Aten����o �� crian��a no per��odo neonatal: chamada neonatal, Rio Grande do Norte, 2010

The neonatal period, which includes the first 27 da ys postpartum, is a vulnerability phase in child health, making it necessary for a greater mon itoring by health professional through actions that add value to the binomial mother/child and comprehensive care to the newborn. To this end, this study aimed to evaluate the care actions the neonato from the strategies recommended by the Ministry of Health. This is a cr oss-sectional study carried out from the database of the national survey of population base entitled "Call Neonatal: evaluation of prenatal care and to children younger than one year old in the North and Northeast regions". It used as the sample unit the mothers and children yo unger than 1-year-old, costal residents of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil, who attended th e vaccination campaign on June 12, 2010 in nine municipality���s priority for the Pact to Red uce Infant and Neonatal Mortality. To compose the study variables were selected issues/ac tions regarding the neonatal period and socio-demographic factors, followed by a descriptiv e and inferential analysis. A sample of 837 mother/child pairs was obtained, being 57.6% in capital and 42.4% in the whole from the interiors, which was weighted to represent the muni cipalities of the State. It was predominated by mothers aged between 20-29 years, complete high school, not entitled to income transfer program and male children (51.2%). The frequency of the actions of the hospital ranged from 35% to 96% and those performed at the Basic Health Unit (BHU) from 57% to 91.2%. Most actions had an association with hospitals and publi c nature of the state capital (p<0.05). The results for most of the actions are recommended in the care programs and policies for children, and reveal the regional inequities in hea lth and the need for the involvement of services and professionals in search of comprehensi ve care for enabling better care through humanized practices during this increased vulnerabi lity period.

Avalia����o do pr��-natal na aten����o prim��ria �� sa��de no Rio grande do Norte: vis��o das usu��rias

ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate the quality of prenatal Primary Care in Rio G rande do Norte, Brazil in 2012 under the program Improving Access and Quality of Primary Care. The study was cross - sectional, quantitative. Included 156 mothers of children under 2 years who received prenatal care at the health evaluated. We applied a ques tionnaire on profile, minimum queries, regularity of attendance, laboratory tests, vaccination, participation in educational activities, guidance received, clinical and obstetric procedures and prescription Ferrous sulphate and folic acid. The descriptive analysis of the criteria used Humanization Program Prenatal and Birth. The results showed that 92% of mothers had six or more visits; 85% with the same care was professional; 94% subsequent appointments scheduled. As for tests and procedures the percentage s were: Urine 98%; HIV - 96%; VDRL and 88%; 91% glucose; tetanus vaccination 93%; educational groups 56% with 36% participation, knowledge of the delivery location and 59% achievement breast exam 65%, 33% and preventive gynecological 43%; 98% supplemented wi th 96% Ferrous Sulfate and Folic Acid. It was concluded that there were advances in Rio Grande do Norte concerning assistance and there are weaknesses in the educational practices and conducting some minimal clinical examinations.

Entomobryoidea e Symphypleona (Collembola, Hexapoda) em remanescentes de Mata Atl��ntica do Estado Do Rio Grande do Norte

Col��mbolos s��o pequenos artr��podes extremamente abundantes na natureza. S��o semelhantes a insetos em seu padr��o de tagmose, ecologicamente muito importantes e podem ser usados como bioindicadores. Mais de 8.300 esp��cies j�� foram descritas no mundo, mas se estima que a riqueza real corresponda a um n��mero muito maior. A Mata Atl��ntica corresponde ao dom��nio fitogeogr��fico mais alterado pela a����o antr��pica no Brasil, restando menos de 8,5% de sua cobertura original. No Rio Grande do Norte a Mata Atl��ntica cobre apenas 0,27% do territ��rio do Estado. Assim, considerando a import��ncia de se conhecer a fauna de Collembola, sobretudo num ambiente amea��ado como a Mata Atl��ntica, este trabalho objetivou estudar a riqueza de col��mbolos Entomobryoidea e Symphypleona ocorrentes em dois remanescentes de Mata Atl��ntica do Rio Grande do Norte atrav��s de coletas ativas com aspirador entomol��gico e passivas com pitfall, durante os per��odos de chuva e seca. Foram identificadas 22 esp��cies de col��mbolos, sendo que destas 19 (mais de 85% do total) s��o novas para a ci��ncia, incluindo um novo g��nero da fam��lia Sminthuridae. As coletas realizadas no per��odo chuvoso apresentaram praticamente o dobro de esp��cies em rela����o ��s realizadas no per��odo seco. Este fato possivelmente est�� associado �� depend��ncia dos col��mbolos de umidade, assim como estrat��gias de resist��ncia a per��odo secos. S��o descritas quatro novas esp��cies, incluindo o novo g��nero (Trogolaphysa sp.nov., Gen.nov. sp.nov., Szeptyckitheca sp.nov. e Sminthurinus sp.nov.). Este expressivo n��mero de esp��cies novas identificadas, os novos registros para o g��neros e fam��lias para a Mata Atl��ntica do Rio Grande do Norte e a descoberta de um novo g��nero corroboram o pressuposto que motivou este trabalho: o Rio Grande do Norte apresenta uma fauna de Collembola desconhecida e potencialmente diversificada. Al��m disso, foram geradas informa����es importantes sobre a morfologia das esp��cies descritas, que por sua vez s��o de grande import��ncia para a sistem��tica dos Collembola. O novo g��nero descrito faz parte de um vis��vel subgrupo dentro da fam��lia Sminthuridae (aqueles com o unguis com cavidade) que aparentemente tem potencial para ser reconhecido futuramente em alguma categoria taxon��mica supragen��rica.

Avalia����o da qualidade da assist��ncia prestada pelo servi��o de atendimento m��vel de urg��ncia do Rio Grande do Norte

O objetivo dessa investiga����o foi avaliar a qualidade da assist��ncia prestada pelo Servi��o de Atendimento M��vel de Urg��ncia do estado do Rio Grande do Norte (SAMU 192 RN), na vis��o dos profissionais de sa��de. Trata-se de estudo descritivo, avaliativo com delineamento longitudinal e abordagem quantitativa, desenvolvido em quatro etapas: constru����o de perfil dos atendimentos do SAMU 192 RN; revis��o integrativa para levantamento dos indicadores de avalia����o da qualidade da assist��ncia em servi��os pr��-hospitalares m��veis de urg��ncia; constru����o e valida����o de conte��do do instrumento e defini����o dos indicadores de estrutura e processo; e aplica����o do instrumento aos profissionais de sa��de para avalia����o da qualidade da assist��ncia. A popula����oe amostra foram compostas por todos os profissionais do SAMU 192 RN, atuantes no per��odo do estudo. A coleta de dados foi realizada entre janeiro e dezembro/2012. Participaram do estudo: 11 enfermeiros, 24 m��dicos, 56 t��cnicos de enfermagem e 88 condutores, totalizando 179 profissionais. O estudo foi aprovado (Parecer n�� 437/2010 e CAAE: 0025.0.294.051-10) pelo Comit�� de ��tica em Pesquisa do Hospital Universit��rio Onofre Lopes da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Os dados foram analisados por meio de estat��stica descritiva e inferencial, nesta foram utilizados os programas Microsoft-Excel XP e SPSS 20.0, com uso do ��ndice Kappa (K) e ��ndice de Validade de Conte��do (IVC), considerando K ���0,61 e IVC>0,80. Al��m disso, foi considerando n��vel de signific��ncia estat��stica de ��-valor < 0,05. Entre os 179 profissionais, 100,0% tinham menos de 5 anos de tempo de servi��o, 55,9% tinham menos de 5 anos de experi��ncia na ��rea de urg��ncia, 88,3% referiram trabalhar na institui����o porque gosta, 55,3% possuiam outro v��nculo de trabalho, 54,3% com jornada semanal de 30 a 40 horas, 98,9% participaram de treinamento, 83,2% valorizam o treinamento em servi��o, 87,2% t��m boa frequ��ncia de participa����o no treinamento e 96,6% sentem necessidade de realizar mais treinamentos. Com rela����o �� categoriza����o dos itens em indicadores de estrutura ou de processo, os ju��zes determinaram para estrutura: estado de conserva����o das ambul��ncias; estrutura f��sica geral do servi��o; conforto dentro da ambul��ncia; disponibilidade de recursos materiais; seguran��a para o usu��rio dentro da ambul��ncia; seguran��a para o profissional; educa����o permanente; seguran��a demonstrada pela equipe profissional; remunera����o do profissional e a satisfa����o profissional. E para processo: acesso ao servi��o; acolhimento; humaniza����o; atendimento realizado; tempo resposta; privacidade ao usu��rio; orienta����es sobre o atendimento; relacionamento entre o profissional e usu��rio; oportunidade do usu��rio realizar reclama����es e articula����o multiprofissional. O instrumento quando submetido �� valida����o de conte��do constatou-se que as contribui����es dos ju��zes permitiram melhorar/otimizar o instrumento de avalia����o da qualidade da assist��ncia pr��-hospitalar m��vel de urg��ncia, uma vez que os ��ndices Kappa e IVC foram considerados bons e ��timos e o conte��do foi validado. Na avalia����o da qualidade da assist��ncia, constatou-se que a qualidade da assist��ncia prestada pelo SAMU 192 RN est�� prejudicada nas dimens��es estrutura, com rela����o �� estrutura f��sica, seguran��a dos pontos de apoio descentralizados, o conforto e o estado de conserva����o das ambul��ncias. J�� com rela����o aos indicadores de processo, os profissionais avaliaram todos positivamente. A avalia����o da qualidade da assist��ncia contribui para a busca de solu����es dos problemas detectados, permite novas perspectivas e colabora para a consolida����o do servi��o.

Din��mica das configura����es de forma����o e inibi����o das chuvas no Rio Grande do Norte: caracteriza����o hidroclim��tica do estado

This study aimed to evaluate the influence of the main meteorological mechanisms trainers and inhibitors of precipitation, and the interactions between different scales of operation, the spatial and temporal variability of the annual cycle of precipitation in the Rio Grande do Norte. Al��m disso, considerando as circunst��ncias locais e regionais, criando assim uma base cient��fica para apoiar a����es futuras na gest��o da demanda de ��gua no Estado. Database from monthly precipitation of 45 years, ranging between 1963 and 2007, data provided by EMPARN. The methodology used to achieve the results was initially composed of descriptive statistical analysis of historical data to prove the stability of the series, were applied after, geostatistics tool for plotting maps of the variables, within the geostatistical we opted for by Kriging interpolation method because it was the method that showed the best results and minor errors. Among the results, we highlight the annual cycle of rainfall the State which is influenced by meteorological mechanisms of different spatial and temporal scales, where the main mechanisms cycle modulators are the Conference Intertropical Zone (ITCZ) acting since midFebruary to mid May throughout the state, waves Leste (OL), Lines of instability (LI), breeze systems and orographic rainfall acting mainly in the Coastal strip between February and July. Along with vortice of high levels (VCANs), Complex Mesoscale Convective (CCMs) and orographic rain in any region of the state mainly in spring and summer. In terms of larger scale phenomena stood out El Ni��o and La Ni��a, ENSO in the tropical Pacific basin. In La Ni��a episodes usually occur normal or rainy years, as upon the occurrence of prolonged periods of drought are influenced by EL NI��O. In the Atlantic Ocean the standard Dipole also affects the intensity of the rainfall cycle in State. The cycle of rains in Rio Grande do Norte is divided into two periods, one comprising the regions West, Central and the Western Portion of the Wasteland Potiguar mesoregions of west Chapada Borborema, causing rains from midFebruary to mid-May and a second period of cycle, between February-July, where rains occur in mesoregions East and of the Wasteland, located upwind of the Chapada Borborema, both interspersed with dry periods without occurrence of significant rainfall and transition periods of rainy - dry and dry-rainy where isolated rainfall occur. Approximately 82% of the rainfall stations of the state which corresponds to 83.4% of the total area of Rio Grande do Norte, do not record annual volumes above 900 mm. Because the water supply of the State be maintained by small reservoirs already are in an advanced state of eutrophication, when the rains occur, act to wash and replace the water in the reservoirs, improving the quality of these, reducing the eutrophication process. When rain they do not significantly occur or after long periods of shortages, the process of eutrophication and deterioration of water in dams increased significantly. Through knowledge of the behavior of the annual cycle of rainfall can have an intimate knowledge of how it may be the tendency of rainy or prone to shortages following period, mainly observing the trends of larger scale phenomena

A doc��ncia na educa����o infantil: representa����es sociais dos professores cursistas do proinfantil do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte sobre o trabalho docente

The overall objective of this research is to identify and analyze social representations of (the) teachers(the) Ranciere the Initial Training Program for Teachers in Office in Early Childhood Education - PROINFANTIL - UFRN/MEC on the teaching work, seeking to identify their constituent elements and understand the dynamics of your organization. We assume that these teachers work fundamentally, in the institutions of Early Childhood Education, with knowledge of common sense and related cultural inherent to be/do professor in the design of education guardian/giving handouts to ensure the physical integrity of children, causing a rift between the caring and educating. From this general objective, we elected as specific objectives: identify the social, economic and cultural backgrounds of these (the) teachers (sa); identify what is teaching work for them (the) as well as identify which the psychosocial implications driven by RS on teaching work that point to tensions between the training and the exercise teacher as activity profissional.Como theoretical foundation we opted for Social Representations Theory of Moscovici (2003), Jodelet (2001); Specificities of the teaching Work in Early Childhood Education: Kramer (2002; 2006); OliveiraFormosinho (2007); Zilma de Oliveira (2007), Teacher Training: Ramalho, Nunez and Galthier (2003) and Tardif and Lessard (2008), content Analysis: Bardin (2004). As methodological procedure, we chose the Central Nucleus theory, developed by Jean Claude Abric (2000). Contributed to the scope of this objective the 171 teachers (the) that concluded the Proinfantil NBs to participate of TALP with justifications. The corpus arising from evocations around the words suggested by Carlos Chagas Foundation: give classrooms, teacher, pupil and added the word Child Education, were subjected to a treatment with the aid of the EVOC software (2000), identifying the central nucleus. The results indicate the words more evoked and significant: Planning, child care, educating, and play. Indicating that for these (the) teachers (the) the teaching work in Early Childhood Education must have a systematic pedagogical to educate children. These words correspond to the specificity of being/doing teaching in Early Childhood Education. However, the data shows that it is a job with different characteristics of the teaching work in other stages of education

Co-circula����o dos v��rus dengue tipo 1, 2 e 4 nos Estados do Rio Grande do Norte e Para��ba, 2013

Dengue is a viral disease transmitted by female mosquitoes from genus Aedes, the principal urban vector is Aedes aegypti. Actually dengue has caused, in global scale, substantial morbidity and mortality. Four serotypes (antigenically distinct) are known: DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3 and DENV-4. The objective of this study was described the epidemiological profile dengue in the states of Rio Grande do Norte (RN) and Para��ba (PB), 2013. For that, suspected cases of dengue were studied, received for Laboratory of Molecular Biology of infectious disease and cancer (LADIC-UFRN) from different Health Units from RN and PB between January and December of 2013. The viral RNA was obtained from serum samples of patient from health units from RN and PB. It were studied 478 suspected cases of dengue , 252 (52,7%) from Rio Grande do Norte and 226 (47,3%) from Para��ba, showeds a global rate of infection global prevalence of 29,7% (142/478). The co-circulation of three serotypes was observed: DENV-1 (9,8% [14/142]), DENV-2 (3,5% [5/142]) and DENV-4 (86,7% [123/142]). People between 21-30 years old were the most affected by the disease during all the period of the study, representing 63,7% of the cases in both states. The genus most affected was female, representing 63,3% of cases in both states. Pau dos Ferros, Rio Grande do Norte, had the highest circulation of disease, with 8,2% (8/97) of cases. In Para��ba, the city most affected was Jo��o Pessoa, with (80% (36/45) of cases. The months with the biggest viral circulation in RN and PB were March and August, respectively. These results are very important to understanding the dengue viral activity in RN and PB, providing data that can guide control actions of this disease in support to local control programs

Contribui����o na caracteriza����o de agregados comercializados no Rio Grande do Norte com ��nfase na rea����o ��lcali-agregado

Coordena����o de Aperfei��oamento de Pessoal de N��vel Superior - CAPES

A inser����o do t��cnico em sa��de bucal na estrat��gia sa��de da fam��lia no estado do Rio Grande do Norte

An oral health technician is a profession in odontology whose own functions are defined in FEDERAL LAW NUMBER 11889, which can act for prevention, recovery and promotion of oral health. According to the web site, Of Primary Health Attention Department. Health Ministry Of Brazilian Federal Republic, you can see through historical cover, as regards Health Family Strategy that, in Rio Grande Do Norte, There are nowadays eight TSB equipments in use. Objective: The aim of this study is to find out the reasons of the inclusion of those technicians in public service, no matter the importance of this work. Method: It is about a quantitive study and a kind of exploring type, taking into account that there are not any similar previous ones. We divide it into two parts: as regards the first one, these technicians were registered in a map using the information of the Formation Schools and Class Counsel to know how and where they are. During the moment of this study, an application (or no application) of the mouth health equipments was done. They tried to discover in this process which elements contribute to the efficiency (or not) of this technical work done all together in equipment work. As regards the second part, the coordinators of Municipal Mouth Health answered to a survay that contained open and closed questions through telephone calls. The sample was defined by a raffle taking into account the work contained in municipalities. Results: There are 1053 technicians.94,3% of them are women, devided in all the health regions. As regards interview, 96,9% of oral health coordinators considered that it is very important to have an oral health technician in odontology. 92,2% would reccomend its inclusion in equipments related to mouth health, dealing to familly health . 76% have never talked before to the Health Secretary in this municipality. this spreading out could be related to financial resources and 51,6% mentioned the importance of improving the physical structure to make this spreading out possible. Conclusions: Oral Health technicians in Rio Grande Do Norte are not being adequatly used by public service, because they do not introduce themselves or act as Oral Health auxiliaries. It is important to increase concience about the importance of this category in odontology. we also say it is necesasary to invert money in a reform of the Basic Health Unities and the inclusion of these workers. On the other hand the role of the state and the public health militancy is questioned in the fulfilment of this process

O programa de aquisi����o de alimentos (PAA) e as transforma����es socioterritoriais no Rio Grande do Norte

The Acquisition Food Program (Programa de Aquisi����o de Alimentos ��� PAA) is one of the governmental public politics proposed, in the year of 2003, that has the focus in the family-run farm in Brazil. This Program has as objectives: commercialize the familyrun farm products, bought by the government agencies; to encourage production, and promoting actions that improve quality food of people facing starving risk. This Program has been working, to some extent, as complement to the Program of family-run farm Enhancement (PRONAF). The present study has as its focus to analyse the social territorials changes observed in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, as a result of the PAA implementation. In this sense, it was promoted a discussion between territory and rules. I this work, public politics are understood as rules. This procedure was important in order to understand how the rules have influenced territorial changes, creating new social and territorial relations. In the research process was used scientific and institutional texts on the subject. It was applied a quiz with 97 PAA���s supplying farmers, and interviews were done with the Program managers in Federal (MDA), State (CONAB and EMATER) and municipal (local office of EMATER and Departments of Agriculture) levels. Social public politics were also analyzed with the aim of understand the context where PAA is situated in relation with the public politics directed to familyrun farm as a whole since 1980, within new Brazilian democratization process. With the information collected in the field, plus the secondary data, maps, charts, tables and cartograms were made. With all of this, a socio-economical profile of the family-run farm in the Rio Grande do Norte was traced, as well as the included in this research. Before this picture, we concluded that PAA indeed represents a forward in public politics directed to family-run farm. However, in spite of the importance of the Program for the family-run farmers to come of age, but in order to the rural and family-run farm reality in the Rio Grande do Norte come to present meaningful changes much still remain to be done.

Conselho estadual de meio ambiente do Rio Grande do Norte: paradigmas, proposi����es e atores sociais

The environmental movement rises up strongly in the year 1972 with the Stocolmus Conference, in the middle of pressions concerning the environmental preservation, in consequence of the environmental catastrophes. In spite of the fact that, in Brazil, the environmental movement has is institutionalization with the 1988 Constitution, in a way that the councils became democratic spaces, and provided the society���s participation in the management of public policies. In this way, we propose a discussion about the participation and the exercise of the citizenship in the State Council of Environment of Rio Grande do Norte (CONEMA), focusing the glance about the decisory process, as from the expression of the social actors. For that, our research compilate documents of the meetings of the referring council, transcribing the main discussions about the environmental necessities which were important in the potiguar society, and checking how these agents defend their interest during the meetings. We understand, with these informations, the role of CONEMA/RN as a communicative mechanism between State and Society. With the analysis of the informations of the extraordinary meetings from 2007 to 2014, we concluded that the CONEMA is a council where the civil organized society takes part on the decisory process, despite the great influence of the representative actors of public power over the representative actors of civil society. The results of this research confirm the discrepancy between the participation of representative councilors of civil society in CONEMA/RN. The conclusion point out that the civil society representative don���t, yet, assimilate the citizen duty, the responsibility of it1s action, producing, in this way, damages for the legal structure of the potiguar environmental legislation, with serious consequences on the public policy implementation

Estrutura e desempenho organizacional: uma an��lise na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

This research analyses the components of the organizational structure of the UFRN (Rio Grande do Norte Federal University) and to what extent they affect organizational performance. The study, classified as exploratory and descriptive, was conducted in two phases. The first phase consists of a pilot test to refine the research instrument and to identify the latent components of the organizational structure, and the second to characterize these components and thereby establish relationships with organizational performance. In the first phase, the research was conducted in 20 UFRN organizational units with the participation of 84 employees between technical-administrative and teachers, after considering missing values and outliers, while the second phase occurred in two stages: one conducted with 279 valid cases, consisting of technical-administrative and teachers of 37 UFRN units, and another with 112 managers of the institution in the 49 units identified in this research. The instrument adopted in the first phase was composed of 36 indicators of organizational structure, with six extracted and adapted from the instrument developed by Medeiros (2003) and 30 prepared based on the literature review, from Mintzberg (2012), Hall (1984), Vasconcellos and Hemsley (1997) and Seiffert and Costa (2007) and 7 performance indicators adapted from Fleury and Mills (2006), Vieira and Vieira (2003) and Kaplan and Norton (1997) from the self-assessment instrument in use by the university. In this stage the data were analyzed using the techniques of factor analysis and reliability analysis by means of Cronbach���s alpha, aiming to extract the factors representing the components of the organizational structure. In step 1 of the second phase, the instrument, refined and reduced in the previous phase, with 24 variables of organizational structure and 6 for performance was used, while in step 2, a semi-structured interview guide with questions, organized into nine organizational structure elements, was adopted aiming to gather information to understand the relationship of structure to performance of the UFRN. The techniques used in the second phase, as a whole, were factor analysis and reliability analysis to characterize the components extracted in the previous phase and to validate the performance variables and correlation analysis, regression and content analysis to establish and understand the relationship between structure and performance. The results showed, in the two stages, six latent components of organizational structure in the context under study: training and internalization, communication, hierarchy, decentralization, formalization and departmentalization - with high levels of Cronbach's alpha indexes - which can thereby be characterized as components of UFRN structure. Six performance indicators were validated in this study, showing them as efficient and highly reliable. Finally, it was found that the formalization, communication, decentralization, training and internalization components positively affect UFRN performance, while departmentalization has an adverse affect and hierarchy did not show a significant relationship. The results achieved in this work are important in future studies to support the development of a model structure that represents the specifics of the university

Percep����es ambientais de comunidades rurais e indicadores de sustentabilidade como subs��dios �� conserva����o de ��reas de caatinga no Rio Grande do Norte

Environmental degradation is a global problem that particularly affects areas subject to seasonal climatic variations, such as the brazilian semiarid region, namely the Caatinga Domain. Combined with other negative factors, such as natural resource misuse and disorderly land occupation, the consequences of Environmental Degradation have challenged science in the quest for addressing the resulting social and environmental problems. Accordingly, Environmental Perception methodology, by analyzing the concepts, attitudes and values, (especially those pertaining to environmental conservation) represent an important tool in studies that address the relationship between the environment and human actions. Sustainability Indicators are also relevant tools to assess the possible causes and consequences of environmental problems. Among several Sustainability Indicators available, the PressuresState-Impact-Response (PSIR) method is an analytical tool that permits the grouping of factors affecting sustainability as well as their consequences for nature and human health, and thus indicate mitigating actions for society and the public authorities. From this perspective, three areas of Caatinga were studied in Rio Grande do Norte state: Serid�� Ecological Station (ESEC), Municipality of Serra Negra do Norte; Private Natural Reserve Stoessel de Brito (PNRSB), Municipality of Jucurutu; and part of the Serra de Santana, Municipality of Tenente Laurentino Cruz. The areas are both legally protected and unprotected and subject to diferent management protocols, though their share the common characteristic of human misuse of natural resources. In this scenario, this thesis�� main goal was to introduce the rural communities into the conservation process, using the results of Environmental Perception of such communities, combined with the analysis of the sustainability of municipalities through PSIR. Information on Environmental Perception was obtained from primary and secondary data from previous studies carried out in the ESEC Serid�� and PRNP Stoessel de Brito. Additional data was obtained through direct observation and interview forms applied to rural communities in the Municipality of Tenente Laurentino Cruz. The results showed that respondents possessed a broad knowledge regarding environmental degradation, its causes and consequences for the caatinga biome. PEIR analysis showed that environmental degradation was smaller in countries with protected areas, as compared to those without. The population��s knowledge about environmental degradation and their acceptance of conservation units, as showed by Environmental Perception Analysis, coupled with the results of PEIR, suggest that those attitudes may foster actions aimed at reduction of environmental degradation in the Caatinga domain

Esp��cies arb��reas nativas ornamentais do Rio Grande do Norte

The Caatinga and Atlantic Forest exhibit great species richness, which can attend requirements for various uses. Considering the current level of degradation of vegetation in Rio Grande do Norte, and the increasing use of exotic species, it is urgent to perform actions for the conservation of these biomes. From this perspective, using native plant species in the urban forestry becomes an instrument for the conservation and enhancement of local biodiversity. In this context, the general objective of this study is to gather and provide information about the ornamental native tree species in the state in order to promote and disseminate their use in urban areas. Specific aims of this work are: (1) evaluate and verify the demand and maintenance costs of native and exotic urban forestry, comparatively, with data obtained in the state (Cap. 1); (2) Provide a ornamental native tree species list in the state, including species already widespread use and suggesting new elements with ornamental potential (Cap. 2); and (3) produce a guide of native tree species as a means of disseminating the results obtained in a way accessible to the society. Analysis of maintenance of urban trees was performed at the UFRN's Central Campus, and the ornamental native tree species survey was carried out through literature survey combined with expeditions to forest fragments in the state. As a result, it was obvious that the maintenance of native vegetation resulted in lower costs and least demand for services highlighting the visible advantage in using a afforestation with regionalized floristic composition. The survey of ornamental native tree species led to the selection of 95 species belonging to 30 families, 17 species (17.35%) occurring exclusively in the Caatinga, 27 species (25.55%) in the Atlantic Forest and more than half (55.10%) occurring in both biomes, which provides a good selection available for the composition of urban forestry, both for cities located in the area of Atlantic Forest (81 spp.) or for those located in the Caatinga (71 spp.). From these results, a guide for the recognition and cultivation of native ornamental trees was prepared, consisting in the initial step in the enhancement of existing floristic potential value with the aim to assist in the development of a regionalized perspective of urban environmental management in the state

O papel da viol��ncia interpessoal compreendida como a manifesta����o de uma endemia social: uma an��lise geogr��fica sobre o fen��meno no Brasil e Rio Grande do Norte

En Brasil, la violencia interpersonal (homicidios) se ha incrementado de forma significativa, convirti��ndose en una preocupaci��n cada vez mayor en todos los ��mbitos pol��ticos de la sociedad. Hoy es uno de los m��s graves problemas sociales y de salud p��blica. Se refiere a los problemas sociales, ya que interfiere en la distribuci��n de la oferta de bienes y servicios a los ciudadanos; sino tambi��n un problema de salud, porque la violencia es uno de los fen��menos que causan gran impacto en la morbilidad y mortalidad del pa��s, y genera un alto costo para el Sistema ��nico de Sa��de (SUS). Esta es una crisis social, que es el resultado de un mundo capitalista globalizado, que exige a todos sus instrumentos de dominaci��n (dinero, poder y competitividad en estado puro), en virtud del cual la violencia y los conflictos interpersonales se materializan en el territorio. El R��o Grande do Norte (RN) ha estado siguiendo esta realidad que es nacional, con el aumento de las tasas de mortalidad por homicidios. En este sentido, este estudio tuvo como objetivo analizar la violencia interpersonal (agresi��n / homicidio), en Brasil y en el estado del RN, para entender c��mo esto afecta a su poblaci��n, en la morbilidad y mortalidad durante los a��os 2001 a 2011. Para ambos hicimos uso de m��todo descriptivo / cuantitativo para determinar la magnitud, el tama��o, el perfil de las v��ctimas y los costos del SUS generados por el problema. Como resultado, podemos diagnosticar que en Brasil, la violencia se ha presentado una nueva din��mica regional, promovida por un proceso de interiorizaci��n del fen��meno en todo el pa��s, este proceso de internalizaci��n se ha reflejado en la ��ltima d��cada, el crecimiento de la violencia en el estado del RN, que ha causado un gran impacto en las tasas de la mortalidad del estado. Acerca la victimizaci��n, se puede ver que hay un perfil vulnerable formado por, var��n, baja instrucci��n joven, sola y negro. Con respecto a los datos de morbilidad hospitalaria, la demanda creciente del fen��meno genera costes para el sistema de salud, y las graves consecuencias humanas, como la escalada del miedo y la destrucci��n de una generaci��n de j��venes brasile��os. Por lo tanto, la falta de una pol��tica p��blica para afrontamiento, prevenci��n y mitigaci��n del problema revela el fracaso de la gesti��n p��blica, con consecuencias sociales y de salud, tanto individual como colectivamente.