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Desindustrialização no Brasil: uma análise estrutural
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-05-21)
Rossi, Caroline Gut
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Diegues Junior, Antonio Carlos
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0594188577645269
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5883982605540344
The Brazilian industry has become in recent decades, which created an intense debate about a possible process of deindustrialization faced by the Brazilian economy. Some authors believe that the country has faced a process of deindustrialization, while others argue that this is just a period of adjustment faced by the economy, which does not characterize this fact. The fall of the Manufacturing Industry's participation in the Gross Domestic Product of the country, coupled with the increase in exports of commodities by Brazil are among the main factors that lead to believe that the country has lost links in the production chain and specializing in goods with little degree of differentiation. In this context, this paper aims to analyze the main data of the Brazilian industry to identify the process of deindustrialization pointed in Brazil. We wanted to understand what the main lines of argument in the debate on the subject, and understand how they behaved the main economic aggregates of the country and other economies in the world, producing a structural analysis on the subject.
The implementation of NMR techniques for measuring interactions between small organic molecules/inhibitors and enzyme Acetylcholinesterase: a step towards Alzheimer´s control
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-05-21)
Urooj, Nazish
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Ferreira, Antonio Gilberto
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/3676462220401452
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/3755336620511157
The inhibition of the acetylcholinesterase (AChE) might be an excellent therapy in controlling Alzheimer’s disease as stated by the cholinergic hypothesis. In this context, the inhibitors of AChE, are of medical and commercial paramount interest as therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease and as pesticides. However, the conformational changes in inhibitors with AChE complex facilitate the rational design of some novel inhibitors with increased potency and specificity. Therefore, solution state NMR is a novel approach that seems to fulfil almost all conditions necessary to investigate the AChE-inhibitor complex. In this perspective, a combined strategy of STD, Tr-NOESY, DOSY, and docking simulations were applied to compare the bindings of four synthetic coumarin derivatives to tacrine for their binding potentials. Intriguingly, one of them (compound 1) was found to have not only the stronger affinity than the control but could bind with three sites. Furthermore, a competition of three inhibitors (gallic acid, 4- methylumbelliferone, and scopoletin) was performed by taking help of the STD NMR experiments. Interestingly, none of them was competing for the some particular binding site. Nevertheless, in titration studies gallic acid was found best based on dissociation constant values. Moreover, an ethyl acetate fraction and its water suspension of the Terminalia Chebula RETZ, fruit extract was studied. Three compounds (4-hydroxycinnamic acid, Ethyl-4-hydroxycinnamate and lupeol) were seen to involve in interaction that were later recognized by 2D NMR and ESI mass techniques. Moreover, for the first time in the Federal University of São Carlos, these NMR methods for the determination of the bound conformation of any inhibitors towards AChE using NMR spectroscopy have been applied.
A educação integrada e a profissionalização no ensino médio
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-05-22)
Dias, Vagno Emygdio Machado
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Nosella, Paolo
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7159165045266256
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1362568409116110
The objective of this thesis is to analyze the Integrated Education, generic name of Professional and Technical Education in middle level combined with a secondary school in integrated mode, under the Law of Directives and Bases of National Education (LDB 9.394/1996) updated through Decree 5.154/2004. We sought to understand what is the integrated education: definition, characteristics, social and political purposes, theoretical-methodological referential and pedagogic-didactic fundamentals. The methodological proceedings was marked: on one hand, by theoretical analysis of the education and of the socialist pedagogy in the thought of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Nadezhda Krupskaya, Anatoli Lunacharsky and Antonio Gramsci, specifically on the concepts of technology education, polytechnic education and unitary school. On the other by a theoretical and documentary analysis of the legislation, other official documents and literature on the national education and the recent reforms of education, secondary school and integrated education. The study concluded that in the meanders of the integrated education this underlying a broader process of expanding the spirit of professionalization to practically all the Brazilian education system, especially for secondary school. The reform of secondary school, it happened in parallel and conditioned a professionalizing reform.
Catalisadores de MgO-SiO2 : efeito dos promotores CaO e SrO na conversão de etanol
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-05-22)
Laier, Letícia Oliveira
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Marques, Clélia Mara de Paula
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0451284088402660
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8081073137028934
The replacement of chemical products by renewable raw materials is an important factor for the emission control of CO2. Consequently, there is a great commercial interest in the conversion of ethanol into 1,3-butadiene. The 1,3-butadiene compound is used in the production of a variety of synthetic rubbers and one important example is butadiene-styrene rubber (SBR), which is used in the production of car tires. This work studied the modification of the acid-base properties of MgO/SiO2 bifunctional catalysts and the understanding of different methodologies used in the preparation of these materials for the conversion reaction of ethanol into 1,3-butadiene. MgO/SiO2 catalysts of varying amounts of magnesia/silica were prepared by four different methods: i) precipitation followed by the mixing of the oxides in a ball mill, ii) precipitation of MgO followed by its mixing with aerosil silica in a ball mill, iii) precipitation of MgO followed by the mechanical mixing of the oxides and iv) sol-gel. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction, CO2 Temperature Programmed Desorption, Scanning Electron Microscopy and Specific Surface Area. Catalytic tests showed that the highest selectivities for 1,3 -butadiene were observed for the (MgO/SiO2) coprecipitation method and oxides mixed in a ball mill. The TPD-CO2 results demonstrate the formation of basic sites with the addition of SiO2 to MgO and the density of basic sites presents a great variation in the ratio MgO: SiO2. The catalyst MgO/SiO2 (5:1) was the most active and selective for 1,3-butadiene. The addition of CaO or SrO these catalysts have not resulted in increased selectivity for the formation of butadiene, but observed an increase in the acid properties, possibly due to non-inclusion of these oxides in MgO lattice and later the formation of basic sites of the type MgO-Mg-O-Si.
Avaliação dos efeitos associados dos inseticidas fipronil e imidacloprido sobre a mortalidade da abelha nativa Melipona scutellaris (Latreille, 1811)
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-05-22)
Costa, Leticia Mariano da
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Nocelli, Roberta Cornélio Ferreira
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8934724759636382
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4385458585239531
Bees are social insects of fundamental importance to the environment, because they are responsible for pollinating more than 70% of existing agricultural crops in the world. Brazil is the country with the highest number of described species, with representatives of most families. Among representatives of the Apidae family, is the Melipona scutellaris specie, commonly known as "uruçu" or "uruçu do Nordeste”, it is easy to handling and very well adapted to the climate of the state of São Paulo. However, due to the intensive use of pesticides, native bees are suffering the consequences, because, although they are not the target of insecticides, are highly vulnerable to contamination. Among the insecticides developed in the 90s, the neonicotinoids and fipronil have been identified as the main substances involved in collapse, and were suspended in 2013 in the European Union for two years for best evaluation. These insecticides are often used simultaneously, so bees can be contaminated with both molecules. Due to this fact, the aim of this study was determine the median lethal time (LT50) of fipronil and imidacloprid insecticides separately and synergistically on forage bees of M. scutellaris. For this, was obtained only the LD50 and LC50 of imidacloprid, according to the rules of the OECD, because values of fipronil were established by Lourenço et al. (2012a, 2012b). The LD50 of imidacloprid obtained was 2.41 ng a.i. / bee (24 hours) and 1.29 ng a.i./ bee (48 hours). The LC50 value found was 2.01 ng a.i./μL diet (24 hours) and 0.81 ng a.i./μL diet (48 hours). These data indicate that M. scutellaris specie is more sensitive to the insecticide imidacloprid that A. mellifera africanized. From these values, was obtained the LT50 based on topical and oral contamination of fipronil and imidacloprid insecticides and also these substances acting together. The results showed that fipronil has LT50 greater than imidacloprid. When acted in combination to LT50 presented intermediate values between the LT50 fipronil and imidacloprid, isolated. Then, according to the values obtained, there was not synergy, but a decrease in the toxicity of imidacloprid.
Projeto canhão : o ensino de funções quadráticas com o auxílio do software GeoGebra
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-05-22)
Cance, Cesar Augusto
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Barbosa, Grazielle Feliciani
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5368292206467565
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9302417985001942
This work presents the development and implementation of a didactic sequence in order to motivate and teach school students quadratic functions. To do this, we built a cannon made of tiner cans and prepared a serie of activities that have been subdivided into three phases: construction, competition and activities with the use of the software GeoGebra. The work done with students in these aroused a greater interest in the matter and was extremely valuable because students did not forget the acquired learning.
Enzima conversora de angiotensina 1 : purificação, imobilização e bioconjugação
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-05-22)
Almeida, Fernando Gonçalves de
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Cass, Quezia Bezerra
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9197210255594409
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9535882123333210
Angiotensin converting enzyme 1 (ACE1) is a dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase that converts angiotensin I (decapeptide) to a vasoconstrictor octapeptide angiotensin II. Thus, ACE presents an important role in blood pressure regulation. There are many synthetic commercially available ACE inhibitors such as captopril, lisinopril and enalapril. Due to their side effects, naturally occurring inhibitors have been prospected. In order to endorse this research field we have developed a new tool for ACE ligand screening. To this end, ACE was extracted from bovine lung, purified and chemically immobilized in modified ferrite magnetic beads (ACEMBs). The ACE-MBs have shown a Michaelian kinetic behavior towards hippurylhistidyl- leucine (HHL) and was also able to catalyze the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II. Moreover, as proof of concept, the ACE-MBs was inhibited by lisinopril with an IC50 of 10 nM. At the fishing assay, ACE-MBs were able not only to fish out the reference inhibitor, but also three peptides from a pool of tryptic digested BSA. ACE-MBs emerge as new straightforward tool for ACE kinetics determination, inhibition and binder screening.
Metodologia de desenvolvimento e validação de kit imunocromatográfico adotando como modelo o teste rápido para detecção do hormônio luteinizante (LH)
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-05-22)
Camargo, Maria Angélica de
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Thiemann, Otávio Henrique
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4933022274560322
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0154268496488966
Despite the rapid tests market in Brazil being in full expansion, the country does not have a tradition of manufacturing these kits. Therefore, it is very difficult to find, in the national literature, reports to guide the development process of these kits. The lack of published reports is aggravated by the difficulty of understanding the rules and laws governing the sector and by their subjectivity. The aim of this study was to describe a methodology to develop and validate a diagnostic kit, according to prevailing regulations. For this, a self-diagnostic semiquantitative kit for detection of Luteinizing Hormone (LH), using the rapid test platform, was taken as a model and all the procedures required in each stage of the design of the product, including planning, development and validation, have been described. The kit developed complied with all established operating requirements and achieved 97.39% sensitivity and 97.92% specificity. The cross-reaction tests showed that the kit suffers interference from samples containing hCG, due to the high similarity of beta chains of the hormones. Despite this fact, the performance of the test was better than the performance of the kit available in the market today. Based on the results obtained, we conclude that the procedures presented, which comply with the management standards ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 13485:2004 and also with the Good Manufacturing Practices of the RDC 16/2013, were effective in obtaining the kit and may be used as a model for management and development of similar projects within companies operating in the diagnostic market.
Fatores críticos de sucesso e estágios da maturidade da gestão do conhecimento: um estudo na Embrapa
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-05-22)
Escrivão, Giovana
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Silva, Sérgio Luis da
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4164265591178698
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6129382416041867
The purpose of this dissertation is to relate the critical success factors to the stages of the knowledge management maturity through a empirical study. Some knowledge management maturity model were developed over the past decade, but they are incomplete, does not perform a systematic conceptual identification of the factors that should compose the model and, in most cases have a lack of empirical evidences. Consequently, there are gaps to be filled in order to develop a more complete model. Through systematic review of the literature, the critical success factors of knowledge management maturity models were compared to the critical success factors cited by knowledge management literature. The relation between these factors and the knowledge management stages were tested by empirical research. The collect data instrument was developed with assistance of knowledge management and statistics expertise’s. The Embrapa – Brazilian Enterprise for Agricultural Research was the object of this study. Embrapa is a public institution that has the aim of develops technologies, knowledge and technique and scientific information about Brazilian agriculture and livestock. The selection of the organization was guided by importance of the institution as national reference on innovation and development of new products and technology, issues deeply related to knowledge management. The data collection involved all leadership and management positions of all Decentralized Units from Embrapa, representing a population of 180 respondents from 46 organizations, with a return rate of 67,7%. The data was analyzed through descriptive statistics, linear regression techniques, Fisher’s exact test and polytomous logistic regression. As main result, among others, we could characterize the critical success factors in knowledge management stages and identify associations between these variables (critical success factors and knowledge management stages), showing, for example, that the technology and the top management support have an important role, mainly, at the second stage.
Núcleo de apoio à saúde da família: o processo de implantação em um município paulista
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-05-23)
Nordi, Daniel Freire
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Machado, Maria Lúcia Teixeira
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5703683100332513
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/2699078796954656
The purpose of the present research was to analyze the process of introducing a Support Nucleus Family´s Healthy (NASF) team into the cities of the state of São Paulo. Considering that the introduction of the team is one of the most important stages to the development of work processes in health, it is important to discuss this stage in a NASF context, as it is one of the main projects supporting the Health Family's Team (ESF) of the Ministry of Health. In terms of methodology it is a qualitative research, of a single case and in process. Therefore, several semistructured interviews were carried out with managers of the Municipal Secretariat of Health and focal Group members of the NASF team. The analysis by categories of topics was the technique used to explore the material collected. The research project was analyzed and had its development approved by UFSCar s Ethics Committee on Human Research and by the Municipal Secretariat of Health. The discussion indicated that the introduction of the NASF into the municipalities occurred in a very disturbed way and with few adherence to the proposals described in the NASF acquisition project. The professionals who integrated the first NASF teams were already part of the municipality health system. This choice for the selection and formation of the teams has brought negative consequences for its consolidation, once the professionals had few experience or no knowledge at all related to the work proposal. Nevertheless, although the work process between NASF and ESF has developed very slowly, due to, as related by the participants, the lack of communication and management support, the team was able to make it feasible some ways of support dictated by the Basic Attention Brochure, which sets out NASF s policies. The main tool used by the teams during this process were the case discussions. Through them, the components of the NASF team were able to work on several topics relevant to their work, such as interdisciplinary, team work and construction of care plans through the singular therapeutic project (PTS), establishing the matricial support as the principal element for their work. However, the development of the work and the introduction period have shown lack of planning, and, as a main consequence, lack of dialogue between management and NASF, making even harder the introduction process of the team in the health network. The establishment of collective places for continuous education could become a propelling spring, once, rethinking the work, looking at the problems and identifying its meanings, may lead to changes in certain contexts from the motivation of the players involved.
Estratégias de operações de propriedades produtoras de grãos do Núcleo Oeste de Mato Grosso
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-05-26)
Leitner, Camyla Piran Stiegler
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Oishi, Jorge
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1417328590472858
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Alves Filho, Alceu Gomes
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7885557554922569
The operation strategy is responsible for key decisions of activities to be perform by the function of production, in order to achieve competitive advantage in the market. Therefore, studies on the operations strategy are recurring in the industrial and service sectors. Agribusiness is the primary responsible for good Brazilian economic results, mainly by export the grains produced by rural enterprises throughout the country, especially in Mato Grosso State. However, there is little research about management of farms, even less for the studies on competitive positioning and performance of these enterprises regarding operation strategy. Thus, this research aimed to identify and analyze strategic groups of grain farms established in the Mato Grosso State West Center counties regarding the operations strategy issues. Therefore, a cross-sectional survey-study was design directed to the farmers from the APROSOJA West Region. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire with questions about the farm profile, competitive priorities and structural and infrastructural decisions of producers on grain production. The responses obtained, 104 from the 1020 farms registered in the West Region, had a return rate of 10%. Data analyses were carried out using descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis methods. Descriptive analysis showed the main farm characteristics (location, size, employee number, main products, diversification, etc.), the target markets and their factors (main customers, certifications, marketing forms). These issues enables to identify the competitive strategy of the surveyed farms. Factorial analysis has provided verification of the constructs latent factors, which forms the operations strategy content - competitive priorities and structural and infrastructural decisions. These factors showed the variables that best explains the constructs to this research context and are useful as input to a third analysis, which proposed the formation of strategic groups. Using cluster analysis, strategic groups were formed from the latent factors of Operation and competitive strategy variables. Results indicate very similar competitive priorities characteristics; however, investments in structural and infrastructural decisions apparently have allowed a better performance to the farms. The main theoretical contribution of this work for operations strategy is the research of this concept in an agricultural context, where it was possible to identify latent factors components and to understand how the strategic decisions coherence for operations, also in this segment, enables positive result achievements to farm companies.
Adolescência heteronormativa masculina: entre a construção obrigatória e a desconstrução necessária
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-05-26)
Santos, Welson Barbosa
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Dinis, Nilson Fernandes
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9901790534758296
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8599430884006372
The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the edification of knowledge concerning the construction of youth masculinity. The hypothesis is that heterosexuality needs homosexuality for its own strengthening and that by accusing, signaling and judging the "less" or non-hegemonic male, or the homosexual, it reinforces itself. Established by cultural experiences, masculinity is built through social relationships and communication in places such as school and the internet. So, to connect both of these spaces methodologically, the study initially includes 600 subjects, both male and female, of two educational institutions in the municipal of Uberaba-MG, Brazil. From this particular group only 200 males, between ages 14 to 16, were identified and invited to continue taking part in the study. The students were asked several objective questions which led to the identification of 17 out of the 200 subjects. The use of communication through social networks with the identified males allowed for the observation of their speech and expressions, which has been used as reinforcement and reference for this discussion. So referenced, conceivable understandings of social components and procedures of the formation of male adolescents’ identity and the independence between each category have risen. Furthermore this thesis attempts to contribute to the understanding of how masculinities in adolescence are determined, experienced and inherited
Influência dos antimicrobianos oxitetraciclina e imazalil sobre a decomposição da macrófita aquática Egeria najas Planch
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-05-27)
Janke, Helena
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Santino, Marcela Bianchessi da Cunha
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/2356641063223397
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Seleghim, Mirna Helena Regali
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5998337634888263
The pharmaceutical compounds residues, especially antibiotics, are among the most worrying emerging environmental contaminants. These residues potentially cause negative effects on microorganisms that play an important role in the ecosystems processes, dynamics and stability. The objective of this study was to evaluate the oxytetracycline (OTC) (against bacterium) and imazalil (IMZ) (against fungus) action on the aquatic macrophyte Egeria najas Planch decomposition in laboratory bioassays. Microcosm experiments were performed in borosilicate flasks, in triplicate, containing fragments of E. najas and water collected in Beija-Flor Reservoir, Jataí Ecological Station, Luiz Antônio, São Paulo, Brazil. The experiments were performed as follows: water and macrophyte; water with OTC and macrophyte; water with IMZ and macrophyte; water with a mixture of OTC and IMZ and the macrophyte. The OTC decay in water was also analyzed in microcosm without plant detritus addition. The experiments were kept in the dark, at 21 °C, in two experimental conditions: aerobic and anaerobic. Water pH and electrical conductivity of the systems were measured at the sampling times (1, 3, 5, 15, 35 and 65 days after the onset of the experiments). Dissolved organic carbon (DOC), total nitrogen (TN) and OTC were analyzed in the dissolved fraction. Bacterial diversity was evaluated by Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) and bacterial cell number counted by epifluorescence microscopy in the aqueous portion. A first-order kinetic model was adopted to describe and compare macrophyte decomposition at different treatments. The results showed that the refractory fraction decomposition and the DOC mineralization were lower in experiments containing antimicrobial OTC than in control experiments in aerobic conditions. Changes in decomposition rates were not observed in anaerobic conditions. The OTC action was not effective due to its adsorption to particulate plant material (between 61 and 65%). According to the DGGE profiles obtained for the Bacteria Domain, the bacterial community in bioassays has been modified throughout the experiment time and according to the treatment. From these results, it was concluded that antimicrobial agents can alter the rate of decomposition of detrital plant material in water, depending on environmental conditions.
As luzes d’A Lanterna : iluminismo educacional e educação anarquista em edições de um jornal libertário paulistano
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-05-28)
Marconi, Juliana Guedes dos Santos
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Hayashi, Carlos Roberto Massao
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9136586124586219
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1211465586013614
The anarchist movement, contemporary to the Enlightenment, has the press like one of its main dissemination tools, advertising and expression. This type of literature that integrates the reference of educational research without, however, represent the main source. Educational Enlightenment, in turn, is traditionally studied from the written of authors who did not represent the workers expropriated by capital. That said, relying on documentary analysis methodology, the research presented here aims to: demonstrate the proximity of the two strands of thought (anarchist and Enlightenment); and verify the presence of the ideals of the Enlightenment that permeate the texts of productions that circulated among workers, especially the libertarian journal A Lanterna, published in São Paulo in the early twentieth century. Such ideals are represented in this research, the categories: Society, Inequality & Freedom; Education, Religion, Science & Rationality; and Women & School Education - identified during the readings issues discussed by both strands of thought (anarchist and Enlightenment). During the following text, are exposed proximities between the ideals analyzed, after all, it was found that, saved the ideal society concept differences, the study authors looked for transform society, weaving criticism of the government of their times and electing education as an important tool of emancipation and achievement targets transformations. We were also able to identify ideals of the Enlightenment in the publications analyzed of libertarian newspaper A Lanterna. It is also expected to provide an expansion of research sources, allowing the libertarian press can also contribute to the research on the educational enlightenment.
Avaliação da participação dos receptores N-metil-D-aspartato (NMDA) e do Fator de Liberação de Corticotropina (CRF) nos efeitos aversivos do óxido nítrico no núcleo intersticial da estria terminal de camundongos
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-05-28)
Faria, Matheus Pegoraro
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Souza, Ricardo Luiz Nunes de
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/2475842684688693
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6963155336375529
It has been shown that the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) of rats contains nitrergic neurons, which are activated during animal exposure to aversive stimuli. BNST is also populated by glutamatergic and corticotrophin releasing factor (CRFergic) neurons, which in turn, are also activated under stressful situations. Here we investigated the anxiogenic-like effects of intra-BNST injections of a nitric oxide (NO) donor, NOC-9, in mice. The role of CRFergic and glutamatergic systems on defensive behavior induced by NOC-9 was investigated with previous intra-BNST infusion of CP376395 (0, 0.75, 1.50 or 3.00 nmol), a CRF type 1 receptor antagonist (CRF1), or AP-7 (0, 0.05, 0.10 or 0.20 nmol), a NMDA receptor antagonist, respectively. Defensive behavior was assessed immediately and 5 minutes after intra-BNST drug injection, exposing mice to an arena (a neutral situation) and to the elevated plus-maze (EPM; an anxiogenic situation), respectively. Results showed that NOC-9 (all doses) provoked immobility assessed in the arena and increased anxiety in the EPM (e.g., decrease in the percentage of open-arm exploration). Despite failing to produce effects on basal levels of anxiety when injected alone (all doses), pretreatment with CP (3.00 nmol) prevented the anxiogenic-like effect of NOC-9 (75.00 nmol) without changing the immobility behavior. Pretreatment with AP-7 (0.05 nmol) produced similar effects, however, when injected alone 0.20 nmol AP-7 attenuated anxiety-like behavior. These results suggest that the CRF1 and NMDA receptors located within the BNST differentially modulate the aversive effects induced by NO production in this limbic forebrain structure.
O documentário de Paulo Gil Soares na Caravana Farkas : vozes, personagens e cultura popular
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-05-28)
Cury, Joyce Felipe
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Paiva, Samuel José Holanda de
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7222933274927263
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9910156685854542
This research takes a look at the eight documentaries directed by Paulo Gil Soares between 1960 and 1970 in the experience that became known today as Caravana Farkas, all of them made in northeastern Brazil: Memória do cangaço (1965), Erva Bruxa (1969-70), A morte do boi (1970), A mão do homem (1969-70), Jaramataia (1970), O homem de couro (1969-70), Vaquejada (1970) e Frei Damião: trombeta dos aflitos, martelo dos hereges (1970). It´s about short and medium-length films that were inserted in a project which had the intention to “bring Brazil to the Brazilians” – in vogue in the context of the Cinema Novo – and it was attended by filmmakers who experienced a very singular production, in which it is perceived a share political views and, especially, aesthetics and thematic options in the documentary field. By trying to step away from the generalization about that experience, which is sometimes present the literature on Brazilian cinema, we will point out the distinctive features of the eight Paulo Gil Soares movies. It's our purpose to outline the features of this filmmaker's "voice" in Caravana Farkas and thus differentiate him from other directors of the same experience. For this purpose, in the filmic analysis that follow, we will focus in three relevant aspects to the aesthetic and discursive constructions of his documentaries: the activated voices, the way the characters are portrayed and the appropriation from folk culture.
Delimitação do mercado relevante geográfico para produtos asfálticos
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-05-29)
Garcia, Ana Carolina Della Colletta
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Pitelli, Mariusa Momenti
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/2810339285129049
The aim of this work is the use of price test method to determine the geographic relevant market, so that if two geographic areas form a single geographical market for a given product, in the long term, the price trajectory between these regions would follow the same path. The empirical application was made to the asphalt products distributors market in Brazil, more specifically for asphalt cement and diluted asphalt, for the period between January 2008 and December 2014. Due to increasing demand of asphalt products for maintenance and conservation of the existing road network and the creation of new roads, besides the existence of few studies defining the relevant market in order to evaluate a possible market power of the distributors of such products, becomes of utmost importance to make further studies. It is concluded that the relevant market for these products is National, except Northeast for asphalt cement.
Mágicas matemáticas como metodologia de ensino
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-05-29)
Alves, Amanda Gouveia
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Sampaio, João Carlos Vieira
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8286887389013685
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/2250100976033525
Studies show that students of elementary and high school have great difficulty in learn-ing math concepts. This work brings together didactical alternatives, such as mathemati-cal magic, so the math teacher can use them in order to promote greater interest and enchantment of their students with mathematics and some of its important contents.
Impactos socioeconômicos do Programa Nacional de Produção de Biodiesel em assento rural do nordeste paraense
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-05-29)
Motta, Vivian Delfino
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Stolf, Rubismar
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/2436951279203355
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9697243346662249
The National Program for Production and Use of Biofuels - PNPB is a government action that seeks to expand the Brazilian energy matrix with the introduction of Biodiesel as an alternative. The government points to the role of family farming as one of the innovative and decisive factors for the success of PNPB. The guiding documents emphasize that the packing houses wishing to enter this process are required to purchase the raw material from family farmers. In the universe of the actors involved in the aspect of production of the raw material are : large corporations that sell fuel , labor unions, and family farmers . Northeast Pará , several farmers have signed contracts to supply palm oil to companies hulling. O study aims to understand , under the socio-economic aspect , as the introduction of palm routine from farmers resident in the settlements involved in the action and located in the northeast Pará.
Influência da hidroterapia sobre a função pulmonar, força muscular respiratória e mobilidade tóracoabdominal em mulheres com síndrome fibromiálgica
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-05-29)
Forti, Meire
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Silva, Ester da
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0120120410847507
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7427626128916331
The fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a rheumatologic condition characterized by non-inflammatory widespread chronic pain and tender points in specific anatomic locations. In addition to the pain symptoms, FMS is also associated with the presence of a variety of symptoms such as fatigue and dyspnea, which has called attention to the review of the respiratory system in women with FMS. Thus, this work consisted of two studies aiming to elucidate the unknown aspects related to the respiratory system of women with FMS. The Study I, entitled "Pulmonary function, respiratory muscle strength and thoracoabdominal mobility in women with fibromyalgia syndrome: association with clinical manifestations", aimed to evaluate lung function, respiratory muscle strength and thoracoabdominal mobility as well as to assess possible associations of respiratory variables with clinical manifestations in women with FMS. The results show that the FMS group in this study has lower respiratory muscle endurance, inspiratory muscle strength and thoracic mobility compared to healthy participants. In addition, the study demonstrated that the lower inspiratory muscle strength, the greater the number of tender points and fatigue and lower axillary mobility. The Study II, entitled "Influence aerobic hydrotherapy program on lung function, respiratory muscle strength and thoracoabdominal mobility in women with fibromyalgia syndrome: a randomized controlled trial", aimed to evaluate the influence of an aerobic hydrotherapy program on respiratory variables and clinical manifestations in women with FMS and assess the association between respiratory variables and clinical manifestations. The results show that a 16-week aerobic hydrotherapy program increased the slow vital capacity, the forced vital capacity, the inspiratory muscle strength, the thoracic mobility, the pressure pain threshold, well-being, and decreased pain, and limitations caused by physical aspects. Clinical improvement was not associated with the respiratory variables. Conclusion: The subjects with FMS had lower respiratory muscle endurance, inspiratory muscle strength and thoracic mobility compared to healthy subjects. In addition, a 16-week aerobic hydrotherapy program showed to be effective in ameliorating lung function, inspiratory muscle strength, thoracic mobility, pressure pain threshold, well-being, pain and limitations caused by physical aspects. However, clinical improvement of FMS symptoms was not associated with the improvement of respiratory variables.