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A VONTADE SOB O IMPACTO DA P��S-MODERNIDADE (A F�� INTERPELANDO A FRAGMENTA����O DA VONTADE)

Este trabalho investiga uma das formas pelas quais a condi����o contempor��nea, assim chamada p��s-moderna, exerce significativo impacto sobre a vontade humana. Numa perspectiva fenomenol��gica e existencial, apoiada primordialmente no pensamento de Paul Ricoeur e Paul Tillich, esta abordagem busca identificar a rela����o entre a condi����o p��s-moderna e a crise contempor��nea da vontade que, como hip��tese de tese, encontra-se vinculada �� forma pela qual �� estabelecida a rela����o entre vontade e desejo. A p��s-modernidade �� analisada a partir de seu desenvolvimento s��cio-cultural desde a d��cada de 1930 e em interlocu����o com os pensamentos de Jean-Fran��ois Lyotard e Jean Baudrillard de forma a evidenciar o desenvolvimento desta rela����o. Algumas perspectivas filos��fico-teol��gicas s��o exploradas a partir da situa����o de impacto aqui em quest��o. S��o tentativas de contribuir para que a vontade redescubra seu car��ter integralizador e possa consider��-lo t��o imprescind��vel quanto seu ��mpeto expansionista e dissipador, uma vez que ambos os movimentos s��o partes integrantes da coragem e do poder-de-ser que a fundamentam.(AU)

JUVENTUDE E A ERA DA INTERNET: integra����o e intera����o

O objetivo deste trabalho �� refletir sobre o processo cognitivo comportamental dos jovens, imersos em tecnologias contempor��neas como a Internet. A luz dos debates trazidos pelos pensadores das ��reas de Comunica����o e Psicologia Social, realizou-se uma avalia����o comparativa de diferentes fontes. Atrav��s da revis��o bibliogr��fica, passou-se a uma investiga����o em car��ter explorat��rio sobre as abordagens integradas de alguns trabalhos, acerca da rela����o dos jovens com a Internet, o processo comunicativo, o desenvolvimento cognitivo humano e mudan��as comportamentais nessa rela����o. Verificou-se que na maioria desses trabalhos, a Internet exerceu um papel de mecanismo facilitador para a intera����o entre os jovens, na identifica����o com seus pares, o que propiciou um diferencial no processo cognitivo, e, por fim, em sua singulariza����o. Por��m, n��o podemos deixar de apresentar os resultados dos demais trabalhos, pois, nos levou a ter um olhar mais cuidadoso nos background individual e social da popula����o em quest��o.(AU)

The isolation, characterization, and application of WRKY genes as useful molecular markers in tropical trees

The improvement of tropical tree crops using conventional breeding methods faces challenges due to the length of time involved. Thus, like most crops, there is an effort to utilize molecular genetic markers in breeding programs to select for desirable agronomic traits. Known as marker assisted breeding or marker assisted selection, genetic markers associated with a phenotype of interest are used to screen and select material reducing the time necessary to evaluate candidates. As the focus of this research was improving disease resistance in tropical trees, the usefulness of the WRKY gene superfamily was investigated as candidates for generating useful molecular genetic markers. WRKY genes encode plant-specific transcriptional factors associated with regulating plants' responses to both biotic and abiotic stress. ^ One pair of degenerate primers amplified 48 WRKY gene fragments from three taxonomically distinct, economically important, tropical tree crop species: 18 from Theobroma cacao L., 21 from Cocos nucifera L. and 9 from Persea americana Mill. Several loci from each species were polymorphic because of single nucleotide substitutions present within a putative non-coding region of the loci. Capillary array electrophoresis-single strand conformational polymorphism (CAE-SSCP) mapped four WRKY loci onto a genetic linkage map of a T. cacao F2 population segregating for resistance to witches' broom disease. Additionally, PCR primers specific for four T. cacao loci successfully amplified WRKY loci from 15 members of the Byttneriae tribe. A method was devised to allow the reliable discrimination of alleles by CAE-SSCP using only the mobility assigned to the sample peaks. Once this method was validated, the diversity of three WRKY loci was evaluated in a germplasm collection of T. cacao . One locus displayed high diversity in the collection, with at least 18 alleles detected from mobility differences of the product peaks. The number of WRKY loci available within the genome, ease of isolation by degenerate PCR, codominant segregation demonstrated in the F2 population, and usefulness for screening germplasm collections and closely related wild species demonstrates that the WRKY superfamily of genes are excellent candidates for developing a number of genetic molecular markers for breeding purposes in tropical trees. ^

Water temperature reconstructions based on paired Uk'37 and Tex86 records, and paired surface and subsurface Mg/Ca records

This dataset contains the collection of available published paired Uk'37 and Tex86 records spanning multi-millennial to multi-million year time scales, as well as a collection of Mg/Ca-derived temperatures measured in parallel on surface and subsurface dwelling foraminifera, both used in the analyses of Ho and Laepple, Nature Geoscience 2016. As the signal-to-noise ratios of proxy-derived Holocene temperatures are relatively low, we selected records that contain at least the last deglaciation (oldest sample >18kyr BP).

Cart��es de sauda����es em l��ngua inglesa: uma pr��tica de letramento em an��lise

This research aims at studying the use of greeting cards, here understood as a literacy practice widely used in American society of the United States. In American culture, these cards become sources of information and memory about people���s cycles of life, their experiences and their bonds of sociability enabled by means of the senses that the image and the word comprise. The main purpose of this work is to describe how this literacy practice occurs in American society. Theoretically, this research is based on studies of literacy (BARTON, HAMILTON, 1998; BAYHAM, 1995; HAMILTON, 2000; STREET, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1993, 2003), the contributions of social semiotics, associated with systemic-functional grammar (HALLIDAY; HASAN 1978, 1985, HALLIDAY, 1994, HALLIDAY; MATTHIESSEN, 2004), and the grammar of visual design (KRESS; LEITE-GARCIA, VAN LEEUWEN, 1997, 2004, 2006; KRESS; MATTHIESSEN, 2004). Methodologically, it is a study that falls within the qualitative paradigm of interpretative character, which adopts ethnographic tools in data generation. From this perspective, it makes use of ���looking and asking��� techniques (ERICKSON, 1986, p. 119), complemented by the technique of "registering", proposed by Paz (2008). The corpus comprises 104 printed cards, provided by users of this cultural artifact, from which we selected 24, and 11 e-cards, extracted from the internet, as well as verbalizations obtained by applying a questionnaire prepared with open questions asked in order to gather information about the perceptions and actions of these cards users with respect to this literacy practice. Data analysis reveals cultural, economic and social aspects of this practice and the belief that literacy practice of using printed greeting cards, despite the existence of virtual alternatives, is still very fruitful in American society. The study also allows users to comprehend that the cardholders position themselves and construct identities that are expressed in verbal and visual interaction in order to achieve the desired effect. As a result, it is understood that greeting cards are not unintentional, but loaded with ideology and power relations, among other aspects that are constitutive of them.

Produ����o de sentidos sobre a milit��ncia pol��tica de mulheres vinculadas ao MST/RN

Studies show that the theme of gender relations within the MST (Rural Landless Workers Movement) has incorporated some feminist guidelines discussions in the set of its speeches and daily practices. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the production of meanings about the political militancy of women linked to MST in Rio Grande do Norte. The specific objectives sought to identify the continuities and ruptures related to the women's role in the family of the militant women and to investigate the militant���s discursive positioning about their work. The study is configured as a qualitative research, which six women militants linked to the MST at the RN participated. These women occupy the coordination and leadership functions in the movement. We will use a semi-structured interview, initially guided by triggering questions that included, among others, the dimensions: political militancy, family and work as an access tool to the phenomenon. The reports were analyzed from an initial categorization, based on the guiding principles: militancy, family and work, and were based on theoretical perspective of studies about the production of meaning, discursive practices, social psychology and gender studies. The meanings of militancy point to: contribution, hope, recognition, transformation, awareness and fight. The results show that there is always a positivation speech of life, achievements of a formation and about a new place as a woman at stake. These results come justified by the collective investment of struggle, not only for the access to land, but for social rights achievements too. Finally, the MST stands with a discursive agency that contributes to produce in these women not only the way of political participation: but a way to be exercised with collective subjects and their rights.

Produ����o de sentidos sobre a milit��ncia pol��tica de mulheres vinculadas ao MST/RN

Studies show that the theme of gender relations within the MST (Rural Landless Workers Movement) has incorporated some feminist guidelines discussions in the set of its speeches and daily practices. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the production of meanings about the political militancy of women linked to MST in Rio Grande do Norte. The specific objectives sought to identify the continuities and ruptures related to the women's role in the family of the militant women and to investigate the militant���s discursive positioning about their work. The study is configured as a qualitative research, which six women militants linked to the MST at the RN participated. These women occupy the coordination and leadership functions in the movement. We will use a semi-structured interview, initially guided by triggering questions that included, among others, the dimensions: political militancy, family and work as an access tool to the phenomenon. The reports were analyzed from an initial categorization, based on the guiding principles: militancy, family and work, and were based on theoretical perspective of studies about the production of meaning, discursive practices, social psychology and gender studies. The meanings of militancy point to: contribution, hope, recognition, transformation, awareness and fight. The results show that there is always a positivation speech of life, achievements of a formation and about a new place as a woman at stake. These results come justified by the collective investment of struggle, not only for the access to land, but for social rights achievements too. Finally, the MST stands with a discursive agency that contributes to produce in these women not only the way of political participation: but a way to be exercised with collective subjects and their rights.

Motiva����o e satisfa����o �� luz do modelo ASH: estudo de caso em ind��stria de alimentos

Neste estudo, foram examinadas as rela����es existentes entre a motiva����o e a satisfa����o do trabalhador no espa��o laboral. O estudo emp��rico foi conduzido em uma ��nica etapa, por meio da qual buscou-se conhecer as dimens��es latentes identificadas e, a partir das dimens��es validadas, buscou-se estabelecer rela����es com caracter��sticas motivacionais, como antecedentes, e satisfa����o pelo trabalho realizado, como conseq����ncia do atendimento das necessidades manifestadas pelo trabalhador. Foram entrevistados 38 (trinta e oito) funcion��rios da empresa ��gua Mineral Cristalina, incluindo-se os que ocupam cargos de chefia. Como instrumento de coleta de dados, foi utilizada parte do complexo da Auditoria do Sistema Humano ASH, criado por Quijano (1999), que se trata de um modelo de pesquisa na ��rea de Psicologia Social, incluindo a Administra����o de Recursos Humanos, que analisa os processos psicol��gicos e psicossociais nas organiza����es. Para esta pesquisa, foram utilizados dois formul��rios sugeridos pelo autor citado, (anexos 01 e 02). O primeiro denomina-se condi����es para a motiva����o , com 15 (quinze) quest��es do tipo likert. O segundo, "trabalho bem feito e satisfa����o de necessidades", tem 22 (vinte e duas) quest��es, tamb��m do tipo likert. O instrumento foi respondido por colaboradores, independente da posi����o hier��rquica, em aproximadamente 10 (dez) a 15 (quinze) minutos. A aplica����o foi realizada diretamente pelo pesquisador nas unidades de produ����o e de administra����o da empresa. Por meio de modelagem de equa����es estruturais, foi estabelecido um modelo de rela����es causais entre as dimens��es latentes relacionadas �� motiva����o e o desempenho do empregado quando tem satisfeitas as suas necessidades. Quanto ao tratamento dos dados, este ocorreu de forma quantitativa. Quanto �� an��lise, aconteceu ap��s os dados terem sido tratados. Nesta pesquisa, os dados foram analisados por meio de estat��sticas descritivas, atualizando-se os recursos de softwares espec��ficos como Statistic ou SPSS Statistic Package for Social Sciences. Usou-se a t��cnica de An��lise de Regress��o, na qual foi utilizado o m��todo STEPWISE que inclui na equa����o de explica����o de uma vari��vel dependente somente aquelas que auxiliam ou incrementam sua explica����o. Como vari��veis dependentes, foram utilizadas as vari��veis do formul��rio "trabalho bem feito e satisfa����o de necessidades" e como vari��vel independe as vari��veis do question��rio "condi����es para motiva����o". Sob o ponto de vista pr��tico, este estudo mostrou que um determinado conjunto de caracter��sticas motivacionais influi positivamente na satisfa����o do trabalhador, que poder�� realizar um trabalho bem feito; do lado te��rico, a pesquisa verificou explicitamente a hip��tese de que os aspectos motivacionais contribuem para que o empregado, sentindo-se satisfeito, desempenhe melhor as atribui����es que lhe s��o conferidas

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���Mais vale tarde que nunca��� - O papel do prov��rbio no contexto persuasivo

Disserta����o de Mestrado apresentada no Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada para a obten����o de grau de Mestre na especialidade de Psicologia Social e das Organiza����es

Efic��cia de um programa de formula����o de objectivos no basquetebol, efeitos no rendimento e nas compet��ncias psicol��gicas. Turnover, uma consequ��ncia presente, uma realidade inalter��vel?

Disserta����o de Mestrado apresentada no Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada para obten����o de grau de Mestre na especialidade de Psicologia Social e das Organiza����es

Diferen��as na percep����o de risco entre peritos e novatos

Disserta����o de Mestrado apresentada no Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada para obten����o de grau de Mestre na especialidade de Psicologia Social e das Organiza����es