extrae su rentabilidad de la asignación a circular de temporeras marroquíes empleadas a través del programa de migración temporal conocido como contratación en origen. Este programa permite al sector disponer de una mano de obra poco costosa y flexible que garantice la rentabilidad del cultivo, y que retorna a su país de origen al final de la temporada. Veremos que para ello se ha dirigido exclusivamente a mujeres con hijos pequeños a su cargo. La circulación entre país de origen y de trabajo de las jornaleras marroquíes y su adecuación a las exigencias del sector se fundan en las asimetrías de género, clase y etnia existentes. Concretamente, el programa implementa una doble dependencia de los hogares de trabajadoras hacia los ingresos de la temporada, por un lado, y hacia su participación en la economía doméstica, cuando regresan, por otro. Leemos esta subordinación de la reproducción por la producción como una apropiación de la naturaleza tal y como la define, de manera amplia, Moore. El artículo está basado en el material etnográfico recogido entre 2009 y 2012, y actualizado en 2019, en los lugares de vida y trabajo de las temporeras. Su estructura es la siguiente. En una primera parte se exponen las principales características de la producción de frutos rojos en Huelva. En un segundo momento, se describe cómo la contratación de temporeras marroquíes ha sido una estrategia del modelo productivo que había agotado los recursos presentes en el territorio. En la tercera parte, se abordan las consecuencias que el modelo de contratación en origen tiene sobre las condiciones de vida y trabajo de las temporeras y se describen los límites del programa que se está viendo cuestionado por la emergencia de movilizaciones y resistencias.
Cerdos, acumulación y producción de naturaleza barata
Authors: Pedreño Cánovas Andrés , Giménez Casalduero María , Ramírez Melgarejo Antonio J.
Published: June 2021

El objetivo de este artículo es explorar la ecología-mundo de la producción capitalista de carne de cerdo, a partir de los planteamientos teóricos de Jason W. Moore, según los cuales la naturaleza producida por el capital implica superar la distinción cartesiana entre explotación del trabajo y la naturaleza. Este artículo se centra en el momento histórico de la constitución de un régimen neoliberal y global de la industria cárnica de cerdo. Entre 1950-1970, el régimen alimentario intensivo reestructuró la producción ganadera de cerdos en España y otras muchas geografías de la economía-mundo; el cual a su vez sentó las bases para la transición al régimen corporativo o global (1980 hasta la actualidad), según una nueva ecología-mundo de producción de “cerdos capitalistas”. En la primera parte se aborda la ecología-mundo de la industria del cerdo a partir de la periodificación de regímenes alimentarios propuesta por el sociólogo Philip McMichael (2016): imperial, intensivo y corporativo. Tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial, se produjo desde EEUU la internacionalización del régimen alimentario intensivo (1950-1970) que reestructuró la producción ganadera de cerdos en España y otras muchas geografías de la economía-mundo; el cual a su vez sentó las bases para la transición al régimen corporativo o global (1980 hasta la actualidad). En la segunda parte, siguiendo el enfoque de Jason W. Moore sobre las cuatro mercancías baratas requeridas por la valorización capitalista, mostramos cómo se ha constituido históricamente la carne de cerdo como un alimento barato, en el contexto de la expansión de una demanda interna derivada de la integración de las clases trabajadoras en la nueva norma de consumo de masas. Tomamos como referencia empírica España, y concretamente la Región de Murcia, como nuevo polo productivo de carne de cerdo. Se analizan las fronteras de trabajo barato y de naturaleza barata para detectar las fuentes de trabajo no remunerado que han posibilitado la valorización capitalista. El trabajo de investigación que fundamenta este artículo se basa en entrevistas cualitativas a actores sociales implicados, directa o indirectamente, en esta problemática (políticos, ganaderos, sindicalistas, trabajadores, ecologistas, líderes vecinales, etc.), así como en observaciones sobre el terreno y uso de fuentes secundarias (estadísticas oficiales, páginas web corporativas, documentos oficiales, etc.).
Vulnerabilidad y movilidad humana: desde una perspectiva del Sur Global sobre colonialismo e historia
Authors: De Paula Sara Aparecida , Freire de Mello Leonardo
Published: June 2021

El proceso de cambio ambiental contemporáneo (desequilibrios en la dinámica climática del planeta, la forma en que se explotan los recursos, la infraestructura y la ocupación de espacios, los cambios en el ciclo biogeoquímico) tiene como característica su globalidad. Sin embargo, esto no significa que el impacto de estos cambios ocurra de manera homogénea. Por el contrario, al considerar las características históricas, el nivel de desigualdad social y económica, los componentes demográficos, los modos de consumo, entre otros, se observa un estándar de impacto completamente heterogéneo, centrado en grupos de mayor vulnerabilidad. El objeto de estudio es el Sur Global y su historia de explotación colonial, que permanece en una estructura neocolonial. Es importante señalar el vínculo que la historia colonial tiene con los cambios ambientales contemporáneos. La estructura histórica de los países es muy importante para entender las desigualdades económicas, sociales y políticas. En ese caso, los países del Sur Global fueron colonizados y ese proceso produce impactos en la estructura contemporánea, ejemplificada a través del concepto de vulnerabilidad. El objetivo principal es hacer una interacción entre la teoría de la Ecología-Mundo a través de una perspectiva del Sur Global con la movilidad humana asociada con los desastres ambientales en esos territorios que cargan una historia de explotación masiva por los centros del capitalismo. Por eso, este artículo trae un debate sobre la Ecología-Mundo como una teoría en que las estructuras sociales, políticas y económicas son parte de una red de la vida y no algo aparte, así como los desplazamientos ambientales, también son parte de esa dinámica. Si nota que la movilidad humana es muy diversa, y este artículo trabaja con datos de los desplazamientos internos disponible en el Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. Ese artículo se divide: la primera parte é un debate teórico de la explotación del Sur Global a través de la colonización así como una perspectiva de la Ecología-Mundo desde el espacio académico del Sur Global, la segunda parte es acerca de los aspectos teóricos de los desplazamientos causados por cambios ambientales como los desastres inmediatos (inundaciones, huracanes) y desastres de inicio lento (sequías) y su correlación con la explotación / agotamiento del suelo asociada con actividades de monopolio, la tercera parte muestra los resultados obtenidos en una investigación de maestría con la sintetización de datos acerca de los desplazamientos ambientales internos a los países, lo que muestra que la mayoría de los desplazamientos internos directamente relacionados con los desastres y la pérdida de medios de vida ocurren en el Sur Global.
Argumentos fuertes
Authors: Tindale Christopher W. , Barrientos Rose Marie
Published: June 2021

La adhesión, la pertinencia, los vínculos de proximidad y la objetividad, así como un alto grado de resistencia a la refutación, son características definitorias de los argumentos fuertes. Estos criterios, establecidos por Perelman y Olbrechts-Tyteca, son los indicados por los teóricos de la argumentación retórica a la hora de reflexionar sobre la fuerza argumentativa. Conviene, sin embargo, comentarlos por separado para percibir su importancia y constatar que, pese a la crítica que a veces recae sobre la argumentación retórica, los argumentos no se evalúan únicamente en términos de su eficacia. Ofrecemos estos comentarios en el marco de la discusión entablada por Corina Yoris-Villasana en su artículo sobre la fuerza de los argumentos desde la perspectiva retórica.
Optimization of the parameters for the molding process of small-size rice straw insulating blocks via response surface methodology
Authors: Yuan Weili , Bao Anhong , Han Xinlei , Luo Qiu
Published: June 2021

Rice straw, which is considered an excellent insulation material, can be filled into the hollows of concrete block after being pressed, thereby improving the thermal performance of the concrete block. This new type of straw-concrete composite block will have good mechanical and thermal properties. In this study, to explore the feasibility of this new type of block, the response surface method was introduced. The goal was to find the effects of processing parameters on the forming quality of straw blocks. The quadratic regression model was established, and the processing parameters were optimized. It was found that the forming density, vertical pressure, pressure-holding time, and the interaction between the forming density and pressure-holding time had significant effects on the forming quality of the straw blocks. The optimal conditions obtained by RSM optimization were a forming density, a vertical pressure, and a pressure-holding time of 319.7 kg/m2, 2.5 kN, 33.68 s, respectively. Under these conditions, the volumetric contractivity of straw blocks was 11.17%, the horizontal failure strength was 21.74 kPa, and the natural moisture content was 16.37%. The parameters calculated via the prediction model were highly consistent with the results produced via the actual measurements, which showed that the prediction model was reliable and potentially useful in guiding industrial production.
Biochar hydrological characteristics in related to branch wood properties
Authors: Suansa Nurul Iman , Al-Mefarrej Hamad A. , Alshahrani Thobayet Safar
Published: June 2021

Branch wood possesses unique properties that may affect biochar characteristics. Despite the abundance of broad studies on biochar, the correlation between feedstock properties and biochar hydrological characteristics has yet to be elucidated. Therefore, in this work the tree branch wood properties of three feedstocks (Acacia gerrardii Benth., Tamarix aphylla (L.) H. Karst., and Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehn.) were investigated and compared with the characteristics of biochar produced by pyrolysis at 300 °C, 400 °C, and 500 °C. It was found that a higher lumen fraction resulted in a more porous structure, thus increasing the ability of biochar to absorb and retain water. Acacia gerrardii absorbed 403% and retained 73.6% water, whereas T. aphylla and E. camaldulensis held 396% and 342%, and then retained 71.5% and 68.1% water, respectively. The water holding capacity and water retention ability were lower in biochars pyrolyzed at 300 °C than 500 °C. The present findings demonstrate that fiber lumen diameter and parenchyma properties provide indicators of biochar hydrological characteristics generated from tree branch wood.
Review on Coastal Erosion, Displacement and Resettlement Strategies of South Asian Countries
Authors: Barua Prabal , Rahman Syed Hafizur , Mitra Abhijit , Zaman Sufia
Published: June 2021

Coastal areas are subjected to unwelcome circumstances in the shape of sea-level rise and its adverse outcomes like storm surge, flooding and erosion with continuous climate change. In this manuscript, the authors presented the two case studies of erosion, displacement pattern and resettlement examples of climate displaced people of Bangladesh and India. Climate displaced people of Bangladesh and India have been an influx from coastal areas to a disaster-free safe area and also urban slum areas. In these circumstances, displaced people didn’t enjoy their cultural harmony, social status, family bondage in new living places. Resettled climate displaced people in the new habitat of Bangladesh and India are trying to adopting their new living conditions. Facilities of rehabilitation facilities have been evaluated to be insufficient and tiny for their sustenance in the long run. An appropriate development strategy is required by the Government so as to avoid the socio-economic backwardness of the resettlement areas of the South-Eastern coast of Bangladesh and Indian Sundarban inhabitants. The island inhabitants wait with great anxiety for help from the Government and Non-Government authorities to come frontward and support them to pull through their losses.
Communication Models in Contemporary Art
Authors: Navickaitė Rugilė
Published: June 2021

The object of research is the communication features of contemporary art. The aim is to reveal these features based on a review of the literature. The paper discusses the concept of communication in contemporary art; describes the characteristics of contemporary art as a medium; defines communication models in contemporary art. Communication and its features are manifested in many fields, one of which is art. To discuss the concept of communication in contemporary art, the levels of verbal and nonverbal communication are distinguished. Image forms, colours, lighting, lines, motifs, body language, sound, as well as the written or unwritten language of verbal communication about a work of art, can serve to recognise the communicative properties of a work of art. Types of intrapersonal and public and mass communication are applied, communication process models are based.
Ethics of Implementing US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations for Childhood Obesity
Authors: Smith Hunter Jackson , Piotrowski Joy I. , Zaza Stephanie
Published: June 2021

Childhood obesity represents a serious and growing concern for the United States. Its negative consequences for health and well-being can be far-reaching, devastating, and intergenerational. In 2017, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued a grade B recommendation for screening children and adolescents for obesity and offering or referring to comprehensive, intensive behavioral interventions as indicated. However, many communities in the United States have limited access to such interventions. The USPSTF’s mission is to review and grade research evidence for clinical preventive services and does not include cost or population-based operationalization and implementation logistics considerations for its recommendations. Yet implementing recommendations without considering cost and operationalization may lead to equity and access challenges. These are essential considerations, but oversight of the implementation of these recommendations is not standardized or assigned to any one agency or organization. As such, a central ethical feature inherent to the implementation of USPSTF recommendations calls for stakeholder collaborations to take on the next step beyond the establishment of evidence-based recommendations: to ensure the ethical application of such guidelines across diverse populations. Furthermore, the screening-intervention relationship inherent to this USPSTF recommendation raises ethical concerns regarding US societal norms surrounding obesity, particularly when contrasted against other screening-intervention modalities. More efforts, such as increased incentives or expansion of clinical services in low-resource areas, should be taken to facilitate this recommended intervention by expanding access to childhood obesity interventions to fulfill ethical responsibilities to equity and to ensure the right to open futures for children.
La pandemia de la gripa española de 1918 en Colombia: una percepción del impacto de un fenómeno mundial en un país neutral durante la Gran Guerra
Authors: Rausch Jane
Published: June 2021

El artículo se enfoca en la pandemia de gripa de 1918 y su impacto en Colombia. Tiene en cuenta la propagación y su efecto en la población, especialmente en Bogotá, durante el gobierno del presidente Marco Fidel Suárez (1918-1921) y el contexto de la Primera Guerra Mundial. La autora muestra la poca eficiencia estatal para enfrentar el problema de salud pública, en contraste con las iniciativas humanitarias como la de la Junta de Socorro, en un escenario donde las condiciones de higiene de las zonas marginadas y pobres de la capital posibilitaron la propagación del virus. Finalmente, a modo de consecuencia, muestra las medidas gubernamentales y cómo la pandemia influyó para que se iniciara la construcción de casas higiénicas y viviendas más modernas para los trabajadores, además del mejoramiento de la infraestructura hospitalaria.
A Base Nacional Comum Curricular (BNCC): onde está o lazer?
Authors: Fonseca Carlos Alberto , Alves Cathia , Isayama Helder Ferreira
Published: June 2021

O objetivo desse estudo foi descrever e analisar como o lazer é tratado no documento da Base Nacional Comum Curricular (BNCC), considerado aqui como um dispositivo estratégico de governamento, no contexto da educação infantil e do ensino fundamental. Buscamos identificar em quais áreas o lazer é citado; detectar de que maneira essas áreas abordam o tema e analisar qual enfoque é dado ao lazer nas três versões do documento. O estudo utilizou a combinação das pesquisas bibliográfica e documental, com o auxílio da técnica de análise de conteúdo. Como conclusão identificamos que o termo lazer aparece nas três versões da BNCC e é citado onze vezes na primeira versão, vinte e sete vezes na segunda e quinze vezes na terceira. O termo lazer é citado nos textos específicos de diferentes áreas do conhecimento, tais como: geografia, educação física, arte e história, o que pode indicar o caráter multidisciplinar que o termo assume, também, dentro do contexto escolar. Por fim, indicamos que o lazer estabelece relações com elementos ligados à cultura corporal, ao esporte, à política, às tecnologias, à pluralidade artística e cultural, identidades e interculturalidades.
Outras hegemonias em pesquisas sobre currículos transnacionais
Authors: Silva Maria da Graça Moreira da , Almeida Fernando José , Rupp Lucila
Published: June 2021

Este artigo busca destacar dentro do cenário atual de pesquisas sobre currículo dos países do Mercosul concepções curriculares contra hegemônicas aos modelos imperantes a fim de apontar outras possíveis epistemologias que se afastem do neoliberalismo.  A pergunta central do artigo pode assim ser resumida: O que é ser contra-hegemônico, ou o que é o “outro” frente às epistemologias neoliberais? Dessa pergunta, surgem outras e, para responder a tais perguntas, o trajeto pelos currículos de quatro países do Mercosul destacou peças desse mosaico, que evidenciou formas diferenciadas para que os jovens possam conhecer e diagnosticar o próprio território. Para tanto, combina a análise dos documentos curriculares dos países Argentina, Paraguai, Uruguai e Venezuela (Mercosul) com produções científicas relacionadas ao tema, identificando a presença e valorização de temas latino-americanos e sul-americanos nesses textos. Os dados coletados e analisados revelam que os currículos investigados apontam, explicitamente, a intencionalidade da construção de uma identidade sul-americana ou latino-americana, apresentando uma combinação entre temáticas universais e abordagem regionalista, incorporando aprendizagens ligadas ao Mercosul e à América Latina.
Projects of the Gallican Church and the ‘Everyday Piety’ Reform on the Eve of the Wars of Religion
Authors:   Institute of World History of the RAS, Moscow, Uvarov Pavel Yu. ,   National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Published: June 2021

During the so-called ‘Gallican crisis’ between 1551 and 1552, Pope Julius III accused the French king of preparing an ecclesiastical schism, while the possibility of establishing a French patriarchate was discussed in the royal council. Before long, however, the conflict gave way to a close alliance between the Pope and King Henry II. Was the ‘Gallican crisis’ just a tool of political pressure on Julius III? To what extent were the plans of the king and his entourage to reform the Gallican Church serious? The lack of sources can be filled, at least in part, by turning to the work by Raoul Spifame, a lawyer of the Paris Parliament, titled Dicaearchiae Henrici Regis Christianissimi Progymnasmata (1556). In its essence, it is a collection of rhetorical exercises in the field of jurisprudence written in the form of royal decrees designed to reform everything in the kingdom. Surprisingly, some of these fictional measures later would be actually implemented. The reason for the author’s ‘clairvoyance’ lies in his contacts with the secretaries of state who were then preparing large-scale reforms, which would eventually be cancelled due to the unexpected death of the king and the outbreak of the Wars of Religion. A considerable part of the decrees is devoted to plans of the reform of the Gallican Church: from the elevation of the Bishopric of Paris to the rank of an archdiocese to tightening control over the morals of prelates. This article pays special attention to how the Dicaearchiae regulated the elements of ‘everyday piety’ — the rituals of blessing of the bridal chamber, purification after childbirth, and belief in the existence of limb. A limitation of ‘luxury’ was also to be introduced: refusal of precious ecclesiastical ornaments, redundant bells, and a reduction in the number of holidays associated with the veneration of saints. Without abandoning the cult of saints, Spifame undertakes a reform of the ecclesiastical calendar and creates a sort of national martyrology of warriors who died for their homeland and ‘are venerated as saints without a canonisation’.
Depiction of Home Interiors in Illustrations of Molière’s Works in French 18th-Century Editions
Authors:   Ural State University of Architecture and Art, Yekaterinburg, Borshch Elena V. ,   Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg
Published: June 2021

This article examines the problem of depicting a home interior as a setting with reference to the French literary illustration of the eighteenth century. Referring to the interior scenes from two different series of illustrations to the same literary texts, the author considers the role of the texts in the formation of visual images of a home interior; the methods of depicting a home interior by different artists; the visual prototypes of the image of the interior. The main sources of the research are illustrations of two French editions of Molière’s Works: a series of engravings based on drawings by F. Boucher (1734) and ones by J.-M. Moreau (Moreau le Jeune) (1773). The texts of some comedies are compared with illustrations from two different editions. The comparison demonstrates that the interior, schematically described by Molière, was arbitrarily depicted by the artists as the apartments of a noble house. They used typology, dйcor, and furnishings that are relevant to their time. Boucher chose the Rococo style (1730s), while Moreau preferred the Transition style (1760–1770s). The comparison of the illustrations with each other proves that the artists copied the details of similar illustrations by P. Brissart (1682). Also, Moreau used Boucher’s compositions as prototypes. The comparison of the illustrations with architectural engravings proves that the interior projects were also prototypes for the artists. As a result, the author notes the patterns of depicting a home interior as a setting: the image of visual interiors did not literally depend on the text; the interior model was determined by the illustrator’s creative credo and followed the fashionable design style; the artists created the image of the interior using analogous illustrations and projects of architects and decorators.
Representation of the Authorities in Letters to the Kirovskaya Pravda Newspaper in the Late 1960s
Authors:   HSE University, Moscow, Anisimov Kirill G.
Published: June 2021

This article examines the regional peculiarities underlying the representation of Soviet power in letters to a newspaper which are viewed as a means of communication between the public and the authorities and as an example of the political activity of the population of Kirov Region. The author refers to previously unpublished letters sent to the Kirovskaya Pravda newspaper by its readers between 1964 and 1970. The information potential of the population’s letters makes it possible to single out and interpret typical and specific forms of representation of Soviet power in the transforming socio-political conditions of the USSR in the second half of the 1960s. Historiographers consider citizens’ letters an integral part of Soviet political culture. An analysis of the population’s letters to a local newspaper suggests a characteristic of the system and structure of Kirov Region’s inhabitants’ idea of the capital, regional, and local authorities in a wide socio-political context. While interpreting the assessments of the local authorities present in the letters, the author pays attention to the socio-political conditions in the USSR in the second half of the 1960s. In the article, special attention is paid to the Kirov Region’s population’s response to Khrushchev’s resignation, which, according to the author, determined the evaluation of the local authorities. Referring to particular examples, the author proves that when characterising the authorities in their letters, the population appealed to official discourse. The article provides a comparative characteristic of forms in which the authorities of different levels were represented — from their reproduction in symbolic images (revolutionary and ideological) to the definition of their utilitarian meanings. Turning to the authorities in order to resolve their personal everyday problems and common social problems, the inhabitants of Kirov Region determined the usefulness of the authorities. The author concludes that in their letters, the citizens reproduced the paternalistic model of relationships with the Soviet authorities pointing to the fact that the characteristic of the authorities depended on the regional socio-political situation.
One’s Own vs. Other / Another / Alien in the Conceptual and Aesthetic Paradigm of Modernism
Authors:   University of Warsaw, Poland, Mnich Roman ,   Lobachevsky National Research State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Published: June 2021

This article focuses on the issue of the Other/Alien within the conceptual and aesthetic paradigm of modernism. In the context of modernistic ideas, the author analyses the philosophy of dialogue and phenomenological views on the Other as represented in the intellectual heritage of the twentieth century. Taking into consideration these ideas, the author discusses three mainstream aspects of the Other/Alien in Russian modernist literature: 1) mythological tradition, which provokes the image of the enemy through the image of the Other; 2) Romantic tradition of the double (doppelganger), and 3) philosophical / phenomenological notion of the body, which views personality as “me/Self” and “my body”. Conceptual analysis of these aspects is provided with reference to poetic texts by Alexander Blok, Innokenty Annensky, and Osip Mandelstam. The author stresses the conventionality of such a division, on the one hand, and the influence of the analysed aspects of the Other/Alien onto the conceptual system of Postmodernism. Modernism in European culture, in contrast to other historical periods, is characterised primarily by the fact that many of its ideas and concepts were only proclaimed, but not presented in the form of complete theoretical concepts/systems. In this sense, modernism turned out to be open to the future, which allows us to call it an “uncompleted project” (Jürgen Habermas). Previous eras offered solutions to important existential problems in the form of complete philosophical systems (Immanuel Kant or Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel), ideas or concepts (Kant’s concept of “eternal peace” and a moral imperative, Hegel’s idea of state and law). Modernism, influenced by the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, destroyed the systematic nature of thinking, doubted traditional morality, and offered paradoxical solutions to many problems in the form of conceptual questions, which are discussed to this day. One of these uncompleted modernist projects was the concept of the Other/Alien, discussions about which have been going on for over a century.
Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.) in the Folk Taxonomy of the Germanic and Finno-Permic Languages
Authors:   Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia, Galitsyna Elena G.
Published: June 2021

This article deals with folk names (phytonyms) that denote common yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.) in two Germanic (English, German) and three Finno-Permic languages (Finnish including Ingrian Finnish dialects, Karelian and Komi). The author analyses the motivations of these folk names and identifies some of the nominative characteristics which the names of this plant can be based upon. Some names belonging to the Germanic languages are also viewed in the diachronic perspective. The research employs the descriptive, contrastive, and comparative methods. The material mainly draws from the following sources: Dictionary of English Plant Names (J. Britten, R. Holland), Die Deutschen Volksnamen der Pflanzen (G. Pritzel, C. Jessen), Wörterbuch der Deutschen Pflanzennamen (H. Marzell), Suomalaiset kasvinnimet (P. Suhonen), Finnish Folk Plant Vocabulary (Formation and Functioning) (Yu. E. Koppaleva), and Komi-Russian Botanical Dictionary (A. N. Rakin). It is established that the names of yarrow are motivated by the following characteristics: form; usage in folk medicine; habitat; effect produced by the plant; usage by animals as food; folk beliefs and customs; colour; features of structure. The author concludes that the images of yarrow in the five languages considered mostly correspond with each other. This can be explained by the common view on the plant among the speakers of these languages. The names belonging to both language groups contain the following characteristics: form; usage in folk medicine; effect produced by the plant; folk beliefs and customs; colour. The Finno-Permic languages alone note the habitat and features of structure and only the Germanic languages note usage by animals as food. In addition, the article contains observations as to how frequently these nominative characteristics occur in the names of yarrow in the five languages studied. The author also describes some difficulties that can arise during the analysis and classification of this material.
Infant swimming: a contribution to children’s health
Authors: Sapozhnikova O. V.
Published: June 2021

Nowadays, infant swimming is a rather relevant topic. Swimming has a beneficial effect on the child’s body as a whole, strengthening its nervous system and improving sleep, appetite, and adaptive capacity, as well as stimulating metabolism.

Aim. To study infant swimming as a progressive direction in improving child health from birth to 3 years old. The objective was to study the importance of infant swimming, consider its main techniques, highlight indications and contraindications, conduct and analyze a survey among parents on this topic. Early start of swimming significantly improves the child’s health, or reduces the current health problems. The skill of independent swimming is not the main goal. The main goal is effective hardening, strengthening immunity and health, correcting identified abnormalities and stimulating proper development.

The division of the education period of infants into stages is conditional and depends on the individual characteristics of a child. It is important to observe the basic hardening principles: consistency and graduality.

Also, we conducted a survey of parents to study and understand their opinions on teaching swimming. Relevant conclusions were drawn from the results.

 The relevance of this topic and the need for more active promotion of infant swimming is evidenced by the fact that 69% of parents surveyed consider it necessary to provide home courses on infant swimming. Also, 84% spoke in favor of the need to open specialized centers for teaching swimming for children from birth to 3 years old.
Mathematical modeling of climatological data to estimate passion fruit crop yield (Passiflora edulis L. f. Flavicarpa y purpurea)
Authors: Ramírez Castañeda Leila Nayibe , Angarita Gina Paola González , Cleves-Leguizamo José-Alejandro
Published: June 2021

Abstract Passion fruit crop yield depends on the behavior of climatic variables, and modeling the dependence relationship of these variables regarding crop yield offers information aimed at facilitating agribusiness decision making. As main aim, passion fruit crop yield was estimated using mathematical models. A multivariate and univariate statistical analysis of meteorological variables was carried out during the observation period between 2007 and 2014 of selected weather stations, identified and located in the Colombian middle tropics (County of Huila). The relationship between yield with the following agroclimatic variables were analyzed: temperature, sunlight, relative humidity, rainfall and ENSO at monthly resolution with empirical and mechanistic models, recommended in scientific literature. Results showed that the multiple regression model requires the highest yield peaks; the adjustment of the multiple regression model is low, while univariate models such as the ARIMA model showed better adjustment in the time series analyzed. The Stewart’s water-yield model has better performance to estimate yield as a function of evapotranspiration in the different phenological phases.
Contribuições de Edith Penrose às Teorias do Progresso Técnico na Concorrência Oligopolista
Authors: SZMRECSÁNYI TAMÁS
Published: June 2021

RESUMO Este artigo revisa as contribuições de Edith T. Penrose (1914-1996) às teorias do progresso técnico dentro da competição oligopolística. Baseia-se principalmente no capítulo VII de sua seminal Teoria do Crescimento da Empresa, publicada pela primeira vez em 1959.
Restricting the timing of Elective CS: evidence from Brazil
Authors: Melo Lucas
Published: June 2021

Abstract Brazil has one of the highest Cesarean Section (CS) rates in the world. It is a share of 58.3% reported by the Living Births Information System (SINASC) 2015-2017. It is well above the maximum rate of 15% recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). In this paper, we estimate impacts and unintended consequences of the Resolution 2,144 from the Federal council of Medicine (CFM) on outcomes of Low Risk First Born births (LRFB). The Resolution introduces a minimum of 39th weeks of gestation for Elective CS. Elective CS before the 39th week rate dropped 2.78 percentage points, which is statistically significant and equivalent to a 24% decrease in this outcome’s mean. We also find increases in birth’s time length: the percentage of births happening before the 39th week decreased 2.34 percentage points, which is a decrease of 6% in its average. Our results suggest that Elective CS’s were postponed from the 37-38th week to after the begin of the 39th week. We show that the policy had an unintended consequence once it seems to have changed the way potential spontaneous Natural Deliveries are anticipated from weekends to weekdays through Scheduled CS.
Tariffs and the textile trade between Brazil and Britain (1808-1860)
Authors: Pereira Thales Augusto Zamberlan
Published: June 2021

Abstract The commercial treaty with Britain in 1810, along the authorization of foreign trade in ports in 1808, are among the most important institutional changes in nineteenth century Brazil. The 1810 treaty lowered tariffs for British manufactures while maintaining high tariffs in Britain for Brazilian sugar and coffee. These terms are generally viewed as disastrous for the Brazilian economy, although there is still limited quantitative information about how much the tariff affected the demand for British imports. This paper provides new qualitative and quantitative evidence on the operation and effect of Brazil’s imports tariffs in the period. I find that the effect of the tariffs is different from what traditional literature assumes. First, the monetary instability in the 1820s and conflicts over product price assessment often led the de facto tariff to be higher than the 15 percent established by the treaty. Second, even with higher rates, quantitative analysis shows they did not have decrease imports of British textiles.
O BRASIL E O MERCOSUL: ATORES DOMÉSTICOS E OSCILAÇÕES DA POLÍTICA EXTERNA NOS ÚLTIMOS 30 ANOS
Authors: Mariano Marcelo Passini , Ramanzini Júnior Haroldo , Vigevani Tullo
Published: June 2021

Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é analisar o Mercosul na política externa brasileira no período de 1991 a 2021. Argumentaremos que há uma trajetória de gradual perda de centralidade do bloco para a política externa brasileira e de redução nos níveis de intercâmbio comercial. Assim, o declínio da prioridade do bloco para o Brasil, observado nos governos Temer e Bolsonaro, não pode ser considerado fato desenraizado de problemas que já se manifestavam nos governos anteriores, em verdade desde 1995, ainda que com diferentes características. Nestes trinta anos, as elites empresariais e políticas brasileiras não mantiveram o mesmo interesse pela integração. Do mesmo modo, as transformações do sistema internacional e a evolução que produziram na percepção das elites a respeito do papel que o Brasil deveria desempenhar no mundo não foram absorvidas como incentivos sistêmicos para o aprofundamento da integração regional. O bloco completa trinta anos demonstrando importante resiliência, apesar do contexto de menor engajamento dos países, dos efeitos acumulados das sucessivas crises políticas e comerciais e da diminuição da importância econômica em relação a outros parceiros extrabloco, fatores que colocam importantes interrogações em relação ao seu futuro.
TRÊS DÉCADAS DE MERCOSUL: INSTITUCIONALIDADE, CAPACIDADE ESTATAL E BAIXA INTENSIDADE DA INTEGRAÇÃO
Authors: Mariano Karina L. Pasquariello , Menezes Roberto Goulart
Published: June 2021

Resumo Ao longo de três décadas, o Mercosul passou por diversas fases e enfrentou distintas crises, embora permanecesse o consenso entre seus membros sobre a sua importância para a região e como instrumento de inserção internacional, à exceção do momento atual com o posicionamento questionador do governo de Jair Bolsonaro. O objetivo deste artigo é discutir como a tensão entre os defensores de um Mercosul mais aprofundado e de um Mercosul meramente comercial afetou a institucionalidade desse processo ao longo do tempo, assim como suscitou crises e relançamentos. O argumento deste artigo é que a não construção de um consenso sobre qual o significado da cooperação no Mercosul e os seus objetivos, propiciou uma institucionalidade frágil, suscetível a retrocessos no processo de integração.
Validation of a questionnaire on the use of Interactive Response System in Higher Education
Authors: Mingorance-Estrada Ángel Custodio , Granda-Vera Juan , Rojas-Ruiz Gloria , Alemany-Arrebola Inmaculada
Published: June 2021

Objetivo: this study aims to design and validate a questionnaire to measure the students’ perception of the use of IRS as a technopedagogical resource in the classroom. Method: a 24 items questionnaire (Interactive Response System for the Improvement of the Teaching-Learning Process) was designed ad hoc for this research and applied to 142 university students. Results: both the exploratory and confirmatory factorial analysis yielded 3 dimensions: classroom environment, teaching-learning processes and learning assessment. The results obtained both in reliability (Cronbach’s alpha= 0.955) and in the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (χ2/df=1.944, CFI=0.97; GFI=0.78; RMR=0.077; RMSEA=0.08) reveal highly satisfactory indices. Conclusion: statistical analyses confirm that this instrument is a valid, reliable, and easy-to-apply tool for professors to evaluate the student perception of student-centred learning.
Contributions of the Simplified Competency Management Model to a Municipal Health Secretariat
Authors: Albini Alessandro , Peres Aida Maris , Almeida Maria de Lourdes de
Published: June 2021

Objective: to present the contributions of the Simplified Competency Management Model in a municipal health secretariat. Method: research of integrated mixed methods of exploratory-descriptive type. The model was applied in a southern Brazilian city, in the following stages: documentary, questionnaire, mapping of gaps and educational proposal. Results: in the first stage, after documentary research, a total of 14 general core competences were described and a questionnaire with specific core competences was chosen, with confirmation of correlation among them; in the second stage, the importance and expression competence at work degrees were obtained, after the questionnaires were filled out by 74 municipal public health managers; in the third one, a formula was adopted for the training priority degree and its classification; the fourth stage presented an educational proposal for the development of one of the competences with the highest priority degree. Conclusion: the model brings contributions by describing general core competences, after documentary research; carrying out the correlation between a questionnaire, containing specific core competences with the general ones; by mapping gaps; and by the proposal of learning trails for the development of competences.
Intersectoral actions in decreasing social inequities faced by children and adolescents
Authors: Souza Larissa Barros de , Aragão Francisca Bruna Arruda , Cunha José Henrique da Silva , Fiorati Regina Célia
Published: June 2021

Objective: to identify the evidence about the repercussion of intersectoral programs / actions / strategies in the reduction of social inequities experienced by children and adolescents in social vulnerability. Method: integrative review performed in the following databases: National Library of Medicine, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Latin-American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature, Web of Science, Scopus, and Scientific Electronic Library Online. Primary studies published between 2005 and 2019, written in English, Portuguese, or Spanish, were included. The Rayyan tool was used during selection. The sample was composed of 27 studies, and Ursi was used to extract data. The studies’ methodological quality was verified with the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool, and descriptive statistics were used. Results: the main results show that intersectoral actions resulted in improved access to health, improved child nutrition indicators, better mental health care, the adoption of a healthy lifestyle, and improved quality of life. Conclusion: significant advancements found in the development and lives of children and adolescents are assigned to intersectoral actions. The studies report that different strategies were used in different regions worldwide and contributed to improved children’s and adolescents’ quality of life, supporting new intersectoral policies.
Use of a therapeutic communication application in the Nursing undergraduate program: randomized clinical trial
Authors: Coelho Manuela de Mendonça Figueirêdo , Miranda Karla Corrêa Lima , Melo Regina Claúdia de Oliveira , Gomes Linicarla Fabiole de Souza , Monteiro Ana Ruth Macêdo , Moreira Thereza Maria Magalhães
Published: June 2021

Objective: to analyze the effect on the knowledge of therapeutic communication by Nursing students through the use of applications. Method: a randomized and controlled clinical trial conducted with 60 nursing students. In the topic Groups and therapeutic communication techniques, the intervention-IG group (n=30) used the application and the control-CG group (n=30) was submitted to the traditional class. The pre- (Zero Test -0) and post-test knowledge (immediate-Test 1 and after 30 day-Test 2) of those involved were evaluated. Results: Test 1, performed immediately after the intervention, showed a mean of 11 hits in the control group and 13 in the intervention, with statistical significance (p=0.036). Test 2 showed a decrease in hits in both groups (IG=10.87 and CG=9.3), but maintained the difference between IG and CG in the post-test (p<0.01). Conclusion: the use of the application on therapeutic communication favored the knowledge of the students, when compared to the traditional teaching method. REBEC RBR-4TF6MR Registration.
Using structural equation modeling in the understanding of functional disability in older adults
Authors: Tavares Darlene Mara dos Santos , Oliveira Nayara Gomes Nunes , Marmo Flavia Aparecida Dias , Meneguci Joilson
Published: June 2021

Objective: to analyze functional disability and its associated factors among community-dwelling older adults. Method: a cross-sectional study, conducted with 1,635 older adults distributed in the following age groups: 60 to 69, 70 to 79, and 80 years old or more, living in a health macro-region of the state of Minas Gerais. Descriptive and trajectory analysis was carried out (p<0.05). The parameters were estimated by the Maximum Likelihood method. Results: the highest percentage was female, with a monthly income of 1 minimum wage and living with a companion. In the age groups from 60 to 69 and from 70 to 79 years old, older adults with a partner predominated; and, among those aged 80 years old or more, widowed individuals prevailed. In the three groups, functional disability occurred hierarchically. Lower schooling, frailty and depressive symptomatology were factors directly associated with functional disability in the advanced activities; frailty and sedentary behavior were directly associated with functional disability in the instrumental activities. In the older adults aged between 60 and 69 years old and from 70 to 79 years old, sedentary behavior was associated with greater dependence on the basic activities. Conclusion: the expanded understanding of the factors in the functional disability of the older adults, according to age group, helps the health professional in the development of preventive measures for this disease.