Referential Analysis Research Articles

Dança e música na Índia antiga: uma abordagem decolonial da materialidade através do Nāṭyaśāstra

In this article we investigate music and dance in ancient India based on the materiality and knowledge provided by Nāṭyaśāstra. We aim to develop an approach that reflects on the performative aspects of materiality, using concepts from classical Indian performing arts for its interpretation. We engage with decolonial criticism to construct a method that causes an epistemological and referential shift in the production of knowledge in archaeology in the Indian context. In this sense, we have Mignolo (2008), Chen (2010) and de Freitas (2016) as theoretical references. The method developed is structured in three stages, namely: analysis of the body structures of the representation, referential analysis of the Nāṭyaśāstra and Interpretation. We use three case studies with scenarios where dance and music are the subject of materiality, dance and music are the context of material production and where there is no direct connection between dance and music and materiality. Thus, as a result, we highlight the effectiveness of the proposed method, exposing how the use of Nāṭyaśāstra for archaeological and archaeomusicological analysis and interpretation opens us to interpretations anchored in an imaginary specific to Indian culture.

GERMAN AND LATVIAN CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION ANALYSIS: A CASE STUDY OF LATVIAN FOLKLORE SHOW

Research topic "German and Latvian Cross Cultural Communication Analysis: A Case Study of Latvian Folklore Show" is relevant, because the successful mutual communication between Latvians and Germans is essential for the promotion of further co - operation with the Germans. One of the ways to show the various symbolic elements of Latvian ethnicity together is to a Latvian folklore show. It is a world-proven practice in which foreign visitors are briefly introduced to the traditional culture of the country they have come to. The object of the research is Latvian and German intercultural communication and the subject of the research is Latvian and German intercultural communication during Latvian folklore show. The aim of the research is to analyze Latvian and German intercultural communication during the folklore show. Research methods used in the work: referential analysis of the literature, method of observation. The research period is from 2008 to 2019. The resarch shows that in order to create a positive cross cultural communication, the German language should be used, the order of the presentation of the symbolic elements is important and that the elements presented should be politicaly neutral. The creators of the show should be well informed about the other ethnicity and all of the participants of the show should be able to not only perform, but to create and maintain the communication process troughout the show.

An eco-linguistic analysis of conservation news published by mass media in Indonesia

This research aims to analyze the eco-lexicon meanings contained in the conservation news texts published by mass media in Indonesia. The data sources are mass media found at www.unnes.ac.id, Suara Merdeka, and Kompas. The data are collected through listening, documentation, and interview techniques and analyzed using distributional and referential analysis techniques. The novelty of this study is the dimension of cultural meaning in the eco-collection of conservation news texts in the mass media in Indonesia. The findings of this study enrich the theory of Lindo and Bundsgaard in 2000 which stated that the dynamics and changes that occur at the lexicon level are influenced by three dimensions, namely ideological, sociological, and biological dimensions. Simply put, conservation news text needs to be utilized as teaching material by teachers and lecturers in language learning or other learning types in schools or universities to enrich the text genre and foster the value of love for the environment.

AUDITORY IMAGE: PHENOMENOLOGICAL LOCALIZATION OF THE PROBLEM

The article aims to concretize the phenomenological account concerning the problem of an auditory image. The author considers auditory imagery as a scientific object and compares different treatments of the problem to fix the potential and advantages of its phenomenological interpretation. In the first stage of the study, the author distinguishes the key characteristics of the image by means the lexical analysis. This is the perceptual (predominantly visual) nature of an image, integrality, and essentiality (image as an idea). In the second stage, the understandings of the mental and auditory imagery in physiology, experimental psychology, music psychology, musicology, and interdisciplinary studies are described. In the third stage, the peculiar phenomenological ways of the comprehension of an auditory image are revealed. The phenomenological interest is to pick out consciousness which perceiving of an image equally from the process of perceiving and from entailing in an image. The specific phenomenological stance is placing an auditory image on the bound of transcendent (the process of perceiving) and immanent (an image that is already perceived). The auditory image is conceived as the unity of Modi of its givenness. Most fecks of this Modi are original, they cannot be transferred into other science scopes: they are the interconnection of all moments of the temporal unfolding, self-organization in the time, self-referentiality, non-semanticity, periodicity/randomness, eventuality, quasi-embodiment (physicality). Solely phenomenological problems are problems of the constitution of an auditory image, its life-horizon, intersubjectivity, and regional matching. The author infers that phenomenology does not conceive auditory image as sustained auditory representation, associated with acoustic memory. Its perceptual nature does not play a key role here. Moreover, the perceptual-semantic duality of the image is not fixed by the phenomenological description. The phenomenological approach is unique because it researches auditory data exhaustively but does not use semantic and referential analysis of them. The main feature of phenomenological description is the focus on the unity of auditory image: All the elements of auditory data are interpreted in their synthesis as the different levels of the unity of hearing image. Thus, the phenomenological approach as a whole is the most promising for comprehending such a dominant quality of the auditory image as integrality.

Singularity and plurality of discourse reference to worlds

The referential analysis of conditionals has recently been put forth as an alternative of the Kratzer-style restrictor analysis (Schein 2001, Schlenker 2004, among others). Under this analysis, conditional antecedents are definite descriptions of worlds/situations. This paper explores a widely accepted assumption of the referential analysis, namely that conditional antecedents refer to plural objects. I show that the singularity/plurality of conditional antecedents can correlate with whether the conditional expresses modal or adverbial quantification. I use this correlation to motivate an analysis where conditional antecedents are number-neutral by default, but can be forced to denote singular referents. This idea is formally implemented within the dynamic framework by Brasoveanu (2010).

The WHO Directions on COVID-19 and Brazilian Health Public Policies: An Analysis from the Political Sociology of Public Action

The paper first describes a brief history of the World Health Organization and its public actions during the last decades. Then, it describes its organizational structure and its roles in global health governance. It also emphasizes some global WHO actions in this field. The objective is to show the WHO actions as part of the referential analysis of public policies, according to Jobert and Muller (1987). We then present the referential theory and describe how it helps us understand international organizations’ influence in maintaining or changing specific paradigms in public policy. Afterward, we provide a brief history of Brazil’s actions during the SARS H1N1 pandemic to illustrate how the WHO guidelines and the International Health Regulations have served as a paradigm for Brazilian public policy in this area. Then, we demonstrate that by not following the WHO recommendations to combat the pandemic, the Brazilian government generates a conflict of references expressed both in the clash between the central government and the Ministry of Health and in a federative clash opposing national and regional governments.

Health Diagnosis of Roadheader Based on Reference Manifold Learning and Improved K-Means

The safe and stable operation of roadheader is of great significance to the efficient and rapid production of a coal mine. Health diagnosis based on vibration signals has been studied in bearings and motors. Complex geological conditions and bad working environment lead to the characteristics of nonlinear and time-varying vibration signals of a roadheader. In this paper, a health state analysis method based on reference manifold (RM) learning and improved K-means clustering analysis was proposed; the method was verified by using the real-time collected roadheader cutting reducer fault signal. Firstly, the comparison signal and analysis signal were extracted from the actual collected vibration data of the roadheader, and the referential analysis samples were constructed through time domain and wavelet packet energy analysis. Then, the characteristic structure of the low-dimensional space of the referential analysis samples is obtained by Locally Linear Embedding (LLE), which is a method of manifold learning. Through the improved K-means clustering analysis method, the low-dimensional structure parameters were analyzed and the clustering effect index was obtained, which was used as the health evaluation index (HEI). Finally, the normal distribution model of the health evaluation index is established, and the confidence interval of the health evaluation index is determined, so as to realize the health state analysis of the roadheader and realize the fault warning function. Through the analysis of data of three sensors, the results show that the roadheader failed on the 15th day, which is consistent with the actual working condition. Through practical analysis, the effectiveness of the method was verified and provided a kind of fault analysis idea and method for equipment working under complex working conditions and the theoretical basis for fault type analysis.

Referential analysis of discharge and salinity data in Shatt Al-Arab River

The space-time changes of waters could be considered the basis for research in in applied hydrology. The purpose of this science is to develop scientific and logical explanations of hydrological changes and to gain an understanding of the interrelationships between them.The present study aims at developing a database of river discharge and salinity concentration in the Shatt Al-Arab river (i.e., for selected sites) and the research was based on analysis of previous reference data and research measures that included data recorded for discharge volume and water quality during the period from 1978 to 2017 to reveal change in water nutrition size and effects in salinity.The study showed a link between the two rivers' running system, the amount of Shatt al Arab discharge and the quality of its water with the emergence of a temporal effect of the Karon River in the southern part of the stream, a link between decreasing discharge and salinity, changing salinity does not take a single pattern in all locations or periods studied, and water discharge gradually showed a decrease after the 1990s, and continued to reach its peak during the two years (2008-2009 and 2014-2015),The study recommends the quantity and quality of water coming to Shatt al-Arab should be continuously reinforced, evaluation plans should be made from time to time, and hydraulic systems placed on some of the entrances of Shatt al-Arab.

К семиотико-лингвистическому анализу рассказа Л.Н. Толстого «Прыжок»

The paper is concerned with the referential, lexical, pragmatic, semiotic, and literary analysis of Leo Tolstoy’s tale entitled The Leap in the context of his own life, as well as of his standpoint on Charles Darwin’s evolution theory.

Sustainable Development Policy: A Participatory Approach to Increase Students’ Awareness of Solid Waste Management

Sustainability entails a development that meets the present generation’s needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Brundtland Commission, 1987). Hence, new public management practices need to be restored sustainably to fulfill the social contract theory by protecting citizens’ happiness, security, and development. Sustainable development goals (SDGs) in this direction mobilize many specialized fields, including public administration in its new form. New public management (NPM) practices are the art of maximizing value from natural resources and human capital. In designing organizations for such a citizen-enabled strategy within NPM in a sustainable perspective, policymakers must identify stakeholders, commitment of the initiators, and the innovation pattern in introducing this policy to the environment (Kairouz, 2016). This research paper introduces an attempt to set a sustainable development policy to maintain solid waste management (SWM) from administrative and a citizen-oriented reform policy orientation. In Egypt, SWM is a persistent issue reflecting on the environment; hence, social and health problems must be properly managed through developmental policies to contribute to the country’s welfare. The policy instrument of NPM in SDGs entails both municipal waste management and the rationalization of fossil fuel subsidies. The research conducted a pilot study of three months using sustainable supply chain management practices as a tool for managing solid wastes in universities where wastes are considered a product, which requires management throughout this chain to maximize efficiency and sustain the environment. The business model includes suppliers of the waste, including any firm that supplies the university with material for the ongoing study period. It also includes any individual bringing goods of usage in the campus that turn into waste. The referential analysis technique is used to draw a generalization of conclusions depending on the logic found in areas of secondary sources in early studies.

Фразеологизмы с местоимением я в свете ключевых идей русской языковой картины мира

This article presents a part of a comprehensive research on lexicographic portraying of Russian personal pronouns in the context of the communicative-pragmatic, linguoculturological, and cognitive linguistic approaches. The paper aimed to describe semantic, stylistic, and functional properties of Russian phraseological units containing the pronoun ya (‘I’) and its case forms in terms of representation of key culturally significant ideas of the Russian linguistic worldview. The author applied the pronoun referential analysis methodology developed on the basis of E.V. Paducheva’s ideas. The material included data of Russian explanatory dictionaries as well as a semantic and a phraseological dictionary. The usage examples were extracted from the Russian National Corpus. The scientific value of this paper consists in introducing a new aspect of Russian personal pronouns analysis, namely, the cultural significance of phraseological units with the pronominal component ya in the Russian linguistic worldview. It is shown that phraseological units containing the pronoun ya and its case forms have considerable conceptual and evaluative potential for representing culturally significant ideas and attitudes of the Russian linguistic worldview. These phraseological units embody empathic attitude (estimation of the degree of a speaker’s personal involvement in the situation) and the idea of primary importance of the speaker’s world to him/herself. The human ‘I’ in phraseology is a natural measure of norms and values, a criterion of one’s attitude to outward things. The paper makes a certain contribution to the theory and practice of integral description of language as well as to the linguoculturological study on Russian phraseological units. In terms of practice, the results can be used in teaching linguoculturological disciplines at universities and compiling a new type of dictionaries, as well as in forensic linguistics.

ОТ СУБЪЕКТНОЙ ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ К СУБЪЕКТНОЙ НАВИГАЦИИ ТЕКСТА

This article considers description as a functional and semantic type of speech from the point of view of the receptive-pragmatic paradigm of research. The authors turn to pragmatic syntax in order to reconstruct the receptive space of the speech subject, their cognitive sphere based on pragmatically (connotatively) «charged» signs and to actualize the implicitly expressed meaning of the statement with their help. The methodological basis of the study is the referential analysis, which helps to reconstruct a set of initial situations (referential space), and contextual analysis, through which the pragmatic information and personal meanings belonging to the cognitive sphere of the speech subject (receptive space) are explicated. Special attention is paid to the triadic opposition «figure – micro-context – referential space» – «background – macro-context – receptive space». The conceptual triad «figure – micro-context – referential space» is related to the material world and its representations in the text, and in this respect belongs to the conceptual field of semantic syntax. On the contrary, the conceptual triad «background – macro-context – receptive space» enables to reconstruct the cognitive sphere of the speech subject and its representation in speech, in particular, the attitude of the speech subject to what they see, feel and think, how their ideas about the original (referent) situation develop, and refer to the material sphere and conceptual field of pragmatic syntax. This triadic opposition helps to consider the subjective navigation of the text as a modification of its subjective perspective. Subjective text navigation represents implicit (not clearly expressed) ways of orientation in the cognitive sphere of the speech subject and is designed to direct the reader's attention, their perception of different levels of explicitly and implicitly expressed meanings through pragmatic localizers of the speech subject's discourse intention.

Learning and Printing the Brain

The work of reflection about learning and the important role that the brain plays, establishes a referential analysis, with the purpose of investigating and knowing everything related to the knowledge of the human being and the activities that he performs during the process of acquiring knowledge, thus emphasizing how vital it is to know this organ and how the content can be transformed, in addition, emphasis is placed on brain plasticity, which constitutes the adaptation of the changes or modifications that take place throughout the learning process. Meaningful learning is acquired through good educational practices and the application of active methodologies, where an appropriate environment is established, in which motivation plays an important role and strategies are in accordance with the content to be treated, which is not possible without the brain involved.

A educação híbrida como proposta na formação docente: análise referencial

O contexto educacional do século XXI aflige-se com o desenvolvimento da cultura digital na qual avança em espaços escolares sem o devido consentimento para uma reflexão crítica e aprofundada. Foi nessa acepção que o assunto temático do presente estudo foi constituído e, aspira evidenciar que por meio da educação híbrida possibilita-se potencialidades e contribuições na formação docente continuada, tendo em vista os desafios que chegaram aos bancos escolares conjuntamente com esse arcabouço tecnológico. Portanto, é necessário conjecturar como a educação híbrida pode contribuir qualitativamente para o processo de formação continuada. Neste sentido, o estudo busca articular conceitos e reflexões teóricas, vislumbrando estratégias que corroborem com a relação que tange a política da formação docente continuada e os usos das tecnologias digitais em âmbito educacional. Nesta perspectiva, articular-se-á pressupostos de uma proposta híbrida à formação docente continuada tornando-se em um contexto atual um desafio a ser inevitavelmente confrontado. Objetivou-se nesta pesquisa difundir o conhecimento sobre a Educação Híbrida, contextualizando-a no ambiente escolar como uma proposta na formação docente continuada. Este estudo é fruto de uma análise referencial, caracterizada como uma pesquisa de natureza de execução bibliográfica, reflexiva e analítica, com análises qualitativas das informações, consistindo-se em conceitos, teorias de pesquisadores da área, que se fundamenta: Alves (2012), Bacich (2015), Freire (2002), Kenski (2008), Moran (2000), Pretto (2009), Schon (1992), Thornburg (1997), Valente (2009) entre outros que respaldam a base deste trabalho. Portanto, considera-se a partir do presente estudo, que a proficuidade da educação híbrida no processo da formação docente continuada, reverbera no aprimoramento significativo do ensino e aprendizagem, colaborando para a autonomia coletiva do conhecimento.

WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT EFFECT ON RETURN ON EQUITY- EVIDENCE FROM LISTED MANUFACTURING FIRMS ON GHANA STOCK EXCHANGE (GSE)

Purpose: This paper seeks to assess working capital management effect on Return on Equity (net income (EAITP)/Equity) of listed manufacturing firms on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE).
 Methodology: The research design employed was descriptive as well as referential analysis. A panel data of thirteen (13) listed manufacturing firms on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) for periods 2010 to 2019 was used for the study. Data which were the audited annual financial reports were accessed from Ghana Stock Exchange Fact Book and the web portals of the firms. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, version 20) and Microsoft Excel were used in data analyses and presentations. Descriptive statistics was used to summarize the data in terms of measures of central tendency (mean), measures of dispersion (standard deviation) as well as minimum and maximum values. Pearson’s Product-Moment Correlation and Ordinary Least Square (OLS) multiple regression techniques were employed to establish the relationship and effect of working capital management on Return on Equity respectively. 
 Findings: Results showed that INV has statistically significant and negative correlation with ROE(r= -0.287 and p<0.05) as AR and ROE have statistically significant and negative correlation(r= -0.287, p<0.05). AP also has statistically significant and negative association with ROE(r= -0.407, p<0.05). The regression analysis showed that INV has a negative (β = -.01) and significant (p<0.05) effect on ROE as AR also has a negative (β = -.002) and significant (p<0.05) effect on ROE. Again, AP has negative (β = -.002) but insignificant (p>0.05) effect on ROE as CCC has statistically significant (p<0.05> and negative (-0.021) effect on ROE. Also, R and R-Sq. showed 59.5 % and 35.4% respectively, implying that the model is fit for predicting the criterion variable at any given levels of the predictor variables.
 Contribution to theory, practice and Policy: This work adds to working capital management literature by adopting ROE (Net Income (EAITP)/Total Equity) that responds to call by CFI (2015), and therefore addresses the pitfalls in prior studies. It is therefore a sine qua non for management, policy makers and practitioners to fashion strategies to ensure that working capital is managed to the core by reducing number of days inventory, number of days accounts receivable, number of days accounts payables and cash conversion cycle in order to create wealth for shareholders as well as expand operation of the firms.

NOMINATIVE AND ATTRIBUTIVE EXOPHORIC REFERENCE IN FOREIGN PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION INSTRUCTIONS AS TEXT REFERENTIAL IDENTITY MEANS IN SPECIALIZED TRANSLATION

Purpose of the study: The present paper examined nominative and attributive exophoric reference and their textual referents in the English prescription medication instructions (henceforth is PMI).In the focus of research, there were the key referents that define the translator’s referential knowledge for the PMIs and the cognitive features of the referents verbalized in PMIs by means of nominative and attributive exophoric reference.
 Nominative and attributive types of exophoric reference and their textual referents ensuring the referential identification of a foreign text and facilitating its understanding are in the focus of this research.
 Methodology: The methodology of this study includes the following key methods: the method of contextual analysis; distributional analysis; descriptive method; quantitative evaluation method. The texts of prescription medication instructions, e.g. for “Nurofen For Children”, “Ibuprofen 400mg Tablets”, “Panadol”, etc., displayed on the Internet sites of pharmaceutical companies /pharmacies make the corpus of our observation material.
 Main findings: Using English PMIs as the object of specialized translation, it is established that the PMI text exophoric referential net is created primarily by means of medical terms verbalizing objects and subjects of a PMI text (nominative exophoric reference) and verbal referents of their qualities and features (attributive exophoric reference), actualizing a foreign specialist text referential identity and thus facilitating its understanding.
 Applications of this study: The study is intended for translators, translation students, ESP researchers. The education of specialized translation professionals should incorporate special text referential analysis as part of pre-translation analysis facilitating special text decoding and optimizing its understanding and subsequent translation.
 Novelty/Originality of this study: the Nominative Exophoric Reference and Attributive Exophoric Reference creating the Text Exophoric Referential Net are described for English Prescription Medication Instructions as specialist texts intended for translation. It has been found out that both the source and target PMI texts relate to the same three entities of objective reality: MEDICINAL PRODUCT, HEALTH DISORDER, and PATIENT constituting the PMI’s referential identity.

EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF FINANCIAL FACTORS ON PROFITABILITY OF GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANIES IN KENYA

Purpose: The objective of this study was to examine the financial factors which affect the profitability of general insurance companies in Kenya. The profitability in this study is represented by ROA, as dependent variable for the period 2013 to 2017. Independent variables in this study were liquidity, leverage, loss ratio and expenses ratio.
 Methodology: The type of research design used in this study was both descriptive as well as referential analysis. The study applied a census procedure to study all the 28 general insurance companies and targeted the entire population of 28 companies. Secondary data was collected from individual annual published financial statements of 28 general insurance companies for 5 years; 2013 to 2017, AKI reports and IRA published annual reports. A collection data sheet was used to collect the relevant data from all the 28 general insurance companies. After the data was collected and sorted, it was analyzed using referential analysis (multiple regression analysis). This was assisted by SPSS (Version 20) software.
 Findings: The study revealed that the regression coefficient of loss ratio was -0.068, t-statistics -0.415 and p-value of 0.682 while that of leverage ratio was -0.048, t-statistics -0.546 and p-value of 0.590. Liquidity ratio had a regression coefficient of 4.238, t-statistics 3.257 and p-value of 0.003 while expenses ratio had a regression coefficient of -0.281, t-statistics -3.840 and p-value of 0.001.
 Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommends that the management of general insurance companies in Kenya need to address liquidity and expenses by minimizing expenses and maximizing liquidity in order to be on the safe side as far as profitability is concerned. The study also recommends that regulators and other stakeholders, within the industry, should at regular interval intensify efforts to ascertain the claims handling procedures currently in use by insurance companies in Kenya.

A judicialização da saúde em Manaus: análise das demandas judiciais entre 2013 e 2017

Resumo Este artigo analisa o fenômeno da judicialização da saúde como forma de garantir acesso a tecnologias em saúde (medicamentos, insumos, consultas e procedimentos médicos especializados, órteses, próteses e materiais especiais) no sistema de saúde em Manaus. Partiu-se de uma análise das ações judiciais peticionadas na justiça amazonense de primeiro grau entre 2013 e 2017, com análise referencial e crítica de situações semelhantes encontradas na literatura em outros estados da federação. A pesquisa foi realizada em quatro etapas, que consistiram na identificação de todas as ações relacionadas à saúde, seleção, construção de banco de dados com as categorias retiradas dos processos e tratamento estatístico, e análise dos dados coletados. O resultado demostrou os principais motivos que desencadeiam a judicialização da saúde, entre os quais a majoritária representação judicial realizada por órgãos de defesa da cidadania da esfera pública. Também ficou clara a interferência da justiça nos fluxos e procedimentos do Sistema Único de Saúde, decidindo de forma personalíssima em detrimento da coletividade. Conclui-se pela necessidade de diálogo entre os órgãos de justiça e da saúde, forçando maior organização dos entes federados no cumprimento de suas obrigações e redução de ações na justiça para obtenção do direito à saúde.

A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF TABOO WORDS IN ALPHA DOG MOVIE

This study is aimed at revealing the types and functions of taboo words uttered by the characters in Alpha dog movie. This study is under the concern of sociolinguistics, which is a branch of linguistics studying language and its functions in society. It also employed a descriptive qualitative method using the researcher and a data sheet as the research instruments. The data of this study were the words, phrases, clauses, and sentences uttered by the characters of Alpha Dog movie and were collected by simak dan catat technique. The data then were analyzed by referential analysis technique. The data triangulations were also employed to confirm the validity of the data. This study reveals the type of taboo words uttered by the characters of Alpha dog movie can be classified into four; Epithet (EP), Profanity (PR), Vulgarity (VU), and Obscenity (OB). The functions of the words were classified into four; to draw attention to oneself (TDA), to show contempt (TSC), to be provocative (TBP) and to mock authority (TMA).

Coordenação governamental da Política de Controle do Tabaco no Brasil

This research aimed to analyze the National Committee for the Implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (CONICQ). The study covered the period from 2003 to 2015 and built on the referential analysis of public policies, considering structure and political process and Committee's agenda and performing capacity. Methodological strategies were documentary analysis, including Committee's minutes of meetings, direct observation of events and interviews with key stakeholders. The regular functioning and gradual expansion of the Committee was observed in the period, permeated by technical and political aspects that influence its structuring and the establishment of the agenda. Conflicts have been identified among CONICQ members and between these and external stakeholders, especially from the clashing opinions on economic and health-related viewpoints. Its capacity for action was limited by internal (from some government agencies) and external (from organizations linked to the tobacco industry and tobacco growers) resistance. CONICQ is a strategic instance to the Brazilian tobacco control policy. However, its activity as an intersectoral coordination mechanism is complex, given the different interests, stances and levels of engagement of agencies involved in tobacco control.