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Casson, Stephen, and Dorothy Skidmore. "Single Assessment Process in Hertfordshire: Investing in Change Management." Journal of Integrated Care 13, no. 2 (April 1, 2005): 28–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14769018200500014.
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This paper describes how Hertfordshire met the challenge of providing a training programme to improve services for older people, with the introduction of single assessment, in the complex setting of a shire county with a number of PCTs, acute trusts, a county partnership trust and a county council social care service.Having set the context for single assessment, it describes the Hertfordshire approach. It focuses on some of the key drivers for successful implementation of such a radical programme of change: the siting of sessions by geographical location, the crucial role of managers and team leaders, setting the context of the sessions in the reality of staff experience, the importance of a shared language, common paperwork and clear protocols, and the role of the local implementation teams in supporting the process both through its implementation phase and into the future.Finally, it recognises that this training programme was only one aspect of equipping staff to be confident and competent in their assessments of older people, and that service improvements will be achieved gradually, requiring commitment from managers and support from the local implementation teams.
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Andrade, Keitty Regina Cordeiro de, and Maurício Gomes Pereira. "Knowledge translation in the reality of Brazilian public health." Revista de Saúde Pública 54 (August 5, 2020): 72. http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2020054002073.
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The term knowledge translation has been used to describe the process of applying research results to the real world, in order to enhance the quality and effectiveness of health care and services. The aim of this article is to discuss the incorporation of knowledge translation in the Brazilian public health. The article addresses the basic activities of knowledge translation and lists challenges and perspectives in Brazilian scenario. Brazil began to move towards understanding the process of translating scientific knowledge into practice. Investing in pilot studies to adapt the so-called effective interventions to the Brazilian scenario may be an alternative. Increasing the qualification of Brazilian researchers in the design and evaluation of implementation studies is relevant to improve this field in the country.
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HUANG, C. P., S. AGARWAL, and F. W. LIOU. "CALIBRATION, REGISTRATION, AND PREPARATION OF AN AUGMENTED REALITY ENVIRONMENT FOR VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS." Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems 01, no. 01 (June 2002): 19–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219686702000040.
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The aim of this research is develop an effective virtual prototyping system for product development using augmented reality technology. Before a virtual environment is put into work for design and development, some way of quantifying errors or uncertainties in the computer model is needed so that a robust and reliable system can be achieved. This paper presents the calibration, registration, and preparation of an augmented reality environment with 3D tracking and dynamic simulation technologies for studying dynamic systems, such as parts orientation devices. With such virtual prototyping techniques, engineers can run high-fidelity simulation to test new materials, components, and systems before investing valuable resources in construction of physical prototypes.
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Grzesiak, Emilia. "Prioritization STEM education. An axiological and teleological perspective." Studia z Teorii Wychowania X, no. 4 (29) (December 25, 2019): 167–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.1080.
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Contemporaneity is a time of constant changes, heterogeneous needs and growing commitments and aspirations. Transformations do not miss the educational system, which adapts to current needs, objectives and adopted social strategies. This article undertake the subject of education in the fields of STEM. Areas from this group constitute attractive development directions - important from the point of view of the changing conditions of modern reality and potential chances for achieving stable and valuable work in the future. It presents the goals and the importance of STEM education in the context of the constantly changing socio-cultural reality based on current statistical data on the significance of investing in these areas of education and selected forms of popularizing STEM.
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Tikhonova, E. N., and I. V. Korepanova. "INVESTMENT IN HUMAN CAPITAL IN THE CONDITIONS OF INNOVATIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT." Bulletin of Udmurt University. Series Economics and Law 30, no. 3 (June 26, 2020): 362–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.35634/2412-9593-2020-30-3-362-368.
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Paradoxically, economic slowdown has been one of the major current trends alongside with intensive technology development. Changes in nature of production require employees to acquire qualitatively different skills that were not were not previously needed. In particular, one of them is being able to provide diffusion of innovations. Consequently, investment in human capital is gaining a new meaning, the quality of which contributes to long-term economic growth in modern socioeconomic reality. Investing is being implemented on different levels, starting from an individual and all the way to a company or a government. Every entity plays their own special role in the process of achieving the common goal of improving the quality of human capital. Investing in entities from different levels requires different tools, mechanisms and involves different kinds of risks for investors. Benefits gained from human capital don’t only belong to investors but also take the form of positive externalities.
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Feldman, Ilana. "O apelo realista." Revista FAMECOS 15, no. 36 (November 20, 2008): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2008.36.4416.
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No bojo do capitalismo pós-industrial, as estratégias do audiovisual contemporâneo têm, progressivamente, investido na construção e intensificação de efeitos de real cada vez mais pregnantes, como indica a proliferação de vídeos-flagrantes, reality shows, imagens amadoras e acontecimentos não-ficcionais incorporados pela teledramaturgia, dentre tantas manifestações cinematográficas. Essas operações narrativas, junto às dinâmicas do capital, têm deslocado a vida cotidiana e a experiência estética para o centro de seus investimentos, apelando constantemente à “realidade” e a uma experiência de impactante “autenticidade”.
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Gautam, Dhruba Kumar. "Strategic integration of HRM for organizational performance: Nepalese reality." South Asian Journal of Global Business Research 4, no. 1 (March 2, 2015): 110–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sajgbr-10-2012-0119.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent of strategic integration between business strategy and human resource (HR) policies and their impact on organizational performance of public listed companies in Nepal. Design/methodology/approach – Exploratory cum descriptive research design is followed with structured questionnaire distributed to 105 publicly listed individual organizations as a unit of analysis and secondary source of information used to verify the performance result of perceptual measurement. Findings – Formulation of explicit mission and business strategies indicate that around half of the organizations are doing business without business strategy and just one-fourth organizations formulate explicit HR strategy in order to support business strategies. Among the respondent organizations, few organizations meet the requirement of high strategic integrating organizations that were performing better than organizations that were low integrating. Practical implications – This study provides sufficient evidences to Nepalese decision makers and academics that integration of business and HR strategies will have better impact on organizational performance. The result of this study motivates decision makers and academics, particularly South Asian, to understand the importance of investing in HR to raise organizational performance. Originality/value – Examining strategic integration for organizational performance is perhaps the first study which certainly contributes to the overall assessment HRM and its impact on organizational performance to the developing countries of South Asia, like Nepal and add values to the process of theoretical development as well as HR management.
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Wati, Murna. "Analisis Payback Period Sebagai Dasar Kelayakan Investasi." Jurnal Daya Saing 2, no. 2 (June 15, 2016): 117–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.35446/dayasaing.v2i2.54.
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Abstract: Investment is the main decision finances for the long term usually requires a large amount of funds that need to be analyzed in depth before running out investment activities, investment can basically refers to the economic activity of a country , the activity of investment is economically is advantageous , Interest Eligibility investing is to find out how large rate advantages gained by using a pay back period, as the basis for this effort is feasible to be implemented. This research uses descriptive method with survey approach is to use secondary data is data that has been processed and the data provided in the company terssebut. The data analysis of this research by using quantitative descriptive method describes the reality of the matter with their efforts to resolve problems in a certain period. The data to the analysis of this research by using quantitative descriptive method describes the reality of the matter with Reviews their Efforts to resolve problems in a Certain Period
Keywords: Feasibility, Investment
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Smal, Tomasz, and Anna Wojaczek. "IT in the logistics of crisis situations: a review of selected systems and technologies." AUTOBUSY – Technika, Eksploatacja, Systemy Transportowe 19, no. 12 (December 31, 2018): 963–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.24136/atest.2018.533.
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IT systems are an indispensable element supporting logistics processes. Commercial organisations have been investing in this kind of tools for years, as they are absolutely necessary to ensure seamless operations in a reality where pressure on profits requires speed, effectiveness and high efficiency. This kind of solutions, along with all their advantages, can successfully be transferred and applied to decision-making in the logistics of crisis management. The first part of the article outlines and provides an analysis of available technologies and information systems that are (or can be) used in the area in question. Further, we formulate the requirements that a dedicated support system for the logistics of crisis situations must meet.
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Damio, Siti Maftuhah, and Qistina Ibrahim. "Virtual Reality Speaking Application Utilisation in Combatting Presentation Apprehension." Asian Journal of University Education 15, no. 3 (December 31, 2019): 235. http://dx.doi.org/10.24191/ajue.v15i3.7802.
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Virtual Reality (VR) application in the field of education has been an ongoing endeavour. It is believed that VR provides an opportunity for students to learn in a real situation through the exposure of artificially created reality and the use of visual which improves the learning by enhancing study focus (Piovesan, Passerion and Pereira, 2012). The accessibility to VR is made even easier with the invention of wireless VR. Incorporating this technology in language learning is a logical step, particularly in combatting students’ apprehension to carry out presentations. Thus, the focus of this study is to investigate UiTM Faculty of Education TESL postgraduates’ attitude in using virtual reality speaking application to ease their presentation apprehension. A mixed-method study is adopted by incorporating both quantitative (questionnaire) and qualitative (interviews) approaches. A purposive sampling of twenty-four TESL postgraduates is used to gather data which was then analysed using SPSS version 23 for the questionnaire and thematic analysis for the interview. Descriptive statistics is used to present the findings. The findings show that the participants have limited knowledge of VR speaking application. Nonetheless, they are very interested and motivated to use the application as part of their presentation preparation especially in easing their apprehension. VR speaking application provides a crucial connection in improving oral presentations skills, but it is not the best approach for teachers to develop speaking skills. As this study is based on the respondents’ perceptions, future work is necessary to statistically study the effectiveness of VR speaking technology in language learning as well as investing if any significant relationship is formed between VR speaking application and language learning and teaching variables.
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Varma, Roli. "Transnational Migration and Entrepreneurialism: Indians in the U.S. Technology Sector." Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 10, no. 2 (2011): 270–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156914911x582422.
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AbstractIn the past, large multinational corporations led entrepreneurial activities in the technology sector, creating value and stimulating growth by bringing new ideas to market. Further, they were in charge of the growth internationally. In the last two decades, however, immigrants have increased their percentage in starting technology companies in the United States, as well as investing in technology companies, building business partnerships, allocating resources, exchanging information, and tapping technical expertise in their home countries. This paper presents a case study of Indian immigrants in the U.S. technology sector to demonstrate how entrepreneurialism is changing with transnational migration. Indian immigrants are actively contributing to an emergent global reality where the borders containing them in the field of technology are increasingly virtual, and beyond the control of any country.
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Landika, Mirjana, and Vedran Šupuković. "Modeliranje poslovno – ekonomskih strategija kao platforme investicijske politike u uvjetima rizika." Notitia, no. 3 (November 16, 2018): 63–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.32676/n.3.6.
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Investment policy and investing represent essential tasks, and also major issues of almost all socio-economic systems. Investment represents a development platform and is necessary for survival of market and economic systems; it comprises undertaking appropriate measures and activities to have the invested capital continuously increasing through exercising selected operations. Economic indicators, especially in the period of economic crisis, reflect unfavourable and widespread tendencies of unwanted business result that arise from inadequate business policy, where investing and investment policy may be marked as leaders in the area of business failure. Impossibility to accurately assume business results related to the investment, time disproportion between the investment and its initial, and particularly, optimal effects, and also irreversibility of the investment, further complicate the formulation of adequate investment policy strategy platform. Modelling of business strategies in the exposure to turbulent socio-economic, technological and market factors is an inspiration and a challenge to the researcher to representatively mirror the reality by selecting an adequate theoretical model. Faithful mirroring of the reality involves a subtle approach to classification of these factors by importance, level of influence, and also adequate quantifying, identifying and shaping the form, as well as the extent of their interdependence. Mathematical simulation model is a theoretical model that allows prediction of business results in the risk exposure expressed correspondently with the random component that is influencing it. The major concern of the mentioned approach is an adequate selection of the probability distribution of a random variable, customized to the investment conditions. It is necessary here to take into account empiric component of a territorial-geographic area of the investment implementation, whereby it is necessary to have insight into other aspects of distribution selection, such as experiences in the selected investment area (sectoral specificity) and adjustment to particular theoretical model. Simulation of investment effects provides an objective approach to strategic choice and adequate calculation of monetary results before operationalization of the project.
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Nikam, Dr Madhavi, and Ms Jyothi Sadasivam. "Magic Realism, Technology and Subjectivity in Contemporary Children’s Fiction in India: Reshaping Gender Attitudes." SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH 5, no. 5 (May 28, 2017): 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v5i5.10155.
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One of the objectives of using fiction as a medium of socialization of children is to infuse an understanding of gender roles in society. A number of children’s fiction books published in India in the last couple of decades have addressed this concern and contemporary critical studies on children’s literature have focused on the representation of gender and the biases inherent in it. Globalisation and the staggering advance of technology have triggered innovative fictional responses to gender roles and attitudes to appeal to the digital generation addicted to virtual reality and video games. The children’s text examined in this study represents technology as empowering adolescents and investing them with the capacity to transform age-old conservative attitudes towards gender identities specifically manifested in the still recurrent practice of female foeticide in India. Ranjit Lal’s Faces in the Water, creates a kind of magic realism by interweaving virtual reality into an everyday organic world, almost blurring the distinction between the two; an experimental narrative device that aims at re-examining conventional notions of masculinity and feminity. The purpose of creating an alternate world of virtual experiences is to comment upon the real world and effect transformatory action.
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Lana, Lígia Campos de Cerqueira. "Heroínas pós-feministas: as contradições da produção audiovisual feminina no YouTube." Revista Estudos Feministas 25, no. 3 (December 2017): 1359–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1806-9584.2017v25n3p1359.
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Resumo: Este artigo investiga contradições e ambiguidades de papéis sociais femininos difundidos em vlogs produzidos por mulheres no YouTube. O trabalho analisa as origens de vídeos amadores na internet e a relação entre TV e web, discutindo as características da televisão da intimidade. Mais especificamente, a investigação examina o canal de Flavia Calina, que possui, na atualidade, mais de três milhões de assinantes e cerca de 800 milhões de visualizações. Vídeos, comentários de espectadores e um encontro da vlogueira com seu público são analisados tendo em vista a crítica pós-feminista. As conclusões sugerem que Flavia Calina, famosa em virtude do seu reality show digital, sintetiza um tipo de heroísmo neoliberal de classe média, em que o empoderamento feminino é associado à exibição da intimidade e à celebração das escolhas individuais.
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Wihaskoro, Ahmad Mabruri, and Mahilda Dea Komalasari. "Investment Value Tauhid on Primary Student Through Realistic Mathematics Education Based on Indigenous System." Proceeding International Conference on Science and Engineering 2 (March 1, 2019): 279–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.14421/icse.v2.103.
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The learning process in primary school is an effective foundation of education in the investment of tauhidism values. Tauhid is the Islamic foundation of individuals. An individual who is strong in tauhidism will get the salvation of the world and the hereafter. The characteristics of the people who have tauhid are (1) faith and fear of Allah, and knowledgeable; (2) responsible; and (3) noble character. The effort to the investment the value of tauhidism should not only be taught in the subjects of Islam but also must be integratedinterconnected with other subject matter in general, including in mathematics subjects. One approach to investing the value of tauhidism in mathematics subjects is realistic mathematics education based on indigenous system. Realistic mathematics education based on indigenous system is a teaching and learning approach that is able to accommodate various concepts of tauhidism to be taught to primary students through discussion of problems based on the reality of local wisdom where the student lives. The preparation of this paper aims to review the literature in the application of realistic mathematics education based on indigenous system that can be used as a model to investing tauhid values in primary school students. The scope of this paper, i.e. : (1) the concept of realistic mathematics education based on indigenous system shapes students' self-awareness of the values of tauhidism; and (2) students are able to invest their tauhid values not only in classroom learning but also in students' daily lives.
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Nelson, Marta. "Reflections on The First Month Out: Reentry Then and Now." Federal Sentencing Reporter 24, no. 1 (October 1, 2011): 70–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/fsr.2011.24.1.70.
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One of the people involved in the 1999 Vera Institute of Justice research project The First Month Out—which explored and documented the reality of prisoners' experiences in the days and weeks following release from prison or jail—discusses the ramifications of the report. The author describes everything from the project's personal impact on her, to its positive effects on reentry practices, to the flaws in its design. The First Month Out details where opportunities to connect with family, find work, or enter treatment made a difference to individuals' success. Furthermore, reentry providers and researchers have made the case that providing opportunities, particularly for work, during the reentry period can reduce recidivism. The author concludes that meeting the needs of returning community members is an important piece of a bigger agenda: investing in and growing human capital in the United States.
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Ziganshina, Z. "TERRITORIAL HEALTH MAPS AS A TOOL FOR BUILDING A REPUBLICAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM." Population and Economics 2, no. 2 (July 7, 2018): 175–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/popecon.2.e36052.
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The article is dealing with the issues of creating a new method of public health management in the context of realization of innovative potential of the healthcare sector by means of motivating providers of medical services towards creative activity, positive attitude to implemented innovations, and as a result — transformation of consumers of medical services to patients with an “innovative attitude to their own health”. Targeting future incomes, raising the standard of living of the population, increasing accessibility and quality of healthcare provided when investing capital are essential features that distinguish social investment in healthcare. The healthcare model of the future, based on an accurate diagnosis of the health status of people, the prediction of diseases, and taking into account all the factors of the surrounding reality, should be of an investment nature, contributing to the preservation and development of human capital, providing an effective mechanism for managing public health.
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Frizziero, Leonardo, Gian Maria Santi, Giampiero Donnici, Christian Leon-Cardenas, Patrich Ferretti, Alfredo Liverani, and Marco Neri. "An Innovative Ford Sedan with Enhanced Stylistic Design Engineering (SDE) via Augmented Reality and Additive Manufacturing." Designs 5, no. 3 (July 27, 2021): 46. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/designs5030046.
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The design of an E segment, executive, midsize sedan car was chosen to fill a gap in the market of the Ford brand and to achieve the goal of innovation looking towards the future. Ford has not owned an E-segment flagship sports sedan for years, since the historic 1960s Falcon. Starting from the latter assumption and considering that the major car manufacturers are currently investing heavily in E-segment cars, it is important to design a new model, which has been called the Eagle. This model proposed here is to fill the gap between Ford and other companies that are already producing sport cars for the electric sector and to complete Ford’s proposal. The presented methodology is based on SDE, on which many design tools are implemented, such as Quality Function Deployment (QFD), Benchmarking (BM), and Top Flop Analysis (TPA). A market analysis follows in order to identify the major competitors and their key characteristics considering style and technology. The results are used to design an innovative car. Based on the most developed stylistic trends, the vehicle is first sketched and then drawn in the 2D and 3D environments for prototyping. This result leads to the possibility of 3D printing the actual model as a maquette using the Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) technology and testing it in different configurations in Augmented Reality (AR). These two final applications unveil the possibilities of Industry 4.0 as enrichment for SDE and in general rapid prototyping.
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Keiko Yamaguchi, Cristina, Stéfano Frizzo Stefenon, Ney Kassiano Ramos, Vanessa Silva dos Santos, Fernanda Forbici, Anne Carolina Rodrigues Klaar, Fernanda Cristina Silva Ferreira, et al. "Young People’s Perceptions about the Difficulties of Entrepreneurship and Developing Rural Properties in Family Agriculture." Sustainability 12, no. 21 (October 22, 2020): 8783. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12218783.
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This article aims to understand the perceptions of young rural entrepreneurs about the difficulties in investing in family farms in which they work. Ninety-eight people were interviewed at the event “Meeting of Young Entrepreneurs of the Rural Environment of Santa Catarina: the rural youth leading the sustainable development”, held in May 2019. The methodology applied in this paper is qualitative and quantitative, through a bibliographic review and a numerical analysis on work conditions and workers’ profile. A brief theoretical background is presented to facilitate the understanding of the results and their relation to family farming, entrepreneurship and its reality in Brazil. As a result, the economic issue was pointed out with 34% of the cases, as a hinter to undertake in rural properties, followed by the lack and low qualification of the workforce available with 12.6% of the cases and the lower selling price for the producer with 7.6% of the cases.
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Gama, Kamila Nancy Gonçalves da, Iací Proença Palmeira, Ivaneide Leal Ataíde Rodrigues, Angela Maria Rodrigues Ferreira, and Claudia dos Santos Ozela. "The impact of the diagnosis of tuberculosis through its social representations." Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem 72, no. 5 (October 2019): 1189–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0881.
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ABSTRACT Objective: To identify people’s way of acting after the diagnosis of tuberculosis, through their social representations about the disease. Method: Qualitative and descriptive study based on the Theory of Social Representations, in which 23 patients of a school health center in Belém, PA, Brazil, participated. The software ALCESTE was used to generate a class concerning the impact of the diagnosis in people’s lives. Results: The dimension of a new reality caused by the diagnosis of tuberculosis is linked with the image of dirt, (process of objectification) communicable/mortal disease that exclude, causing sorrow, despair and revolt (dimension of the affections), reverberating in the patients’ actions (dimension of action). Final considerations: global knowledge about tuberculosis, linking the knowledge of everyday life with the reified universe, pointing the multidimensionality of the phenomenon. The conclusion is that investing in the deconstruction of archaic beliefs about the tuberculosis that kills, replacing it with the curable tuberculosis, is necessary.
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Korsheva, M. A. "Modern condition of venture capital market in Russia and in the world." Finance and Credit 26, no. 2 (February 28, 2020): 430–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.24891/fc.26.2.430.
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Subject. The article reviews major trends in the global venture capital market for 2018. Objectives. The interrelated objectives of this study include identifying the categories of innovation that are of priority for investments, analyzing global trends in the venture capital market in Russia and in the world, considering the structure of investments in Russia by categories of investors and their activities. Methods. The study draws on methods of comparative evaluation and differentiated approach to analysis, analysis and synthesis of information collected in newspaper articles and earlier studies on the issue. Results. The findings show that in the Russian market, the most significant investment volumes are in the corporate sector. The segment of private clients is stagnating. The most popular categories for investing are business solutions, virtual and augmented reality, transport, marketplaces, logistics, finance, and medicine. Conclusions and Relevance. Investor activity has increased significantly as compared to the previous year. This points to further development of the venture capital market in Russia.
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McGrath, Rita Gunther, Alexander B. van Putten, and Ron Pierantozzi. "Does Wall Street buy your growth story? For how long?" Strategy & Leadership 46, no. 2 (March 19, 2018): 3–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sl-01-2018-0005.
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Purpose The article introduces the authors’ “ Imagination Premium™” metric which assesses the confidence of the investing community in a business’ growth strategy. Design/methodology/approach The article explains how the Imagination Premium is calculated and applies it to several cases--Amazon, Tesla and Buffalo Wild Wings. Findings Amazon’s implied value of growth was nearly four times its value from operations, a result completely consistent with its “profits are optional” motto. Amazon is a prototypical example of a company that is built to thrive in the ‘transient advantage economy. Practical implications Sky-high expectations for growth can be dashed by external events over which businesses have little control as Tesla found out. Unless a business can show, as Amazon has historically done, that it can turn expectations into gold-spun reality, lofty investor expectations can become a liability. Originality/value By applying the Imagination Premium concept to successful and problematic cases the authors illustrate the risks and advantages of a bold growth-before-profits strategy.
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Mahmoud Ghoneim, Nahed Mohammed, and Heba Elsayed Abdelsalam Elghotmy. "A Suggested Project to Develop EFL Teaching in the Egyptian Universities in the Light of Knowledge Economy Investing in ELT Innovation." English Language Teaching 9, no. 4 (March 21, 2016): 139. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v9n4p139.
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<p>Knowledge Investment is a new and unique concept. Converting the output of scientific research into reality requires a promising start-up. Knowledge economy should be given the priority it deserves and be considered one of the strategic objectives of the development plans in Egypt. With English increasingly being positioned as the pre-eminent language of international communication, the current study aims to propose a project to develop English language teaching in the Egyptian universities in the light of knowledge economy. It seeks to illustrate the key success factors in enhancing knowledge economy through English language teaching. To propose the project, the researchers designed a questionnaire of two parts; the first is to analyse the perceptions of Egyptian EFL postgraduate students and teaching staff of the current effectiveness of college English instruction in the Faculty of Education, Menoufia University. The second part of the questionnaire analyses the participants’ perceptions of the goals of teaching English as a foreign language in the knowledge economy era. Based on the findings of the quantitative and qualitative data analysis, the researchers presented the suggested project to develop ELT in the Egyptian universities in the light of knowledge economy.</p>
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AL BUSAIDI, Khmis Abdullah Saıd, and Salem Hamed Jamil AL NUUMANI. "THE REALITY OF USING E-LEARNING DURING (COVID 19) PANDEMIC FROM POINT OF VIEW OF THE DIRECTORS AND PRINCIPALS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN NORTH OF AL BATINAH GOVERNORATE IN SULTANATE OF OMAN." International Journal of Humanities and Educational Research 03, no. 02 (April 1, 2021): 28–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.47832/2757-5403.2-3.4.
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This study aimed to reveal the reality of using e-learning during (Covid 19) pandemic from point of view of the directors and principals of public schools in the North of Al Batinah Governorate in Sultanate of Oman, by knowing the challenges facing the application of e-learning and knowing the level of interaction of the educational process parties with Electronic learning systems, reaching the results and proposals that help in developing e-learning in during the pandemic and after it, and investing this in accelerating the provision of all material and human capabilities and infrastructure related to upgrading lines and communication networks necessary to operate educational platforms across the vast electronic space, and extracting the most important challenges facing e-learning And submit it to the decision-makers to find effective solutions to it, to ensure its continuity and durability, The results indicated that the reality of using e-learning during (Covid 19) pandemic from the point of view of directors and principals in public schools in the North of Al Batinah Governorate in Sultanate of Oman came at a medium level, and the same result was for the three sub-questions, while the fourth sub-question came as a result of the challenges facing the use of e-learning With a high degree, while the results of the second question indicated that there were no statistically significant differences in the responses of the study sample individuals about the reality of using e-learning in light of the spread of the pandemic (Covid 19) according to the study variables, gender and experience. The study recommended the necessity of building Educational systems capable of Adapt to crises and develop Curriculum to fit with Distance education and consider E-learning is a complement For direct education, it is included Within the basic means of education.
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Ntshoe, Isaac M., and Jacob M. Selesho. "Investing In Leadership, Governance And Management To Improve Quality Of Teaching And Learning: A Human Capital Perspective." International Business & Economics Research Journal (IBER) 13, no. 3 (April 28, 2014): 475. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/iber.v13i3.8587.
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While funding is undoubtedly necessary to promote the quality of the curriculum, teaching, and learning, funding in and by itself is not a guarantee to achieve equity and equality of outcomes. Accordingly, in some cases, such as the South African context, a sound funding regimen to address inequities and quality in education in the post-apartheid setting, the quality of leadership, governance and management are equally key and sometimes more critical to achieving sustainable quality and equity improvements in education, including the quality of matric learners. Five quintile 1s (non-fee paying schools) in the Fezile Dabi district in the Free State Province of South Africa were sampled for this study. The schools were used as samples because they formed what is known as non-performing schools in terms of their matric results for the 2009 and 2010 academic years. We used purposive sampling comprising schools that did not perform satisfactorily in their matric results and adopted an utilisation-focused strategy that could assist the Free State Department of Education to improve quality. The data were collected from School Management Teams comprising the school principals of the five schools and Heads of Department. Knowledge of how principals manage the curriculum in schools in South Africa is therefore limited. Although there are detailed normative frameworks (often from elsewhere) on what principals should do, there is little consideration of the reality of the work of principals, in particular contexts, and what they actually do. There was a concern about some HODs with regard to their content knowledge of the different subjects streams. There was an outcry of 45% of HODs in highly cognitive subjects, such as Mathematics, Accounting, and Physical Science, who did not possess the content knowledge required in their respective subjects streaming. Consequently, a statement was made concerning the level of leadership in high-focus subjects. Similarly, there is a perception that there should be a strong content knowledge from the HOD as an instruction leader as their subjects are regarded as highly skilled subjects.
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Najar, Boushra W. "Efficiency and/or Effectiveness in Managing Organizations." Journal of Education and Culture Studies 4, no. 2 (May 25, 2020): p131. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/jecs.v4n2p131.
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Does efficiency or effectiveness lead to successful organization management? Being efficient means investing as minimum resources as possible in order to get a desired result. Being effective by contrast means to achieve a desired result by using the right means or pursuing the right action. The question is not how to do this or that but rather, in what way the resources and efforts of a business should be directed to produce superior results rather than the usual efficient outcomes it can create. Organizational efficiency is the ratio between inputs and outputs in an organization. Organizational effectiveness is whether the organization fulfills its goals in doing the right thing. Concentrating on efficiency rather than effectiveness may limit an organization, so the argument of this article is that an organization should focus on effectiveness that is to pursue the right action. An effective organization is one that succeeds in adapting itself in place, time and content to a rapidly changing reality; such a business or public organization would succeeds over time in fulfilling and achieving its goals.
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Madera, Juan M. "What’s in It for Me? Perspective Taking as an Intervention for Improving Attitudes Toward Diversity Management." Cornell Hospitality Quarterly 59, no. 2 (September 6, 2017): 100–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1938965517730319.
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Hospitality organizations are increasingly investing in diversity management to address the reality of a diverse hospitality workforce. The effectiveness of diversity management highly depends on employee supportive attitudes; however, extant research shows that not all employees have positive attitudes toward diversity management. Using experimental methods, the current study examines situational perspective taking of discrimination—imagining being the target of workplace discrimination—as an intervention to influence the perceived utility and importance of diversity management using frontline hotel managers (Study 1) and hospitality students seeking careers in hospitality (Study 2) with two different methods of collecting data. Both studies showed that situational perspective taking of discrimination increases the perceived utility and importance of diversity management. Mediation analyses showed that it is through inducing negative affect that situational perspective taking leads to more positive attitudes toward diversity management. The results provide insight for hospitality organizations that use corporate websites and other recruitment activities to promote support for diversity management. Specifically, organizations should prime egocentric biases by emphasizing that diversity management protects all employees, regardless of different demographic characteristics, from workplace discrimination.
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Dubois, Louis-Etienne, and Chris Gibbs. "Video game–induced tourism: a new frontier for destination marketers." Tourism Review 73, no. 2 (May 14, 2018): 186–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tr-07-2017-0115.
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Purpose This paper aims to expand the media-related tourism literature in a new domain of application by highlighting a connection between the world of video games and tourism. Design/methodology/approach Through deductive content analysis, this study looks at 137 online comments posted on popular gaming and travel websites that connect two popular video games (Assassin’s Creed II and Assassin’s Creed Unity) and travel motivation. Findings Results establish that video games share similar travel motivation elements with film and should be considered as a driver of tourism. It argues that destinations should consider video games as a platform for motivating tourists before they consider investing in virtual reality. It outlines opportunities for destinations interested in video game-induced tourism and calls for more research and case studies that link video games with destinations. Originality/value This is, to the authors’ knowledge, the first paper to investigate this connection. As such, it outlines untapped opportunities for destinations interested in video game-induced tourism and opens up a new line of research within media-related tourism literature.
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Bătuşaru, Cristina, and Ioana Sbârcea. "Challenges Regarding the Use of Human Capital in the Contemporary Economy." Studies in Business and Economics 15, no. 2 (August 1, 2020): 28–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/sbe-2020-0023.
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AbstractThe paper addresses a topical and important issue for national economic activity, highlighting the important role that human capital has in ensuring economic development and growth. Given the increasingly dynamic and turbulent economic and social context, as a result of the expansion of the phenomena circumscribed by globalization, continuous training through education and the level of health of the population remain the main pillars in ensuring the competitiveness of human capital. Considering this reality, the paper presents a detailed analysis of Romania's position regarding the investment in education and health in a European context and the main elements that characterize the national human capital. By identifying the vulnerabilities associated with the qualitative and quantitative structure of the national human resource, a set of proposals and recommendations are formulated meant to constitute possible solutions for the reported problems. The main conclusions deriving from the study strengthen the hypothesis according to which the return of different forms of professional training is ensured by investing in education and health and represents the conditions of a competitive economic environment in which human capital is properly capitalized.
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Campanario, Milton de Abreu, Èmerson Antônio Maccari, Cibele Barsalini Martins, and Paulo Antonio De Jesus Maffei. "Incremental innovation: fourth color layer technology by Fujifilm." Revista Ibero-Americana de Estratégia 4, no. 1 (December 20, 2007): 63–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.5585/ijsm.v4i1.71.
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Due to globalization, corporations had to adapt themselves to a new reality, generating, thus, a situation of continuous improvement, so as to be able to maintain their position in the marketplace. Therefore, it’s necessary to analyze the real importance of both radical and incremental innovations within organizations. In this sense, the present article approaches “key” concepts in relation to innovation and its consequences regarding competitiveness of companies or industries. The method used was the study of the Fujifilm corporation case. The technological innovation in the photographic material industry was evaluated, as well as the effective changes which this new technology brought to the corporation. This study is based on a theoretical frame of reference and interviews made through a semi-structured questionnaire. The main conclusions indicate that the most effective form Fuji lm found to remain competitive was investing on research and development, on continuous improvement process and on incremental innovation of the fourth color layer technology, which utilizes the concept of light reproduction, in a similar way as the human vision perceives an image.
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Niccolai, Silvia. "The risky temptation of wanting to be the Legislator of the Language." Undecidabilities and Law, no. 1 (June 30, 2021): 85–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/2184-9781_1_4.
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Criticizing the modern, rationalistic temptation to legislate on language, this article argues that issues of 'political correctness' are an aspect of the eternal problem of definitions in law. This problem has in its turn profound connections, on the one hand, with the need, entirely human, for a correct (not one-sided or arbitrary) relationship with reality; and, on the other hand, with the insidious attempt – which is all the same typically human – to deny reality, with its conflicts and ambiguities, and to replace it with a false, less challenging reality of 'objective' certainties. In law, the problem of definitions has historically followed many and different itineraries; this article briefly traces some, trying to show that the ideal of an objective definition – an ideal epitomized in the 'norm' idealized by legal positivism – has always co-existed, in the legal experience, with the different ideal of a subjective definition (dialectical, controversial, negative, refutative), of which the ancient maxims of equity, the regulae iuris, offer a model. The problem of legal definitions in law is then a matter of forms of reason that confront each other throughout the history of law, the one investing on a calculating and instrumental rationality, the other relying on a more porous and flexible reason. In the legacy of this second point of view – which, the article maintains, has more than one analogy with the paths of contemporary Feminist 'Radical' Thought – antidotes can be found to the temptation to legislate on language, which is risky. If objectivity tries to suppress subjectivity, in fact, this is in the name of the illusion, that problems that trouble the human conditions can be fixed, defined, solved once and for all. It is instead the open texture of these problems, which cannot be defined once and for all, that encourages the work of language and thought. And these latter are the resources for a living together really capable of freedom and equality, of change and future.
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Falkinger, Josef. "On understanding economic reality at the beginning of the twenty-first century: an essay in remembrance of Professor Laski." European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention 16, no. 3 (December 2019): 403–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/ejeep.2019.0051.
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Economic objects are objects which are produced by employing inputs and valued by applying a valuation procedure. In a market economy the valuation is performed by the price mechanism. Ideally market prices reflect the scarcity values corresponding to individual preferences. This article argues that new technologies and business models call the separation of production and valuation into question and thereby challenge the theoretical foundation of the market economy. In particular the finance and data industry turns beliefs and preferences from exogenous individual characteristics into produced objects. As a result, at the beginning of the twenty-first century economic activity shifts from the production of objects to the production of values and prices. The paper adopts a classical perspective and uses the production and reproduction scheme to outline a model of the smart economy. A smart economy is an Internet-based economy which employs (artificially intelligent) robots to produce sensor-enabled objects via which the behavior of consumers can be tracked and directed. The robots are owned by capital-owners who employ agents for developing the robots, designing data-based devices and business models, managing them, and financing them. The owners and their agents employ workers to complement robots and to provide personal services. The paper proposes investing more into the production and reproduction of consumer sovereignty, active citizenship, and the res publica, in order to avoid a dystopic brave new world. The author sketches an agenda for the maintenance and renewal of the institutions of a free and democratic society by confronting the smart economy with core concepts of European enlightenment: secularization, constitution and rule of law, separation of powers, nation state, education, and market order.
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Falkinger, Josef. "On understanding economic reality at the beginning of the twenty-first century: an essay in remembrance of Professor Laski." European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention 16, no. 3 (December 2019): 403–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/10.4337/ejeep.2019.0051.
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Economic objects are objects which are produced by employing inputs and valued by applying a valuation procedure. In a market economy the valuation is performed by the price mechanism. Ideally market prices reflect the scarcity values corresponding to individual preferences. This article argues that new technologies and business models call the separation of production and valuation into question and thereby challenge the theoretical foundation of the market economy. In particular the finance and data industry turns beliefs and preferences from exogenous individual characteristics into produced objects. As a result, at the beginning of the twenty-first century economic activity shifts from the production of objects to the production of values and prices. The paper adopts a classical perspective and uses the production and reproduction scheme to outline a model of the smart economy. A smart economy is an Internet-based economy which employs (artificially intelligent) robots to produce sensor-enabled objects via which the behavior of consumers can be tracked and directed. The robots are owned by capital-owners who employ agents for developing the robots, designing data-based devices and business models, managing them, and financing them. The owners and their agents employ workers to complement robots and to provide personal services. The paper proposes investing more into the production and reproduction of consumer sovereignty, active citizenship, and the res publica, in order to avoid a dystopic brave new world. The author sketches an agenda for the maintenance and renewal of the institutions of a free and democratic society by confronting the smart economy with core concepts of European enlightenment: secularization, constitution and rule of law, separation of powers, nation state, education, and market order.
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Shouk, Mufeed E. "The impact of the absence of planning laws on the capacity of the centers of the cities." Wasit Journal of Engineering Sciences 6, no. 1 (April 3, 2018): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.31185/ejuow.vol6.iss1.76.
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All Iraqi cities also Erbil city are particularly significant growth since 2005 and so far because of great opening that took place and an increase in rates of economic growth which was reflected in the per capita income and the development of infrastructure and public services. Because of the big shortage in all kinds of service projects, residential and entertainment. decision maker adopting the idea of investing in these areas and to develop and improve the reality after coming out of economic crises caused by wars over the country in general and the events experienced by the city of Irbil, in particular, and for the work and construction, attracting foreign investments had to be set up a facilities to investment firms and investors for the success of the process decision makers try to find the laws of planning or change the laws planning in according to the wishes of investors and to stimulate the investment process and thus develop and improve services and meet the requirements without referring to the main reasons that the laws has set for it.
As is well known to urban planners that the laws designed to protect the uses of the land where you are trying to stop any abuses would confuse the planning process.
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Thompson, Gavin. "The scalability challenge: pathways to future decarbonisation and the impact on the oil and gas industry." APPEA Journal 60, no. 2 (2020): 548. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj19108.
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How will the global energy system move sharply towards a pathway compatible with the goals of the Paris Agreement by 2030? Despite great efforts on cost reductions in renewables, alternative technologies, advanced transportation and supportive government policies, progress to date is not enough. The challenge is now one of scalability. Although some technologies required for a 2°C future are economic and proven, many others are not. Optimists look at the cost of solar and wind and say we have all we need to achieve our targets. The reality is that significant additional investment is needed to get them to material scale, globally. And too often huge challenges are downplayed in sectors beyond power and transport, including industry, aviation, shipping, heating and agriculture. Given the criticality of climate change, these multiple challenges must now be addressed. Consequently, any accelerated pace of decarbonisation represents an existential challenge to the oil and gas industry, including in Australia. If companies are to remain investible through the long term, all will need to transition to business models that are aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement. This paper considers what the path to decarbonisation could look like and how oil and gas companies must respond in order to prosper through the energy transition.
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Oliveira, Flávia Alvarenga de. "Playing through metaphors: an analysis of metaphor use in life simulation games / Jogando com metáforas: uma análise do uso de metáforas em jogos de simulação de vida." REVISTA DE ESTUDOS DA LINGUAGEM 28, no. 2 (May 5, 2020): 871. http://dx.doi.org/10.17851/2237-2083.28.2.871-891.
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Abstract: From consistent narratives to cutting-edge graphic design, designers have been investing heavily in making their items competitive in the market. Given the high level of interaction between the players and the games they play, it is to be expected that much of how real-life representations are built in our minds will, in one way or another, influence how we interact with virtual reality, impacting on the playability of a game. Studies on the role of metaphors in (video)games are rather recent and much is yet to be investigated. Through simulations of family life and school routine, for example, these games imply human behavior as systematic and goal-oriented. For this study, we selected popular free life simulation games available at a popular App Store for smartphones. When listing the existing metaphors, we noticed a systematic difference: while conceptual metaphors were multimodal, consisting of a combination of verbal and visual information, primary metaphors showed to be intrinsically monomodal, consisting of visual information. In this study, we argue that metaphors in life simulation games start off as text-dominant, but become image-dominant after some time. That is, players rely on both images and verbal cues while learning how to play the games, but after some time they can just look at the symbolic cues for information. We therefore propose that the classification for metaphors in games should be continuous and as dynamic as the game itself, since there seems to be a movement from text-dominant to visual-dominant metaphors throughout the games.Keywords: metaphor; games; simulation; multimodal metaphors; primary metaphors.Resumo: De narrativas consistentes a design gráfico de ponta, designers têm investido em tornar seus produtos atrativos para o mercado. Dado o alto nível de interação entre jogadores e os jogos que usam, é esperado que muitas das representações das quais fazemos uso na vida real influenciem, até certo ponto, o modo como interagimos com a realidade virtual, o que impacta, portanto, sua jogabilidade. Estudos sobre o papel da metáfora em jogos são bastante recentes e muito ainda precisa ser investigado. Jogos de simulações de vida que envolvem relações familiares e rotinas escolares, por exemplo, parecem sugerir que o comportamento humano seja sistemático e orientado a objetivos específicos. Para o presente estudo, selecionamos jogos de simulação de vida populares em uma App Store para smartphones. Ao listar as metáforas encontradas, notamos uma sistemática diferença: enquanto metáforas conceituais eram multimodais (consistindo de combinações entre informações verbais e visuais), metáforas primárias se mostraram intrinsecamente multimodais (consistindo de informações visuais). Neste estudo, defendemos que metáforas em jogos de simulação de vida começam como texto-dominante, mas, à medida que o jogo se desenrola, tornam-se visualmente dominantes. Ou seja, jogadores dependem de ambos os tipos de informação ao aprender a jogar, mas depois de algum tempo, a informação pode ser obtida ao olhar para os símbolos na tela. Por esta razão, propomos que a classificação de metáforas em jogos se dê de forma contínua, ou seja, que seja tão dinâmica como os próprios jogos, uma vez que o movimento de texto-dominante para imagem-dominante parece se fazer presente no decorrer dos jogos.Palavras-chave: metáfora; jogos; simulação; metáfora multimodal; metáforas primárias.
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Rocha, David Rodrigues. " Leitura e biblioteconomia: entre o conceito e a prática Reading and librarianship: between concept and practice ." RDBCI: Revista Digital de Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação 8, no. 2 (February 25, 2011): 166. http://dx.doi.org/10.20396/rdbci.v8i2.1939.
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Este trabalho apresenta, por meio de pesquisa descritiva, as práticas de leitura dos estudantes de Biblioteconomia da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), regularmente matriculados no período de 2009/2. Através de pesquisa de campo, investiga suas relações com o livro e a leitura, as áreas de interesse e o perfil destes estudantes. A pesquisa aponta ainda que a experiência da leitura envolve diferentes processos em sua prática, e que o estereótipo sobre a imagem do estudante de Biblioteconomia, geralmente tão ligada à leitura e ao livro, nem sempre condiz com a realidade, uma vez que este demonstra manter uma relação funcional com a leitura ao longo de sua graduação.Palavras-Chave: Leitura; Estudante-biblioteconomia; Livro; Leitor AbstractThis work presents, by a descriptive research, the reading practices of the librarianship students from the Brazilian Espírito Santo Federal University (UFES), regularly enrolled in the period of 2009/2. Through a field research, it investigates the relationship of students with book and reading, besides their interest fields and profiles. The research points out that the reading experience involves different processes in its practice and that the librarianship student stereotype, generally so linked to reading and book, not always matches with the reality, since this student demonstrates to keep a functional relationship with the reading along with his undergraduate level.Keywords: Reading; Student-librarianship; Book; Reader
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Hanini, Mohammad W. "The feasibility of investment in the religious heritage in anti-corruption efforts in Palestinian public organizations." Journal of Money Laundering Control 24, no. 1 (March 29, 2021): 29–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jmlc-06-2020-0071.
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Purpose The purpose of the study is to investigate the feasibility of investing the religious heritage in anti-corruption efforts in public organizations in Palestine. The study sought to measure the current status of public organizations, if they are investing the religious heritage in the efforts of encountering corruption. Further, the study sought to measure the attitudes and future expectations if there is an integration of the religious heritage in the current anti-corruption efforts. Design/methodology/approach This study combines two folds: First, theoretical and qualitative, through research in previous studies, texts and religious attitude of corruption, historical models and international experiences that have tried to invest in it and incorporate it in anti-corruption efforts, which are generalizable generic models; and the second: a field empirical part, through the researcher use of a questionnaire tool and analyzing it statistically, in addition to ensuring the possibility of using religion in anti-corruption efforts within the Palestinian public institutions which will eventually enable us to answer the study questions. Findings The study found that the reality of investment in the religious heritage in anti-corruption efforts in the Palestinian public sector is present in a moderate degree (56.8%), both in rules and regulations, in strategic plans or policies, or in the internal systems and the organizational culture of the public institutions. With regard to the attitudes of the employees toward corruption and the way of their formulation to these attitudes either if they are influenced by the religious heritage or the law or by the eight reasons mentioned previously in this study, it is obvious that the employees attitudes toward corruption are formulated first from a religious perspectives and second from a legal perspective. Regarding their attitudes and their agreement level toward the investment of the religious heritage in anti-corruption in the Palestinian public sector was high (75.9%), as well as their future expectations in case the religious heritage is invested in anti-corruption efforts was in a high degree (74.1%). Therefore, the authors conclude that there is a feasibility of religious heritage investment in anti-corruption efforts in the Palestinian public sector in case it is accredited and integrated in anti-corruption strategies as a supportive factor but not as a substitute of other efforts. The study recommended that decision makers should adopt new anti-corruption policies and strategies compatible with these striking results through the rules, regulations and administrative decisions, or in the internal institutional system and the cultural organization, in the publications and declarations of the public institution, in special code of conduct based on the religious heritage, in the training of the employees and designing new proposals to integrate the religious heritage in anti-corruption efforts in parallel with the permanent evaluation of these efforts after its application. Originality/value This study, The feasibility of investing in religious heritage in anti-corruption efforts, is different from the previously reviewed studies, as the previous studies were either philosophical or theoretical in nature, looking at the relationship between religion and corruption or empirical, but in a different environment and society than the society of this study. The general purpose of this research is to identify the impact of religious perceptions on corruption in the behavior of public officials in the Palestinian public sector as it is on the ground, and whether their attitudes were affected by corruption with their religious beliefs? Do they welcome the investment of religion in the fight against corruption and what are their expectations if this is done in institutional, strategic or policy context.
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Silva, Sandra Kretli. "Os Cadernos da Realidade dos alunos da LEDOC/UFES como agenciamentos coletivos de enunciação / The student's notebook on LEDOC/UFED as collective enunciation management." Cadernos CIMEAC 8, no. 1 (July 31, 2018): 303. http://dx.doi.org/10.18554/cimeac.v8i1.2356.
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Este texto objetiva apresentar resultados de uma pesquisa que investiga os “usos” que os professores e os alunos fazem dos cadernos da realidade produzidos pelos alunos do curso de Licenciatura em Educação do Campo da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Problematiza o modo como os usos desses cadernos expressam os currículos pensadospraticados. Utiliza, como aporte teórico-metodológico, o pensamento de Michel de Certeau (1994), Deleuze e Parnet (1977), Deleuze e Guattari (2015) e Lazaratto (2006; 2014). Aponta que os alunos fazem usos diversos dos cadernos: favorecer a memória, como indicam os textos que tratam desse instrumento; planejar suas ações; desabafar e fazer o pensamento movimentar, delirar, etc. Já os professores usam os cadernos para avaliar os processos de aprenderensinar e nos movimentos de invenções curriculares, pois acreditam que “uso” é poética, é invenção. Foi evidenciado ainda que os cadernos da realidade são agenciamentos maquínicos de desejo, ou seja, agenciamentos coletivos de enunciação que possibilitam movimentar o pensamento e abrir fissuras paradigmáticas. Afirma, assim, a necessidade de abrir/criar espaçostempos e redes de conversações para que professores e alunos possam dialogar sobre as escrileituras desses cadernos, a fim de ampliar e potencializar os processos inventivos dos currículos pensadospraticados na Educação do Campo.Palavras-chave: Cadernos da Realidade; Pedagogia da Alternância; Currículos pensadospraticados; Educação do Campo. ABSTRACT: This text aims to present results of a research that investigates the uses that teachers and students make of the notebook of reality poduced by the undergraduate students of the field of the Federal University of Espírito Santo. It problematizes the way in which the uses of these notebooks express the thoughtful curricula. It uses as a theoretical-methodological contribution the thought of Michel de Certeau (1994), Deleuze and Parnet (1977), Deleuze and Guattari (2015) and Lazaratto (2006, 2014). He points out that the students make different uses of the notebooks: to favor memory, as indicated in the texts that deal with this instrument; plan your actions; and to make the thinking move, delirious... The teachers use the notebooks to evaluate the learning processes and the movements of curricular inventions, because they believe that "use" is poetic, it is invention. It was also evidenced that the notebook of reality are machinic assemblages of desire, that is, collective assemblages of enunciation that make it possible to move thoughts and open paradigmatic fissures. It thus affirms the need to open /create spaces and networks of conversations so that teachers and students can talk about the writing of these notebooks, in order to broaden and enhance the inventive processes of the curricula considered in countryside education.Keywords: Notebook of reality; Pedagogy of Alternation; Thoughtful curricula; Countryside education.
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Ballard, Nancy, Lois Robley, Darcy Barrett, Danielle Fraser, and Inocencia Mendoza. "Patients’ Recollections of Therapeutic Paralysis in the Intensive Care Unit." American Journal of Critical Care 15, no. 1 (January 1, 2006): 86–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2006.15.1.86.
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• Background Neuromuscular blocking agents used for therapeutic purposes, such as facilitating mechanical ventilation and relieving life-threatening agitation, paralyze patients but leave them fully conscious. Aggressive sedation or analgesia is necessary to reduce awareness, relieve fear, produce comfort, decrease anxiety, induce unconsciousness, and minimize possible complications such as posttraumatic stress syndrome. Little information is available on the extent to which patients experience awareness during therapeutic paralysis. • Objectives To determine and describe the remembered experiences of critical care patients who were given neuromuscular blocking agents and sedatives and/or analgesics to facilitate mechanical ventilation, improve hemodynamic stability, and improve oxygenation. • Methods A phenomenological approach with in-depth interviews with 11 patients was used. Data were analyzed by using the constant comparative approach. • Results A total of 4 themes and 3 subthemes were identified. The first theme was back and forth between reality and the unreal, between life and death; the subtheme was having weird dreams. The second theme was loss of control; the 2 subthemes were (1) fighting or being tied down and (2) being scared. The third theme was almost dying, and the fourth theme was feeling cared for. • Conclusions Patients can remember having both negative and positive experiences during neuromuscular blockade. Steps to improve the experiences of patients receiving neuromuscular blockers include improving assessment parameters, developing and using sedation/analgesia guidelines, and investing in quality improvement programs to provide assessment of awareness during therapeutic paralysis and follow-up and referral as necessary. Ways to decrease the use of neuromuscular blockers would also be useful.
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Bunce, Brittany. "Dairy Joint Ventures in South Africa’s Land and Agrarian Reform Programme: Who Benefits?" Land 9, no. 9 (September 16, 2020): 328. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land9090328.
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Joint Ventures (JVs) between ‘agribusiness’ investors and ‘small farmers’ or ‘customary landowners’ are being promoted in South Africa’s land and agrarian reform programme as a way to include land reform beneficiaries in the country’s competitive agricultural sector. This paper undertakes an in-depth comparative analysis of two JV dairy farms located on irrigation schemes in the former ‘homeland’ of the Ciskei, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. The community, through government investment, brings the fixed assets to the business: land, irrigation infrastructure and milking parlours. The agribusiness partner or ‘sharemilker’ contributes the dairy cows and other movable assets. The paper explores what incentivizes agribusiness partners to enter into these types of ‘sharemilking’ JVs. The research reveals that investing in ‘moveable assets’ is more profitable for agribusiness and is also viewed as a more politically pragmatic way to arrange production in the context of land reform. These arrangements have led to further opportunities for investment in other parts of the dairy value chain. The social relations of production involved in sharemilking JVs also obscure class and race relations in ways that benefit agribusiness partners. Although beneficiaries are receiving benefits in the form of jobs and dividends, which in certain cases make notable contributions to household incomes, the structuring of sharemilking contracts is not a fair return on investment for the customary landowners. It is also argued that the JV model is at risk of equating ‘black emerging farmers’ with a group of ‘beneficiaries’ who are in reality workers and passive recipients of dividends and land rents.
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Elrayies, Ghada Mohammad. "Rethinking Slums: An Approach for Slums Development towards Sustainability." Journal of Sustainable Development 9, no. 6 (November 30, 2016): 225. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v9n6p225.
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<p class="textt">Slums have become an unavoidable reality in many countries of the world, particularly the developing world. Although there are various slums upgrading models and approaches to address the urban poverty in developing countries, the number of slum dwellers has actually grown and the problem is expected to become worse. Other public policies have to eradicate slums and didn't take into account the resources and the potentials that slums offer. This refers to the need to change the procedures followed in the development processes. Along with the human-related problems associated with slums, slums cause serious impacts on the environment and natural resources. In this context, sustainable development is the main outlet to achieve a real boom of the developing world that consequently confirms the need to develop slums in an integrated manner. So, this paper adopts a concept of investing the positive aspects of the slums' community in conjunction with developing a thorough framework based on the three pillars of sustainability, economy, society, and environment. From this vein, the research is guided by a set of successful practices of many of developing countries through an approach grounded on the three pillars of sustainability. The objectives of this paper are; 1) shedding light on the positive human power of slum dwellers, 2) disseminating best practices on sustainable approaches, from which it can be developed and adapted to fit in the context of the urban slums of developing countries, and 3) providing a comprehensive framework for developing sustainable slums.</p>
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Lowe, Carli V. "Partnering Preservation with Sustainability." American Archivist 83, no. 1 (March 2020): 144–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.17723/0360-9081-83.1.144.
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As the archival profession is inextricable from future-focused thinking, sustainable preservation must be incorporated into archival practice. Sustainable thinking considers the economic, environmental, social, and cultural needs of both present and future generations, without privileging one factor over another. This article investigates the existing literature on sustainable preservation practices in archives. Sustainability presents a challenge to the archival mission. Becoming more sustainable begins with changing practices, which requires investing time, money, and energy to learn new information. The imperative to provide care for cultural resources is an argument for proceeding with caution. Nevertheless, the reality of the climate crisis and an ever-growing body of evidence from the archives field suggest that archives can and should adopt more sustainable practices. Research indicates that preservation goals may be more effectively met through sustainable practices, leading to more reliable preservation environments and financial savings for the institution as a result of reduction in energy use. This article identifies opportunities for action archives can take to become more sustainable through building design, learning from cultural preservation traditions, rethinking the role of archivists, and reconsidering the impact of practices, both small and large. In the 1980s, Hugo Stehkämper drew attention to principles for natural air-conditioning reliant upon building design, but civilizations have been developing procedures for preserving cultural heritage materials for centuries prior to the advent of so-called modern technology. In the current century, archives, libraries, and museums are continuing to discover a multitude of effective sustainable methods. Drawing upon decades of study, successes, and failures will allow archivists to assess and rethink practices.
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Mendonça, Ligia Bahia. "Aurora Collegial: um jornal dos alunos do Colégio Anchieta." Revista de História e Historiografia da Educação 1, no. 3 (August 27, 2017): 140. http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/rhhe.v1i3.50678.
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Os periódicos escolares exerceram o papel de divulgadores e reforçadores das ideias e práticas de dadas instituições, ao mesmo tempo em que possibilita aos historiadores visitar e compreender aquela realidade. Este artigo investiga o jornal Aurora Collegial (1905-1922) produzido pelos alunos do Colégio Anchieta, à luz da História Cultural. Tomo o periódico como objeto e fonte de modo a poder historiar, através dos indícios do cotidiano escolar, valores, costumes e interesses que balizavam a educação jesuíta nos anos iniciais do século XX. Tratando o objeto/fonte na materialidade, reflito sobre as representações que difunde por práticas, formação religiosa e educação. A pesquisa pretende colaborar com os estudos sobre os periódicos escolares em instituições religiosas.Aurora Collegial: a journal of students of the Anchieta College. School journal shave played the role of disseminators and reinforcers of ideas and practices of certain institutions, at the same time that haveen abled historians to visit and understand such reality. This article investigates the Aurora Collegial periodical (1905-1922) produced by the students of Anchieta College, in the light of Cultural History. I take the periodical as na object and source of narrating facts, through the evidence ofeveryday school life, values, customs and interests that marked Jesuit education in the early years of the twentieth century. By treating the object / source in materiality, I reflect on the representations that spread through practices, religious formation, and education. The research intends to collaborate with the studies on the school periodicals in religious institutions. Keywords: Aurora Collegial; Jesuit education; School periodical.
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De Haan, Irene. "Supporting transition to parenthood in Aotearoa New Zealand." Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work 28, no. 3 (November 17, 2016): 4–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol28iss3id243.
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INTRODUCTION: Recent rhetoric about investing in ‘vulnerable’ children disregards the reality that the magnitude of change accompanying adaptation to parenthood makes all infants and their families vulnerable. This article reports the findings of a small-scale qualitative study of Aotearoa New Zealand parents’ experiences of transition to parenthood and their views on support received or wished for.AIM: To gain insight into how adaptation to life with a baby is experienced and how support could be improved.METHODS: The study involved sequential in-depth interviews with each of 25 socioeconomically diverse first-time mothers and a single set of interviews with 11 fathers and one grandmother. Narrative analysis was used to discern themes.FINDINGS: Participants expressed surprise regarding challenges inherent in adaptation to parenthood. While they deeply appreciated support from Lead Maternity Carers, they saw later professional support as ‘for the baby’. They found little support to deal with problems experienced, which encompassed financial, accommodation, mental health and relationship issues.CONCLUSION: A true investment approach would build on families’ commitment to making beneficial change for the sake of their baby. Well-being could be promoted by longer stays in maternity facilities and straightforward information and coaching about dealing with change as well as about infant care. Fathers’ needs should be carefully considered to help secure engagement in life with a baby. There is a key role for family support social work in designing relevant services and in meeting a need for ‘someone to talk to’ for early help to process change and resolve problems.
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Loos-Sant'Ana, Helga, René Simonato Sant'Ana-Loos, and Clésnia de Oliveira. "Affectfullness as the basis for the (re)formulation of the teacher´s professional identity." International Journal for Innovation Education and Research 8, no. 2 (February 1, 2020): 79–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol8.iss2.2172.
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‘Affectfullness’ is called the way of life defended by Theoretical System of Affectfullness (TSA) in which the interactions we experience in the world can become rich and meaningful. Seen in these terms, it may be understood as a method that provides parameters for analyzing our experiences and investing in our full development as human beings. As of this approach, the teaching and learning activities should also be seen from a broader perspective, since they have a relevant role in the developmental path of our species. Therefore, it is argued that in scholastic institutions, the teacher – the person in charge of ‘teaching’- needs to experience opportunities and perspectives of self-development which happens through participation in healthy interactions and appropriate conditions to carry out their work of transmitting the input of knowledge produced by humanity from generation to generation. However, unfortunately we have noticed that a large number of elementary school teachers in Brazil do not perceive themselves inserted in a context full of development possibilities, both of themselves and of their own students. Teachers experience discomfort and anxieties, which in turn result in disenchantment with their teaching activities. This paper aims to explore, based on the literature researched, some of the difficulties lived by performing teachers which were organized in seven sections that indicate how the integrity of the ‘teaching profession’ has negatively been affected. Then, it promoted a dialogue with the Theoretical System of Affectfullness (TSA) in order to elicit reflections, which contribute to the teachers arouse an “affectively expanded look” on the dimension of their daily work and their professional identity, becoming able to positively affect their work environment and help modify this reality for better.
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Barzotto, Leoné Astride. "O pensamento liminar como uma resposta à colonialidade do poder em La mano en la tierra, de Josefina Plá." Caligrama: Revista de Estudos Românicos 24, no. 1 (April 29, 2019): 65. http://dx.doi.org/10.17851/2238-3824.24.1.65-85.
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Resumo: Este artigo tem a intenção de fazer um estudo da literatura latino-americana pela perspectiva pós-colonial como representação de uma dada realidade, para demonstrar que o conceito de “Pensamento Liminar” (MIGNOLO, 2003) é uma resposta potencial do Hemisfério Sul às novas investidas de domínio percebidas pela descrição do conceito de “Colonialidade do Poder” (QUIJANO, 2005), advindas do Hemisfério Norte. Neste contexto, analisarei ambos os conceitos e as estratégias pós-coloniais pertinentes à esta análise, adentrando o conto La mano en la tierra (2002), da escritora Josefina Plá, a fim de averiguar o papel da mulher local, neste caso Ursula, uma indígena Guarani paraguaia, e sua relevância na narrativa e nas questões de gênero que implicam parcela deste estudo.Palavras-chave: pensamento liminar; colonialidade do poder; pós-colonialismo; literatura latino-americana; gênero.Abstract: This paper aims to develop a study on the Latin American Literature through the post-colonial perspective as a representation of a certain reality, to demonstrate that the concept of “Border Thinking” (MIGNOLO, 2003) is a potential answer from the South Hemisphere towards the new control quests which are perceived through the concept of “Coloniality of Power” (QUIJANO, 2005), from the North Hemisphere. Within this context, I will analyze both concepts and also the post-colonial strategies that connect to it, investing in the short story La mano en la tierra (2002), written by Josefina Plá, to investigate the role of the local woman, in this case Ursula, a Guarani indigenous lady from Paraguay, and her relevance in the narrative as well as in the gender debate which implies part of this study.Keywords: border thinking; coloniality of power; post colonialism; Latin American literature; gender.
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Gródek-Szostak, Zofia, Gabriela Malik, Danuta Kajrunajtys, Anna Szeląg-Sikora, Jakub Sikora, Maciej Kuboń, Marcin Niemiec, and Joanna Kapusta-Duch. "Modeling the Dependency between Extreme Prices of Selected Agricultural Products on the Derivatives Market Using the Linkage Function." Sustainability 11, no. 15 (August 1, 2019): 4144. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11154144.
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The purpose of the article is to identify and estimate the dependency model for the extreme prices of agricultural products listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The article presents the results of the first stage of research covering the time interval 1975–2010. The selected products are: Corn, soybean and wheat. The analysis of the dependency between extreme price values on the selected futures was based on the estimation of five models of two-dimensional extreme value copulas, namely, the Galambos copula, the Gumbel copula, the Husler–Reiss copula, the Tawn asymmetric copula and the t-EV copula. The next stage of the analysis was to test whether the structure of the dependency described with the estimated copulas is a sufficient approximation of reality, and whether it is suitable for modeling empirical data. The quality of matching the estimated copulas to empirical data of return rates of agricultural products was assessed. For this purpose, the Kendall coefficient was calculated, and the methodology of the empirical combining function was used. The conducted research allowed for the determination of the conduct for this kind of phenomena as it is crucial in the process of investing in derivatives markets. The analyzed phenomena are highly dependent on e.g., financial crises, war, or market speculation but also on drought, fires, rainfall, or even crop oversupply. The conducted analysis is of key importance in terms of balancing agricultural production on a global scale. It should be emphasized that conducting market analysis of agricultural products at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in the context of competition with the agricultural market of the European Union is of significant importance.
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Rena, Alemar. "Corpo, sujeito e experiência: rede telemática, TV e leitura." Txt: Leituras Transdisciplinares de Telas e Textos 1, no. 1 (June 30, 2005): 22. http://dx.doi.org/10.17851/1809-8150.1.1.22-35.
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<p><strong>Resumo</strong>: O presente artigo investiga a experiência do sujeito perante as telas e os textos verbais. É dada ênfase aos meios TV, rede telemática e livro, embora eventualmente se aborde também o jornal impresso e o rádio. Argumenta-se que o limite entre real e virtual é mais complexo (senão impossível) de ser apontado do que parece, pois diante dos meios virtualizadores nos encontramos em um entre-lugar. Discute-se ainda a identidade do sujeito perante os meios, sugerindo estar aí o cerne da questão sobre o que os meios virtuais significam, do ponto de vista social e político, para o homem contemporâneo.</p><p><strong>Palavras-chave</strong>: meios; experiência; identidade.</p><p><strong>Abstract</strong>: The present essay looks at the subject’s experience before the screens and verbal texts. Emphasis is given on TV, Internet and book, although radio and newspaper are also approached. It is argued here that the limits between reality and virtuality are more complex (if not impossible) to be pointed out than it normally seems to be, for before the virtualizing media we find ourselves in between. The identity of the subject before the media is also discussed; it is suggested that this discussion is crucial for an understanding of what the media might mean for contemporary man from the social and political points of view.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: media; experience; identity.</p>
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Olivero Sanchez, Felix, Giovanni Valdano Cabezas, and Merle Iglesias Mora. "Sistema de evaluación, seguimiento y acreditación de la calidad educativa en Venezuela. Mito o realidad // System of evaluation, monitoring and accreditation of educational quality in Venezuela. Myth or Reality." CIENCIA UNEMI 10, no. 22 (July 6, 2017): 119–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.29076/issn.2528-7737vol10iss22.2017pp119-128p.
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El presente artículo tiene como objetivo analizar el Sistema de evaluación, seguimiento y acreditación de la calidad educativa en Venezuela. Se investiga si la creación de este sistema ha sido el resultado de una política enmarcada en la mejora de la calidad en la educación superior. La metodología utilizada fue un estudio documental aplicando la técnica del fichaje bibliográfico, a partir de la cual se desarrollaron los núcleos teóricos. A los fines del análisis, se planteó el trabajo en cuatro partes: la primera describe la calidad educativa en las universidades venezolanas. En la segunda se refiere a la evaluación de las universidades venezolanas. En una tercera el sistema de evaluación, seguimiento y acreditación del sector universitario. Finalmente, se reflexiona acerca de los logros obtenidos en torno a la evaluación de las instituciones de educación superior y los desafíos pendientes que se consideran claves para alcanzar una educación superior de calidad. Se concluye que a pesar de los múltiples intentos por parte de los organismos gubernamentales y las universidades, hasta el año 2016 son pocos los avances y resultados que permitan implantar un sistema para evaluar la calidad educativa de la educación superior venezolana. This article aims to analyze the evaluation system, monitoring and accreditation of educational quality in Venezuela. It investigates whether the creation of this system has been the result of a policy framed in the improvement of quality in higher education. The methodology used was a documentary study using the technique of bibliographic signing, from which the theoretical nuclei were developed. For the purposes of analysis, it was split into four parts: the first describes the quality of education in Venezuelan universities. The second part was about the evaluation of Venezuelan universities. The third was concerned about the evaluation system, monitoring and accreditation of the university sector. Finally, I reflect on the achievements regarding the evaluation of higher education institutions and the challenges that are considered key to achieving a higher quality education. It is concluded that despite multiple attempts by government agencies and universities until 2016, little progress and results have been reached to allow implementation of a system for evaluating the quality of higher education in Venezuela.