"Ancestry, gender and language - The role of culture in economic development"

This thesis is a combination of research questions in development economics and economics of culture, with an emphasis on the role of ancestry, gender and language policies in shaping inequality of opportunities and socio-economic outcomes across different segments of a society. The first chapter shows both theoretically and empirically that heterogeneity in risk attitudes can be traced to the ethnic origins and ancestral way of living. In particular, I construct a measure of historical nomadism at the ethnicity level and link it to contemporary individual-level data on various proxies of risk attitudes. I exploit exogenous variation in biodiversity to build a novel instrument for nomadism: distance to domestication points. I find that descendants of ethnic groups that historically practiced nomadism (i) are more willing to take risks, (ii) value security less, and (iii) have riskier health behavior. The second chapter evaluates the nature of a trade-off between the advantages of female labor participation and the positive effects of female education. This work exploits a triple difference identification strategy relying on exogenous spike in cotton price and spatial variation in suitability for cotton, and split sample analyses based on the exogenous allocation of land contracts. Results show that gender differences in parental investments in patriarchal societies can be reinforced by the type of agricultural activity, while positive economic shocks may further exacerbate this bias, additionally crowding out higher possibilities to invest in female education. The third chapter brings novel evidence of the role of the language policy in building national sentiments, affecting educational and occupational choices. Here I focus on the case of Uzbekistan and estimate the effects of exposure to the Latin alphabet on informational literacy, education and career choices. I show that alphabet change affects people's informational literacy and the formation of certain educational and labour market trends.

Plano de ação para enfrentamento da cárie dentária em crianças e adolescentes residentes do município de Bias Fortes/MG

A cárie dentária é uma doença de causa multifatorial, considerada um problema de saúde pública, que atinge indivíduos de todas as idades. O município de Bias Fortes tem apresentado altos índices da doença em crianças e adolescentes, apesar da realização de atividades coletivas preventivas. Um fator agravante é a não fluoretação da água de abastecimento da cidade. O objetivo desse trabalho foi elaborar um plano de intervenção para o enfrentamento desse problema. O verniz fluoretado foi escolhido como método a ser usado. Inicialmente foi feito diagnóstico situacional, realizado através do método do planejamento estratégico situacional. Para a fundamentação teórica, foi realizada uma busca junto a Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde (BVS), LILACS (Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde), MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online) e SCIELO (Scientific Eletronic Library Online), além de livros, monografias, teses e manuais do Ministério da Saúde, em português e inglês, entre os anos de 1975 e 2013. Concluiu-se que há necessidade de maior investimento e melhoria na estrutura dos serviços de saúde e compra de materiais para atender melhor a população. Espera-se que o plano de intervenção elaborado possa responder à altura dos desafios vivenciados por essa população do município e possa contribuir para a organização do sistema municipal de saúde, bem como para a construção da integralidade no cotidiano.

Tratamento restaurador atraumático: uma alternativa para o controle da cárie dentária no serviço público de saúde Bias Fortes - MG

O tratamento restaurador atraumático (ART) é uma técnica baseada no conceito de mínima intervenção e máxima preservação das estruturas dentárias, sendo caracterizada pela remoção parcial da dentina atingida pela cárie e selamento da cavidade com cimento de ionômero de vidro de alta viscosidade. Desde que associado a programas preventivos e de promoção da saúde, o ART pode ser considerado uma importante estratégia de controle da doença cárie, capaz de contribuir para a melhoria do acesso aos serviços odontológicos e favorecer a abordagem do paciente dentro do seu contexto social. Considerando a grande demanda reprimida com necessidade de tratamento odontológico e as dificuldades enfrentadas pela equipe de saúde bucal da Estratégia Saúde da Família de Bias Fortes, o presente trabalho propõe um plano de intervenção baseado tanto na revisão crítica da literatura sobre as restaurações atraumáticas quanto na atual realidade do município. A proposta é baseada na adoção do ART como forma de controle da cárie dentária, sendo esta técnica vinculada a programas de promoção da saúde. Para tal, são sugeridas estratégias a serem realizadas em curto, médio e longo prazo.

Growth Curves For Girls With Turner Syndrome.

The objective of this study was to review the growth curves for Turner syndrome, evaluate the methodological and statistical quality, and suggest potential growth curves for clinical practice guidelines. The search was carried out in the databases Medline and Embase. Of 1006 references identified, 15 were included. Studies constructed curves for weight, height, weight/height, body mass index, head circumference, height velocity, leg length, and sitting height. The sample ranged between 47 and 1,565 (total = 6,273) girls aged 0 to 24 y, born between 1950 and 2006. The number of measures ranged from 580 to 9,011 (total = 28,915). Most studies showed strengths such as sample size, exclusion of the use of growth hormone and androgen, and analysis of confounding variables. However, the growth curves were restricted to height, lack of information about selection bias, limited distributional properties, and smoothing aspects. In conclusion, we observe the need to construct an international growth reference for girls with Turner syndrome, in order to provide support for clinical practice guidelines.

Tuning The Surface Anisotropy In Fe-doped Nio Nanoparticles.

Ni(1-x)FexO nanoparticles have been obtained by the co-precipitation chemical route. X-ray diffraction analyses using Rietveld refinement have shown a slight decrease in the microstrain and mean particle size as a function of the Fe content. The zero-field-cooling (ZFC) and field-cooling (FC) magnetization curves show superparamagnetic behavior at high temperatures and a low temperature peak (at T = 11 K), which is enhanced with increasing Fe concentration. Unusual behavior of the coercive field in the low temperature region and an exchange bias behavior were also observed. A decrease in the Fe concentration induces an increase in the exchange bias field. We argue that these behaviors can be linked with the strengthening of surface anisotropy caused by the incorporation of Fe ions.

Comparative Metagenomic Analysis Of Coral Microbial Communities Using A Reference-independent Approach.

By comparing the SEED and Pfam functional profiles of metagenomes of two Brazilian coral species with 29 datasets that are publicly available, we were able to identify some functions, such as protein secretion systems, that are overrepresented in the metagenomes of corals and may play a role in the establishment and maintenance of bacteria-coral associations. However, only a small percentage of the reads of these metagenomes could be annotated by these reference databases, which may lead to a strong bias in the comparative studies. For this reason, we have searched for identical sequences (99% of nucleotide identity) among these metagenomes in order to perform a reference-independent comparative analysis, and we were able to identify groups of microbial communities that may be under similar selective pressures. The identification of sequences shared among the metagenomes was found to be even better for the identification of groups of communities with similar niche requirements than the traditional analysis of functional profiles. This approach is not only helpful for the investigation of similarities between microbial communities with high proportion of unknown reads, but also enables an indirect overview of gene exchange between communities.

Estado da arte de figuras de mérito em calibração multivariada

The validation of an analytical procedure must be certified through the determination of parameters known as figures of merit. For first order data, the acuracy, precision, robustness and bias is similar to the methods of univariate calibration. Linearity, sensitivity, signal to noise ratio, adjustment, selectivity and confidence intervals need different approaches, specific for multivariate data. Selectivity and signal to noise ratio are more critical and they only can be estimated by means of the calculation of the net analyte signal. In second order calibration, some differentes approaches are necessary due to data structure.

Spontaneous puberty in girls with early diagnosis of Turner syndrome

OBJECTIVE: To verify if the frequency of spontaneous pubertal development among girls with Turner syndrome (TS) diagnosed in infancy and childhood is greater than that of patients diagnosed later. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Thirty three girls aged < 10 years at the time of diagnosis were evaluated regarding pubertal development. The frequency of spontaneous puberty was compared with that of girls aged > 13 years diagnosed at the same service. RESULTS: Sixteen of 32 informative patients had signs of spontaneous puberty, a frequency greater than that of patients diagnosed later. In six patients, there was no progression of puberty; menarche occurred in six, and one became pregnant, but the fetus was a stillborn. Spontaneous puberty was absent in all cases with 45,X karyotype. CONCLUSIONS: The greater prevalence of spontaneous puberty in girls whose diagnosis was not based on pubertal delay suggests that, among those diagnosed later, there is a bias towards patients with hypogonadism. Arq Bras Endocrinol Metab. 2012;56(9):653-7

Significados do taiko no Instituto Cultural Nipo Brasileiro de Campinas

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educação Física

Corpo-sujeito Kadiweu : jogo e esporte

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educação Física

Jogos dos povos indigenas : trajetórias e interlocuções = Indigenous peoples games : trajectory and interlocutions

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educação Física

Atividade diaria e (in)atividade fisica na sociedade indigena Terena : Aldeias Buriti e Corrego do Meio

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educação Física

Etno Desporto indigena : contribuições da antropologia social a partir da experiencia entre os Kaingang

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educação Física

Desenvolvimento de uma metodologia para reconstrução da superficie do pe humano por videogrametria

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educação Física

Rastreamento automatico de trajetorias de jogadores de futebol por videogrametria : validação do metodo e analise dos resultados

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educação Física