Past Issue

In the kingdom of asunción, truká reigns: literacy practices in the indigenouscommunity

The present manuscript seeks to analyze the appropriation of the writing of the book “In the Kingdom of Assunção, Truká reigns” produced by the Indigenous Truká teachers in Pernambuco. The work is guided by the social and ethnographic perspective of literacy process and focuses as an object of study the appropriation of the writing of the book, the collective authorship of the teachers and the cultural hybridism, in light of the reviews of Canclini.

Memory and inspiration in the movie "life is beautiful", by roberto benigni

This article exposes the course developed in research carried out to understand the conditions of possibilities that allowed the achievement of the film Life is Beautiful, directed by Roberto Benigni, and his controversial recognition. For this, it takes into account the director's trajectory, raising the hypothesis that, assuming certain positions expressed in film production, structured learning becomes evident in a web of relationships established by Benigni in counterpart of the cultural poetics of the turn of the twentieth century.

Sovereign debt crisis: A review of reasons, consequences and solutions

Substantial consequences are things that are often reminded for every country when they fall into a debt crisis and face the risk of default. However, the impact of the sovereign debt crisis on the economy is still controversial when previous studies have produced mixed results. Some studies suggest that insolvent countries need to face serious penalties, while others mention forgiveness, or even an opportunity to boom after insolvency.

Rural poverty and its determinants in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia

This study examines the covariates of poverty among rural farm households in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Data for the study was collected from 168 randomly selected households using interview schedule. The FGT index was employed to analyze the extent &severity of poverty among poverty stricken households where as binary log it model was used to identify the major determinants of poverty in the study area. The finding from FGT index revealed that about 64 percent of households were found to be poor and the remaining 36 percent were non-poor.

Student expectations and choice of the area of study at the national institute of youth, physical education, and sport (injeps) of the university of abomey calavi (uac)

The present research proposes to show that the choice of a study department by a student depends on the expectations he / she has for that training pathway. That choice, which is in relation with the student's aptitudes, also is, with the training offers (Job opportunities) after graduation. Three hundred and eighty-four (384) students (293 enrolled in STAPS and 91 in STASE) were selected from the 862 regularly enrolled for the academic year 2017-2018 (658 in STAPS and 204 in STASE).

Workforce sizing: Situational diagnosis in the institution of higher education in central sertão Ceará

The sizing of the workforce is a strategic factor and necessary for companies that constantly seek solutions to increase their competitiveness and stay ahead to the current market scenario. With higher education institutions (HEI) is no different, especially after the growth of the private sector participation in the last ten years 2006/2016 in higher education. This case study aimed to present a situational analysis of the sizing of the workforce in a sector at a higher education institution in the central backwoods of Ceará, precisely its administrative coordination.

Industry-university interaction for the development of innovations

This technical report exemplifies a collaborative work between an academic research center and a company and highlights the importance of incentives for innovation. Pneumatic conveying is a highly diffused industrial process for material displacement, commonly disposing of pressure vessels of high design complexity, making its installation expensive.

Destination image: A co-citation analysis

Destination image concept is chosen because of the large impact of destination image on the academic research in tourism area. The purpose of this study to explore the academic foundations of destination image in tourism research. A co-citation analysis is applied to analyze most important articles that cited in the other studies. Total of 35destination image research articles cited by the leading Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) journals. The findings contribute to identify critical documents in tourism research, especially destination image theory.

Vigorexia or adonis syndrome - characteristics, causes, symptoms and consequences

In today's society, it is not difficult to feel pressured on our bodily structure and the standards set as ideal or perfect. The self perception of the subject in relation to their weight, body fat, musculature may be, due to this social pressure, related to a distortion of body image, is a psychopathology called Vigorexia. Vigorexia is a body dysmorphic disorder where the subject has a self-image distortion of reality.