Collective Construction Research Articles

Core collection construction of tea plant germplasm in Anhui Province based on genetic diversity analysis using simple sequence repeat markers

The tea plant [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] is an industrial crop in China. The Anhui Province has a long history of tea cultivation and has a large resource of tea germplasm with abundant genetic diversity. To reduce the cost of conservation and utilization of germplasm resources, a core collection needs to be constructed. To this end, 573 representative tea accessions were collected from six major tea-producing areas in Anhui Province. Based on 60 pairs of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers, phylogenetic relationships, population structure and principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) were conducted. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the 573 tea individuals clustered into five groups were related to geographical location and were consistent with the results of the PCoA. Finally, we constructed a core collection consisting of 115 tea individuals, accounting for 20% of the whole collection. The 115 core collections were considered to have a 90.9% retention rate for the observed number of alleles (Na), and Shannon’s information index (I) of the core and whole collections were highly consistent. Of these, 39 individuals were preserved in the Huangshan area, accounting for 33.9% of the core collection, while only 10 individuals were reserved in the Jinzhai County, accounting for 8.9% of the core set. PCoA of the accessions in the tea plant core collection exhibited a pattern nearly identical to that of the accessions in the entire collection, further supporting the broad representation of the core germplasm in Anhui Province. The results demonstrated that the core collection could represent the genetic diversity of the original collection. Our present work is valuable for the high-efficiency conservation and utilization of tea plant germplasms in Anhui Province.

QUINZE ANOS DO LABORATÓRIO DE PALEONTOLOGIA DE MACROINVERTEBRADOS (LAPALMA) DA UNESP/BAURU: PRINCÍPIO, ESTABILIDADE E CONTRIBUIÇÕES À PALEONTOLOGIA NACIONAL

Fifteen years of the Macroinvertebrate Paleontology Laboratory (LAPALMA) at Unesp/Bauru: principle, stability, and contributions to national paleontology. The Macroinvertebrate Paleontology Laboratory (LAPALMA) celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2022, and since then has been actively contributing to the development of Brazilian paleontology. Founded by Prof. Dr. Renato Pirani Ghilardi at Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP) on the Bauru campus, with Actuopaleontology and the study of Paleoinvertebrates (Taxonomy, Taphonomy and Paleobiogeography) as the main lines of research. LAPALMA’s productivity has been growing exponentially, as well as participation in scientific events (PALEOs, Symposiums, Congresses, etc.). Finally, since 2007, the Laboratory has been developing several field works, which allow the construction of a scientific collection of extreme importance for the studies on paleoinvertebrates, mainly the Devonians. Keywords: Historical paleontology, scientometry, paleoinvertebrates, museology.

Genealogy of an archive. The birth, construction, and development of the World Wide Web collection at CERN

Web and Internet historians have never been able to consider the sources preserved at CERN because of a 30-year closure law. The WWW collection is of major importance not only because it is located where the Web was born but, more importantly, because it preserves documents produced during the early and little-known stages of its development. Our study has a qualitative approach and is based on in-person discussions, e-mail exchanges, and a focus group we conducted with five main actors responsible for the birth and development of the WWW collection at CERN. Through this method, we co-constructed with them a discourse, which we later analysed through inductive thematic analysis. We extracted six main topics reflecting the principal themes represented in the collection: reasons for creating a specific collection of web-related documents; salient moments in the history of the collection; discussion about its naming; issues about the originality of the documents; and future digitisation projects. This paper may be of interest to web historians and archivists looking for an overview and hidden reasons for the creation of the collection.

L’activité phatique et régulatrice dans la conversation en fulfulde-funangeere : aspects interactionnels et relationnels

Phatic and Feedback Activity in Conversation in Fulfulde-Funangeere: interactional and relational aspects
 This article focuses on the collective construction of discourse through the prism of phatic and feedback activity. The empirical framework is the informal conversation in Fulfulde. The aim of the analysis is to describe the linguistic materials used by the participants to perform the roles of speaker and addressee, respectively. The analysis focuses on the processes of establishing and maintaining communicative contact on the one hand, and on the markers of the addressee's commitment on the other. The empirical data used are the result of a sociolinguistic survey carried out through non-participant observation, a questionnaire, and the recording of five conversations in Fulfulde-Funangeere in the city of Maroua, Cameroon. The study is based on the hypothesis that phatic and backchannel activities are involved in the interactional mechanisms of synchronization of exchanges, but also have relational functions. The analyses take advantage of interctionist epistemology, notably conversational analysis (Sacks et al, 1974, Traverso, 2011) and the interpersonal relationship in discourse in interaction (Goffman, 1974; Kerbrat-Orecchioni, 1992, 2005). The results of the study underline the polyfunctional character of the linguistic units mobilized by the interactants to maintain contact and mark their socio-cognitive commitment to the exchange. It also emerges that the linguistic units identified provide both interactional and relational microfunctions, confirming the basic hypothesis. In fact, the importance given to speech in the interaction forces the participants to engage emotionally, cognitively, and socially in the interaction. The interaction then becomes the place par excellence where the socio-affective stakes are played out: appearing benevolent, suitable, highlighting one's good education, showing deference and altruism, maintaining and consolidating interpersonal ties. In short, this study of the phatic and feedback activity contributes to shed light on some aspects of the conversational style of the peoples of the Sudano-Sahelian area of the Far North of Cameroon.

Reciprocals in Turkish

This paper discusses various reciprocalization strategies in Turkish, including lexical, pronominal, and verbal reciprocals, as well as the collective and discontinuous constructions that appear with symmetric predicates. We propose that there are two distinct sources of reciprocity in Turkish: symmetry and distributivity–reciprocity. Lexical and verbal reciprocals are established via symmetry, whereas pronominal reciprocals are formed via distributor–reciprocator operators introduced by the reciprocal pronoun birbiri ‘each other’. We argue that the verbal reciprocal morpheme -(I)ş is ambiguous between a symmetric reciprocal head (vRECP) and a pluractional head (vRL). The symmetric reciprocal head vRECP turns an asymmetric transitive predicate into a symmetric transitive predicate by creating two event variables as subevents of a single eventuality and permutes the thematic roles across the arguments of the predicate. Our proposal builds on the idea that symmetric predicates introduce plural events consisting of atomic subevents as their parts. This double-sourced analysis allows us to account for a range of facts involving collective and discontinuous constructions. We argue that both discontinuous and collective constructions are transitive and that collective constructions are formed through a combination of the two reciprocal sources (symmetry and distributivity–reciprocity) with an unpronounced reciprocal pronoun. We also provide an account of the reciprocal–pluractional syncretism of the -(I)ş suffix, arguing that the symmetric reciprocal head vRECP and the pluractional head vRL share a common [pl] feature spelled out as -(I)ş.

Construction of Core Collection and Phenotypic Evaluation of Toona sinensis

Toona sinensis is an important “vegetable and timber” tree species that is widely distributed in eastern and southeastern Asia. An efficient mechanism for preserving and utilizing germplasm resources is crucial for speeding up the process of genetic improvement of T. sinensis. We collected a total of 1040 germplasm resources of T. sinensis from China, Britain, and New Zealand. Using a total of 27,040 markers, we analyzed the genetic diversity, genetic structure, and core collection of these resources. Additionally, a comprehensive evaluation method for phenotypes of T. sinensis was established by principal component analysis (PCA) and the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS). Our analysis included three main results: Firstly, the breeding population, consisting of a total of 1040 individuals, contains a diverse genetic pool and can be divided into two genetic clusters. Secondly, the best core collection was obtained from the alternative population, consisting of a total of 208 individuals and comprising 20% of the breeding population. It was screened out based on Core Hunter 3 software with the average entry-to-nearest-entry (E-NE) algorithm. Finally, a comprehensive evaluation method was established based on eight selected agronomic traits of the core collection. This method allowed us to screen the best individual plants of the core collection, including N0237, N0972, and N0409. Overall, our research findings will enable better preservation and utilization of T. sinensis germplasm resources and result in faster improvement of T. sinensis varieties.

THE USE OF ORGANIC RESIDUES TO DEVELOP PACKAGING: TESTS IN MOLDED PULP

AbstractAt the end of its life the packaging may become a residue if it is not correctly discarded, becoming a visible component of the waste produced on the planet, with a defined shape and communicating with the world. In the same way, large-scale agricultural production generates organic residues that, although representing fiber-rich materials, are discarded, such as rice husk, coconut husk, wood fibers, among others. To contribute with solutions to minimize the environmental impact of packaging and organic residues, the present study aims at performing preliminary tests of molded pulp packaging manufacturing from organic residues, in a circular economy context. Action research was used as the method to guide the collective construction (project team and partner companies), and the direction of the preliminary tests of packaging to be manufactured. The tests performed on coconut fibers in transfer molding and thermoforming were promising, but they required the addition of binder substances like byproducts from starch, especially in the transfer molding method. Besides using fibers from alternative sources to cellulose, the proposed packaging is potentially compostable and may replace non-renewable material like oil-based polymers.

“O Mar Está para Peixes?” – an Interactive Platform for Open Source Fishery Data in Rio De Janeiro State

Despite the wide dissemination of information access, open data scarcity in fisheries science is still seen as a challenge. Thus, initiatives such as Sea Around Us and Fish Stats stand out. Particularly in developing countries, fishery data collection systems are precarious and there is a lack of national platforms to make fisheries data available. In Brazil, some states such as São Paulo and Santa Catarina have their own data repositories in web platforms, but there are limitations for dynamic queries. In addition, fisheries management based on the “Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries” (EAF) have been discussed and adopted, and environmental variables have been used as indicators to increase the robustness of fishery models. In this sense, the present work proposes a fishery data compilation platform named O mar está para peixes? (Are there fish in the sea?), which contains fishery data and fishery-related satellite remote sensing data (i.e. sea surface temperature, chlorophyll concentration) for the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The platform is divided in five sections: Fishery, Habitat, Map, Satellite and Download. These sections make data available for dynamic and personalized consultations, with the option of downloading the data. A standard spreadsheet developed for users to submit their own data is presented, with the goal of promoting participation and the collective construction of the platform. This is a new step towards the development of an EAF in Rio de Janeiro, which will potentially open the pathway for the integration of public agencies, research institutions, fishing industry and artisanal fishermen.

The Impacts of Popular Participation in the Urban Landscape: A Case Study in Lorena, SP.

Despite being an intrinsic factor in people's daily lives, active mobility still presents itself as a challenge in the model of Brazilian cities due to the lack of adequate and inviting structure for walking. This case study was carried out in a city located in the countryside of the State of São Paulo, with the purpose of enabling a higher quality in walking, reinforcing walkability and the importance of more sustainable modes of transportation, fostering urban vitality and reactivating neglected areas by promoting a network articulation to develop sustainable initiatives. In this way, it seeks to highlight the importance of popular participation in the construction and requalification of urban public spaces, not only in terms of displacement, but also in the occupation of idle spaces through the use of methods and tools, such as tactical urbanism, which proposes interventions in the city in the context of the micro scale, from short-term solutions, low cost and multipliable. The study presents the challenges and the results of the project, arising from the collection and systematization of data, and from the collective construction and continuous appropriation of space by the population.

Collective trauma in Indigenous and Black territories on Colombia’s Pacific coast: a framework and collaborative approach to researching violence

ABSTRACT Using collaborative research methods with local organisations, this study analyses collective trauma in Colombia’s Pacific coast. It examines ethnoterritorial groups, or collectivities whose identities and political organising reflect a distinct territorial consciousness characterised by intercultural, environmental and socio-economic relationships to land. ‘Peer interviewers’ adapted research instruments and ethics to their communities, highlighting oral testimonies and the collective construction of knowledge. They connected emotionally and intellectually with their people revealing key information about harmful events undermining the life-worlds of their communities. Building on this work, the article breaks the trauma process into different phases starting with traumatogenic events that cause communal distress and produce a social and signification crisis. It claims that territories represent a form of knowledge and produce feedback effects in the trauma process that help people connect emotionally and strategically with place. The article concludes that harmful events are not the same as collective trauma. Collective trauma is constructed in a process of signification that uncovers and interprets a negative collective impact and delimits the group of sufferers.

Corrigendum: The taeniaticornis-group of genus Apanteles Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from China with one new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 96: 21–31. doi: 10.3897/jhr.96.99649

In a paper about a new species of Apanteles (Microgastrinae)(Liu & Chen, 2023), we regret the omission of one author Jun-hua Chen in the second place of the author list who did great job in construction of the ZJUH collection for this study and the mistake in institution order and corresponding author. We provide the correct information below. Zhen Liu1, 2, Jun-hua He1, Xue-xin Chen1 1 Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. 2 Zoology Key Laboratory of Hunan Higher Education, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hunan University of Arts and Science, Changde 415000, China.

Classification of Crimes against Sexual Inviolability and Sexual Freedom of the Individual under a Note to Article 131 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation

The paper considers certain aspects of the classification of sexual crimes, due to the note to Article 131 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on equating persons under 12 years of age with those in a helpless state. Using practical examples, the features of various objective characteristics of sexual assaults are identified, combined on the basis of the analyzed note under the action of one norm — Article 132 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. By virtue of the note under study, indecent acts of persons in relation to the specified age, including those committed without contact, constituted the jurisdiction of the norm on violent acts of a sexual nature. The external circumstances of the acts that currently constitute violent sexual assaults indicate their significant difference. According to the author of the paper, a law enforcement officer should be able to impose punishment for a crime based on the immediate characteristics of the committed act, and, taking into account the broad collective construction of Article 132 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, be able to impose a less severe punishment than exists today. Reducing the terms in the considered compositions will make it possible, firstly, to proportionately determine the punishment for committing contactless intellectual (contactless) depraved acts against persons under the age of 12, and, secondly, restore the hierarchy of severity of punishments for acts, based on the importance of the good protected by law. Measures are proposed to change the legal technique of constructing the norms of Chapter 18 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, aimed at independently fixing violent acts of a sexual nature against persons under the age of 12. The author substantiates the expediency of including in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation an independent norm on violent crimes of a sexual nature committed against a minor.

Exploration of the Construction and Digitization of the Yellow River Governance Landscape Special Collection

Abstract: The governance and development history of the Yellow River is an important part of Chinese history. Many historical documents and archives have been produced around the governance and development of the Yellow River as well as modern information resources such as databases and pictures, which together constitute a special collection of cultural heritage resources of the Yellow River Governance Landscape. In this paper, a literature search was conducted and unique resources collected for the construction of the Yellow River Governance Landscape, including the main literature, archives, pictures, databases, and other resources. Experts identified the concept and relevant resources of the Yellow River Governance Landscape, and librarians constructed the special collection. The future direction of digitization and database construction for the Yellow River Governance Landscape resources are also discussed. The special resources of the Yellow River Governance Landscape will help to increase the discipline collections and special collections of university libraries, provide resources for multidisciplinary teaching and research, and help to digitize and build databases of Yellow River Governance Landscape resources in the future as well as provide the content basis for open access and sharing of digital resources.

Making associative management in agroecology: the importance of participatory planning in rural associations

Objective: This work aims to analyze the management process of the Association of Agroecological Producers and Residents of Imbé, Marreco and neighboring farms (ASSIM), noting its strengths and weaknesses, contributing to a critical look at the associative project and the construction of collective strategies for self-management that strengthen the links between Agroecology and Solidarity Economy from the perspective of territorial identity. Theoretical framework: It also seeks to point out the theoretical and conceptual bases, as well as the relations that can be established between associative management and the strengthening of Agroecology, presenting paths for rural participative planning, as well as its contributions to the promotion of self-management and the promotion of Agroecology. Design/methodology/approach: The data were obtained and analysed using the method of Action Research, which aims to create greater interaction between the researcher, the public involved in the research, and the agro-ecological production processes under development, i.e. interaction is not only between people, but also by the process, which generates problems and solutions, action and reflection, in an integrated way. Based on this assumption, using qualitative methodology, we will offer ASSIM's associates the possibility of jointly carrying out a participative diagnosis, as an instrument for collecting data on the association's agro-ecological producers Results: As results, information on the form of political organization, weaknesses and potentialities that subsidized the strategic planning of the organization were mapped. We consider that this process allowed the development of an action plan with guidelines to face its challenges focused initially on the elaboration of projects and fundraising. Research, practical and social implications: The research demonstrated the effectiveness of the action-research method to understand the social reality of a community, both through the mechanism of data collection from the concrete daily experience of the community, as well as the validation of information by those involved allowing the confrontation of interpretations and collective construction of knowledge. In practice, it provided the community with the tools to carry out articipative diagnoses and planning. Originality/value: The researchers concluded that social protagonism is possible to build, especially when there is qualified external advice that contributes to the preparation of leaders capable of producing incidence together with partners. The diversity of the actors with the inclusion of women and young people in the production process made the activities more dynamic.

MEMÓRIA ASSUNTA AO CÉU: MEDITAÇÕES SOBRE GESTÃO SOCIAL NA CONTEMPLAÇÃO DO PATRIMÔNIO HISTÓRICO EDIFICADO DE ICÓ, CEARÁ

This photographic contribution aims to instigate meditation on social management based on the contemplation of images of the historical heritage of the city of Icó, in Ceará. Selected to compose a mini collection that contrasts colorful buildings and a cloudy and unusual sky of Ceará, the photographs reflect a golden past of the history of the interior of Brazil, at the same time that they allow the collective (re)construction of a regional or, perhaps, national identity. Supported by this unconventional perspective, it is hoped that it will be possible to illustrate reflections on social management from the contemplation of an edified past. The images were captured in November 2018 by a Canon PowerShot SX400 IS, 3.8-247.0mm lens

“CHECK YOUR FACTS, FETUS”: #GENZ VS. #MILLENNIALS AND THE ROLE OF TIKTOK IN THE GENERATIONING PROCESS

At first glance, the “generational war” between Gen Z and Millennials appears to be merely the latest iteration of an emerging generational cohort demarcating their taste cultures, subjectivities, and values. However, these seemingly trivial and playful debates over who “belongs” on TikTok and who is the “real” social media generation provide a fruitful inquiry into examining the generationing process. This paper examines the ways that self-proclaimed members of Gen Z and Millennials dyadically use TikTok to co-construct their respective generational consciousness by asking: What role do the platform logics, affordances, memetics, and creative vernaculars of TikTok play in the generationing process, specifically the collective construction of generational borders between Millennials and Gen Z? I conduct a qualitative discursive analysis of the ways Gen Z and Millennials create dialogical TikTok memes, challenges, and trends to co-construct their respective generational identities. The analysis focuses on the assemblage of the narrative, visual, and audio content of memes alongside the platform logic and affordances that make such memetic participation feasible. Such an analysis reveals how Gen Z and Millennials are using TikTok to publicly negotiate the borders of their respective generational identities and thus allows for a closer examination of the role of TikTok in the generationing process. Specifically, I demonstrate how the memetic discourse functions as a way for Gen Z to solidify what they perceive as their more progressive values while forcing Millennials to come to terms with the paradoxes of their own problematic values, subjectivities, and positionalities.

Emotional Intelligence and Resilience, an Applied Study in the City of Arequipa, Peru

This article aims to show the development of positive and effective adaptation skills in decision-making only if emotional intelligence and resilience construction with appropriate stress management is achieved. This study uses validated psychometric tests, such as Baron’s Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQI), to measure emotional intelligence and the Wagnild and Young (RS) resilience scale to measure resilience. The research approach is qualitative and applied with a design of non-experimental analysis. A stratified sample of agents of the city was made in three sectors: Rulers / Politicians, University Professors / Academics, and Businesspeople, as institutional decision-makers in the city of Arequipa. The low individual and collective construction of emotional intelligence and resilience in the different strata of the city of Arequipa significantly decreases adaptive capacity, so agents tend to make linear decisions in complex environments that affect their stress levels and uncertainty management. This study has not been done before since it develops and explains how agents and individuals are recognized as essential elements to generate value from the construction of emotional intelligence and resilience, linking them as fundamental constructs to positive adaptation or effective decision-making to the changing environment forming intelligent networks.

Empowerment evaluation: Key methodology aspects from participatory research and intervention with Roma girls

AbstractEmpowerment evaluation (EE) is an especially useful tool that enables people to be involved in both individual and group transformation processes, in particular in contexts characterized by social inequality. By using a participatory approach, this methodological article analyses an Empowerment Evaluation experience within the European RoMoMatteR project. This project, which focuses on the notion of reproductive justice, has involved a group of Roma girls from Alicante (Spain), in a context characterized by discrimination based on ethnicity, gender and age, as well as by structural determinants such as social exclusion. The main research objective has been to analyse the relevance of the methodology designed to assess how project participants have developed a sense of autonomy and the acquisition of socio‐cultural resources as assets for their future life choices. Therefore, the study design has followed the model proposed by Fetterman for Empowerment Evaluation: establishing a mission to be assessed, participatory diagnosis of the current status and finally planning for the future to start the desired change. Fetterman's model was adapted by designing and organizing participatory workshops with the girls involved in the project. The results confirm the relevance of the methodological proposal of the workshops to engage aspects of empowerment. The findings also allow to detect the empowerment of the Roma girls especially in two areas of the project: reaching the proposed objectives and the methodology used to register significant information. In the first case, the results show that Roma girls' establish a critical perspective on the idea of reproductive justice, and related to this, the activation of proactive behaviours linked to the acquisition of socio‐cultural resources in the development of visions of their personal futures. In the second case, the Roma girls have also shown empowerment in decision‐making on technical aspects, methodological design and taking action aimed at the collective construction of useful information in the project.

Impacts of a conversation wheel between pregnant women and medicine students

Faced with a reality in which reliable popular knowledge and untruths routinely mix, it is necessary to investigate the impacts of dialogue on the formation of a critical conscience. In this sense, the experience report had the following objective: to report the experience of pregnant women and medical students in a conversation circle as a space for the collective construction of knowledge. Starting from an observational, descriptive study with a qualitative approach, it was observed, during the experience of the conversation wheel, the persistence of beliefs involving normal childbirth, given that, when listing truths and myths about humanized childbirth, many of the myths were part of the context of the pregnant women, including information still propagated by health professionals. It also became evident that the users were unaware of their rights during childbirth and how the absence of this information favors the occurrence of episodes of obstetric violence in a unique moment of significant vulnerability, childbirth. In addition, medical students involved in the event benefited from experiencing practices that go beyond theory, such as improving communication skills, autonomy in studies and transforming reality through knowledge. From the idealized dynamics based on PBL teaching, it is concluded that information sharing is the master way in demystifying inadequate knowledge and in building women aware of their rights, since female empowerment and knowledge are closely intertwined

The Construction of Coffee Qualities: Geo-economics Crossroads between China and Vietnam

Abstract This paper undertakes a comparative study of two rural mountainous areas participating in global agricultural markets while using, as an interpretative grid, the development of the quality of the products and spaces. We draw on contemporary analysis at the interface of food and agriculture systems through the example of coffee cultivation and consumption in two neighbouring countries: China and Vietnam. The purpose is to understand why these two provinces with similar historical dynamics have two radically different productions of coffee. While China produces Arabica coffee in limited volumes, Vietnam has over the past few decades become the world's second largest producer of Robusta coffee in response to the growing appetite for coffee in Asia. This paper adopts a multidimensional analysis of the quality of coffee based on the cultivation of the plant, the collective construction of quality, and the consumption of the beverage.