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The politics of labour reforms in Portugal: Politicization and Europeanization before and after the bailout
Authors: Caune Hélène 
Published: March 2019

Abstract
The article focuses on the politicization of Portuguese Labour Code reforms since the early 2000s. More specifically, it looks at the link between mechanisms of politicization and Europeanization from a variety of perspectives, including decision-making processes and agenda setting, political divides and reform coalitions. By adopting a longitudinal approach, the article shows how the economic crisis and troika bailout have affected connections between politicization and Europeanization. Portuguese labour market policies have followed a continuous process of increased flexibility in recent years irrespective of governments’ partisan orientations and without any significant variations. It remains that the economic crisis – and the memorandum agreed with the troika and implemented against the backdrop of a sovereign debt crisis – have had a considerable effect on political debate and social protest while deepening the polarization that divides Portuguese trade unions and governing parties. The processes of Europeanization and politicization are addressed from a qualitative perspective that is crucial in the understanding of the politics of labour reforms in Portugal as it sheds light on the political conditions of reforms coalitions and their constraints.
Can the unequal access to home birth be framed as a source of inequalities? A comparison between Portugal and Denmark
Authors: Santos Mário J. D. S. 
Published: March 2019

Abstract
Planned home births happen across Europe, but there are countries where informal and formal limitations can be found by families. This article draws upon a short research project conducted in Denmark in March 2014, which aimed to explore the organization of home birth in Denmark and to compare it to the Portuguese case. Private home births, in Portugal, and publicly funded home births, in Denmark, show interesting similarities when looking at the individual experience of choosing and planning a birth at home. However, through this comparative analysis, I argue that the limitations imposed around the option of home birth in Portugal raise important inequalities between women and families planning to give birth at home and those planning a hospital birth. The successful models found in Denmark can potentially serve as grounds for a broader discussion and as a trigger for change in Portuguese policies, to promote ethical and evidence-based practices among professionals, and the improvement in perinatal health outcomes for families who experience planned home births.
Other genders: (Un)doing gender norms in Portugal at a microsocial level
Authors: Merlini Sara 
Published: March 2019

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Departing from an analysis of alternative views and practices to gender-dominant norms, we focus on the construction of gender difference at a microsocial level. By looking at those who intentionally transgress and distance themselves from gender mainstream conventions and beliefs, we aim to deepen the understanding of the continuities and changes in gender regulation mechanisms and processes. For this, we will carry out a critical analysis of qualitative data from a sub-sample of transgender individuals who do not identify unambivalently with the binary categories of man/woman. Based on the Portuguese data collected within the TRANSRIGHTS Project, we will show how gender norms are being mobilized, transformed and resisted to in micro-interactions. To carry out this analytical exercise, we confront two of the fundamental theoretical currents in the study of gender norms. As we seek to bridge the gap between action and structure, our results provide insight into how gender is being (un)done in the Portuguese context. We identified three main groups that practice gender beyond the binary and their relation to the dominant norms. Given the growing visibility and greater tolerance for ‘non-binary’ genders in western societies, this study is both relevant and necessary.
Research production among economics academics in Portuguese universities
Authors: Pinheiro Margarida M. 
Published: March 2019

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This article analyses which factors seem to influence the research production of economics academics in Portuguese universities. The availability of the empirical data from the one-off national Portuguese census on degrees’ accreditation collected via the curricular files that all university academics had to submit to the national accreditation body (comprising an extensive list of detailed information regarding each academic in every public university) allowed for the opportunity of the study. The methodological procedures involve the analysis of the relationships between variables, an additive ordinal logistic model, a hierarchical cluster analysis and optimal scaling techniques. The results provide detailed information on the factors that influence research output production by academics and the relationship to factors shaping the academic career. This work has, at least, two main advantages: to describe the research performance of the academics by the time the new career statutes replaced the previous ones within a context of enhancing quality and productivity; and to be part of a scholarly reference that can be used (in a comparative perspective) for future studies.
‘Chariot of Fire’: Genre slippages, iconographic agitation and ideological subversion in SRK’s Raees
Authors: Ahmed Omar 
Published: March 2019

Abstract
Genres have often been a safe space for ideological containment, reworking popular conventions and fulfilling audience expectations. But many popular genres including science fiction, horror and the gangster film are also vehicles for subversion. This article will use Raees (Dholakia, 2017), a big budget Bollywood film starring Shah Rukh Khan (SRK), to demonstrate how the Indian gangster film acts as a rejoinder to Hindutva cultural politics, challenging the notion that popular Hindi cinema is merely in the bind of normalizing a nationalist agenda. Using the yatra (procession/journey) sequence as a focal point for textual analysis, I will cover three key areas. This includes the use of political iconography, the violent resistance that emerges to stop the yatra and that is instigated by Raees, a liminal figure of proletarian and secularist ideals, and finally, how the imagining of the Muslim harbours a punitive refrain.
Reading double: Queer girls and Hindutva politics in The World Before Her
Authors: Rao Anandi 
Published: March 2019

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This article examines the representation of Prachi, one of the chief subjects of the Indo-Canadian documentary The World Before Her, as a queer girl who finds the space to articulate her non-heteronormativity in a right-wing Hindu training camp for girls, the Durga Vahini. While made in 2012, this Canadian documentary, written and directed by Indo-Canadian film-maker Nisha Pahuja, was released in India in 2014, soon after Narendra Modi’s election, and was criticized by some as being a form of Hindutva propaganda. Drawing on the work of Antke Engel, Nikita Dhawan, Maria do Mar Castro Varela, Akhil Katyal and Kara Keeling, this article looks at the film-maker’s role in shaping the narrative and moments of linguistic, translational and affective excess to argue that queer politics, especially in postcolonial states, is not merely subversive but is also complicit in reinforcing hegemonic ideologies.
‘PK Hamara Hai’: Hindi cinema and the defense of dharm in media counterpublics
Authors: Robison Claire C. 
Published: March 2019

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This article problematizes notions in the current landscape of debates over Hindi cinema as one of polarized opposition between violent Hindutva cultural politics and liberal civil society. While acknowledging the centrality of both of these urban Indian publics to recent controversies, my article seeks to illumine an important demographic group in between the two: middle-class supporters of Hindu religious principles in India’s political and social landscape who eschew violent protests but work through media production to counter what they see as the affronts to Hindu dharm posed by recent popular Hindi films. I examine this group’s voice in larger culture debates through a discussion of the plays and other media productions of India’s International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) communities, produced in response to the films OMG (Shukla, 2012), PK (Hirani, 2014) and Padmaavat (Bhansali, 2018) in Mumbai and Pune. I analyse this as a third voice in contemporary debates over the representation and critique of Hindu traditions in India’s public spheres.
Triumph of the Rajput: Sanjay Leela Bhansali and the fascist aesthetics of Padmaavat
Authors: Gehlawat Ajay 
Published: March 2019

Abstract
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmaavat (2018) re-tells the legendary tale of the Rajput queen Padmavati. In recounting this tale, Bhansali hews to the historic, Manichaean dichotomization of Hindu and Muslim, presenting Rajputs as entirely noble figures and Muslim invaders as essentially barbaric. Employing Susan Sontag’s and Frank Tomasulo’s theorizations of the cinema of Leni Riefenstahl, this article examines how Bhansali glorifies the Rajputs’ purported history via his fascist aesthetics. Such an approach rearticulates history as myth and presents it as a form of theatre. This article analyses Bhansali’s use of such aesthetics to reenact the Manichaean framing of Hindu–Muslim relations, which reaffirm contemporary chauvinistic formulations of the (Hindu) nation. In the process, Bhansali’s film can be seen as lending support to the ideology of contemporary fundamentalist Hindu forces.
Interview with Lalit Vachani
Authors: Khanna Leela 
Published: March 2019

Abstract
This interview with filmmaker Lalit Vachani explores the unique relationship between filmmaker and radical political subject. Vachani has made two documentary films on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). His first film, The Boy in the Branch (1993) was filmed mere months before the December 1992 Babri Masjid demolition. The documentary captures the unassuming ways local RSS shakha (branch) members recruit young boys in Nagpur into their right-wing milieu. Eight years later, Vachani’s film, The Men in the Tree (2002) revisits the same RSS members and presents their narratives of the demolition and how the Sangh has shaped their lives. This interview asks Vachani to reflect on the constantly changing power dynamics that a filmmaker must negotiate with his interlocutors. As the politics of representation are now changing with far right political groups actively producing their own media content, Vachani is invited to reflect on his past films alongside the present concerns of the growing visibility of Hindu right politics.
Soch Aur Shauch: Reading Brahminism and patriarchy in Toilet: Ek Prem Katha
Authors: Rao Pallavi 
Published: March 2019

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This article locates how the recent resurgence of cinema from the Hindi heartland valourizes Brahminical notions of modernity. Closely reading the film Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017), it argues that the film aligns with the simplistic rationale of the state’s ‘Swachch Bharat Abhiyan’, which blames basic ignorance and lack of access to latrines for open defecation in rural Uttar Pradesh, not, as sociological evidence argues, ideologies of caste purity. This article examines the depiction of the film’s Brahmin male lead as an agent of modernity through the logic of Brahminical scriptures rather than institutionalized emphasis on health, sanitation and hygiene. This public staging of a Hindu heroic will propelling the nation into an age of progress utilizes the formal characteristics of realist melodrama that echoes the authoritarian impulses of the state, I argue, reinforcing nation-building as tied to patriarchal caste dharma through its spatial representations and imagined citizen-subjects.
The gaze of the raping Muslim man: Love Jihad and Hindu right-wing rhetoric in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmaavat
Authors: Shandilya Krupa 
Published: March 2019

Abstract
This article draws a connection between the Hindu right-wing protests against Love Jihad and the film Padmaavat (2018), arguing that the controversy surrounding the film is animated by the same discourse used to discuss the Hindu rightwing image of the Muslim man as a seducer and rapist of Hindu women. I argue that the entire film pivots around the deferred scene of desire between the Muslim Khilji and the Hindu Padmavati. Cinematically, the fetishistic scopophilic male gaze is itself a representation of desire, that is, to see is to desire. Thus, although the film refuses to show the scene of desire, it is haunted by the fear of the Muslim man as the spectator (and thereby) desirer of Hindu women. This anxiety is exemplified by the many ways in which the film represents Khilji’s desire (and by extension the desire of all Muslim men) as always already aberrant: the Muslim man as a bisexual, violent rapist. Thus, the film mirrors the rhetoric of contemporary Hindu right-wing politics.
Mangifera indica L. Leaves Extract Induced Intrinsic Apoptotic Pathway in MCF-7 Cells by Decreasing Bcl-2 Expression and Inducing Bax Expression
Authors: Fitriasih Fitriasih , Komariyah Siti Mega , Sandra Ferry , Pratiwi Nenni , Hidayati Devi Nisa 
Published: March 2019

Extract of Mangifera indica L. has been investigated to have cytotoxic activity against MCF-7 cells. Current research was conducted to determine the cytotoxic activity of methanol extract of M. indica leaves (MEML) on MCF-7 breast cancer cells and to investigate on the MEML's effect on Bcl-2 and Bax expressions. M. indica leaves were extracted using soxhletation with methanol. The cytotoxic test was perfomed using MTT assay with various MEML concentrations: 15.625, 31.25, 62.5, 125, 250 and 1000 μg/mL. Meanwhile, Bax and Bcl-2 expressions of MCF-7 breast cancer cells were detected with immunocytochemical staining after treatment of MEML with concentrations of ¼ IC50, ½ IC50 and IC50. The results showed that IC50 of cytotoxic activity was 308.12 µg/mL. MEML could influence Bax and Bcl-2 protein expressions. After treatment of MEML, Bcl-2 expression was decreased while Bax expression was increased.Keywords : Mangifera indica L., Cytotoxic, Bax, Bcl-2, MCF-7
A Brief Outlook on Pharmacogenetics (PGx): Focus in MicroRNAs (miRNAs) and Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs)
Authors: Sandra Ferry 
Published: March 2019

It has been known that there are differences in response to medications both in terms of clinical activity and side effects. Among all influencing factors, genetic variation has been considered to play a crucial part. By genetic investigation, the differences in drug metabolism, transport and target could be disclosed. Termed as “pharmacogenetics (PGx)”, that focuses on the variants within one or more candidate genes. Genetic tests have been started for screening polymorphisms prior to drug prescription, moreover many biomarkers were developed in oncology. Recent PGx investigations have been conducted to identify mRNAs, microRNAs (miRNAs) and other downstream signals that are affected by variation in genes that might cause drug response variability. Another intriguing study related to PGx in cancer stem cells (CSCs) has recently aroused. CSC shows more resistant behavior to drug. CSCs are subpopulation of cells, which share some same markers with stem cells. CSC can induce specific signal transduction pathways. Variation in genes affect CSCs activity are generally neglected in the past PGx studies. This could be one of the explanation why past PGx studies in cancer cell do not achieve optimal clinical outcome. Keywords : pharmacogenetics, pharmacogenomics, microRNAs, cancer stem cells
Cytotoxic Activity of Ethyl Acetate Fraction of Aglaia elliptica Blume Leaves Extract on HepG2 Hepatocarcinoma Cells
Authors: Churiyah Churiyah , Yuliarni Ekclesia , Wibowo Agung Eru , Firdayani Firdayani 
Published: March 2019

Aglaia elliptica Blume belongs to Meliaceae family which contain an active compound of rocaglamid as anticancer. The research was conducted to evaluate the biological activities of ethyl acetate fraction of Aglaia elliptica Blume leaves. The dry powder of Aglaia elliptica Blume leaves was extracted with methanol using maceration method, then was fractionated using n-hexane and ethyl acetate, guided by brine shrimp lethality test (BSLT). The most toxic fraction then processed by column chromatography and resulted in eight subfractions. Three of them showed the most toxic effect on BSLT namely FEA 3.3, FEA 3.4 and FEA 3.5 with LC50 of 40.81, 18.56 and 13.40 ppm respectively. The cytotoxic activities of those three active subfractions were assayed on HepG2 hepatocarcinoma cells using enzymatic reaction of 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazoyl-2-yl) 2,5 diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT), and the results showed that the IC50 were 35.10, 14.36 and 14.09 ppm respectively. The most active sub fraction (FEA 3.5) was then performed further analyzed using preparative high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The HPLC results indicated that there were three active compounds, which were suspected as derivatives of rocaglamid. The molecular docking simulation indicated that rocaglamide formed complex with Toll-like Receptor 4 in HepG2 hepatocarcinoma cells and affected the inhibition of proliferation of its cell. Keywords : Aglaia elliptica Blume leaves extract, fractionation, BSLT, MTT assay,hepatocarsinoma cell lines
Recent Invasion of the Endemic Banggai Cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni at The Strait of Bali: Assessment of the Habitat Type and Population Structure
Authors: Putra I Nyoman Giri , Putra I Dewa Nyoman Nurweda 
Published: March 2019

The demands of marine organisms for the aquarium trade are remain high and seems continue to increase. Consequently, many of marine organisms has been spread out from its natural habitat as in the case of endemic Banggai cardinalfish, (Pterapogon kauderni). That has invaded “new” habitat since it being trade in 1995. In recent years, a small populations of P. kauderni is known to be exist in a narrow bay near the Gilimanuk harbor, Bali. An underwater visual fish census survey was conducted on June 2018 to estimate the habitat types and densities of P. kauderni. Additionally, 23 specimens of P. kauderni were collected randomly in order to assess biological parameters such as the length-weight relationship. We successfully recorded 30 groups of P. kauderni that inhabit a shallow areas with a depth range between 0.5m to 2m. Of these, more than 90% of the groups were found to be associated with sea urchin (Diadema sp.) while the rest were found to live together with branching coral (Acropora sp.) and branching sponge (Ptylocaulis sp.). Total number of fish observed during the survey were 381 individuals. The fish density is 0.76 individu.m-2. Length-weight relationship showed that P. kauderni exhibit is negative allometry (b<3) which mean that the increase in length is faster than the weight gain. Interestingly, from the 23 specimens collected, none of these were sexually mature (SL<41 mm) which may indicated that the population of P. kauderni in Bali are under serious threats of exploitation.
Dissipation of Solitary Wave Due To Mangrove Forest: A Numerical Study by Using Non-Dispersive Wave Model
Authors: Adytia Didit , Husrin Semeidi , Latifah Arnida Lailatul 
Published: March 2019

In this paper, we study a dissipation of solitary wave due to mangrove forest by using numerical simulation. Here, the solitary wave is chosen to represent tsunami wave form. To simulate the wave dynamic, we use the non-dispersive Nonlinear Shallow Water Equations (NSWE). The model is implemented numerically by using finite volume method in a momentum conservative staggered grid. By using the proposed numerical scheme, the numerical code is able to simulate solitary wave breaking phenomenon. Wave dissipation due to mangrove forest is modelled as bottom roughness with an approximate value of manning roughness, which is derived from the classical Morisson’s formula. To test the modelled dissipation by mangrove forest, we reconstruct a physical experiment in hydrodynamic laboratory where a solitary wave propagates above a sloping bottom, which has a parameterized mangrove in the shallower part. Two cases are performed to test the performance of the numerical implementation, i.e. the non-breaking and breaking solitary waves. Results of simulation agree quite well with the measurement data. The results of simulation are also analyzed quantitatively by calculating errors as well as correlation with the measurement data. Moreover, to investigate effects of wave steepness on solitary wave, to the reduction of wave energy, we perform numerical investigation. Various solitary waves with different wave steepness are simulated to see their effects on amplitude and energy reduction due to mangrove forest.
Distribution and Community Structure of Coral Reefs In The West Coast Of Sumatra Indonesia
Authors: Siringoringo Rikoh Manogar , Hadi Tri Aryono , Sari Ni Wayan Purnama , Abra Muhammad , Munasik Munasik 
Published: March 2019

This paper assesses the distribution and community structure of coral species in six locations along the west coast of Sumatra, namely Mentawai, Bengkulu, Nias, Padang Pariaman, Simeulue, and Central Tapanuli. Data collected using Line Intercept Transect (LIT) method obtained from 55 sites at six locations. The ordination analysis by using PRIMER 7 software indicates the corals do not distributed evenly. In this case, almost all of the corals distributed mainly in Central Tapanuli and followed by Bengkulu, making it the most diverse corals location in the west coast. Mentawai and Padang Pariaman were less diverse and relatively similar as clustered together, but Padang Pariaman reefs had more Montipora and Pocillopora while Mentawai reefs is mainly featured by Pavona and Psammocora. Although Nias reefs clustered into two different clusters, the main reef features were Porites and Pavona. Simeulue reefs appeared characterized by Porites and Psammocora. Porites known as a very common genus of coral and are found in the widest area of the world's coral reefs. The within-site species richness determined by using species accumulation curve. K-dominance curve showed that Bengkulu and Mentawai seemed to have the lowest cumulative abundance but then crossed over Central Tapanuli at the third most abundance species. There were 52 genera found from six locations, eight of them distributed in all locations. Approximately 90% of which were found in Central Tapanuli. There were no differences between live coral coverage within locations, yet Caswell’s neutral model showed that Mentawai and Bengkulu had more coral species than other locations, indicating that there were likely were less stress environmental conditions occurring in these two locations.