DISCURSO MIDIÁTICO, HOSPITALIDADE E MEDIAÇÕES CULTURAIS NA CAMPANHA ELEITORAL DE MARINA SILVA À PRESIDÊNCIA DA REPÚBLICA

Os discursos da mídia e as mediações culturais referentes à campanha eleitoral de Marina Silva à Presidência da República em 2010 são o tema central desta tese. A hospitalidade enquanto dádiva fundadora e mantenedora de vínculos políticos e os processos de representações e apropriações desses discursos nas dinâmicas de produção constituíram os parâmetros da análise da cobertura de imprensa realizada a partir de um de recorte cronológico definido com base no calendário oficial da campanha: de março a novembro de 2010. O estudo empreendido articulou os processos de construção da imagem midiatizada junto à própria candidata e a correligionários anfitriões de Casas de Marina , nome dado a comitês eleitorais de natureza comunitária. O referencial teórico da pesquisa incorporou os conceitos comunicação pública, hospitalidade, mediações culturais e marketing político. A pesquisa empírica envolveu a análise da cobertura jornalística dos jornais Folha de S.Paulo e O Estado de S. Paulo além de entrevistas com a própria candidata, com gestores de sua campanha e com 11 líderes das unidades Casas de Marina . Espera-se com este texto pensar de forma mais abrangente a relação entre os movimentos da sociedade civil e a participação política institucional, evidenciar que a dádiva entre os modernos , circula e fundamenta as relações determinadas com base nas mediações culturais nas quais se efetiva. Como procurei mostrar, a hospitalidade no ambiente doméstico, assim como no ambiente virtual, propiciam as bases para a formação dos vínculos de natureza política em um mundo cada vez mais competitivo e conflituoso.

Management of a tributyl tin issue in a marina development in Queensland

Tributyl tin (TBT) deposits in the sediments are one of many impacts that have been imposed on both the environment and the up-coming development of Boat Haven, Airlie Beach, Queensland. The current costly solution to this problem (that is, removal and re-burial) could be put in future to the credit of the developer rather than be treated (as at present) as a penalty. The Queensland Government’s Offsets Scheme provides an opportunity to promote effective conservation of regional landscapes. Because this scheme plans for offsetting in terrestrial vegetation systems through rehabilitation, so credits could be given to those approved developers who rehabilitate valuable marine habitats disturbed by TBT deposits.

The validity and structure of culture-level personality scores: Data from ratings of young adolescents

We examined properties of culture-level personality traits in ratings of targets (N=5,109) ages 12 to 17 in 24 cultures. Aggregate scores were generalizable across gender, age, and relationship groups and showed convergence with culture-level scores from previous studies of self-reports and observer ratings of adults, but they were unrelated to national character stereotypes. Trait profiles also showed cross-study agreement within most cultures, 8 of which had not previously been studied. Multidimensional scaling showed that Western and non-Western cultures clustered along a dimension related to Extraversion. A culture-level factor analysis replicated earlier findings of a broad Extraversion factor but generally resembled the factor structure found in individuals. Continued analysis of aggregate personality scores is warranted.

The inaccuracy of national character stereotypes

Consensual stereotypes of some groups are relatively accurate, whereas others are not. Previous work suggesting that national character stereotypes are inaccurate has been criticized on several grounds. In this article we (a) provide arguments for the validity of assessed national mean trait levels as criteria for evaluating stereotype accuracy and (b) report new data on national character in 26 cultures from descriptions (N= 3323) of the typical male or female adolescent, adult, or old person in each. The average ratings were internally consistent and converged with independent stereotypes of the typical culture member, but were weakly related to objective assessments of personality. We argue that this conclusion is consistent with the broader literature on the inaccuracy of national character stereotypes

Stereotypes of age differences in personality traits : universal and accurate?

Age trajectories for personality traits are known to be similar across cultures. To address whether stereotypes of age groups reflect these age-related changes in personality, we asked participants in 26 countries (N = 3,323) to rate typical adolescents, adults, and old persons in their own country. Raters across nations tended to share similar beliefs about different age groups; adolescents were seen as impulsive, rebellious, undisciplined, preferring excitement and novelty, whereas old people were consistently considered lower on impulsivity, activity, antagonism, and Openness. These consensual age group stereotypes correlated strongly with published age differences on the five major dimensions of personality and most of 30 specific traits, using as criteria of accuracy both self-reports and observer ratings, different survey methodologies, and data from up to 50 nations. However, personal stereotypes were considerably less accurate, and consensual stereotypes tended to exaggerate differences across age groups.

Gender stereotypes of personality : universal and accurate?

Numerous studies have documented subtle but consistent sex differences in self-reports and observer-ratings of five-factor personality traits, and such effects were found to show well-defined developmental trajectories and remarkable similarity across nations. In contrast, very little is known about perceived gender differences in five-factor traits in spite of their potential implications for gender biases at the interpersonal and societal level. In particular, it is not clear how perceived gender differences in five-factor personality vary across age groups and national contexts and to what extent they accurately reflect assessed sex differences in personality. To address these questions, we analyzed responses from 3,323 individuals across 26 nations (mean age = 22.3 years, 31% male) who were asked to rate the five-factor personality traits of typical men or women in three age groups (adolescent, adult, and older adult) in their respective nations. Raters perceived women as slightly higher in openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness as well as some aspects of extraversion and neuroticism. Perceived gender differences were fairly consistent across nations and target age groups and mapped closely onto assessed sex differences in self- and observer-rated personality. Associations between the average size of perceived gender differences and national variations in sociodemographic characteristics, value systems, or gender equality did not reach statistical significance. Findings contribute to our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of gender stereotypes of personality and suggest that perceptions of actual sex differences may play a more important role than culturally based gender roles and socialization processes.

Ecological design with respect to the environment of large-scale marina developments in Queensland

Ecological principles have been employed to assist in the sustainability of a suite of 'gateway' marinas currently being developed in Queensland. Tasks included (a) location and fostering of core remnant native vegetation areas, (b) understanding the dynamic patterns of region behaviour using the ecological strategies employed by key flora and fauna species, (c) promoting those native wildlife species best characterising the region, and (d) allocating management actions along elongated buffer zones to the catchment headwaters (rather than only peripheral to the property). The design of infrastructure and its relationship to sustainable landscape development is lacking such a response int eh planning and detailing of new marinas. This paper distinguishes between the practice of landscape ecology and the design of ecological landscapes, offering examples of the principles of the latter in support of the concept of ecological landscape practice.

Improving information in project appraisal using hedonic pricing : a case study of marina berthing charges

Hedonic pricing techniques can be used to generate quantitative information useful to the project appraiser at various stages of the project cycle, most notably project formulation and investment appraisal. To illustrate, a hedonic pricing model is applied to marina berthing charges in England and Wales. The technique determines the relevant marina facilities that are reflected in marina rental price. The contribution of the key marina facilities is expressed in monetary terms as the contribution to cost per overall rental price per foot.

Patterns of Transcendence : Classical Myth in Marina Tsvetaeva's Poetry of the 1920s

This study examines the position and meaning of Classical mythological plots, themes and characters in the oeuvre of the Russian Modernist poet Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941). The material consists of lyric poems from the collection Posle Rossii (1928) and two longer lyrical tragedies, Ariadna (1924) and Fedra (1927). These works are examined in the context of Russian Modernism and Tsvetaeva s own poetic development, also taking into account the author s biography, namely, her correspondence with Boris Pasternak. Tsvetaeva s appropriations of the myths enter into a dialogue with the Classical tradition and with the earlier Russian and Western literary manifestations of the source material. Her Classical texts are inextricably linked with her own authorial myth, they are used to project both her ideas about poetry as well as the authored self of her poems. An important context for Tsvetaeva s application of the Classical myths is the concept of the Platonic ladder of Eros. This plot evokes the process of transcendence of the mortal subject into the immaterial realm and is applied by the author as an extended metaphor of the poet s birth. Emphasizing the dialectical movement between the earthly and the divine, Tsvetaeva s Classical personae foreground various positions of the individual between these two realms. By means of kaleidoscopic reformulations of similar metaphors and concepts, Tsvetaeva s mythological poems illustrate the poet s position between the material and the immaterial and the various consequences of this dichotomy on the creative mission. At the heart of Tsvetaeva s appropriation of the Sibyl, Phaedra, Eurydice and Ariadne is the tension between the body and disembodiment. The two lyrical tragedies develop the dichotomous worldview further, nevertheless emphasizing the dual perspective of the divine and the earthly realms: immaterial existence is often evaluated from a material perspective and vice versa. The Platonic subtext is central for Ariadna, focussing on Theseus development from an earthly hero to a spiritual one. Fedra concentrates on Phaedra s divinely induced physical passion, which is nevertheless evoked in a creative light.

Efecto de la densidad de siembra y nivel de fertilizacion nitrogenada sobre el rendimiento de Moringa oleifera en suelo franco arcilloso. Universidad Nacional Agraria (UNA). Managua, Nicaragua

El presente trabajo se realizó con el objetivo de evaluar el efecto de dos densidades de siembra y cuatro niveles nitrogenados sobre la producción de Moringa oleífera. El ensayo se llevó a cabo en la finca Santa Rosa, localizada geográficamente de 12°08’15’’ a latitud Norte y 86°09’36’’ a longitud e ste, municipio de Managua, de mayo 2008 a septiembre 2009; el diseño experimental fue un bifactorial con parcela dividida usando las densidades como parcela principal (100,000 plantas ha-1 y 166,666 plantas ha-1) y los niveles de fertilización (0 kg N ha año-1, 446 kg N ha año-1, 906.2 kg N ha año-1, 1334 kg N ha año-1)como sub -parcela. Las variables de estudio fueron: rendimiento de materia fresca total (RMFT), rendimiento de materia fresca fracción fina (RMFFF), rendimiento de materia fresca fracción gruesa (RMFFG), rendimiento de materia seca total (RMST), rendimiento de materia seca fracción fina (RMSFF), rendimiento de materia seca fracción gruesa (RMFFG), a ltura promedio de plantas, Mortalidad de plantas y Tasa de crecimiento (TC). Se realizó análisis de varianza (ANDEVA) y comparaciones con la prueba de Tukey utilizando MINITAB, versión 13.0. Los resultados en el ANDEVA, mostraron que la fertilización presentó efecto significativo (P<0.05) con los mejores rendimientos el nivel 150 %, con RMFT (69.17 to n ha año-1), RMFFF (60.72 ton ha año-1), RMFG (8.45 ton ha año-1), RMST (10.81 ton ha año-1), RMSFF (9.69 ton ha año -1), RMSFG (1.12 ton ha año-1), Altura de las plantas(1.33 m) y TC( 28.91), la densidad de siembra presentó efectos significativos (P<0.05)sólo para la variable Mortalidad con (18.08 %).