Gestão democrática no ensino superior: entre o discurso legal e a memória - o caso da FCL de Araraquara

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

História da criação do curso de matemática na Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas

Pós-graduação em Educação Matemática - IGCE

Ministério Público: instrumentos extrajudiciais e a implementação de políticas públicas

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Natureza capitalista versus natureza orgânica: o advento da ALCOA e a mobilização e organização das comunidades de Juruti no baixo-amazonas paraense

A tese teve como objetivo apresentar a leitura e a análise dos processos que levaram conquistas inéditas às comunidades em Juruti, no baixo amazonas, região localizada no estado do Pará. Juruti foi palco de conflitos, negociações, acordos e conquistas frente ao grande empreendimento de extração mineral desenvolvido pela ALCOA. Essas conquistas são resultados de fatores externos e internos. O externo foi marcado por um conjunto favorável, relacionado ao governo de esquerda no âmbito federal, estadual e municipal; e por um arcabouço institucional jurídico que reconhece os direitos coletivos e territoriais, a emergência da questão ambiental e a presença da Igreja Católica, por meio do trabalho pastoral das Irmãs Franciscanas de Maristella, orientadas pela teologia da libertação e a pedagogia do oprimido. No âmbito interno, prevaleceu o caráter tradicional, a vivência comunitária e as práticas coletivas, como o puxirum, que possibilitaram a constituição de um território organizado e capaz de desencadear processos de mobilização e resistência com a mínima fragmentação e cooptação. O apoio de diferentes contribuições teóricas da sociologia, da antropologia entre outras facilitaram a nossa leitura do processo vivido no território de Juruti, assim como as abordagens do pós-desenvolvimento. A metodologia da pesquisa é de natureza exploratória, descritiva e explicativa, articulada com técnicas de campo como: a coleta de informações e entrevistas com pessoas-chave, documentos de empresa, comunidades, Igreja Católica e outros. Tal procedimento buscou compreender os discursos empreendidos pelos autores presentes em Juruti. Identificamos a estreita relação da Igreja com movimentos e grupos que encamparam a luta na região de Juruti junto a ALCOA, por meio da Congregação das Irmãs Franciscana de Maristella, em virtude da sua história de inserção no local, e de sua opção em defesa da tradicionalidade das comunidades. Também percebemos um governo favorável, aberto ao diálogo, à existência de uma conjuntura política favorável; a preocupação da sociedade global com o meio ambiente; a existência de um arcabouço jurídico com o reconhecimento de direitos institucionalizados, como os direitos territoriais. Com tal abordagem, conclui-se que diante das múltiplas ações dos grandes projetos é preciso articular oportunidades e potencialidades de forma a buscar os caminhos de superação da invisibilidade atribuída às comunidades pelo Estado e grandes empreendimentos econômicos. Os aspectos organizativos em Juruti, assim como sua articulação, levaram à superação dos mecanismos de dominação, padronização e invisibilidade das comunidades tradicionais na Amazônia.

Onde a luta se travar: a expansão das Assembleias de Deus no Brasil urbano (1946-1980)

Pós-graduação em História - FCLAS

Banco do Vaticano: uma análise econômico-financeira

This thesis work aims to bring a better viewing on an atypical case of financial analysis. The lstituto per le Opere di Religione (IOR), commonly known as the Vatican Bank, has peculiarities according to its goals as a bank. Belonging to a Catholic religious congregation, IOR has been used to manage the resources of the church, and ensure that these resources are used for the operation of it and, also for religious works. However the financial transactions made by the bank remained secret throughout its existence until mid 2012. This feature of not providing relevant information at the local and international community brought harm. Several cases of corruption and money laundering came up, bringing scandals that cause bad looks for the religious entity. In order to interact with the international community and understanding the importance of it, the Roman Apostolic Catholic Church decides to joing the international accounting procedures (IFRS) and went on to provide yearly financial statement reports and other information from its bank from 2012 . Thus, this thesis work takes on the role of analyzing the financial statements of the IOR and present its economic and financial health from the Capital Structure ratios, liquidity and profitability in the period 2012-2014. Overall, there has been a significant reduction in indebtedness 548% in 2012 to 362% in 2014. However, such an index showing is still high. In addition, the debt profile remained bad (87.47% short-term in 2014). The Liquidity ratios, both indices fell during the analysed period. Noteworthy is that even with retractions, the indices are equal or greater than 1, which indicates financial footing able to pay off debts. Regarding profitability, in 2013 it represented atypical moment, considering the economic performance of the IOR in the investigated period. There was decrease in profits this year, which resulted in great loss of the indicators in 2013. For the previous and subsequent...

Lamb Bright Saviors [Excerpt: Noon Song & Mady]

Lamb Bright Saviors begins as an apocalyptically inclined itinerant preacher staggers across the Nebraska prairie. With his young assistant, Mady, in tow hauling a wagon stacked with bibles, it’s not long before the preacher finds he’s come to the final fulfillment of his self-proclaimed life’s work: to die in front of a group of strangers. Odd as his own end-of-days might be, the lives and struggles of the strangers attending this deathbed scene are even odder. As the dying preacher unleashes a barrage of hallucinatory ramblings and rantings in the hope of imparting wisdom, each ragtag member of this unlikely congregation must reckon with his or her own dark past. And, through it all, the irrepressible Mady lends the preacher’s strange performance a surprising and unforgettable dignity and humor.

Investigating Avian Influenza Infection Hotspots in Old-World Shorebirds

Heterogeneity in the transmission rates of pathogens across hosts or environments may produce disease hotspots, which are defined as specific sites, times or species associations in which the infection rate is consistently elevated. Hotspots for avian influenza virus (AIV) in wild birds are largely unstudied and poorly understood. A striking feature is the existence of a unique but consistent AIV hotspot in shorebirds (Charadriiformes) associated with a single species at a specific location and time (ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres at Delaware Bay, USA, in May). This unique case, though a valuable reference, limits our capacity to explore and understand the general properties of AIV hotspots in shorebirds. Unfortunately, relatively few shorebirds have been sampled outside Delaware Bay and they belong to only a few shorebird families; there also has been a lack of consistent oropharyngeal sampling as a complement to cloacal sampling. In this study we looked for AIV hotspots associated with other shorebird species and/or with some of the larger congregation sites of shorebirds in the old world. We assembled and analysed a regionally extensive dataset of AIV prevalence from 69 shorebird species sampled in 25 countries across Africa and Western Eurasia. Despite this diverse and extensive coverage we did not detect any new shorebird AIV hotspots. Neither large shorebird congregation sites nor the ruddy turnstone were consistently associated with AIV hotspots. We did, however, find a low but widespread circulation of AIV in shorebirds that contrast with the absence of AIV previously reported in shorebirds in Europe. A very high AIV antibody prevalence coupled to a low infection rate was found in both first-year and adult birds of two migratory sandpiper species, suggesting the potential existence of an AIV hotspot along their migratory flyway that is yet to be discovered.

Studying the Roles of Nonprofits, Government, and Business in Providing Activities and Services to Youth in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area

The article addresses the questions, What do children in urban areas do on Saturdays? What types of organizational resources do they have access to? Does this vary by social class? Using diary data on children's activities on Saturdays in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale metropolitan area, the authors describe the different types of venues (households, businesses, public space, associations, charities, congregations, and government/tribal agencies) that served different types of children. They find that the likelihood of using a charity or business rather than a government or tribal provider increased with family income. Also, the likelihood of using a congregation or a government facility rather than a business, charity, or household increased with being Hispanic. The authors discuss the implications for the urban division of labor on Saturdays and offer research questions that need further investigation.

A cold blizzard was raging, but the light shone brightly' : social networks presented in stained glass within an industrial community

Historical stained glass in Calumet and Laurium revealed the complex structures of these industrial communities. Creating an Industrial Archaeology-focused approach, I examined stained glass as material culture. Sacred glass revealed ethnic and religious values of a congregation through the style, iconography, and quality of the glasswork. Residential glass showed how owners represented themselves within cultural settings by meeting social expectations. Commercial glass indicated community status of owners through discreet and artistic shows of wealth and taste. Corporate glass displayed prosperity and belonging through the superior quality and cost of the glasswork. Viewing stained glass as material culture opened new methods of looking at both stained glass and industrial communities. Findings from my research can teach the public about the importance of preserving and conserving stained glass, and that can lead to greater public appreciation for the material culture found within these industrial communities.

PANEL DISCUSSION: "Medical Ethics, Eugenics, and the Holocaust"

A panel discussion moderated by Dr. Thomas R. Cole, McGovern Chair in Medical Humanities and Director of the John P. McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. Panelists include: Rabbi Samuel E. Karff, Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Beth Israel and Associate Director of the John P. McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics and Visiting Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at the Texas Medical Center. Cardinal DiNardo, the second Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and the first cardinal archbishop from a diocese in the Southern United States. Dr. Sheldon Rubenfeld, Clinical Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, and is a Fellow in both the American College of Physicians and the American College of Endocrinology. Dr. Rubenfeld has taught "Healing by Killing: Medicine During the Third Reich" for three years and "Jewish Medical Ethics" for seven years at Baylor College of Medicine. He created a six-month program about Medicine and the Holocaust at Holocaust Museum Houston, including an exhibit entitled How Healing Becomes Killing: Eugenics, Euthanasia, Extermination and a series of lectures by distinguished speakers entitled "The Michael E. DeBakey Medical Ethics Lecture Series".

The Function of Norms and Values in the Construction of Social Identity in Groups who experienced intergroup Conflicts

I present my explorative research about conflict and social identity. The Social Identity Approach of Henri Tajfel and John Turner is used as theoretical frame in the study. The main question is how the construction of social identity of group members is influenced by an inter-group conflict. The research project consists of two parts: 1. An empirical study conducted with qualitative research methods to investigate a today’s congregation of the Swiss reformed Church who experienced a conflict about twenty years ago. This conflict ended by the separation of a sub-group from the congregations. This group forms an independent community today. Members of both congregations where interviewed about the meaning which membership has for them and about their interpretation of the conflict. 2. An analysis of the Gospel of Matthew with questions who where developed out of the empirical study and the Social Identity Approach to better understand the separation conflict between the Matthean community and the synagogue.

The Kinneret Regional Project Excavations of a Byzantine Synagogue at Horvat Kur, Galilee, 2010-2013: A Preliminary Report

The article presents the preliminary results from four seasons of excavations at Horvat Kur in the Galilee. The excavations conducted by the Kinneret Regional Project have exposed the remains of a broad-house synagogue from the Byzantine period. The most important finds include an elevated platform (i. e., a bemah) that supported a chest holding Torah scrolls, an ornamented limestone seat that was probably used by the leader of the congregation, and a basalt stone table that features geometric figures on three sides and figurative representations on one side. The Horvat Kur synagogue represents a valuable example of the diversity of Galilean synagogues that were built or renovated between the 5th and the 7th centuries C.E.

Thabor : Betrachtungen über die Haftaras vom ganzen Jahre

von Josef Nobel

Seder ha-hagadah le-lel shimurim : Erzählung von dem Auszuge Israels aus Ägypten für die beiden ersten Peßachabende

nach W. Heidenheim neu übers. von Selig Bamberger. Mit zehn Bildern gez. nach alten Holzschnitten von Stanislaus Bender