Estética do apocalipse: (re) considerações acerca da (des) arborização urbana de Natal e seu contributo à saúde pública

This study intends to establish a relation between environmental degradation, particularly the devastation of the green canopy, and public health. Utilizing a mapping of the trees included in the researched area, each individual tree was analyzed according to its age, taxonomic listing, architecture, shape and size (determined by aesthetic/convenience reasons or deformed by pruning). Initially investigated were the covert reasons lying underneath the constant aggression against trees (which many times seem to contain elements of hatred and contempt) within the urban environment. In addition to that, the aspects concerning environmental modifications and the consequent impact on public health were also assessed. Two main problems promptly emerged as a result of the removal of trees: a) without a canopy to protect the areas, they became subject to winds directly blown from SW Africa and impregnated with aerosol partic les, which are common causes for respiratory disorders and, b) direct UV solar radiation, which causes some types of skin cancers and eye disorders. To reach such results, we studied the origins and formation of UV radiation induced cancers and searched for the UV radiation spectra of action, e.g., usual intensity and quantity reaching clear and shadowed spaces in a certain area and its consequences. In a second instance, we also searched for pertinent data resources in order to confirm the increase of skin cancer cases due to exposure to UV radiation and the relation between the destruction of the green canopy and the above mentioned problems. We believe that a few significant results have been achieved by this study, namely: the relation between a culture based on medieval beliefs and its consequences on the environment; how this culture exploits and deforms nature in pursuit of financial and psychological interests to a point of transforming the landscape into a copy of something devoid of any relation to latitude and altitude; and above all, the indifference concerning the alarming results carried by these modifications

Cambios y/o potencialización de los estilos de vida que practican familiares con enfermedades metabólicas: diabetes mellitus tipo2, hipertensión arterial Fundación DONUM 2002-2003

Con el objetivo de evaluar la efectividad de las modificaciones en los estilos de vida, en la prevención o retardo de la aparición de enfermedades metabólicas. Es un estudio de investigación acción participativa cuyo universo comprendió los usuarios preferidos de la fundación y la muestra es por conveniencia. El grupo de estudio participó en 8 talleres, para modificar y/o reforzar los CAPs sobre estilos de vida. Resultados: de las 24 personas estudiadas, el 66.7son mujeres, el 33.3son hombres, todos residen en el área urbana del cantón Cuenca, el 100tienen familiares con diabetes mellitus tipo 2. Se realizó una valoración inicial y una valoración final encontrándose: un 29.9de conocimientos buenos sobre estilos de vida al inicio de la investigación, un 100al terminar la misma. Actitud muy de acuerdo sobre beneficios y prácticas de alimentación saludable encontrando al inicio un 0, y 41.7al final; actitud muy de acuerdo sobre beneficios y prácticas de actividad física con un 0al inicio, y un 33.3al final del estudi, actitud muy en edsacuerdo sobre consumo de alchohol y tabaco en un 20.8inicialmente y 95.8al final de la investigación; prácticas muy buenas sobre estilos de vida 20.8al inicio y 83.3al final; preferencias alimenticias por el grupo 1, 29.2al inicio y 75.0al final; hábito de fumar negativo 83.3al inicio y 91.7al final, hábito alcohólico negativo 93.7al inicio y 100.0al final; actividad física no sedentarios 16.7al inicio y 54.2al final; promedio de índice de masa corporal 28 al inicio y 27.2 al final; colesterol promedio 219 mg/dl al final; sin riesgo de síndrome metabólico 25al inicio y 33.3al final; integración familiar cada fin de semana 4.2al inicio y 50& al final. Conclusiones: se sonfirma que los investigados han modificado favorablemente sus estilos de vida, asi como también, han mejorado sus indicadores del estado nutricional

Programa ciclovida como política de mobilidade urbana sustentável: estudo empírico na Universidade Federal do Paraná

The urban mobility has in the bicycle its symbol of the most environmentally sustainable modal of transportation of the planet, title conferred by the United Nations Organization (ONU). Nevertheless, the cities suffer with the traffic jam caused by the automobile fleet growth, what implies in a larger displacement time, injuries to the environment, to financials and to the quality of life. In order to build in a sustainable way the urban mobility, public policies are necessary to encourage the preferential usage, by the society, of the mass transit or the non-motorized type of transportation. Objecting cooperate with the public power and the civil society, this study intents to, through an analysis about the UFPR Extension Program - CICLOVIDA, propose a sustainable urban mobility public policy development, with emphasis in the bicycle´s usage. eferentially, it is discussed concepts such as Society, State and Government as well as public policies, which go in cycles to the State´s and Government´s responsibilities; and are presented the Sustainable Urban Mobility Public Policies (PPMUS) in Brazil. Also, it is debated about the transport by bicycle as an option to the sustainable mobility. Methodologically, the study is of an empiric-social nature, with the application of both qualitative and observational methods, what characterizes as an exploratory level of research, with the researcher´s involvement in the participant form, due to her acting on the Program. Regarding the research lineation, it was used the bibliographic and documental form as well as case study, by means of the nonparametric sampling by accessibility or convenience. Related to the data collection technique, it was used structured interviews with self-applied questionnaires and natural participant observation. Aligned with the research´s objective and matter, the outcome confirmed that the Extension Program CICLOVIDA of the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) may effectively contribute in the development of a PPMUS proposal with emphasis in the bicycle usage. Thus, it was built a political proposal with a free form writing, objecting subsidize policies both institutional as public MUS through the bicycle usage and therefore, support the mobility, also contributing to the sustainability and to the public development planning.

Caracterizaci?n l?xica del habla urbana de Santiago de Cali: comida informal tradicional que se consume frecuentemente en Santiago de Cali [recurso electr?nico]

Este trabajo forma parte de los estudios sobre el l?xico cale?o realizados en el Macroproyecto: El Habla Urbana del Departamento del Valle del Cauca, del cual forma parte Caracterizaci?n L?xica del Habla Urbana de Santiago de Cali, cuya investigadora principal es la profesora Lirca Vall?s. Para realizar esta descripci?n se estableci? en los lineamientos te?ricos y metodol?gicos que la realidad ling??stica cale?a se abordar? a partir de grupos tem?ticos como: la familia, las bebidas, el cuerpo humano, el ciclo de la vida, la vivienda, el vestuario y el transporte entre otros. A su vez, cada uno de estos grupos est? organizado en ejes tem?ticos, y nuestra investigaci?n en particular pertenece al de la Comida Tradicional Informal que a su vez conforma el grupo tem?tico de Los Alimentos. As? mismo, se determin? que la metodolog?a de trabajo estuviera basada en el terreno, acudiendo a personas con autoridad en el tema y a los hablantes cale?os para obtener una informaci?n v?lida sobre sus h?bitos de habla. Para recoger esta informaci?n se realizaron entrevistas semiestructuradas a partir de un cuestionario con r?fagas de profundizaci?n que permiten indagar sobre los usos y las valoraciones de los hablantes hacia el l?xico que utilizan para nombrar a la Comida Informal Tradicional. Tambi?n se preestableci? la modalidad de an?lisis cuantitativo, a partir de los programas Calex 3 y Calex 4, dise?ados por el equipo de la profesora en Cuba. Los hallazgos obtenidos a partir de este trabajo en particular son descripci?n del l?xico cale?o para la comida tradicional informal en cuanto al l?xico com?n, activo, pasivo, a las tonalidades emotivas y aspectos generales de la composici?n.

Efeitos da adição da cal hidratada na estabilização de um solo sedimentar para pavimentação urbana na região de Curitiba

Urban paving is of paramount importance for a city, both socioeconomic and in quality of life. The urban flooring not different so-called road surface are constituted by a set of horizontal layers, overlaid on the ground, which have the main function of supporting the actions induced by the vehicle redistributing the stresses transmitted to the ground. Soils are important materials for the execution of paving, mainly because they are part of the basic structure of the floor and mostly be available in abundance, with a very low cost, however, their properties usually do not meet the requirements necessary to perform the floor. The soil stabilization for the implementation of urban pavement bases and sub-bases is an increasingly important aspect in the current situation, because always there is the concern with the environment, and there is now the clear awareness that every effort should be made to minimize the effects caused by the exploitation of deposits and deposition of material. In this sense this work presents the effects of adding different proportions of lime to stabilize a sedimentary soil sample from the urban area of the city of Curitiba. It selected a sample quantity of soil in the region to study the stabilization insertion of hydrated lime type (CHIII) powder. The two variables in the study are related to the content of lime mixed with the soil at 0% percentages of 3%, 6%, 8% and 16%, and cure times at which these mixtures were subjected to (0, 7, 14, 28 and 56 days). The tested mixtures were prepared from dosages defined by two methods: one checking the chemical behavior of the samples by means of changes in pH values, and the second analyzing the mechanical behavior through the RCS values. It has been found that the chemical stability analyzed by addition of lime, provided an average increase of RCS in most soil samples studied, because of some physical and chemical characteristics thereof. For mixtures with 6%, 8% and 16% of lime after 28 days of curing, the average RCS was 0,57 MPa, 1,06 MPa and 2,37 MPa, respectively, for the normal proctor, and as for intermediate proctor, in the same curing time and on the same percentages RCS results were 0,54 MPa, 1,04 MPa and 2,71 MPa, respectively. In global terms, the soil-lime mixtures studied showed acceptable behavior by law to use as layers of sub-base. However, only the mixture with 16% of lime, at 28 days, is recommended for use on floors bases. Even so, the mixtures studied constitute a good alternative economic and socio-environmental.

Okupar, resistir, insistir : uma etnografia das práticas de ocupação urbana Fortaleza / Ceará

The objective of this dissertation is understand the relationships built between subjects who occupy buildings in a state of abandonment to revitalize them - called okupas, noting which individuals construct such meanings on the practice of occupation and how to organize the construction and maintenance of a collective life project. Having the Okupa Squat Torém, located in the neighborhood of Fatima in the southern city of Fortaleza-CE, as locus and observed through the ethnographic method, followed the social practices of urban segment. I invested in a data collection revealed that the custom of okupas and their domestic habits, inside and outside of okupa, emphasizing the interaction situations, like most appropriate occasions to observe the constant negotiation and refinement of his cunning to intervene in the city . Among the objectives of this research, the main thing is to observe which senses are assigned to the practice of the occupation by okupas. For this, reflecting from the specifics of this urban phenomenon and talking mostly with the tradition of research in the field of anthropology, I tried to address some issues regarding the practice of okupação and organization of the group, which the principles and movements that make these contacts with city etc. The appropriation made by the subjects on the urban space here means understanding them as a cultural expression of a number of collective values, resulting from experience and perception of okupas like themselves. The intention is to show how this practice intervention and collective action has appeared in contemporary times and how my ethnography can contribute to a dialogue on the practices of mobilization and update of the city, considering the Theory of Recognition Axel Honneth (2003) as an analytical category useful to describe the forms of reciprocity experienced by okupas

Arquitetura da (in)segurança: estudando relações entre configuração espacial, artifícios de segurança e violência urbana no bairro Manaíra, João Pessoa, Paraíba

João Pessoa, the capital city of the state of Paraíba (Northeast Brazil), is reputed throughout the country as a quiet place, although it has been acquiring, over the past years, an urban character with social implications similar to those of major metropolitan Brazilian areas. The new situation is evident by the social inequalities, with the creation of confined spaces, which segregate and cause enclosure of the inhabitants, leading to death the public space. This study correlates accessibility in spatial structure with two types of crime data, burglary and robbery, recorded in 2008 and 2009, by the Secretaria de Segurança da Paraíba (The government agency public in charge of safety), in the district of Manaíra, an upper middle class neighborhood, which has, in recent times, been considered one of the most violent areas in João Pessoa. Sought to understand connections between these events and morpho-social aspects of the built environment, where examined the spatial properties, such as accessibility of the urban net, the presence of control measures, the safety of buildings and their uses. Spatial properties were also validated by the observation of pedestrian flows at strategic points of the study area. It was concluded that the presence of intense flows helps to attract potential thieves, physical security and control offers little protection

Natureza morta...edifício com vida: uma arquitetura sustentável para o Serviço de Verificação de Óbitos

Sustainability in buildings, while reducing the impact on the environment, contributes to the promotion of social welfare, to increase the health and productivity of occupants. The search for a way of build that meets the aspirations and development of humanity without, however, represent degradation of the environment, has become the great challenge of contemporary architecture. It is considered that the incorporation of principles that provide a sustainable building with careful choices of design solutions contribute to a better economic and thermal performance of the building, as well as functional and psychological comfort to its users. Based on this general understanding, this paper presents an architecture project aimed to health care whose the solutions adopted follow carefully the relevant legislation and sets his sights on the theme of sustainability. The methodology began with studies on the themes of verification service of deaths, sustainability and those application in construction developed through research in academic studies and analysis of architectural projects, using them like reference for the solutions adopted. Within the project analysis was performed a visit to the verification service of deaths in the city of Palmas in Tocantins, subsidizing information that, plus the relevant legislation, led to functional programming and pre-dimensional of the building to be designed. The result of this programming environments were individual records with information from environmental restrictions, space required for the development of activities, desirable flow and sustainability strategies, that can be considered as the first product of relevance of the professional master's degree. Finally we have outlined the basic design architecture of a Verification Service of Death SVO/RN (in portuguese), whose process of projecting defined as a guiding line of work four points: the use of bioclimatic architecture as the main feature projectual, the use of resources would provide minimal harm to the environment, the use of modulation and structure to the building as a form of rationalization and finally the search for solutions that ensure environmental and psychological comfort to users. Importantly to highlight that, besides owning a rare theme in literature that refers to architectural projects, the whole project was drawn up with foundations in projective criteria that contribute to environmental sustainability, with emphasis on thermal performance, energy efficiency and reuse of rainwater

Os espaços públicos das Caldas da Rainha. Regeneração urbana e identidade

Mestrado em Arquitetura Paisagista - Instituto Superior de Agronomia - UL

Todo Brasileiro merece nível A : habitação multifamiliar para o programa minha casa minha vida energeticamente eficiente

This thesis describes the theoretical, methodological and programmatic proposal for a multifamily residential building located in the urban expansion area of Parnamirim/RN, inserted in the program Minha Casa Minha Vida and level of energy efficiency "A", as the RegulamentoTécnico de Qualidade (RTQ-R/INMETRO) for residential buildings. The development project initially consists of procedures as the study of theoretical, architectural programming and cases studies. With the delimitation of a field solution, situated between the reference and the context, proposals are studied to determine the solution and architectural detailing of the proposal. The architectural program was built based on the method of Problem Seeking (Peña and Parshall, 2001) and research has highlighted aspects of reducing the environmental impact and of the program Minha Casa Minha Vida , among others. The design process was characterized by the incorporation of aspects reviewed and programmed, seeking them compatible and have an economically viable building, socio-spatial quality and energy efficient. The results show that it is possible to obtain a building that meets the constraints of the program that provides housing and energy efficiency level A - and many other environmental qualities and constructive, particularly through architectural design

URBSIS: avaliação da vulnerabilidade e gestão do risco sísmico à escala urbana

A qualidade de vida nos núcleos urbanos constitui uma meta dinâmica, fortemente influenciada pelos processos sociais e económicos, pela evolução das suas exigências e expectativas e pela evolução do próprio tecido urbano, do parque edificado e das infraestruturas. Nos núcleos urbanos antigos, são peças fundamentais deste desafio a garantia do conforto e de salubridade, num equilíbrio que se quer, sustentado e sustentável, com a preservação das memórias e da cultura local. Para além da inadequada resistência à ação sísmica, a grande maioria deste edificado encontra-se em avançado estado de degradação, situação que, aliada a outros fenómenos de índole social, tem levado ao abandono massivo destes espaços de elevado valor histórico e patrimonial. De facto, muitos destes edifícios necessitam de intervenções estruturais urgentes, nomeadamente de intervenções de reforço que visem reduzir a sua elevada vulnerabilidade sísmica, particularmente nas zonas do território onde a perigosidade sísmica é mais importante. É nesta base que surge a presente publicação, elaborada no âmbito do projeto de investigação "URBSIS - avaliação da vulnerabilidade e gestão do risco sísmico à escala urbana", e cujo conteúdo vem sublinhar a necessidade de ser elaborado um plano nacional de redução da vulnerabilidade sísmica, particularmente do património histórico e dos núcleos urbanos antigos, para que as situações de risco sejam devidamente identificadas, hierarquizadas e acauteladas.

De gata borralheira a Cinderela :nova espacialidade decorrente do desenvolvimento turístico, diferenciada pelo estilo de vida em Ponta Negra, Natal, RN

The transformations economical, social and politics in you finish them decades of the century XX brought changes that didn't just limit to the production system. The flexible accumulation took many workers lost her/it their workstations and they look for her/it new survival forms, migrating for administrative activities, of services rendered and for the tourist activity of small and medium load. The State has been investing in the implantation of plans of tourist development in order to create favorable conditions for the reproduction of the tourist activity in Brazil, mainly in the Northeast. A space when it starts to present a predominant economical activity suffers a restructuring in their social and economical relationships. The restructuring of these relationships takes to the construction of a new espacialidade. In the city of Christmas, in Rio Grande do Norte, the neighborhood of Black Tip is the most representative of the public investments for the tourist development. After intense process of tourist urbanization, Black Tip passed interfering in the global context consolidating as the tourist locus in the city. The tourist urbanization of the neighborhood took to the transformation of the space in merchandise that is sold and consumed as such. The recreation of fragments of other cultures brought by social actors, resulting from migratory processes stimulated by the tourist development, it has been presenting ruled social relationships in the informational technology, consumption of global goods and in the fragmentation of the urban space characterized by the internationalization and cosmopolitização. That process has been masking the inequalities partners and cultural as well as the territorial appropriation for an economical elite. The spaces are being appropriate for investors of the tourist section, private investors, agents and real estate producers, where the inequality is not just economical, but also cultural. The local population, mainly of the urban fraction of the Town of Black Tip, it doesn't participate of the productive process in function of the little or any professional qualification and he/she doesn't also have access to the consumption process. To the native ones it remains the fight for the preservation of his/her cultural identity and for the survival

Uma cidade em transformação: a influência da atividade do crediário nas mudanças da paisagem urbana de Tenente Ananias-RN

Studies on the urban landscape and on the changes of the urban space are relevant, since they reveal the economic dynamics and the way of life in the cities. Research on small towns, in particular, can display particular aspects and by so doing broaden the comprehension of this theme. The purpose of this research is to analyze the changes in the urban landscape and in the way of life of the inhabitants of the town of Tenente Ananias-RN that have been taking place since the 1990s up to the present (2013) and which result mainly from the commercial activity of crediário. The study is, therefore, a reflection on the impact of crediário economy on the urban landscape and on the way of life of a small town located in the hinterland of the State of Rio Grande do Norte. For this reason, it was necessary to study the landscape and the way of life found in Tenente Ananias in two moments: a) before the rise of the crediário, a period of time ranging from the town‟s initial emergence until the beginning of the 1990s; b) during the progress of crediário activity, from the beginning of the 1990s, when it starts, up to the present (2013). For this research, primary data (interviews, local survey visits) and secondary data (books, articles, reports, census data) were used. As a result of this study, it was possible to conclude that crediário plays a fundamental role for the explanation of the changes taking place in Tenente Ananias-RN, especially in the urban landscape and in the way of life of people. We have attempted, through this research, to contribute to the studies of a historical, social and economic process related to the urban landscape and space of a small town in the State of Rio Grande do Norte

Estética do apocalipse: (re) considerações acerca da (des) arborização urbana de Natal e seu contributo à saúde pública

This study intends to establish a relation between environmental degradation, particularly the devastation of the green canopy, and public health. Utilizing a mapping of the trees included in the researched area, each individual tree was analyzed according to its age, taxonomic listing, architecture, shape and size (determined by aesthetic/convenience reasons or deformed by pruning). Initially investigated were the covert reasons lying underneath the constant aggression against trees (which many times seem to contain elements of hatred and contempt) within the urban environment. In addition to that, the aspects concerning environmental modifications and the consequent impact on public health were also assessed. Two main problems promptly emerged as a result of the removal of trees: a) without a canopy to protect the areas, they became subject to winds directly blown from SW Africa and impregnated with aerosol partic les, which are common causes for respiratory disorders and, b) direct UV solar radiation, which causes some types of skin cancers and eye disorders. To reach such results, we studied the origins and formation of UV radiation induced cancers and searched for the UV radiation spectra of action, e.g., usual intensity and quantity reaching clear and shadowed spaces in a certain area and its consequences. In a second instance, we also searched for pertinent data resources in order to confirm the increase of skin cancer cases due to exposure to UV radiation and the relation between the destruction of the green canopy and the above mentioned problems. We believe that a few significant results have been achieved by this study, namely: the relation between a culture based on medieval beliefs and its consequences on the environment; how this culture exploits and deforms nature in pursuit of financial and psychological interests to a point of transforming the landscape into a copy of something devoid of any relation to latitude and altitude; and above all, the indifference concerning the alarming results carried by these modifications

La administración de capital de trabajo en las PYMES del sector industrial dedicado a las artes gráficas del área urbana de Mejicanos: Caso práctico Ecografic, S.A. de C.V.

La Administración del Capital de Trabajo es una herramienta que complementa oportunamente el análisis financiero empresarial, puesto que mide directamente el manejo del efectivo en un periodo de tiempo denominado Ciclo Operativo, permitiendo pronósticos que toman en cuenta factores internos y externos relacionados con todo tipo de situaciones sociales, económicas o de otra índole que afectan la estabilidad financiera de la entidad. El Capital de Trabajo es de mucha importancia en la vida económica de cualquier empresa, las PYMES del sector industrial manejan una gran cantidad de recursos financieros, humanos y tecnológicos que se encuentran representados en activos y pasivos sean estos de corto y largo plazo que se utilizan como una fuente de maniobra para lograr una mayor rentabilidad o una mejor liquidez en su ciclo operativo. Las instituciones financieras hacen préstamos en diversos ámbitos, la mayoría de pequeñas y medianas empresas nacen con fuerte apoyo bancario, los banqueros confían en los estados financieros al tomar decisiones de préstamo y al establecer las condiciones y tasas de interés. Para lo cual cada uno de los rubros expresados deben ser relevantes y tener sus propias bases de análisis que permitan realizar comparaciones de un periodo a otro más complejas para emitir juicios objetivos y concretos. Así surge recientemente la NIIF para PYMES, estableciendo un nuevo orden para con un conjunto de normas de alta calidad, comprensibles que buscan reforzar la transparencia y comparabilidad de la información financiera para la toma de decisiones. De lo anterior surge la realización de un estudio sobre la Gestión del Capital de Trabajo en las PYMES del sector industrial dedicadas a las artes, siendo esto posible a través del diseño de un Manual de Políticas y Procedimientos, dividido en tres áreas fundamentales en el análisis del Capital de Trabajo: Compras e Inventarios, Cuentas por Cobrar y Ventas, Efectivo y sus Equivalentes; dirigiendo cada punto específicamente a crear un control de las asignaciones y usos de los recursos que hacen posible el mantenimiento del giro normal de la empresa. Para el caso se cuenta con el apoyo de ECOGRAFIC, S.A. DE C.V. empresa industrial dedicada a las artes gráficas en el municipio de Mejicanos, que está en toda la disposición de colaborar en la realización de la actividad. Uno de los objetivos trazados para ello es la obtención de información de carácter financiero de la entidad así como información general y administrativa de la misma para conocer la situación financiera actual de esta y orientar esfuerzos en pro de mejorar las condiciones en cada área estudiada a través del desarrollo de un manual de políticas y procedimientos financieros dirigidos a la optimización del uso del capital de trabajo para mejorar la condición financiera de corto plazo. De esta manera es posible crear documentación que fundamente la toma de decisiones de cada entidad, tomando en cuenta principios contables y de información financiera que establecen la importancia de desarrollar mecanismos que ayuden a mejorar la calidad, comprensión y utilización de la información financiera para cada uno de los usuarios.