Learning from land cinema: political pedagogy, plots and plantations

Pretendeu-se neste artigo relatar reflexões realizadas a respeito da formação do professor de Artes Visuais no Brasil e na Alemanha. Objetivou-se investigar a formação docente de Artes Visuais na UFSM, bem como as políticas educacionais que envolvem esse percurso. No que tange as questões metodológicas o trabalho pautou-se pelo caráter qualitativo de investigação. A construção dos instrumentos de pesquisa (questionário) foi estruturada a partir das categorias, formação de professores e políticas públicas, previamente respaldadas pela análise documental. Nesta pesquisa, os sujeitos envolvidos foram um docente e um discente do curso de Artes Visuais da UFSM e no âmbito da Alemanha foi possível somente em nível documental. Como conclusão prévia observou-se a preocupação docente e também discente, em formar um educador consciente para atuar na contemporaneidade, bem como a necessidade desse em conhecer a legislação que rege o ensino no país, e as possibilidades de gerenciamento e administração de uma escola. Quanto aos cursos de licenciaturas que cada instituição ou país apresenta, esses possuem suas particularidades na formação docente, sendo que no Brasil são destacadas as políticas públicas como disciplina curricular, sendo tratados de forma conjunta com a formação pedagógica, diferentemente da Alemanha, onde a formação pedagógica é tratada separadamente e o currículo é construido pelo próprio aluno que no final do curso presta um exame estadual.Palavras-chave: formação docente; artes visuais; políticas públicas.

The contamination of 137Cs in wild-growing medicinal plants was studied with regards to the species, type of forest vegetation conditions and soil specific activity of 137Cs in Zhytomyr polissya forest phytocenoses (Ukraine). The research was carried out in two plots planted in the most region typical edatopes - fresh and wet subor (Querceto-Pinetum). Species composition of phytocenoses was analyzed and the plants that can be harvested for pharmaceutical industry were identified on these test plots,. The herbal substance samples were tested to determine the specific activity of 137Cs. The studies have shown significant variability in the content of radionuclides due to differences in the level of radioactive contamination in the soil and accumulative capacity of plant species. For European blueberry, the peculiarities of 137Cs accumulation in vegetative and generative organs were studied. Comparison of the content of 137Cs in pants of different edatopes showed more higher intensity of radionuclide accumulation in wet suborbs compared to fresh suborbs. The average values of concentration factors were calculated and their rankings were built according to the intensity of 137Cs accumulation for the plants in each edatope. All studied medicinal plants were divided into four groups according to the contration factor: with weak accumulation, moderate accumulation, strong accumulation, and very strong accumulation. Based on the permissible content of 137Cs in wild-growing medicinal plants (600 Bq/kg), the maximum permissible level of soil contamination with radionuclides was determined for each medicinal plant species.

The need of empon-empon plants increases also with the public awareness of health and the usage of herbal ingredients as remedies. The type of plant empon-empon in Indonesia is various and each of them has certain purpose which can be used as herbal medicine / traditional herbal medicine. Empon-empon plants can be planted monoculture on open land or planted with tumpangsari method under annual crops / agroforestry. This research is aimed to find out the existing empon-empon plant, to understand the way of cultivating empon-empon and to motivate farmers plant the empon-empon based on Good Agriculture Practices (GAP), so they can produce high quality of empon-empon, in order to be accepted in the herbal medicine industry. The research was conducted by descriptive method by inventorying, identifying and reviewing some of the existing empon-empon plants. Observations were made on 25 farmer samples divided into 5 villages. The results showed that the majority of Balesari villagers know and have empon-empon plants, such as ginger, turmeric ,and galangal which is grown in the moor without maintenance based on GAP. There has been no processing of empon-empon crops until now, so a training on empon-empon plant processing is required in order to increase the farmer income.

نماتدهای ریشه گرهی (Meloidogyne spp) از جمله عوامل بیماریزای بسیار مهمی هستند که خسارت زیادی به محصولات کشاورزی وارد می‌سازند. روش‌های متعددی (تناوب زراعی، ارقام مقاوم و ترکیبات شیمیایی) برای کنترل آنها به کار گرفته شده است. هزینه بالا و مشکلات زیست‌محیطی (ترکیبات شیمیایی)، توجه محققان را به استفاده از روش های غیر‌شیمیایی همچون استفاده از گیاهان و فرآورده های گیاهی برای مدیریت این نماتدها معطوف کرده است. جهت بررسی تأثیر حضور تعدادی از گیاهان خانواده نعناع روی نماتد ریشه‌گرهی، از سه گیاه دارویی آویشن باغی (Thymus vulgaris)، مرزه (Saturea hortensis) و زوفا (Hyssopus officinalis) استفاده شد. این آزمایش در گلخانه ای بصورت فاکتوریل و در قالب طرح کاملا تصادفی با چهار تکرار با کشت تنها و مخلوط گوجه‌فرنگی با گیاهان دارویی زوفا، آویشن و مرزه، در حضور و بدون حضور نماتد انجام شد. ارزیابی نتایج سه ماه بعد از تلقیح نماتد و بر اساس شاخص های رشدی گوجه فرنگی و پارامترهای بیماری زایی نماتد صورت گرفت. تجزیه و تحلیل آماری داده های حاصل ‌‌نشان دهنده اثر معنی‌دار حضور سه گیاه دارویی مذکور روی کاهش خسارت نماتد بود. مؤثرترین گیاه در کاهش خسارت و بیماری زایی نماتد مرزه بود و آویشن باغی، و زوفا در درجات بعدی قرار گرفتند. در مجموع بررسی‌های گلخانه‌ای گیاهان دارویی مورد آزمایش، اثرات کنترلی مطلوبی علیه نماتد ریشه گرهی از خود نشان دادند و می‌توان استفاده از آنها را در برنامه‌های مدیریت نماتد ریشه‌گرهی مورد توجه قرار داد.

abstractFeesMustFall (FMF) as a radical and uncompromising movement has undoubtedly shaken the foundations of South Africa (SA). Utilising social media and other forms of protest, the students of SA formed a radical movement that not only challenged university policies, but also the State. Under the ideological banners of Pan-Africanism, Black Consciousness, Black radical feminism, queer theories and decolonisation, students aligned with outsourced, exploited workers to challenge universities to end the outsourcing of workers, and demand free education and the decolonisation of a Eurocentric higher education system. A fierce struggle between an under-resourced movement, highly resourced universities and a militarised State ensued. In response to the resilience and protest action of the FMF movement, different universities and the State inflicted violence upon students and workers. Most protests across the country started out peaceful; however, because of the brutality of the State and universities, students soon retaliated. When students responded to the violence, the dominant South African discourse (including discourses produced and replicated by the media) labelled them as violent and unruly.This perspective discusses the history of higher education and how this history was an essential tool in consolidating colonialism. Using Fanon as reference, I argue that SA is a colonial State that inflicts structural violence on poor Black South Africans daily. However, because State violence and structural racism is normalised, when the poor respond to structural violence they are problematised and criminalised. Therefore, I argue that when FMF students responded to the brutality of the State, violent police and militarised campuses during the protest, their actions were a response to structural violence.I also explore the marginalisation and erasure of queer students, students living with disabilities and Black radical feminists who were instrumental in the building of the FMF movement. This perspective problematises how patriarchy, sexual violence, ableism and queer-antagonism were either normalised or ignored as negative elements of the movement. Using intersectionality as a radical Black feminist praxis, I critique the militarised masculine responses to institutionalised (State and university) violence embodied within FMF, and how this affected the movement internally. Intersectionality states that an individual experiences oppression on multiple levels. Oppression is not a single-axis issue; however, it is layered depending on one's race, class, gender and other forms of political and social structures (Crenshaw, 1991). Lastly, I will introduce the concept of what I call ‘reflective responses to violence’ as an alternative means of resistance.

Japanese doctors can prescribe both Western and herbal drugs, whereas in China or Korea, herbal drugs can be prescribed only by herbal medicinal experts. This Japanese system has both merits and disadvantages. A doctor who knows the pathological condition of the patient well can use herbal medicinal drugs in combination with modern drugs for that patient. On the other hand, herbal drugs tend to be used too easily without enough attention to the characteristics of each herbal drug. I show several examples of the combination of herbal and modern drugs and the application of herbal medicines to the symptoms for which modern drugs can hardly cure. I also show basic studies on the molecular action mechanisms of a herbal drug, saikokeishito, for the treatment of chronic pancreatitis. Furthermore, I am trying to apply herbal medicines for supportive care in medical oncology. In conclusion, herbal medicines are safely and effectively applied in the Western-style modern medical system in Japan. This system should be protected from any dangerous or 'pseudo'-herbal medicines.

In this article, I examine the role of Black Twitter as a “digital counterpublic” that enables critical pedagogy, political organizing, and both symbolic and material forms of resistance to anti-Black state violence within the United States. Focusing primarily on post-Ferguson events, I spotlight the ways that Black people have used Black Twitter and other digital counterpublics to engage in forms of pedagogy that reorganize relations of surveillance, reject rigid respectability politics, and contest the erasure of marginalized groups within the Black community.

The plant Tecoma stans belongs to family Bignoniaceae Juss. Tecoma stans is a destructive plant invader that outcompetes natural flora and grassland. It can be defined as a modifier species which decreases biodiversity and abolishes natural resources. It has been planted as an ornamental garden and street plant. It has wide range of therapeutic and pharmacological applications. Almost all parts (leaves, root, flower, seed, fruit, and bark) of the plant are reported for its remedial use. Tecoma stans is an herbal remedy used for treatment of diabetes, digestive problems, control of yeast infections, as powerful diuretic, vermifuge, anti-syphilitic, stomach pains and tonic. Preliminary phytochemical screening and isolation of this plant revealed the presence of tannins, flavonoids, phenols, anthraquinones, glycosides, alkaloids, quinones and traces of saponins and amino acids. This review article supports all updated data on its phytochemical and pharmacological actions and its traditional uses.

Joaquín Balaguer, Memory, and Diaspora draws on the growing interest in the legacies of authoritarianism and state violence and its interplay with migration and memory. Ana S. Q. Liberato discusses the relationship between memory and government pedagogy—or the meanings constructed and disseminated by Joaquín Balaguer in political ads and public speeches and through public policy and autobiographical work. Liberato argues that there is a revival of memory in the Dominican Republic today, including pro-Balaguer memorialization efforts, and that Balaguer’s political pedagogy had an effect on public memory. The influence of his political pedagogy on memory transpires in memorializations which reproduce notions of Balaguer's political and moral exceptionalism. This book shows that Balaguer’s authoritarian pedagogy has been consumed, anchored, and shared among different Dominican publics, in the island and overseas, through the prism he created. Liberato also reveals Balaguer as a contested political character who provokes particular emotions and well-defined experiences and notions of the past. She demonstrates how his legacy was legitimized and contested by comparing him to caudillos José Francisco Peña Gómez and Juan Bosch, as well as through instances when he is praised or questioned for being an American protégée. This book exhibits how diasporic Dominicans maintain and transplant their political knowledge after migration. In particular, notions of democracy, political trust, political accountability, human rights, and sovereignty associated with authoritarian pedagogy accumulate in their narratives of the past and in their accounts of politics and history. Key roles are played by shared historical, cultural, and linguistic symbols associated with the legacy of authoritarianism. Liberato demonstrates how Balaguer influenced the Dominican nation through implementing effective political pedagogies, which in turn helped reinforce and reinscribe some aspects of the pedagogies implemented by Dictator Trujillo and previous authoritarian leaders. Joaquín Balaguer, Memory, and Diaspora will be of particular interest to Caribbean and Latin American Studies students and scholars, as well as anyone working in the areas of migration studies, sociology, Latin American politics, U.S. foreign policy, Latina/o studies, Caribbean studies, and the sociology of knowledge.

The optimistic utopia: sacrifice and expectations of political transformation in the Angolan Revolutionary Movement

The purpose of this study was to compare the herbal drugs which are used traditionally with commonly used synthetic drugs for the treatment of intestinal worm infestation. The experiment was conducted using adult Indian earthworms (Pheretima Posthuma) owing to their anatomical and physiological similarity to human intestinal parasites, making it convenient for the evaluation of anthelmintic compounds in a laboratory setting. As a control sample and preparation of samples normal saline solution was used. Various concentrations of both herbal and synthetic drugs were tested and result was obtained in the terms of time of paralysis and time of death in minutes. All the drugs show different time of paralysis and death of worms. In this study we took herbal powders without any extraction process or chemical process done on it.

Introduction: The goal of LTC 2.0 is ageing in place, establishing a home based community care model of popular, parity and quality. Also the plan could prevent to delay disability. The objects of service are older people with functional limitations of ADLs (aged 65 and over),with disability, mountain indigenous people with functional limitations of ADL (aged 55 to 64), with Dementia (aged 50 and over), etc.However, the challenges of LTC policy was still a sustainability of financial system and the shortage of long-term care workforce. The foreign and domestic literatures indicated that horticultural activities could promote or maintain physical and mental health of participants. Elders engaged in these activities would obtain three benefits: maintaining their own health, treating and rehabilitating chronic diseases, and preventing them from dementia. Purpose: The facilities generally believe that horticultural activities meet the principle of LTC 2.0 available, accessible, and acceptable. Missions of LTC 2.0 are person-centered, community based and continuum of care. We tried to use the five senses of Chinese medicine to increase the universality of sensory stimulation in the design of horticultural activities so as to improve the quality of activities. Material and Method: In the six-weeks horticultural treatment activities, 7 female, 9 male, 16 elder aged between 50 and 97 years old (mean age 81.4 ± 13.2). Including hypertension, stroke, dementia and constipation history of residents were classified according to the TCM visceral manifestation theory, and heart disease accounted for 31.58%. We used of staple botany and simple herbal means in the complementary healing, for example the planting and activity observation. This activities we designed some games, including butterfly pea, magic crystal soil and alfalfa buds planting, paper flowers production, and aromatic plants experience. Social workers and horticultural trainees, respectively, according to 14 items evaluation before and after test as well as belong to mobility, physical and writing ability, cognition, social interaction, emotion, hobbies from residents. Results and Discussion: According to the evaluation of experts, magic crystal soil planting has well five senses and the whole activity games also fully reflect the stimulation of five senses of TCM. Post-assessment of good improvements are in mobility, social interaction, emotion, hobbies, but not in writing ability. We hope that horticultural activities could stimulate cognitive five senses from vision, hearing, smell, taste, and tactile of the elderly. While leading new object resources, inputting into a coordinating health care program helped each other, and providing a reference for evidence-based prevention of care priority policy.

Decreasing uric acid levels can be given with coffee plants Pinogu (Coffea canephora var robusta) which is combined with clove flowers (Syzygium aromaticum) as a hyperuricemia drug. This study aims to measure the effect of the combination of Pinogu coffee herbal medicine and clove flower seen from the decrease in uric acid levels of male white mice made hyperuricemia by chicken liver juice. This study uses a pure experimental design with pre and post test design. Where animals are grouped into seven groups, each group consisting of 5 male white mice. Each group was induced 1 mL / 20 g BB chicken liver juice and left for 24 hours then blood was taken after 2 hours, 3 hours and 4 hours of treatment. Group I as a negative control was given Na-CMC, group II was given allopurinol suspension 0.0538 g / kg BB, group III was given a combination of Pinogu coffee and clove flowers 0.209 g / kg BB, group IV was given a combination of Pinogu coffee and clove flower 0.39936 g / kg BB, group V was given a combination of Pinogu coffee and clove flower 0.404 g / kg BB, group VI was given a single Pinogu coffee extract 0.195 g / kg BB, and group VII was given clove flower extract 0.0140 g / kg BW. The results showed that the combination of Pinogu coffee herbal medicine (Coffea canephora var robusta) and clove flower (Syzygium romaticum) can reduce uric acid levels in male white mice (Mus musculus). The combination of Pinogu coffee and clove flower 0.209 g / kg BW gives the optimal effect of reducing blood uric acid levels in mice by 64.93%. Keywords— Gout, Pinogu Coffee, Clove Flowers

This paper utilizes the methods of effectiveness prediction and teaching decision-making to construct a precise teaching management framework based on artificial intelligence, and gives a specific plan for carrying out precise teaching interventions in educational practice. This paper investigates the cognition and demand of students in Z province for precise education in college civics and politics through a questionnaire survey. It also researches and verifies precision education through practical research to present its effectiveness. The results show that in terms of the needs and preferences of various aspects of ideological and political education, the majority of students accounted for between 40 and 60%, which is a relatively even distribution, reflecting the diversity of needs. The p-values of the entrance examination and the final examination of the second semester, the final examination of the first semester and the final examination of the second semester are 0.046, 0.004 and 0.18 respectively.Precision teaching can significantly improve students’ Civic and Political Learning Effect.

We investigated possible double usage of seven herb al taxa in balcony boxes, which were selected for ornamental purposes . We focused on drug content of the plants besides m easuring growth data. We planted the same taxa to open ground conditions as a control group. Six taxa among the investigated seven ones are suitable for double usage. The harvested herbals had generally better quality and higher drug content compared to the con trol group. Origanum vulgare L. 'Country Cream' is the exception: it doesn't seem to be suitable fo r this purpose, because it proved to be very sensit ive to sunburn in both vegetation periods. Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Fuss convar. foliosum 'Moha- fodrozatu' produced less drug in balcony box, but i ts volatile oil concentration was above the control group's. Ocimum basilicum L. 'Zoldgomb' grew 1.5-2 fold bigger in balcony box, t han in open ground. As a result drug production was outstanding, volati le oil concentration reached at least 0.5 ml/100g value from the second harvest. In the case of Thymus ◊ citriodorus (Pers.) Schreb. 'Aureus' volatile oil content was also higher in balcony box . There was a similar tendency at A Salvia offici- nalis L. 'Purpurascens' but the difference was not signi ficant (its habitat was nicer in open ground. At Allium schoenoprasum L. we didn't se reasonable difference between balco ny box and open ground groups . Satureja montana L. provided most intensive growth and drug producti on during first part of the second vegetation period; its volatile oil cont ent was always the same as the published literature data.