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This paper studies the transfictionalization devices involved in adapting the novel Aparição (1959), by Vergílio Ferreira, to cinema, directed by Fernando Vendrell (Aparição, 2018) and scripted by Fátima Ribeiro and João Milagre. The interest is on the process of transcoding from one communicative system to another, and its consequent potential for (re)interpretation and (re)creation (HUTCHEON, 2011) of the novel. Recognizing the difficulty of transporting a worldview of a reflective, metaphysical, existentialist nature like Ferreira’s to cinema, I start from the analysis of filmic semiotics, focusing on the way in which history, time, space, characters are transfigured in the sense of refocus some axes themes of the “original” work. Among the aspects that receive new critical-thematic vigor in the film is the representation of women in a conservative, patriarchal society, in the context of the Salazar dictatorship. This representation is highlighted, greatly, in the gender performances (BUTLER, 1998) that give survival (REIS, 2018) to the characters Sofia and Ana. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to analyze the Turkish foreign policy towards the African continent in the 21st century. With the end of the Cold War and the world order centered on a bipolar logic, Turkey has had greater autonomy to manage its international relations, maintaining a more active foreign policy by expanding its economic, diplomatic, and security affairs beyond the West. In this context, under the leadership of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), the African continent has come to occupy an increasingly prominent place in Turkish foreign relations. Thus, since the early 2000s, there has been a substantial increase in Turkey's presence on the continent, characterized, among other aspects, by the intensification of bilateral trade flows, the expansion of the diplomatic network on the continent, its participation in the mediation of conflicts and the offer of humanitarian assistance to African actors. In this context, and based on the literature on Middle Powers and Regional Powers, this paper discusses the intensification of Turkey's ties with African countries since the beginning of the 21st century, comprehending it as part of a broader international projection strategy. To this end, the study adopts a hermeneutic approach, relying on the literature review on Turkish-African relations and the analysis, supported by quantitative data, of the developments of these relations in the political, economic, and security axes throughout the period in question. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Are men more inclined to assume risks than women? The answer to this question is immediately relevant to various economic issues, including human behavior concerning medical remedies and procedures consumption. This paper aims to identify the perceived benefits of the consumption of medications centered on pharmaceutical risk assessment. Originality/value: The literature documents that risks and benefits can be considered the main trade-offs in consumer decision-making, including the pharmaceutical industry. It is a current theme with a high potential for social impact due to the many identified cases of Covid-19. In developing countries, most medication is used by self-medicating individuals, as access to health care can be insufficient. Self-medication is a potentially greater problem, as in this case, medication usage often follows advice from friends, relatives, and neighbors. Yet, there is little empirical evidence regarding this problem in the context of emerging countries. Design/methodology/approach: A survey of over 1,000 subjects using an extended regression model (ERM) in one of the biggest countries in the world, Brazil. Findings: The results reported that women perceive more risks and benefits from medication usage and medical procedures. The perception of the benefits of medications can be explained by the following dimensions: risk (personal injury, risk alertness, and risk awareness), gender, regular usage, and the benefits of medical procedures. Regarding risk dimensions, the lower the perceptions of personal injury and the higher the perceptions of risk alertness and risk awareness, the greater the perceived benefits of medication usage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper starts gathering historical evidence related to eventual regulation/deregulation cycles in the two first decades of the XXth and XXIth centuries. Following, an analysis on the passageway of the Medieval Man to a Liberal Man in Europe, and on the economic and political features of the Classical Liberalism in its path to Neoliberalism. Later on, a search for answers to the recent disarrangements and authoritarian trends in the world. Many critics were made to Neoliberalism as well as speculations on the future of this system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Including extension in curricula represents a strategic tool for reorientating higher education, involving greater integration of the university, services, and communities. This work presents the experience of implementing Extension Training in the Undergraduate course in Health Services Management at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). This paper is a descriptive study of the experience report type, which resulted from a pilot project developed between 2021 and 2022. This experience is based on a practical activity that provided the articulation and integration of two mandatory subjects from the curriculum to two extension projects involving small municipalities in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. To this end, a health assessment instrument was developed that allowed the situational diagnosis of municipalities, considering the demographic, epidemiological, socioeconomic, and organizational dimensions of health services. This instrument helped the classes to provide critical and collective learning, which articulates theory with the concrete experience of management, planning, and health of Extension Training in Public Health course curricula as it innovates and enhances the teaching-learning process critically, and can be support and inspiration for the insertion of extension in curricula of health courses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Asthma is one of the most common chronic respiratory diseases and affects children and adults, being a global health problem that affects around 300 million people. This study analyzed the impacts of educational interventions involving individuals with asthma in a university extension project. This paper is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, grouping 19 volunteers who have received a medical diagnosis of asthma and have participated in educational interventions in a university extension project. Semi-standardized interviews collected data on the following: disease familiarity, desire to participate in the project, daily life impacts, expectations on follow-up, and participation in similar projects. Data were collected between September 2018 and May 2019 and were organized in non a priori categories. The results of educational interventions reported by volunteers showed that participants have adapted to their condition, yet they face significant challenges during asthma crisis. Search for information, care network expansion, support, institution reputation, and curiosity were reported as motivations for participating in the project. Impacts on participants' daily lives included knowledge/self-knowledge, behavior change, encouragement, disease control, life quality, and awareness. We concluded that the educational initiatives carried out by the university extension project positively impacted the lives of individuals with asthma, allowing them to have more excellent knowledge about their condition and empowering them to assert more control over their health and quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digital education has become increasingly diverse and consistent, from formal education to the production of educational content on social networks. In these practices, teaching-learning materials have gained prominence, among which we highlight digital educational resources - or open educational resources (OERs). On the other hand, the discussion about discourse genres has become relevant and has experienced new developments. Thus, considering the contemporary importance of OERs in education and their textual and discursive complexity, the present paper has as its aim to discuss their characterization within the framework of discourse genres, more specifically their constitution as a genre or hypergenre. To this end, theoretical concepts from the field of education and technology are mobilized, such as Castro Filho et al (2008), Santos (2013) Santana, Rossini and Pretto (2012), and from text and discourse studies, such as Marcuschi (2008), Távora (2008), Bonini (2011) and Bakhtin (2011). The examples used for analysis are open educational resources produced under the EPTrilhas Project, developed by the XXX in partnership with the Ministry of Education's Department of Professional and Technological Education (SETEC). This analysis has showed, based on the characteristics of the genre, media and support, that multimodal OERs in virtual support have characteristics that identify them as hypermedia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses the relation producer/media/receiver from the viewpoint of intermedial studies. It starts by presenting an overview of the role of the reader in the context of exclusively verbal texts, in general, and literary texts, in particular. The hypothesis is that mediatic configurations comprising different modals require a multireceiver apt to perform sophisticated cognitive process at the moment of midiality. The argument is illustrated by the analysis of the production and reception dynamics of visual works, namely paintings by Édouard Manet and Salman Toor. The theoretical framework is provided by the works of Vincent Jouve (2002), Wolfgang Iser (1996) and Umberto Eco (1984, 2018) on reading; and by the works Claude Paul (2015), Irina Rajewsky (2012), Lars Elleström (2017, 2019, 2021) on intermedial studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Language teaching allows teachers to give students the chance to occupy spaces in different spheres. Some learn a language for personal tastes, others for professional reasons. When we learn another language, in addition to the linguistic aspects, we get to know cultural nuances and the way a society conceives the world based on its experiences and formulates its vision according to social identification. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to present and discuss the use of idiomatic expressions for teaching Portuguese to Spanish speakers, as well as contrasting them with expressions in the Spanish language. We believe that phraseology, which is the combination of words with a degree of idiomaticity, contributes to the communication of interlocutors (CORPAS-PASTOR, 1996; ZULUAGA, 2003; XATARA, 2013; ORTIZ ALVAREZ, 2014; MONTEIRO-PLANTIN, 2014). In this way, we show Brazilian Portuguese expressions that are used in everyday communication and that can be used in teaching Portuguese to natural Spanish speakers. Making use of phraseological elements in foreign/additional language classes can be a challenge for teachers who are already accustomed to the way they are taught. However, we would like to point out that teaching Portuguese as a mother tongue (PLM) is different from teaching it as a foreign/additional language (PLE), and seeking training is necessary in order to incorporate elements that are widespread in the culture and language in which the learners are inserted, since they contribute to their mastery of the language. In this way, we conclude that using idiomatic phraseology in the classroom is a support for teachers, since language and culture are inseparable, and presenting elements such as jargon, slang, proverbs, among others, enriches language learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Longitudinal patellar fractures are uncommon in veterinary orthopedics routine. These fractures directly affect pelvic limb movements and can result in joint incongruity and potentially degenerative joint disease. Surgical repair is necessary to preserve the quadriceps extensor mechanism and reduce possible complications. This paper describes the clinical status of a cat suffering from a longitudinal patellar fracture, the surgical procedure used to repair and stabilize the bone, and the postoperative outcomes during the animal's different healing phases. Case: One cat with a longitudinal patellar fracture of the left pelvic limb was treated at the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The patient was diagnosed based on physical and radiographic examinations of the affected pelvic limb. Under anesthesia, the patella was subjected to osteosynthesis using cerclage wire and to trochlear sulcoplasty to prevent luxation. The veterinarian recommended postoperative rest and basic care involving hygiene of the surgical wound. After 60 days, the cat was brought back to the hospital for radiographic reassessment to verify the osseous consolidation of the patella. The X-ray exam revealed non-consolidation of the bone fragments, despite the cemented implant and the proper joining of the fragments. However, although the fracture did not consolidate, the animal exhibited clinical improvement of its lameness. Discussion: Longitudinal fractures are rare and the literature contains few reports about them. It is believed that cats are more likely to present longitudinal fractures after direct blows that cause compression of the patella over the trochlear groove, since the patella in this species is relatively wider and smoother than that of dogs. The literature still lacks a clear description of the causal mechanism of longitudinal fractures; however, but the main causes may vary according to the clinical presentation. The choice of the best method to treat patellar fractures still poses a challenge, since several methods have been described, depending on how the fracture presents. Regardless of the choice of treatment, the techniques for surgical repair of patellar fractures must involve the following steps: the fracture must be reduced, the fragments kept in apposition until the fracture closes, the soft tissues are healed, and the knee function restored. The cat's patellar fracture was repaired with cerclage wire to restore its anatomical normality, reducing the fracture and stabilizing the bone fragments in order to immobilize them and ensure proper better bone healing. Maintenance and approximation of the lateral fragment of the longitudinal fracture, in conjunction with sulcoplasty, were proposed to ensure greater contact between the patella and the trochlear groove, thereby reducing the possibility of luxation. Despite the non-consolidation of the fracture, the fragment remained intact and immobile, and no post-surgical complications were reported. This confirmed the success of the technique employed to bring together the patellar fragments of the lateral longitudinal fracture, even in the absence of bone callus formation. Moreover, the technique proved to be simple and resulted in complete joint stability after 60 days. This is therefore an important tool for patellar fractures, whose lateral longitudinal fragment was retained, allowing for correct approximation and fragment immobilization, without the need for excision by partial patellectomy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Transmissible venereal tumour (TVT), also called Sticker Tumour, is a round cell tumour whose transmission occurs mainly through sexual contact between animals or direct transplantation of the neoplastic cell through licking or through direct contact with the lesioned area. TVT is the most common tumor found in stray dogs and predominantly affects the genital area and, in case of bitches, occurs in the vagina and foreskin, as well as the oral and nasal cavities. Intracavitary TVT is rarely reported. The aim of this paper is to report a case of an old neutered bitch affected by vaginal and intracavitary TVT, treated at the Veterinary School Clinic (CVE) of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Curitibanos campus, Brazil. Case: An approximately 10-year-old mixed breed bitch, weighing 18,5 kg and, neutered 2 years previously at the same institution, was brought by her owner, who reported dyskinesia, constipation, and serosanguinous vaginal discharge for a few weeks. Physical examination showed a row of 4 smooth, round masses with a soft consistency ranging from 1 to 2 cm at the bottom of the vaginal roof. The patient was referred for an ultrasound (US) and a vaginal swab was taken for cytological examination, whose result demonstrated TVT. The result of the US scan showed a heterogeneously shaped structure, with a more hypoechogenic center in relation to the periphery and irregular contours, measuring around 2.63 x 6.10 cm, in the uterine topography caudally to the bladder. Exploratory laparotomy was performed with total removal of the mass, which was surrounding the proximal urethra, and the material was sent for histological and cytological analysis, whose both results indicated TVT. Chemotherapy was then initiated, with 6 intravenous administrations of vincristine (0.5 mg/m2) with an interval of 15 days between each administration. The animal underwent a total of 6 chemotherapy sessions, without complete improvement of the vaginal tumours. A 2nd chemotherapy protocol based on doxorubicin was suggested, which was not accepted by the owner. Three months after the end of the original chemotherapy protocol, the patient was assessed again and it was found that there had been no progression of the vaginal masses on vaginal palpation and no signs of recurrence of the intracavitary mass on ultrasound. Discussion: TVT is a venereal tumor that affects almost 100% of non-neutered animals, males and females. In the case of bitches, the most common sites are the vagina (53%), vulva (13%) and extragenital areas (14%). This animal had no intracavitary mass at the time of her castration 2 years earlier. At the time of diagnosis, she had the extragenital form of the tumor, consisting of an intra-abdominal mass, in addition to the genital masses in the vaginal roof. The chemotherapy drug vincristine is the drug of choice for the treatment of transmissible venereal tumors, due to its high efficacy associated with 4 to 6 sessions. However, in this case, there was no total improvement, so it was classified as a case of proven pharmacological resistance as the chemotherapy was ineffective for the complete regression of the tumor. It was therefore concluded that the occurrence of intracavitary TVTs, although rare, warrants a thorough physical examination combined with diagnostic tools such as ultrasound and histology, even in castrated old patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper comprises a review of the book "Daily Life, Education, and Cultures: achievements, tensions, and new perspectives", organized by Vera Maria Candau, which offers valuable contributions on curriculum, daily life, and culture. It reflects a critical stance towards coloniality and monoculturality in contemporary education, aiming to promote a fairer and more democratic society. Divided into four parts - "Daily Life, Education, and Cultures (GECEC): articulating projects and quests", "Cosmologies, epistemologies, pedagogies, and 'other' curricula", "Decoloniality, interculturality, whiteness, and educator formation", and "Human rights, social cartography, youth cultures: insurgent subjectsknowings-doings" - the book compiles thought-provoking reflections to enrich academic debate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the context of recent educational reforms, the resolution CNE/CP 02/2019 was promulgated, defining the National Curricular Guidelines for Teacher Education, replacing the old Guidelines (Resolution CNE/CP 02/2015), and requiring Higher Education Institutions to reformulate the pedagogical projects of undergraduate courses. The present paper seeks to trace a comparative analysis between the two guidelines, understanding the social, economic and political contexts of their implementation, exposing their similarities and differences, as well as the possible consequences of the modification in the training profile of new teachers. The study carried out here points out that, in general, the current guidelines are more prescriptive and standardizing in relation to their predecessors, besides not bringing elements about continuing education and not talking much about the issue of professional development of teachers. Considering such characteristics and the undemocratic context of its implementation, the current resolution can be seen as a step backwards in Brazilian public educational policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Understanding the motivations for the occurrence of academic dishonesty in university accounting students. Methodology: Application of a survey based on the research by Ives et al. (2016), in 83 Accounting students from the state of Rio de Janeiro. To verify the instrument's internal consistency, the Kuder-Richardson test was applied. Subsequently, Pearson's chi-square test was performed. Results: The results indicate that age and gender have little influence on the dishonesty, while the period students are studying has influence; that is, the longer the length of stay, the greater the dishonesty. It is also noteworthy that the students confessed to having seen more dishonest acts than they actually practiced, which demonstrates that it is easier to admit that you have seen other people be dishonest than to confess your own dishonesty. The biggest motivations for dishonesty were the need to get good grades, fear of failing, lack of understanding of content and methodology used by professors. Contributions of the Study: This paper advances in the literature and brings contributions on the subject, as it helps to have a better understanding of academic dishonesty, observing what are the main motivations of students to commit dishonest acts, being important for educational institutions and for teachers, since it helps to understand some motivations that induce students to be academically dishonest. Armed with such knowledge, faculty and universities can develop and implement policies and methods that encourage fairer procedures, discouraging dishonesty in the academic environment. Consequently, it will lead to improvement of the quality of teaching and learning and the training of more qualified and honest to work in the professional market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sunn hemps are widely used as green manure, but the availability of seeds with high physiological quality is still a challenge. Proper storage conditions contribute to maintaining the physiological quality of newly harvested seeds, and, thus, it is essential to know the ideal conditions during storage. This study aimed to evaluate the physiological performance of Crotalaria ochroleuca seeds during storage in different environments. The experimental design was completely randomized with four replications, in subplots divided over time. Seeds were placed in paper bags and stored in an uncontrolled environment and in a climate-controlled chamber. The evaluations were carried out at the beginning and at each 90 days, until 270 days of storage, through the first count, germination, germination speed index, accelerated aging, field emergence, aerial and root length, aerial and root dry mass seedling. Seeds stored in an uncontrolled environment showed higher germination (above 75%) than in the climate-controlled chamber for up to 270 days of storage. Seeds of C. ochroleuca showed high physiological performance for up to 150-days storage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the history of Brazilian literature, the representation of local color has always occupied a central place. In view of this, literary criticism praised realistic fiction, highlighting the documentary tone, to the detriment of the supernatural. Gabrielli (2002, p. 25) states that "the presence of fantastic literature among us; its penetration both among critics and the general public has been, since 1947, the year of release of Murilo Rubião's O ex-mágico e outros contos, of overwhelming scarcity". França (2017a) and others emphasize that the identity construction project suffocated literature away from realistic fabulation. In this sense, this paper aims to map a repertoire of Brazilian fantastic short stories produced from the second half of the 20th century, forgotten by literary critics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper promotes a critical study of a specific kind of theoretical approach that is often associated with archival literature. The object of our criticism is Marco Codebò's Narrating from the Archive. Novels, Records, and Bureaucrats in the Modern Age. Through a materialist method, we aim to tackle the archival literary trope not as a 19th century tendency born out of the need to constitute a discursive formation of truth, but rather as a useful device to represent a recently consolidated bourgeois sociability. In order to do that, we engage in a dialogue with Codebò's analyses of two 19th century "archival novels": Balzac's Colonel Chabert, and Flaubert's Bouvard and Pécuchet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The topic of this paper is the fascist ideology and how to study it from a historicist and realist perspective. The first section discusses the existence of a fascist ideology, contradicting interpretations that reject the originality of the movement. The second presents the main contemporary interpretations on the matter. And the third proposes a methodology that interprets the beliefs from the perspective of the intellectual context in which they were produced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Strategic environmental assessment (EAE) is a tool that allows the approach of territorial and environmental issues from the perspective of strategic planning and whose incidence is given in policies, projects, plans or programs. A transcendental aspect within the EAE is that it should seek the participation of diverse social and institutional actors, given the impact that some indicators can generate. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to present some challenges and contributions for the approach to participation based on the experience of the EAE for the World Heritage Site Cordillera de Talamanca Reserves - La Amistad International Park (Costa Rica) developed by ProDUS-UCR in 2021. This process was carried out through two modalities: virtual and face-to-face, in which techniques such as surveys, telephone interviews, virtual meetings and workshops were used to generate spaces for discussion, validation and proposal generation from a participatory perspective. During the research, it was seen how contemplating cultural, ethnic, age and gender aspects allows to encourage even more participation, especially when this within the SEA is of utmost importance since it allows this and similar processes to be more in line with the needs of the population and place, there is an even greater appropriation process, the proposals are better contextualized and the population becomes an active agent and generator of proposals for its own environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Advances in the past few decades have led to a radical transformation in how healthcare systems, communities, and individuals approach the concepts of well-being, health, and disease. Today, it is possible to access an infinite amount of data with the potential to diagnose, predict, prevent, and personalize disease treatment. The digital transformation generates a huge demand for the development and management of health information systems. At the same time, effective communication of medical information is one of the critical points for the person-centred care approach, to generate value and reduce waste. In the face of complex social challenges, interprofessional collaboration between design and health is already seen as indispensable. With the aim of contributing to the debate on information design for health in Brazil, this paper presents an overview of the area, discusses the current challenges of the health sector and the synergies with information design. It concludes that participatory approaches, performance evaluations and a greater link between information design and service design are important for the creation of more sustainable collaboration strategies between the areas, to increase the social impact of design research in Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Polls in the first round of Brazil's 2022 presidential election diverged from the official results, leading to criticisms that they made mistakes. This paper examines an alternative explanation: that actual changes in vote intentions occurred between the polls and election day. Although unpopular, this explanation finds theoretical support in the scholarship based on two main processes: strategic voting and delayed decision-making. Using an experiment conducted a week before the election, we show how undecided voters and voters for less competitive candidacies displayed high propensity to change their minds after watching campaign videos. We also use data from one of the last polls conducted before the election to develop models that identify voters most prone to late swings in vote choice and reallocate such votes to adjust vote estimates. The results suggest that late swings in vote intentions can be a more than plausible phenomenon in recent Brazilian elections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to make a small revision of the literature on rural domestic animals and wild ones in Brazilian cities from the perspective of an anthropology of human-animal relations. To this, we add some new ethnographic data, collected individually or together, which aim to cast a light on the idea of a city set apart from the 'natural world', as if there were no entanglements and intersections between humans and the wild fauna in contemporary cities. We want to believe that the animal life is also part of the urban landscapes, and that we build together these landscapes with multiple more-than-humans ecologies in an urban context. In this sense, the cities present themselves as the lace of an oykos of interactions and living with the urban fauna (domesticated, tamed or wild), and also with the flora (also domesticated, tamed and wild), along with other organisms in an ecological context that produces plural environments, instead of cities that onli mean the place of the anthropos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with the problem of the thesis of dependence between political philosophy and natural philosophy in Hobbes's thought, presenting some arguments that show the difficulty of conceiving political theses as being derived solely from the fundamental premises of the movement. The text begins by addressing the problem of the relationship between natural philosophy and civil philosophy in order to indicate elements to support the questioning of the thesis of unity between the parts of philosophy. Next, we analyze the concepts of law, obligation and authority in order to show that Hobbes' political philosophy incorporates other elements that are not derived from physics, but, in this specific case, from the legal tradition. Finally, we will show a specifically negative sense of the influence of natural philosophy on politics, namely, the fight against demands for political power by the clergy that will be structured around the interdiction of the possibility of the doctrines of essences separated from scholasticism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper proposes a critical reflection on social protection in the context of a contemporary capitalist crisis on the context of trends and disputes regarding the State's role in mediating existing needs in childcare institutions and for teenagers. It starts with a bibliographical analysis and that in the current situation, we live within the process of modernization of the State for the market and globalization of capital, presenting the State with another character in the face of social demands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of the study was to identify emerging themes and present trends in the literature to foster new research regarding Popular and Integrated Financial Reporting. Reporting is a disclosure tool used by the public and private sector to communicate data, results, and impacts. The process can reduce information asymmetry, organizations' costs and increase transparency indexes, contributing to value generation in organizations. A Systematic Literature Review was conducted in the Web of Science and Scopus databases and 182 scientific papers published from 2012 to 2021 were examined. The research followed the protocol of Cronin, Ryan and Coughlan (2008), through the software R, by means of the Bibliometrix package. It was verified the increase of studies on non-financial reporting during the analyzed period, with emerging subtopics, such as environment and stakeholders, in addition to central themes on sustainability and accountability. It is possible to infer the advancement of the discussion by research related to the quality of reports and the environmental performance of organizations. It was also observed the small number of studies on public sector reports. This Systematic Review identifies research opportunities mainly in the public sector, which has been migrating to the production of non-financial reports since 2015, but still has few studies in the analyzed corpus. Emerging themes were also observed that can be deepened in companies and public institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although the public debate on the quality of journalism and media responsibility and accountability efforts is not novel, the recent online and digital transition context has facilitated the emergence and expansion of new forms of media responsibility and monitoring of the quality of journalistic information. This study draws on a literature review to explore the relationship between media accountability and the quality of journalism while also examining how new forms of media responsibility could enhance information quality. Three facets of this relationship are emphasised: accountability as a dimension or hallmark of media quality, accountability as a mechanism for controlling or assessing the quality of journalism, and accountability as a space for defining the quality of news information. Additionally, this paper presents and discusses findings from an exploratory study mapping and analysing the level of implementation of digital responsibility and accountability mechanisms of six Portuguese editorial projects. The mapping of instruments highlights the heterogeneous reality and potential underlying the adaptation of conventional responsibility models to online formats, as well as underscores the mandated nature of media accountability and transparency processes in the Portuguese media. The analysis of the level of implementation of these mechanisms indicates asymmetries in their application. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses memories and historical meanings of the idea of "persecution of samba" during the First Republic in Brazil. Based on the analysis of oral testimonies of black musicians and on the historiography of the post-abolition period in Rio de Janeiro, I argue that, though it seems imprecise under the criteria of academic historiography, this idea fulfills the political function of underlining and not letting be forgotten a historical context of racial violence, that is linked to music, but not restricted to it. Its inclusion in the historiography of samba is, therefore, a relative victory for the worldview of black communities in their negotiations with more powerful groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper investigates whether the bouba-kiki effect (Ramachandran and Hubbard, 2001) does appear in the behavior of native Brazilian Portuguese (BP) speakers during a free naming task of picture pairs. We carried out a written production experiment with BP speakers. We performed a statistical analysis using mixed linear models in which we identified the segments/p/,/t/and/i/were more likely to be used for naming pointed shapes and the segments/l/,/o/and / u/for round shapes. Then we mapped whether there are preferences regarding sound parameters to name the different shapes. Voiceless obstruents were more common in the names of pointy forms, while sonorants were more frequently used to name pointy forms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to investigate how, in the view of the implementing areas, called Integrity Management Units - UGIS, the execution of the Integrity Plans, pointing out factors that hinder the process and what is the status of consciousness of maturity of the servers in daily work. Methodologically, it was a quantitative research, with a descriptive approach, with managers and public servants in the institutions of the Federal Public Administration as its universe, with the Integrity Plan finalized and validated by the Federal Comptroller General, with 94 respondents returning. An instrument was adopted in Google forms, with variables adapted from Draibe (2001) that deals with the implementation of public policies, and was forwarded to all contacts available by e-mail. The data were treated using descriptive statistics and content analysis. Among the main results, there is still the difficulty of the support (commitment) of the High Management of public institutions, a structural limitation (technological / financial) for the execution of the Integrity Plan, in addition to the limited scope of the effects of the Integrity Plan in the framework of employees in the face of the lack of awareness formed about the relevance of this Governance tool. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses the relation between variable input and sociolinguistic development in mother-tongue acquisition process. During language acquisition, children can acquire a linguistic system that differs - to some degree - from that of their primary caregivers. This fact emphasizes the close relationship that exists between language acquisition, linguistic variation and linguistic change. However, the presence of variation in primary linguistic data does not guarantee linguistic change. At this point, it is worthy to say that, although the attribution of social values to linguistic forms is a particular phase of the acquisition process, the perception of linguistic variability per se does not seem to be sufficient for such attribution to be made by children. By adopting the psycholinguistic assumptions, this paper aims at discussing some relevant aspects of language acquisition, linguistic variation and sociolinguistic development by analyzing the phenomenon of variable nominal and verbal number agreement in Brazilian Portuguese. Naturalistic data were analyzed in order to verify the input received by children and their own linguistic production. Formal education - and its normative effects in language -, speaker identity and the different dimensions of communicative interaction, as well as methodology issues, seem to be crucial for a deeper understanding of the topics under discussion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper organizes information on Bolivian Amazon indigenous movements through different historical contexts, offering an overview of the diversity and complexity of indigenous political action in the Mojos plains. The article takes as a reference, especially, the area that corresponds to the Indigenous Territory and National Park Isiboro Sécure (TIPNIS), and benefits from a specialized bibliography on the Bolivian lowlands and journalistic documents that recorded the multiethnic indigenous organization in the country's Amazon. Through these methods, the text retrieves historiographical data about the region, reviews the characteristics of the pre-colonial and republican Amazonian indigenous political articulation, and verifies how it brokered a variety of indigenous political discourses and practices at different historical moments. In its first part, the paper presents episodes of indigenous resistance to the colonial occupation of the Mojos plains. Subsequently, it recovers the history of the formation of indigenous political organizations in the Bolivian lowlands. In the third part, the centrality of the I Indigenous March of 1990 for the consolidation of the Bolivian indigenous movement is put into debate, demonstrating the overlaps between this movement and the history of TIPNIS and the indigenous people of Mojos. In conclusion, the complexity of the contemporary Amazonian indigenous political plot is contextualized so it can demonstrate that the indigenous movement for autonomy, dignity and the right to territory does not appear for the first time or was fully resolved by the foundation of the Bolivian Plurinational State. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

I investigate the relationship between unethical culture and financial performance based on a text analysis of over 100,000 employee reviews posted at Glassdoor in Brazil. An original measure of unethical culture is created based on five ethical dimensions companies need to avert for an ethical culture to flourish. After creating an original list of around 1,400 terms, I find that companies scoring higher in unethical culture are less profitable and that this relationship is likely to be economically relevant. Of the five dimensions that make up an unethical culture, organizational unfairness, lack of awareness, and fear of retaliation are the three most strongly negatively related to performance. To my knowledge, this is the first paper to document a link between (un)ethical culture and corporate performance using online reviews. For investors, this paper contributes by showing that ethical culture measured by employee reviews is a value-relevant source of information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses the role of color in the literary narrative and the use of symbologies as a means of guiding the character in the trajectory and impacting the construction of relationships with the surrounding people. The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story first published in January 1892 by the American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It describes a marriage relationship, and a young wife suffering from "temporary nervous depression" after the birth of their baby is mediated by the yellow color. In this sense, the objective of this work is to analyze and discuss how the chromatic element is used and how it interferes with the narrative of the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper". From that investigation, thus, this research aims to discuss and encourage the use of color as a narrative tool, based on the studies of discursive semiotics. To do so, the methods and concepts used for the analysis were based on Julien Greimas' works. The results point at a range of meanings that vary along with text according to the protagonist's relationship with her environment and its yellow wallpaper. From consternation to excitement, yellow color plays the role of guiding the character from a feeling of melancholy, going through a context of disgust and refusal, changing to a feeling of instigation and pleasure, finally reaching a state of obsession with the yellow wallpaper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

On 17th August 2017, there was a terrorist attack on La Rambla in Barcelona. From that day on, citizens would sporadically generate displays of sympathy by leaving flowers, messages, candles or other objects along the length of the avenue. Barcelona City Hall created a website including a digital book of condolences. It also placed a paper book of condolences in its Salón de Ciento for anyone who wished to express sympathy in person. Days after the attempt, a team of people working for City Hall put on a display in La Rambla. Its aim was to gather the displays of sympathy, expressions of mourning and citizen solidarity, processing them and making them accessible via various digital platforms in order to highlight their significance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to recall Keynes's ideas on money. In this sense, the paper dedicates itself only to recall Keynes's thoughts on this elements money, putting aside several debates on the topic Keynes undertook with a number of other authors. The paper's contributions rests in offering, in a rather short length a debate previously done only in book length documents; moreover, this synthesis will be done in Portuguese, something not yet undertaken. Although this contribution might be seen as a very humble one, we argument it is not the case, as to apprehend the course of Keynes's ideas, it will be analyzed his main economic works, namely the 1923 Tract on Monetary Reform, 1930 Treatise on Money, and 1936 The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, which is not a small effort per se. The background to the discussion will be Keynes' departure from neoclassical theory throughout these works. Furthermore, the article briefly debates how Keynes has apprehended the institutional remarks of the Monetary Authority. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The translingual orientation represents an important paradigm shift for language studies and language education nowadays. In this field, stands out the collapse of monolithic, monolingual and structuralist ideas regarding the world, the subject and the language-culture. In this sense, this paper aimed to present the fundamental principles of translanguaging, the meaningmaking according to the translanguaging perspective and the implications of translanguaging experiences in teaching and learning languages through a decolonial perspective. Finally, I present some considerations about how translanguaging practices point to the development of a linguistic reality that, in addition to the flexibility of linguistic and semiotic resources to give senses and meanings to the world, questions power relations and the subalternization of knowledge, thus promoting social justice through language education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The intention of this article is to reflect on the concepts of norm and linguistic norm. The text begins by showing how the reflections of Social Sciences, particularly Sociology, maybe fruitful for defining the concept of norms in the area of Linguistics, as the latter turned its attention to this concept later than the other disciplines. The main conceptualizations proposed in Linguistics are then presented. Finally, attention is given to the concept of standard language, whose definition still varies from one author to another. In this way, the paper brings several clues to deepen the reflection on the subject and hopes to contribute to its relevance as an object of scientific research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper starts from the Foucauldian principle that pedagogy emerges marked by the problem of the government of children. Still, in competition with a Deleuze-Guattarian concept called anti-production centered on the demands of caring for the self to conclude that pedagogy was not well enough to govern the children. It was necessary to engender a machine capable of handling everyone through extensive schooling practices and the intensive conditions of production control and circulation of subjectivity patterns. Through the readings of Foucault, Bakhtin, Deleuze, and Guattari, the text proposes an analysis-essay of discourse on a topic of broad interest in pedagogy and philosophy of education, which is the transition from the teaching of individuals to the education of society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Vocabulary learning and body movement have received little emphasis on several language teaching methods and approaches for a considerable time (Scaramucci, 1995; Souza, 2004; Gattolin, 2005; Procópio, 2016). With the insertion of immersive technologies, such as Augmented Reality, new trends have broadened the horizons of Applied Linguistics regarding language learning (Legault et al., 2019). It is in this context that the present paper aims to explore the contribution of body movement in L2/LE vocabulary learning in Augmented Reality environment. The following methodological procedures were applied to 15 high school students of a Technical Course in Informatics from a Federal Institute of Rio de Janeiro: exposure to the Augmented Reality environment, an environment evaluation questionnaire (MAAVIRA) and an individual interview. Based on the assumptions of Embodied Cognition, this exploratory research traces promising paths pointing out that body movement can effectively contribute to L2/LE vocabulary learning given that the hypermodality present in Augmented Reality enables the combination and integration of different modalities in the information presentation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents an experience report of working with computational thinking in Portuguese language classes for 7th and 9th grade students at an Elementary State School in Mato Grosso. The study is based on fundamentals of Computational Thinking and Unplugged Computing to describe two teachers' views (collected via semi-structured interviews) on students' participation in the didactic situation and on the concepts of computational thinking, stylistics and morphophonology addressed in the pedagogical activities with unplugged computing resources. The pedagogical activities were based on the task "You can repeat", taken from the book Computer Science Unplugged, which promotes unplugged computing as a teaching methodology. The results show teachers' and students' acceptance of this methodology, and that it is possible to integrate computational thinking and Portuguese language teaching in activities in line with the National Curricular Common Base. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to discuss the nature of gender marks in Portuguese, their relationship with thematic vowels and their functions. We believe that the distinction between the concepts of gender endings and thematic vowel is psychologically unreal. In addition, we hypothesize that the function of the gender constructions (as they are called here) is closely related to the categories of social gender. Thus, even when combined with inanimate referent nouns, they convey such meaning, which forces speakers to assign characteristics commonly related to social genders, and therefore to humans, to inanimate referents. In this sense, we defend, in this work, that language affects the way we think in some way, approaching Linguistic Relativism. Such statements were corroborated by results obtained through the linguistic experiment reported here. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper arms to describe the grammatization process of pronominal address terms in Spanish pedagogical grammar published between the 18th and 19th centuries. The time frame was chosen due to the changes observed in the production of pedagogical grammar and in the use of these linguistic forms in this period. The methodology adopted is of a qualitative and exploratory nature and it assumes as a procedure of analysis a documental research that includes the comparison of four grammars produced between the aforementioned centuries. It was found that only the grammar of the first half of the 18th century does not contain mention of the usted form. The two from the 19th century contemplate this form by categorizing it as a pronoun or equivalent. The use of the pronoun vos also appears with delimitations of its context of use in the manual analyzed for the second half of the 18th century, notes that are repeated in the two grammars of the 19th century, increasingly limited to more formal registers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Today, bananas and plantains play a leading role as primary sources of food and income generation in various regions of Brazil and the world. However, the incessant search for varieties that are resistant to adversity and have favorable agronomic characteristics, in line with market demands, is one of the main challenges for the expansion and development of this crop. In order to find solutions to reverse this situation, the development of cultivars through genetic improvement processes, especially the technique of hybridization between varieties, has stood out as a promising alternative. These advances have provided encouraging results, especially when considering the laboratory production of in vitro seeds. Against this backdrop, the main aim of this paper is to present a concise account of how the evolution of genetic improvement practices, together with related research, has contributed significantly to the transformation of the characteristics of bananas that we find today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to present the main points related to the technical philosophy of self-healing of electrical distribution networks, within the context of Smart Grids and the main equipment and elements that are part of this context. Through the identification of the main power quality (PQ) disturbances that cause damage to equipment and components, connections will be made between the technical characteristics of protection equipment (circuit breakers, reclosers, automatic switches, sectionalizers, and relays), their respective type tests provided by standards and the vulnerable points concerning their power and control circuits, which directly affect the performance of the self-healing philosophy and the improvement of quality indexes (Equivalent Duration of Interruption and Equivalent Frequency of Interruption), established by ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As the WHO declared the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, scientists had little information about the virus. Consequently, the United Nations called for joint efforts to disseminate scientific data about the disease. If from a medical and biological point of view, the response to the pandemic is well--known - which would be decisive in the fight against the virus -, minimal information about the communicative dimension of this crisis is shared, especially in the Communication Sciences scope, in a time when it was necessary to deliver risk messages to the population. From a sample of 20 journals with the highest impact factor in Scopus, this article tries to characterize the research that focused on the pandemic with communication in the first year of this crisis (March 2020-March 2021). In the 42 papers on COVID-19, we found that researchers did not work in a logic of international partnership, as the concerns about the digital impacts of COVID-19 on society were substantially notorious. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Faced with new demands, human beings need to adapt their lives to available conditions, such as time, financial resources, places to eat, among other aspects. The present work had as objective to analyze the sustainability in Food Services (FS) in the Northwest region of São Paulo. A cross-sectional study was carried out using a convenience sample composed of twelve meal producers in the northwest region of São Paulo, generated from visits to norms and checklists related to social and environmental sustainability. It was observed that 75% (n = 9) of the improved perform selective collection of solid waste and separate disposable disposables that can be recycled and that 75% declared the need to hire new employees during the pandemic due to the increase in the delivery service, modality found in all food services and, to this end, 41.7% use expanded polystyrene (styrofoam), 33.3% use paper and 25% use cardboard for packaging. The use of products from family farming was not verified, probably due to the incompatibility between the planning of restaurant menus, high demand from FS and diversity of supply, in addition to the logistical issue of delivery for the full performance of the components. The present study concluded that the disposal of organic waste promoted compost production; as packaging for the selective collection of solid waste, together with the destination of the dissipated oil, the most effective form of disposal and most regulations make use of "styrofoam", which is the main type of packaging used for delivery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the great challenges for investors is to identify how, when, and where to invest for a greater return on the money invested and with the lowest possible risk. Following this reasoning, the objective of this paper was to identify the investment funds governed by CVM (Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil) Instruction No. 555 that were most sensitive to Selic Rate variations in the period from January 2016 to March 2020. The oscillations in the funds are analyzed by the series that capture the displacement of investments: net fundraising, investments, redemptions, and the number of shareholders. The classification established by the Brazilian Association of Financial and Capital Markets Entities was used as a reference, among fixed income, stock, multimarket, and exchange-traded funds. The methodology relied on documental analysis of secondary data, descriptive statistics, Spearman's non-parametric correlation analysis, and Granger's causality test. The results found reveal that total net fundraising in multimarket funds, number of multimarket fund shareholders, number of foreign exchange fund shareholders, total investments in fixed income funds, total investments in multimarket funds, and total redemptions in multimarket funds are the series that are directly preceded by oscillations in the Selic rate, in the period analyzed, indicating that this could help forecast their future movements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper has as a theoretical framework the diversity management and cultural competence. It aims to identify ways of managing diversity in a public library in the interior of the state of São Paulo, establishing a theoretical reflection between this management and the development of cultural competence in the organization. The relations between the purposes of organizational planning and the actions developed by the library team, was evaluated. The importance of information and communication to promote diversity was identified, and the perception of conflicts in the library was also evaluated. Cultural diversity and cultural competence were considered in the organizational processes. The Case Study research method was applied. The findings consist of the following: the library has a management approach aligned with the goal of being a cultural reference locally for the various cultures, experiences, and subjectivities; library staff itself indicates the library's diversity perception and the importance of representativeness for the development and execution of intercultural projects; the information and communication between the library and the public assist with the commitment of diversity; the library aims to promote activities that help different social groups. The survey concluded that the development of competences at the individual and organizational levels is the solution to achieve coexistence and integration of multicultural groups. Thus, cultural competence demands actions that involve efficient information and communication flows between groups of distinct individuals; this can enhance the diversity management in organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this work was to verify the effect of electromagnetic waves on the sanitary and physiological quality of soybean seeds. The seeds were submitted to different exposure periods (0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140 and 160 seconds), under electromagnetic waves with power of 900 W and frequency of 2.45 GHz, using the micro-ondas and the fungicide dicarboximide (250 g. 100 kg-1 of seeds), as an additional treatment. For the sanity test, 200 seeds were used per treatment, distributed in ten seeds per Petri dish. In the physiological test, 200 seeds per treatment were also used, distributed in 50 seeds per Germitest paper. The experimental design used was completely randomized, with ten treatments and four replications of 50 seeds each. The fungi, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Penicillium sp. and Fusarium sp. All periods of exposure to electromagnetic waves were efficient in reducing fungi identified in seeds. The sanitary and physiological quality was favored when the soybean seeds were exposed for up to 60 seconds, under a power of 900 W and a frequency of 2.45 GHz. The exposure of soybean seeds in periods longer than 80 seconds, under conditions of potency and frequency studied, had a negative effect on the percentage of hard seeds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At the end of 2019, the media cycle was taken over by the news about the coronavirus, soon the whole world was enveloped by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the New York Times, currently, the number is 4,297,830 deaths worldwide, 202,872,928 total cases. In Brazil, so far, 20,165,672 cases have been registered. Despite the great emergence of this pandemic by the virus caused by SARS-CoV-2 in our country and in the world, several options of diagnostic methodologies have been treated to help us detect this agent, helping to prevent its spread, detecting those who have already had a disease and, in some cases, favoring early treatment. This paper aims at each of these methods, describing how each one of them works in the diagnosis of COVID-19. This work is a bibliographic study, descriptive of the type of integrative literature review, starting from the bibliographic survey and analysisof bibliographic data available from previous researches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]