A degradação social do trabalho e da natureza no contexto da monocultura canavieira paulista

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Social disability of Brazilian mood disorder patients

Mood disorders cause many social problems, often involving family relationships. Few studies are available in the literature comparing patients with bipolar, unipolar, dysthymic, and double depressive disorders concerning these aspects. In the present study, demographic and disease data were collected using a specifically prepared questionnaire. Social adjustment was assessed using the Disability Adjustment Scale and family relationships were evaluated using the Global Assessment of Relational Functioning Scale. One hundred patients under treatment for at least 6 months were evaluated at the Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic of the Botucatu School of Medicine, UNESP. Most patients were women (82%) more than 50 (49%) years old with at least two years of follow-up, with little schooling (62% had less than 4 years), and of low socioeconomic level. Logistic regression analysis showed that a diagnosis of unipolar disorder (P = 0.003, OR = 0.075, CI = 0.014-0.403) and dysthymia (P = 0.001, OR = 0.040, CI = 0.006-0.275) as well as family relationships (P = 0.002, OR = 0.953, CI = 0914-0.992) played a significant role in social adjustment. Unipolar and dysthymic patients presented better social adjustment than bipolar and double depressive patients (P < 0.001), results that were not due to social class. These patients, treated at a teaching hospital, may represent the severest mood disorder cases. Evaluations were made knowing the diagnosis of the patients, which might also have influenced some of the results. Social disabilities among mood disorder patients are very frequent and intensive.

Anurans as prey: an exploratory analysis and size relationships between predators and their prey

The vertebrate predators of post-metamorphic anurans were quantified and the predator-prey relationship was investigated by analysing the relative size of invertebrate predators and anurans. More than 100 vertebrate predators were identified (in more than 200 reports) and classified as opportunistic, convenience, temporary specialized and specialized predators. Invertebrate predators were classified as solitary non-venomous, venomous and social foragers according to 333 reviewed reports. Each of these categories of invertebrate predators was compared with the relative size of the anurans, showing an increase in the relative size of the prey when predators used special predatory tactics. The number of species and the number of families of anurans that were preyed upon did not vary with the size of the predator, suggesting that prey selection was not arbitrary and that energetic constraints must be involved in this choice. The relatively low predation pressure upon brachycephalids was related to the presence of some defensive strategies of its species. This compounding review can be used as the foundation for future advances in vertebrate predator-prey interactions.

Social Panorama of Latin America 2005

Includes bibliography

Social cohesion in Latin America: concepts, frames of reference and Indicators

Includes bibliography

Gender, pensions and social citizenship in Latin America

Includes bibliography

Building community social capital

Includes bibliography

Resilience as protagonism: interpersonal relationships, cultural practices, and personal agency among working adolescents in Brazil

A visual methods study was conducted with 16 at-risk youth living in a mid-sized Brazilian city. In this study, we focus on data obtained from four of those youth who were working adolescents, aged 13-15, and identify contextually specific protective processes associated with resilience. Through a reciprocal process of collaborative research that included observation, photo elicitation, video recording of a 'day in the life' of each youth, and semi-structured interviews, youth and researchers co-constructed an understanding of adaptive coping in a particularly challenging social environment. By employing techniques from grounded theory to analyze the data, we identified a pattern of protagonism among these youth that enabled them to maintain well-being despite exploitation as working children. This conceptualization of protagonism as a protective process has implications for human service workers who intervene to improve the living conditions of working children. © 2013 Taylor & Francis.

A Dinâmica agrária do município de Ortigueira(PR) e a reprodução social dos produtores familiares: uma análise das comunidades rurais de Pinhalzinho e Vila Rica

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

A representação social e a territorialização da reforma agrária no espaço urbano a partir do Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos

Pós-graduação em Geografia - IGCE

Os parâmetros curriculares nacionais do ensino médio e o trabalho: o ideário pedagógico e a realidade social

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Uma análise geográfica das novas ruralidades e do controle social nas Vilas Rurais da Paz em Rolândia e João Inocente em Cambé

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

A lei do desejo ou o desejo da lei? Pacto edípico e pacto social no sentimento de pertença familiar de adolescentes em conflito com a lei

Pós-graduação em Psicologia - FCLAS

Terceiro setor: interesses públicos ou privados? Um estudo de caso comparativo entre duas instituições com atuação na área social

Pós-graduação em Psicologia - FCLAS