scholarly journals Literatura de viagens e outras deslocações: deam- bulações reflexivas

2020 ◽  
pp. 31-36
Author(s):  
Fátima Outeirinho
Keyword(s):  
Travel Literature ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Level Production

Taking as a starting point the Granta magazine, we aim to address a set of subjects that seem to constantly follow the itinerary of travel literature in a transnational framework, seeking to contribute to remembering, within the academy space, issues and challenges that arise in this field and at the level production and reception.

Fact and Fiction in Richard Burton's Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah (1855–6)

1993 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon R. Godsall
Keyword(s):  
Travel Literature ◽  
Personal Narrative ◽  
Significant Part ◽  
Outstanding Contribution ◽  
Memorial Lecture ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The One ◽  
Original Edition

Not everyone will agree with the view that the Pilgrimage is Burton's “outstanding contribution to travel literature”. What is beyond dispute is the unique place it occupies among his writings. Conscious of the significant part it played in her husband's life and career, Lady Burton placed it at the head of the Memorial edition of his works. “Although he has been the author of some eighty books and pamphlets”, she wrote, “I think that this original edition of three volumes is the one that his name should live by…” Just over thirty years later, it provided the starting-point for the Royal Asiatic Society's first Burton Memorial Lecture.

scholarly journals AGOSTINHO DA SILVA DIVULGADOR DE CIÊNCIA E CIENTISTA

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 183-194
Author(s):  
Helena Briosa e Mota
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Travel Literature ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Academic Achievements ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Literature And Religion ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Educational Paradigm

ResumoDe estudante sem grandes resultados a aluno de excelência, Agostinho da Silva, uma das personalidades que marcou o século XX português e lusófono, lembra ter sido despertado para o prazer do saber aos dez anos pelo professor de geografia. Daí à concretização de uma obra incomparável de reflexão e divulgação cultural em todas as áreas do saber, com particular incidência na científica, foi um passo. Da geografia à astronomia, geologia, antropologia, botânica, mineralogia, zoologia e entomologia, da literatura de viagens à religião e biografias de sábios, de tudo encontramos nas Palestras Radiofónicas, nos Cadernos de Divulgação Cultural e nas biografias que escreve sobre os que dedicaram a vida à investigação e à Ciência. Partindo do conhecimento e da investigação científica, evolui para a divulgação do conhecimento de forma interactiva, colocando as diferentes áreas do saber em conexão, demonstrando que nada, neste mundo, funciona ou existe por si só. Eis o ponto de partida para a nossa reflexão: de que forma pode o paradigma educacional da interligação entre várias áreas promover com êxito a disseminação do saber, em concreto do saber científico? Pelo exemplo e pela prática, Agostinho da Silva dá a resposta. Adicionalmente, conheceremos o trabalho do cientista-investigador no Instituto Oswaldo-Cruz, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Palavras-chave: Agostinho da Silva – divulgação cultural – ciência – estudos científicos – Instituto Oswaldo-Cruz Abstract Agostinho da Silva, one of the personalities who left an impressive mark on the cultural life of the Portuguese speaking countries in the 20th century, was a mediocre student at the age of 10, who soon evolved to a straight A student, thanks to his Geography teacher. After his graduation with honours and summa cum laude PhD, he produced a multi-volume work recognized as one of the most significant academic achievements of spreading knowledge in Portugal to those who couldn’t afford education or culture. In particular, we’ll discuss Da Silva’s contribution to the dissemination of scientific knowledge by means of a radio program, together with a collection of booklets ranging from geography to geology, anthropology, botany, mineralogy, zoology and entomology, from travel literature and religion to biographies of men and women who dedicated their lives to science investigation. From scientific information to research results, Da Silva evolves to the notion of interactive knowledge. In fact, he gives evidence that all knowledge fields are connected. That’s the starting point for our reflection: how can this educational paradigm affect today’s way of encouraging scientific studies? In addition, we’ll present Da Silva’s work as a researcher and a scientist at Oswaldo-Cruz Institute in Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Keywords: Agostinho da Silva – cultural and scientific promotion – scientific studies – Oswaldo-Cruz Institute

Weltreisen, Weltwissen, Weltvergleich – Perspektiven der Forschung

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Erhart
Keyword(s):  
Travel Literature ◽  
Cultural Difference ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Alexander Von Humboldt ◽  
Research Perspectives ◽  
Literary Forms ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
History Of ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
New Research

AbstractAfter giving an overview of the development of and recent trends in research on world travel literature of the 18th and 19th centuries, this article considers new research perspectives by linking world travel literature, the history of science, and the history of literary forms. While the latest research has drawn attention to the importance of studying the multiplicity of travels, contexts, practices, sources, logbooks, and travel reports, this essay identifies ‘comparison and comparing’ as a historical key concept in the making of world travels as a genre and a starting point for the formation of early global perceptions about science, nature, and cultural difference. After drawing on various travel authors like Georg Forster, George Vancouver, Alexander von Humboldt, and Adelbert von Chamisso, the article finally aims at identifying new research directions by reconstructing both groups of historical actors, the ‘natives’ and the sailing Europeans, as distant objects of ethnographic literary studies.

Explicit Instruction and Input Processing

1993 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bill VanPatten ◽  
Teresa Cadierno
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Instruction ◽  
Explicit Instruction ◽  
Processing Instruction ◽  
Practice Experience ◽  
Input Processing ◽  
Call Processing ◽  
Sentence Level ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Level Production ◽  
Made In

In this paper we describe an experiment in explicit instruction that compares traditional form-focused instruction and what we call processing instruction. Traditional instruction involves explanation and output practice of a grammatical point. Processing instruction involves explanation and practice/experience processing input data, taking learner strategies in input processing as the starting point for determining what explicit instruction should look like. Pretest and posttest measures involving both a sentence-level interpretation (comprehension) task and a sentence-level production task were submitted to an analysis of variance. Results reveal significant gains in both comprehension and production for subjects who experienced processing instruction. For those experiencing traditional instruction, significant gains were made in production only.

Crystal structure images of large gold clusters and growing crystals by HRTEM

1984 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 428-429
Author(s):  
L.R. Wallenberg ◽  
J.-O. Bovin ◽  
G. Schmid
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Nucleation And Growth ◽  
Close Packing ◽  
Gold Clusters ◽  
Molecular Weight Determination ◽  
Growth Mechanisms ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Nucleation And Growth Mechanisms ◽  
Points Of View

Metallic clusters are interesting from various points of view, e.g. as a mean of spreading expensive catalysts on a support, or following heterogeneous and homogeneous catalytic events. It is also possible to study nucleation and growth mechanisms for crystals with the cluster as known starting point.Gold-clusters containing 55 atoms were manufactured by reducing (C6H5)3PAuCl with B2H6 in benzene. The chemical composition was found to be Au9.2[P(C6H5)3]2Cl. Molecular-weight determination by means of an ultracentrifuge gave the formula Au55[P(C6H5)3]Cl6 A model was proposed from Mössbauer spectra by Schmid et al. with cubic close-packing of the 55 gold atoms in a cubeoctahedron as shown in Fig 1. The cluster is almost completely isolated from the surroundings by the twelve triphenylphosphane groups situated in each corner, and the chlorine atoms on the centre of the 3x3 square surfaces. This gives four groups of gold atoms, depending on the different types of surrounding.

Two isoprenylated flavonoids from Dorstenia psilurus activate AMPK, stimulate glucose uptake, inhibit glucose production and lower glycemia

2019 ◽  
Vol 476 (24) ◽  
pp. 3687-3704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aphrodite T. Choumessi ◽  
Manuel Johanns ◽  
Claire Beaufay ◽  
Marie-France Herent ◽  
Vincent Stroobant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Glucose Uptake ◽  
Human Cancer ◽  
Glucose Production ◽  
Liver Mitochondria ◽  
New Drugs ◽  
Structural Isomer ◽  
Rat Liver Mitochondria ◽  
Ionization Mass ◽  
Ampk Activation ◽  
Starting Point

Root extracts of a Cameroon medicinal plant, Dorstenia psilurus, were purified by screening for AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation in incubated mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs). Two isoprenylated flavones that activated AMPK were isolated. Compound 1 was identified as artelasticin by high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and 2D-NMR while its structural isomer, compound 2, was isolated for the first time and differed only by the position of one double bond on one isoprenyl substituent. Treatment of MEFs with purified compound 1 or compound 2 led to rapid and robust AMPK activation at low micromolar concentrations and increased the intracellular AMP:ATP ratio. In oxygen consumption experiments on isolated rat liver mitochondria, compound 1 and compound 2 inhibited complex II of the electron transport chain and in freeze–thawed mitochondria succinate dehydrogenase was inhibited. In incubated rat skeletal muscles, both compounds activated AMPK and stimulated glucose uptake. Moreover, these effects were lost in muscles pre-incubated with AMPK inhibitor SBI-0206965, suggesting AMPK dependency. Incubation of mouse hepatocytes with compound 1 or compound 2 led to AMPK activation, but glucose production was decreased in hepatocytes from both wild-type and AMPKβ1−/− mice, suggesting that this effect was not AMPK-dependent. However, when administered intraperitoneally to high-fat diet-induced insulin-resistant mice, compound 1 and compound 2 had blood glucose-lowering effects. In addition, compound 1 and compound 2 reduced the viability of several human cancer cells in culture. The flavonoids we have identified could be a starting point for the development of new drugs to treat type 2 diabetes.

Overview of Current Approaches to Aural Rehabilitation for Adults With Cochlear Implants

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1175-1187
Author(s):  
Rachel Glade ◽  
Erin Taylor ◽  
Deborah S. Culbertson ◽  
Christin Ray
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Cochlear Implants ◽  
Practice Patterns ◽  
The United States ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Aural Rehabilitation ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Clinical Models ◽  
Hearing Health

Purpose This clinical focus article provides an overview of clinical models currently being used for the provision of comprehensive aural rehabilitation (AR) for adults with cochlear implants (CIs) in the Unites States. Method Clinical AR models utilized by hearing health care providers from nine clinics across the United States were discussed with regard to interprofessional AR practice patterns in the adult CI population. The clinical models were presented in the context of existing knowledge and gaps in the literature. Future directions were proposed for optimizing the provision of AR for the adult CI patient population. Findings/Conclusions There is a general agreement that AR is an integral part of hearing health care for adults with CIs. While the provision of AR is feasible in different clinical practice settings, service delivery models are variable across hearing health care professionals and settings. AR may include interprofessional collaboration among surgeons, audiologists, and speech-language pathologists with varying roles based on the characteristics of a particular setting. Despite various existing barriers, the clinical practice patterns identified here provide a starting point toward a more standard approach to comprehensive AR for adults with CIs.

Indirect Assessment of Attitudes with Response-Time-Based Measures

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliane Degner ◽  
Dirk Wentura ◽  
Klaus Rothermund
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Implicit Measures ◽  
Scale Theory ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Predicting Behavior ◽  
Social Cognitive Theories

Abstract: We review research on response-latency based (“implicit”) measures of attitudes by examining what hopes and intentions researchers have associated with their usage. We identified the hopes of (1) gaining better measures of interindividual differences in attitudes as compared to self-report measures (quality hope); (2) better predicting behavior, or predicting other behaviors, as compared to self-reports (incremental validity hope); (3) linking social-cognitive theories more adequately to empirical research (theory-link hope). We argue that the third hope should be the starting point for using these measures. Any attempt to improve these measures should include the search for a small-scale theory that adequately explains the basic effects found with such a measure. To date, small-scale theories for different measures are not equally well developed.

The Solidarity of Distance1

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 103-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Wicklund
Keyword(s):  
Physical Contact ◽  
Emotional Distance ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Shared Emotions ◽  
Common Goals ◽  
Full Interaction ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Social Incompetence

Abstract: Solidarity in the classic sense pertains to a cohesion among humans that entails physical contact, shared emotions, and common goals or projects. Characteristic cases are to be found among families, close friends, or co-workers. The present paper, in contrast, treats a phenomenon of the solidarity of distance, a solidarity based in fear of certain others and in incompetence to interact with them. The starting point for this analysis is the person who is motivated to interact with others who are unfamiliar or fear-provoking. Given that the fear and momentary social incompetence do not allow a full interaction to ensue, the individual will move toward solidarity with those others on a symbolic level. In this manner the motivation to approach the others is acted upon while physical and emotional distance is retained.

A Starting Point for Inquiry Into Inquiry

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph L. Polman
Keyword(s):  
Starting Point
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