Prevalencia de riesgo psicosocial en un grupo de docentes y directivos del Distrito Capital

Estudio de corte transversal en una muestra no probabilística, conformada por 182 registros resultado de la aplicación de la batería de riesgo psicosocial en docentes del Distrito. El resultado de la investigación permitió determinar que los niveles de estrés son altos donde el 62% presenta riesgo muy alto y alto. La investigación permitió analizar los factores psicosociales, los resultados aportan herramientas para el desarrollo de programas de vigilancia epidemiológica. Entre los resultados más relevantes fue que existe asociación moderada pero significativa con el dominio de liderazgo y relaciones sociales en el trabajo, con el control y demandas del trabajo y las recompensas. Estos factores se deben priorizar en el momento de formular programas y estrategias de intervención.

Real estate capital flows and transitional economies

reign real estate capital was a major source of financing domestic property market office construction in Central Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. During the 1990s, over 800 office buildings were either newly constructed or refurbished in Budapest, Prague and Warsaw. The primary focus of this analysis is explaining the spatial construction and redevelopment patterns of the post-1989 office buildings in these cities. Secondarily, we analyze the correlation of foreign direct investment flows to annual construction of office buildings. We seek to explain the location of new or refurbished office buildings in the central business district (CBD) or in non-CBD locations in terms of the effect of time, size of property and other variables, and test whether there is a positive correlation relationship of foreign direct investment flows and new office construction or refurbishment. Integrating relevant foreign direct investment (FDI), economic geography and property theories in the research, the authors attempt to bridge existing gaps in the literature.

Small-Scale Farmers Land Use and Socioeconomic Situation in the Mount Elgon District in Northwestern Kenya : A Minor Field Study - Combined Field Mapping and Interview

This Minor Field Study was carried out during November and December in 2011 in the Mount Elgon District in Western Kenya. The objective was to examine nine small-scale farming household´s land use and socioeconomic situation when they have joined a non-governmental organization (NGO) project, which specifically targets small-scale farming households to improve land use system and socioeconomic situation by the extension of soil and water conservation measures. The survey has worked along three integral examinations methods which are mapping and processing data using GIS, semi structured interviews and literature studies.   This study has adopted a theoretical approach referred to as political ecology, in which landesque capital is a central concept. The result shows that all farmers, except one, have issues with land degradation. However, the extent of the problem and also implemented sustainable soil and water conservation measures were diverse among the farmers. The main causes of this can both be linked to how the farmers themselves utilized their farmland and how impacts from the climate change have modified the terms of the farmers working conditions. These factors have consequently resulted in impacts on the informants’ socioeconomic conditions. Furthermore it was also registered that social and economic elements, in some cases, were the causes of how the farmers manage their farmland. The farmer who had no significant problem with soil erosion had invested in trees and opportunities to irrigate the farmland. In addition, it was also recorded that certain farmers had invested in particular soil and water conservation measures without any significant result. This was probably due to the time span these land measures cover before they start to generate revenue.  The outcome of this study has traced how global, national and local elements exist in a context when it comes to the conditions of the farmers´ land use and their socioeconomic situation. The farmers atMt.Elgon are thereby a component of a wider context when they are both contributory to their socioeconomic situation, mainly due to their land management, and also exposed to core-periphery relationships on which the farmers themselves have no influence.

"A sala de detidos": atuação e ascenção da polícia política da capital federal do Brasil, 1920-1937

Exploramos neste trabalho o desenvolvimento e a ascensão da função de polícia política da capital federal do Brasil, aqui compreendida como um mecanismo de proteção e manutenção do poder do Estado. Tomando por base as décadas de 1920 e 1930, procuramos investigar duas hipóteses. Primeiro, que nessa primeira década, o exercício de polícia política, a cargo da 4ª. Delegacia Auxiliar, pode ser tomado como o início do aperfeiçoamento da função. Segundo que o decênio seguinte, ao ser marcado em seus primeiros anos por um processo de democratização das instituições brasileiras - que culmina com promulgação da Carta Constitucional de 1934, nos instiga à indagação sobre a necessidade do Estado contar oficialmente, a partir de 1933, com um órgão para o exercício exclusivo da função de polícia política. A análise contempla, a partir da legislação sobre reorganização dos serviços policiais e da repressão social e política, bem como acerca dos documentos produzidos pela polícia política, a relação entre o desenvolvimento desses órgãos e os eventos sociais e políticos no contexto nacional e internacional. Os pressupostos que nortearam o desenvolvimento dos órgãos de polícia política nas décadas enfocadas, sugerem que a relação de exclusividade entre os mesmos e os regimes autoritários deve ser problematizada, ainda que, ao longo da história, grande parte dos governos de matriz autoritária ou totalitária tenha desenvolvido órgãos de polícia política que exerceram um papel proeminente na estrutura de segurança do Estado. Longe, contudo, de esgotar a discussão, buscamos oferecer elementos adicionais para o entendimento sobre a necessidade de o Estado manter uma polícia voltada à produção de informações visando ao acompanhamento de certos eventos sociais e políticos.

Small-scale marine fisheries in the municipal district of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Trabalho e trabalhadores da pesca industrial no Pará face à metamorfose do capital

O mundo do trabalho passa por grandes transformações, as quais englobam novas tecnologias e formas de organização dos fatores produtivos no processo de produção de mercadorias. Novos modelos de organização do trabalho têm surgido e se mesclado com as práticas fordistas, o que tem influenciado diretamente sobre a utilização da mão-de-obra no processo produtivo. Neste contexto, este estudo procurou analisar de que maneira as práticas do processo de reestruturação produtiva estão acontecendo em um setor de atividade: o da pesca industrial, levando em consideração as particularidades do desenvolvimento dessa atividade extrativa, da forma de estruturação das empresas que compõem este setor para se manter no mercado e/ou ganhar novos mercados e, a maneira de inserção dos trabalhadores nas atividades de captura e processamento da produção pescada. A análise foi realizada entre as empresas que constituem o parque industrial pesqueiro do Distrito de Icoraci, que concentra a maior parcela da pesca industrial no Estado do Pará, estudando de que forma as estratégias adotadas pelas indústrias processadoras e microempresas de captura, diante das mudanças no mercado consumidor e da diminuição dos principais recursos explorados, têm repercutido sobre os trabalhadores ocupados nas atividades de captura e processamento.

Trabalho e capital na Amazônia Oriental: movimento operário versus reestruturação produtiva no Complexo Albrás-Alunorte: 1990 – 2005

A presente dissertação aborda a reestruturação produtiva nas fábricas da ALBRÁS e da ALUNORTE, localizadas no município de Barcarena/PA, e como o movimento operário se contrapôs a este processo no período de 1990-2005. Através de um estudo da crise crônica da economia capitalista mundial, agravada pelos dois choques do petróleo, tenta-se explicar como foi possível a instalação na Amazônia Oriental de duas fábricas modernas, com um contingente operário altamente concentrado. Destaca-se o quanto o papel do Estado é fundamental para que esse processo ocorra. Também analisamos como a partir do fenômeno da “globalização” – que nada mais é do que uma fase superior do imperialismo –, e dos novos processos de organização do trabalho – principalmente o modelo toyotista –, o movimento operário e suas organizações foram colocados à prova por conta da flexibilização do trabalho, da precarização, da terceirização e subcontratação, que dificultaram na década de 90 as greves e ações da classe trabalhadora no Brasil e no mundo. Baseado em materiais bibliográficos, folhetos e em entrevistas com operários e dirigentes sindicais, o trabalho evidencia que a luta contra a reestruturação produtiva na ALBRAS foi mais intensa, inclusive com o método da greve, do que na ALUNORTE, porque a ALBRAS tinha dez anos à frente da ALUNORTE e foi o primeiro laboratório da CVRD na cidade de Barcarena. Contraditoriamente, foi na ALBRAS onde aconteceu a maioria das demissões no período estudado, antes e depois da privatização da CVRD. A dissertação procura mostrar o papel do Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos e dos Químicos nesse processo de luta contra a reestruturação produtiva nas fábricas da ALBRAS e da ALUNORTE.

Farmer land allocation for maize, groundnut and cotton production in Chipata District, Eastern Province, Zambia

Small-scale farmers in the Chipata District of Zambia rely on their farm fields to grow maize and groundnuts for food security. Cotton production and surplus food security crops are used to generate income to provide for their families. With increasing population pressure, available land has decreased and farmers struggle to provide the necessary food requirements and income to meet their family’s needs. The purpose of the study was to determine how a farmer can best allocate his land to produce maize, groundnuts and cotton when constrained by labor and capital resources to generate the highest potential for food security and financial gains. Data from the 2008-2009 growing season was compiled and analyzed using a linear programming model. The study determined that farmers make the most profit by allocating all additional land and resources to cotton after meeting their minimum food security requirements. The study suggests growing cotton is a beneficial practice for small-scale subsistence farmers to generate income when restricted by limited resources.

Exploring the role of social capital influence variables on travel behaviour

This paper explores the potential role of individual trip characteristics and social capital network variables in the choice of transport mode. A sample of around 100 individuals living or working in one suburb of Madrid (i.e. Las Rosas district of Madrid) participated in a smartphone short panel survey, entering travel data for an entire working week. A Mixed Logit model was estimated with this data to analyze shifts to metro as a consequence of the opening of two new stations in the area. Apart from classical explanatory variables, such as travel time and cost, gender, license and car ownership, the model incorporated two “social capital network” variables: participation in voluntary activities and receiving help for various tasks (i.e. child care, housekeeping, etc.). Both variables improved the capacity of the model to explain transport mode shifts. Further, our results confirm that the shift towards metro was higher in the case of people “helped” and lower for those participating in some voluntary activities.

Transit in the nation's capital: what lies ahead? A study of projected transit service, costs, and financial impacts on the region through the year 2000. Final report.

Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Washington, D.C.

An analysis of state capital outlay programs /

"A report prepared for the Department of School District Organization, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction"

Crime in the National Capital : hearings ... Ninety-first Congress, first [and second] session[s].

Pt.5: Hearings before the Public Health, Education, Welfare, and Safety Subcommittee.

Water pollution in the National Capital region : hearings ... Ninety-first Congress, second session.

Hearings held Mar. 25-June 25, 1970.

Ecuadorian migration and family strategies of social mobility: dialectic relation between emotional and financial capital

This text deals with transnational strategies of social mobility in Ecuadorian migrant households in Spain. We apply the capital accumulation model (Moser, 2009) for this purpose. The main target of this article is, beyond thinking in terms of capital stock and accumulation, the analysis in depth of the dynamics of the different types of capital, that is to say, how they interact with each other in the framework of the social mobility strategies of the migrants and their families. We are bringing into light the way some households adopt investing decisions in capitals that don't translate into any addition or earnings in all cases, on the contrary, concentrating all their efforts on the accumulation of a certain asset they may, in some cases, lead to a loss of another. We will concentrate our analysis primarily on the dynamics between the physical and financial capital and the social and emotional capital, showing the tensions produced between these two types of assets. At the same time, we will highlight how migrants negotiate their family strategies of social mobility in the transnational area. Our study is based in empirical material obtained from qualitative fieldwork (in-depth interviews) with families of migrants in the urban district of Turubamba Bajo -(south of Quito) and in Madrid. A series of households were selected where interviews were carried out in the country of origin as well as in the context of immigration, with different family members, analysing the transnational social and economic strategies of families of migrant members. Family members of migrants established in Spain were interviewed in Quito, as well as key informants in the district (school teachers, nursery members of the staff, etc.). The research was framed within the projects "Impact of migration on the development: gender and transnationalism", Ministry of Science and Innovation (SEJ2007/63179) (Laura Oso, dir. 2007-2010),"Gender, transnationalism and intergenerational strategies of social mobility", Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (FEM2011/26210) (Laura Oso, dir. 201-1-2015) and “Gender, Crossed Mobilities and Transnational Dynamics”, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (FEM2015-67164).

A indústria hoteleira do Algarve: uma análise de dados em painel da estrutura de capital

Dissertação de Mestrado, Finanças Empresariais, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Algarve, 2015