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Perda de visão associada a preenchimentos com ácido hialurônico: uma revisão sistemática da literatura
Authors: Teixeira Pedro Martinelli , Piaia Bruna Ellen Menezes , Lima Felype Deyvede Cunha
Published: August 2024

Introdução: A perda de visão associada ao uso de preenchedores dérmicos com ácido hialurônico é uma complicação rara, porém grave, que tem gerado crescente preocupação na comunidade médica e científica. Objetivo: Este estudo visa realizar uma revisão sistemática sobre a perda de visão associada ao uso de preenchedores de ácido hialurônico, com foco nos mecanismos, fatores de risco e estratégias de prevenção e manejo. Materiais e Métodos: Para a elaboração deste artigo de revisão, foram consultados artigos científicos e revisões publicados e referenciados nas bases de dados Medline/PubMed, SciELO e Cochrane dos últimos 10 anos. Resultados e Discussão: As complicações vasculares relacionadas ao uso de ácido hialurônico, incluindo a perda de visão, estão frequentemente ligadas à injeção inadvertida do produto em vasos sanguíneos. A anatomia complexa da região periorbital aumenta o risco de tais complicações. Conclusão: É crucial que os profissionais de saúde estejam cientes dessas potenciais complicações e preparados para agir rapidamente em caso de ocorrência. A formação contínua e especializada é fundamental para garantir a segurança do paciente.
Revisão sistemática de terapias combinadas para micose fungóide
Authors: Bernardo Ana Lídia Pereira , Costa Cassiana de Moura e , Santos Raiane Rodrigues Dos , Lacerda Maria Karolina Vieira de
Published: August 2024

Introdução: A micose fungóide é o subtipo mais comum de Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T (LCCT), apresentando desenvolvimento lento e caráter progressivo, com formação de lesões cutâneas eczematosas e evolução para acometimento sistêmico. Devido à sua heterogeneidade clínica, o tratamento da micose fungóide depende do estágio de acometimento e de fatores prognósticos, como a extensão das lesões cutâneas e o envolvimento sistêmico. Objetivo: Este estudo visa revisar sistematicamente o conhecimento atual sobre as terapias combinadas para micose fungóide. Métodos: A metodologia utilizada foi uma revisão narrativa da literatura, consultando artigos científicos relevantes publicados nos últimos trinta anos nas plataformas Medline, PubMed e SciELO. Resultados: As terapias combinadas, como o uso de bexaroteno associado a PUVA, mostraram-se eficazes, especialmente em estágios iniciais da doença. A combinação de fototerapia com PUVA e agentes imunomoduladores como interferon-alfa também apresentou bons resultados. Conclusão: Embora muitos tratamentos demonstrem alta eficácia e boa tolerabilidade, a recidiva e a necessidade de tratamentos mais agressivos em estágios avançados da doença permanecem desafios. Estudos adicionais são necessários para confirmar a eficácia de novos agentes e combinações, garantindo melhores resultados para os pacientes.
Endometriose e exercícios físicos: uma revisão sistemática
Authors: Brito Rafaela dos Santos , Coldebella Camila Ruiz , Oliveira Ana Celina Cavalcante , Amaral Luciana de Paiva
Published: August 2024

Introdução: A endometriose é uma condição ginecológica crônica que confere dor, podendo ser caracterizada pela presença de tecido endometrial fora do útero, que afeta cerca de 10% das mulheres em idade reprodutiva. Os principais sintomas incluem dor pélvica, dismenorreia, dispareunia e infertilidade, que chega a impactar significativamente a qualidade de vida das mulheres portadoras. Diversos tratamentos são propostos para o manejo da endometriose, incluindo farmacoterapia, cirurgia e terapias complementares, contudo recentemente, o papel dos exercícios físicos no alívio dos sintomas da endometriose vem recebendo destaque como uma medida não farmacológica e não invasiva. Materiais, sujeitos e métodos: Para a elaboração deste artigo de revisão foram consultados artigos científicos e artigos de revisão publicados e referenciados na PubMED, SciELO e LILACS, entre 2019 e junho de 2024, e manuais do ministério da saúde brasileiro. Resultados e discussão: Os estudos revisados indicaram que os exercícios físicos colaboram positivamente reduzindo a dor pélvica e melhorando a qualidade de vida em mulheres com endometriose. O exercício físico atua promovendo a redução do quadro inflamatório sistêmica, melhoria da circulação sanguínea e na liberação de endorfinas. Quando questionado os tipos de exercícios, foi verificado que atividades físicas aeróbicas, anaeróbicas, alongamentos e yoga, garantem efeitos positivos na redução da dor pélvica. Exercícios aeróbicos, como caminhada e corrida leve, foram consistentemente associados a uma redução significativa da dor pélvica e melhora do bem-estar geral. Considerações finais: Portanto os exercícios físicos desempenham um papel benéfico no manejo dos sintomas da endometriose, especialmente na redução da dor pélvica e na melhoria da qualidade de vida das mulheres portadoras. No entanto, existe uma necessidade de elaborar mais estudos com amostras maiores e desenho metodológico rigoroso para confirmar esses achados e estabelecer diretrizes claras para a prática de exercícios físicos em mulheres com endometriose.
Reabilitação fisioterapêutica em pacientes com Síndrome da Pessoa Rígida: Revisão Integrativa
Authors: Duarte Diniz Ferreira Rebeca , Bocca Vieira de Rezende Pinto Wladimir , Braga Farias Igor , Sgobbi de Souza Paulo Victor
Published: August 2024

Introdução: A Síndrome da Pessoa Rígida é uma doença neuroimunológica rara do sistema nervoso central caracterizada por espasmos dolorosos e rigidez progressiva que envolvem os músculos proximais dos membros e axiais do tronco. A forma clássica tem início insidioso com piora gradual ao longo do tempo e muitas vezes leva à incapacidade permanente.
Objetivo: Analisar os estudos publicados na literatura científica que utilizaram a reabilitação fisioterapêutica como proposta de tratamento dos sintomas motores na Síndrome da Pessoa Rígida.
Método: Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa da literatura realizada no período de julho a dezembro de 2022 nas bases de dados PubMed, SciELO, LILACS e BVS.
Resultados: Foram encontrados 12 artigos publicados entre o período de 2002 a 2021, que discorriam sobre o tratamento fisioterapêutico nesta população. O número escasso de estudos se dá pela raridade da patologia que dificulta a realização de ensaios clínicos robustos. Os artigos selecionados eram relatos de casos de um ou mais indivíduos, com enfoque nas intervenções realizadas de acordo com cada queixa funcional apresentada, sendo estas a dor, fraqueza muscular, hipomobilidade articular, rigidez, instabilidade postural, alterações na marcha e limitações nas atividades de vida diária.
Conclusão: A reabilitação fisioterapêutica faz parte do tratamento sintomatológico e tem como finalidade, auxiliar na manutenção da funcionalidade e qualidade de vida, minimizando as repercussões motoras que são desencadeadas pela síndrome.
Survival Analysis of Myasthenia Gravis Patients at a Referral Center in Pará, Brazil (2005-2020)
Authors: Colares Gualberto Abraão Luiz , De Sousa Tavares Jean Augusto , Cavalcante Nunes Cleizimara , Chaves Silva Ilga Milla , Honorato Marcos Manoel
Published: August 2024

Objective: To evaluate the profile and survival of patients diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis, by reviewing medical records of neurological consultations at a referral service in the interior of Pará (Brazil), between 2005 and 2020.
Methods: a historical, observational and retrospective cohort study. 36 participants were included. Survival analysis methods were used to identify prognostic factors for disease remission at the observation time of 36 months. The correlation between the variables and the death outcome was performed using the chi-square test.
Results: Most patients were women (66.6%) and had the generalized form of the disease (86.1%). The most prevalent symptoms were: ophthalmoparesis (97.2%), fatigability (75%) and dysphagia (72.2%). Among the complications, 19.4% had myasthenic crisis. The dosage of anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody was positive in 58.3% and 69.4% underwent electroneuromyography, and 72% of them had electrodecrement. Most of the patients responded to the staggered standard treatment and achieved remission (83.3%), while 16.6% died. Survival analysis showed through Kaplan-Meier curves and Log-rank test that the variables related to poor control were male gender (p=0.01), thymus disease (p=0.02) and use of cyclosporine (p=0.02). The factors that influenced the death outcome were male gender, cyclosporine and thymectomy.
Conclusion: The study showed that the evolution of people with Myasthenia Gravis over 15 years and the poor prognostic factors were equivalent to the international literature.
YELLOW PUMPKIN BREAD: PRODUCT ACCEPTANCE ANALYSIS BASED ON SENSORY TESTS AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION
Authors: Yudiastuti Silvia Oktavia Nur , Halim Abdul , Rahayuningtyas Putri Dwi
Published: August 2024

This research seeks to determine the formulation of yellow pumpkin bread. This research used a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with six different compositions of yellow pumpkin flour, which were 0% (P0), 5% (P1), 10% (P2), 15% (P3), 20% (P4), and 25% (P5). The data obtained was then analyzed using One-way ANOVA and continued with the Duncan Multiple Range Test (DMRT). The research shows that yellow pumpkin flour affects physical properties (specific volume, texture, bread expansion, and bread color intensity) and sensory properties (hedonics and hedonic quality). The chosen formulation of yellow pumpkin bread was P1 (95% wheat flour: 5% pumpkin flour). It has bread expansion at 73.15%, specific volume at 3.46%, texture at 87.44℅, Color (L) at 67.4%, (a) 2.10%, (b) 40.36%, with hedonic quality had a yellowish-white color, tastes somewhat typical of pumpkin, smells somewhat typical of pumpkin, has a soft texture, and the uniform pores.
Perspectives of Teaching and Evaluation in Mathematics
Authors: Behera Suryakanta ,   Regional Centre Bhubaneswar, IGNOU, Pattnayak Pratyush ,   Department Of Education, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack
Published: August 2024

Mathematics as a subject is quite unique in its processes and teaching in that it requires the least amount of memorization. Aside from the numbers and the functions of the operators themselves, not much needs to be memorized to do mathematics. This study is a review on all the different approaches of teaching the subject given by some famous educationists such as Bruner, Piaget, Vygotsky and Dewey in the past. Furthermore, various assessment methods for the subject have been discussed.
Perspectivas da produção bibliográfica inerente a gestão de processos no setor público obtidas por meio do método ordinatio
Authors: Queiroz William da Silva , Rosa Carla Regina Mazia , Feger José Elmar
Published: August 2024

A gestão de processos é fundamental para aumentar a eficiência, produtividade e qualidade dos serviços públicos. Embora suas raízes sejam históricas, a gestão por processos tem se expandido significativamente nas últimas décadas. Utilizando o Método Ordinatio, foi conduzida uma pesquisa sistemática nas bases de dados Scopus e Web of Science, focando em artigos publicados entre 2014 e 2023. A pesquisa inicial identificou 286 artigos, e após a utilização de critérios de exclusão, e com base em critérios de relevância e qualidade, 20 artigos foram analisados em profundidade. Os principais resultados indicam que a cultura de gestão de processos de negócios (BPM) na administração pública é influenciada por fatores como experiência profissional, responsabilidades dos funcionários e tamanho da organização. A análise revelou desafios adicionais devido à complexidade e burocracia do ambiente governamental. No entanto, a transformação digital e a adoção de tecnologias emergentes estão modernizando os processos administrativos, melhorando a acessibilidade e a personalização dos serviços públicos. Este estudo destaca a importância de práticas estruturadas e inovações contínuas para superar desafios e melhorar a qualidade dos serviços públicos.
ANALISIS PENGENDALIAN PERSEDIAAN BAHAN BAKU PIZZA DENGAN METODE ECONOMIC ORDER QUANTITY DI RESTORAN PIZZERIA ROMANA JIMBARAN
Authors: Paramita Wonga Hentiana , Juniastra I Made , Decy Arwini Ni Putu
Published: August 2024

Pertumbuhan industri makanan dan minuman di Bali, persaingan antar restoran semakin ketat. Untuk tetap kompetitif, restoran harus mampu mengelola berbagai aspek operasionalnya secara efisien, salah satunya adalah manajemen persediaan bahan baku dan perhitungan biaya produksi di Restoran Pizzeria Romana Jimbaran. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengelolaan inventori bahan baku, penerapan metode Economy Order Quantity (EOQ), dan perhitungan biaya produksi pizza di Restoran Pizzeria Romana Jimbaran. Data yang dibutuhkan berupa data tentang jumlah kebutuhan bahan baku, pembelian bahan baku serta biaya-biaya yang ditimbulkan dalam pemesanan dan penyimpanan bahan baku selama tahun 2023. Metode yang digunakan penulis  adalah metode EOQ (Economic Order Quantity). Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan yaitu wawancara, observasi langsung serta dokumentasi.Hasil dalam penelitian ini menunjukan pengelolaan persediaan bahan baku di Restoran Pizzeria Romana Jimbaran dilakukan melalui proses yang terstruktur dan sistematis untuk memastikan efisiensi dan kualitas dalam penyajian pizza kepada pelanggan. Metode Economy Order Quantity diterapkan untuk mengelola persediaan bahan baku pizza dengan efisien, bertujuan meminimalkan total biaya persediaan serta menentukan jumlah pesanan optimal bagi setiap bahan baku, mengurangi biaya yang tidak perlu, dan meningkatkan efisiensi operasional. Analisis biaya produksi membantu menentukan biaya bahan baku per porsi pizza dan menghitung harga pokok penjualan (HPP) untuk tiga jenis pizza yang laku terjual dengan kesimpulan pizza buratta memberikan keuntungan tertinggi, pizza beef pepperoni menghasilkan keuntungan terendah serta pizza vegetarian menunjukkan keseimbangan baik antara efisiensi biaya dan profitabilitas.
KAJIAN ATMOSFER RUANG HUNIAN DALAM IMPLEMENTASI ARSITEKTUR MODERN
Authors: Agus Mahendra I Made
Published: August 2024

Atmosfer ruang memberikan suasana, kesan dan rasa yang berbeda disetiap tempat yang berbeda. Atmosfer ruang hunian dibentuk secara visual melalui elemen-elemen desain arsitektural dan interior.Pada penelitian ini menekankan terkait kajian atmosfer ruang hunian dalam implementasinya pada arsitektur modern. Peran elemen desain interior pada implementasi arsitektur modern rumah tinggal terwujud dan terbentuk melalui fisik dan non fisik elemen desain arsitektural dan interiornya. unsur fisik dan non fisik bekerja sama untuk menciptakan suasana pada ruang hunian. Ruang yang efektif dan efisien memiliki ciri-ciri mampu membangun serta membentuk citra ruang sebagaimana yang diharapkan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan analisis deskriptif dan studi literatur. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan observasi pada salah satu project rumah tinggal yang telah selesai dibangun. Penelitian ini bertujuan  untuk  memahami atmosfer ruang hunian dalam implementasinya pada arsitektur modern serta dapat mendeskripsikan ruang-ruang pada hunian yang terintegrasi dengan arsitektur modern.Dari hasil analisis dalam tatanan konseptual, manfaat dan hasil yang diperoleh untuk memberikan pemahaman  tentang Atmosfer ruang  hunian yang terimplementasi pada gaya arsitektur modern. Penerapan arsitektur modern pada ruang hunian memberikan rasa yang nyaman, hangat, dinamis dan responsibilitas terhadap aktualisasi desain arsitekturnya.
Value Chain Analysis and Organizational Performance in Coca-Cola Company in Kenya; A Qualitative Analysis
Authors: Quinter Agar , Nyenyi Nyongesa Destaings
Published: August 2024

This purpose of this research was to evaluate the dynamics between Value Chain Analysis (VCA) and organizational performance within the operational context of the Coca-Cola Company in Kenya. Grounded in the Process Theory, the study aimed at bridging the gap in literature by exploring the relationship between VCA and organizational performance. The study employed a qualitative approach, which involved in-depth interviews with key stakeholders, executives, managers, and employees engaged in value chain activities. Thematic analysis of the gathered qualitative data uncovered insights into how VCA served as a linchpin for identifying and evaluating primary and support activities within the company, guiding strategic decisions and fostering sustainable growth. The results recognized VCA as a decision-support tool, strategic pathways for sustainable growth, operationalized VCA insights to dissect inefficiencies and optimize resources. Employees showcased an understanding of how VCA mapped their roles, enhancing efficiency and contributing to the seamless flow of operations. The impact of VCA on organizational performance emerged as a central theme, with executives leveraging for competitive advantage, managers translating insights into substantial cost savings and heightened productivity, enhanced job satisfaction and productivity alignment. Challenges witnessed included data accuracy and strategy translation, opportunities were perceived in leveraging VCA as a predictive tool and fostering innovation. The alignment between VCA outcomes and the broader strategic goals of the Coca-Cola Company was evident, fostering collaboration and commitment within the workforce. The study recommends investment in continuous training and awareness; promote collaborative shareholder engagement, adopt technological solutions; nurture an innovation culture and periodically review VCA Strategies.
Human Rights and the Refugee Crisis
Authors: Sentle Kate
Published: August 2024

Purpose: This study sought to explore human rights and the refugee crisis.
Methodology: The study adopted a desktop research methodology. Desk research refers to secondary data or that which can be collected without fieldwork. Desk research is basically involved in collecting data from existing resources hence it is often considered a low cost technique as compared to field research, as the main cost is involved in executive’s time, telephone charges and directories. Thus, the study relied on already published studies, reports and statistics. This secondary data was easily accessed through the online journals and library.
Findings: The findings reveal that there exists a contextual and methodological gap relating to human rights and the refugee crisis. Preliminary empirical review revealed that significant gaps remained in the protection of refugee rights despite existing international frameworks and policies. It found that refugees frequently faced inadequate living conditions, limited access to essential services, and insufficient integration opportunities. The research also highlighted the growing impact of environmental factors, such as climate change, on displacement, revealing that current policies often failed to address these emerging challenges effectively. The study emphasized the need for a more integrated approach that combines immediate humanitarian relief with long-term strategies to enhance both protection and integration for refugees.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The Human Rights Theory, Realist Theory in International Relations and the Constructivist Theory in International Relations may be used to anchor future studies on the refugee crisis. The study recommended several key actions to improve the response to the refugee crisis. It suggested enhancing international collaboration and coordination among various stakeholders to ensure more effective aid delivery. It also emphasized the need to incorporate environmental considerations into refugee policies and strengthen legal frameworks to better protect refugee rights. Additionally, the study advocated for improved access to essential services, community-based integration approaches, support for advocacy and capacity building, and long-term planning to ensure sustainable and effective responses to the refugee crisis.
Antitrust Laws and the Future of Market Competition
Authors: Yusuf David
Published: August 2024

Purpose: The general objective of the study was to investigate antitrust laws and the future of market competition.
Methodology: The study adopted a desktop research methodology. Desk research refers to secondary data or that which can be collected without fieldwork. Desk research is basically involved in collecting data from existing resources hence it is often considered a low cost technique as compared to field research, as the main cost is involved in executive’s time, telephone charges and directories. Thus, the study relied on already published studies, reports and statistics. This secondary data was easily accessed through the online journals and library.
Findings: The findings reveal that there exists a contextual and methodological gap relating to antitrust laws and the future of market competition. Preliminary empirical review revealed that while existing antitrust frameworks had been instrumental in promoting competition and preventing monopolistic practices, they faced significant challenges in the digital age. The rapid evolution of technology and the rise of digital platforms had created new competitive dynamics that traditional antitrust laws struggled to address. The dominance of a few tech giants led to market concentration, reducing the scope for competition and innovation. The study highlighted the inadequacies of current antitrust enforcement in dealing with digital platforms, data control, and network effects. Additionally, it emphasized the need for international cooperation and a balanced approach to antitrust enforcement that considered both competition and innovation to ensure that the benefits of the digital economy were widely shared.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The Structure-Conduct-Performance (SCP) Paradigm, Contestable Market Theory and Innovation and Monopolistic Competition Theory may be used to anchor future studies on antitrust laws and the future of market competition. The study recommended updating theoretical frameworks to include factors like data control and network effects, and adopting more flexible and adaptive approaches in antitrust enforcement. It advocated for the creation of specialized regulatory units focused on digital markets, equipped with the necessary resources and expertise. The study also highlighted the importance of international cooperation in antitrust enforcement to address cross-border anti-competitive practices effectively. Furthermore, it suggested continuous dialogue with industry stakeholders to develop more informed policies and emphasized the role of consumer education in promoting competitive markets. These recommendations aimed to enhance antitrust laws and ensure robust market competition in the digital age.
Analysis of determinant Factors of User Adoption of Mobile Payment System by Registered Entrepreneurs in Tamil Nadu. Evidence from Post COVID-19 Scenario.
Authors: Guhan R
Published: August 2024

The “Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME)” sector of India is considered as one of the major contributors of GDP in our country by the enormous industrial activates throughout the nation.
Haramine-Mediated Anticancer Effects in Breast Cancer Cells: Targeting TAZ as a Therapeutic Strategy
Authors: Aniket Kumar  , Ashish Vajidwal  , Rajesh Kumar  , Arvind Maurya  , Vaibhav Pandey
Published: August 2024

Breast cancer is still one of women's greatest life-threatening diseases on the planet today, urgently requiring sheer innovations in therapeutic means such as these. The aim of this research was to study the anti-cancer effect of haramine and its ability to suppress breast cancer cells, with a special interest in TAZ (Transcriptional Co-activator with PDZ binding motif), an oncogenic protein that is involved in both cell survival and migrating invasive potential. Our results indicate that haramine inhibits breast cancer cells from growing tumours, and also that it causes apoptosis by acting upon the TAZ pathway. Diverse a variety of in vitro assays gave us an idea about haramine; there was a marked decrease in both cell viability and metastatic potential among breast cancer cells after being treated with haramine. These findings suggest that haramine represents a potential candidate for cancer treatment and targeting TAZ is therefore an exciting innovation in the fight against breast cancer. Electrical mechanisms of haramine's effect, and its clinical potential to cure breast cancer, remain areas for future study
O que os desenhos ejiwajegi/kadiwéu têm a ensinar à educação matemática?
Authors: Pinto Thiago Pedro
Published: August 2024

Este texto dialoga com a antropologia ameríndia de Eduardo Viveiros de Castro em conexão com os “desenhos” Ejiwajegi/Kadiwéu, especificamente a partir do trabalho de Maria Raquel da Cruz Duran (2020) realizado com indígenas de Mato Grosso do Sul, com a obra de Darcy Ribeiro (2019) e alguns cotejamentos autobiográficos. A ontologia dos desenhos Kadiwéu é cambiante, móvel, confrontando nossa ontologia única, própria das populações ocidentais, modernas, capitalistas, patriarcais e excludentes que flertam, no máximo, com uma perspectiva multicultural. Esta mudança ontológica nos coloca importantes inversões e necessidades de um pensamento outro, que comporte uma natureza também outra, própria destes povos e suas ontologias. Este ensaio teórico busca problematizar aproximações e distanciamentos possíveis deste pensamento Perspectivista e Multinaturalista de Vivieros de Castro com outros referenciais já mobilizados por nós em outros trabalhos, tais como o Modelo dos Campos Semânticos de Romulo Lins e os jogos de linguagem e formas de vida de Ludwig Wittgenstein.
"Passando de nível": um olhar sobre os aspectos socioculturais do desenvolvimento dos eSports no Brasil
Authors: Luis Castilho Neves Thiago , Cristina Lima Moraes Letícia , Marchi Junior Wanderley
Published: August 2024

O objetivo deste estudo é compreender como o cenário competitivo dos eSports têm se desenvolvido no Brasil, fazendo uma análise dos aspectos socioculturais que fizeram parte do seu desenvolvimento. Para isso, realizou-se a análise de conteúdo de materiais disponíveis online entre os anos de 2003 e 2022, sendo compostos por notícias, documentários e entrevistas que trataram da temática do estudo. O recorte temporal considerado se dá pela disponibilidade de conteúdo relacionado aos objetivos elencados. Ao final, evidenciou-se que os eSports encontraram obstáculos oriundos da falta de estrutura e inclusão digital. Porém, mesmo com essas dificuldades iniciais de formação da modalidade no Brasil, equipes profissionais conseguiram se formar e têm obtido êxito em âmbito nacional e internacional. Por outro lado, parte da população brasileira, que muitas vezes não consegue realizar a prática por questões estruturais ou financeiras, encontraram nos dispositivos móveis uma forma de se inserir no universo dos eSports.
Fan Fiction and Early Christian Writings
Authors: Bruin Tom de
Published: August 2024

What can contemporary media fandoms, like Anne Rice, Star Wars, Batman, or Sherlock Holmes, tell us about ancient Christianity?

Tom de Bruin demonstrates how fandom and fan fiction are both analogous and incongruous with Christian derivative works. The often-disparaging terms applied to Christian apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, such as fakes, forgeries or corruptions, are not sufficient to capture the production, consumption, and value of these writings. De Bruin reimagines a range of early Christian works as fan practices. Exploring these ancient texts in new ways, he takes the reader on a journey from the ‘fix-it fic’ endings of the Gospel of Mark to the subversive fan fictions of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, and from the densely populated storyworld of early Christian art to the gatekeeping of Christian orthodoxy.

Using theory developed in fan studies, De Bruin revisits fundamental questions about ancient derivative texts: Why where they written? How do they interact with more established texts? In what ways does the consumption of derivative works influence the reception of existing traditions? And how does the community react to these works? This book sheds exciting and new light on ancient Christian literary production, consumption and transmission.
Abortion Trail Activism
Authors: Duffy Deirdre
Published: August 2024

Abortion trail activists are national and transnational organizations and movements that enable access to safe abortion – this open access book adopts a global perspective to explore their historic contribution to reproductive justice, their innovative work, and the continuing and emergent problems they face.

Deirdre Duffy offers the first dedicated analysis of both the historic and on-going relationship between groups supporting access to abortion and abortion politics, drawing on theoretical perspectives and debates including post-colonialism, feminist anarchism and health activism. Challenging assumptions about the achievements of pro-choice politics, Duffy examines the race-based exclusions within and created by dominant historic pro-choice narratives, critiquing the prochoice movements’ whiteness, and the limitations of a focus on legal change. Case studies are drawn from across the Global North and South, including examples from Argentina, Kenya, Poland, the Netherlands, and Ireland.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Lancaster University.
Art and Identity in Spain, 1833–1956
Authors: Hopkins Claudia
Published: August 2024

Richly illustrated, this is the first study in English to explore the longevity of Orientalist art in Spain over a period of 120 years.

It highlights how artists in Spain shaped perceptions of Al-Andalus (Iberia under Islam 711–1492) and northern Morocco, from Spain’s liberal revolution of the 1830s to the end of the Protectorate of Morocco in 1956. Combining art history with a cultural studies approach, and using exemplary case studies, Hopkins foregrounds the diverse issues that underpin Orientalist expression: reflections on history and the nation, cultural nationalism, gender and sexuality, aesthetics and art commerce, colonialism and racial thinking. In the process, the book challenges over-familiar understandings of Western Orientalism.

Beyond Fortuny and Sorolla, many unfamiliar artists and exhibitions are introduced, amongst themVillaamil, whose nostalgic landscapes evoked the loss of Andalusi culture;Bécquer, who celebrated Spanish-Moroccan peace-making through the lens of Velázquez; the SymbolistRusiñol, whose images of the Alhambra are infused with melancholy;Morcillo, whose extraordinary camp images opened a new space for male subjectivity;TapiróandBertuchi, who dedicated their lives to Morocco, and the MoroccanSarghini, who participated in the state-fundedPainters of Africaexhibitions in Franco’s Madrid – an annual exhibition that served the colonial concept of a Hispano-Moroccan brotherhood under the dictatorship.

This book traces the shifting impulses and meanings of Orientalist expression in Spain. It makes an original intervention in the field of Spanish art studies and contributes new material to the ongoing debates about Western Orientalism.
Revenge, Punishment and Anger in Ancient Greek Justice
Authors: Whitchurch Joe
Published: August 2024

Anger was the engine of justice in the ancient Greek world. It drove quests for vengeance which resulted in a variety of consequences, often harmful not only for the relevant actors but also for the wider communities in which they lived.

From as early as the seventh century BCE, Greek communities had developed more or less formal means of imposing restrictions on this behaviour in the form of courts. However, this did not necessarily mean a less angry or vengeful society so much as one where anger and revenge were subject to public sanction and sometimes put to public use.

By the fifth and fourth centuries, the Athenian polis had developed a considerably more sophisticated system for the administration of justice, encompassing a variety of laws, courts, and procedures. In essence, the justice it meted out was built on the same emotional foundations as that seen in Homer. Jurors gave licence to or restrained the anger of plaintiffs in private cases, and they punished according to the anger they themselves felt in public ones. The growing state in ancient Greek poleis did not bring about a transition away from angry private revenge to emotionless public punishment. Rather, anger came increasingly to move into the public sphere, the emotional driver of an early state that defended its community, and even itself, through its vengeful acts of punishment.
Eighth Army Soldier vs Italian Soldier
Authors: Greentree David
Published: August 2024

Fully illustrated, this absorbing study assesses the Commonwealth and Italian infantrymen pitted against one another during the First and Second battles of El Alamein in 1942.

By July 1942, the Allied troops fighting in North Africa, the multinational Eighth Army, had withdrawn to the El Alamein line, the last position stopping their German and Italian opponents from reaching the Suez Canal. Featuring full-colour artwork, carefully chosen archive photographs and incisive analysis, this book casts light on the Commonwealth and Italian infantrymen who participated in the seesaw battle for control of the North African coastline as it entered its decisive phase, played out over two bloody engagements during July–October 1942.

Although Allied and Axis commanders saw armour as the decisive weapon in the Desert War, the infantry fielded by both sides would be key to the outcomes of the two El Alamein battles. While the majority of the 96,000 Axis troops at the first battle were Italian, mostly infantry, Commonwealth forces provided the greater part of Eighth Army’s fighting strength. During the First Battle of El Alamein in July 1942, Italian infantry units clashed with Indian troops at Ruweisat Ridge and Australian forces at Makh Khad Ridge; both battles are assessed in this book, along with the defence mounted by New Zealand troops at Miteiriya Ridge during the Second Battle of El Alamein that October.
Academic Ethics
Authors: Hamilton Neil W.
Published: August 2024

Academic professionals are expected to restrain self-interest, promote the ideals of public service, and maintain high standards of performance, while society grants the profession autonomy to regulate itself through peer review. Hamilton conveys the need for ethical leadership from within the peer collegium--leadership that will foster a culture of high aspiration and peer review.

Academic professionals are expected to restrain self-interest, promote the ideals of public service, and maintain high standards of performance, while society grants the profession autonomy to regulate itself through peer review. Hamilton conveys the need for ethical leadership from within the peer collegium--a leadership that will foster a culture of high aspiration and peer review.

This book suggests that the umbrella academic organizations step forward and draft a model code of ethics for the profession of higher education. Further discussion reveals how such attempts become difficult in face of the market's relentless pressure to frame the institution-student relationship in the economic terms of provider and customer. The book also offers an analysis of academic tradition, academic freedom, and the principles of professional conduct and shared governance. Typical problems in academic life are presented, each followed by questions designed to stimulate seminar-type discussion. Appendices contain a proposed code of ethics as well as AAUP statements on the subject.
3 Women
Authors: Wyatt Justin
Published: August 2024

Released after the large-scale frescos of Nashville (1975) and Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976), 3 Women (1977) was seen as an intimate drama from director Robert Altman.

Justin Wyatt’s study of 3 Women explores the film’s genre defying characteristics. He argues that the film goes beyond its initial interpretation as an example of art cinema owing to its surrealist, dreamlike quality. Wyatt considers four distinct aspects of the film; the function of space and Altman’s ability to guide the action through the careful unfolding of the mise-en-scene; its critique of social and sexual manners; the construction of Shelley Duvall’s impressive performance; and the ways through which the film can be interpreted generically as alternately a psychological drama, a puzzle film, a dark comedy, and a horror film.

Using archival materials from the Robert Altman Archive at the University of Michigan Special Collections, Wyatt explains how this broader reading of 3 Women uncovers a most valuable film text with particular interest to those interested in performance, unique cinematic storytelling methods, and an exacting social satire of American life in the late 1970s. He situates the film within Altman’s oeuvre, arguing that it is one of the most significant films in the filmmaker’s illustrious filmography.
Humanizing Humanity
Authors: Chakrabarty Bidyut
Published: August 2024

Humanizing Humanityis distinctively framed advocacy of the ways in which the concept of humanity has been defended by various ideologues of India like Tagore, Gandhi, and Ambedkar.By grounding itself in the epistemology of intellectual history, the book delineates how these three major thinkers visualised the ways in which society can be better humanized. Such a process of humanization for these thinkers forms the bedrock of the trajectory in which humanity may be preserved, amidst intense authoritarianism and the violent quest for power by a small minority in the society.

The book is an attempt at exploring the strands of inter-textuality that exist when Tagore, Gandhi and Ambedkar’s thinking is situated in the ontic and epistemic context of a few humans' tendency to destroy humanity and the efforts of another section to create conditions for its preservation. Bidyut Chakrabarty does this by comparing the ways in which the Federalist Papers of the United States of America and the Indian Constitution manifest as quintessential texts that uphold the principles of liberty, equality, justice, and the protection of the weaker sections of society from structured strands of domination and exploitation.
Readers Theatre for Global Explorers
Authors: Bennett Doraine
Published: August 2024

This exciting compilation of readers theatre scripts for the 4th to 8th grade social studies classroom brings history to life via the adventures of explorers across the globe.

Throughout history, powerful kings and queens have sent their emissaries on quests for land and wealth to expand their empires. But what about those emissaries? A man who ventures to sail into uncharted seas, knowing he may never return. A woman who disguises herself and walks into forbidden lands. What gave them the courage and the strength to face many daunting challenges? How did they feel during the worst and best times in their adventures?

Readers Theatre for Global Explorersgives social studies teachers and school librarians a tool to introduce students to the determined men and women who ventured into unknown territory. This collection of short scripts for 4th–8th grade students teaches about explorers, their native cultures, and the lands they found. Just as importantly, they make learning fun.
Religion in Schools
Authors: Thomas R.  Murray
Published: August 2024

Many Americans may believe that religion in the schools is a controversial subject only in the United States. But around the world, the subject has gained widespread notoriety, media coverage, and attention from governing bodies, school administrations, and individuals. In France, conflict erupted when a young girl wore a headscarf to her public school; the government there got involved to reassert the rule that no outward display of religion will be tolerated. In India, a panel was appointed to remove Hindu religious beliefs from high-school textbooks. In Pakistan, the government passed a law to make the curriculum of Islamic religious schools more secular in its approach. Here in the United States, debates abound regarding the Pledge of Allegiance, the posting of the Ten Commandments, prayer in school, and other familiar arguments. But why do these controversies exist? What prompts them? Why do particular conflicts arise, and what attempts are made to deal with them? How have solutions fared? How are the controversies in one country similar to or different from those in another?

InReligion in Schools, R. Murray Thomas uses case examples from twelve countries around the world, covering all regions of the world and all the major religions, to examine and answer these questions. He reveals the complexities of the conflicts, and shows what brought them about. For example, in France, the conflicts often arise out of that nation's desire to remain intensely secular. Using case examples and applying a uniform approach to analyzing each country's particular focus on religion and education, he is able to show what these conflicts have in common, how well solutions have worked, and what may lie ahead.
Salsa and Related Genres
Authors: Figueroa Rafael
Published: August 2024

The Latin sound called salsa, or, more correctly, Afro-Hispanic music of the Antilles, is a vital force on the international contemporary music scene. Having followed the same path as did other popular music genres, such as jazz, from ethnic origins to urban underground and on to worldwide acceptance, salsa has recently also become a subject of academic study. Here Figueroa presents materials about salsa and related musical genres that are accessible in the non-Latin world, with an emphasis on English-language sources.

Attempting to serve the varied interests of the musicologist and the anthropologist, the journalist and music critic, the musician and the listener, this bibliographical guide documents useful data in books, articles, dissertations, encyclopedia entries, videos, recordings, liner notes, and reviews. Included are certain Hispanic publications, self-published books, and materials for musicians not readily classified in libraries or entered in indexing sources. Entries here are organized by subject and grouped within four broad sections, proceeding from sources covering whole areas or countries, to those on specific styles, genres, and rhythms, to those with biographical information, and to topics related to playing, teaching, or arranging for the various instruments. Author-title and subject indexes complete the work.
School Reform and the School Library Media Specialist
Authors: Harada Violet H. , Hughes-Hassell Sandra
Published: August 2024

This third entry in thePrinciples and Practiceseries focuses on the role of the library media specialist as a change agent in the school. The purpose of this book is twofold: to provide insight into the role of the school librarian as change agent and to demonstrate strategies for being an effective change agent using a subset of current reform initiatives. The authors are educators, library media specialists, and researchers who share a common belief in the ability of classroom teachers, administrators, library media specialists, parents, and community members to work together to create schools that make a difference in the lives of students, and help produce citizens who have a capacity to cope with change in the future. Grades K-12.
Story Proof
Authors: Haven Kendall
Published: August 2024

Like Stephen Krashen's important work inThe Power of Reading,Story Proofcollects and analyzes the research that validates the importance of story, story reading, and storytelling to the brain development and education of children and adults. Accomplished researcher and storyteller Kendall Haven, establishes the need for understanding the research findings in neural psychology and brain development and the value of a common definition of story if one is to fully grasp the importance and necessity of story to the development of the human mind. To support his case, he reviews a wealth of research from storytellers, teachers, and others who have experienced the power of story firsthand.

The author has collected anecdotal experiences from over 100 performing storytellers and from 1,800 story practitioners (mostly teachers) who have made extensive use of stories. He has read more than 150 qualitative and quantitative research studies that discuss the effectiveness of stories and/or storytelling for one or more specific applications (education, organizational management, knowledge management, medical and narrative therapy, etc.). Forty of these studies were literature reviews and comparative studies including analysis of over 1,000 studies and descriptive articles. He has also gathered research evidence from his own story performances for total audiences of over 4 million and from conducting story writing workshops with 200,000 students and 40,000 teachers.
Treason on the Airwaves
Authors: Keene Judith
Published: August 2024

This work traces the extraordinary journeys of three World War II radio broadcasters in Germany and Japan whose wartime choices became treason in Britain, Australia, and the United States. John Amery, a member of a well-connected British family, joined Hitler's propagandists in Berlin. He was executed for treason by Britain after the war. Charles Cousens was a soldier in Japanese captivity when he was put to work on Radio Tokyo with a team of Allied POWs. Cousens was later tried as a traitor in Australia. Iva Toguri, better known as Tokyo Rose, was an American student visiting Japan when war broke out. She broadcast her English show on Radio Tokyo out of necessity rather than conviction. The United States jailed Toguri for treason. Through these powerful stories, this work not only sheds new light on the history of wartime radio broadcasting in Germany and Japan, but also examines the laws of treason in Britain, Australia, and the United States and the ways in which trials such as these helped shape modern-day treason trials. All three accounts provoke thoughtful questions as to the nature of justice—and the justice of retribution. This work traces the extraordinary journeys of three World War II radio broadcasters in Germany and Japan whose wartime choices became treason in Britain, Australia, and the United States.
Trials of the Century
Authors: Johnson Scott P.
Published: August 2024

This comprehensive set of essays documents the most important criminal, civil, and political trials in the United States from colonial times to the present, examining their impact on both legal history and popular culture.

Crime and punishment are of perennial interest across the human species.Trials of the Century: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture and the Lawexamines some of the most important (and infamous) cases in American history, placing them in both historical and legal context. Among the landmark cases considered in these two volumes are the 1692 Salem Witch Trials, the Scopes "Monkey" Trial, and the O.J. Simpson murder trial. A number of civil lawsuits and political trials are also included, such as the impeachment trials of Presidents Andrew Johnson and William Jefferson Clinton.

Entries in the encyclopedia detail the events leading to each trial and introduce the key players, with a focus on judges, lawyers, witnesses, defendants, victims, media, and the public. In addition, the aftermath of the trial and its impact are analyzed from a scholarly, yet straightforward, perspective, emphasizing how the trial affected the law and society at large.