Pol��tica de promo����o da exporta����o : um olhar sobre a evolu����o da cultura de mel��o do Rio Grande do Norte

Some sectors in Brazil are earning notoriety in the international market, configuring itself in dynamic areas for the Country. The most typical case is the agribusiness. Rio Grande do Norte state has important role, because 90% of the output of the melon exported by Brazil is produced at Assu/Mossor��. The present work planned to verify the evolution of the culture of the melon produced at Assu/Mossor�� area, from 1990 to 2003. Through descriptive research, utilizing the case study and documentary analysis of secondary data this work showed the evolution of the area reaped of melon in the pole Assu/Mossor��, the quantity produced of melon and of the value of the output of the melon between 1990 and 2003. The research verified that all of the factors studied show growth during the analyzed period, showing up the importance of the agribusiness for the region. However the analysis shows the vulnerability of the sector concerning external macroeconomics factors, such as the exchange rates. Showing the importance and/or dependence of the producers for public actions to development of the culture, that might be on areas like infrastructure, economics or taxes

As rela����es da tr��plice h��lice no setor da carcinicultura do Rio Grande do Norte: uma an��lise a partir das abordagens da imers��o social e da depend��ncia de recursos

This work consists in a study of the Shrimp Industry in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, whose central issue relates to the understanding of how the Triple Helix (University, Government and the productive sector) interrelationship limits or expands the industry s innovation process. The study aims to understand how the Triple Helix relationship interferes in the innovation process of shrimp in Rio Grande do Norte. As the knowledge becomes the resource key for production methods, the generation of new technologies, new products and processes which demands joint and integrated action of the institutions comprising the Triple Helix: University, Government and productive sector, which possess the essential resources to innovate the process and can be maximized from cooperative relationships between the referred Institutions. Thus, in this work, it was sharply used the pioneering studies of Sabato and Botana (1968) regarding the cooperation relationship between the scientific-technological sphere, the governmental and the productive base, and studies on the Triple Helix approach, proposed by Etzkowitz and Leydesdorff (2000), in which the university has a key role in the process of technological and innovative development of countries and regions, and under which it is assigned to the very University - the character of the entrepreneurial institution, through the concept of entrepreneurial University. Aiming to overcome the criticism of Cooke (2005), regarding the limitations of the Triple Helix approach, in this study it was used - as analytical perspectives - the perspective of social immersion (Granovetter, 1985, 2005) and the theory of resources dependence (PFEFFER; SALANCIK, 1978). The analytical perspectives presented in here, despite of the different assumptions, are essential to eliminate the bias that one only approach can lead (ASTLEY; VAN DE VEM; 2007). The authors arguments focus on the fact that the integration is possible if the researcher acknowledged that different perspectives may have different descriptions of the same phenomenon. As a research strategy, this study is characterized as a study case, along with the proposed objectives - the qualitative method was used as an approach and, depending on the gathering of the sector s historical, a sectional longitudinal view approach was applied (VIEIRA, 2004). The primary and secondary data were used in order to understand the sector s evolutionary process and its inter-institutional relations - regarding the shrimp culture in Rio Grande do Norte - to promote the development, as the content was used for the technical analysis (BARDIN, 1977). The approach of social immersion and resources addiction dependence made it possible to understand that relationships are established within and between each sphere (university, government and productive sector) characterizing a network of low density relationships and strongly internal and external dependence. Based on the speech of Etzkowitz and Mello (2006), a successful Triple Helix strategy of innovation requires not only the involvement and commitment of the parts, within the institutional sphere and among them, but also the development of mechanisms to coordinate the multiple and complex interactions and interfaces, focusing on promoting both environment and context for innovation and learning; it can be acknowledge from study results that the shrimp in the State of the RN, although there are several institutional mechanisms to promote greater integration and technological development, has been presented disjointed - both internally and between the spheres - and under no legitimate practice when facing the innovational promotion and integration institutions. Due to those factors, the central institutions of the network are crucial to the promotion of innovations, spreading through their direct contacts the importance factor of the sustainable competitive activity in the world market and on the national level. However, it may be concluded, from the data, that the Triple Helix relations are interfering in a negative way on what concerns the promotion of innovations in the shrimp industry in RN

Treinamento e desenvolvimento de pessoas e a nova gest��o p��blica : o caso do Projeto Forma����o de Tecn��logos em Gest��o P��blica do Governo do Rio Grande do Norte

This thesis aims to identify how civil servants perceive changes made inthe carrying out of their work after their taking part in the Course forTechnicians in Public Management of the Government of Rio Grande do NorteState. As for the methodological procedures, an exploratory-descriptivequantitative research has been carried out through structured questionnaires appliedto 118 civil servants from the first groups of the Course for Technicians, thusshowing a margin of error of 4.18% to 95% of confidence, according to theprocedures of finite sampling. The table processing and analysis rested uponthe Statistical Package for the Social Sciences SPSS and was carried outthrough univariate, bivariate and multivariate techniques with emphasis on thetechnique called Factor Analysis. It was possible to identify that the level ofsatisfaction of the students was high and there was a clear perception by themthat the course assisted to changes in their work. Through Factor Analysis itwas verified that the factors that may be related to changes in the work of thecivil servants are "Contribution to Society", "Efficiency andEfficacy in the Work Environment", "Applicability of Contents"and "Capacitating for Leadership". The conclusion of the studyindicates that the factors obtained are directly related to the basis of thenew public management by means of guidance toward efficiency and efficacy in aperspective of leadership, the contents of the course being thus made into newattitudes toward work which end up yielding better results for society

O modelo de gest��o estrat��gica do Minist��rio P��blico do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte: a an��lise da implanta����o do Balanced Scorecard

The goal of this research was to analyze the model of strategic management of the MPRN concerning the methodological guidelines presented by Balanced Scorecard. It is based in a theoretical referential which contemplates the themes, new public management, strategic management and Balanced Scorecard, focusing on applying the methodology in the public sector. This research is classified as descriptive and exploratory. According to the methods applied, it is a case study and, according to its approach, it is qualitative. The subjects of this research are members of the institution involved in the process of its strategic management. The data was collected by means of semi-structured interviews and document analysis, done by means of method content analysis. Concerning the goal of this research, it points out that the MPRN has not concluded the implantation cycle of Balanced Scorecard, furthermore, important flaws in the steps of organizational alingment have been identified, specially when it refers to communication policy, implementing incentive actions and focused training in developing competences. It yet reveals that the implantation of BSC has allowed the introduction of changes in the Institution dynamics to seek better results, however the MPRN has faced and has not adequately gotten over the same difficulties reported in various cases of BSC implantation in public organizations

Autoavalia����o institucional na dimens��o do SINAES comunica����o com a sociedade : estudo de m��ltiplos casos em institui����es de ensino superior do Rio Grande do Norte

This study is about the institutional self-evaluation in Dimension 4, "Communication with Society", from the National System of Higher Education Evaluation SINAES, mandatory for all universities in Brazil. A multiple cases study was conducted with three institutions from Rio Grande do Norte, and the goal was to know how this evaluation is made, describing the concept for the evaluation of communication proposed by them, identifying controllers or emancipator aspects, categorizing methodological procedures and discussing the difficulties reported in the communication evaluation process. Coordinators of the institutions Evaluating Committees were interviewed and data categorized by means of qualitative content analysis. It was noted characteristics of the current controller, emancipator and hybrid designs in the three institutions for evaluation of communication, revealing the lack of a theoretical corpus that transits in accordance with the systemic perspective and epistemology of complexity from SINAES. It was found that the most frequently reported difficulties in the evaluation processes of communication are in the preparation stage, especially in the definition of indicators and tools and awareness work. The weakness in planning makes their own activities in the sector of communication become targets of assessment, forming goals poorly related with broader organizational goals. It was also concluded that the technical evaluation cannot override the issues associated with the broader issue of the complexity surrounding the assessment paradigm proposed by SINAES because contradictions and imperfections are part of the evaluation process and several references are current in the literature to support this view. Finally, it is said that objectives such as transparency and behavioral changes can rely on methodologies and techniques for research on the question of the construction of meaning

Preval��ncia de sintomas do climat��rio em mulheres dos meios rural e urbano no Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil

OBJETIVO: avaliar a sintomatologia climat��rica e fatores relacionados entre mulheres dos meios urbano e rural do Rio Grande do Norte. M��TODOS: estudo transversal, descritivo, envolvendo casu��stica de 261 mulheres climat��ricas residentes em Natal e Mossor�� (grupo urbano; n=130) e Urua��u, em S��o Gon��alo do Amarante (grupo rural; n=131). A sintomatologia climat��rica foi avaliada pelo ��ndice Menopausal de Blatt-Kupperman (IMBK) e Escala Climat��rica de Greene (ECG). A an��lise estat��stica constou de compara����es das medianas dos escores entre os grupos e regress��o log��stica. Defi niram-se como ���muito sintom��ticas��� as pacientes com escores ���20, para ambos instrumentos (vari��vel dependente). As vari��veis independentes foram: idade, proced��ncia, alfabetiza����o, obesidade e pr��tica de atividade f��sica. RESULTADOS: o grupo urbano apresentou escores signifi cativamente superiores ao grupo rural, tanto para o IMBK (medianas de 26,0 e 17,0, respectivamente; p<0,0001), quanto para a ECG (medianas de 27,0 e 16,0, respectivamente; p<0,0001). Na amostra total, evidenciou-se que 56,3% (n=147) das mulheres foram classifi cadas como ���muito sintom��ticas���. Na compara����o intergrupos, essa preval��ncia foi signifi cativamente mais elevada nas mulheres urbanas em rela����o ��s rurais (79,2 e 33,6%, respectivamente; p<0,05). Pela an��lise de regress��o log��stica, evidenciou-se que a chance de pertencer ao grupo defi nido como ���muito sintom��ticas��� foi maior para mulheres do meio urbano [odds ratio ajustado (OR)=7,1; 95% intervalo de confi an��a a 95% (IC95%)=3,69-13,66] e alfabetizadas (OR=2,19; IC95%=1,16-4,13). A idade superior a 60 anos associou-se com menor chance de ocorr��ncia de sintomas signifi cativos (OR=0,38; IC95%=0,17-0,87). CONCLUS��ES: a preval��ncia de sintomas climat��ricos signifi cativos �� menor em mulheres do meio rural, demonstrando que fatores socioculturais e ambientais est��o fortemente relacionados ao surgimento dos sintomas climat��ricos em nossa popula����o.___________________________________ABSTRACT PURPOSE: to evaluate climacteric symptoms and related factors in women living in rural and urban areas of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. METHODS: a cross-sectional study involving 261 women in the climacteric was performed. A total of 130 women from Natal and Mossor�� (urban group) and 131 from Urua��u, in S��o Gon��alo do Amarante (rural group), were studied. Climacteric symptoms were assessed by the Blatt-Kupperman Menopausal Index (BKMI) and Greene Climacteric Scale (GCE). Statistical analysis involved comparison of median between groups and logistic regression analysis. Patients were defi ned as ���very symptomatic��� when the climacteric score was ���20 for both questionnaires (dependent variable). Independent variables were: age, living area, schooling, obesity and physical activity. RESULTS: the urban group had signifi cantly higher scores than those of the rural group, both for BKMI (median of 26.0 and 17.0, respectively; p<0.0001) and for GCE (median of 27.0 and 16.0, respectively; p<0.0001). For the entire sample, a total of 56.3% (n=147) of the women were classifi ed as ���very symptomatic���. This prevalence was signifi cantly higher in urban than in rural women (79.2 and 33.6%, respectively; p<0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that the likelihood of belonging to the group defi ned as ���very symptomatic��� was greater for urban women [adjusted odds ratio (OR)=7.1; confi dence interval at 95% (95%CI)=3.69-13.66] who were literate (OR=2.19; 95%CI=1.16- 4.13). Individuals over the age of 60 years had less chance of having signifi cant symptoms (OR=0.38; 95%CI=0.17-0.87). CONCLUSIONS: the prevalence of signifi cant climacteric symptoms is less in women from a rural environment, showing that sociocultural and environmental factors are strongly related to the appearance of climacteric symptoms in our population

Inclus��o de alunos com defici��ncia no ensino superior: a����es no contexto da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Aborda a educa����o inclusiva no ��mbito da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), com vistas ��s a����es estruturantes para alunos com defici��ncia, no per��odo de 2001 a 2007. O seu objetivo principal �� situar as a����es que foram desenvolvidas por essa universidade e, ainda, as que est��o em andamento e que privilegiam o acesso e a qualidade do ensino, particularmente, a esses alunos. Este estudo caracteriza-se tamb��m por uma abordagem qualitativa e explorat��ria, por meio do qual empregou-se a an��lise documental. Os primeiros resultados apontam para a����es de diversas naturezas, tais como: cria����o de uma comiss��o para elaborar diretrizes gerais e propor a����es acad��micas para a educa����o especial; realiza����o de Semin��rios de Educa����o Inclusiva; cria����o do ���espa��o inclusivo��� na biblioteca central; adequa����o e constru����o de ambientes acess��veis; aprova����o de projeto no Programa Incluir, dentre outras. Portanto, a partir dessas a����es a UFRN demonstra ser fiel aos princ��pios que norteiam a constru����o de um sistema educacional democr��tico e inclusivo, ao buscar garantir a qualidade da oferta e do acesso aos seus cursos, respeitando a diversidade de todos os que nela ingressam

Pr��ticas de ensino da m��sica de rabeca no Rio Grande do Norte

MARTINS, Emerson Carpegianne de Souza ; LIMA, Agostinho Jorge de. Pr��ticas de ensino da m��sica de rabeca no Rio Grande do Norte. In: ENCONTRO REGIONAL DA ABEM NORDESTE, 9. Natal, 2010.Anais... Natal: UFRN/ESCOLA DE MUSICA, 2010

O cordel como fonte de informa����o: a vivacidade dos folhetos de cordeis no Rio Grande do Norte

GAUDENCIO, Sale Mario; BORBA, Maria do Socorro de Azevedo. O cordel como fonte de informa��ao: a vivacidade dos folhetos de cordeis no Rio Grande do Norte. Biblioonline, Joao Pessoa, v.6, n. 1, p.82-92, 2010.

Organiza����o e tratamento do acervo de instrumentos musicais: o caso da Instrumentoteca da Escola de M��sica da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Analisa os processos para organiza����o e tratamento do acervo de instrumentos musicais no ��mbito da Instrumentoteca da Escola de M��sica da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Discorre o conceito de biblioteca especializada, suas caracter��sticas e finalidades. Procura verificar os procedimentos utilizados pela Instrumentoteca quanto �� organiza����o do acervo, identifica regras para representa����o descritiva de instrumentos musicais, tendo como par��metro o C��digo Anglo-americano de Cataloga����o. Exemplifica a representa����o descritiva e de conte��do de instrumentos musicais; sugere medidas que venham facilitar o processo de organiza����o e acondicionamento dos instrumentos musicais. Utiliza como metodologia o estudo de caso , tendo como suporte te��rico a pesquisa bibliogr��fica em fontes impressas e eletr��nicas . Conclui mostrando a melhor maneira de organizar cole����es de instrumentos musicais por meio do C��digo Anglo-americano de Cataloga����o, e enfatiza que essas regras podem ser aplicadas para organizar diferentes tipos de suporte de informa����o.

Density of sand flies (diptera: psychodidae) in domestic and wild animal shelters in an area of visceral leishmaniasis in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

XIMENES, Maria de F��tima Freire de Melo; SOUZA, Maria de F��tima de; CASTELLON, Eloy Guilhermo. Density of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in domestic and wild animal shelters in an area of visceral Leishmaniasis in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v.94, n.4, p.427-432, jul./ago. 1999. Disponivel em: <memorias.ioc.fiocruz.br/944/3560.html> Acesso em: 4 out. 2010.

Avalia����o da potencialidade de argilas do Rio Grande do Norte ��� Brasil

DUTRA, Ricardo Peixoto Suassuna ; SILVA, Jaquel��gia Brito da ; MORAES, M��rcio Luiz Varela Nogueira de ; NASCIMENTO, R. M. ; GOMES, Uilame Umbelino ; PASKOCIMAS, Carlos Alberto . Avalia����o da potencialidade de argilas do Rio Grande do Norte. Cer��mica Industrial, v. 13, p. 47-50, 2008.

A descentraliza����o das pol��ticas de desenvolvimento rural: uma an��lise da experi��ncia do Rio Grande do Norte

MATOS FILHO, Jo��o. A descentraliza����o das Pol��ticas de desenvolvimento rural - uma an��lise da experi��ncia do Rio Grande do Norte. 2002. 259f. Tese (Doutorado em Ci��ncias Econ��micas)��� Instituto de Economia da Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, 2002.

Efici��ncia, gest��o e meio ambiente na carcinicultura do Rio Grande do Norte

SILVA, J. L. M. da; SAMPAIO, L. M. . Efici��ncia, Gest��o e Meio Ambiente na Carcinicultura do Rio Grande do Norte. In: Congresso da Sociendade Brasileira de Economia, Administra����o e Sociologia Rural - SOBER, 40., 2007, Londrina. Conhecimentos para a Agricultura do Futuro, 2007.

An��lise da indexa����o da Biblioteca Setorial de Qu��mica da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte atrav��s de um estudo inform��trico

Analisa a indexa����o dos documentos da Biblioteca Setorial de Qu��mica atrav��s de um estudo inform��trico na ferramenta de busca do Sistema de Bibliotecas (SISBI) da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). Descreve um estudo inform��trico realizado na ferramenta de busca do SISBI da UFRN, sendo feita direcionada para os documentos Biblioteca Setorial de Qu��mica. Enfoca a import��ncia do estudo inform��trico para analisar a recupera����o da informa����o relacionada �� indexa����o. Aborda a rela����o da informetria com a indexa����o e recupera����o da informa����o com o intuito de que o profissional bibliotec��rio seja mais anal��tico e tenha uma compreens��o maior do campo da ci��ncia da informa����o. Utiliza de uma metodologia de consultas de assuntos pr��-definidos, sendo feita uma filtragem de forma quantitativa com o objetivo de verificar se a indexa����o dos documentos est�� sendo satisfat��ria para a recupera����o da informa����o na ferramenta de busca do SISBI. Constata a relev��ncia dos documentos em cada busca sua precis��o e revoca����o, mostrando que para haver uma boa recupera����o da informa����o tem que a indexa����o seja feita de forma que n��o haja ambiguidade com outros termos, com isso mostra a import��ncia de sempre ser feito um estudo inform��trico com que verifique a recupera����o da informa����o para que possa sempre haver uma melhora na mesma.