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El aporte de los corresponsales no bancarios (CNB) a la inclusión financiera
Authors: Muñiz-Jaime Laura Patricia , Loor-Carvajal Viviana Maricela , Cedeño-Mendoza Jennifer Andrea 
Published: September 2021

La presente investigación se realizó con el objetivo de determinar la incidencia de los servicios que prestan los corresponsales no bancarios en la inclusión financiera de los usuarios del cantón Jama durante el período 2015-2020, para ello se utilizó una metodología de tipo cuantitativa-cualitativa. Aplicando además el método hipotético, analítico, descriptivo, bibliográfico y la medida de regresión coeficiente de correlación de Pearson. Para la recopilación de información se diseñaron dos encuestas como instrumentos de investigación, que fueron dirigidas a 15 Corresponsales no bancarios y otro cuestionario de preguntas que asciende a un total de 379 usuarios que acceden al servicio que ofertan los corresponsales. Una vez recopilada toda la información se obtuvo como resultado que los corresponsales no bancarios del cantón Jama prestan algunos servicios financieros entre los que se destacan los retiros y depósitos, por otra parte, las necesidades financieras de los usuarios han cambiado durante los diferentes años de estudio. Sin embargo, los retiros se convierten en la principal necesidad financiera de los usuarios. Por último, se logró conocer que existe una relación fuerte entre los servicios financieros que prestan los servicios de los CNB y la inclusión financiera de los usuarios del cantón. Una vez conocidos los principales resultados se pudo concluir que los corresponsales no bancarios aportan de manera positiva a la inclusión financiera porque no existe matriz, sucursal o agencias de entidades financieras dentro del cantón que presten servicios financieros a sus clientes y al cantón en general.
PENGARUH PEMBERIAN EKSTRAK ETANOL BUNGA KECOMBRANG (Etlingera elatior (Jack) R. M. Sm.) TERHADAP KADAR MALONDIALDEHID (MDA) MENCIT PUTIH JANTAN HIPERLIPIDEMIA
Authors: Afrianti Ria - 
Published: September 2021

Hiperlipidemia merupakan suatu keadaan patologis yang disebabkan oleh kelainan lipid darah sehingga meningkatkan kadar kolesterol darah. Kadar kolesterol yang meningkat dalam darah akan mengakibatkan meningkatnya produksi radikal bebas sehingga terjadi stress oksidatif dan menyebabkan kadar malondialdehid meningkat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pemberian ekstrak etanol bunga kecombrang (Etlingera elatior (Jack) R. M. Sm.) terhadap kadar malondialdehid (MDA) mencit putih jantan hiperlipidemia. Pengukuran kadar malondialdehid dilakukan dengan uji TBA (Thio Barbituric Acid) reactivity test. Pada penelitian ini hewan percobaan dibagi menjadi 5 kelompok yaitu kelompok kontrol negatif, kelompok kontrol positif, kelompok dosis ekstrak 100 mg/kgBB, kelompok dosis ekstrak 200 mg/kgBB dan kelompok dosis ekstrak 400 mg/kgBB. Nilai rata-rata kadar MDA dari kelompok negatif : 2,40 nmol/ml, kelompok positif : 4,19 nmol/ml, kelompok dosis 100 mg/kgBB : 3,67 nmol/ml, kelompok dosis 200 mg/kgBB : 2,59 nmol/ml dan kelompok dosis 400 mg/kgBB : 2,47 nmol/ml. Nilai rata-rata kadar MDA kelompok dosis 200 mg/kgBB dan 400 mg/kgBB secara signifikan (p<0,05) mendekati nilai rata-rata MDA kelompok kontrol negatif. Jadi dapat disimpulkan bahwa pemberian ekstrak etanol bunga kecombrang dapat menurunkan kadar MDA mencit putih jantan hiperlipidemia.
Les cahiers de travail d’un traducteur : analyse d’un traduire-écrire. Donaldo Schüler traducteur de James Joyce
Authors: Paret Passos Marie-Hélène 
Published: September 2021

I will analyse Donaldo Schüler’s 11 notebooks, where the Brazilian writer and translator, translated James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake into Portuguese. This analysis will help to bring to light the process of (re) creation of Joyce (multi) language text in Schüler’s (multi) language text. This creation goes through several work phases: reading and writing the text to be translated; pre-translating through the comments of three notebooks; preparing the first draft of the translation on seven notebooks; garnering lexical resources on a notebook. My aim is to analyse this peculiar “multi” language that makes a language-more-than-a-language. This language underlies the invention of the translator’s speech in his creation, as we can see from some notebooks, it is also apparent in the translator’s comments, that is to say, in a moment of reflexive and analytical reading and writing, that precedes the first draft of the translation. However these comments are also invention of speech, and therefore of the translator’s subjectivity. They are the expression of what I call the third degree of language. I will tackle this third degree of language focusing on Henri Meschonnic’s theories on translation.
Communicative functions and characterization in the Chinese graphic novel adaptations of "Little Women"
Authors: Lee Tzu-yi 
Published: September 2021

This article attempts to use an integrated theoretical framework to examine the three graphic novels published in Taiwan based on Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. After the concept of intertextuality (Kristeva, 1980), Kress and van Leeuwen’s (1996) visual grammar helps us to explore how the visual semiotic resources in three Taiwanese graphic novel editions of Little Women ascribe meanings, achieve functions and communicate ideologies to enhance the characterization of Jo March. Progressing from the images, image–text relationships are discussed in terms of how these signifiers shape signs and meaning. Finally, by exploring speech or thought representation, the researcher investigates the translators’ awareness of the readers and situates their use of signs socially and culturally. In this study, the integrated framework reveals how these semiotic resources characterize Jo March, and the double meanings (Kristeva, 1980, pp. 65–66) they present, differently. These characterisations may, in turn, may have affected the communicative function of each version. The study concludes with a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of these applications.
Quarantine Girl: Mental Distress and Trauma in the Times of Covid-19
Authors: Riya Mary Peter  
Published: September 2021

Since the biblical times, the concept of quarantine has been implemented throughout the pages of history in several places whenever there was an existence of a threatening situation. Outbreak of plague or flu or diphtheria or smallpox relatively imposed restrictions on human beings and now in the times of Covid-19, an extensive quarantine procedure is applied throughout the globe since December 2019. On the outset, the process seems comparatively simple but the impact or the mental trauma bestowed upon the humans to be alone in a room, having to do anything is distressing and equally depressing. The 2020 film, Quarantine Girl, directed by Nichole D' Angelo and Gregory Hataka, has realistically portrayed how it feels to be in solitude during the pandemic. The heroine of the film, Ruby embarks on a tiresome journey of quarantine solely where she loses her “normal” self and tragically falls into the pit of mental disorder. The paper analyses how the heroine, Ruby has transformed from a vigorous personality to the ‘depressed’ mad woman at the end.
To demonstrate the Serial Learning-positioning among Early adolescents and Late Adolescents
Authors: Bhavana Jennifer  , Prasann Naik  
Published: September 2021

Learning is a process of living that enables us to move forward in life. Learning is much deeper than just recalling and memorizing. Learning done on a daily basis involves understanding, relating opinions and making connective links between the information learnt previously with the new information learnt recently. There are various forms in which learning can be practiced. The aim of this research is to study about the memory and learning ability of Early and Late adolescents with regards to the objectives set to be; to differentiate the learning ability of Early and Late adolescents as well as to adhere to the early psychological research that was done on the memory power of different stages of Adolescents. The hypothesis of this study is that there will be a significant difference in learning between Early adolescents and the Late adolescents. 60 samples were taken, 30 in each group. The methodology used in this study are ‘serial leaning and serial positioning’ which were used to demonstrate how individuals of different ages can recall information associated with time delay of 10 minutes between serial learning (orderly manner) and serial positioning (disorderly manner). The groups were Early Adolescents and Late adolescents from an educational institute located around the college campus. Adolescents with physical disabilities were not included in the study and all the adolescents in this study are from an English medium institution. For the results, Standard deviation and t-test were used to score. The study was proven that Late adolescents have higher memory recall ability compared to that of the early adolescents.
Gurdjieff’s “Help for the Deceased” Exercise
Authors: Azize Joseph ,   Academic Publishing
Published: September 2021

From about 1939 to 1947, G. I. Gurdjieff (1866–1949) taught some of his pupils exercises to send help to deceased persons and at the same time develop themselves. So far as the author is aware, the exercise is entirely unique in the annals of contemplation and mysticism. More even than Gurdjieff’s other exercises, this one seems to partake of the nature of “ritual.” The evidence is found in newly available material from his American pupil Donald Whitcomb, the recently published transcripts of his 1943 and 1944 group meetings, and from the memoirs of J. G. Bennett and Kathryn Hulme. It is contended that, unusual as they may be, these ideas and practices are related to and entirely consistent with Gurdjieff’s basic system. It appears that scholars may have underestimated the extent to which Gurdjieff developed his methods, and perhaps also his ideas, over the years.
Estratégias competitivas: uma análise da aplicação das cinco forças de Porter, na Rede de Lojas do Grupo Maranata
Authors: Silva Josivaldo Alves da , Melo Daniel Martins de 
Published: September 2021

O planejamento estratégico quando aplicado nas empresas de forma coerente, torna-se uma ferramenta importante para a efetivação de uma gestão estratégica. O presente artigo tem o objetivo de analisar as estratégias competitivas adotadas pela Rede de Lojas do Grupo Maranata, a partir das cinco forças de Michael Porter. A análise foi realizada por meio da opinião dos gerentes das Lojas que pertencem ao Grupo Maranata. Os tipos de pesquisa empregados foram; exploratória, bibliográfica, descritiva e explicativa, além de um estudo de caso múltiplo. A pesquisa é classificada como qualitativa e quantitativa, o instrumento de coletas foi o questionário semi-estruturado com 13 questões, sendo cinco fechadas e oito abertas, aplicado por comunicação eletrônica com a utilização da ferramenta Google forms. No estudo constatou-se que, o Grupo Maranata, adota medidas estratégicas para conhecer o mercado antes de decidir abrir uma nova loja tais como; visitas in loco para identificar as estratégias utilizadas pelas empresas já existentes, pesquisas para análise da renda da população, inadimplência do comércio local e quantidade de concorrentes. Estabelece medidas para identificar as forças e fraquezas dos concorrentes, tais como; investigação para identificar se as lojas estão aproveitando toda a capacidade de consumo local, busca de informações com fornecedores e representantes comerciais que atuam na região, as estratégias de atendimento ao cliente, a rentabilidade do negócio, facilidade penetração no mercado.
Os benefícios da drenagem linfática: uma revisão de literatura
Authors: Silva Renata Inácia da 
Published: September 2021

A drenagem linfática é uma massagem que atua no sistema linfático com objetivo de promover uma limpeza do organismo e eliminar os líquidos acumulados. Esse estudo tem como objetivo geral apresentar os benefícios e vantagens da drenagem linfática manual. O presente estudo trata-se de uma revisão bibliográfica sobre a técnica de Drenagem Linfática Manual e os efeitos que a mesma pode proporcionar para o corpo humano. As referências teóricas utilizadas foram extraídas de sites como Scielo, google, livros entre outros. Como resultado, verificou-se que a drenagem linfática é de total relevância pois ocasiona melhorias na circulação sanguínea, reabsorção de edemas, além de total relevância no período pré e pós-operatório. A drenagem linfática manual consiste em manobras que aumentam o fluxo da linfa é necessário que a aplicação seja realizada de forma correta, respeitando a anatomia e a fisiologia do sistema linfático, além de manter a integridade dos tecidos superficiais.
Melasma: tratamento e suas implicações estéticas
Authors: Borges Maysa Coelho 
Published: September 2021

O melasma se caracteriza em uma disfunção estética havendo a necessidade de procurar auxílio de profissionais da saúde estética para o diagnóstico correto e tratamento adequado. Melasma é ocasionada a partir do aumento da melanina na pele, as implicações estéticas se manifestam por manchas escuras ou acastanhadas na região frontal da face. Nesse contexto o estudo será a partir da seguinte questão norteadora: quais os tratamentos utilizados no tratamento do melasma e suas implicações estéticas? O objetivo geral desse estudo é realizar um levantamento bibliográfico sobre o tratamento e as implicações estéticas provocadas pelo melasma. Mediante o exposto, justifica-se a importância de conhecer os aspectos referentes ao Melasma: Tratamentos e suas implicações estéticas, para isso trata-se de uma revisão de literatura, realizada a partir da busca de dados em fontes secundarias como sítios, artigos científicos entre outros. A pele está disposta a danos resultantes do meio externo que resulta em afecções como o melasma e para isso, existem tratamentos estéticos que promovem efeitos positivos promovendo a qualidade de vida das pessoas. O tratamento do melasma pode ser realizado de forma tópico ou oral, a partir de procedimentos que induzem a descamação e removem a cada superficial da pele, promovendo uma textura mais suave e homogênea permitindo a produção de colágeno e elastina com menos riscos de efeitos colaterais. É valido ressaltar que embora existam vários protocolos de tratamento do melasma a eficiência do tratamento é limitada em alguns casos se o paciente não manter uma forma sistemática de prevenção acontece a reincidência do mesmo. O melasma pode ser prevenido evitando a exposição solar, nos horários adequados e uso de filtros solares de amplo espectro para radiação UVA e UVB, com fator de proteção solar (FPS) 30 ou mais (MASCENA, 2016).
The language of the art of music: an overview of its history in Brazil
Authors: Souza Alberto Carlos de 
Published: September 2021

This study sought to re-visit the two conceptions of Art – pedagogical and reflective - forged throughout history and its relationship with the Brazilian aesthetic thought of resistance. From the 60's, such thinking has given a pedagogical purpose to art, charged with the task of social criticism and political engagement human emancipatory: in this scenario mainly determined by the Theater of the Oppressed, the new movies and the protest song by Milton Nascimento, , Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque, Gilberto Gil, among many others.
Relationship Between Salivary Cortisol, Self-Assessed Stress Levels, and Body Mass Index in High Achieving High School Adolescents
Authors: Samir Sara 
Published: September 2021

Studies of stress and cortisol levels in adults indicate that keeping normal levels of cortisol is beneficial to subjects. The hormone cortisol has many functions including proper glucose metabolism, regulation of blood pressure, immune function, and inflammatory response. When cortisol levels spike, as with stress, there can be a negative effect on the individual. Due to the hectic pace of modern life, the body’s stress response does not always have time to return to normal, leading to cortisol levels remaining too high. This can lead to suppressed thyroid function, blood sugar imbalances, higher blood pressure, lowered immunity, and increased abdominal fat. Stress plays a prominent role in the lives of millions of people all across the globe. This problem is not one that affects solely the adult population but also a multitude of adolescents and children. Oftentimes, stress can have both a physical and psychological effect on an individual. Many persons report an effect on food consumption when under stressful situations, causing one to either eat more or less than normal. In turn, these eating patterns can potentially influence the Body Mass Index (BMI) of an individual. While increased stress can lead to a higher or lower than normal cortisol level and BMI in adults, the role in adolescents is not entirely clear. This study investigated whether there is a relationship between stress and BMI in high-achieving adolescents, aged 14 to 18. The Perceived Stress Scale survey paired with additional questions that helped determine variables believed to impact stress levels were administered to determine overall stress levels in each subject. To determine cortisol levels, a competitive enzyme immunoassay was used. This study indicates that there are no significant correlations between perceived stress levels, salivary cortisol levels, and BMI in this group of individuals. However, a distinct difference in self-assessed stress levels was apparent between males and females. Somewhat unexpectedly, a negative relationship was found between BMI and salivary cortisol levels and perceived stress and salivary cortisol levels.
The Common Good As A Social Debt and Patrimony of the Person
Authors: Ilboudo SJ Justin 
Published: September 2021

Aristotle’s statement that the individual human being is a social or a political animal can be misguiding if we understand it as meaning that relationships between the individual and the society are natural and obvious. Individual’s dream of autonomy and ruthless struggle to access to scarce resources on one hand and liberal and competitive societies where there is no room for “lame ducks” on the other hand, can make relationships between the person and the society conflicting and violent. The consequences can be marginalization from the social order or rebellion against it.How can we strive to make person-society relationships more integrative and fecund? In other words, what skills, social ethics as a field of Christian theology and Catholic tradition does provide for the social integration of the person and the awakening of his or her social responsibility? This paper would like to suggest and defend that the concept of the common good is a common ground for the person and the society mutual flourishing. The paragraph 26 of Gaudium et Spes defines the common good as “the sum of those conditions of social life which allow social groups and their individual members relatively thorough and ready access to their own fulfillment.” Interestingly also, Laudato Si’ builds up on the common good and defines it as “belonging to all and meant for all.” (Paragraph 23) In a more complex way, Thomas Aquinas elaborates the common good and locates it at the junction of distributive justice and piety as one’s love of his or her country. In the light of his thought, the common good as a dynamic interaction between the person and the society, becomes the cement of what Thomas Aquinas calls “civil communion.”
Speaking of God in Stand Your Ground Times
Authors: Douglas Kelly Brown 
Published: September 2021

Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas is Professor of Religion at Goucher College where she holds the Susan D. Morgan Professorship of Religion. She is widely published in national and international journals and other publications. As a leading voice in the development of a womanist theology, Essence magazine counts Douglas “among this country’s most distinguished religious thinkers, teachers, ministers, and counselors.” Her groundbreaking and widely used book Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective (1999) was the first to address the issue of homophobia within the black church community. Dr. Douglas has been a pioneering and highly sought after voice in regard to addressing sexual issues in relation to the black religious community. She has been very active in advocating equal rights for LGBT persons.Her latest book, Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God (2015) examines the challenges of a “Stand Your Ground” culture for the Black Church and all black bodies. Other books include The Black Christ (1994), What’s Faith Got to Do With It?:Black Bodies/Christian Souls (2005),and Black Bodies and the Black Church: A Blues Slant (2012). Dr. Douglas is also the co-editor of Sexuality and the Sacred: Sources for Theological Reflection (2010).Douglas is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Denison where she earned a bachelor of science summa cum laude in psychology. She went on to earn a master of divinity and a doctoral degree in systematic theology from Union Theological Seminary (New York City). Rev. Douglas was ordained at Ohio’s St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in 1985. She received the Anna Julia Cooper Award by the Union of Black Episcopalians (July 2012) for “her literary boldness and leadership in the development of a womanist theology and discussing the complexities of Christian faith in African-American contexts.”Rev. Douglas was an Associate Priest at Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. for over 20 years. She currently serves at the Washington National Cathedral.
The Groaning of Creation: Expanding our Eschatological Imagination Through the Paschal Mystery
Authors: King Chelsea 
Published: September 2021

One of the most difficult challenges facing belief in the Christian God is the problem of evil. How can there be a benevolent, omniscient, and omnipotent God, who allows pain, suffering and death in the world? Various theodicies have been constructed to address this question, and historically theologians have pointed to the Fall to explain such pain and suffering. However, theology in a post-evolutionary context is faced with a new challenge; the problem of pain and suffering is amplified by the millions of years of suffering and pain that have occurred before the advent of human beings. Today, the theologian must wrestle with the claim that pain, suffering, and death not only precedes human beings, but are in fact instruments in the very process of creation itself.