La enseñanza de la Filosofía en Europa.

Entre los mitos griegos que tuvieron larga acogida en la literatura helena y, en las posteriores, el de Polifemo es uno de los preferidos. Al pasar de escritor a escritos, casi siempre entre los grandes poetas, la personalidad de Polifemo se ha visto enriquecida en matices y aspectos. Y hasta veremos como cambian en un sentido casi opuesto al que tienen en un sentido casi opuesto al que tienen cuando aparecen por vez primera, que sepamos en la poesía homérica. Cuando nos lo describe Homero no nos dice que tiene solo un ojo y que es hijo de Poseidón. Luego Polifemo le dice a su padre que castigue a Ulises que ha ido a la tierra de los cíclopes, Sicilia para acabar con él. Acaba dejándole sin el único ojo que tiene. Después Eurípides sigue a Homero igual que en la Odisea y no cambia salvo detalles ningún elemento. Teócrito presenta a Polifemo intentando enamorar a Galatea para que ésta se enamores de él.. P ero la idea de presentar a Polifemo ocultando sus características físicas, no como el monstruo homérico, pertenece a Filóxeno de Citera en convertirle en amante y músico (muerto en 380) Virgilio lo presenta como un monstruo siguiendo a Homero solo hay un trato amable al presentarle como el pastor lanudo que con ver a sus ovejas siente placer. En definitiva, vereremos que Virgilio concentrará su mirada hacia Galatea como amante del mar que será muy comentada por los poetas españoles.

La escuela unitaria y la modificación de los presupuestos generales del Estado.

Ante el retroceso socioeconómico del pueblo de Mala (Haría. Lanzarote) se acomete el proyecto.

U-Pb zircon and (40)Ar-(39)Ar K-feldspar dating of syn-sedimentary volcanism of the Neoproterozoic Marica Formation: constraining the age of foreland basin inception and inversion in the Camaqua Basin of southern Brazil

New U-Pb zircon and (40)Ar-(39)Ar K-feldspar data are presented for syn-sedimentary volcanogenic rocks from the Neoproterozoic Marica Formation, located in the southern Brazilian shield. Seven (of nine) U-Pb sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe analyses of zircons from pyroclastic cobbles yield an age of 630.2 +/- 3.4 Ma (2 sigma), interpreted as the age of syn-sedimentary volcanism, and thus of the deposition itself. This result indicates that the Marica Formation was deposited during the main collisional phase (640-620 Ma) of the Brasiliano II orogenic system, probably as a forebulge or back-bulge, craton-derived foreland succession. Thus, this unit is possibly correlative of younger portions of the Porongos, Brusque, Passo Feio, Abapa (Itaiacoca) and Lavalleja (Fuente del Puma) metamorphic complexes. Well-defined, step-heating (40)Ar-(39)Ar K-feldspar plateau ages obtained from volcanogenic beds and pyroclastic cobbles of the lower and upper successions of the Marica Formation yielded 507.3 +/- 1.8 Ma and 506.7 +/- 1.4 Ma (2 sigma), respectively. These data are interpreted to reflect total isotopic resetting during deep burial and thermal effects related to magmatic events. Late Middle Cambrian cooling below ca. 200 degrees C, probably related to uplift, is tentatively associated with intraplate effects of the Rio Doce and/or Pampean orogenies (Brasiliano III system). In the southern Brazilian shield, these intraplate stresses are possibly related to the dominantly extensional opening of a rift or a pull-apart basin, where sedimentary rocks of the Camaqua Group (Santa Barbara and Guaritas Formations) accumulated.

Lithium reduces Gsk3b mRNA levels: implications for Alzheimer Disease

There is evidence of increased systemic expression of active GSK3B in Alzheimer`s disease patients, which apparently is associated with the formation of senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. Due to its central role in the pathogenesis of AD, GSK3B is currently a promising target of the pharmaceutical industry. Whilst trials with specific GSK inhibitors in AD are under way, major attention has been focused on the neuroprotective effects of lithium. Whereas the direct and indirect inhibitory effects of lithium over GSK3 activity have been documented by several groups, its effects over Gsk3 transcription have not yet been addressed. We used quantitative PCR to evaluate the transcriptional regulation of Gsk3a and Gsk3b in lithium-treated primary cultures of rat cortical and hippocampal neurons. We found a significant and dose-dependent reduction in the expression of Gsk3b, which was specific to hippocampal cells. This same effect was further confirmed in vivo by measuring Gsk3 expression in different brain regions and in peripheral leukocytes of adult rats treated with lithium. Our studies show that LiCl can modulate Gsk3b transcription in vitro and in vivo. This observation suggest new regulatory effects of lithium over Gsk3b, contributing to the better understanding of its mechanisms of action, offering a new and complementary explanation for Gsk3b modulation and reinforcing its potential for the inhibition of key pathological pathways in Alzheimer`s disease.

A paixão proibida no Hipólito de Eurípedes e em Fedra de Sêneca

Este estudo visa a analisar a peça Hipólito de Eurípides e a Fedra de Sêneca, a partir da intertextualidade, termo criado e difundido por Julia Kristeva no âmbito dos estudos da Literatura Comparada. Procuramos investigar o tema “a paixão proibida” em ambos os textos, destacando o diálogo mútuo que envolvem tais obras. Nessa pesquisa, estudamos essencialmente o discurso feminino, o desenvolvimento da paixão em seus diversos estágios, o ódio masculino contra as mulheres, o pensamento estóico subjacente nas falas das personagens de Sêneca. Outros aspectos também foram investigados como a caracterização das personagens e o enredo. Sêneca apropriou-se de alguns elementos do texto de Eurípides e reformulou-os em um amplo processo de reescrita o que culminou em uma nova obra estética com traços da sua cultura romana.

Como o tradicionalismo gaúcho ensina sobre masculinidade

Nesta dissertação, discuto e analiso alguns dos modos pelos quais o Tradicionalismo Gaúcho “ensina” sobre masculinidade. O estudo desenvolvido fundamenta-se nos campos dos Estudos Feministas e dos Estudos Culturais, especificamente naquelas vertentes que têm proposto uma aproximação crítica com a perspectiva pós-estruturalista. Utilizando a abordagem da análise cultural examinei três documentos que têm sido considerados como sendo “textos fundadores” do Movimento Tradicionalista Gaúcho, quais sejam: a tese “O Sentido e o Valor do Tradicionalismo Gaúcho”, de autoria de Luiz Carlos Barbosa Lessa, a “Carta de Princípios do Tradicionalismo Gaúcho” e o “Manual do Tradicionalista”, ambos de autoria de Glaucus Saraiva. As análises desenvolvidas permitem argumentar que este movimento, desde a criação do primeiro Centro de Tradições Gaúchas (CTG), em 1948, em Porto Alegre, investiu na “preservação” de uma tradição gaúcha interiorana e rural e esta preservação deveria se processar dentro ou em torno dos CTG’s; neste processo foram sendo produzidas representações de gaúcho as quais atravessam e instituem o que chamei, aqui, de “pedagogia tradicionalista” com a qual se buscava - e ainda se busca – ensinar, especialmente aos meninos, modos adequados de sentir, comportar-se e viver como um “gaúcho de verdade”.

Espelhos partidos : leituras e releituras da lenda heróica dos atridas

O trabalho foi desenvolvido analisando-se a lenda heróica da família dos Atridas, através da trilogia grega Orestéia, de Ésquilo, relacionando-a com Les mouches, de Sartre, e com Électre, de Giraudoux, comparando-as também com as duas Electra, a de Sófocles e a de Eurípides, partindo da análise do “texto como produtividade”, segundo Roland Barthes, que trabalha a reescritura do texto realizada pelo leitor. Os textos escolhidos foram produzidos e encenados em momentos de guerra ou de sua iminência e, através do estudo dos ordenamentos jurídicos vigentes em cada época, foi possível comprovar que, na Atenas do século V, ocorre a construção do conceito de responsabilidade individual, superando-se a imposição da punição aos familiares e à descendência do criminoso, enquanto que na França ocupada pelo exército nazista ocorre o inverso: a responsabilidade pelos assassinatos cometidos pela Resistência é atribuída a toda a comunidade. Confrontamos as relações de poder engendradas e expostas nos textos, refletindo as que estavam ocorrendo no contexto histórico-político, concluindo que a tragédia grega se inseriu como mediadora da realidade político-social da polis, ao contrário das releituras francesas, que tinham uma inserção periférica na sociedade francesa de 1937 a 1944. É em busca de um sentimento de continuidade e de transcendência que ocorre o retorno às tragédias gregas e às suas releituras, visto que narram lendas heróicas que relembram, mesmo ao homem do século XXI, sua mortalidade e sua incapacidade de prever os desdobramentos de suas ações.

Determinação da contribuição especifica de um produto dentro de uma empresa diversificada : estudo de caso : recomendação sobre a descontinuação ou não do produto

É um estudo de caso com o objetivo de recomendar a descontinuação ou não de um produto específico dentre os diversos produtos da empresa ABC. A demonstração de resultados do produto (XYZ), está sujeita a distorções decorrentes da inadequação dos critérios de apropriações que mascaram esta demonstração. A empresa ABC utiliza esta medida de lucratividade distorcida como parâmetro para definição dos níveis de investimentos, e formação de preços neste produto. Não existem cálculos de Retorno sobre Investimento ou Valor Presente de Fluxo de Caixa que permita uma comparação com outras opções de investimentos em relação ao produto XYZ. Nesta dissertação avalia-se a variação no fluxo de caixa da empresa ABC relativa à saída do produto XYZ. Os resultados obtidos suportam a recomendação mencionada

Comportamento ingestivo e produção de cordeiros em pastagem de azevém anual (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) manejada em diferentes alturas

Realizou-se um experimento na Estação Experimental Agronômica - UFRGS, Eldorado do Sul, objetivando avaliar o desempenho de cordeiros e o seu comportamento ingestivo em pastagem de azevém anual (Lolium multiflorum Lam), estabelecidas por semeadura direta e mantidas em diferentes alturas. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o de blocos completamente casualizados com quatro tratamentos (5, 10, 15 e 20 cm de altura) e 3 repetições. Foram utilizados cordeiros inteiros em pastejo contínuo com lotação variável. As alturas foram mensuradas através de um bastão medidor graduado. Avaliaram-se parâmetros de desempenho individual dos animais e ganho por área. O comportamento ingestivo dos animais foi determinado através do registro do tempo de pastejo, ruminação e descanso em três ocasiões. As taxas de acúmulo de matéria seca foram estimadas por gaiolas. Amostras de 0.25m2 foram cortadas para estimar a massa de lâminas foliares verdes, colmo, e material senescente. O experimento foi dividido em dois períodos: o período 1, compreendido entre o início do experimento até 14/09, quando as alturas pretendidas estabilizaram-se, e o período 2, compreendido entre os dias 15/09 e 11/11. Os parâmetros de desempenho, por área e por animal, não se mostraram significativos no período 1. O oposto ocorreu no período 2, em que todos os parâmetros de produção, tanto da pastagem quanto animal, mostraram-se significativos resultando em modelos quadráticos em relação à altura da pastagem. As diferentes alturas em que a pastagem foi mantida afetaram a sua produtividade, bem como sua estrutura, o que influenciou diretamente o comportamento ingestivo dos animais.

Gestão de satisfação e fidelidade do cliente na hotelaria :um estudo sobre os fatores que influenciam a satisfação e a fidelidade do turista internacional no Brasil

The objective of this thesis was studying the factors which contribute to customer s satisfaction and loyalty, focusing the Norwegian model of satisfaction and loyalty of the consumer, applied in the sector of hotel services in Natal/RN, Brazil. The theoretical research was led through the concepts of service quality, customer satisfaction and loyalty, models of quality management systems, national index of customer s satisfaction and methods which evaluate the customer s satisfaction. The field research was carried through from December 1st of 2004 to 24 st, among 381 international tourists who had been housed in the hotels of Natal. The analyses of the data had been made through the descriptive statistics and analysis of multiple regression. The results had evidenced that the main precedents variables of satisfaction had been: hotel s room, staff friendliness, hotel restaurant food and price paid; these are factors which explained, in 56,0% the variation of satisfaction with hotels. In relation to the constructs which had influenced the tourist s loyalty, were founds: tourist s satisfaction, hotel image and affective commitment, which had explained 53.0% of the data variability. The complaint management resulted as a basic factor for the tourist s satisfaction and loyalty

A oficina como método de desenvolvimento de projeto do produto aplicado à atividade jangadeira de Ponta Negra Natal-RN

The jangadas (brazilian fishing rafts) are rudimentary artisanal vessels intrinsic to the Northeast of Brazil. The fishery with jangadas is highly representative in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, and source of income for many families in addition to being a strong cultural icon. Is still alive despite the difficulties, bringing the history and customs of the fishermen and their people. However, is in process of extinction due to factors such as the low profitability of the activity, tourism and urbanization. From the understanding of activity involving their context and circumstances, based on identified problems regarding the conditions of use of jangadas as the unpredictability, the risk of accidents, poor working conditions, hygiene and housing, this dissertation aims to: analyzing the design of the jangada on the beach of Ponta Negra and its relationship with the activity in relation to health, safety, productivity and environment, and from such assessments, together with the results achieved during the workshops of the project, proposing a cart to move the raft, adapted to the local fisherman activity studied. To perform analysis of jangadeira activity, we used a methodology based on ergonomic work analysis - AET (WISNER, 1987; GUÈRIN, 2001; VIDAL, 2008, SALDANHA, 2004 and Carvalho, 2005). For data collection were used observational and interaction methods as a conversational action, verbalizations, photographs and video. It is emphasized that the search for solutions appropriate to the jangadeira activity was possible through the collaboration of several people, not just an informational level and understanding during the work activity, but effectively contributing to the making decisions

Elaboração de um plano de gerenciamento integrado de resíduos sólidos no restaurante universitário da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

The concern about preservation of the environment reaches different layers and sections of global society. The environmental prior quality of our planet can only be reached through changes in the attitudes taken in relation due to the waste generated by society, this also lead involving the education sector, in example of the Superior Education Institutions where the concept of ambiental management needs to gain a growing space.In the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, can be found the Universitary Restaurant as an example of a Food and Nutrition Unit, it is a restaurant destined to provide services to the academic comunity with the production and distribution of meals. In this operational context the work itself aims subsidies and funds to the search of as minimal generation of residues as possible, applying environmentally correct processes and practices. The work was developed in the period of September to October of 2009 in the Universitary Campus of Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, in the Universitary Restaurant of the referred institution. The project involved all the employees of the restaurant and used like method the action survey. The produced waste was characterized, arranged according with it s nature (organic or inorganic) classificated following the NBR ISO 14004, adapted by Kinasz (2004) that adjusts the Standards to the specific reality of Food and Nutrition Services being diagnosed an expressive amount of produced waste in the Universitary Restaurant, it can be assured that a culture of wasting is very present and exists, contributing to the rise of solid residues, damaging the environment and consequently reflecting in the costs and expenses of the Unity, a known fact that characterizes and justifies the need of a promoting and active action that leads to positive reflexes in the economic and environmental area, drafting a Plan for Integrate Management of Solid Residues on the Universitary Restaurant of Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

Aspectos linguístico-ergonômicos em rótulos: avaliação da linguagem verbo-visual de rótulos de embalagens para alimentos achocolatados

We have been living in a world of packed products. The package and the labels support the companies to communicate with the customers in addition to give protection, storage and convenience in proportion to the products that move in the price list. The labels mainly add up a value which helps the companies differ their products and increase the value of the brands among the final customers. However, the information given in the label are not clear sometimes. It displays a verbal-visual defective language resulted from a poor visibility, legibleness and comprehensibleness of the verbal and visual marks. The aim of this research is to verify, according to the costumers‟ view, the level of the clarity in the informative texts, harmony and ergonomic conformity of the package labels in the chocolate powder of the Claralate brand, considering the linguistic aspects presented on the labels. The criteria to evaluate the chocolate package selected were based on the linguistic field: the organization and the structure of the text derided from the classification of the textual genre; the clarity and the comprehension of the language utilized on those labels. From the ergonomic view, the informative and ergonomic conformity, based on the following requirements: legibility, symbols, characters, reading fields and intermission of the written lines. Therefore, the research done july 2007 and added july 2011 had a structured questionnaire in the interview put to the 118 customers of the chocolate package that go shopping in one of the two supermarkets in Floriano, Piauí São Jorge and/or Super Quaresma. The main results of the investigation show that the linguistic aspects in the informative texts of the labels provide the customers‟ expectancy partially, while the consideration of the informative ergonomic analyzed can contribute to the improvement of the information and consequent visual progress of those, on the labels of chocolate package investigated. As recommendation towards the maker of the product, the outcome of the research indicates: harmonize the proportion of the letters and numbers; enlarge the letters size; make the visual information more comprehensive determined by the reading field; put the expiry date in a better visual place

Análise comparativa de modelos de maturidade em gerenciamento de projetos: uma contribuição ao estudo da maturidade organizacional em setores de engenharia

The purpose of this dissertation is to formulate guidelines for the improvement of maturity models, or the development of new ones, aiming at its application to project departments. The maturity of project management has become critical for organizations that develop projects and want to stand out in the market they serve. For this purpose, maturity models provide paths in order to guarantee that the institutionalization of project management is achieved in the best possible way. Generally, these models assess the organization, define its current situation in managing projects and propose steps to be performed in the search of more advanced levels of maturity. With the objective of contributing to the improvement of maturity models for specific cases, a bibliographical research was conducted for the preparation of a comparative analysis matrix and performed a case study for application of two maturity models (MMGP and PMMM levels 2 and 3), selected based on criteria found in the literature, in an engineering department of an oil company. The case study supported the realization of a comparative analysis of models, from which guidelines were formulated for improvement. The results showed that thedepartment is evaluated in a medium stage of maturity, recording significant progress in some dimensions assessed. They also found that the results of applying the two models are presented as complementary, although the model is highlighted by the greater depth of MMGP diagnostic, considering many variables in their levels of maturity than model PMMM (levels 2 and 3).Finally, directions have been formulated that contribute to the improvement of maturity models, taking in account the organizational environment in which this work was developed

Analise SWOT do gerenciamento de resíduos do coco verde em duas agroindústrias do estado do Rio Grande do Norte

In the current conjuncture, the environmental factor has been changing the position of companies that are practicing or minimally adopting environmental management. Such tool has been used by companies to face the problems caused by solid waste, in particular green coconut waste, which is constantly among the material discarded by society (companies/ consumer). It is a typical tropical fruit whose fresh water is very benefic for human health, and its popularization has caused a progressive increase of its consumption. Following this stream of thought, this present work came up with an analysis of strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities SWOT analysis on green coconut solid waste management at two agribusiness companies in the state of Rio Grande do Norte (RN), Brazil, aiming to know the challenges and the potentials of this kind of waste. According to the approach of the problem, this work fits a descriptive, exploratory, and qualitative research. The data collection was obtained by a questionnaire and a structured interview, in order to evaluate the strategic posture of agribusiness companies through SWOT analysis, which is an English acronym for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. The SWOT analysis is an effective tool to analyze the internal and external environment of an organization. This tool contributes to locate the company at the environment in question and when well applied it enables the detection of mistakes, the strengthening of correct procedures, the avoidance of threats, and the bet on opportunities. The studied agribusiness industries have very similar profiles, such as a long business life span, and a strategy that extends the useful life of the fruit, by using its waste for the manufacturing of new subproducts. In both, the daily quantity of waste resulted of this process reaches approximately 20 thousand units of the fruit in high season, being necessary a focus directed at use and/or treatment of these waste. Further to SWOT analysis, it was ascertained that the agribusiness company A works through a defensive marketing strategy and acts vulnerably, in other words, unable of acting before this market segment, for it has decided to stop using the waste due to a lack of equipment and technology. On the other hand, the agribusiness company B has incorporated an offensive marketing strategy because even not possessing equipments, technology, and appropriated internal installations, it still insists on use and benefits of green coconut waste in its agribusiness. Thus, it is considered that the potential of green coconut waste management for the production of several subproducts reduces the impacts produced by inappropriate placement and generates profits in a short, medium and long term. Such profits being tangible and intangible, as the interest for sustainability actions is not only a matter of obtaining return on capital, but it is an important question in order to move on into business, since it is not enough to have quality on products and process nowadays. It is necessary to establish socio-environmental practices aiming the image of the company as the prevailing role on consumers buying decision