Ravenna e la Darsena di città Progetto per un museo e centro di ricerca di scienze ambientali

Il mio lavoro di tesi è partito da uno studio approfondito del contesto in cui si trova la Darsena di Ravenna, la mia area di progetto. Tutta la storia dell’evoluzione di Ravenna è legata soprattutto a due fattori principali: la necessità di difendersi dalle incursioni esterne e il continuo adattarsi alle trasformazioni del territorio soprattutto per quanto riguarda la linea di costa e il corso dei due fiumi che la circondano, il Ronco e il Montone. Questi due fattori hanno fatto si che Ravenna sia apparsa, sin dai primi secoli d. C., una città cinta da grandi mura, circondate da fiumi. Il Ronco e il Montone, sono poi diventati, a metà del XVI sec. i protagonisti principali della storia di Ravenna. I diversi progetti che si sono susseguiti nel tempo per cercare di deviarli e allontanarli dalla città, dato che ormai rappresentavano solo un grosso pericolo di alluvione, hanno determinato l’abbandono del primo porto della città, voluto dall’imperatore Augusto e la nascita dell’attuale canale Candiano. Fin dall’inizio il nuovo porto di Ravenna ha presentato una serie di problemi legati alla scarsa profondità del fondale e ai costi di manutenzione, a tal punto che le attività del porto sono sempre state molto limitate. Oggi la Darsena di città è caratterizzata da una moltitudine di edifici di archeologia industriale, risalenti al boom economico degli anni ’50, che risultano per la maggior parte, in uno stato di degrado e abbandono, incominciato con la crisi petrolifera degli anni ’70. A partire dal P.R.G. del 1993, si sono messi in atto una serie di iniziative atte a rivitalizzare e reintegrare quest’area all’interno della città storica, in modo che non sembri più un’entità separata ma che possa diventare un grande potenziale di sviluppo per la città stessa. La politica di riqualificazione del waterfront non riguarda solo Ravenna, ma è una strategia che molte città del modo hanno adottato negli ultimi decenni per ridare lustro alla città stessa e, allo stesso tempo recuperare zone spesso lasciate al loro destino. Fra queste città ho scelto di approfondirne cinque, Baltimora, Barcellona, Genova, Amburgo e Bilbao, evidenziando le diverse situazioni ma soprattutto le diverse motivazioni che le hanno spinte a raggiungere la medesima conclusione, quella che l’area portuale rappresenta un grande fattore di sviluppo. La mia attenzione poi si è spostata su quale attività potesse essere più adatta ad assolvere questo obiettivo. Ho pensato di progettare un museo e una serie di edifici ad esso collegati, come un centro di ricerca con residenze annesse e una torre belvedere, che dessero all’area la possibilità di essere vissuta in tutto l’arco della giornata e per tutto l’anno. Prima di affrontare direttamente la parte progettuale ho cercato di capire quale fosse la tipologia di museo e quali fossero i principali elementi indispensabili che caratterizzano questi edifici. Durante lo studio di questi casi ho classificato i musei secondo 5 categorie diverse, la galleria, la rotonda, la corte, la spirale e la pianta libera, che rispecchiano anche lo sviluppo storico di questa particolare tipologia architettonica. In base a tutte queste considerazioni ho affrontato il mio progetto. L’area presa in esame è caratterizzata da un’ampia superficie su cui insistono tre imponenti edifici di archeologia industriale molto degradati e utilizzati come magazzini dalla società proprietaria dell’area. Due di questi presentano un orientamento parallelo alla tessitura dei campi, il terzo invece segue un orientamento proprio. Oltre a queste due trame nell’area se ne può rilevare una terza legata all’andamento del canale. Queste grandi cattedrali del lavoro mi hanno fatto subito pensare di poterle utilizzare come spazi espositivi per mostre permanenti e temporanee, mantenendo intatta la loro struttura portante. Ho deciso di immergere l’edificio più imponente dei tre, che si trova in asse con la strada veicolare di accesso dalla città, in una grande corte verde delimitata ai lati da due nuovi edifici a L adibiti a veri e propri musei. Se da una parte questi musei costituiscono i limiti della corte, dall’altra rappresentano le quinte sceniche di aree completamenti differenti. Il museo adiacente al canale si affaccia su una grande piazza pavimentata dove troneggia l’edificio di archeologia industriale più simile ad una basilica e che accoglie i visitatori che arrivano tramite la navetta costiera; l’altro invece guarda verso il centro di ricerca e le residenze universitarie legati tra loro da un grande campo lungo completamente verde. A concludere la composizione ho pensato ad una torre belvedere dalla pianta circolare che potesse assorbire tutte le diverse direzioni e che si trova proprio in asse con il terzo edificio di archeologia industriale e a contatto con l’acqua. Per quanto riguarda l’organizzazione interna dei musei ho scelto di proporre due sezioni dello stesso museo con caratteristiche ben distinte. Il primo museo riguarda la storia della civiltà marinara di Ravenna ed è caratterizzato da ambienti conclusi lungo un percorso prestabilito che segue un criterio cronologico, il secondo invece presenta una pianta abbastanza libera dove i visitatori possono scegliere come e su cosa indirizzare la propria visita. Questa decisione è nata dalla volontà di soddisfare le esigenze di tutta l’utenza, pensando soprattutto alla necessità di coinvolgere persone giovani e bambini. Il centro di ricerca è organizzato planimetrica mente come una grande C, dove le due ali più lunghe ospitano i laboratori mentre l’ala più corta rappresenta l’ingresso sottolineato da un portico aggettante sulla corte. Simmetricamente si trovano i sette volumi delle residenze. Ognuno di questi può alloggiare sei studenti in altrettanti monolocali con servizi annessi, e presenta al piano terra aree di relax e sale lettura comuni. La torre belvedere invece riveste un ruolo più commerciale ospitando negozi, uffici per le varie associazioni legate al mare e un ristorante su più livelli, fino ad arrivare alla lanterna, che, come il faro per le navi, diventa un vero segno di riconoscimento e di orientamento dell’area sia dal mare che dalla città.

Peretó Rivas, Rubén (ed.). Tolerancia. Teoría y práctica en la Edad Media, Brepols Publishers, Porto- Turhnout, 2012, 295 pp. ISBN: 978-2-503-54553-0.

La obra que aquí presentamos, editada por el Dr. Rubén Peretó Rivas y publicada por la prestigiosa editorial belga Brepols, es el fruto de una buena parte de los trabajos presentados en el marco de las VII Jornadas Internacionales de Pensamiento Medieval y del Coloquio Anual de la Federación Internacional de Institutos de Estudios Medievales (FIDEM). Ambas reuniones científicas fueron realizadas del 15 al 18 de junio del año pasado en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, en Mendoza. En estos encuentros académicos participaron numerosos especialistas de Latinoamérica, Europa y Estados Unidos. Asimismo, fue la primera vez que el Coloquio Anual de la FIDEM se realiza fuera del continente europeo. El presente ejemplar lleva por nombre Tolerancia. Teoría y práctica en la Edad Media. Se trata de un título que plantea inicialmente una discusión. En efecto, no hay acuerdo entre los estudiosos acerca de sí, efectivamente, podemos hablar de tolerancia en el Medioevo. Este nuevo volumen que llega a la comunidad académica muestra a ojos vista las prolíficas, originales y vigorosas tesis de diversas fuentes medievales en torno a la noción y a la práctica de la tolerancia. Asimismo, a nuestro juicio, el ejemplar de marras deja entrever el rigor y claridad con que cada investigador ha sabido abordar su estudio, y también el esmero y la cuidadosa edición e introducción de su editor, el Dr. Rubén Peretó Rivas. No nos queda más que invitar al lector al encuentro del presente estudio que, según creemos -y sin que el mismo posea una intención explícita -pone en tela de juicio diversos preconceptos históricos que suelen tenerse sobre la Edad Media y evidencia, además, que la teoría y la práctica de la tolerancia se ven enriquecida a través de los aportes de tantos y variados pensadores que atravesaron el período medieval.

Transformaçoes ocorridas na vida de atingidos pela barragem de Irapé : O caso do Quilombo de Porto Corís

This article aims to point out the changes occured in the life story of the resettled Irapé Hydroelectric Power Plant in Jequitinhonha Vale, Minas Gerais. The study was conducted in the Community Reminiscent of Porto Coris Quilombo in Leme do Prado - MG. For this, we used as the main method the case-study, with information collected from written documents, interviews, participant observation and participation in meetings of neighborhood associations that form the resettlement. Through this study, confirmed that the life trajectory of these resettled populations at Irapé is marked by the inevitability that a forced resettlement process has. Vale do Jequitinhonha. trajectory, resettlement.

Transformaçoes ocorridas na vida de atingidos pela barragem de Irapé : O caso do Quilombo de Porto Corís

This article aims to point out the changes occured in the life story of the resettled Irapé Hydroelectric Power Plant in Jequitinhonha Vale, Minas Gerais. The study was conducted in the Community Reminiscent of Porto Coris Quilombo in Leme do Prado - MG. For this, we used as the main method the case-study, with information collected from written documents, interviews, participant observation and participation in meetings of neighborhood associations that form the resettlement. Through this study, confirmed that the life trajectory of these resettled populations at Irapé is marked by the inevitability that a forced resettlement process has. Vale do Jequitinhonha. trajectory, resettlement.

CLIMA ORGANIZACIONAL E BURNOUT: UM ESTUDO COM SERVIDORES PÚBLICOS FEDERAIS

As condições inadequadas vivenciadas nas organizações afligem não só os trabalhadores da iniciativa privada, pois são igualmente encontradas no segmento estatal, contrariando a expectativa de que o aparato governamental eliminaria as condições insalubres e criaria outras melhores nas quais prevalecesse à promoção de saúde. Diante desse panorama questionou-se porque, uma vez que, pelo menos do ponto de vista da sociedade leiga, esses servidores estão submetidos a condições privilegiadas de trabalho. O presente estudo objetivou identificar e descrever possíveis relações entre o clima organizacional e o burnout em servidores públicos de uma instituição federal de ensino. Objetivou-se ainda descrever o clima organizacional predominante. A pesquisa realizada teve cunho quantitativo, tipo estudo de caso e exploratória. A coleta de dados deu-se por meio das escalas ECO (escala de clima organizacional), ECB (escala de caracterização do burnout) e um questionário sociodemográfico, todos os instrumentos autoaplicáveis eletronicamente disponíveis à instituição. Participaram do estudo 201 servidores públicos federais, com idade média de 37 anos, majoritariamente de nível superior e casados. Os resultados revelaram que cerca de um quarto dos participantes raramente experimentaram burnout, no entanto outra quarta parte deles frequentemente experimentaram altos níveis de burnout, resultado bastante expressivo. Os servidores perceberam clima organizacional mediano, destacando-se a boa coesão entre os colegas de trabalho e a percepção de baixa recompensa. Merece destaque a grande dispersão entre as percepções de clima, o que permite inferir haver subclimas não identificados nesta investigação, possivelmente ocasionados por uma força de clima fraca e pela participação dos servidores de unidades de ensino geograficamente distintas, geridas por gestores locais com relativa autonomia. Os resultados dos cálculos de correlação revelaram que, quanto menos os participantes percebem apoio da chefia e da organização, coesão entre colegas, e mais controle/pressão, mais exaustos se sentem, mais desumanizam as pessoas com quem tratam e mais se decepcionam no trabalho e vice-versa. Conforto físico menor está associado a maior desumanização e a mais decepção no trabalho e vice-versa; e que controle/pressão, relaciona-se positiva e fracamente com desumanização e vice-versa. Desta forma, a hipótese de que existe associação entre burnout e clima organizacional foi confirmada. Os resultados também revelaram que os servidores com burnout, perceberam pior clima organizacional que os seus pares sem burnout, confirmando a segunda hipótese. Esses servidores também se mostraram neutros quanto à percepção de apoio da chefia e conforto físico; não percebem controle pressão, nem recompensa; todavia percebem coesão entre os colegas. Esses resultados sugerem que os participantes têm se apoiado nessas relações para suportar a indiferença e ausência de estímulos experimentados no trabalho. Os resultados obtidos nesse estudo permitiram concluir que o clima organizacional é fraco, provavelmente influenciado por uma cultura organizacional fraca, explicando a heterogeneidade da percepção do clima organizacional pelos servidores. Além disso, embora haja burnout entre poucos participantes, há que se atentar que cerca de um quarto deles, encontra-se acometido desta síndrome e isto poderá contagiar os demais.

Projecto na comunidade : uma experiência pedagógica extra-hospitalar no curso da Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa

O ensino pré-graduado extra-hospitalar é uma necessidade há muito assumida pelas escolas de medicina do mundo desenvolvido. Na Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, pelo menos desde 1987, o centro de saúde tem sido utilizado como um espaço docente equivalente ao hospital. O «Projecto na Comunidade» ocorreu entre 1996 e 1998. A sua descrição e avaliação são aqui apresentadas.

A influência do conforto luminoso na satisfação dos profissionais que atuam no ginásio do Centro de Reabilitação Infantil, Natal-RN

This study addresses the environmental quality in therapeutic spaces for children's rehabilitation. The assumption that space is active and interfere in interpersonal relationships, highlights the importance of natural light to the hospital architecture, to foster the creation of environments that encourage and assist in the recovery of patients in the rehabilitation process. Therefore, interferes with health humanization through positive actions in the physiological and emotional effects of natural light, as facilitators of the health recovery process. In Brazil hospital openings systems projects are built exclusively to follow requirements of the local construction code which do not consider the landscape, but only ventilation and heat stroke; and the luminance levels are treated just as recommendations for artificial lighting. The National Policy for Healthcare Humanization presents the environmental comfort as a priority. However, it does not guidelines for achieving it. In this context this research aims to evaluate the lighting comfort in infant therapeutic areas from the professional satisfaction, in order to identify human preferences on the variables: technical and constructive aspects, relationship with the exterior, internal visual interface and quality elements. With this purpose it was adopted as research strategy the Post-Occupancy Evaluation (Technical Functional) through a multi method approach, which included a case study in the rehabilitation gym of Children Rehabilitation Center, at Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, and a reference study at SARAH Rehabilitation Center, Fortaleza Unit at Ceará, both in Brazil northeast. The results indicate that the definition of openings systems should consider external and internal factors to the building, as the natural landscape, the immediate surroundings and activities to be performed. The POE found out the preference of the professional visual privacy in detriment to other analyzed aspects. Thus, it is expected that this study can contribute to the discussion of luminous quality and generate inputs for future projects or renovations in the Children's Rehabilitation Centers, which should not be projected as hospitals

Atividade de formação interprofissional em urgência pré-hospitalar

To acting in emergencies it is important that health professionals develop specific and differentiated skills, which shows us the importance of training in emergency planning. So undergraduate courses in medicine and nursing should encourage the development of these skills and evaluate them through various instruments targeted to the different fields. The aim of this study was to implement an optional and interprofessional curricular component, focusing on interprofessional education in pre-hospital emergency for medical and nursing courses Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). This is an exploratory descriptive study, with 24 medical and nursing graduates of last year undergraduate of supervised training, who underwent theoretical and practical training in the care of pre-hospital emergency services. There were theoretical and practical lessons per week for one school semester, taught by doctors and nurses of the Emergency Medical Service (EMS), where the topics discussed were: basic and advanced life support, safe transport in clinical emergencies, trauma, gynecological, obstetric, pediatric and psychiatric diseases, and have been carried out practical activities in ambulances. The students were evaluated by pre-test, post-test and practical stations made through the Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE), in the skills laboratory of the Health Sciences Center. During the activities the students were encouraged to critical and reflective thinking, highlighting the importance of integration between the various health care professionals. It was observed that 88% of the students had a score increase over the pre-test. In the evaluation process carried out by medical students and nursing UFRN have similar expectations regarding the essential skills acquired during the training activity. The results of this study will form the basis for the organization of interprofessional education activity in pre-hospital emergency medical students and nursing, as well as helped to organize practices stations, identifying basic clinical skills, and implementing student assessment tools UFRN.

Avaliação dos impactos do uso do sistema de gestão hospitalar no Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes

The object of this study was motivated by the need to know the possible causes of differences in results achieved in the implementation of a Computerised Management System (CMS) in a Federal University Hospital, located in northeastern Brazil, to understand the factors that influenced the results in different groups when was used the same systems implementation methodologies. Considering the implication of managers, health professionals, other professionals involved and the existing organizational structure in the period when implantation occurred, aimed to know the perception of these people about the development of CMS in the deployment process in your group or sector and also in the organization.The methodology used in this study was the content analysis which provides a rich set of methodological tools for evaluating speeches,enabling us to discourse from the unknown analysis and subjectivity, but with scientific rigor, allowing, at the end, to understand the disparity in results in the implementation of CMS.It was used as a research tool, a semi-structured interview, which exploits a qualitative approach, as suggested by the authors. It was used the approach of the episodic interview, to be more narrative about the experiences of the interview participants in their practical experience along the CMS deployment process in the hospital.Were interviewed three groups of professional and a group of managers, all with higher education in their professions and who participated in the entire implementation process from the beginning.It followed the Bardin's methodology (2009) in all the phases of treatment and interpretation of data, where emerged three categories: the "Thought and Knowledge"; the "Practices and Changes"; the "Obtained Results". From the category "Thought and Knowledge"emerged three subcategories: the "Administrative", the "Institutional" and the "IT Knowledge". From the category "Practices and Changes" emerged three subcategories: "Reality Prior to CMS"; "The IT Project and the implementation of CMS" and "Impacts of the CMS Implementation". From the category "Results Obtained" emerged three subcategories: "Benefits Promoted by CMS", "Dissatisfaction Observed" and "Level of Use and Understanding CMS ". It was observed that the lack of integration of the sectors was a determinant problem in the implementation of CMS. The CMS implementation project was not well dimensioned and divulged in the institution. Different models of leaderships and of objectives of the sectors influenced in the course of the CMS implementation process. We can mention that an CMS should be a consolidation of organizational practices tool already institutionalized and of integration amongthe sectors and not supporting to isolated practices and personalistsfrom sectors of the institution.

As múltiplas dimensões da garantia dos direitos do paciente idoso internado: o caso de uma instituição hospitalar pública no município de Natal/RN

In the context of current capitalist society, marked by the logic that restricts the human person their status as workforce, in order to generate profits, old age is often treated as an underprivileged life stage. This reality becomes more intense considering the sharp aging process that affects brazilian society is accompanied by the country's entry into a globalized world and tensioned by the dictates of capital. Thus, despite the increasing development of policies to strengthen the guarantee of elderly rights, it is necessary to establish effective strategies of these measures to ensure a higher quality of life to these subjects. Therefore, it is necessary to develop studies that problematize the issue of the elderly, which represent a growing portion of the population, and hence have more visible demands, including in health. With the increase in the elderly population in Brazil it is possible to realize the country is going through a demographic transition and epidemiological changes that contribute to change the landscape of health care of the elderly, especially the hospitalization. Thus, this study aimed to analyze the multiple aspects of ensuring the rights of elderly patients admitted to the State Hospital Dr. Ruy Pereira dos Santos (HRPS), located in Natal / RN, whose most patients are elderly. Specifically sought to understand the aging process, its social consequences and the vulnerability to which it is exposed, especially during the disease situation; understand the process of construction of the Brazilian public health and their actions for older people; learn the expressions of citizenship formation in Brazil with regard to policies for older people; and investigate the design of health professionals about the guarantee of the right of hospitalized elderly. Starting from an integrated coordinated theoretical and practical possibilities, a qualitative research and literature character, documentary and field was held. For this, there were four semi-structured interviews with health research locus Hospital professionals - namely, two social workers, a doctor and a nurse - as well as life stories with the hospitalized elderly patients, one in each deck the said Hospital, totaling three. The results pointed to the difficulty of health policy become effective as law and stressed one historical scenario violation of the rights of elderly hospitalized patients, which persists due to the precarious situation and the difficulty of effective implementation of the Unified Health System (SUS ) and other public policies to that end.

Foraminíferos, ostracodes e microfauna associada da plataforma continental equatorial norte-rio-grandense, NE Brasil: área Porto do Mangue a Galinhos

This study was conducted in the adjacent Brazilian equatorial inner shelf to Rio Grande do Norte, between the region of Porto do Mangue and Galinhos. The main objective is the characterization of biogenic sediments, especially foraminifera and ostracod collected on the surface of the seafloor. The methodology involved standard procedures including literature, surveys, processing of samples in the laboratory and identification of foraminifera and ostracods by genera or species under stereo microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Multivariate statistical analyzes and study of ecological indexes were also applied to the study of foraminifera. Three transects, from inner shelf to slope were sampled: profile 01 (east, near Galos), profile 02 (center, near the city of Macau) and profile 03 (west, near Ponta do Mel). Results indicated the predominance of benthic foraminifera and little plankton occurrence. Benthic foraminifera genera observed in abundance were Quinqueloculina, Textularia, Globigerina and Pyrgo, Quinqueloculina, Textularia, Pyrgo, Ammonia, Elphidium, Pseudononion, Peneroplis, Bolivina and Poroeponides, occurred more frequently. Less frequently been described Amphistegina, Archaias, Bigenerina, Cibicides, Cassidulina, Amphicorina, Cornuspira, Paterina, Hopkunsina, Oolina, Uvigerina, Fusenkoina, Nonionella, Amphisorus, Wiesrella, Reussella, Reophax, Nodosaria, Marginulina and Cyclogyra. Six genera of ostracods were also identified: Puriana variabilis / P. convoluted?, Loxoconcha sp, Bairdiidae, Xestoleberis sp, Hemicytheridae and Ruggiericythere sp. Groups of organisms found in the studied shelf presented chemical composition of Ca, C, O, Na, Cl, Al, Mg, and Si. The proportions of chemical elements may vary according to the type of biogenic sediment, with the highest values identified as Ca, C, Cl, Na and O. The absolute dating by carbon 14 method indicated sediments of different colors (light and dark), correspond to a single age from 3000 to 6000 years BP, related to the Quaternary. These data intend to complement information about biogenic sediments in the Brazilian continental shelf, especially in the Northeast, where there is a lack of such studies.

Foraminíferos, ostracodes e microfauna associada da plataforma continental equatorial norte-rio-grandense, NE Brasil: área Porto do Mangue a Galinhos

This study was conducted in the adjacent Brazilian equatorial inner shelf to Rio Grande do Norte, between the region of Porto do Mangue and Galinhos. The main objective is the characterization of biogenic sediments, especially foraminifera and ostracod collected on the surface of the seafloor. The methodology involved standard procedures including literature, surveys, processing of samples in the laboratory and identification of foraminifera and ostracods by genera or species under stereo microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Multivariate statistical analyzes and study of ecological indexes were also applied to the study of foraminifera. Three transects, from inner shelf to slope were sampled: profile 01 (east, near Galos), profile 02 (center, near the city of Macau) and profile 03 (west, near Ponta do Mel). Results indicated the predominance of benthic foraminifera and little plankton occurrence. Benthic foraminifera genera observed in abundance were Quinqueloculina, Textularia, Globigerina and Pyrgo, Quinqueloculina, Textularia, Pyrgo, Ammonia, Elphidium, Pseudononion, Peneroplis, Bolivina and Poroeponides, occurred more frequently. Less frequently been described Amphistegina, Archaias, Bigenerina, Cibicides, Cassidulina, Amphicorina, Cornuspira, Paterina, Hopkunsina, Oolina, Uvigerina, Fusenkoina, Nonionella, Amphisorus, Wiesrella, Reussella, Reophax, Nodosaria, Marginulina and Cyclogyra. Six genera of ostracods were also identified: Puriana variabilis / P. convoluted?, Loxoconcha sp, Bairdiidae, Xestoleberis sp, Hemicytheridae and Ruggiericythere sp. Groups of organisms found in the studied shelf presented chemical composition of Ca, C, O, Na, Cl, Al, Mg, and Si. The proportions of chemical elements may vary according to the type of biogenic sediment, with the highest values identified as Ca, C, Cl, Na and O. The absolute dating by carbon 14 method indicated sediments of different colors (light and dark), correspond to a single age from 3000 to 6000 years BP, related to the Quaternary. These data intend to complement information about biogenic sediments in the Brazilian continental shelf, especially in the Northeast, where there is a lack of such studies.

Do ancoradouro à sala de espera: as obras de melhoramento do porto e a construção de uma Natal moderna (1893-1913)

Through the nineteenth century, it was constant in the discourse of the local norte-rio-grandenses (Natal city, Brazil) administrators, the appeal for subsidy to the central government for the works of the port of Natal upgrade. The port in the capital, the main route of the Rio Grande do Norte communication, because of the limitations attached to it, as the dunes surrounding the city spreading sand in the riverbed, and several reefs located along the coast, did not allow the entry in his berth larger ships. These difficulties brought major problems the province, who could not hold the flow of production coming from the inside, resulting in the north of Rio Grande political scene, questioning the centrality of Christmas position in the province. Only Republican scheme had been approved credit by the federal government for the improvement works of the port. The port became the Republican political discourse Potiguar one of the main promises to bring "progress" the Potiguar land, being placed as a central issue of which depend on the "future" of the state. The objective of this study is to analyse the emergence of a new port concept in speeches and interventions of the local ruling groups in the early twentieth century. We analyse the emergence of a modern notion of port, marked by the organizing effort, rationalization and regulation of port activities by the state, and the new relationship assumed by the harbour front to the city resulting from this new perception. The port has become for local leaders to groups of capital "waiting room", requiring change of the composition of urban space for integrating the port to the city. The Port of Natal became endowed with a pedagogical function, incorporating the urban fabric, codes, values and practices considered by local managers as modern and civilized. This new city space, considered a "waiting room", caused conflicts between the local ruling groups and influential figures in the Potiguar political field, which sought to encourage with the process of organizing the harbour front undesirable regarded figures in the city views as an impediment to the image of progress and modernity that the dominant groups intended to expose the port.

Quem é o doente? Um estudo sobre as vivências dos acompanhantes de pacientes adultos em hospital público no Rio Grande do Norte

The aim of this research is to reveal how caregivers have lived the experiences from adult patients admitted in a Rio Grande do Norte’s state hospital. This is a study where the use of the participant observation, associated with the use of interviews and informal conversations handled categories such as the mismatch between the prerogatives of Brazilian Health Care Policies (HumanizaSUS) and practices performed in hospitals, the relationships established between the caregivers and the other subjects of the research field, family relationships, permanence of women as caregivers, therapeutic itineraries, dramas, religiosity and secrets. To sew up it appears the role of a caregiver is more than emotional support or help, it is a complex act in several directions.