There are several dramatic characters who enormously appeal to us since they are attractive. Part of this attraction might be owing to their strong stage presence. More interesting, however, are characters who do not appear on stage but their “absent presence” is so strong that influences the characters who do appear physically on stage. There are numerous examples of...

Orality and literacy Orality and literacy Orality and literacy Orality and literacy In Walter Ong's classic study Orality and Literacy, he shows how writing is not just a tool but a way of life. I suppose the primary aim of the book is to describe the nature of oral societies, but I have always seen it as the story of how we – in our modern literal societies-have become what we are. I have cont...

Samenvatting Als je het hebt, pronk er dan niet mee: Effecten van fitfluencer-afbeeldingen en bijschriften op trainingsintentie Op basis theorieën omtrent self-objectification, social comparison, self-determination, framing, onderzochten wij de effecten fitfluencer afbeeldingen die zich focussen uiterlijk (versus minder uiterlijkgericht) sportintentie onzeker geïnspireerd voelen. We deden een o...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to contextualize adolescent pregnancy from milestones associated with the process of transition from youth to adulthood. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study conducted with 200 adolescents, users of the Brazilian Unified Health System. The sample size for the estimation of proportions has been calculated assuming a population ratio of 0.50 and 95% c...

São Paulo, noite chuvosa de domingo, meados de julho. SNF, divorciado, voltava da festa de aniversário da filha de 5 anos, Maya. De motocicleta, seu meio de transporte e instrumento de trabalho, e que acabara de adquirir, aproveitando a facilidade de linha de crédito vigente para o financiamento. Afinal, gastava quase 4 horas durante a semana para ir e vir do trabalho e nos finais de semana em ...