The elderly population aged over 80 is the fastest-growing in Brazil and in the world. In the context of domiciles, the family role taken up by the elderly influences their humor and the preservation of functionality. To analyze this and other questions, the study investigated if the living arrangements (living alone, with one or two generations, or three generations) are associated with functional performance variables, satisfaction with life, humor, and social support in long-living elderly residing in the Federal District. … Read More →
Seven steps to evaluate usability through eye movement tracking with eye tracking technology
The research presents a set of seven steps as a procedure for evaluating the usability of digital informational environments by using eye tracking technology. Twenty-seven metrics provided by the technology are identified, and relevant usability aspects for the analysis of efficiency and effectiveness are associated with each one. … Read More →
Business models at the crossroad of responsible innovation, sustainability and resilience
Do we know enough about how to organize for the grand challenges and sweeping challenges we are facing? Until now, business researchers have been following the practitioners, understanding and exploring their world. However, practitioners do not always have the luxury of lifting their heads and understanding how to contribute to the world on a higher scale. Here, business researchers can bring their knowledge together to advice of new and exciting models of creating value for different kinds of stakeholders. … Read More →
How can Brazilian scholars say something that would be of interest globally and have an impact on the work done in the global North?
Brazilian researchers have been encouraged to internationalize their research, but how should the researcher from the global South deal with context in the international dialogue to avoid being perceived as the exotic Other? In its third issue, BAR brings an interview related to the challenge of publishing research from a global perspective. … Read More →
Call for papers for BAR’s special issue on Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Distributed Organizations
This is a call for papers for BAR’s special issue on Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Distributed Organizations to be published in 2021. The purpose of this special issue is to develop a broader and inclusive analysis of the disruptive potential of blockchain to leverage new business models. … Read More →
From “white slavery” to freedom of circulation: the transformations of the emigration concept in Portugal
With a direct approach, the article introduces us the debate on the emigration of Portuguese subjects to Brazil that existed in nineteenth century Portugal. The author challenges traditional approaches on the topic, contesting the idea that the interests of the Portuguese State were directly aligned with those of the agrarian elites. … Read More →
Online attention to science: who are researching it in Brazil?
We increasingly use the internet and social media networks, including to talk about science. In the last ten years, researching the online attention of scientific articles has become a field, but who has been doing this in Brazil? Rummaging through the Lattes curriculum, we discover from the areas that have been devoted to this to the topics being addressed. … Read More →
The metropolis and the environmental question
Cadernos Metrópole opens call for articles that aims to contribute to the construction of the field of praxis and theory in environmental planning and governance from the perspective that does not dissociate the transformation of nature from the production of space in capitalism, that is, from the perspective that does not separate the environmental question from the social question. … Read More →
What are the historical relationships in the Library and Information Sciences in the Brazilian scientific production?
Research discusses the historical and epistemological questions between Librarianship and Information Sciences present in the Brazilian scientific production indicating common themes and concepts. This is a qualitative, exploratory, bibliographic and with no chronological delimitation research. Results point to the necessity of deepened theories in the thematic. … Read More →
Why do people believe in conspiracy theories?
In contemporary society, people are confronted with events that threaten social order, such as terrorist attacks, wars and economic crises. Such events have been giving rise to conspiracy theories, which can be defined as explanatory beliefs used to understand the actions of groups or organizations that unite in a secret agreement and try to reach a hidden goal, which is perceived as illegal or malicious. … Read More →
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