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Making a Determination from the Operational Code of a New and Influential Actor: President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan
No full textLack of sufficient and fulfilling information about new political actors who have key positions on the international stage, makes the task of explaining and predicting their choices much more complicated. With the help of Operational Code analysis it is possible to provide the missing information. Thus the main purpose of this article is to understand the behavioural pattern of a relatively new political actor by using Operational Code. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has become one of the most prominent political leader in Turkey due to his political methods, manners, decisions and his deep impact on political processes, has been analyzed primarily for being a relatively "new actor" compared to his antecedents. Secondarily Erdogan is a unique leader who has overcomed a serious crisis of survival of his country during 15 July failed coup d'etat. For all those aforementioned reasons, Operational Code of Erdogan is the main argument of this paper
Gestão do trabalho e participação: Chega de oba-oba?
No full textThis article aims at investigating the work management in the advertising agencies in the city of
Belo Horizonte. The scope for the analysis was the work developed by Meir (2005) in the book “End
of the fun”. The repercussion aroused by the considerations in the book was the reason to choose
this author, because she proposes a return to the old fashion way of managing the work. The
authors discusses that the forms of managing work are not suitable for the advertisement agencies
and the professional that work for them. She believes that the office cannot be an extension of the
home and the leisure. The qualitative research developed for this investigation presents data
related to the ways of working of these organizations and corroborates with the author’s
statements. It was observed that the employees of the agencies fall into two categories of workers:
a rigid group, that works under strict and well definite rules, and the other group that performs the
tasks in accordance with the demands of the client’s advertising campaign. The results point out to
other issues such as “the lack of creativity toward the administrative procedures” and the clear
division of the work relations in only one organization.Esse artigo tem por finalidade investigar a gestão do trabalho nas agências de publicidade do município de Belo Horizonte. O escopo para a análise da pesquisa foi o trabalho desenvolvido por Meir (2005), no livro “Chega de oba-oba”. A escolha pela autora foi proveniente da repercussão causada por suas considerações, visto que ela propõe um retorno às estruturas antigas nas formas de gerir o trabalho. A autora argumenta que as novas formas de gerir o trabalho não são adequadas para as agências e nem para os profissionais que nelas trabalham. Isto porque acredita que o local de trabalho não pode ser uma extensão do lar e do lazer. A pesquisa de cunho qualitativo, desenvolvida para essa investigação, apresenta dados sobre as formas de se trabalhar e corrobora com as teses da autora. Observou-se que os empregados das agências se enquadram em dois grupos de trabalhadores: um rígido, que trabalha sob regras muito definidas, e um outro que desempenha suas funções em acordo com as exigências demandadas pelas campanhas publicitárias dos clientes da organização. Os resultados apontam para outras questões tais como a “falta de criatividade dos procedimentos administrativos” e da nítida divisão das relações de trabalho nas empresas
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’ın karizmatik liderlik vasfı çerçevesinde operasyonel kod analizi : Avrupa Birliği - Ortadoğu
No full text06.03.2018 tarihli ve 30352 sayılı Resmi Gazetede yayımlanan “Yükseköğretim Kanunu İle Bazı Kanun Ve Kanun Hükmünde Kararnamelerde Değişiklik Yapılması Hakkında Kanun” ile 18.06.2018 tarihli “Lisansüstü Tezlerin Elektronik Ortamda Toplanması, Düzenlenmesi ve Erişime Açılmasına İlişkin Yönerge” gereğince tam metin erişime açılmıştır.Dış politika analiz çalışmalarında geleneksel yaklaşım devletleri en önemli birim olarak görürken artık günümüzde liderler de farklı bir birim olarak ele alınmakta sistematik olarak değerlendirilmelerine önem verilmektedir. Siyasi liderlerin inanç sistemi, kişiliği ve bunların dış politika üzerine olan etkileri, konularını içeren çalışmaların sayıları hızla artmasına rağmen dış politika analizinde sistematik çalışmaların eksikliği sıklıkla vurgulanmaktadır. Esasen yapılacak sistematik analizler ulusal ve global aktörlerin ve liderlerin dış politika davranışlarını anlamayı kolaylaştıracaktır. Günümüzde, Lider Kişilik Analizi ve Operasyonel Kod Analizi gibi uzaktan değerlendirme metotlarından faydalanılarak, sistematik bir şekilde kişilik değerlendirmesi yapmak mümkündür. Bu çalışmada dış politika davranışı ve inanç sistemleri arasındaki bağı anlama konusunda Operasyonel Kod Analizi kullanılmıştır. Bu nicel yöntem ile elde edilen bulgular ışığında liderin dış politika davranışı için bir ön değerlendirme yapabilmek mümkün olabilmektedir. Bu çalışmada özgün bir konu olarak Recep Tayyip Erdoğan'ın dış politika davranışı ve siyasi liderliği irdelenmiştir. Bu çalışma, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan'ın Başbakanlık (2005-2014) ve Cumhurbaşkanlığı (2014-2016) olmak üzere farklı iki yönetim dönemleri üzerinden yapılan bir karşılaştırma ile, sistematik olarak inanç sistemi, kişiliği ve bunların dış politika üzerine olan etkilerini incelemeyi, değişimleri gözlemlemeyi hedeflemektedir. İzlediği politikalarla yarattığı bölgesel ve küresel etkiler ile karizmatik lider örneği olan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan'ın dış politika davranış modelini ve siyasi liderliğini anlamayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu tezde; Recep Tayyip Erdoğan'ın Başbakanlık döneminde AB üyelik müzakereleri temelinde AB konusunda ve Ortadoğu ile gerek siyasi ve kültürel gerek ekonomik temelli yakın ilişkilerde bulunmak isteyen bir siyasi davranış sergilediği, Cumhurbaşkanlığı döneminden itibaren de değişen global siyasi ortamla birlikte Batı karşıtı söylemlerinde artış olan, yönünü AB üyeliği konusunda çevirebilen, Ortadoğu'da ise ikili devlet ilişkilerinde esnekliğini daha aza indiren gerektiğinde söylemlerinde radikalleşen bir siyasi tavır izlediği öngörülmüştür. Liderin farklı yönetim dönemleri içinde izlenen dış politikalardaki değişikliklerin inanç sistemi ve kişiliğinde oluşan değişimlerin yansımaları sonucu oluştuğu hipotezinden yola çıkılmıştır. Ancak yapılan bu çalışmanın neticesinde incelenen iki dönem arasında anlamlı bir fark saptanamamıştır. Liderin inanç sistemi ve kişiliğinde tutarlılığın korunduğu ve bunların dış politika üzerine olan etkilerinde de fark olmadığı tespit edilerek hipotez çürütülmüştür.While the traditional approach in the foreign policy analytic studies sees the state as the most important unit, nowadays leaders are paid special attention to be evaluated systematically as a seperate unit. Thus, there are increasing number of studies covering the subjects of the belief systems of leaders, their personality and the effect of them over the foreign policy. However it is often mentioned that there is still lack of sufficient systematic foreign policy analytic studies. Essentially the systematic analysis will help to better understand the foreign policy acts of the national and global actors and leaders. Nowadays, it is possible to carry out personality assessment systematically by making use of remote evaluation methods like Leadership Trait Analysis and Operational Code Analysis. In this study Operational Code Analysis is used to understand the link between the belief systems and the foreign policy acts. Under the influence of the collected data with this quantitative study, it becomes possible to pre-evaluate the leader's foreign policy acts. Foreign policy acts and political leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is examined as a specific subject in this study. This study is focused on analyzing systematically the belief system, personality and the effects of these over the foreign policy acts, by making a comparison between the two spesific administrative time periods of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (his Presidence period between 2014-2016 and his Prime Minister period between 2005-2014). It is aimed to understand political leadership and foreign policy action model of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who is an example of a charismatic leader as he creates regional and global impacts with the pursued policies. In this thesis it is predicted that, in his Prime Minister term Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was exposing a political act which was eager to cooperate with EU and Middle East especially in political, economic and cultural fields, however in his presidency term, in an altered global political environment his policies became less flexible with more radical discourses with an anti EU stance. The hypothesis stating that the diversities of the pursued foreign policies in different administrative periods occured due to reflections of the alterations in the personality and the belief system of the leader has been the starting point of this study. However, as a result of this analyzes, no significant difference was found between the two periods examined. As a consequence, it is found out that the leader kept his consistency in his belief system and personality and there is also statistically no important difference in the effects of them over the foreign policy. Thus, the hypothesis has been denied
Role of chemotherapy for advanced/recurrent gastric cancer: an individual-patient-data meta-analysis
No full textRole of chemotherapy for advanced/recurrent gastric cancer: an individual-patient-data meta-analysis.
GASTRIC (Global Advanced/Adjuvant Stomach Tumor Research International Collaboration) Group1, Oba K, Paoletti X, Bang YJ, Bleiberg H, Burzykowski T, Fuse N, Michiels S, Morita S, Ohashi Y, Pignon JP, Rougier P, Sakamoto J, Sargent D, Sasako M, Shitara K, Tsuburaya A, Van Cutsem E, Buyse M.
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Buyse M, Michiels S, Oba K, Paoletti X, Rougier P, Yamamoto S, Nakamura K, Bang YJ, Bleiberg H, Burzykowski T, Buyse M, Delbaldo C, Michiels S, Morita S, Oba K, Ohashi Y, Paoletti X, Pignon JP, Rougier P, Sakamoto J, Sargent D, Sasako M, Van Cutsem E, Ajani J, Boku N, Barone C, Borner M, Bouche O, Bugat R, Coombes C, Cullinan S, Dank M, Douglass H, Fuse N, Glimelius B, Hawkins R, Kanzler S, Koizumi W, Kim TW, Lordick F, Moehler M, Nio Y, Ohtsu A, Pozzo C, Reichardt P, Roth A, Schumacher C, Shitara K, Thuss-Patience P, Tsuburaya A, Van Cutsem E, Vanhoefer U, Wils J, Yamamura Y.
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Abstract
We conducted an individual-patient-data meta-analysis of the efficacy of chemotherapy on overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in advanced/recurrent gastric cancer (AGC). Our primary research question was whether the experimental arms of the trials included in the meta-analysis showed a benefit as compared with their corresponding control arms. MEDLINE (up to 2010), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, National Institutes of Health (NIH) trial registry and proceedings of major oncologic and gastrointestinal cancer meetings were searched. Randomised controlled trials for AGC closed to patient accrual before the end of 2006 were eligible. As of December 2010, individual patient data were available from 22 trials (4245 patients, representing 47% of the targeted data) of 55 eligible trials. The overall comparison of experimental arms with the corresponding control arms showed statistically significant differences in terms of both OS and PFS. Hazard ratio was 0.88 (95% confidence interval 0.82-0.94, P<0.0001) for OS and 0.81 (0.76-0.88, P<0.0001) for PFS. The results of the sub-analysis of adding a given chemotherapeutic agent to any chemotherapy confirm the results of the overall analysis, with a hazard reduction of 11% for OS (P<0.01) and 26% for PFS (P<0.0001). This meta-analysis of individual patient data shows that the additions of experimental chemotherapeutic agents to pre-existing control or standard regimens have produced a modest improvement in OS and PFS. Median survival remained below 1 year for all investigated chemotherapy regimens and none emerged as a clear standard
Erratum: The Operative management in Bariatric Acute abdomen (OBA) Survey: Long-term complications of bariatric surgery and the emergency surgeon's point of view (World J Emerg Surg (2020) 15 (2) DOI: 10.1186/s13017-019-0281-y)
No full textThe original article [1] contained an error in authorship whereby author, Fausto Catena was mistakenly listed as part of the institutional authorship of the OBA trial supporters instead of in the correct position of final author. As such, the original article has since been corrected to reflect the correct authorship. Furthermore, this error was mistakenly introduced by the production team handling this article and, as such was not the fault of the authors
Subversions of Gender and Power in Oba Minako's "Yamamba no Bisho"
No full textBeginning as early as Genji Monogatari and continuing to the present, women writers have had a significant impact on Japanese canon. Their perspectives present a critical view of the social structure and its effects on the lives of women, both in fiction and in factual biographical accounts. This essay posits that many female authors from modern Japan defied gender stereotypes and wrote about the difficulties that women faced. To illustrate this point further, Oba Minako (1930-2007) is introduced as an exemplary author who succeeded in her career despite many potential obstacles. Oba's writing combines imagery of women's power in the literary tradition as well as motifs from Japanese mythology to express a deep-seated anxiety with regard to the individuation process. Her short story "Yamamba no Bisho" examines this theme from the perspective of a psychic witch haunted by her supernatural abilities. Through an analysis of this story, the author will theorize that these abilities embody women's dual desire to both conform to the existing power structure and to reject it.9KJ00010002479departmental bulletin pape
The Worldview and the Author´s (Self)Reflection in Czech Contemporary Historiography
No full textCílem studie je představit možnosti, jak na základě publikovaných autorských textů zkoumat světový názor historiků a historiček, zejména v oboru soudobých dějin, kde lze předpokládat vliv jejich hodnotového horizontu na interpretaci relativně nedávné minulosti. Autor nejprve vymezuje pojetí světového názoru vzhledem ke stanovenému záměru a zdůvodňuje analytické užití tohoto pojmu v historiografickém textu, v daném kontextu se také zamýšlí nad vztahem paměti, dějin a historiografie. Konstatuje, že poměrně málo českých historiků a historiček dosud reflektuje vztah (individuální či kolektivní) paměti a práce dějepisce, zvláště s ohledem na jeho pozici v současné společnosti, která bývá často redukována na roli objektivního „objevitele historické pravdy“. Taková (sebe)reflexe předpokládá přiznání vlivu individuálního světového názoru historika (komplexu názorů a postojů formovaných výchovou, vzděláním, vzpomínkami, generační příslušností a podobně) na jeho vědeckou činnost. Autor studie nabízí dvě možné a vzájemně se doplňující cesty k poznání historikova světového názoru: jednak prostřednictvím vlastních svědectví a prohlášení z jeho osobněji laděných textů a egodokumentů (eseje, rozhovory, vzpomínky, příspěvky na sociálních sítích), jednak analýzou jeho vědeckých textů (časopiseckých studií, knižních monografií, recenzí). Oba přístupy autor dokumentuje na konkrétních příkladech z produkce historiků a historiček českých soudobých dějin. V závěru studie pak nastiňuje cíle a smysl zkoumání historikova světového názoru.The aim of this study is to present the opportunities for research into the worldview of historians, especially historians focused on contemporary history, where it can be assumed that their set of values may influence their interpretation of the rela-tively recent past. The author first defines the notion of worldview and justifies the analytical use of this concept in historiographical texts. He also considers the relationship between memory, history and historiography in the given context. The author states that not many Czech historians have so far reflected on the relationship between (individual and collective) memory and the work of the historian, especially with regard to his or her position in contemporary society, which is often reduced to the role of an objective “discoverer of historical truth”. Such (self)reflection presupposes the acknowledgement of the influence of the historian’s individual worldview (a complex of opinions and attitudes shaped by upbringing, education, memories, generational affiliation and so on) on his or her scholarly activity. The author of the study offers two possible and complementary ways to learn about the historian’s worldview: first, through his or her own testimonies and statements from more personal texts and ego-documents (essays, interviews, memoirs or social me-dia posts), and second, through the analysis of his or her scholarly texts (journal studies, monographs and book reviews). The author demonstrates both approaches with concrete examples of works by historians of Czech contemporary history and concludes by outlining the aims and purpose of examining the historian’s worldview. © 2022, Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Author identity
No full textPráce popisuje dva nové mezinárodní standardy pro identifikaci autorů uvedené v roce 2010: ISNI - International Name Standard Identifier (návrh standardu ISO) a ORCID (návrh standardu pro identifikaci vědeckých autorů vycházející z Research ID od společnosti Thomson Reuters). Oba standardy jsou teprve ve svých počátcích
Architecture on paper: three unbuilt projects by Leonardo Tossiaki Oba
No full textA geração do arquiteto Leonardo Oba marcou a história da arquitetura do país com expressivos resultados em concursos públicos de projeto que chamaram a atenção da crítica especializada nacional. Muito já se questionou sobre os motivos da ascensão da arquitetura produzida na capital paranaense e pouco se discutiu, efetivamente, sobre os projetos apresentados e os arquitetos responsáveis. A análise do conjunto de projetos não construídos contribui para o entendimento total da obra do arquiteto e das características do grupo paranaense. Assim, a presente pesquisa pretende resgatar o valor arquitetônico de obras que foram premiadas nos concursos que disputaram, mas não foram construídas. Por meio de uma pesquisa exploratória do recorte proposto, busca-se complementar as pesquisas e publicações existentes, que em sua maioria dão reconhecimento apenas às obras edificadas. Recorre-se à análise de três estudos de caso: o Edifício-Sede da TerraFoto, 1979; o Paço Municipal e Centro Cívico de Votorantim, 1987; e o Centro de Formação Profissional, Promoção Social e Desenvolvimento Rural, 1996. O estudo recupera tanto o que os próprios autores afirmam quanto o que a crítica avalia. Por fim, busca-se a lógica expressa pelos próprios projetos, por meio de seu redesenho, e o diálogo com a obra construída do arquiteto, já estudada por outros pesquisadores. Aproxima-se dos projetos a fim de considerá-los como documento, para esclarecer características históricas locais. Por serem frutos de concursos, foram divulgados pela imprensa nacional. E, além dos periódicos, disponíveis na biblioteca da FAUUSP, a pesquisa conta com o acervo pessoal de projetos do arquiteto, o acervo digital de concursos do IABsp, e entrevista com o autor.The generation of the architect Leonardo Oba left its mark on Brazils architectural history with many and significant results in public design competitions that drew the attention of the national specialized critics. A lot has already been said about the reasons behind the rise of architecture produced in the capital of Paraná, but not many discussions is actually held about the presented projects and the responsible architects. The analysis of the collection of unbuilt projects contributes to a comprehensive understanding of the architects work and the characteristics of the group of Paraná. This research aims to reclaim the architectural value of works that were award-winning in competitions but were not built. Through an exploratory study of the proposed scope, we seek to complement the existing researches and publications, which mainly focus on recognizing only the constructed works. The research relies on the analysis of three case studies: TerraFoto Headquarters, 1979; Votorantim Municipal Palace and Civic Center, 1987; and Professional Training Center, Social Promotion, and Rural Development, 1996. The study retrieves both on what the authors themselves state and what the critics evaluate. Finally, the research aims to discern the logic expressed by the projects themselves through their redesign and dialogue with the architects built work, already studied by other researchers. We approach the projects in order to consider them as documents to clarify local historical characteristics. As products of competitions, they were covered by the national press. In addition to periodicals, available at the FAUUSP library, the research relies on the architects personal project collection, the digital archive of competitions from IABsp, and interview with the author
Influence of Constant Torque Stretching at Different Stretching Intensities on Flexibility and Mechanical Properties of Plantar Flexors
No full textOba, K, Samukawa, M, Nakamura, K, Mikami, K, Suzumori, Y, Ishida, Y, Keeler, N, Saitoh, H, Yamanaka, M, and Tohyama, H. Influence of constant torque stretching at different stretching intensities on flexibility and mechanical properties of plantar flexors. J Strength Cond Res 35(3): 709-714, 2021-The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of constant torque stretching (CTS) at different stretching intensities on the maximal range of motion (ROM) and muscle-tendon unit (MTU) stiffness of plantar flexors. Fourteen healthy men performed 4 trials of differing stretch intensities: no stretching (control), 50, 75, and 100%. Stretch intensity was defined as maximum passive resistive torque predetermined at a familiarization trial. Each stretch trial consisted of 5 sets of 60-second CTS at the designated stretch intensity. Both maximal ROM and passive resistive torque were assessed during passive dorsiflexion, and MTU stiffness was calculated using the torque-angle curves measured before and after CTS. There were no significant differences in maximal ROM or MTU stiffness at the baseline condition. After the intervention, significantly greater maximal ROM and significantly lower MTU stiffness were observed in the 100% CTS condition than the control condition, whereas there were no significant differences between the submaximal intensity condition (i.e., 50 or 75% intensity) and the control condition. Therefore, our findings suggest that maximal intensity stretching is the most effective approach for improving both flexibility and MTU stiffness with CTS
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