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A Disciplinarização da Literatura Angolana após a Descolonização
Authors: KANDJIMBO LUÍS 
Published: July 2024

RESUMO: O presente artigo tematiza a problemática da disciplinarização da literatura angolana, tendo em conta três eixos: 1. a instauração de novas narrativas legitimadoras; 2. o funcionamento do campo literário e do sistema educativo; 3. a legitimação e canonicidade da literatura angolana. A consagração disciplinar é abordada numa perspetiva histórica cujo pressuposto assenta na necessidade de interpretar as consequências políticas do processo de descolonização de Angola. A partir daí é possível compreender que os fundamentos da institucionalização do novo sistema educativo e o reconhecimento tardio da literatura angolana como disciplina escolar e académica, à luz das conexões que estabelece com o campo político, enquanto conjunto de obras literárias representativas de uma comunidade histórica multicultural.
PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Descolonização; literatura angolana; disciplinarização; canonicidade
ABSTRACT: This article discusses the issue of Angolan literature disciplinarization, taking three axes into account: 1. the establishment of new legitimating narratives; 2. the functioning of the literary field and the educational system; 3. the legitimation and canonicity of Angolan literature. Disciplinary consecration is approached from a historical perspective whose assumption is based on the need to interpret the political consequences of Angola’s decolonization process. From there, it is possible to understand the foundations of the institutionalization of the new educational system and the late recognition of Angolan literature as a school and academic subject, in light of the connections it establishes with the political field, as a set of literary works representative of a multicultural historical community.
KEYWORDS: Decolonization; Angolan literature; disciplinarization; canonicity
DecliNações "transitórias" sobre e na obra de Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida: <i>Esse Cabelo, Luanda Lisboa Paraíso, Maremoto</i>
Authors: FALCONI JESSICA 
Published: July 2024

RESUMO: Introduzindo o debate sobre a emergência de uma literatura afrodescendente em língua portuguesa e enquadrando a obra de Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida nas fron-teiras entre literatura portuguesa e afrodescendente, este capítulo discute o lugar dos trânsitos em romances da autora, nomeadamente, Esse Cabelo (2015), Luanda, Lisboa, Paraíso (2018) e Maremoto (2021). Pretende-se demostrar que nos três romances a autora investe na representação de espaços híbridos que questionam as fronteiras – nacionais, identitárias, ficcionais – apontando para a emergência de uma estética “tran-sitória”, em linha com aquela traçada pelo documentário de Doris Wieser Viver e escrever em trânsito: entre Portugal e Angola.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida; literatura afrodescendente; trânsitos pós-coloniais; espaços urbanos.

ABSTRACT: Introducing the debate on the emergence of an Afro-descendant literature in Portuguese and framing the work of Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida on the borders between Portuguese and Afro-descendant literature, this chapter discusses the place of transits in the author’s novels, namely, Esse Cabelo (2015), Luanda, Lisboa, Paraíso (2018) and Maremoto (2021). The chapter aims at showing that in the three novels the author invests in the representation of hybrid spaces that question borders – national, identity, fictional – pointing to the emergence of a “transitory” aesthetic, in line with that outlined by Doris Wieser’s documentary Viver e escrever em trânsito: entre Portugal e Angola.

KEYWORDS:

Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida; Afrodescendant literature; postcolonial tran-sits; urban spaces.
Kalaf Epalanga: a identidade nacional entre continuidades e descontinuidades
Authors: SILVA PAULO GEOVANE E 
Published: July 2024

RESUMO: Este ensaio toma a categoria da fronteira como linha de força em Também os brancos sabem dançar (2017), romance de Kalaf Epalanga (1978-), para observar como o pensamento fronteiriço conduz e amarra essa narrativa autoficcionada, agenciando espaços contínuos e descontínuos impermeáveis no corpo das identidades nacionais. A obra do autor angolano pensa a fronteira ora como um espaço de antagonismo nacio-nal, ora como um domínio dialético, penetrável, convergente e aberto a identificações com diferentes outridades nacionais. Ao longo deste estudo, foi possível constatar que Kalaf Epalanga logra uma escrita da pós-modernidade, na medida em que faz da iden-tidade nacional – uma construção arraigadamente moderna – um espaço de incerteza, instabilidade e opressão, por um lado, e um território de múltiplos possíveis, de expan-são e desprendimento identitário, por outro.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Kalaf Epalanga; fronteira; Angola; identidades nacionais.

ABSTRACT: This essay takes the category of the border as a thread of force in Whites Can Dance Too (2017), a novel by Kalaf Epalanga (1978-). The aim is to observe how bor-der thinking drives and ties this autofictionalized narrative, dynamizing impermeable continuous and discontinuous spaces in the body of national identities. The Angolan author’s work projects the border sometimes as a space of national antagonism, some-times as a dialectical domain, penetrable, convergent, and open to identifications with different national othernesses. Throughout this study, it was possible to detect that Kalaf Epalanga achieves a postmodern writing in the sense that he turns national iden-tity – a deeply modern construction – into a space of uncertainty, instability, and oppres-sion, on the one hand, and a territory of multiple possibilities, of expansion and identity detachment, on the other.

KEYWORDS:

Kalaf Epalanga; border; Angola; national identities.
The Influence of Emotional Intelligence on the Performance of Ridan Permai Village Officials
Authors: Reza Saru , Mairiza Diany , Kamal Mustafa 
Published: July 2024

Introduction: This research aims to explore and analyze the influence of emotional intelligence on the performance of village officials in Ridan Permai. Emotional intelligence is measured through aspects such as emotion recognition, emotion management, self-motivation, empathy, and social skills.
Methods: This research used a survey to collect data which was distributed directly to Ridan Permai village officials at random. This research used the Slovin approach in determining the sample size and obtained 60 respondents who could be used for research. The simple linear regression analysis method is used to test the research hypothesis, then to test the research instrument using product moment for validity testing and Cronbach alpha for reliability testing, while testing classical assumptions using normality, multicollinearity, and heteroscedasticity tests.
Results: The results of this research show that emotional intelligence has a positive effect on the work of Ridan Permai village officials.
Conclusion and suggestion: These findings can be the basis for developing training and coaching programs aimed at increasing the emotional intelligence of village officials, with the hope of improving the quality of services and management at the village level. The practical implications of this research can support policymakers and stakeholders in optimizing the role of Ridan Permai village officials by increasing their emotional intelligence.
Informed Consent of the Patient
Authors: Dinu Catalina Georgeta  , Eleonora Brandusa Miess  
Published: July 2024

As a basic and general condition for the conclusion of the civil legal act, consent does not know a legal definition, this role being left to the doctrine. But the Romanian legislator dedicates a generous regulation to it in the Civil Code. Thus, consent was defined as a person's manifestation of will to conclude or perform a legal act. To produce legal effects, the consent must be conscious, free, and untainted. Consent, as provided by art. 1240 of the Romanian Civil Code, can be expressed verbally, in writing or through a behaviour that, according to the law, the parties, established between them, that leaves no doubt about the intention to produce the corresponding legal effects. Referring to the medical act and to the need for a valid and informed consent of the patient, we can define this informed consent, as representing the informed consent of the patient in relation to the interventions/medical acts that can have unpredictable consequences. However, to make an informed decision, the patient must be fully informed about his state of health, about the proposed medical procedures, about the potential risks and benefits of each procedure, about alternatives to the proposed procedures, about the diagnosis, the prognosis, and the progress of the treatment. As a rule, obtaining consent is done only after the patient is informed according to his capacity to understand, clearly and with direct reference to the medical act to be performed, communicating any useful information to make a fully informed decision of cause.
Liderazgo femenino en los consejos y respuesta corporativa a las iniciativas de sostenibilidad: Un caso exploratorio en cooperativas agroalimentarias
Authors: García-Martí Elia , Hernández-Ortiz María Jesús , Ruiz-Jiménez María del Carmen , Pedrosa-Ortega Cristina , Martínez-Jiménez Rocío 
Published: July 2024

Actualmente, existe un gran interés por la participación de la mujer en ámbitos de toma de decisiones, debido a que diferentes estudios demuestran que la presencia femenina en la dirección influye en la mejora de la sostenibilidad de la empresa.Este trabajo contribuye a mejorar la comprensión de las características del liderazgo femenino, en cooperativas agroalimentarias, a través de un estudio de casos de referencia en España. El objetivo ha sido analizar el proceso de la mujer en el acceso al consejo rector, las características de su liderazgo y la influencia que su liderazgo tiene en la sostenibilidad empresarial, medida a través de sus tres componentes ESG (Environmetal, Social and Governance).Los resultados indican que la mujer accede al consejo rector, tras demostrar sus capacidades profesionales ante los socios. Su liderazgo se puede definir como transformacional y se apoya en la cultura cooperativa. Además, se pone de relieve que existe una relación positiva entre la mujer en puestos de liderazgo y la mejora de la sostenibilidad en cooperativas agroalimentarias.
On the distribution of powerful and r-free lattice points
Authors: Srisopha Sunanta ,   Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University, Srichan Teerapat ,   Kasetsart University
Published: July 2024

Let $1 < c < 2$. For $m, n \in \mathbb{N}$, a lattice point $(m, n)$ is powerful if and only if $\gcd(m, n)$ is a powerful number, where $\gcd(*, *)$ is the greatest common divisor function. In this paper, we count the number of the ordered pairs $(m, n)$, $m, n \leq x$ such that the lattice point $(\left\lfloor m^c \right\rfloor, \left\lfloor n^c \right\rfloor)$ is powerful. Moreover, we study $r$-free lattice points analogues of powerful lattice points.
Spatial heterogeneity and lake morphology affect diffusive greenhouse gas emission estimates of lakes
Authors: Schilder Jos , Bastviken David , van Hardenbroek Maarten , Kankaala Paula , Rinta Päivi , Stötter Tabea , Heiri Oliver 
Published: October 2013

AbstractMost estimates of diffusive flux (F) of methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) from lakes are based on single‐point flux chamber measurements or on piston velocity (k) modeled from wind speed and single‐point measurements of surface water gas concentrations (Caq). We analyzed spatial variability of F of CH4 and CO2, as well as Caq and k in 22 European lakes during late summer. F and k were higher in the lake centers, leading to considerable bias when extrapolating single‐point chamber measurements to whole‐lake estimates. The ratio of our empirical k estimates to wind speed‐modeled k was related to lake size and shape, suggesting a lake morphology effect on the relationship between wind speed and k. This indicates that the error inherent to established wind speed models can be reduced by determining k and Caq at multiple sites on lakes to calibrate wind speed‐modeled k to the local system.
Neurological studies on polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)‐poisoned patients
Authors: Chia Lie‐Gan , Chu Fu‐Li 
Published: October 2013

AbstractThirty‐five patients out of the 2,000 PCB‐poisoned cases that occurred in central Taiwan in 1978 were neurologically studied in 1980. Neurological manifestation included clinical peripheral sensory neuropathy in about two thirds of the cases, headache in two‐fifths and dizziness in one‐third. There was no relationship between the blood PCB concentration in patients with neurological manifestation and those without. Sensory nerve conduction velocity was reduced in about half of the cases and motor nerve conduction was delayed in about one‐third of the cases, which suggested that PCB poisoning apparently affected not only sensory nerve conduction but also motor nerve conduction. Normal CSF PCB concentrations (0.5–2.3 ppb) indicated that PCB had difficulty penetrating the blood‐brain barrier. A mildly abnormal EEG pattern was found in one fifth of twenty‐seven cases.
Persistently elevated polychlorinated biphenyl levels from residual contamination of workplace surfaces
Authors: Christiani David C. , Kriebel David , Fox Nancy J. , Baker Edward L. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractA short‐term follow‐up study was performed on 55 workers in a gear plant exposed to PCB that contaminated the work surfaces. Current work did not involve the use of PCBs. Exposure was to residual PCB left behind by a capacitor company which formerly used the site. Elevated PCB levels were found in production area workers; these elevations persisted on retesting 1 year later. Efforts should be made to identify potentially toxic materials left behind on work surfaces of buildings before remodeling or reuse.
Cancer risks associated with 10 inorganic dusts: Results from a case‐control study in Montreal
Authors: Siemiatycki Jack , Dewar Ron , Lakhani Ramzan , Nadon Louise , Richardson Lesley , Gérin Michel 
Published: October 2013

AbstractA multicancer site, multifactor case‐control study was undertaken to generate hypotheses about possible occupational carcinogens. Probing interviews were carried out with eligible cases, comprising all incident cases of 20 types of cancer who were male, aged 35–70 years, and a resident in Montreal. The interview was designed to obtain detailed lifetime job histories and information on potential confounders. Each job history was reviewed by a team of chemists and industrial hygienists who translated it into a history of occupational exposures. These occupational exposures were then analyzed as potential risk factors in relation to the sites of cancer included; 3,726 cases were interviewed. For each site of cancer analyzed, controls were selected from among the other sites in the study. This report concerns the associations between the 12 main types of cancer in our series and 10 inorganic dusts that are found mainly in construction and metal industries. All site‐exposure combinations were investigated. After intensive control for confounding, nonadenocarcinoma (NAC) of the lung was associated with long duration–high level exposure to silica (odds ratio [OR] = 1.4), excavation dust (OR = 1.9), concrete dust (OR = 2.5), abrasives dust (OR = 1.4), and alumina (OR = 1.5). It was difficult to disentangle the relative effects of those substances, and confounding among them was a distinct possibility. Although residual confounding by some uncontrolled factors may explain the elevated ORs, the results were compatible with the hypothesis of a nonspecific relation between NAC of the lung and respirable inorganic dusts as a class. Other associations that remained suggestive after in‐depth analysis were silica and stomach cancer (OR = 1.2) and concrete dust and lymphoma (OR = 2.9).
Neurochemical effect of lead exposure: A study on catecholamine metabolism
Authors: Ong C.N. , Chia K.S. , Koh D. , Saijoh K. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractIn an attempt to examine the neurochemical changes of lead exposure, a study was conducted on 106 lead workers and a control group of 25 nonexposed workers. The urinary excretion of major catecholamine metabolites, homovanillic acid (HVA), and vanillylmandellic acid (VMA) were measured. Workers exposed to lead had a mean blood lead concentration of 43.2 μg/100 ml, whereas the concentration for workers not exposed to lead was 12.7 μg/100 ml. Urinary HVA was significantly elevated in the exposed group when compared with controls (p<0.01). HVA was also found to be associated with an increase of lead in blood. Although not statistically significant, the VMA excretion was also noted to be moderately elevated; however, it is recognized that the present study was unable to establish a highly significant dose‐response relationship between lead exposure and HVA excretion, as has been reported earlier in lead‐poisoned children.
Dose‐excretion relationship in tetrachloroethylene‐exposed workers and the effect of tetrachloroethylene co‐exposure on trichloroethylene metabolism
Authors: Seiji Kazunori , Inoue Osamu , Jin Chui , Liu Yu‐Tang , Cai Shi‐Xiong , Ohashi Mariko , Watanabe Takao , Nakatsuka Haruo , Kawai Toshio , Ikeda Masayuki 
Published: October 2013

AbstractPersonal monitoring of 8‐hour time‐weighted average intensity of exposure with diffuse samplers and analysis of shift‐end urine for total trichloro‐compounds (TTC) and other metabolites were conducted in two groups of workers in China, one (121 subjects) exposed to tetrachloroethylene (TETRA) alone, and the other (38 subjects) exposed to a mixture of TETRA and trichloroethylene (TRI). Urinalysis was also performed on samples from 103 non‐exposed controls. A linear exposure‐excretion relationship could be observed in both groups of workers. Comparison of these results with those of Japanese TETRA‐workers suggested the presence of ethnic difference in TETRA metabolism. Urinary metabolite levels were markedly lower in the mixed (TETRA + TRI) exposure group as compared to previous findings in a group exposed to TRI alone. The observation indicates that metabolism of TRI is suppressed by the co‐exposure to TETRA in humans.
Lung cancer in motor exhaust‐related occupations
Authors: Hayes Richard B. , Thomas Terry , Silverman Debra T. , Vineis Paolo , Blot William J. , Mason Thomas J. , Pickle Linda W. , Correa Pelayo , Fontham Elizabeth T.H. , Schoenberg Janet B. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractThe association between employment in motor exhaust‐related occupations and the risk for lung cancer was examined in 2,291 male cases of lung cancer and 2,570 controls in data pooled from three U.S. case control studies carried out by the National Cancer Institute between 1976 and 1983. Most analyses were limited to subjects providing direct, in‐person interviews, including 1,444 cases and 1,893 controls. For those providing direct interviews and employed 10 years or more in motor exhaust‐related (MER) occupations, the age, smoking, and study area adjusted odds ratio (OR) for lung cancer was 1.5 (95% CI = 1.2–1.9). Risk was elevated for truck drivers (OR = 1.5; 95% CI = 1.1–1.9) and for other MER occupations (OR = 1.4; 95% CI = 1.1–2.0). The odds ratios associated with MER employment of 10+ years were 1.6 (95% CI = 1.2–2.1) for whites and 1.4 (95% CI = 0.9–2.1) for nonwhites; 0.9 (95% CI = 0.6–1.2) for those with possible exposure to other recognized or reported lung carcinogens; and 1.6 (95% CI 1.2–2.1) for those without such exposure. The 50% excess risk for lung cancer associated with employment in motor exhaust‐related occupations could not be explained by greater use of cigarettes or by other occupational exposures among these workers.
Bronchial hyperreactivity among pig and dairy farmers
Authors: Rylander Ragnar , Essie Nils , Donham Kelley J. 
Published: October 2013

AbstractThe presence of work‐related symptoms, pulmonary functions, and bronchial reactivity were studied in farmers working with dairy animals or pigs. An increased incidence of the organic dust toxic syndrome, cough, and throat irritation was found. Pulmonary function baseline values were close to normal, and no significant decreases occurred over the work period. Bronchial reactivity was increased.
Carbon disulfide exposure and neurotoxic sequelae among viscose rayon workers
Authors: Aaserud Olaf , Hommeren Ole Jörgen , Tvedt Björn , Nakstad Per , Mowé Gunnar , Efskind Jon , Russell David , Jörgensen Eva B. , Nyberg‐Hansen Rolf , Rootwelt Kjell , Gjerstad Leif 
Published: October 2013

AbstractIn Norway's only viscose rayon plant, carbon disulfide (CS2) concentrations in ambient air usually were between 30 and 50 mg/m3 during the first 23 years of production. From 1970/1971 until the factory was closed in 1982, corresponding values were 10–25 mg/m3. Through all of these years, high peak exposures of CS2 and H2S occurred. In 1986, 16 of the 24 men still at work in 1982 and with at least 10 years' experience in the spinning room agreed to participate in this study. Clinical neurological examination demonstrated abnormalities in 15; neuropsychological tests showed impairments of probable organic origin in 14. Thirteen had cerebral atrophy demonstrated by cerebral computed tomography (CT). Electromyography (EMG) was abnormal in six, neurography in 11. Regional cerebral blood flow measurements indicated flow asymmetries in eight, whereas Doppler investigation of the extracranial carotid and vertebral arteries, electroencephalography (EEG), and evoked response investigations were mostly normal. Based on these results and the exposure data, a diagnosis of CS2‐induced encephalopathy was reached in eight workers; another six had an encephalopathy in which CS2 exposure was regarded as a partial cause. Correspondingly, seven had a neuropathy probably caused by CS2 exposure alone; in three others, CS2 was found to be the partial cause of a neuropathy. This indicates that long‐term, relatively moderate exposure to CS2 in association with high peak exposures to CS2 and H2S involves a substantial risk of developing neurotoxic disease.
Simpson‐golabi‐behmel syndrome: An X‐linked encephalo‐tropho‐schisis syndrome
Authors: Neri G. , Marini R. , Cappa M. , Borrelli P. , Opitz J.M. 
Published: October 2013

IntroductionThe following paper by Professor Giovanni Neri and colleagues was originally published in 1988, American Journal of Medical Genetics 30:287–299. This paper represented a seminal work at the time of publication as it not only reported a new family with a disorder that had been called the “gigantism‐dysplasia syndrome”, but also suggested naming the condition the Simpson‐Golabi‐Behmel syndrome. This eponym has clearly stood “the test of time”, and that designation is now widely accepted. This paper is graciously republished by Wiley‐Blackwell in the Special Festschrift issue honoring Professor Neri.
John C. CareyEditor‐in‐ChiefWe report on another family with the so‐called “gigantism‐dysplasia syndrome”, an X‐linked condition characterized by pre‐and postnatal overgrowth, characteristic face with apparent coarseness, dysplastic changes in several tissues, and mild intellectual impairment. This condition has been called the Golabi–Rosen syndrome; however, we agree that is the same entity as that described, in a milder form, by Simpson et al. in 1975 and by Behmel et al. in 1984. Therefore, we suggest that this entity be designated the Simpson‐Golabi‐Behmel syndrome. The manifestations in affected individuals suggest that this condition represents an X‐linked encephalo‐tropho‐schisis syndrome. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.