bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Diets of the Barents Sea cod (Gadus morhua) from the 1930s to 2018
Authors: Townhill Bryony L. , Holt Rebecca E. , Bogstad Bjarte , Durant Joël M. , Pinnegar John K. , Dolgov Andrey V. , Yaragina Natalia A. , Johannesen Edda , Ottersen Geir
Published: March 2021

Abstract. A new dataset on the diet of Atlantic cod in the Barents Sea from the 1930s
to the present day has been compiled to produce one of the largest fish
diet datasets available globally. Atlantic cod is one of the most
ecologically and commercially important fish species in the North Atlantic.
The stock in the Barents Sea is by far the largest, as a result of both
successful management and favourable environmental conditions since the
early 2000s. As a top predator, cod plays a key role in the Barents Sea
ecosystem. The species has a broad diet consisting mainly of crustaceans and
teleost fish, and both the amount and type of prey vary in space and time.
The data – from Russia, Norway and the United Kingdom – represent
quantitative stomach content records from more than 400 000 fish and
qualitative data from 2.5 million fish. Many of the data are from joint
collaborative surveys between Norway and Russia. The sampling was conducted
throughout each year, allowing for seasonal, annual and decadal comparisons
to be made. Visual analysis shows cod diets have changed considerably from
the start of the dataset in the 1930s to the present day. There was a large
proportion of herring in the diets in the 1930s, whereas in more recent
decades capelin, invertebrates and other fish dominate. There are also
significant interannual asynchronous fluctuations in prey, particularly
capelin and euphausiids. Combining these datasets can help us understand how
the environment and ecosystems are responding to climatic changes, and what
influences the diet and prey switching of cod. Trends in temperature and
variability indices can be tested against the occurrence of different prey
items, and the effects of fishing pressure on cod and prey stocks on diet
composition could be investigated. The dataset will also enable us to
improve parametrization of food web models and to forecast how Barents Sea
fisheries may respond in the future to management and to climate change.
The Russian data are available through joint projects with the Polar Branch of
the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO). The UK and Norwegian data (Townhill et al., 2020) are being released
with this paper at https://doi.org/10.21335/NMDC-2139169383.
Lake surface-sediment pollen dataset for the alpine meadow vegetation type from the eastern Tibetan Plateau and its potential in past climate reconstructions
Authors: Cao Xianyong , Tian Fang , Li Kai , Ni Jian , Yu Xiaoshan , Liu Lina , Wang Nannan
Published: March 2021

Abstract. A modern pollen dataset with an even distribution of sites is essential for pollen-based past vegetation and climate estimations. As there were geographical gaps in previous datasets covering the central and eastern Tibetan Plateau, lake surface-sediment samples (n=117) were collected from the alpine meadow region on the Tibetan Plateau between elevations of 3720 and 5170 m a.s.l. Pollen identification and counting were based on standard approaches, and modern climate data were interpolated from a robust modern meteorological dataset. A series of numerical analyses revealed that precipitation is the main climatic determinant of pollen spatial distribution; Cyperaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rosaceae, and Salix indicate wet climatic conditions, while Poaceae, Artemisia, and Chenopodiaceae represent drought. Model performance of both weighted-averaging partial least squares (WA-PLS) and the random forest (RF) algorithm suggest that this modern pollen dataset has good predictive power in estimating the past precipitation for pollen spectra from the eastern Tibetan Plateau. In addition, a comprehensive modern pollen dataset can be established by combining our modern pollen dataset with previous datasets, which will be essential for the reconstruction of vegetation and climatic signals for fossil pollen sprecta on the Tibetan Plateau. Pollen datasets including both pollen counts and percentages for each sample together with their site location and climatic data are available at the National Tibetan Plateau Data Center (TPDC; DOI: 10.11888/Paleoenv.tpdc.271191).
Intensified paraglacial slope failures due to accelerating downwasting of a temperate glacier in Mt. Gongga, Southeastern Tibet Plateau
Authors: Zhong Yan , Liu Qiao , Westoby Matthew , Nie Yong , Pellicciotti Francesca , Zhang Bo , Cai Jialun , Liu Guoxiang , Liao Haijun , Lu Xuyang
Published: March 2021

Abstract. Topographic development via paraglacial slope failure (PSF) represents a complex interplay between geological structure, climate, and glacial denudation. Where debris generated by PSFs is deposited on the surface of a glacier, this debris can increase the extent or thickness of a supraglacial debris-cover, in turn modifying glacier ablation and affecting meltwater generation. To date, little attention has been paid to intensity and frequency of PSFs in glacierised, monsoon temperate regions of Southeast Tibet. We mapped PSFs along the 5 km-long, west-east trending ice tongue of Hailuogou Glacier (HLG), Mt. Gongga, using repeat satellite- and UAV-derived imagery between 1990 and 2020. Three types of PSF were identified: (A) rock fall, (B) sediment-mantled slopes slide and collapse, and (C) gully headwards erosion. We analyzed the formation, evolution and current state of these PSFs and discuss these aspects with relation to glacier dynamics and paraglacial geomorphological history. South-facing slopes (true left of HLG) showed more destabilization and higher PSF activity than north-facing slopes. We observed annual average rates of downslope sliding for type B PSFs of 1.6–2.6 ± 0.04 cm d−1, whereas the average upward denudation rate for type C PSFs was 0.7–3.39 cm d−1. We show that type A PSFs are non-ice-contact rock collapses that occur as a long-term paraglacial response following glacier downwasting and the exposure of steep rocky cliffs and which could also be influenced by precipitation, freeze-thaw cycling, earthquakes or other factors. In contrast, type B and C PSFs are a more immediate response to recent glacier downwasting. We further argue that the accelerating downwasting of glacier are used as a preparatory or triggering factor, which could directly or indirectly cause the PSFs.
Selenogonus narinoensis Stirton, 1947 (Tayassuidae, Cetartiodactyla, Mammalia): taxonomic status and paleobiogeographic implications
Authors: Gasparini Germán M. , Moreno-Mancilla Oscar F. , Cómbita José L.
Published: March 2021

Abstract. The species Selenogonus narinoensis was described by Stirton (1947) based on a single specimen which comes from sediments cropping out in the Cocha Verde locality, Nariño Department (Colombia), tentatively referred to the late Pliocene–Pleistocene (MGN 931; IGM p002118, Museo Geológico Nacional, Servicio Geológico Colombiano, Bogotá). However, morphological studies and comparative morphometric observations of the specimen suggest that (1) no diagnostic character supports the validity of the species Selenogonus narinoensis (here considered species inquirenda); (2) a combination of features (e.g., the mandibular condyle located behind the posterior edge of the vertical mandibular ramus, the angular process which projects laterally outwards, a bunolophodont crown morphology, a mesodont crown height, and a simple crown morphology of the third lobe of m3) indicates it belongs to the genus Platygonus; (3) this specimen corresponds to one of the largest South American peccaries; (4) taking into account certain anatomical characters as well as its morphometric range, this specimen is assigned to Platygonus cf. marplatensis. Even though the stratigraphic provenance of the specimen is still doubtful, it can be proposed that (1) it could be one of the most ancient records of tayassuids in South America, as would be expected given its geographical position, and (2) considering the new taxonomic proposal, this specimen represents the first record of Platygonus cf. marplatensis in Colombia and represents one of the northernmost South American records of the genus. This new interpretation would be of great relevance in the Great American Biotic Interchange due to its strategic geographical proximity to the Isthmus of Panama.
The benefit of brightness temperature assimilation for the SMAP Level-4 surface and root-zone soil moisture analysis
Authors: Qiu Jianxiu , Dong Jianzhi , Crow Wade T. , Zhang Xiaohu , Reichle Rolf H. , De Lannoy Gabrielle J. M.
Published: March 2021

Abstract. The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Level-4 (L4) product provides global estimates of surface soil moisture (SSM) and root-zone soil moisture (RZSM) via the assimilation of SMAP brightness temperature (Tb) observations into the NASA Catchment Land Surface Model (CLSM). Here, using in situ measurements from 2474 sites in China, we evaluate the performance of soil moisture estimates from the L4 data assimilation (DA) system and from a baseline “open-loop” (OL) simulation of CLSM without Tb assimilation. Using random forest regression, the efficiency of the L4 DA system (i.e., the performance improvement in DA relative to OL) is attributed to eight control factors related to the CLSM as well as τ–ω radiative transfer model (RTM) components of the L4 system. Results show that the Spearman rank correlation (R) for L4 SSM with in situ measurements increases for 77 % of the in situ measurement locations (relative to that of OL), with an average R increase of approximately 14 % (ΔR=0.056). RZSM skill is improved for about 74 % of the in situ measurement locations, but the average R increase for RZSM is only 7 % (ΔR=0.034). Results further show that the SSM DA skill improvement is most strongly related to the difference between the
RTM-simulated Tb and the SMAP Tb observation, followed by the error in precipitation forcing data and estimated microwave soil roughness parameter h. For the RZSM DA skill improvement, these three dominant control factors remain the same, although the importance of soil roughness exceeds that of the Tb simulation error, as the soil roughness strongly affects the ingestion of DA increments and further propagation to the subsurface. For the skill of the L4 and OL estimates themselves, the top two control factors are the precipitation error and the SSM–RZSM coupling strength error, both of which are related to the CLSM component of the L4 system. Finally, we find that the L4 system can effectively filter out errors in precipitation. Therefore, future development of the L4 system should focus on improving the characterization of the SSM–RZSM coupling strength.
Improved NMR transfer of magnetization from protons to half-integer spin quadrupolar nuclei at moderate and high MAS frequencies
Authors: Gomez Jennifer S. , Rankin Andrew G. M. , Trebosc Julien , Pourpoint Frederique , Tsutsumi Yu , Nagashima Hiroki , Lafon Olivier , Amoureux Jean-Paul
Published: March 2021

Abstract. Half-integer spin quadrupolar nuclei are the only magnetic isotopes for the majority of the chemical elements. Therefore, the transfer of polarization from protons to these isotopes under magic-angle spinning (MAS) can provide precious insights into the interatomic proximities in hydrogen-containing solids, including organic, hybrid, nanostructured and biological solids. Furthermore, this transfer has recently been combined with dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) in order to enhance the NMR signal of half-integer quadrupolar isotope. Nevertheless, the cross-polarization transfer lacks of robustness in the case of quadrupolar nuclei and we have recently introduced as an alternative technique a through-space refocused insensitive nuclei enhancement by polarization transfer (D-RINEPT) scheme combining hetero-nuclear dipolar recoupling built from adiabatic pulses and continuous wave decoupling. This technique has been demonstrated at 9.4 T with moderate MAS frequencies, νR ≈ 10-15 kHz, in order to transfer the DNP-enhanced 1H polarization to quadrupolar nuclei. Nevertheless, polarization transfers from protons to quadrupolar nuclei are also required at higher MAS frequencies in order to improve the resolution of 1H spectra. We investigate how this transfer can be achieved at  νR ≈ 20 and 60 kHz. We demonstrate that the D-RINEPT sequence using adiabatic pulses still produces efficient and robust transfer but requires large rf-fields, which may not be compatible with the specifications of commonly employed MAS NMR probes. As an alternative, we introduce robust and efficient variants of D-RINEPT and PRESTO (phase-shifted recoupling effects a smooth transfer of order) sequences using symmetry-based recoupling schemes built from single and composite π-pulses. Their performances are compared using the average Hamiltonians and experiments at B0 = 18.8 T on γ-alumina and isopropylamine templated microporous aluminophosphate AlPO4-14, featuring low and significant 1H-1H dipolar interactions, respectively. These experiments demonstrate that the 1H magnetization can be efficiently transferred to 27Al nuclei using D-RINEPT with SR412(270090180) recoupling, and PRESTO with R2227(1800) or R1672(270090180) schemes at νR = 20 or 62.5 kHz, respectively. The D-RINEPT and PRESTO recouplings complement each other since the latter is affected by dipolar truncation, whereas the former is not.
Alternativas para o reconhecimento e evidenciação contábil dos heritage assets em museus de universidades públicas: um estudo no Memorial da Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
Authors: Maranhão Maria Helena Padilha Borba , Ribeiro Emanuela Sousa
Published: March 2021

Estudos brasileiros sobre atribuição de valor contábil a bens culturais são muito recentes e estão basicamente circunscritos aos especialistas da área da Contabilidade, que nomeiam estes bens como heritage assets, ou seja, ativos do patrimônio cultural. Relações desta temática com a área da Museologia são bastante escassas tanto no Brasil quanto no exterior, embora a literatura estrangeira sobre o tema seja mais abundante. Diante desta lacuna, o presente artigo se propõe a discutir a atribuição de valor contábil aos bens culturais dos museus universitários, através do estudo de caso de uma coleção de balanças de precisão pertencentes ao Memorial Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE). Para atingir o objetivo proposto, o trabalho realizou revisão de literatura e pesquisa documental sobre o tema, bem como pesquisa de campo por meio de registros fotográficos, entrevista e questionários. Foram estudadas as características dos heritage assets, suas formas de reconhecimento e evidenciação, considerando sua inserção em um museu universitário e a escassez de experiências em outras instituições congêneres. Os dados foram analisados à luz das normas e legislações vigentes na área da contabilidade e dos museus brasileiros. O resultado da pesquisa evidenciou que não existe no Memorial da UFRPE, assim como em toda a Universidade, nenhum tratamento contábil para os heritage assets, demonstrando uma limitação na gestão dos museus universitários e sugerindo uma perda na valoração e reconhecimento dos bens do patrimônio universitário. Assim, sugere-se à Instituição o desenvolvimento de um trabalho em conjunto (Contabilidade, Patrimônio e Memorial da UFRPE) para identificar qual a melhor base de mensuração a ser aplicada, para que possa ser feito o reconhecimento e a evidenciação contábil dos bens já musealizados, e que eles possam, inicialmente, ser evidenciados nas notas explicativas das demonstrações contábeis da UFRPE, a fim de incrementar a responsabilidade sobre seus bens culturais.
Conservação e documentação em acervos fossilíferos microscópicos de vertebrados
Authors: Santos Christiane Sofhia Godinho , Costa Sue Anne Regina Ferreira da , Santos Heloísa Maria Moares dos
Published: March 2021

A curadoria de acervos museológicos compreende as ações que visam à conservação dos objetos através da proteção física, catalogação e divulgação do conhecimento. Contudo, as práticas estabelecem-se cotidianamente a objetos macroscópicos, aqueles visíveis a olho nu. No caso dos microscópicos - aqui tomados como base os microfósseis de vertebrados, Ictiólitos - as ações tradicionais de curadoria seguiam atividades como a separação da matriz rochosa, limpeza, colagem, impermeabilização, tombamento e catalogação, em geral executadas de maneira quase mecânica. O método de armazenamento utilizado eram lâminas escavadas guardadas em pequenas caixas de papelão onde a manipulação era sem segurança, facilitando a perda e impossibilitando o acesso individual com tombamento por lote. Com o intuito de criar um sistema de armazenagem e catalogação de microfósseis foram analisadas formas de armazenagem, fixadores e documentação específicas para esta tipologia de coleção. Os exemplares foram fixados em lâminas aprovadas por serem quimicamente estáveis, economicamente viáveis e seguras. Para a documentação foram considerados as especificidades dos exemplares e criada uma Ficha de Catalogação de Ictiólitos. Os resultados demonstraram que estas novas técnicas curatoriais facilitaram a segurança, o acesso e manuseio deste material, auxiliando em pesquisas futuras referentes à morfologia e estudos de comparação desses exemplares em diferentes unidades fossilíferas e mesmo a sua exposição por parte da instituição, facilitando o acesso a informação sobre eles produzidos.
Do Benign Mass Lesions in the Superficial Lobe of Parotid Gland Influence Landmark-Based Search for Facial Nerve Trunk at Surgery?
Authors: Sardar Subhadip , Dutta Mainak , Dutta Sirshak , Das Saumik , Sinha Ramanuj
Published: March 2021

Objective: To assess the influence of benign mass lesions in the superficial lobe of parotid on the known anatomic landmarks for identifying the facial nerve trunk. Method: Patients with unilateral biopsy-proven benign mass lesions in the superficial parotid were selected for this observational study. During superficial/partial superficial parotidectomy, distance of the facial nerve trunk from each landmark was assessed using spring calliper and correlated with the lesion’s volume (measured from the pre-operative imaging). At least two identifiers among tragal pointer (TP), posterior belly of digastric muscle (PBDM) and tympanomastoid suture (TMS) were considered. Results: The study involved 32 patients. The lesions mostly involved the parotid tail (50%) and pretragal region (34.3%), and constituted of pleomorphic adenoma (~66%) and Warthin’s tumor (~9%), the rest being various cysts and hamartomas. TP was universally uncovered, while PBDM and TMS were exposed in 26 and 25 patients, respectively. Average distances between the facial nerve trunk and TP, PBDM and TMS were 12.79 mm (SD=2.33), 9.78 mm (SD=1.21) and 7.58 mm (SD=1.33), respectively. Correlation coefficients between the lesion’s volume and the distance of facial nerve from a given landmark were -0.11, 0.04 and -0.16 for TP, PBDM and TMS, respectively. Conclusions: TP was the most easily available landmark on surgical dissection, while PBDM was the most consistent and the least variable when volumetric data of the benign mass lesions in the superficial lobe of parotid were considered as a factor influencing the distance from the facial nerve trunk.
Mediation of firm innovativeness and moderation of environment turbulence on entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance
Authors:   Department of Commerce. Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Naheed Khawar , Aamir Muhammad ,   Department of Commerce. Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Ahmad Naveed ,   Institute of Industrial Revolution 4.0, University Kebangsaan Malaysia.
Published: March 2021

The objectives of this study are to examine; the direct effect of entrepreneurial orientation, firm innovativeness on firm performance; the indirect effect of firm innovativeness between entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance; and the moderating role of market turbulence between firm innovativeness and firm performance. Using a quantitative approach, this study has collected data through a survey questionnaire from a sample of 300 Pakistani IT-based SMEs operating in South Punjab, Pakistan. The data was analyzed in SPSS and PLS-SEM software. The results revealed a significant direct positive impact of entrepreneurial orientation and firm innovativeness on business performance. The result also confirmed the partial mediation of firm innovativeness between entrepreneurial orientation and business performance. The moderating role of environmental turbulence indicated that SMEs owners’ market and technological environment decrease the firm performance. Overall, these findings highlighted the importance of entrepreneurial orientation, firm innovativeness, market turbulence and technological competition jointly influence the direction and strength of the SMEs performance. This study enhanced firm performance and innovation-based research by identifying the configurationally market conditions that augment or limit the value of firm innovativeness. Besides, the study has highlighted the role of environmental turbulence on firm performance as the studies on this issue is scarce.
EFFECTS OF FALSE NEWS ON DECISION MAKING, ACCORDING TO ISLAMIC OUTLOOK
Authors:   Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Lahore School of Economics, Lahore, Pakistan, Razi Shama , Jillani Hamma ,   Teaching Associate (Visiting Faculty), Department of Environmental Sciences & Policy, Lahore School of Economics, Lahore, Pakistan
Published: March 2021

In Islam, there is strict prohibition of sneering at people, mocking and bad-mouthing. Islamic perspective shows spreading of such news which isn’t verified and is solely on the basis of guess, suspicion and delusions is prohibited. Moreover, Muslims are forbidden of spreading rumors and false information/news without any verification. There are different models studied under the decision making such as a) rational model, b) the administrative model, and c) the Retrospective Decision-Making Model. Fabrication of false/wrong accusation about any person is another atrocious sin. Muslims rely on moral principles for their decision making process, any false/fake news not only harm their mutual relationships in the society also it will lead to misconceptions. The foremost theme is to keep Muslims away from any commotion which intentionally or unintentionally hurts any other person and he has to be in the pang of guilty afterwards. This study identifies the adverse impacts of spreading fake news and how it is prohibited from Islamic evidences. Moreover, a link between decision making and impact of news on it is developed based on the review of existing literature.
Access to Essential Medicine: Making a Case for Compulsory Licensing of Pharmaceutics in Pakistan
Authors:   College of Law, University of Sargodha, Akhtar Syeda Tooba
Published: March 2021

Access to essential medicine has been a serious issue in the low income countries. Statistics show that many a patient dies in Pakistan due to lack of access to essential medicine. Pakistan is member of World Trade Organization. It fulfills its obligations towards protection of intellectual property right and by well formulated rules and policies. However, the well-being of its people with regard to health represents a grave scenario. After establishing the fact of appalling scenario of health on one hand and the growth of pharmaceutical industry on the other the study highlights the flexibilities in international legal regime against monopolistic practice of patent holder. It discusses some of the instances of grant of Compulsory Licensing. After examining the legal frame work of Pakistan, it concluded in favour of grant of Compulsory Licensing in appropriate cases without risking its obligation under WTO.
LANDSCAPE OF LAWS AND PROCEDURE OF WINDING UP OF COMPANIES IN PAKISTAN
Authors:   Presently serving as Judge of GBV Model Court Lahore, Ali Rehmat
Published: March 2021

Under the Company Law of Pakistan the winding up process through Court is regulated under sections 293, 305, 306 and of new Companies Act 2017. Nonetheless, the main focus of the courts is “to save the corporate sector” on the ground that it is “just and equitable” under Section 301 of Act, that a company should be put to winding up proceeding or not and there is no other mode to avoid the winding up of the companies like providing financial assistance. However, a radical change has been introduced in the world, in the field of windings up of the companies since the incorporation of the companies in Pakistan. Firstly we followed Companies Act 1913 and secondly a company ordinance 1984 promulgated and recently Companies’ Act 2017 has been introduced but no substantial change has been introduced in winding up proceeding of the companies. In the wake of the present mechanism and corporate legal framework in Pakistan, it is endeavored to research whether, in view of modern corporate cultures prevalent in the world, the Companies Act, 2017 provides adequate measures for the companies sought to be wound up in Pakistan. This article also aims, inter alia, to analyze the new techniques prevalent in various jurisdictions of the world and consider the aspects of legislative transplant of the same within the corporate legal system of Pakistan.
THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
Authors:   Forman Christian College University, Lahore, Pakistan, John Romel , John Rehana ,   Forman Christian College University, Lahore, Pakistan, Rao Zia-ur-Rehman ,   Forman Christian College University, Lahore, Pakistan
Published: March 2021

This study investigates the impact of Big Five personality traits on the academic performance of university students in terms of their CGPA by using 20 item short Mini-IPIP Five-Factor personality test developed by Donnellan, Oswald, Baird, and Lucas (2006). The purpose of using this short measures test is to come up with a generalized and effective quick personality test for predicting academic performance (in terms of CGPA) in students. The study was conducted on undergraduate college students at Forman Christian College, Lahore (N = 406). The results affirm the predictive validity of the Big Five personality traits. Openness (0.169) was most positively related to academic performance followed by agreeableness (0.148) and conscientiousness (0.128). However, neuroticism (.054) and extraversion (.061) were found to have no significant correlation with academic performance. Implications of these results are discussed in context of career and academic counseling and university administration.
AGITATIONAL POLITICS IMPACTS ON NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: A CASE STUDY OF KHAN’S AGITATION 2014
Authors:   PhD Research Scholar, Department of Political Science & IR,  GC, University Faisalabad, Murtaza Khadija , Azhar Dr. Mian Muhammad ,   Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science & IR,  GC, University Faisalabad
Published: March 2021

Politics is all about power in a democratic form of government. In a democracy, agitation is the part of politics in the developmental stage of human rights. Agitational politics is a kind of politics which urge the public demands and utilize the public opinion for the sake of specific issue. Sometimes, it would make public violent who acts as attacking the police and damaging the official establishments. Protestors cover the specific area and refuse to move on until their demands are measured by authorities. It affects the working of government institutions and also creates political instability. The main reason behind this, agitational politics, have lack of stout and genuine leadership in Pakistan. Agitational politics is a strategy used by the opposition that indirectly creates a weak situation for democracy. In agitational politics, parties and groups make use of speeches and public opinion to gain public support. This article discusses the dharna politics of 2014 arranged by the rising political party Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf which directly disturb the political activities and also the reason of cancelation of the visit of foreign officials of different countries. This research paper will cover the impacts of agitational politics on the working of the institution. This work also explains that, how sit-in politics damage the state working institutions and also destabilize the democracy. Sometimes it strengthens the political system but most of the time it creates uncertainty in the political environment. It is the utmost scuffle that weakens the civil and national institutions and democracy faces a lot of dares.
International Insolvency Regimes and Rescue Measures Particularly with Reference to the USA and the UK
Authors:   Additional District & Sessions Judge Lahore, Presently serving as Judge of GBV Model Court Lahore, Ali Rehmat
Published: March 2021

The court has since the dawn of modern company law enjoyed the jurisdiction to order the liquidation of a solvent company. Now radical change has been introduced in the world, in the field of winding up of the companies since the incorporation of the companies in the world. Different jurisdictions like USA in shape of Chapter 11 of bankruptcy code 1978, UK in shape of scheme of arrangements, workout plan etc., South Africa in shape of appointing Judicial Management and Australia in shape of Official Manager have developed various set of rules and regulations dealing with insolvency and other liquidations problem, when company is subject to financial distress, and also alternative corporate rescue mechanism to deal with the corporate disputes of similar nature between management of the companies and others. In this modern corporate world the investor would choose the place where he has more opportunities and protection to his capital. Favorable substantive and procedural law and rules which are sympathetic towards redress of his corporate dispute are the requirement of an investor. Insolvency jurisdictions of UK and USA are more favorable to the foreign investors because there is a sophisticated and more adequate procedural advantage. This paper also aims, inter alia, to analyze the new techniques prevalent in various jurisdictions of the USA and The UK.
Legislations in Parliament of Canada and Pakistan: A Comparative Study of House of Commons and National Assembly
Authors:   PhD Scholar, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Government College University Faisalabad, Akram Sidra , Azhar Dr. Mian Muhammad ,   Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science & IR G. C. University, Faisalabad
Published: March 2021

Parliament is an exclusive and unique representative institution and performs key functions such as law-making, representation of constituents, amending laws, highlighting and aspirations their issues and through resolutions prescribe solutions to such key challenges faced by the polity. Parliament established on the behalf of people to represent their voice and provide them opportunities for more participatory and open governance. This research focused upon the performance of both lower Houses of Canada and Pakistan in 21st Century. The performance of the parliamentarian will also examine in this study. This comparative study will extend the boundaries of comparative politics and system analysis theory. This research discussed the role of parliament and basically the legislation process in parliament. Legislation in parliaments of new democracies and comparative study is useful research topic in Political Science and will provide a guideline to parliamentarians to work better.
Understanding EFL students’ use of listening strategies in watching English captioned movies
Authors: Nguyen Ha Dinh Nhu
Published: March 2021

Through the years, investigation into English captioned movies has been the subject of many studies in language teaching and learning. Most of these studies have found that listening strategies play a crucial part in enhancing students’ listening skills. Focusing on the same subject but with a new perspective, this research aimed at exploring the frequency use of listening strategies in watching English captioned movies in five general English classes at Ho Chi Minh City Industry and Trade College (HITC). One hundred and fifty college freshmen participate in answering the questionnaire and twenty-five students in responding the semi-structured interview questions. The data gained from the questionnaire was analyzed by SPSS in terms of descriptive statistics and ANOVA test. The results of the study indicated that a vast number of students employed listening strategies at different levels of frequency in which the cognitive strategy was used more frequently than meta-cognitive and socio-affective strategies. The results further proved that there was no significant difference of non-English majors’ listening strategies in watching English captioned movies in terms of majors.
Presentación Dossier: Saberes locales y territorios o de cómo prospera el campo de los equívocos
Authors: Medrano Celeste , Dabezies Juan Martín
Published: March 2021

Este dossier nace en el año 2017, más precisamente entre los días 6 y 7 de junio, momento en el que nos encontrábamos coordinando un simposio titulado “Saberes locales, territorios y conflictos ontológicos o de cómo prospera el campo de los equívocos” en el marco del V Congreso de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Antropología y XVI Congreso de Antropología en Bogotá, Colombia. Con este simposio buscamos reflexionar en torno a las formas de pensar los saberes locales y los territorios. Luego de haber participado en otros eventos académicos que incluían la frase “conocimientos locales”, llegamos a la conclusión de que, si bien es un concepto potente, aún predomina un enfoque clásico en su abordaje. Fue así que pensamos desarrollar el tema desde una perspectiva antropológica y asumir los riesgos de pensar dichas categorías en el marco de aquellas propuestas vinculadas al llamado ‘giro ontológico’.
outra cosmopolítica é possível?
Authors: Blaser Mario
Published: March 2021

O conceito de cosmopolítica desenvolvido por Isabelle Stengers e Bruno Latour permite manter aberta a questão de quem e o que pode compor o mundo comum. Deste modo, cosmopolítica oferece uma ferramenta para se evitar as armadilhas da política razoável [reasonable politics], uma política que, definindo de antemão que as diferenças em jogo em um dado desacordo fazem referência a uma realidade única, torna possível deixar de lado algumas preocupações quando as define como irreais e, portanto, irracionais ou irrelevantes. Antecipando o mundo comum como seu possível resultado, mais do que como seu ponto de partida, cosmopolítica interrompe o recurso fácil à desconsideração de certas preocupações com base em sua ostensiva carência de realidade. E, ademais, conservam-se as questões acerca de quem ou o que pode participar na composição do mundo comum. Explorando estas questões por meio de materiais etnográficos sobre o conflito em torno do caribu no Labrador [Canadá], argumento que uma cosmopolítica orientada para o mundo comum padece de importantes limitações, e que outra orientação pode ser possível.
vitória do tapir
Authors: Grünewald Leif
Published: March 2021

O presente ensaio cuida examinar, a partir de um conjunto de pequenos fragmentos de algumas narrativas míticas contadas pelos Ayoreo, um povo falante de uma língua Zamuco que habita a região do Chaco Paraguaio, o desenvolvimento de um tema mítico que parece se encontrar mais ou menos difundido nas mitologias de diferentes povos ameríndios, o ‘cansaço de viver’, suas conexões com o modo de existência de uma classe de pessoas que os Ayoreo nomeiam de choquijnajnupi, ‘[aquele/aquela] cansado de viver’, e os efeitos produzidos por essa condição na sociocosmologia das pessoas desse povo.
Dançar para não morrer
Authors: Cayón Luis
Published: March 2021

Este texto tece algumas reflexões ao redor de desdobramentos temáticos e teóricos para a etnologia do Alto Rio Negro posteriores à publicação do livro Pienso, luego creo. La teoria makuna del mundo. Estes desdobramentos são fruto tanto de reflexões que o autor extrai das suas conversas, na Universidade de Brasília, com alunos indígenas da região e que ampliam explicações do livro e sugerem novos caminhos de pesquisa, como dos diálogos críticos que mantém com especialistas na região, em especial Geraldo Andrello. A partir destes pontos se abrem novos caminhos para a compreensão de um velho tema na literatura regional: as trocas xamânicas entre os humanos e os donos dos animais, cujo pano de fundo teórico é a relação entre troca e predação.
aventura estruturalista
Authors: Maniglier Patrice
Published: March 2021

Uma Breve exposição da história e do funcionamento do método estrutural em homenagem aos cem anos de seu inventor.
Entre uma consciência que recorta e um intelecto que totaliza
Authors: Teixeira Rafael Henrique
Published: March 2021

O presente artigo apresenta uma reflexão comparativa entre as obras de Claude Lévi-Strauss e Henri Bergson. Tomo como ponto de partida os modos com os quais trabalham as noções de continuidade e descontinuidade, visando mostrar como essas noções se localizam no interior de uma problemática mais ampla, a qual julgo ser compartilhada por ambos: a questão da consciência e seu comércio com o real. Para tal, algo imprescindível é a operacionalidade que cada um confere ao elemento simbólico da experiência humana. É exatamente esse trato diferencial com o qual os signos são figurados em cada uma das obras, ora como impedimento, ora como condição de possibilidade de integração da experiência  sensível, que nos permite vislumbrar os diferentes modos como esses autores prosseguem cada qual sua análise do comércio acima referido.
Anfitriões Guerreiros
Authors: Kurovski Angela
Published: March 2021

O presente texto descreve e analisa três eventos: a Festa de Santo realizada pelos Kagwahiva Parintintin (AM), a Festa Mbotawa nos kagwahiva Tenharin e uma reunião com as autoridades oficiais que contou com a presença de povos de várias etnias do baixo Madeira. Minha tentativa de reflexão consiste em relacionar a dimensão social (ritos) e a cosmologia, procurando as correlações existentes. A partir desta sistematização de ritos e mitos, busco compreender os possíveis significados dados pelos kagwahiva às relações sociais por eles estabelecidas na contemporaneidade.
Roteiro para uma ópera sobre a Amazônia e o futuro da floresta
Authors: Santos Laymert Garcia dos
Published: March 2021

Sob a iniciativa e coordenação do Instituto Goethe-São Paulo, está em curso a criação de uma ópera multimídia sobre a Amazônia a ser apresentada na Bienal de Ópera de Munique, em 2010. O projeto, fruto de uma cooperação germano-brasileira, conta ainda, do lado alemão, com a atuação do centro de arte e tecnologia ZKM,2 de Karlsruhe; do lado brasileiro participam o Centro de Pesquisa da Petrobrás, o SESC-São Paulo, o Ministério da Cultura e a Associação Hutukara Yanomami.
Selvagens, brutos ou heróis?
Authors: Lisboa Wellington Teixeira
Published: March 2021

Os fluxos migratórios dos portugueses para o Brasil constituem um dos mais importantes períodos da história da emigração portuguesa. O movimento contrário de muitos portugueses à sua terra natal, especialmente no século XX, foi acompanhado pela profusão de imagens pejorativas sobre os assim denominados brasileiros de torna-viagem. No presente estudo, analisaremos como essa movimentação transatlântica refletiu na construção histórica da identidade brasileira em Portugal. Paralelamente, incidiremos sobre algumas estratégias discursivas que, à luz dos atuais interesses lusófonos, vêm redimensionando as interpretações sobre este evento histórico-cultural.
Encruzilhadas da imprensa:
Authors: Labate Beatriz Caiuby
Published: March 2021

Recentemente, a Revista Isto É publicou uma reportagem de capa sobre o uso da ayahuasca1 no país, intitulada “As Encruzilhadas do Daime.” 2 O texto noticia que o uso da ayahuasca teria sido “liberado pelo governo federal,” denotando complacência com um “quadro de desorganização e alto risco,” um alarmante “tráfico de ayahuasca” e uma “série de mortes” associadas ao consumo do perigoso “chá alucinógeno.” A notícia principal à qual se refere a reportagem é a recente publicação no Diário Oficial da União da Resolução no 1 do Conselho Nacional de Políticas sobre Drogas (CONAD), de 25 de janeiro de 2010.3 Esta resolução consistiu na publicação do Relatório Final do 4Grupo Multidisciplinar de Trabalho sobre a Ayahuasca (GMT), concluído em 2006. O GMT reuniu representantes do governo, cientistas de várias áreas e líderes das religiões ayahuasqueiras, e produziu um documento estabelecendo uma deontologia do uso da ayahuasca, isto é, uma série de regras e princípios éticos orientando o consumo da ayahuasca. Realizarei aqui uma análise desta reportagem, e apontarei como ela não investiga o que anuncia investigar. Este texto, é importante notar, não pretende fazer uma reflexão 5mais sistemática sobre como a mídia lida com o tema das drogas. No final, apresento um breve comentário sobre os dilemas do antropólogo diante da imprensa, esperando, assim, estimular reflexões análogas em meus colegas.
Efeitos da Ayahuasca em medidas psicométricas de pânico, ansiedade e desesperança
Authors: Dos Santos Rafael Guimarães
Published: March 2021

A ayahuasca é utilizada como sacramento de religiões como o Santo Daime, a Barquinha, a União do Vegetal e as suas dissidências. Nesses contextos, é geralmente preparada utilizando talos de Banisteriopsis caapi e folhas de Psychotria viridis, sendo seus principais alcalóides as beta-carbolinas harmina, tetrahidroharmina (THH) e harmalina e a triptamina dimetiltriptamina (DMT) (Callaway, 2005; Callaway et al.,2005). Está bem estabelecido que sintomas relacionados à ansiedade, ao pânico e à depressão são atenuados de modo significativo por agonistas serotoninérgicos como inibidores da recaptação de serotonina e da MAO-A (Wikinski, 2004; Nash & Nutt, 2005; Starcevic, 2006). O fato de que os alcalóides presentes na ayahuasca inibem a recaptação de serotonina (THH) e a MAO-A (harmina, THH e harmalina) (McKenna, 2004) e exercem atividade agonista serotoninérgica direta (DMT) (Smith et al., 1998) sugere que a ayahuasca pode atenuar estados emocionais regulados pelo sistema serotoninérgico. Estudos anteriores sugerem que a  ayahuasca exerce papel terapêutico em casos de depressão e ansiedade (Grob et al., 2004).
debate sobre o PCC
Authors: Manso Bruno Paes
Published: March 2021

Em 24/01/2010, o Caderno Metrópole do jornal O Estado de São Paulo publicou parcialmente uma entrevista realizada pelo repórter – e doutorando em Ciência Política na USP – Bruno Paes Manso a quatro jovens  pesquisadores sobre o Primeiro Comando da Capital. Embora esta entrevista fosse inicialmente destinada ao público leitor do jornal, o denso debate suscitado entre os pesquisadores teve como produto respostas com um forte teor teórico-metodológico, indissociável dos dados que cada um vem coletando. Por essa razão, propomos aos pesquisadores – que aceitaram prontamente – que a entrevista fosse publicada na íntegra nesta edição da r@u. Pretendemos, com isso, disponibilizar ao público acadêmico o debate em torno de um assunto tão presente na vida dos moradores de São Paulo: o Primeiro Comando da Capital.
Táticas táteis ou um certo tato tático:
Authors: Freire Bernardo Curvelano
Published: March 2021

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo realizar uma descrição intensiva do filme Les Maîtres Fous de Jean Rouch, filmado em 1955, buscando explorar as táticas de filmagem e montagem com uma leitura lastrada por algumas dos horizontes do surrealismo enquanto projeto estético-político. Ao invés de discutir aspectos exógenos, contudo, o que viso é mostrar como o filme em questão se apresenta como um objeto experimental que apresenta um desafio, uma tentação, orientação própria de um projeto surrealista. Assim, espero apresentar alguns dos temas de Rouch segundo o conjunto de táticas indispensáveis para se considerar o filme como ação de etno-política pela qual a fórmula antropologia compartilhada se apresenta, em especial descrevendo a cadeia extensa entre os participantes cujo filme serve de nexo para a relação. Para tal discuto as noções de tátil e tático como elementos de tentação ao corpo e ao pensamento como preâmbulo de uma excursão decerto predatória no ambiente cinematográfico de Les Maîtres Fous, cuja descrição minuciosa da montagem permite compreender os tempos que constituem a forma de extensão e provocação do  pensamento, orquestrados peloantropólogo e cineasta francês. Vale notar que o presente artigo tem como fundamentouma descrição por extenso, ela mesma problematização um tanto quanto surrealista, oque acarreta alguns riscos ao escritor e ao leitor.
Personal cartographies of a Huitoto mythology:
Authors: Borea Giuliana
Published: March 2021

Rember Yahuarcani López was born in Pebas, in the Peruvian Amazonian department of Loreto, in 1985. He belongs to the Aymenu clan of the Huitoto group. In 2003 he came to Lima for the first time. His father, the painter and sculptor Santiago Yahuarcani, was invited to impart workshops as part of the exhibition Serpiente de Agua. Instead, he decided to send his son. This opportunity would change Rember Yahuarcani’s perspective on his life and artwork. This article explores Rember Yahuarcani’s art practice and the creation of his own pictorial vocabulary based on his traditions, his artistic explorations, and his new experiences. The article also analyzes Yahuarcani’s discourse and performance in making himself a contemporary artist, and his receptivity in the Limeño art scene. Yahuarcani’s trajectory will be examined in relation to new art agents’ strategies, networks, and narratives that aim to provide a more established visibility to Amazonian contemporary art in Lima’s art circuits. A new art agenda in which Yahuarcani participates and thus shapes.
“Eu, você e eles: ou a difícil arte de se dançar a três”:
Authors: Lopes Moisés
Published: March 2021

Este artigo analisa, partindo de uma série de entrevistas realizadas em Cuiabá com homossexuais masculinos que vivem uma união conjugal, a maneira pela qual se estabelece e se dá a relação entre pesquisador e nativo no momento da pesquisa, mais especificamente no momento da entrevista. Tal relação é mediada o tempo todo através da construção da categoria “respeito” que é usada como recurso para o estabelecimento da “imagem pública” do casal homossexual. Na análise, essa “respeitabilidade pública” é construída tendo como recurso o exame da relação diádica estabelecida no momento da entrevista entre nativo-pesquisador, da oposição construída por esses “casais” em relação a outros grupos de homossexuais e, também, através da manipulação do “segredo” acerca de sua “união.”
Antropologia, Desenvolvimento e Estudos de Impacto Ambiental:
Authors: Paula Luis Roberto de
Published: March 2021

Buscarei argumentar ao longo do texto que os EIA-RIMAs fazem parte (ou deveriam fazer) do conjunto de avanços institucionais presentes no campo da proteção aos direitos sociais diferenciados.3 Faltam-lhes os holofotes adequados. Se concretizado em sua plenitude, este instrumento que se quer normativo tem por finalidade: (1) diagnosticar a situação socioambiental vivenciada por uma comunidade potencialmente afetada por um determinado empreendimento; (2) avaliar os impactos derivados da sua implementação em termos sociais, econômicos, ambientais, fundiários etc.; e (3) propor medidas de mitigação e/ou compensação dos impactos para as comunidades afetadas direta ou indiretamente por grandes obras de infraestrutura (hidrelétricas, hidrovias, abertura e pavimentação de estradas, portos, linhões, gasodutos etc.).