Ribeira, técnica versus natureza: transformações em prol de um projeto de modernização (1860-1932)

The necessity of the insertion of the capital of Rio Grande do Norte in the world-wide commercial scene and its claim as the seat of political power, in ends of nineteenth and beginning of twentieth century, determined the direction of urban interventions undertaken by government to restructure the city. In that matter, there were several actions of improvements and embellishment in Natal, which had, as a starting point, the adequacy works of the port, located in the Ribeira quarter, with the aim of ending the physical isolation that reinforced its economic stagnation. Besides the problems faced in the opening bar of the Potengi River, and would complement the required improvements, other barriers demonstrate the tension established between the physic-geographic field and the man: the flooded and slope which connected Cidade Alta and Ribeira the first two quarters of the city.The execution of these works demanded knowledge whose domain and application it was for engineering. But, how the actions done for the engineers, in sense to transform natural areas into constructed spaces made possible the intentional conformation of the quarter of the Ribeira in a commercial and politician-administrative center, in the middle of the XIX century and beginning of the XX? Understand, therefore, the employment effects of technology on the physical-geographical Ribeira, is the objective of this work that uses theoretical and methodological procedures of Urban Environmental History, by analyzing the relationship between the environment and the man, mediated by knowledge and use of technologies. The documental research was used, as primary sources, the Messages of the Provincial Assembly Government that later became the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Norte reports and articles on specialized publications, in addition to local newspapers. The work is structured in five chapters. First, some comments about Urban Environmental History (Chapter 1) supplemented with analysis of the conceptual construction of nature in the Contemporary Era and its application in the city (chapter 02), the following chapters (03 and 04) deal with the rise of engineers as a active group in the Brazilian government frameworks and their vision about the nature inside the urban environment and it is studied how the professional technicians dealt with the improvement work of the harbor and in the shock with the natural forces. Other works that would complement this "project" of modernization and had had natural obstacles to be removed the Ribeira flood and slope constitute the subject of the fifth chapter. Finally, some final considerations retake the initial discussions aiming an association between the technique and the nature as junction elements inside the process of constitution of a Modern Natal

Evidence for Reductive Genome Evolution and Lateral Acquisition of Virulence Functions in Two Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis Strains

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Panorama de la Inserción Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe 2010-2011: la región en la década de las economías emergentes

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Interaction between wave and coastal structure: Validation of two lagrangian numerical models with experimental results marine 2011

Numerical modeling of the interaction among waves and coastal structures is a challenge due to the many nonlinear phenomena involved, such as, wave propagation, wave transformation with water depth, interaction among incident and reflected waves, run-up / run-down and wave overtopping. Numerical models based on Lagrangian formulation, like SPH (Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics), allow simulating complex free surface flows. The validation of these numerical models is essential, but comparing numerical results with experimental data is not an easy task. In the present paper, two SPH numerical models, SPHysics LNEC and SPH UNESP, are validated comparing the numerical results of waves interacting with a vertical breakwater, with data obtained in physical model tests made in one of the LNEC's flume. To achieve this validation, the experimental set-up is determined to be compatible with the Characteristics of the numerical models. Therefore, the flume dimensions are exactly the same for numerical and physical model and incident wave characteristics are identical, which allows determining the accuracy of the numerical models, particularly regarding two complex phenomena: wave-breaking and impact loads on the breakwater. It is shown that partial renormalization, i.e. renormalization applied only for particles near the structure, seems to be a promising compromise and an original method that allows simultaneously propagating waves, without diffusion, and modeling accurately the pressure field near the structure.

Polícia em Moçambique: padrões e experiências de formação de jovens policiais (1975-2011)

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Religião e silêncio: representações e práticas mortuárias entre nikkeis em Assaí por meio de túmulos (1932 – 1950)

Pós-graduação em História - FCLAS

Memórias de uma revolta esquecida: o Baixo-Amazonas na revolução constitucionalista de 1932

A proposta desta dissertação é discutir a formação do primeiro movimento armado de reação ao tenentismo e ao Governo Provisório no Estado do Pará, materializado numa revolta de civis e militares, liderada por sargentos de uma pequena unidade do Exército na cidade de Óbidos, interior da Amazônia, em 1932, com o objetivo de analisar os seus significados, as experiências dos sujeitos, as estratégias de luta e a relação da revolta com a Revolução Constitucionalista de São Paulo. Oitenta anos depois, o acontecimento, que teve trágico desfecho na batalha naval de Itacoatiara, ainda permanece um dos capítulos amazônicos mais desconhecidos da história do Brasil. Em busca de resposta, o trabalho examina o discurso oficial do interventor paraense no sentido de invalidar a legitimidade da ação rebelde e seu reflexo na sociedade da época.

Las drogas en los centros de iniciacion profesional: aportaciones de algunos estudios del País Vasco

[ES] Entre las diferentes medidas para prevenir el abandono escolar destacan hoy los Programa de Cualificación Profesional Inicial. Sin embargo, la complejidad de la adolescencia y de la problemática de sus conductas de riesgo invita a reflexionar sobre su sentido y alcance de estas, entre las que resalta el consumo problemático de diferentes drogas. Este artículo aporta datos de algunos estudios realizados con la población atendida en los Centros de Iniciación Profesional (CIP) en el País Vasco, con la mirada puesta en la atención educadora.

Cambios de la delincuencia juvenil de España y Canarias: Análisis de tendencias en el periodo 2005-2011

[ES] De los cambios estudiados de la delincuencia juvenil de España y Canarias por medio del método de regresión lineal segmentada "joinpoint regression" destacamos un aumento del porcentaje de cambio anual estimado (PCA) en varones y mujeres de 14 años para el periodo 2005-2011 en España y un descenso en Canarias. También un aumento de varones y mujeres en la tendencia 2007-2011 para la edad de 17 años de España y Canarias. Por otro lado, las Comunidades Autónomas que se sitúan con un percentil menor del 25 de delincuencia juvenil en varones están: Canarias, Catalunya, Madrid, Melilla y País Vasco. Por último, para delincuencia juvenil femenina y por debajo del percentil 25, tenemos situadas a las Comunidades de: Catalunya, Asturias, Madrid, Melilla y Canarias

Demographic model of the Swiss cattle population for the years 2009-2011 stratified by gender, age and production type

Demographic composition and dynamics of animal and human populations are important determinants for the transmission dynamics of infectious disease and for the effect of infectious disease or environmental disasters on productivity. In many circumstances, demographic data are not available or of poor quality. Since 1999 Switzerland has been recording cattle movements, births, deaths and slaughter in an animal movement database (AMD). The data present in the AMD offers the opportunity for analysing and understanding the dynamic of the Swiss cattle population. A dynamic population model can serve as a building block for future disease transmission models and help policy makers in developing strategies regarding animal health, animal welfare, livestock management and productivity. The Swiss cattle population was therefore modelled using a system of ordinary differential equations. The model was stratified by production type (dairy or beef), age and gender (male and female calves: 0-1 year, heifers and young bulls: 1-2 years, cows and bulls: older than 2 years). The simulation of the Swiss cattle population reflects the observed pattern accurately. Parameters were optimized on the basis of the goodness-of-fit (using the Powell algorithm). The fitted rates were compared with calculated rates from the AMD and differed only marginally. This gives confidence in the fitted rates of parameters that are not directly deductible from the AMD (e.g. the proportion of calves that are moved from the dairy system to fattening plants).

Revascularization Treatment of Emergency Patients with Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Switzerland: Results from a Nationwide, Cross-Sectional Study in Switzerland for 2010-2011

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide and in Switzerland. When applied, treatment guidelines for patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) improve the clinical outcome and should eliminate treatment differences by sex and age for patients whose clinical situations are identical. In Switzerland, the rate at which STEMI patients receive revascularization may vary by patient and hospital characteristics. AIMS: To examine all hospitalizations in Switzerland from 2010-2011 to determine if patient or hospital characteristics affected the rate of revascularization (receiving either a percutaneous coronary intervention or a coronary artery bypass grafting) in acute STEMI patients. DATA AND METHODS: We used national data sets on hospital stays, and on hospital infrastructure and operating characteristics, for the years 2010 and 2011, to identify all emergency patients admitted with the main diagnosis of acute STEMI. We then calculated the proportion of patients who were treated with revascularization. We used multivariable multilevel Poisson regression to determine if receipt of revascularization varied by patient and hospital characteristics. RESULTS: Of the 9,696 cases we identified, 71.6% received revascularization. Patients were less likely to receive revascularization if they were female, and 80 years or older. In the multivariable multilevel Poisson regression analysis, there was a trend for small-volume hospitals performing fewer revascularizations but this was not statistically significant while being female (Relative Proportion = 0.91, 95% CI: 0.86 to 0.97) and being older than 80 years was still associated with less frequent revascularization. CONCLUSION: Female and older patients were less likely to receive revascularization. Further research needs to clarify whether this reflects differential application of treatment guidelines or limitations in this kind of routine data.