19 research outputs found
Social Innovation and Psychometric Analysis
No full textAbstractSocial innovation is defined as new ideas or solution proposals to the needs of humans which have not been fulfilled to increase their life standards and welfare. Although after 1990s social innovation has started to attract academicians’ attentions, there are few empirical studies on this subject yet. The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable social innovation instrument at individual level. In this regard, a comprehensive field study was conducted. The field study consists of 767 senior university students from various faculties of 10 universities reflecting different geographical and socio- economic levels to provide a country-wide generalization. According to the findings, a reliable and valid social innovation scale is employed unidimensionally with eight items
“ – Já passamos o Éden”: Machado de Assis e a Abertura de Caminhos para uma Agência Animal Compartilhada no Brasil
No full textThe Brazilian writer Machado de Assis (1839-1908) dedicated part of his complex work to discussing the relationships between human beings and other animals. Many of these discussions are related, in a deeply critical way, to the main sociocultural, political-economic, scientific-technological and ecological-environmental movements of the period. Through literary writing, he developed important reflections on the limits and contingencies of the human and animal condition, opening paths to explore the complex field of Animal History in Brazil. Among hundreds of Machado’s writings on animals (novels and chapters, short stories and scenes from plays, poems and newspaper chronicles), this article seeks to highlight the writings in which the author addressed animal agency, the subjectivities and idiosyncrasies of these beings. This article also aims to discuss how these texts point to and are part of the discussions on animal protection in Brazil in the last decades of the 19th century. Animals in Machado de Assis are more than just metaphors. On several occasions, they are the protagonists and agents of the history, of their own histories that are shared with the writer’s history and with the histories of his readers.O escritor brasileiro Machado de Assis (1839-1908) dedicou parte de sua complexa obra para discutir as relações entre o ser humano e os outros animais. Muitas dessas discussões estão relacionadas, de forma profundamente crítica, aos principais movimentos socioculturais, político-econômicos, científico-tecnológicos e ecológico-ambientais do período. Por meio da escrita literária, elaborou importantes reflexões sobre os limites e contingências da condição humana e animal, abrindo caminhos para explorar o complexo campo da História dos Animais no Brasil. Entre centenas de registros machadianos sobre animais (em romances, contos, peças teatrais, poemas e crônicas de jornal), neste artigo procura-se destacar os escritos nos quais o autor abordou a agência animal, as subjetividades e as idiossincrasias desses seres. Busca-se também discutir de que forma esses textos apontam e estão inseridos nas discussões sobre proteção animal no Brasil nas últimas décadas do século XIX. Os animais em Machado de Assis são mais do que metáforas. Em diversas ocasiões, eles são protagonistas e agentes da história e de suas próprias histórias, que são compartilhadas com a história do escritor e com as histórias de seus leitores.O escritor brasileiro Machado de Assis (1839-1908) dedicou parte de sua complexa obra para discutir as relações entre o ser humano e os outros animais. Muitas dessas discussões estão relacionadas, de forma profundamente crítica, aos principais movimentos socioculturais, político-econômicos, científico-tecnológicos e ecológico-ambientais do período. Por meio da escrita literária, elaborou importantes reflexões sobre os limites e contingências da condição humana e animal, abrindo caminhos para explorar o complexo campo da História dos Animais no Brasil. Entre centenas de registros machadianos sobre animais (em romances, contos, peças teatrais, poemas e crônicas de jornal), neste artigo procura-se destacar os escritos nos quais o autor abordou a agência animal, as subjetividades e as idiossincrasias desses seres. Busca-se também discutir de que forma esses textos apontam e estão inseridos nas discussões sobre proteção animal no Brasil nas últimas décadas do século XIX. Os animais em Machado de Assis são mais do que metáforas. Em diversas ocasiões, eles são protagonistas e agentes da história e de suas próprias histórias, que são compartilhadas com a história do escritor e com as histórias de seus leitores
Entre o Mistério e o Vivido: As Interpretações sobre a Natureza Amazônica nas Obras de Gastão Cruls
No full textThis article analyzes the textual representations of the Amazonian nature in the works of the physician and writer Gastão Cruls (1888-1959). The aim is to identify how the writer built representations of the Amazon region in his works, based on different contexts of production and publication, lived experiences, readings and own perspectives about the processes that occurred in the period. We selected three works, which we believe are essential to understand Gastão Cruls\u27 thoughts regarding the the Amazon territory: A Amazônia Misteriosa (1925); A Amazônia que eu vi: Óbidos – Tumucumaque (1930) and Hiléia Amazônia (1944). The novel A Amazônia Misteriosa is taken as the rise of the writer in the national literary circle. The repercussions of his novel and his social relationships allowed him to join the Frontiers Inspection Service as a climatologist, the agency through which he made his first tour of the Amazon, between the end of 1928 and the beginning of 1929. About ten years later, in 1938, he was commissioned by the Estado Novo to travel to the region again with the intention of writing an unpublished book. The “Amazônias” by Gastão Cruls, whether idealized – when the author did not yet know the region – or experienced, were based on set of consolidated ideas, which mixed with his own way of describing and representing the Amazonian landscapes. Therefore, the analysis helps to identify the ways and styles in which the Amazon region was represented in Brazilian literature and social thought.Este artigo analisa as representações textuais sobre a natureza amazônica nas obras do médico e escritor Gastão Cruls (1888-1959). O objetivo consiste em identificar como o escritor construiu em suas obras representações sobre a região amazônica, a partir dos diferentes contextos de produção e publicação, das experiências vivenciadas, leituras e impressões próprias sobre os processos que ocorriam no período. Selecionamos três obras, que julgamos serem essenciais para entender o pensamento de Gastão Cruls sobre a Amazônia: A Amazônia Misteriosa (1925); A Amazônia que eu vi: Óbidos – Tumucumaque (1930) e Hiléia Amazônia (1944). O romance A Amazônia Misteriosa marcou a ascensão do escritor no círculo literário nacional. A repercussão de seu romance e suas relações sociais o permitiram ingressar como climatologista no Serviço de Inspeção de Fronteiras, agência pela qual realizou sua primeira excursão pela Amazônia, entre o final de 1928 e início de 1929. Cerca de dez anos depois, em 1938, foi comissionado pelo Estado Novo para viajar novamente para a região com a intenção de escrever um livro inédito. As “Amazônias” de Gastão Cruls, seja a idealizada – quando o autor ainda não conhecia a região – ou experienciada, foram fundamentadas em um arcabouço de ideias consolidadas, que mesclaram-se com sua própria forma de descrever e representar as paisagens amazônicas. Portanto, a análise contribui para identificar as formas e estilos em como a região amazônica foi representada na literatura e no pensamento social brasileiro.Este artigo analisa as representações textuais sobre a natureza amazônica nas obras do médico e escritor Gastão Cruls (1888-1959). O objetivo consiste em identificar como o escritor construiu em suas obras representações sobre a região amazônica, a partir dos diferentes contextos de produção e publicação, das experiências vivenciadas, leituras e impressões próprias sobre os processos que ocorriam no período. Selecionamos três obras, que julgamos serem essenciais para entender o pensamento de Gastão Cruls sobre a Amazônia: A Amazônia Misteriosa (1925); A Amazônia que eu vi: Óbidos – Tumucumaque (1930) e Hiléia Amazônia (1944). O romance A Amazônia Misteriosa marcou a ascensão do escritor no círculo literário nacional. A repercussão de seu romance e suas relações sociais o permitiram ingressar como climatologista no Serviço de Inspeção de Fronteiras, agência pela qual realizou sua primeira excursão pela Amazônia, entre o final de 1928 e início de 1929. Cerca de dez anos depois, em 1938, foi comissionado pelo Estado Novo para viajar novamente para a região com a intenção de escrever um livro inédito. As “Amazônias” de Gastão Cruls, seja a idealizada – quando o autor ainda não conhecia a região – ou experienciada, foram fundamentadas em um arcabouço de ideias consolidadas, que mesclaram-se com sua própria forma de descrever e representar as paisagens amazônicas. Portanto, a análise contribui para identificar as formas e estilos em como a região amazônica foi representada na literatura e no pensamento social brasileiro
Social Innovation: A Scale Development Study
No full textÖzellikle 1990’dan sonra bilimsel çalışmaların yoğunlaştığı sosyal yenilikçilik kavramı insanların hayat standartlarını ve refahlarını yükseltebilmek, daha önce karşılanmamış ihtiyaçlara çözüm önerileri ya da yeni fikirler sunabilmek olarak tanımlanmakSocial innovation is defined as being new ideas or solution proposals to latent needs of humans in order to increase life standards and wealth. The concept has started to attract academicians’ attentions, especially after 1990s. The aim of th
Which One Triggers the Other? Technological or Social Innovation
No full textThe term innovation has sometimes been used as a synonym for technological innovation until the concept of social innovation attracted academic attention. Since then, these two types of innovation have been investigated individually. It can be claimed thaYasar University, Turkey; Turkish Military Academy, Turke
Voices from Vilcabamba: accounts chronicling the fall of the Inca Empire
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.An overview of major events that occurred in the Vilcabamba region of Peru during the final decades of Inca rule and English translations of several major period documents. A new source of important archival and archaeological information examining the fall of the Inca Empire in unprecedented detail.--Provided by publisher.Vilcabamba and the fall of the Inca (1536-1572) -- Martín Hurtado de Arbieto and the Spanish colonization of Vilcabamba (1572-1589) -- Document 1: Martín de Murúa and the fall of Vilcabamba: an English translation of Murúa's general history of Peru (chapters 70, 72-85) -- Document 2: Baltasar de Ocampo Conejeros and the province of Vilcabamba -- Document 3: Diego Rodríguez de Figueroa's journey into Vilcabamba [1565] -- Document 4: Antonio Baptista de Salazar and the fall of Vilcabamba -- Document 5: The death, interments, and miracles of Fray Diego Ortiz (Vilcabamba, Peru)
Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the Subthreshold Autism Trait Questionnaire (SATQ-TR).
No full textDo incumbents manipulate access to finance during banking crises?
No full textThe author tests the hypothesis that during systemic banking crises, access to finance is opportunistically tightened by incumbents to eliminate or weaken competition from mainly young firms. He finds this to be especially true in more corrupt countries. To do so, he uses a methodology similar to Rajan and Zingales (1998) on three-digit manufacturing industry-level data provided by the United Nations Statistics Division for about 15 industrial and developing countries in over 20 industries on average. The author shows that price-cost margins in externally more financially dependent industries are higher during crisis than in externally less dependent industries in countries with higher levels of corruption. He finds the opposite relationship for the change in the industry-level number of establishments during a crisis. The results withstand an array of robustness checks, including using different indices of corruption, different controls, and robust estimation techniques.
Access to financial services: a review of the issues and public policy objectives
No full textThis paper reviews the evidence on the importance of finance for economic well-being, provides data on the degree of use of basic financial services by households and firms across a sample of countries, assesses the desirability of more universal access, and overviews the macroeconomic, legal, and regulatory obstacles to access using general evidence and case studies. Although access to finance can be very beneficial, the data show that universal use is far from prevalent in many countries, especially developing countries. At the same time, universal access has generally not been a public policy objective and is surely not easily achievable in most countries. Countries can, however, undertake many actions to facilitate access to financial services, including through strengthening their institutional infrastructures, liberalizing and opening up their markets and facilitating greater competition, and encouraging innovative use of know-how and technology. Government attempts and interventions to directly broaden the provision of access to finance, however, are fraught with risks and costs, among others, the risk of missing the targeted groups. The author concludes with possible global actions aimed at improving data on access and use, and areas for further analysis to help identify the constraints to broadening access.Banks&Banking Reform,Governance Indicators,Financial Intermediation,Poverty Assessment,Health Economics&Finance
The effects of catechol-O-methyltransferase single nucleotide polymorphisms on positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
No full textThe catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene is thought to have an important role in the etiopathogenesis of schizophrenia, but there are conflicting results regarding its role in clinical presentation. We aimed to elucidate the relationship between the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the COMT gene and the severity of positive and negative symptoms. In order to investigate the relationship, the PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, and Cochrane CENTRAL databases were screened for eligible articles. Thirty-eight studies, including 4443 adult patients with schizophrenia, were included in the quantitative analyses, and four studies were qualitatively assessed. Quantitative analyses were performed for acutely ill and clinically stable patient subgroups regarding the different genotypes of rs4680 SNP. Our results showed that the severity of negative symptoms was higher in patients who were rs4680 Met homozygous compared to Val/Met heterozygotes only in acutely ill samples. There was no other significant difference between genotypes. Meta-regression did not reveal any significant moderator effect on the difference in negative symptoms. General psychopathology, positive, negative, and total psychotic symptom levels also were similar between Val homozygotes and Met carriers. Nonetheless, there are some limitations in the study. First, SNPs except for rs4680 were under-researched because of the limited number of studies. Second, high heterogeneity across studies was the main concern. Our results suggested that the COMT rs4680 Met allele was associated with higher levels of negative symptoms within acutely ill patients. Future studies should focus on specific patient subgroups to reveal the moderating effects of SNPs
