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Transcripts for dissertation, "Iron fellows : commitment and activism in a poor people's movement"
No full textThis set contains transcripts from Marcos Perez's dissertation project. Data is available by request to interested scholars and students. Visitors may not download the files without express permission from the author. Visitors may not make copies of the transcripts, nor distribute any part of them separately. To request access, please contact [email protected]
Multivariate data analysis of categorical data: taking advantage of the rhetorical power of numbers in qualitative research
No full textThere is a general understanding that quantitative methods are more trustworthy than methods based uniquely on words and discourse. In this paper, we depart from this thinking to explore how numbers can be used in qualitative research so as to take advantage of its expressive power. We present a technique that enables the application of multivariate data analysis—particularly of interdependence methods, which include principal components analysis, factor analysis, cluster analysis, and multidimensional scaling—in qualitative research. The technique consists in translating categorical data from qualitative research into a binary form that enables the calculation of correlations, similarity coefficients, and distances, thus enabling the application of the interdependence methods of multivariate data analysis. Results also include a brief taxonomy of literature review. It contributes by demonstrating how qualitative research can benefit from quantitative analysis
Courageous women in media: Marcos and censorship in the Philippines
Get PDFWhen Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law in 1972, press freedom became the first casualty in the country that once boasted of being the 'freest in Asia'. Printing presses, newspaper offices, television and radio stations were raided and padlocked. Marcos was especially fearful of the press and ordered the arrest of journalists whom he charged with conspiring with the 'Left'. Pressured into lifting martial law after nearly 10 years, Marcos continued to censor the media, often demanding publishers to sack journalists whose writing he disapproved of. Ironically, he used the same 'subversive writings' as proof to Western observers that freedom of the press was alive and well under his dictatorship. This article looks at the writings of three female journalists from the Bulletin Today. The author examines the work of Arlene Babst, Ninez Cacho-Olivares, and Melinda de Jesus and how they traversed the dictator's fickle, sometimes volatile, reception of their writing. Interviewed is Ninez Cacho-Olivare, who used humour and fairy tales in her popular column to criticise Marcos, his wife, Imelda, and even the military that would occasionally 'invite' her for questioning. She explains an unwritten code of conduct between Marcos and female journalists that served to shield them from total political repression
Moral sensitivity framework on Brazilian psychiatry
No full textINTRODUÇÃO: A importância da bioética tem uma demanda importante na prática médica e é muito pouco discutida na psiquiatria. Antes de se pensar o panorama bioético do paciente e do contexto de tratamento, deve-se avaliar a postura bioética do profissional envolvido na relação médico-paciente. Como em outras áreas da psicologia e da psiquiatria, o uso de instrumentos de avaliação de atitudes tem se mostrado útil na discussão de várias situações e comportamentos. No campo da relação médico-paciente na psiquiatria, o Questionário de Sensibilidade Moral (QSM), uma escala dimensional com respostas tipo Likert sobre questões éticas (divididas em 6 dimensões propostas para a sensibilidade Moral) na enfermagem e na psiquiatria, mostra-se como um instrumento específico e útil na investigação das atitudes morais do médico. OBJETIVOS: Conhecer a estrutura da sensibilidade moral dos médicos psiquiatras do Brasil. Descrever o panorama das variáveis epidemiológicas e demográficas da população estudada. Investigar as relações de algumas variáveis epidemiológicas (demográficas e culturais) com a estrutura da sensibilidade moral dos médicos psiquiatras do Brasil. MÉTODOS: Comparar estatisticamente os resultados das dimensões da escala com as variáveis epidemiológicas colhidas no momento da avaliação. RESULTADOS: Foram avaliados 522 médicos psiquiatras do Brasil. As variáveis epidemiológicas investigadas foram: a idade, com média de 49 anos, a raça (brancos, 91,60%), o sexo (homens, 65,70%) e o estado civil (casados, 64,00%). Os psiquiatras também foram avaliados com relação a outros aspectos, a saber: religião (católicos, 44,40%), ter feito ou não residência médica (sim, 75,10%), tipo de prática na psiquiatria (mais que 1 atividade, 86,20%) e tempo de prática profissional (21,3 anos). DISCUSSÃO: Houve a concordância total com as dimensões da Sensibilidade Moral como autonomia, respeito pela integridade e relacionamento interpessoal; concordância parcial na benevolência e respeito às regras, e forte discordância na experiência de conflitos éticos. As variáveis demográficas que tiveram relação estatisticamente significativa com as dimensões e questões da escala foram: idade, cor da pele, sexo, estado civil, religião, residência médica como formação profissional, tempo de experiência profissional e tipo de prática na psiquiatria. CONCLUSÃO: O QSM mostrou ser útil como escala de avaliação moral da prática médica psiquiátrica no Brasil. A estrutura da sensibilidade moral dos médicos psiquiatras brasileiros sofre múltiplas influências em sua relação com elementos epidemiológicos, demográficos e culturaisINTRODUCTION: Despite the importance of Bioethics in all fields of medical sciences, it does not receive enough attention, mainly in psychiatry. Before considering the most appropriate approach to treatment, any physician must focus on its bioethical medical-patient relationship. Like other neuroscience areas such as psychology, the use of instruments that evaluate the phenomenology of attitudes have proved to be necessary in many discussions that involve behavior. In regard to the relationship between physician and his patient, the Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire (MSQ), a Likert-type scale with 30 questions concerning 6 dimensions of moral sensitivity in psychiatric practice, has shown itself to be a specific and good self-evaluation instrument that can be used in the investigation of psychiatrists\' moral sensitivity attitudes. OBJECTIVE: To know the Brazilian Psychiatrists\' Moral Sensitivity framework; and to describe the epidemiology and demographics of the population studied and to investigate some relations within these variables with the Psychiatrists\' Moral Sensitivity. METHODS: The results and scale domains were compared statistically using the epidemiological variables mentioned in the questionnaire. RESULTS: A number of 522 Brazilian psychiatrists were evaluated. The epidemiological variables were age (average of 49 years old), race (91,60% were white), sex (65,70% were men), and marital status (64,00% were married). The psychiatrists were also evaluated concerning other aspects, namely: religion (44,40% were Catholic), status of medical residency as field of training (75,10% had academic residency training), type of professional practice (86,20% had more than one practice field in psychiatry) and length of professional practice (average 21,3 years). DISCUSSION: There was a total agreement in the moral dimensions mentioned in autonomy, respect for integrity and interpersonal relationship. A partial concordance was achieved in benevolence and rules. A strong disagreement was shown in experiencing medical conflicts. The epidemiological variables that were strongly related to the scale dimensions were age, religion, medical residency, length of professional experience and the type of psychiatric practice. CONCLUSION: The QSM has shown to be useful as a bioethical tool in the field of investigation of Brazilian Psychiatrists\' Moral Sensitivity. It was also viewed that the Brazilian Psychiatrists\' Moral Sensitivity framework can be influenced by epidemiological, demographic and cultural factor
Producing Ferdinand E. Marcos, the Scholarly Author
Get PDFThisarticle discusses the compelling evidence—found in various primaryand secondary sources and analyzed through methods drawn from bookhistory and plagiarism detection—that not one of the books authored byPres. Ferdinand E. Marcos was actually written by him. Thearticle alsoshows how many of “Marcos’s” books had either plagiarized content(e.g., republishing contents from previous works) or were “padded” withlengthy appendices. It also explains the seemingly far-reaching distributionnetwork of these books. Lastly, thearticle looks into how these books,although they have not been republished for decades, continue to servetheir intended functions.KEYWORDS: FERDINAND E. MARCOS • BOOK HISTORY • GHOSTWRITING • PLAGIARISM• ADRIAN CRISTOBA
CFD based aerodynamic redesign of a Marcos LM600
No full textThe final years of the 1960s mark the introduction of aerodynamics to the field of motorsport and they have grown to be inextricably connected ever since. The competing cars in nearly every motorsport category are fitted with aerodynamic devices while Formula One teams actually have departments that are primarily concerned with the aerodynamic design of their vehicles. The GT-class is another motorsport category that hosts cars that are predominantly shaped with the aim to optimize aerodynamic efficiency. The Marcos LM600 is one of the cars that competes in the GT-class and forms the sculpture of this thesis. The subject of this thesis is to enhance the aerodynamic characteristics of the Marcos LM600 through utilization of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). This implies that on going through this report a number of modifications to the Marcos LM600 will be presented with the aim of obtaining an aerodynamically improved racing car. In a sense the Marcos LM600 thus resembles a sculpture that assumes its final shape after a succession of modifications. The aerodynamic characteristics that are of primary significance to a racing car are the downforce and drag. The obvious target is to maximize the downforce and downforce-to-drag ratio. Apart from this force ratio, the downforce distribution between the wheel axes is another important racing car characteristic. The actual handling stability of the car is determined by the force balance between the front and rear wheels. Too much ”grip” on the front wheels causes oversteer, while too much rear wheel grip causes understeer. Thus when designing racing cars, the aerodynamicist should take into account the front wheel and rear wheel downforce and to obtain either a vehicle with neutral steer or slightly oversteer1. However, vehicle handling is beyond the scope of this thesis, which is why the Marcos LM600 will only be optimized in terms of downforce and drag, leaving out their effect on the vehicle stability.Aerospace Engineerin
Moral sensitivity framework on Brazilian psychiatry
No full textINTRODUÇÃO: A importância da bioética tem uma demanda importante na prática médica e é muito pouco discutida na psiquiatria. Antes de se pensar o panorama bioético do paciente e do contexto de tratamento, deve-se avaliar a postura bioética do profissional envolvido na relação médico-paciente. Como em outras áreas da psicologia e da psiquiatria, o uso de instrumentos de avaliação de atitudes tem se mostrado útil na discussão de várias situações e comportamentos. No campo da relação médico-paciente na psiquiatria, o Questionário de Sensibilidade Moral (QSM), uma escala dimensional com respostas tipo Likert sobre questões éticas (divididas em 6 dimensões propostas para a sensibilidade Moral) na enfermagem e na psiquiatria, mostra-se como um instrumento específico e útil na investigação das atitudes morais do médico. OBJETIVOS: Conhecer a estrutura da sensibilidade moral dos médicos psiquiatras do Brasil. Descrever o panorama das variáveis epidemiológicas e demográficas da população estudada. Investigar as relações de algumas variáveis epidemiológicas (demográficas e culturais) com a estrutura da sensibilidade moral dos médicos psiquiatras do Brasil. MÉTODOS: Comparar estatisticamente os resultados das dimensões da escala com as variáveis epidemiológicas colhidas no momento da avaliação. RESULTADOS: Foram avaliados 522 médicos psiquiatras do Brasil. As variáveis epidemiológicas investigadas foram: a idade, com média de 49 anos, a raça (brancos, 91,60%), o sexo (homens, 65,70%) e o estado civil (casados, 64,00%). Os psiquiatras também foram avaliados com relação a outros aspectos, a saber: religião (católicos, 44,40%), ter feito ou não residência médica (sim, 75,10%), tipo de prática na psiquiatria (mais que 1 atividade, 86,20%) e tempo de prática profissional (21,3 anos). DISCUSSÃO: Houve a concordância total com as dimensões da Sensibilidade Moral como autonomia, respeito pela integridade e relacionamento interpessoal; concordância parcial na benevolência e respeito às regras, e forte discordância na experiência de conflitos éticos. As variáveis demográficas que tiveram relação estatisticamente significativa com as dimensões e questões da escala foram: idade, cor da pele, sexo, estado civil, religião, residência médica como formação profissional, tempo de experiência profissional e tipo de prática na psiquiatria. CONCLUSÃO: O QSM mostrou ser útil como escala de avaliação moral da prática médica psiquiátrica no Brasil. A estrutura da sensibilidade moral dos médicos psiquiatras brasileiros sofre múltiplas influências em sua relação com elementos epidemiológicos, demográficos e culturaisINTRODUCTION: Despite the importance of Bioethics in all fields of medical sciences, it does not receive enough attention, mainly in psychiatry. Before considering the most appropriate approach to treatment, any physician must focus on its bioethical medical-patient relationship. Like other neuroscience areas such as psychology, the use of instruments that evaluate the phenomenology of attitudes have proved to be necessary in many discussions that involve behavior. In regard to the relationship between physician and his patient, the Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire (MSQ), a Likert-type scale with 30 questions concerning 6 dimensions of moral sensitivity in psychiatric practice, has shown itself to be a specific and good self-evaluation instrument that can be used in the investigation of psychiatrists\' moral sensitivity attitudes. OBJECTIVE: To know the Brazilian Psychiatrists\' Moral Sensitivity framework; and to describe the epidemiology and demographics of the population studied and to investigate some relations within these variables with the Psychiatrists\' Moral Sensitivity. METHODS: The results and scale domains were compared statistically using the epidemiological variables mentioned in the questionnaire. RESULTS: A number of 522 Brazilian psychiatrists were evaluated. The epidemiological variables were age (average of 49 years old), race (91,60% were white), sex (65,70% were men), and marital status (64,00% were married). The psychiatrists were also evaluated concerning other aspects, namely: religion (44,40% were Catholic), status of medical residency as field of training (75,10% had academic residency training), type of professional practice (86,20% had more than one practice field in psychiatry) and length of professional practice (average 21,3 years). DISCUSSION: There was a total agreement in the moral dimensions mentioned in autonomy, respect for integrity and interpersonal relationship. A partial concordance was achieved in benevolence and rules. A strong disagreement was shown in experiencing medical conflicts. The epidemiological variables that were strongly related to the scale dimensions were age, religion, medical residency, length of professional experience and the type of psychiatric practice. CONCLUSION: The QSM has shown to be useful as a bioethical tool in the field of investigation of Brazilian Psychiatrists\' Moral Sensitivity. It was also viewed that the Brazilian Psychiatrists\' Moral Sensitivity framework can be influenced by epidemiological, demographic and cultural factor
Parrhesía e loucura no exemplo de Estamira
Get PDFTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia, Florianópolis, 2015.Um autor como Michel Foucault (1926-1984), ao apresentar um estudo extenso sobre saber, poder e ética, deixa o leitor com dúvidas e indagações: O sujeitado ao poder não teria como se contrapor à submissão? O poder psiquiátrico, com seus saberes sobre a loucura, seria tão poderoso assim? Na tentativa de responder estas questões, estabeleceu-se como objetivo geral investigar a parrhesía e a loucura no exemplo de Estamira. Como pressuposto metodológico, optou-se pelos escritos de Michel Foucault sobre a temática da loucura. Na análise do documentário a respeito de Estamira, produzido por Marcos Prado em 2004, foram analisadas algumas cenas, fundamentando-se, sobretudo, em seus últimos escritos, de 1980 a 1984, do Collège de France. O pensamento último de Foucault evidencia uma preocupação histórica do que seria o cuidado de si e a parrhesía no período da Grécia Clássica, por volta do séc. IV a.C., o período helênico romano séc. I e II d.C. e os primeiros cristãos (IV a V d.C.). O autor consegue perceber, na antiguidade grega, a existência de uma subjetividade que não segue normas, a qual se torna uma prática de liberdade (práticas ascéticas), uma busca de como dizer a verdade (parrhesía) que leva a uma constituição ética atrelada à estética da existência da vida do sujeito. Conclui-se, com base nas análises históricas foucaultianas, que o exemplo de Estamira nos remete a uma ?ontologia do presente?, ?ontologia dos discursos verdadeiros?, uma concepção de subjetividade, de verdade e de filosofia de vida para o indivíduo, com sua loucura, transformar sua vida e ser diferente do que é, governando a si mesmo pela parrhesía, ser franco, falar a verdade.Abstract : An author such as Michel Foucault (1926-1984) when presenting an extensive study of knowledge, power and ethics, leaves the reader with doubts and questions: The subjected to power could not possibly oppose itself from submission? The psychiatric power, with its knowledge about insanity, would be that powerful? In the attempt to answer these questions, it was established as a general objective to investigate the parrhesia and insanity in the case of Estamira. For the methodological presupposition, it was chosen the writings of Michel Foucault on the theme of madness. In the documentary film analysis about Estamira, produced by Marcos Prado in 2004, some scenes were analyzed mostly based in his later writings, from 1980 to 1984, from the Collège de France. The final thought of Foucault reveals a historical concern of what would be the self care and the Parrhesia in the Classical Greece period from around the IV century B.C., the Roman Hellenistic period during the I and II century A.D. and the early Christians (IV to V A.D.). The author is able to perceive that in Greek antiquity, the existence of a subjectivity that does not follow rules, which turns to a practice of freedom (ascetic practices), a search for how to tell the truth (parrhesia) leading to an ethical constitution tied to the aesthetics of existence of the subject´s life. The conclusion is, based on Foucault's historical analysis, that the example of Estamiranos refers to an "ontology of the present", "ontology of real discourses," a conception of subjectivity, truth and life philosophy for the individual, with his insanity, to transform his life and be different than it is, ruling himself through parrhesia, be honest and to tell the truth
Vida e historia en el Marcos de Obregón
No full textPicaresque is a genre in which the words life and writing carry a special relevance. The case of Relaciones de la vida del escudero Marcos de Obregón, published by Vicente Espinel in 1618, is one of the most outstanding examples since its author, by exploiting the formal framework of rogue novels, made its protagonist, Marcos de Obregón, to go beyond the limits of fiction in order to appropriate of his real
life and thus become his alter ego.La picaresca es un género en el que las palabras vida y escritura tienen una relevancia especial. El caso de las Relaciones de la vida del escudero Marcos de Obregón, publicadas por Vicente Espinel en 1618, es uno de los ejemplos más significativos, pues su autor, aprovechando el marco formal que le ofrecía la novela picaresca, hará que su protagonista, Marcos de Obregón, rebase los límites de la ficción para apropiarse de su vida, convirtiéndolo así en su alter ego
El Tlacuache Núm. 542 (2012). 542 Año 13 (2012) noviembre. El Tlacuache
No full textLas penas con pan son buenas por Adrián Fuentes Aguirre, Arturo Monteros Guijón. -Cerámica para nuestros difuntos por Marcos Garma Nopaltitla, Enrique Méndez Torres
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