Toca de Assis em crise: uma análise dos discursos dos que permaneceram na comunidade

Fundada em 1994 em Campinas, a "Toca de Assis" se destacava como grupo católico que atraía jovens para uma vida de pobreza radical, consagrada à adoração do Santíssimo Sacramento e ao cuidado com a população de rua. Em 2009, o líder-fundador, Pe. Roberto Lettieri, é afastado e uma crise se instala com a saída da maioria dos membros. Realizado em 2010-11 numa casa masculina, esse estudo analisa os discursos dos membros remanescentes buscando identificar os sentidos atribuídos à referida crise. Valorizando a Igreja Católica, os entrevistados confiam nas decisões de sua hierarquia e acionam os conceitos de "maturidade", "humildade", "Providência Divina" e "purificação" para dar coerência às mudanças identificando nelas continuidade a proposta inicial do próprio fundador.

Syvään taisteluun : johdatus Neuvostoliiton maavoimien sotataitoon 1917-1991

Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulun sotahistorian opetuksessa on pitkään koettu ongelmana se, että neuvostoliittolaisesta sotataidosta ei ole ollut käytettävissä sellaista suomenkielistä yleisesitystä, jonka avulla lukija voisi nopeasti saada yleiskuvan aiheesta ja joka sisältäisi myös tuoreimman tutkimustiedon. Tämä julkaisu on tarkoitettu täyttämään todettua aukkoa Neuvostoliiton maavoimien osalta. Tarkastelussa keskitytään uhkakuvan, doktriinin, keskeisten yhtymäorganisaatioiden ja sotataidon eri osa-alueiden — strategian, operaatiotaidon ja taktiikan — kehitykseen. Esityksen sivumäärä on pidetty tarkoituksellisesti suppeana, ja tapahtumahistoriaa on otettu mukaan vain sikäli kun se on ollut tarpeellista näiden painopistealueiden ymmärtämiseksi. Aiheesta enemmän kiinnostuneelle kirja antaa perusteita, jotka toivottavasti herättävät kysymyksiä ja kannustavat tietämyksen syventämiseen. Esitys perustuu pääasiassa länsimaisiin teoksiin ja artikkeleihin, joita on täydennetty venäjänkielisillä yleisesityksillä, Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulussa laadituilla tutkielmilla ja muulla aineistolla. Aihepiirin lukuisten tutkijoiden joukosta on erityisesti korostettava yhdysvaltalaisen David Glantzin panosta. Kirjoittaja on voinut tukeutua paljon hänen laajaan tuotantoonsa, jossa on monipuolisesti hyödynnetty myös Neuvostoliitossa ja Venäjällä julkaistua alan kirjallisuutta. Mittavien kokonaisuuksien pelkistämisessä ja sotataidollisten kehityslinjojen havainnollistamisessa on käytetty paljon numerotietoja. Lukuihin on suhtauduttava kriittisesti, sillä niiden luotettavuutta ei ole kaikilta osin ollut mahdollista varmistaa tieteellisen tutkimuksen edellyttämällä tavalla. Tätä ongelmaa ei tekstissä erikseen korosteta, mutta lukijan tulee ottaa se huomioon lukuja käyttäessään.

Use of molecular epidemiology to monitor the nosocomial dissemination of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a University Hospital from 1991 to 2001

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been the cause of major outbreaks and epidemics among hospitalized patients, with high mortality and morbidity rates. We studied the genomic diversity of MRSA strains isolated from patients with nosocomial infection in a University Hospital from 1991 to 2001. The study consisted of two periods: period I, from 1991 to 1993 and period II from 1995 to 2001. DNA was typed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and the similarity among the MRSA strains was determined by cluster analysis. During period I, 73 strains presented five distinctive DNA profiles: A, B, C, D, and E. Profile A was the most frequent DNA pattern and was identified in 55 (75.3%) strains; three closely related and four possibly related profiles were also identified. During period II, 80 (68.8%) of 117 strains showed the same endemic profile A identified during period I, 18 (13.7%) closely related profiles and 18 (13.7%) possibly related profiles and, only one strain presented an unrelated profile. Cluster analysis showed a 96% coefficient of similarity between profile A from period I and profile A from period II, which were considered to be from the same clone. The molecular monitoring of MRSA strains permitted the determination of the clonal dissemination and the maintenance of a dominant endemic strain during a 10-year period and the presence of closely and possibly related patterns for endemic profile A. However, further studies are necessary to improve the understanding of the dissemination of the endemic profile in this hospital.

Le discours de crise: La représentation des réfugiés dans le Figaro et Libération

Under september månad 2015 gav sökordet ”kris” dagligen upphov till ett trettiotal träffar i sökmotorn till Frankrikes största dagstidningar. Dagspressen överflödas av kriser och i skrivande stund är den mest omtalade krisen de flyktingströmmar som når Europa som resultat efter flera års krig i Mellanöstern. Pro gradu-avhandlingen studerar flyktingkrisen som en diskursiv händelse, en social konstruktion av en företeelse som tar de aktuella personerna och deras åsikter i beaktande. Avhandlingen är uppbyggd som en linje som inleds med mediestrategier och går till iscensättandet av nyheten, för att sedan analysera de olika åsikterna och personerna som ger upphov till lingvistisk polyfoni och mångtydighet. Syftet med avhandlingen är att studera hur medierna påverkar vår förståelse av en kris. För att få en dynamisk bild av bevakningen av flyktingkrisen studeras rubriker till ett hundratal titlar som publicerats i september 2015 av två stora franska dagstidningar: Le Figaro och Libération. Tidningarnas motsatta politiska orientering står som grund för en heltäckande och varierande genomläsning av medieuppmärksamheten kring flyktingkrisen. Som metod utförs en diskursanalys på materialet för att få reda på hur de båda tidningarna framställer krisen. Skillnader och likheter studeras, såväl som förekommande teman och en karakteristisk vokabulär i anknytning till krisen. Hypotesen är att flyktingarnas egna åsikter kommer i skymundan i medierna. Som resultat har jag noterat element i krisen som tidigare framställts som viktiga ur lingvistisk synvinkel på krisdiskurs av lingvisten Marie Veniard. Utöver det observeras några kompletterande betydelsekomponenter som står i förbindelse med flyktingkrisens komplexa natur. Ett speciellt mönster för att framställa flyktingarna har visat sig vara ofta förekommande i de båda tidningarna. Flyktingarna nämns för att ge rubrikerna ett autentiskt värde men paradoxalt nog möjliggör de även otydlighet i fråga om vem som faktiskt yttrar sig, flyktingarna eller journalisterna?

Estado e economia na Coreia do Sul - do Estado desenvolvimentista à crise asiática e à recuperação posterior

The State and the economy in South Korea: from the developmentist state to the Asian crisis and later recovery. The article focuses on the institutions of South Korean capitalism and on the interactions between the state and the economy. The economic model in South Korea was characterized by a very interventionist state, which played a very active role in the process of industrialization. However, South Korea suffered a severe crisis in 1997, attributed by many authors to the distortions inherent to strong state intervention. The article shows that the crisis was a result of the combination between internal economic fragilities and a rapid process of financial deregulation, which undermined the state's capacity of control. The crisis, nevertheless, does not disqualify the role of the national institutions in the very successful process of industrialization. Despite the reforms, the Korean capitalism conserves much of the previous model of business organization and industrial relations. The state continues strong and played active role in the process of economic reforms. There are, nevertheless, doubts about the impacts of the reforms and the new configuration of Korean capitalism. They will depend on the current transformations in world economy and in the East Asian countries.

Metas de inflação, taxa de câmbio real e crise externa num modelo kaleckiano

Inflation target, real exchange rate and external crisis in a Kaleckian model. Which role should the real exchange rate play in an inflation target regime? In this paper this point is discussed from the point of view of the conditions required for avoiding an external crisis. With this objective, a dynamic Kaleckian model is presented focusing on the stability of the external debt to capital ratio. The main conclusion is that policy makers should monitor closely the evolution of the real exchange rate in order to make compatible the inflation target regime with external stability.

Trajetórias e interesses: os EUA e as finanças globalizadas num contexto de crise e transição

This paper aims to analyze the elements of continuity and discontinuity in American foreign policy from the nineties. In this regard, it emphasizes the importance of financial issues within the scope of the U.S. government strategies for foreign integration and tries to analyze comparatively the Republicans and Democrats government of the period, ending with some prospective questions concerning the Democratic government of President Obama in the context of international economic crisis.

Política fiscal anticíclica, crise financeira internacional e crescimento econômico no Brasil

This study analyzes the long run equilibrium relationship and causality between economic growth and public expenditure in Brazil covering the period 1980-2008. The empirical results of the Granger causality test in a multivariate framework have shown up the importance of public investments not only to face the adverse effects of the international financial crisis, but also in stimulating the economic growth. Also, the results indicate the need of controlling the growing path of other current expenditure, social security and public debt.

A (im)previsibilidade da crise e o pluralismo da Economia

The (un)predictability of the crisis and the pluralism in Economics. This paper discusses the predictability of the last global economic crisis relating it to the lack of pluralism in Economics. In order to do so, first is presented a literature review of the development of economic theory in recent years. Then the two main views on the predictability of the crisis are presented: (1) the economic models used to understand the economy did not incorporate bubbles so, the crisis was unpredictable; and (2) the crisis was predictable when applied other methods of understanding the economy.

Revelações da crise: moeda fiduciária e as relações Tesouro/Banco Central

The current crisis shed a new light on issues that, previously, were not perceived as serious or important. It highlighted the close ties between fiat currency and government bonds denominated in it or, in other words, the relationship between Treasury and Central Bank. Two ill-conceived views of the "new consensus" on money that had turned into taboos were put in evidence. The first, derived from the quantitative theory, concerns the rejection of unsterilized monetary expansion; the second, directly related to the neoliberal ideology, prohibits or imposes strict limits on the role of central banks in the financing of public debts.

A crise do sistema financeiro globalizado contemporâneo

The paper analyses the development of the contemporary global financial system as a consequence of markets as well as States strategies. This global financial system based on the flexible dollar has generated many financial bubbles since it started in the 80s, of which the 2008 crisis is the latest and the largest, particularly because it affected the main banks in the core market of the system, the U.S. On the last decades, banks had changed their business strategies from traditional lending activities towards more speculative investments, similar to what hedge funds do.

Crise global, mudanças geopolíticas e inserção do Brasil

This paper has as its purpose to analyze the insertion of Brazil in the international economic order, considering the fundaments of the world power, the global crisis, the geopolitical changes and their consequences on the global order. The text attempts to present the advantages and structural challenges for an adequate international insertion of technology are the key elements in a process of economic and social innovation whose goals are to build a richer society, more just and compassionate, and environmentally sustainable.