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Tragicidade - A Violenta Relação Entre As Diferentes Classes Sociais Nos Centros Urbanos Brasileiros E Sua Representação Na Literatura Contemporânea, Daniela Meireles

Research Papers

O presente ensaio irá examinar a representaçäo da violência e segregaçäo urbana nos contos Solar dos Princípes' e 'Esquece' da coletânea Contos Negreiros (2005) e 'Angu de Sangue' e 'J.C.J.' da coletânea Angu de Sangue (2000) de Marcelino Freire. A análise será feita em busca de respostas para as seguintes perguntas: frente a exclusäo social e consequente negaçäo a plena cidadania, como se comportam os personagens dos contos analisados? O que esse comportamento revela sobre a vida em sociedade nos centros urbanos? O que os contos comentam sobre a cidadania?'

Consumers' Self-Image Response To Gender Portrayal In Advertising Images, Rebecca Delaney

Theses

Previous empirical research has examined the effect of advertising image idealization on self-image issues, but many of these studies neglect to take into account the effects on men. By developing an experiment to include key components from previous methods of research, the present study investigates the effects of gender portrayal in advertising images. The purpose of this study is to examine consumers' responses to the advertising stimulus, or the advertising images of gender. Inconsistent with past research, findings suggest there is less disparity between men and women's reactions after viewing gender portrayals in advertising images. It is suggested that there …

O Poder De Consumo Como Instrumento Da Cidadania Verde Em Human Festa (2008), De Regina Rheda, Danielle Murta De Laborde Affonso

Research Papers

O veganismo reclama e difunde uma forma de cidadania na atualidade: a cidadania verde, tópico efervescente em variados campos de estudo e tema principal de Humana Festa (2008) da escritora brasileira Regina Rheda. Através do posicionamento vegano de alguns personagens, relações comportamentais se (con)fundem entre certo' e 'errado'. Além do fator moral do qual o veganismo é imbuído, o poder de consumo é outro pilar no qual esta cidadania se apoia. O romance conta com personagens de níveis intelectuais e sociais distintos, trazendo diferentes respostas às práticas veganas, cada qual de acordo com sua realidade social e poder aquisitivo. Este …

Television In Ireland Before Irish Television: Nationalist Rhetoric And International Programming, Edward Brennan

Conference Papers

Typical of an international tendency, the history of television in Ireland has been framed by national boundaries. This paper argues that viewing the history of television solely through institutional sources and a nation state-bound perspective obscures transnational influences and homogenises diverse audience experiences. Moreover, such histories may serve to reproduce a limited range of types of nationalist rhetoric. The research presented here explores the history of television in Ireland through life story interviews. This reveals views of the nation, its global context and processes of social change quite different to those discussed in orthodox histories. Arguably, this shift in historical …

The Lumberjack, November 16, 2011, The Lumberjack Staff

2011

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University

An Examination Of Diet, Acculturation And Risk Factors For Heart Disease Among Jamaican Immigrants, Carol Renee Oladele

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Background: The South Florida region is home to over 85,000 Jamaican immigrants. Yet, little is known about the dietary intakes and predictors of risk of disease within this immigrant group. An assessment of dietary intakes and the development of dietary intake methodologies specific to the Jamaican population was important as it permitted accurate estimation of the nutrient intakes of this immigrant population whose dietary habits are not well documented. In addition, nothing is known about the prevalence of risk factors for heart disease or factors influencing risk factors among this immigrant group. The purpose of this study was to assess …

Spectrum, Volume 28, Issue 9, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: WSHU expands with purchases -- 'Groundbreaking' event, new Pioneer Park -- Connecticut Light & Power leaves customers in dark -- Nursing Students earn top marks on national exam -- Softball team set to break in Pioneer Park this spring -- Most anticipated days of November approach -- Commuters communicate college experience

Mohaennanji & Fatima Sadiqi (Eds.) Gender And Violence In The Middle East. London/New York: Routledge. 2011., Mahesh Sharma

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Políticas Y Cultura En La Última Argentina Autoritaria: Estado Y Teatro Entre 1976 Y 1983, Leonardo Mangialavori, Miguel Barrientos

Research Papers

El objetivo de este trabajo es estudiar las relaciones que se dieron en el desarrollo de la producción teatral y las herramientas con las que contó el Estado Argentino para el fortalecimiento de una identidad nacional durante el Proceso de Reorganización Nacional' (1976-83). \xbfCómo operó el Estado en relación a las artes y cómo éstas respondieron? Concientes del papel que juega la cultura en el desarrollo de la identidad colectiva, intentaremos observar la acción y omisión que el Estado impuso en una de las disciplinas más significativas y quizás menos exploradas: el teatro.'

Inquisitive Objects: Material Culture And Conversos In Early Modern Ciudad Real, Jessica Weiss

Research Papers

Between 1483 and 1526, one-hundred and twenty-four trials were conducted by the Spanish Inquisition against conversos in Ciudad Real. The notarial records from these trials contain a multitude of references to material culture, including sculpted artworks, candles, and effigies. This essay analyzes the references to materiality utilized in arraignments, witness testimonies, and verdicts, and then correlates them to broader constructions of cultural identity. These references reveal a pre-modern animistic world view in which objects both shape and are shaped by their participation as active agents in religious ritual.

Dancing With Don: Or Waltzing With "Expressivism", Bronwyn Williams

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Syntheses And Cellular Investigations Of 17 3-, 15 2-, And 13 1-Amino Acid Derivatives Of Chlorin E 6, R. G.Waruna Jinadasa, Xiaoke Hu, M. Graça H. Vicente, Kevin M. Smith

Faculty Publications

A series of amino acid conjugates of chlorin e 6, containing lysine or aspartic acid residues in positions 17 3, 15 2, or 13 1 of the macrocycle were synthesized and investigated as photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy of tumors. All three regioisomers were synthesized in good yields and in five steps or less from pheophytin a (1). In vitro investigations using human carcinoma HEp2 cells show that the 15 2-lysyl regioisomers accumulate the most within cells, and the most phototoxic are the 13 1 regioisomers. The main determinant of biological efficacy appears to be the conjugation site, probably because of …

Structural Pluralism And The Community Context: How And When Does The Environment Matter?, Leo Wayne Jeffres, Edward Horowitz, Cheryl Campanella Bracken, Guowei Jian, Kimberly Neuendorf, Sukki Yoon

Communication Faculty Publications

Several long-standing theories intersect in discussing the impact of community characteristics and of the mass media. The structural pluralism model popularized by Tichenor and his colleagues says that social structure influences how mass media operate in communities because they respond to how power is distributed in the social system, whereas the linear model says that the increasing size of a community's population leads to more social differentiation and diversity and corresponding increases in subcultures with their own beliefs, customs, and behaviors. Recently, there has been a concern about how changes in society have led to a decline in organizational activity …

Inaugural Conference For Positive Marketing, Linda Purcell

Conference for Positive Marketing

Inaugural Conference for Positive Marketing, November 4, 2011

Translation Of Research Instruments: Research Processes, Pitfalls And Challenges, Khairunnisa Dhamani, M. S. Richter

School of Nursing & Midwifery, East Africa

Multilingual and multi-ethnic societies are becoming the norm in the era of globalisation. Given the cultural diversity and multiple languages spoken in many countries, healthcare researchers (including nurses) are challenged to use psychometrically sound research instruments that are culturally and linguistically sensitive. Most psychometrically sound research instruments have been developed and their properties assessed in English-speaking populations. A literature review was performed to understand the process of translation, use of qualitative and quantitative methods to assess the quality of translation, and lastly, to identify strategies to overcome the challenges of the translation process. One-way translation was observed to be the …

Minutes, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg Undergraduate Council, November 2, 2011, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Faculty Senate. Undergraduate Council

USF St. Petersburg Undergraduate Council

Minutes from the November 2, 2011, meeting of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's Undergraduate Council.

El Pensamiento Intelectual Comunista En Argentina: Una Relectura De Héctor P. Agosti Y Su Introducción Al Pensamiento De Gramsci, Alexia Massholder

Research Papers

Uno de los efectos de la llamada Guerra Fría' iniciada a mediados de la década de 1940, fue el recrudecimiento de las posiciones soviéticas y norteamericanas en todos los frentes. La contienda en el plano ideológico cobró un carácter central y explícito, ejerciendo una fuerte influencia en quienes apoyaban a ambos contendientes. En ese contexto, el informe de Andrei Zhdanov sobre arte y literatura ante el Partido Comunista de la Unión Soviética resonó en los partidos comunistas que, lógicamente, se alineaban con la Unión Soviética. El Partido Comunista de la Argentina (PCA) sintió los efectos de este informe en el …

Enhancing Student Learning With Case-Based Teaching And Audience Response Systems In An Interdisciplinary Food Science Course, Davide Giacalone

Higher Learning Research Communications

A growing body of research in higher education suggests that teachers should move away from traditional lecturing towards more active and student-focus education approaches. Several classroom techniques are available to engage students and achieve more effective teaching and better learning experiences. The purpose of this paper is to share an example of how two of them – case-based teaching, and the use of response technologies – were implemented into a graduate-level food science course. The paper focuses in particular on teaching sensory science and sensometrics, including several concrete examples used during the course, and discussing in each case some of …

The Beauty Premium In The Academic World: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Ya’Arit Bokek-Cohen, Nitza Davidovich

Journal of Excellence in College Teaching and Learning

A majority of studies on the beauty premium of college professors have been conducted in Western countries, mainly in the United States and Canada. The present paper focuses on the influence of professors' physical attractiveness on their teaching ratings awarded by three ethno-cultural student populations (native Israelis, FSU immigrants, and Ethiopian immigrants) at a large public college in Israel. We asked the participants to look at photographs of attractive professors (rated in a previous study) and rate the quality of their teaching, based solely on the photographs. It was found that both female and male professors were awarded a beauty …

Designing Qualitative Research, Yu Fu

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.

Literature Review Relating To The Current Context And Discourse Of Indigenous Tertiary Education In Australia, Michele Lonsdale, Greta Rollo, Jenny Wilkinson, Ali Radloff, Stephanie Armstrong, Gina Milgate, Jenny Trevitt

Indigenous Education Research

This review outlines some of the themes that have emerged in the growing global discourse of Indigenous education in the higher education sector. The past decade and a half have seen increased numbers of Indigenous students and academic staff in universities, a proliferation of publications exploring Indigenous issues in the academy, and heightened interest in the nature and meaning of Indigenous knowledge and studies.

This review examined information provided by 22 Australian universities to gain a picture of the research fields and topics that are attracting most interest from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander graduates and academics. It also reviewed …

Edited Collections: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, Chris Perkins

Journal of International and Global Studies

Review essay on:

• J. Snyder, (Ed.). Religion and International Relations Theory. New York: Columbia University Press. 2011.
• G.Tameme, W. T. Bagatelas, D.Reichardt, and B. S. Sergi. Studies in Contemporary International Relations and Politics. Leverkusen Opladen: Budrich UniPress Ltd. 2010.

Harsh V. Pant. China’S Rising Global Profile: The Great Power Tradition. Brighton, Portland, And Toronto: Sussex Academic Press. 2011., Jason Lim Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Cultural Traditions And The Treatment Of Freeriders, Christina Pomianek Ph.D., Craig T. Palmer Ph.D., Reed L. Wadley Ph.D., Katherine Coe Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Evolutionary approaches to the explanation of human behavior are often employed in hypotheses about the toleration and punishment of freeriders. Despite the explanatory potential of evolutionary perspectives, many such perspectives ignore the unique human factor that has influenced the economic, social, and political contexts within which, up until very recently in human existence, reactions to freeriding always occurred. This human factor is the role of cultural traditions (i.e., behaviors passed down from ancestors to descendants). Cultural traditions necessarily play an important role in identifying, defining, preventing, and determining the treatment of freeriders because many traditional moral codes apply specifically to …

Neoliberal Dispositif And The Rise Of Fundamentalism: The Case Of Pakistan, Masood Ashraf Raja Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

While developmental theorists rely heavily on analysis of macro and micro economic theories and developmental sequencing, not much attention is paid to the undeniable linkage between the post-seventies liberalization of global economies and the rise of different kinds of religious fundamentalism. This article suggests that there is a strong connection between neoliberal economics and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism. The rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Pakistan can be directly linked to the insertion of performative religious acts, predominantly Islamic, into the national public sphere during the rule of Zia-ul-Haq. Since that time, the public sphere in Pakistan has been increasingly …

Martin Parr In Mexico: Does Photographic Style Translate?, Timothy R. Gleason Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

This study analyzes Martin Parr’s 2006 photobook, Mexico. Parr is a British documentary photographer best known for a direct photographic style that reflects upon “Englishness.” Mexico is his attempt to understand this foreign country via his camera. Mexico, as a research subject, is not a problem to solve but an opportunity to understand a photographer’s work. Parr’s Mexico photography (technique, photographic content, and interest in globalization, economics, and culture) is compared to his previous work to explain how Parr uses fashion and icons to represent a culture or class. This article argues Parr’s primary subjects, heads/hats, food, and Christs, are …

What Schooling Engenders: Reflections From Arab States, Muslim Societies And Beyond, Charis Boutieri

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review on:

• Osama Abi-Mershed (Ed.). Trajectories of Education in the Arab World: Legacies and Challenges. Routledge. 2010.
• Sakurai Keiko and Fariba Adelkhah (Eds.). The Moral Economy of the Madrasa: Islam and Education Today. Routledge. 2011.

The Israel-Palestine Conflict: The View From Jerusalem, Simon A. Waldman

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review on:

• Hillel Cohen. The Rise and Fall of Arab Jerusalem: Palestinian politics and the city since 1967. London: Routledge. 2011.
• Menachem Klein. The Shift: Israel-Palestine from Border Struggle to Ethnic Conflict. New York: Columbia University Press. 2010.

The Dilemmas Of The Conflict, Khinvraj Jangid

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review on:

• Elizabeth G. Matthews (Ed.). The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Parallel Discourses. Routledge. 2011.
• Sapir Handelman. Conflict and Peacemaking in Israel-Palestine: Theory and Application. Routledge. 2011.

Patrick Mceachern. Inside The Red Box: North Korea’S Totalitarian Politics. New York: Columbia University Press. 2011., Elena Kolesova Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

No abstract provided.