Brinquedo de miriti e o desenvolvimento local no municipio de Abaetetuba/PA

Este trabalho apresenta uma pesquisa acerca da atividade de produção sustentável dos brinquedos de miriti, entendendo-se o desenvolvimento sustentável como a maneira de alcançar um determinado crescimento econômico sem a degradação do meio ambiente e seus recursos naturais. Os brinquedos derivam da palmeira Mauritia flexuosa L. f. (miriti), tipicamente encontrada na região do baixo Tocantins, município de Abaetetuba-Pará, principal pólo de confecção deste brinquedo. Este estudo teve como objetivo analisar a apropriação e uso do Miriti e identificar como o Miriti tem contribuído para o desenvolvimento local e sustentável do município de Abaetetuba. O local não entendido apenas como uma conotação física, mas representação de um conjunto de relações: ecológica, espacial, social, cultural e econômica que conferem características individuais e diferenciam um local do outro. Utilizou-se a pesquisa bibliográfica e de campo como bases metodológicas para caracterizar o artesanato de miriti. As entrevistas foram realizadas, em duas associações – ASAMAB e MIRITONG, com 33 artesãos informantes e ainda o Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio à Micro e Pequenas Empresas (SEBRAE), parceiras em projetos que envolvem o artesanato. Nos últimos anos a comercialização dos brinquedos de miriti vem ganhando maior expressividade, com ápice de produção em outubro, durante a festividade do Círio de Nossa Senhora de Nazaré, porém se expandido para além deste período e do estado. Portanto, identificou-se um artesanato secular tipicamente amazônico, por conter em suas formas elementos representativos do cotidiano. Compreendendo-se as dimensões da sustentabilidade as quais expressam a condição real do artesanato e também a expressiva importância dos brinquedos de miriti uma vez que sua comercialização contribui para a geração de renda, qualidade de vida e cultura dos sujeitos envolvidos.

Modo de vida ribeirinho e conhecimento tradicional: uma análise das ações do PAE Nossa Senhora do Livramento na ilha Tabatinga para fins de desenvolvimento local Abaetetuba-PA

A pesquisa teve como objetivo investigar a influência das ações efetivadas através do Projeto de Assentamento Agroextrativista no desenvolvimento local da ilha Tabatinga, localizada no município de Abaetetuba-PA. Para análise destas ações foram utilizados indicadores que possibilitaram verificar o nível de desenvolvimento local na comunidade a partir da implantação deste tipo de projeto. Ressaltou-se como elemento de análise os conhecimentos tradicionais presente na ilha Tabatinga, vinculado à pesca artesanal. Foi feita a caracterização do Projeto de Assentamento Agroextrativista, bem como a realização de uma análise da realidade da ilha Tabatinga, no que diz respeito ao modo de vida ribeirinho e por fim a realização da análise dos indicadores de desenvolvimento local a partir da implantação do PAE. No que diz respeito à metodologia o estudo teve um direcionamento qualitativo e quantitativo além de se ter utilizado a técnica de entrevista semiestruturada e da pesquisa participante. Os sujeitos da pesquisa foram os membros da ASPANLI (Associação PAE Nossa Senhora do Livramento), além dos assentados/pescadores, atuantes na realidade investigada. Os dados qualitativos foram analisados através da técnica de análise do discurso. Utilizando o método de análise temática, e, para que esses encaminhamentos fossem possíveis, fez-se necessário, primeiramente, a transcrição integral das entrevistas realizadas em campo e, por fim, os agrupamentos de dados de acordo com as categorias. Nesse cerne, os dados levantados com base nas análises de materiais coletados constataram que as ações relativas às atividades do PAE têm influenciado, parcialmente, no desenvolvimento local da ilha Tabatinga. A partir das análises conclusivas, apresentamos algumas sugestões que visam contribuir com a organização social dos moradores, sugerindo, dentre outras coisas, a criação de uma cooperativa de pescadores.

Fractional fermion charges induced by axial-vector and vector gauge potentials and parity anomaly in planar graphenelike structures

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Influence of a co-substituted A-site on structural characteristics and ferroelectricity of (Pb, Ba, Ca)TiO3 complex perovskites: analysis of local-, medium- and long-range order

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Surface potentials of corona-charged ferroelectric P(VDF-TrFE) copolymer samples

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

A note on units of finite local rings in an ascending chain

In this paper we present matrices over unitary finite commutative local rings connected through an ascending chain of containments, whose elements are units of the corresponding rings in the chain such that the McCoy ranks are the largest ones.

A organização internacional dos trabalhadores metalúrgicos na Mercedes-Benz: perspectivas de contra-hegemonia local-global

Pós-graduação em Relações Internacionais (UNESP - UNICAMP - PUC-SP) - FFC

Scalar field description of decaying-Lambda cosmologies

The conditions under which cosmologies driven by time-varying cosmological terms can be described by a scalar field coupled to a perfect fluid are discussed. An algorithm to reconstruct potentials dynamically and thermodynamically analogous to given phenomenological λ models is presented. As a working example, the deflationary cosmology which evolves from a pure de Sitter vacuum state to a slightly modified Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmology is considered. It is found that this is an example of nonsingular warm inflation with an asymptotic exponential potential. Differences with respect to other scalar field descriptions of decaying vacuum cosmologies are addressed and possible extensions are indicated.

Processo de medição de desempenho em micro e pequenas empresas de um arranjo produtivo local

The local productive arrangements (LPA) are organizational mechanisms that enable the continuous performance of small businesses in production processes and business management models. To promote continuous improvement is essential that companies make decisions based on data that reflects business’ performance (performance measurement) and promote the cluster performance. This way, the aim of this article is to describe the performance measurement process that will support the corporate management of Micro and Small enterprises (SME) of a Local Productive Arrangement in Maringá, State of Paraná, Brazil. To develop this paper, the bibliographic search and action research methods were used. The field research was developed from the cooperation project (PROJVEST) conducted at the LPA, which goal is to deploy improvement actions in project’s participating companies. Metrics and performance indicators constructed from the diagnosis in the areas of Production, Quality and Ergonomics in companies will be presented. Among the main results, can be pointed out that the performance management of LPA is promoting the introduction of corporate management practices in SMEs, stimulating business cooperation, the continuous innovation in manufacturing processes and product quality and business processes.

Local de produção, armazenamento e qualidade de sementes de soja

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Produção Vegetal) - FCAV

Generalizing the dynamic field theory of spatial cognition across real and developmental time scales

Within cognitive neuroscience, computational models are designed to provide insights into the organization of behavior while adhering to neural principles. These models should provide sufficient specificity to generate novel predictions while maintaining the generality needed to capture behavior across tasks and/or time scales. This paper presents one such model, the Dynamic Field Theory (DFT) of spatial cognition, showing new simulations that provide a demonstration proof that the theory generalizes across developmental changes in performance in four tasks—the Piagetian A-not-B task, a sandbox version of the A-not-B task, a canonical spatial recall task, and a position discrimination task. Model simulations demonstrate that the DFT can accomplish both specificity—generating novel, testable predictions—and generality—spanning multiple tasks across development with a relatively simple developmental hypothesis. Critically, the DFT achieves generality across tasks and time scales with no modification to its basic structure and with a strong commitment to neural principles. The only change necessary to capture development in the model was an increase in the precision of the tuning of receptive fields as well as an increase in the precision of local excitatory interactions among neurons in the model. These small quantitative changes were sufficient to move the model through a set of quantitative and qualitative behavioral changes that span the age range from 8 months to 6 years and into adulthood. We conclude by considering how the DFT is positioned in the literature, the challenges on the horizon for our framework, and how a dynamic field approach can yield new insights into development from a computational cognitive neuroscience perspective.

Bearded capuchin monkeys` and a human`s efficiency at cracking palm nuts with stone tools: field experiments

Wild bearded capuchins, Cebus libidinosus, in Fazenda Boa Vista, Brazil crack tough palm nuts using hammer stones. We analysed the contribution of intrinsic factors (body weight, behaviour), size of the nuts and the anvil surface (flat or pit) to the efficiency of cracking. We provided capuchins with local palm nuts and a single hammer stone at an anvil. From video we scored the capuchins` position and actions with the nut prior to each strike, and outcomes of each strike. The most efficient capuchin opened 15 nuts per 100 strikes (6.6 strikes per nut). The least efficient capuchin that succeeded in opening a nut opened 1.32 nuts per 100 strikes (more than 75 strikes per nut). Body weight and diameter of the nut best predicted whether a capuchin would crack a nut on a given strike. All the capuchins consistently placed nuts into pits. To provide an independent analysis of the effect of placing the nut into a pit, we filmed an adult human cracking nuts on the same anvil using the same stone. The human displaced the nut on proportionally fewer strikes when he placed it into a pit rather than on a flat surface. Thus the capuchins placed the nut in a more effective location on the anvil to crack it. Nut cracking as practised by bearded capuchins is a striking example of a plastic behaviour where costs and benefits vary enormously across individuals, and where efficiency requires years to attain. (C) 2009 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

On the pathogenesis of Plasmodium vivax malaria: Perspectives from the Brazilian field

Life-threatening Plasmodium vivax malaria cases, while uncommon, have been reported since the early 20th century. Unfortunately, the pathogenesis of these severe vivax malaria cases is still poorly understood. In Brazil, the proportion of vivax malaria cases has been steadily increasing, as have the number of cases presenting serious clinical complications. The most frequent syndromes associated with severe vivax malaria in Brazil are severe anaemia and acute respiratory distress. Additionally, P. vivax infection may also result in complications associated with pregnancy. Here, we review the latest findings on severe vivax malaria in Brazil. We also discuss how the development of targeted field research infrastructure in Brazil is providing clinical and ex vivo experimental data that benefits local and international efforts to understand the pathogenesis of P. vivax. (C) 2012 Australian Society for Parasitology Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Nonlinear (magnetic) correction to the field of a static charge in an external field

We find the first nonlinear correction to the field produced by a static charge at rest in a background constant magnetic field. It is quadratic in the charge and purely magnetic. The third-rank polarization tensor-the nonlinear response function-is written within the local approximation of the effective action in an otherwise model-and approximation-independent way within any P-invariant nonlinear electrodynamics, QED included. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.86.125028

Relationship between Crystal Shape, Photoluminescence, and Local Structure in SrTiO3 Synthesized by Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Method

This paper describes the effect of using different titanium precursors on the synthesis and physical properties of SrTiO3 powders obtained by microwave-assisted hydrothermal method. X-ray diffraction measurements, X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) were carried out to investigate the structural and optical properties of the SrTiO3 spherical and cubelike-shaped particles. The appropriate choice of the titanium precursor allowed the control of morphological and photoluminescence (PL) properties of SrTiO3 compound. The PL emission was more intense in SrTiO3 samples composed of spherelike particles. This behavior was attributed to the existence of a lower amount of defects due to the uniformity of the spherical particles.