Theorising the Queer Optique through Curtis Harrington's Night Tide (1961).

This analysis has two interlinked goals. First, drawing on Lee Edelman, Dudley Andrew and Laura Mulvey, it theorizes the male homosexual optique, a mode of address that is predicated on the relationship between a film, its context of reception and its spectator, and which undermines the heterosexual exigencies of classical narrative style to implicitly address a gay male viewer. Second, it illustrates how the putatively heterosexual romance of Curtis Harrington's Night Tide (1961) appeals to gay male spectators through two mechanisms that underpin the optique, specifically the homosexual gaze and characterization. Key to each of these aims is how the non-normative heterosexual male body functions as a site of gay male objectification and identification. This article ultimately argues that Harrington's film enables us to envisage a queer cinema that is not predicated on fictions of homosexual desire but nevertheless provides a framework for deepening our understanding of what queer spectatorship (and the male homosexual gaze in particular) may involve.

Emergent gender myths: A social semiotic analysis of visual images in health communication for development

Background@#Visual images are used to communicate health effectively, yet visual gender representation in the context of health is not well established as most studies focused on effectiveness, awareness, adoption, or behavior change. @*Objectives@#This study explored emerging gender myths in visual images used to communicate reproductive health, maternal health, family and nutrition, breastfeeding, and childcare with the premise that visuals may shape notions of gender roles and identities. @*Methodology@#Selected images from flipcharts produced by development communication practitioners were analyzed using Kress and Van Leeuwen's social semiotics (2006). Interpretive visual analysis was used to analyze visual impacts (denotation) and cultural meanings (connotation) by Barthes' Order of Signification, and gender roles and identity naturalized by the images. @*Results@#Images for health communication used more women as subjects relative to the topics that are primarily women's concern. The subject's gaze were indirect offered as items of information, showing a relation of symbolic equality, and implying that health topics are part of the social discourse. Visual impacts and cultural meanings of images uncovered myths that embody the roles, and identities, and social expectations of men and women in health. Emerging gender myths have to do with anatomy, mainly as basis for the role, identity, and expectations, especially of women as main actors in health. @*Conclusion@#This study reveals that gender roles and identities portrayed in health are still universal and are not historically and culturally contingent.

Short Scenes: a escrita acadêmica como combate / Short Scenes: academic writing as a combat / Short Scenes: la escrita académica como combate

Short Scenes: figuras breves, relativamente independentes entre si, livremente dispostas. Um pequeno jogo de armar, digamos. Será necessário, portanto, que a leitura estabeleça sua própria medida. Enquanto combate, a escrita se revela enquanto um pequeno, íntimo e diariamente renovado compromisso de vida, estando, o escritor, ao lado do lutador que estuda (e, portanto: indaga) o adversário: não antes e nem depois, mas durante a luta. Assumindo Roland Barthes como interlocutor, o que comumente chamamos de escrita acadêmica é entendido como um tipo especial de combate e, como tal, capaz de nos oferecer pistas para pensar a própria escrita e o escrever em meio às solicitações institucionais.

Short scenes: brief figures, relatively independent, freely arranged. A little model kit, shall we say. Therefore the reading should establish its own measure. As a combat, writing reveals itself as a small, intimate and daily renewed life commitment. Thus, being the writer as a fighter who studies (and therefore: inquires) the adversary: neither before nor after but during the fight. Assuming Roland Barthes as interlocutor, what we commonly call academic writing is understood as a special type of combat. As such, it is capable of offering us clues to think about writing and the gesture of writing amidst institutional demands.

Short Scenes: figuras breves, algo independientes unas de las otras, libremente dispuestas. Un pequeño juego para armar, por así decirlo. Por ello, será necesario que la lectura establezca su propia medida. Como combate la escrita se revela un pequeño, íntimo y diariamente renovado compromiso de vida, y el escritor está al lado del luchador que estudia (y así indaga) al adversario: ni antes tampoco después, sino durante la lucha. Al asumir Roland Barthes como interlocutor, lo que comúnmente le nombramos escrita académica pasa a ser entendido como un tipo especial de combate. Así lo siendo, es capaz de ofrecer pistas que ayudan a pensar la escrita y el escribir en medio a las solicitaciones institucionales.

O que seria uma tese barthesiana? / What would be a barthesian thesis? / ¿Qué sería una tesis barthesiana?

A partir de textos inéditos de Roland Barthes (principalmente a dissertação sobre Ésquilo, os numerosos trabalhos doutorais inacabados e as anotações para o seminário sobre “Os problemas da tese e da pesquisa”), definimos as características de uma tese barthesiana: 1) ela não tem necessariamente um tema, seu objetivo é fabricar um objeto; 2) ela abandona seu método durante o percurso; 3) ela é desgraciosa, mas procura mesmo assim seduzir; 4) é uma maneira específica de orientar o desejo. (AU)

From several unpublished texts (mainly the dissertation about Ésquilo, the numerous unfinished doctorals works and the notes for the seminary on "The problems of the thesis and research"), we defined the characteristics of a barthesian thesis: 1) it doesn't necessarily have a theme, it's objective is to fabricate an object; 2) it abandons it's method during the course; 3) it is ungraceful, but even so seeks to seduce; 4) it is a specific way to orient the desire. (AU)

A partir de diversos textos inéditos (principalmente la disertación sobre Esquilo, los numerosos trabajos doctorales inacabados y las anotaciones para el seminario sobre “Los problemas de la tesis y de la investigación”), definimos las características de una tesis barthesiana: 1) no tiene necesariamente un tema, su objetivo es fabricar un objeto; 2) abandona su método durante el recorrido; 3) es desgarbada, pero todavía busca seducir; 4) es una manera específica de orientar el deseo. (AU)

O que seria uma tese barthesiana? / What would be a barthesian thesis? / ¿Qué sería una tesis barthesiana?

A partir de textos inéditos de Roland Barthes (principalmente a dissertação sobre Ésquilo, os numerosos trabalhos doutorais inacabados e as anotações para o seminário sobre “Os problemas da tese e da pesquisa”), definimos as características de uma tese barthesiana: 1) ela não tem necessariamente um tema, seu objetivo é fabricar um objeto; 2) ela abandona seu método durante o percurso; 3) ela é desgraciosa, mas procura mesmo assim seduzir; 4) é uma maneira específica de orientar o desejo.

From several unpublished texts (mainly the dissertation about Ésquilo, the numerous unfinished doctorals works and the notes for the seminary on "The problems of the thesis and research"), we defined the characteristics of a barthesian thesis: 1) it doesn't necessarily have a theme, it's objective is to fabricate an object; 2) it abandons it's method during the course; 3) it is ungraceful, but even so seeks to seduce; 4) it is a specific way to orient the desire.

A partir de diversos textos inéditos (principalmente la disertación sobre Esquilo, los numerosos trabajos doctorales inacabados y las anotaciones para el seminario sobre “Los problemas de la tesis y de la investigación”), definimos las características de una tesis barthesiana: 1) no tiene necesariamente un tema, su objetivo es fabricar un objeto; 2) abandona su método durante el recorrido; 3) es desgarbada, pero todavía busca seducir; 4) es una manera específica de orientar el deseo.

Aplicativo multimídia "Safe Bathing" em plataforma móvel como tecnologia para o cuidado à beira leito de pacientes infartados: construção e validação / Multimedia application "Safe Bathing" on mobile platform as technology for bedside care of infarcted patients: construction and validation

Introdução: O infarto agudo do miocárdio (IAM) configura-se como a doença que mais mata no mundo chegando a 7 milhões de óbitos em 2012. No Brasil, dados revelados pelo DATASUS em 2014 indicam 100 mil óbitos anuais por esta enfermidade. O paciente hospitalizado com IAM, principalmente nas primeiras 24 horas, necessita de cuidados intensivos, repouso e medidas cautelosas visando sua segurança, considerando as alterações oxihemodinâmicas que podem ocorrer com o esforço demandado pelo miocárdio. Dentre os cuidados de enfermagem ao paciente com IAM, destaca-se o banho de leito e a complexidade que o envolve, requerendo do enfermeiro e sua equipe medidas que possam evitar agravos e promover a sua saúde. Para se implementar segurança e prestar um cuidado com melhor qualidade, a tecnologia móvel tem ganho espaço a cada dia, a julgar pela crescente utilização dos aplicativos na área de saúde. Observou-se uma inversão da curva de crescimento em relação ao uso de celulares em detrimento do desktop no ano de 2014, demonstrando a sua grande utilização no cotidiano da população. A equipe de enfermagem responsável em realizar o banho de leito precisa executar esta técnica com segurança ao paciente, visando o mínimo de danos desnecessários a sua saúde. Objetivo geral: Validar um aplicativo multimídia em plataforma móvel para realização de um banho de leito seguro aos pacientes infartados. Método: Estudo metodológico aplicado na modalidade de produção tecnológica para validação do aplicativo. Selecionou-se 12 expertos enfermeir, via currículo lattes, que avaliaram o conteúdo do aplicativo utilizando o índice de validade de conteúdo (IVC) com corte de 80% e o Kappa de Fleiss para análise da concordância entre os expertos. Resultados: O aplicativo Safe Bathing foi construído com 4 módulos, sendo validados pelo IVC com percentuais excelentes de 0,93 de concordância entre os expertos para validação do seu conteúdo. O Kappa de Fleiss foi classificado, na maioria dos itens avaliados, como bom e excelente, ou seja, 0,80 a 1.00 de acordo com a classificação de Kappa. Conclusão: O aplicativo Safe Bathing foi validado, no que se refere ao seu conteúdo específico de saúde, com IVC e Kappa de Fleiss classificados de bom a excelente. Recomenda-se a validação de face com expertos da área de tecnologia de informação para que todas as particularidades do aplicativo seja validado e não somente o seu conteúdo específico por profissionais da saúde/enfermagem

Introduction: the acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the desease that kills more in the world, up to 7 million deaths in 2012. In Brazil, data released by DATA-SUS in 2014 indicates 100 thousand each year because of this illness. The AMI hospitalized patient, mainly in their first 24 hours, needs intensive care, rest and careful measures aiming their safety, taking in consideration the oxihemodinamical changes that can happen with the effort produced by the myocardium. Among the cares ftom nurses to AMI patients, we can highlight the bedbath and the complexity that circles it, requiring from the nurse and the team actions that may prevent harm and promote their health. In order to implement safety and serve better quality care, the mobile tecnology has gotten room daily, as we see the increasing use of applications in the health area. A inversion was noticed in the imcreasing curve in relation to the use of cellphones to the detriment of desktop computer in 2014, showing its large use in the day-by-day of the population. The nurse team respensible for carrying out the bedbath needs to do this tecnique with safety to the patient aiming the least unnecessary damages to the health. Objective: Validate a multimidia application in mobile platform. Method: An applied methodological study, in technological production for validation of application mode. 12 smart nurses were selected via curriculum lattes, who evalueted the content of the application, using the content vadility index (CVI) with a cut of 80% and Kappa de Fleissfor analazing the assent of the experts. Results: The Safe Bathing Application was built with 4 modules, being validated by the CVI with excellent percentages of 0.93 of assent among the experts for the validation of its cintent. Kappa de Fleiss was classified as good and excllent in most of the validated items, that is, 0,80 to 1,00 according to Kappa classification. Conclusion: The Safe Bathing Application was validated according to its specific health content, having CVI and Kappa de Fleiss classified from good to excellent. The face validation is recommended by experts in the information tecnology area so that all the features of the application could be validated and not only its especific content by nurses and health professionals

Conversion and the Real: The (Im)Possibility of Testimonial Representation.

Although the spiritual vibration of conversion can be felt (by the curious outsider) through what conversion performers say in their testimonial discourse, what transforms the convert 'on stage' into a 'new being' and what is 'the real' (le réel) in conversion performance remain unclear. An important question in this connection is, What is 'real' in a conversion representation, both with respect to the convert's interaction with the audience and to the construction of social reality? Following Lacan's tripartite register of the imaginary, the symbolic, and the real, in this essay I argue that through testimonial discourse converts construct social reality as an answer to the impossibility of 'the real' in their performative discursive practice. In the first part, I question the constructed nature of testimonial representations-as well as some academic knowledge production that has governed conversion research in the last few decades-and how these representations encourage 'outsiders' to read the narrative repertoire as a negation or mirroring 'the real' of the conversion experience. In the second part, I apply Roland Barthes' analytic reflections on photography to conversion research, especially the notions of the studium (the common ground of cultural meanings) and the punctum (a personal experience that inspires private meaning). This brings me to a number of theorists (mostly never used in the field of religious conversion)-Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes, and Slavoj Zizek-who are important to the perspective that is developed in this essay.

Malaria Hyperendemicity and Risk for Artemisinin Resistance among Illegal Gold Miners, French Guiana.

To assess the prevalence of malaria among illegal gold miners in the French Guiana rainforest, we screened 205 miners during May-June 2014. Malaria prevalence was 48.3%; 48.5% of cases were asymptomatic. Patients reported self-medication with artemisinin-based combination therapy. Risk for emergence and spread of artemisinin resistance among gold miners in the rainforest is high.

In science communication, why does the idea of a public deficit always return?

Taking Isabelle Stengers' "ecology of practices" as an inspiration, the author answers the question animating the essay competition in four ways, each (it is hoped) generating progressively more inter+est between the communities concerned.

Passador, um leitor / Passer, a reader

Partindo de algumas referências lacanianas sobre o passador, a autora busca, em Roland Barthes, a possibilidade de expandir a definição de passador. Utilizando-se da teoria barthesiana da leitura, que invoca uma forma ampliada de leitura, de uma imensa trama sonora — o rumor da língua — em que um não-sentido pode dar lugar a um sentido novo, liberto da história dos signos, a autora cria a figura do passador-leitor.(AU)

Departing from some Lacanian references about the passer, the author searches in Roland Barthes for the opportunity to expand the definition of passer. Through the Barthesian theory of reading, which invokes a broader form of reading, of an immense sound texture — the rumor of language — in which a non-sense can give way to a new sense, liberated from the history of signs, the author creates the figure of the passer-reader.(AU)

OS SOBRINHOS DE VASCONCELOS NO DIÁLOGO ENTRE A RAZÃO E A LOUCURA

Em 1910 foi inaugurado na cidade do México o manicômio La Castañeda. Sua construção foi ordenada pelo ditador Porfirio Díaz, como um dos “avanços” obtidos por seu governo no ano do centenário das lutas pela independência. Em 2010 coincidem, portanto, os centenários da “independência” e do grande manicômio. Nas décadas de sua existência, ele foi visitado por artistas, fotógrafos e estudantes de todos os níveis, que queriam conhecer “a loucura”. Das múltiplas fotografias documentais existentes, o autor deste trabalho escolheu três e as comenta, pondo-as em conexão com as histórias da loucura (Foucault) e da fotografia (Barthes).(AU)

In 1910, La Castañeda, a mental institution, was opened in Mexico City. Mexican dictator Porfirio Díaz had it built as one of the major “advances” that his government was able to obtain on the centennial of the Mexican fight for Independence. In 2010, the centennials of both Mexican Independence and the great mental institution coincide. Throughout its existence, it was visited by artists, photographers, and students from all walks of life who wanted to have a grasp of “madness.” From the multiple photographic records in existence, the author hereof chose three to comment on and contrasts them with the histories of madness (Foucault) and photography (Barthes).(AU)