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Desenvolvimento territorial sustentável e inovações sociofinanceiras no litoral sul catarinense: Cresol Garopaba
No full textTCC (graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Curso de Agronomia.O trabalho procurou estabelecer ligação entre o desenvolvimento territorial sustentável e o cooperativismo de crédito. Foi realizada revisões bibliográficas sobre o tema, e acompanhamento na criação de uma Cooperativa do sistema Cresol no município de Garopaba. Se buscou dotar zonas pesqueiras de um mecanismo de organização social capaz de organizar a poupança local, aspecto considerado estratégico para o fortalecimento de processos de Desenvolvimento Territorial Sustentável. A abordagem ao desenvolvimento territorial sustentável referiu-se ao fato de se constituir uma instituição capaz de levar o direito que o ser humano tem às condições de vida social, econômica e ambiental e gerar dentro do território uma cooperação social e melhores condições financeiras, se apoiando na sustentabilidade econômica e cultural, para garantir este processo as gerações futuras. As cooperativas de crédito valorizam as relações de proximidade e cumprem papel relevante na execução de políticas públicas de crédito, constituindo-se num propulsor para o desenvolvimento de comunidades tradicionais. Sendo assim, o projeto busca estimular os pescadores artesanais, aquicultores e agricultores familiares localizados a constituir instituições financeiras análogas às existentes junto aos agricultores familiares de outras regiões do estado. O trabalho de extensão realizado, constituiu-se de reuniões, etapas de sensibilização, mobilização, filiação e abertura do Posto de Atendimento Cooperativo. O objetivo principal era a constituição de uma cooperativa de credito singular, devido a alguns fatores levantados se optou primeiramente pela abertura de um posto de atendimento cooperativo, filiado a uma singular próxima da região que possui como perfil cooperados que possuem vínculo com a pesca
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Larry O. Spencer, Conference Author Presentation
No full textGen. Larry O. Spencer, USAF (Ret.), author of Dark Horse: A Journey from the Horseshoe to the Pentago
ESTRATÉGIAS DOS AGRICULTORES FAMILIARES MODERNOS COM RACIONALIDADE EM TRANSIÇÃO QUE VIVENCIARAM O PROGRAMA DE EXTENSÃO RURAL DA CRESOL BASER
No full textA pesquisa tem o propósito de compreender as estratégias produtivas e de organização do trabalho adotadas pelos agricultores familiares modernos com racionalidade do tipo “em transição”, que vivenciaram o Programa de Extensão Rural da Cresol Baser no período de dois anos (2015-2017). A racionalidade em transição encontra-se presente na ampla maioria dos agricultores. Portanto, tal fato justifica o empreendimento de ampliar os conhecimentos dessas famílias de agricultores. Para a Cresol Baser, em particular, a importância do estudo justifica-se no sentido de melhor oferecer produtos financeiros e serviços em favor da melhoria da qualidade de vida das famílias e do desenvolvimento rural. O universo social desse estudo foi composto por 56 estabelecimentos de agricultores familiares, das regiões Sudoeste e Centro-Oeste do Paraná. A perspectiva de abordagem do estudo está baseada nos agricultores, num olhar sobre suas condutas e práticas sociais. Para isso valorizou-se os conceitos weberianos de ação social e racionalidade social e o método de tipos ideais. Além de leituras bibliográficas e documentais, valorizou-se o banco de dados construídos pelos profissionais de extensão durante o período de acompanhamento às famílias. Por fim, foram realizadas dez entrevistas semiestruturadas, pelo pesquisador, a partir de uma amostra de agricultores constituída por sorteio. Como parte dos resultados observou-se que entre essas famílias existe uma expressiva diversidade de maneiras de estruturar o sistema produtivo e de organizar o trabalho no meio rural. Observou-se uma tendência declinante dos cultivos de cereais, ao mesmo tempo vem ganhando espaço as estratégias de cultivos de hortifruticultura, além da atividade leiteira, ainda, fortemente presente nessas famílias. A profissionalização, a organização social (cooperativismo), o trabalho não-agrícola e o acesso aos mercados, dentre outros aspectos, se apresentam como desafios e condição para a permanência das famílias no meio rural. O artigo está organizado em quatro partes, incluindo a introdução. O segundo visa apresentar um quadro teórico para fins de análise sobre os atores sociais, a diversidade de racionalidades e o desenvolvimento rural. Em seguida é apresentado os dados da pesquisa dos agricultores situados na experiência da Cresol Baser com o Programa de Extensão Rural. Por fim, as considerações finais
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Propensity Score Matching with Limited Overlap
No full textIn this article, we have demostrated the application of two newly proposed estimators which accounts for lack of overlap under propensity score matching on a case study involing the analysis of health expenditure data for the United States.
Susceptibility of table grape varieties grown in south-eastern Italy to Drosophila suzukii
No full textSince 2008, Drosophila suzukii, the spotted wing drosophila, has colonized most of the
American and European continents, being able to adapt to very different climates. In
Italy, this pest has been captured from northern Alpine to southern Mediterranean
regions where it can infest a broad range of fruits, including wine grapes. Studies have
shown that oviposition levels and developmental rates of D. suzukii on wine grapes are
lower than on other berries, although recent observations indicate that grapes may
become a suitable host plant in particular conditions. Here, we report, for the first
time, the results of a series of no-choice oviposition experiments using berries of five
table grape varieties sampled in the provinces of Taranto and Bari (Apulia region,
south-eastern Italy) during 2013 from both organic and conventional farming systems.
The sugar content (SC) and skin hardness of each sample were analysed to assess the
influence of these physiological parameters on the susceptibility of table grapes to
D. suzukii infestation. A negative correlation was found between the number of eggs
laid and berry skin penetration force, whereas there was a positive one between the
number of eggs and Brix values, as well as sampling date. In organic grapes, SC and
skin hardness of two varieties (“Crimson” and “Scarlotta”) were measured, respectively,
higher and lower than in conventional grapes, thus making them more susceptible
to pest infestation. The study hence shows that in laboratory conditions D. suzukii
is able to heavily infest and develop on table grapes and that susceptibility to its infestation
significantly depends on both variety and farming system
Approximation of Continuous Random Variables for the Evaluation of the Reliability Parameter of Complex Stress-Strength Models
No full textA stress-strength model consists of an item, a component, or a system with an intrinsic random strength that is subject to a random stress during its functioning, so that it works until the strength is greater than the stress. The probability of this event occurring is called the reliability parameter. Since stress and strength are often functions of elementary stochastic factors and the form of these functions is usually very complex, it descends that finding their exact statistical distribution, and then the value of the reliability parameter, is at least cumbersome if not actually impossible. It is standard practice to carry out Monte Carlo simulations in order to find this value numerically. A convenient alternative solution to this impasse comprises discretization, i.e., substituting the probability density functions of the continuous random variables with the probability mass functions of properly chosen approximating discrete random variables. Thus, an approximate value of the reliability parameter can be recovered by enumeration. Many discretization methods have been proposed in the literature so far, which may differ from one another in their ultimate scope and range of applicability [1, 2, 3]. In this work, we will revise and further rene these techniques and apply them to the context of complex stress-strength models. A comparative study will empirically investigate the performance of these methods by considering several well-known engineering problems and give some practical advice on their mindful use
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1902-1907
No full textIn this second volume of Author Under Sail Jay Williams investigates the life of Jack London as a professional writer at the turn of the 1900s, as his publications spanned The Call of the Wild to The Iron Heel and The Road. While documenting key life events, especially his rising fame, this biography explores London's necessity to illustrate the inner workings of his own vast imagination through his socialist essays and fiction.Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Howl, O Heav'nly Muse! -- 2. Jesus in the Theater of Socialism -- 3. Jack London's Place in American Literature -- 4. Theater of War, Theater at Home -- 5. Revolution, Evolution, and the Scene of Writing -- 6. The Jack London Show Goes on the Road -- 7. Red Atavisms and Revolution -- 8. Earthquake Apocalypse and Building the City, Boat, and House Beautiful -- 9. The Future of Socialism and the Death of the Individual -- 10. The Road Never Ends -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexIn this second volume of Author Under Sail Jay Williams investigates the life of Jack London as a professional writer at the turn of the 1900s, as his publications spanned The Call of the Wild to The Iron Heel and The Road. While documenting key life events, especially his rising fame, this biography explores London's necessity to illustrate the inner workings of his own vast imagination through his socialist essays and fiction.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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