Múltiplos ordenamentos de realidade: o debate iniciado por Lévy-Bruhl

traduzido deTAMBIAH, Stanley. [1990] Magic, Science, Religion and the Scope of Rationality. Cambridge University Press, 2006. Cap. 05. Multiple Orderings of Reality: Te Debate Initiated by Lévy-Bruhl.tradutores Daniel BelikMestre em Antropologia Social pela University of AberdeenStella Zagatto PaternianiMestra em Antropologia Social pela Unicamprevisora Iracema DulleyDoutora pela Universidade de São Paulotraduzido deTAMBIAH, Stanley. [1990] Magic, Science, Religion and the Scope of Rationality. Cambridge University Press, 2006. Cap. 05. Multiple Orderings of Reality: Te Debate Initiated by Lévy-Bruhl.tradutores Daniel BelikMestre em Antropologia Social pela University of AberdeenStella Zagatto PaternianiMestra em Antropologia Social pela Unicamprevisora Iracema DulleyDoutora pela Universidade de São Paul

Literature Review : The Contribution of Social and Cultural Infrastructure to Liveability

This literature review was commissioned to support the Northern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (NSROC) in obtaining a better understanding of the role of social and cultural infrastructure in enhancing regional liveability. The review of research and policy initiatives is across 15 Australian and 6 international reports which discuss the value of social and cultural infrastructure, and its relationship with liveability. From this review, it was clear that not only is there no single, definitive understanding of social and cultural infrastructure, but social infrastructure often embraces cultural infrastructure in conceptual terms. For this reason, the report proposes that the synthetic notions of culturally-focused social infrastructure and/or socially-focused cultural infrastructure are used in the interests of flexibility and feasibility

Kutambuwa ugonjuwa: Concepts of illness and transformation among the Tabwa of Zaire

Beginning with the description of a single instance of problematic illness, this paper moves toward the comprehension of Tabwa therapeutics by placing them in their most complete conceptual context. Decisions made regarding methods of treatment, the loci of therapy (both physical and social), and the means of assessing therapeutic effectiveness reflect an epistemology which includes the overlapping domains of physiology, diagnosis, divination and religious and magical practices; domains whose different contents are nevertheless tightly interwoven by a relatively small number of underlying principles. The articulation of these principles makes clear that Tabwa concepts of illness and transformation form a coherent whole within which both traditional and European medicines take their appropriate and complementary places.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/24337/1/0000604.pd

Reflections from the 2021 OARSI clinical trial symposium:Considerations for understanding biomarker assessments in osteoarthritis drug development - Should future studies focus on disease activity, rather than status?

OBJECTIVE: Osteoarthritis (OA) is heterogeneous disease, for which drug development has proven to be challenging, both facilitated and hampered by changing guidelines. This is evident by the current lack of approved treatments, which improve joint function and delay joint failure. There is a need to bring together key stakeholders to discuss, align and enhance the processes for OA drug development to benefit patients. DESIGN: To facilitate drug development, the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) initiated a series of annual clinical trials symposia (CTS). The aim of these symposia was to bring together academics, translational and clinical scientists, regulators, drug developers, and patient advocacy groups to share, refine and enhance the drug development process for the benefit of patients. RESULTS: OARSI is now considered the leading organization to facilitate open dialogue between all these stakeholders, in the intersection of understanding of the pathologies and drug development. Clearly, such a pivotal task needs an annual forum to allow stakeholders to share and discuss information, as possible solutions are joint efforts rather than a single stakeholder contribution. CONCLUSIONS: The main topic of the 2021 CTS was how to improve clinical studies to help patients through overcoming barriers to development of new disease modifying treatments for OA. One key aspect was the focus on definitions of disease activity, status and the definitions of “illness vs disease”. There is a clear medical need to couple a given disease activity with the optimal intervention for the right patient

You are what you eat? Vegetarianism, health and identity

This paper examines the views of ‘health vegetarians’ through a qualitative study of an online vegetarian message board. The researcher participated in discussions on the board, gathered responses to questions from 33 participants, and conducted follow-up e-mail interviews with 18 of these participants. Respondents were predominantly from the United States, Canada and the UK. Seventy per cent were female, and ages ranged from 14 to 53 years, with a median of 26 years. These data are interrogated within a theoretical framework that asks, ‘what can a vegetarian body do?’ and explores the physical, psychic, social and conceptual relations of participants. This provides insights into the identities of participants, and how diet and identity interact. It is concluded that vegetarianism is both a diet and a bodily practice with consequences for identity formation and stabilisation

Lorecivivint, a Novel Intraarticular CDC‐like Kinase 2 and Dual‐Specificity Tyrosine Phosphorylation‐Regulated Kinase 1A Inhibitor and Wnt Pathway Modulator for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Phase II Randomized Trial

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/162805/2/art41315_am.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/162805/1/art41315.pd

Breadwinners and Homemakers: Migration and Changing Conjugal Expectations in Rural Bangladesh

The literature on marriage norms and aspirations across societies largely sees the institution as static – a tool for the assertion of masculinities and subordination of women. The changing meanings of marriage and conjugality in the contemporary context of globalisation have received scant attention. Based on research in rural Bangladesh, this article questions the usefulness of notions of autonomy and dependence in understanding conjugal relations and expectations in a context of widespread migration for extended periods, especially to overseas destinations, where mutuality is crucial for social reproduction, though in clearly genderdemarcated domains

Democracy, development and the executive presidency in Sri Lanka

This paper examines the developmental causes and consequences of the shift from a parliamentary to a semi-presidential system in Sri Lanka in 1978, examining its provenance, rationale, and its unfolding trajectory. drawing on a wide range of sources, it set out an argument that the executive presidency was born out of an elite impulse to create a more stable, centralised political structure to resist the welfarist electoral pressures that had taken hold in the post-independence period, and to pursue a market-driven model of economic growth. This strategy succeeded in its early years 197801993, when presidents retained legislative control, maintained a strong personal commitment to market reforms, and cultivated alternative sources of legitimacy. In the absence of these factors, the presidency slipped into crisis over 1994-2004 as resistance to elite-led projects of state reform mounted and as the president lost control of the legislature. Since 2005 the presidency has regained its power, but at the cost of abandoning its original rationale and function as a means to recalibrate the elite/mass power relations to facilitate elite-led reform agendas