Perfil de aptitudes y personalidad en profesionales de la enseñanza : un estudio empírico de la institución SA.FA.

Contribuir al conocimiento del profesorado aspirante a un puesto docente mediante el estudio de aptitudes y personalidad, en el ámbito de la Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía. Aportar un conocimiento del rendimiento personal y profesional de los profesores en ejercicio que previamente han sido seleccionados mediante el sistema de selección que se fija en esta tesis. En concreto, se trata de aproximarse a los perfiles de aptitudes y personalidad de los profesionales de la enseñanza aspirantes a ocupar un puesto docente. Los sujetos de la muestra son un colectivo de 866 profesionales de la enseñanza, de ambos sexos, de la Comunidad Autónoma Andaluza, que realizaron unas pruebas de selección de personal para ocupar un puesto docente en los centros SA.FA. entre los años 1980 y 1986. Estas personas fueron seleccionadas de un total de 3050 solicitudes. Las variables analizadas en este estudio fueron el expediente académico, el nivel de aptitudes intelectuales y el perfil de personalidad. Las aptitudes intelectuales se estimaron mediante el TIG-2, de Tea, el test de pronóstico académico, traducido por Tea, el Test D-48 de Pichot, el D-70 de Kourovsky y Rennes, el DAT, de Bennett, Seashore y Wesman, el Otis, el test de Matrices Progresivas, nivel superior, de Raven, el test de inteligencia no verbal, de Bonnardel, el test de percepción BG9, de Bonnardel, el test de las formas idénticas de Thurstone y el test de percepción de diferencias, de Thurstone-Yela. Las variables de personalidad se evaluaron utilizando el SN59 de Enrique Cerda, el cuestionario EPI de personalidad de Eysenck, el cuestionario de personalidad CEP, de Pinillos, el test MAE de motivación y ansiedad de ejecución, la escala EAE de autoestima, de Lavoegie, el 16PF de Cattell y el MMPI, de Hathaway y Mackinley. Este trabajo ha permitido delinear el perfil básico de rendimiento profesional de la muestra de profesores de SA.FA. Este perfil permite valorar al grupo de profesionales estudiado como merecedores de la calificación de excelentes profesionales en las diversas áreas evaluadas. Se trata de personas que han sabido aunar de modo satisfactorio aptitudes profesionales, actitudes docentes, relaciones humanas, cualidades personales y actitudes de renovación y perfeccionamiento.

A simple 96-well microplate method for estimation of total polyphenolic content in seaweeds

Seaweed polyphenols are potent antioxidants and have also been shown to have α-glucosidase inhibiting activity. In our continuous efforts to develop new marine-based nutraceuticals and functional food ingredients, we have investigated many algal species collected on the Atlantic coast of Canada. A simple method for estimating the total polyphenol content in seaweeds and their extracts was developed based on the classic Folin-Ciocalteau colorimetric reaction. By using the 96-well microplate and a microplate reader, this new method saves experimental time, significantly reduces the amount of sample required, handles large number of samples in one experiment, and also improves the repeatability of the results.

A number of algal samples collected on the seashore of Nova Scotia, Canada, were analyzed for their levels of polyphenol content using this microplate-based method. The antioxidant activity of these samples was also assessed by using DPPH (2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) radical scavenging assay. The results showed that there is a strong correlation between the total polyphenol content and the potency of antioxidant effect.

A cultura de índio, seu menino, vem de longe aqui : formação histórica e territorialização dos Tremembé/CE

This dissertation is based on the ethnography of a strategic selection of three Tremembé ethnic situations, which are situated in the backlands of Acaraú and Itarema, municipalities located in Ceará State (Northeast Brazil). My main aims are the following. Firstly, I reconstitute the historical and social formation of three localities, called Lagoa dos Negros, Telhas, and Queimadas, related to a particular origin myth which refers to Almofala, an extinct colonial Aldeamento in the seashore, where the Tremembé indians and other native populations were converted and gathered under missionary administration. According to the origin myth, these three localities were set up after a strong drought which happened in 1888 (the so called three eights) when a group of Tremembé families moved to the countryside and established close to the Lagoa dos Negros and, later on, they were segmented into smaller groups which started to live in other areas and places not far from the former location. Notably, I develop an anthropological approach to understand the historical formation of these three localities. Secondly, I analyze some processes of territorialization, which were emerged from the 1980s and had important consequences to these indigenous families throughout the next two decades. This historical dimension is re-appropriated and ressignified in ethnic terms. A third point of my work is the analysis of the construction of territorialities and also the cultural and symbolic dimensions which are formulated by the Tremembé Indians who live in these localities. Therefore, I investigate some cultural traditions and rituals, such as the Torém dance, but I also examine their multiple semantics, which constitute a transversal direction throughout the history understood by the Tremembé of the different social situations I researched. To sum up, there is a process of cultural actualization, which is still going on and presents itself through the ludic sphere as well as their political and religions dimensions, which are usually associated to the ritual presentation of the Torém

Variação no conteúdo protéico e pigmentar em variantes cromáticas de Gracilaria domingensis nas populações naturais de Rio do Fogo-RN, BRASIL

The seaweed Gracilaria domingensis is a common species in the coast of Rio Grande do Norte. This species lives in the intertidal zone, where colour strains (red, green and brown) co-occur during the whole year. Seaweeds that live in this region are exposed to daily changes and to the rhythm of the tide. During the low tide they are exposed to dissection, hiper-or hipo-osmotic shock, high temperatures and high irradiance. The aim of this study was to analyze whether the pigment and protein content of the colour strains of G. domingensis is affected by some environmental parameters in a temporal scale. The seaweeds were collected during 10 months in the seashore of Rio do Fogo (RN). The total soluble proteins and the phycobiliprotein were extracted in phosphate buffer and the carotenoids were analyzed by a standardized method through HPLC-UV. The pigments analysis showed that phycoerithrin is the most abundant pigment in the three strains. This pigment was strongly correlated with nitrogen and the photosynthetically active radiation. Chlorophyll presented higher concentrations than carotenoids during the whole, but the ratio carotenoid/chlorophyll-a was modified by incident radiation. The most abundant carotenoid was ß-carotene and zeaxanthin, which had higher concentrations in the higher radiation months. The concentration increase of zeaxanthin in this period indicated a photoprotective response of the seaweed. The three strains presented a pigment profile that indicates different radiation tolerance profile. Our results pointed that the green strain is better adapted to high irradiance levels than the red and brown strains

Vivendo do mar: tradição, memória e mudança na vida pesqueira de Pitangui-RN

This research focuses on the fishery activity, aligned to knowledge of past generations, and the transformation to those who depend on this activity for their livelihood, at the seashore community of Pitangui in Extremoz municipality, which lies 40 km away from Natal, seat of the state of Rio Grande do Norte. The intense modernization which has taking place during the last few years may be considered the result of a number of economic, social and cultural factors, as the introduction of new fishery technology. On the other hand, the present study seeks to show how this changing process happened, and to what extent those affected understand and evaluate this transformation. The methodology to carry out the ethnographic work was mainly adopted by qualitative methods and techniques - by participant observation, oral history, photography and the audiovisual records besides reference to data extracted under quantitative methods, as an important instrument of analyses. This induces a conclusion that the transformation of the community is a consequence of the globalized market, though still tied up to specific local relations. The emerging results are: the use of new fishery technology, and new ways of orientation and navigation; the opening to new jobs and occupational activity, the re-order of space s appropriation; changing sociability, larger access to consumer goods, besides bringing on some new conflicts land appropriation and the fishery and the protection of the environment. All this comprehended as a result of the movement of the local relations participating in the global spaces

Diagnóstco geoambiental e avaliação de uso e ocupação do campo de dunas da zona especial de interesse turístco II (ZET-II) Natal/RN

The accelerated pressure of use and occupation of Rio Grande do Norte coastline in the last two decades presented the tourism as its main vector, having as a consequence a strong, articulated and growing real estate speculation of this area. In the Natal County there is a Zona Especial de Interesse Turistico II (Special Zone of Tourism Interest II) (ZET-II), consisted of urban beaches with approximately 8.5 km that is an important seashore of the city. The purpose of this research was identification, characterization and assessment of the process of use and occupation of dunes fields emphasizing the role of ZET-II, whereas the specific goals was the analysis of weather, geology and geomorphology, characterization of use and occupation of soil, and elaboration of an environmental diagnosis with identification and description of its mains consequences. The result of this work was the delineation of geologic-geomorphological map of the area with identification of principals units, determining its use and occupation, the measurement of the area already occupied by equipments, besides the description of the environmental impacts on dune fields: devastation, coastline erosion, ocean pollution by sewer and pluvial waters, contamination of groundwater, distribution inadequate of solid residues, landscape degradation, and occupation of seashore through the privatization of public areas. Concluding that the degrading changes occurred in this areas are resulting from the nature of use and urban seashore regulations, which have been diminishing the natural aspect, altering the landscape definitely, compromising the quality of hydro resources and altering its use, privatizing the areas between tides, complicating the population access and obstructing the scenery visualization of dunes and ocean. There is an urgent necessity of improvement of public politics in order to improve the strategies and organization of use and occupation of space urban-coastline

Environmental parameters and antimicrobial susceptibility of enterobacteriaceae isolated from estuarine waters of São Vicente, São Paulo State, Brazil

Diseases transmitted by water consists a serious public health problem and enterobacteria are the main group of microorganisms responsible for outbreaks in humans. Such pathogenic bacteria proliferate in water polluted by domestic and industrial sewage and reach the population through seawater contact. The aim of the present work was to study environmental parameters as well as to identify Enterobacteriaceae species and their antimicrobial susceptibility in water samples collected from the estuarine area of São Vicente city (São Paulo State, Brazil). Strains were identified by using traditional biochemical tests described in literature and antimicrobial susceptibility tests were carried out using the disk diffusion method. Out of 26 samples, Escherichia coli was the most frequent species (40.1%), followed by Citrobacter, Enterobacter and Klebsiella. The most effective drugs against the tested microorganisms were gentamycin, netilmicin, ciprofloxacin and cefepime. Since these bacteria are commonly found in seashore contaminated by sewage effluents, it can be concluded that estuarine waters of São Vicente are polluted and potentially capable of causing diseases and spreading pathogenic bacteria to human communities.

Educação ambiental em comunidades: um estudo na Prainha Branca, Guarujá-SP

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

The status of biodiversity and bioprospecting efforts in the Caribbean subregion

Includes bibliography

Mapeamento de sensibilidade ambiental a derramamentos de óleo na região costeira de Bertioga - SP

Pós-graduação em Geociências e Meio Ambiente - IGCE

A comunidade zooplanctônica em um canal de maré no estuário do rio Caeté, Bragança (Pará, Brasil)

Poucos são os estudos realizados sobre zooplâncton em estuários na região Bragantina do Estado do Pará. Este trabalho foi realizado em um canal de maré, denominado de Furo do Chato, próximo a localidade de Ajuruteua. Município de Bragança, no litoral do Estado do Pará, e teve por objetivo estudar a composição qualitativa e quantitativa do zooplâncton, bem como as variações sazonais em função das variáveis ambientais, Durante o período de agosto/96 a janeiro/97 foram feitas oito campanhas a cada três semanas, com obtenção de amostras a cada duas horas, durante 24 horas. O Furo do Chato é um canal de maré com forte influência costeira. Assim, a maior parte dos representantes do zooplâncton encontrados são de origem costeira. Além de componentes holoplanctônicos e meroplanctônicos, as amostras de zooplâncton no Furo do Chato apresentaram representantes da fauna bentônica. Dez filos foram identificados: Protozoa, Mollusca, Chordata, Annelida, Cnidaria, Arthropoda, Urochordata, Chaetognatha, Nematoda e Bryozoa. A classe Copepoda teve maior representatividade, tanto pela densidade, pela biomassa como Oela freqüência de ocorrência nas amostras. As categorias mais abundantes e frequentes (>40%) foram Pseudodiaptomus marshi, Acartia iilljeborgi, A. tonsa, Harpacticoida, Sagitta sp., Oiko pleura dioica, Cnidaria, lsopoda, zoeas de caranguejo, pós-larvas de camarão e alevinos de peixes. A abundâncias médias foram baixas (1,07 indiv./m³e 16,43 mg/m³). A comunidade do zooplâncton é mais abundante nos meses de transição do que no período seco A maiores abundâncias ocorreram em geral à noite e durante as marés de sizígia. Contudo, o ciclo diário de marés, a salinidade e as fases lunares não influenciaram a variabilidade do zooplâncton como um todo, mas apenas em algumas categorias isoladamente.

A contribuição da história para educação ambiental em comunidades

The relationship between human beings and between them and nature are the result of a historical and social context in which they are inserted. The man is a natural living being who can only survive by the exchange with nature’s metabolism, but over time and human’s decisions this relation was interrupted, which strengthened by capitalism logic resulted as a civilization crisis. With these concerns, it’s necessary to overcome the context in which the crisis was generated, transforming the relationship between men and nature. This study, based on Critical Environmental Education and qualitative research methodology, occurred on a seashore community on Guarujá, investigated the the involvement of its population on social activities already developed on Prainha Branca: how they exercise their community citizenship, which factors limit these processes, and how responsible the residents feel about their own reality, in order to elucidate the aspects that involve that dynamics and population’s potential to build their own history.