Comunidade fitoplanctônica e qualidade da água da Lagoa do Jiqui, Parnamirim, RN

It is important to evaluate the quality of water for proper management of these resources, since the increase of environmental degradation and the multiple use of water resources are decreasing the quality of water consumed by living beings. The objective of this study was to characterize the phytoplankton community and its variations during periods of dray and rain in Jiqui Lake located in Parnamirim, RN. It was also aimed to analyze the physical and chemical factors of this environment, in order to contribute to the knowledge of water quality used for human consumption. The collection of water samples were carried out in September 2008 to August 2009. The collection of the phytoplankton community was carried out in four sampling sites (surface, bottom, margin of the lake without macrophytes and site dominated by macrophytes). Phytoplankton was collected using plankton net of 20m. The analysis of nutrients and identification of phytoplankton were performed in the laboratory. The results indicate that concentration of chlorophyll a was high in the bottom with mean value of 1.07 μgL-1 (SD ± 1.61). During the study period there was a dominance of the following species: Euglena gracilis, Trachelomonas sp, Cyclotellas sp, Gomphonema apuncto, Navicula cuspidata var. cuspidata, Navicula sp, Rhopalodia gibba. There was homogeneity between limnological values in the four study sites, with significant difference between the periods of drought and rain. The Jiqui Lake is considered oligotrophic due to its low concentrations of chlorophyll a, high transparency and low levels of nutrients. The values of BOD and chlorophyll a concentration remained below the permitted standards existing for freshwaters in Brazil, thus the water from Lake Jiqui is of good quality, suitable for human consumption.

Espectroscopia no infravermelho e método quimiométrico para a pesquisa de antimicrobianos em leite da microrregião de Pato Branco - PR

Considering the social and economic importance that the milk has, the objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence and quantifying antimicrobial residues in the food. The samples were collected in dairy industry of southwestern Paraná state and thus they were able to cover all ten municipalities in the region of Pato Branco. The work focused on the development of appropriate models for the identification and quantification of analytes: tetracycline, sulfamethazine, sulfadimethoxine, chloramphenicol and ampicillin, all antimicrobials with health interest. For the calibration procedure and validation of the models was used the Infrared Spectroscopy Fourier Transform associated with chemometric method based on Partial Least Squares regression (PLS - Partial Least Squares). To prepare a work solution antimicrobials, the five analytes of interest were used in increasing doses, namely tetracycline from 0 to 0.60 ppm, sulfamethazine 0 to 0.12 ppm, sulfadimethoxine 0 to 2.40 ppm chloramphenicol 0 1.20 ppm and ampicillin 0 to 1.80 ppm to perform the work with the interest in multiresidues analysis. The performance of the models constructed was evaluated through the figures of merit: mean square error of calibration and cross-validation, correlation coefficients and offset performance ratio. For the purposes of applicability in this work, it is considered that the models generated for Tetracycline, Sulfadimethoxine and Chloramphenicol were considered viable, with the greatest predictive power and efficiency, then were employed to evaluate the quality of raw milk from the region of Pato Branco . Among the analyzed samples by NIR, 70% were in conformity with sanitary legislation, and 5% of these samples had concentrations below the Maximum Residue permitted, and is also satisfactory. However 30% of the sample set showed unsatisfactory results when evaluating the contamination with antimicrobials residues, which is non conformity related to the presence of antimicrobial unauthorized use or concentrations above the permitted limits. With the development of this work can be said that laboratory tests in the food area, using infrared spectroscopy with multivariate calibration was also good, fast in analysis, reduced costs and with minimum generation of laboratory waste. Thus, the alternative method proposed meets the quality concerns and desired efficiency by industrial sectors and society in general.

QUALIDADE DE VIDA DE PROFESSORAS DO ENSINO BÁSICO DA REDE PÚBLICA

Objetivo: Avaliar os aspectos associados à qualidade de vida (QV) de professoras do ensino básico da rede pública de Viçosa-MG, buscando relações com a classe econômica. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo descritivo transversal, desenvolvido entre março e outubro de 2013, realizado com 156 professoras da cidade de Viçosa-MG. Foram aplicados os questionários World Health Organization Quality of Life/BREF e o Critério de Classificação Econômica. Utilizou-se também um questionário contendo tempo de atuação e carga horária semanal de trabalho. Para comparação dos domínios da QV entre as classes econômicas, utilizou-se o teste ANOVA one way, com post hoc de Tukey. Para todos os tratamentos, adotou-se um nível de significância de p<0,05. Resultados: As avaliadas apresentaram idade média de 43,88 (+ 10,61) anos, carga horária de trabalho semanal de 29,00 (+ 10,35) horas e tempo de atuação profissional de 16,17 (+ 8,91) anos. A maioria das avaliadas se encontrava na classe econômica B1/B2, com 60,3%. O escore médio da QV geral foi de 68,43 (+ 11,69) pontos, com maiores valores para os domínios “relações sociais” e “físico”. Foi encontrada uma redução na média do domínio “meio ambiente” em relação à menor classe econômica (p=0,011). Houve correlação fraca e inversa entre o domínio “relações sociais” e a carga horária semanal de trabalho (r=-0,16; p=0,031). Conclusão: A QV da população estudada foi considerada entre regular e boa, levando-se em conta a escala do protocolo. Houve associação somente entre o domínio “meio ambiente” e a classe econômica.

AVALIAÇÃO DA EXPERIÊNCIA DE CÁRIE E QUALIDADE DE VIDA RELACIONADA À SAÚDE BUCAL DE ESCOLARES

Objetivo: Avaliar a relação entre experiência de cárie, qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde bucal (QVRSB) e fatores socioeconômicos em escolares de rede municipal. Métodos: Este estudo, de corte transversal, realizado em um município paulista a partir de um levantamento de saúde bucal do ano de 2012, incluiu 142 escolares com 12 anos completos para avaliação da QVRSB por meio do Child Perceptions Questionnaire (CPQ11-14) e de fatores socioeconômicos (escolaridade dos pais, renda, número de cômodos e número de pessoas que habitam o domicílio). A experiência de cárie foi avaliada e expressa pelo índice CPOD e ceo-d (número de dentes cariados, perdidos e obturados na dentição permanente e decídua, respectivamente). A análise consistiu de estatística descritiva, uso dos testes Qui-quadrado, Mann-Whitney e correlação de Spearman. Resultados: Do total, 58,5% (n=83) dos escolares apresentaram experiência de cárie (CPOD+ceo-d≥1), os quais também apresentaram maiores escores na percepção global em saúde bucal (2,6±0,9 x 2,1±0,8), na escala total (33,0±22,6 x 21,9±14,5) e nos domínios bem-estar emocional (11,4±8,6 x 6,6±5,8) e bem-estar social (7,7±8,2 x 4,4±4,9) quando comparados àqueles sem experiência de cárie. Observouse também correlação positiva significativa entre o número de pessoas que habitavam o domicílio e o índice CPOD/ceo-d (r=0,2670; p=0,003). Conclusão: A experiência de cárie relacionou-se com uma percepção negativa da saúde bucal, principalmente nos aspectos emocional e social, e com o número de pessoas que habitavam o domicílio.

Optimization of heterotrophic feeding of the soft coral Sarcophyton cf. glaucum

Heterotrophic feeding has an important role in the processes of growth and reproduction of mixotrophic corals. The soft coral Sarcophyton cf. glaucum is a good candidate for aquaculture due to its economic interest for the marine aquarium trade and for the bioprospection of marine natural products. The lack of information on heterotrophic feeding of this species with preserved microalgae conducted to development of this work. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of the conservation processes of microalgae in its suitability as heterotrophic feeding for the mixotrophic coral S. cf. glaucum. Additionally, we aimed to identify the most suitable freeze-dried microalgae species and cell density to be employed in the culture of this mixotrophic coral species. Two experiments were performed: in the first experiment the microalgae Nannochloropsis oculata was supplied to coral fragments in three different preservation forms (live paste, frozen and freeze-dried) at the concentration of 106 cell mL-1; in the second experiment three different microalgae species (Nannochloropsis oculata, Isochrysis galbana and Phaeodactylum tricornutum) were tested in two different amounts: 7.33 mg L-1 (corresponding to the concentration of 106 cell mL-1 of Nannochloropsis oculata) and 3.66 mg L-1. Growth rate, survival, organic weight and photobiology of coral fragments, as well as water quality in culture tanks, were evaluated in both experiments. Preserved forms of microalgae did not demonstrated differences in growth rate, organic weight and survival rate of coral fragments, but affected water quality. Freeze-dried microalgae seems to be a good feed supply for coral aquaculture, as it has the best results and it has the higher shell-life time and the lower associated costs. Between the species evaluated in second experiment, Isochrysis galbana promoted higher specific growth rate and higher percentage of organic weight in the coral fragments; additionally the culture tanks supplied with this microalgae species also presented a better water quality in the end of the experiment.

Comunidades zooplanctônicas como bioindicadoras da qualidade da água de quatro reservatórios da região semi-árida do Rio Grande do Norte

The response of zooplankton assemblages to variations in the water quality of four man-made lakes, caused by eutrophication and siltation, was investigated by means of canonical correspondence analysis. Monte Carlo simulations using the CCA eingenvalues as test statistics revealed that changes in zooplankton species composition along the environmental gradients of trophic state and abiogenic turbidity were highly significant. The species Brachionus calyciflorus, Thermocyclops sp. and Argyrodiaptomus sp. were good indicators of eutrophic conditions while the species Brachionus dolabratus, Keratella tropica and Hexarthra sp. were good indicators of high turbidity due to suspended sediments. The rotifer genus Brachionus was the most species-rich taxon, comprising five species which were associated with different environmental conditions. Therefore, we tested whether this genus alone could potentially be a better biological indicator of these environmental gradients than the entire zooplankton assemblages or any other random set of five species. The ordination results show that the five Brachionus species alone did not explain better the observed pattern of environmental variation than most random sets of five species. Therefore, this genus could not be selected as a target taxon for more intensive environmental monitoring as has been previously suggested by Attayde and Bozelli (1998). Overall, our results show that changes in the water quality of man-made lakes in a tropical semi-arid region have significant effects on the structure of zooplankton assemblages that can potentially affect the functioning of these ecosystems

Qualidade de vida relacionada com a saúde em crianças e adolescentes – estudo bicêntrico e comparação com dados europeus

Introdução: O interesse pela Qualidade de Vida Relacionada com a Saúde (QVRS) é relativamente recente e na literatura são ainda poucos os estudos em idade pediátrica. Objetivos: Avaliar a QVRS em crianças e adolescentes de duas unidades dos cuidados de saúde primários portugueses. Material e métodos: Estudo transversal, descritivo e analítico. Foi aplicado o questionário KIDSCREEN-27® a uma amostra de conveniência de utentes, com idades compreendidas entre os 8 e os 18 anos, que recorreram entre 1 de fevereiro e 31 de julho de 2013, ao Centro de Saúde (CS) Sete Rios e à Unidade de Saúde Familiar (USF) Infesta. Resultados: Responderam ao questionário 163 indivíduos (85 do CS Sete Rios e 78 da USF Infesta). A média de idades foi 11,59±2,54 anos, com um predomínio do sexo feminino (102/62,6%). Os scores QVRS calculados revelaram valores elevados e estatisticamente superiores aos dados europeus disponíveis (p<0,001). As raparigas obtiveram scores QVRS mais baixos, mas apenas significativo na avaliação do bem-estar físico (p<0,001). O Suporte Social e Grupos de Pares foi a área pior avaliada pelos pais (p=0,006). O Ambiente Escolar foi o as- peto onde os adolescentes manifestaram um score significativamente inferior às crianças (p=0,041). Apesar dos utentes da USF Infesta apresentarem scores ligeiramente mais baixos, esta diferença não foi estatisticamente significativa. Conclusões: Os dados demonstram uma boa QVRS nas duas populações pediátricas avaliadas. Os resultados da análise comparativa evidenciaram algumas diferenças que deverão ser alvo de análise mais aprofundada em estudos posteriores, no sentido de planear medidas para a melhoria da QVRS.

Vagabundos e criminosos: o trabalho como mecanismo de poder e índice de criminalização no discurso jurídico-penal de reinserção social dos apenados

This study was a critical investigation of the configuration of discourse on work in the Brazilian criminal legal discourse. We problematized the discourse of an alleged reintegrative social function proposed by the criminal legal system and analyzed the role of such discourse in the core of disciplinary power strategies that impose on individuals the honest worker condition as a major criterion for their rehabilitation and return to society as citizens. This critique is our starting point to build the argument that discourse on work as it appears in current criminal legal texts operates more as a criminalization index of those who do not have a lawful occupation than a guarantee of legitimate social transit for convicts and recognition of their dignity. For this purpose, we used as corpus the main sources of Law, namely the Federal Constitution of 1988, the Penal Code, the Penal Execution Law, the Brazilian criminal doctrine and an extensive, more recent penal jurisprudence with regard to techniques of resocialization through work. This critical line enabled us to recognize complexity and plurality of discourses - antagonistic, at times - that build the world of work as portrayed in legal texts. We also sought reference in the discussion on the centrality of work as a formative category of the social being as well as theories that defend the non-centrality of work. Throughout our investigation, we sough to question the very condition of such centrality and to understand the ways in which it was possible to produce a legitimating discourse on work as a model of emancipatory social conduct defended and demanded by the Brazilian punitive system. In a context of precariousness, unemployment and flexibilization of the world of work in contemporary society, convicts hardly ever succeed to resume the identity of honest, hard-working citizens - and no longer offenders. In this context, we also questioned the formulation of a discourse that speaks about human labor as the essence of man and criticizes the Marxist vision that is based on work centrality, and we approached the concept of Michel Foucault, our theoretician of reference, who understands work more as a mechanism of power that promotes the individuals’ submission and adaptation to a goods-producing society than the natural activity of man. We ascribe our study to the field of questions that tackle the political conception of the body as subject to labor imposed as productive and political force. It is about the issue of political technology of individuals, a technology of power, as named by the French author. The intended analysis has not dismissed the material existence of labor relations but sought to discuss the validity of a discourse that considers work the main resource for convict rehabilitation and index for the recognition of dignity and honesty. The Foucauldian discourse analysis was the foundation for the investigation of our object, especially if we understand discourses as social practices with power to institute knowledge and produce truths.

Contribuições da inserção musical para a qualidade de vida no trabalho em ambiente laboral fabril

The present thesis aimed at understanding how the insertion of music in the work environment contributes to achieving Quality of Work Life. - QWL, under the perspective of biopsychosocial and organizational well-being. As to music insertion we considered the theoretical-empirical perception about how music is inserted at work and its functions on such place. The context where the study was taken was the manufacturing area of a major textile company, located in Natal, state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, in which music is used during labor activities. The only study case was the research strategy adopted, with exploratory and descriptive purposes. The primary data were collected through the focus group technique, applied to the collaborator in the manufacturing sector. The semi-structured interview was done as a complementary tool, directed to the supervisor in that sector. Respecting the theoretical saturation criterion, we formed four focus groups, each one composed of eight members randomly selected, among the seventy-six collaborators in the sector. The data were analyzed qualitatively, through the content analysis technique, more specifically the category analysis. We identified twenty-eight QWL attributes. Six of them were found present in the four focus groups and in the interview. Among these ones, the attribute of Interpersonal Relationship at Work, contemplating the Psychological and Organizational dimensions, was the only one anticipated in four out of fifteen theoretical models here listed. The attribute Music at Work Environment could be inserted in the four QWL dimensions, highlighting the power and relevance of this attribute for the research participants. The way music has been inserted in the labor environment contributes to promoting well-being at work, which goes against theoretical conceptions, especially when it comes to musical genre. We identified nine functions of music at work, among which, Improving Work Conditions, Improving Interpersonal Relationship at Work and Favoring Motivation for Work had to be emphasized for being associated to three QWL attributes. In the total, we highlighted seven associations. The most affected QWL dimension through the insertion of music at work was the Psychological one, followed by the Organizational one. We conclude that music insertion provides biological, social and, above all, psychological and organizational well-being to the contributors, thus contributing to obtaining QWL at the labor environment researched. However, we should consider the context and proceed to periodical plans and adjustments in the way of music insertion so as to avoid health and well-being problems to those people at work

Caracterização da qualidade da água para rega nas captações do sistema Alqueva-Pedrogão

O Empreendimento de Fins Múltiplos de Alqueva (EFMA) é um projecto estruturante centrado na barragem do Alqueva, que pretende garantir o recurso Água na região e com isso viabilizar uma série de infra-estruturas que contribuirão para o desenvolvimento, em termos económicos e sociais, de uma das regiões mais desfavorecidas da Europa. O EFMA é constituído pelo "Reservatório Mãe" e por um conjunto de outras albufeiras de menor dimensão, interligados por uma rede com cerca de dois mil quilómetros de canais e condutas e mais de meia centena de estações de bombagem, contemplando os seguintes usos da água: - Abastecimento público. - Fornecimento de água para o desenvolvimento de actividades agrícolas e agro-industriais; - Produção de energia; Este trabalho tem por objectivo avaliar a adequabilidade da qualidade da água para o uso rega na origem e produzir informação adequada de suporte à decisão. Os resultados obtidos permitem afirmar que de um modo geral a qualidade da água captada no sistema Alqueva- Pedrógão é adequada para o uso rega, apesar de se verificar uma persistente contaminação de coliformes fecais. ABSTRACT; The Multipurpose Alqueva Project (EFMA- Empreendimento de Fins Múltiplos de Alqueva) is a groundwork project centred in Alqueva dam and its reservoir, which intends to guarantee a strategic water reserve in the region, and therefore making possible a series of associated infrastructures, contributing for the potential development of the region, in economic and social terms, in one of the most poorest regions of Europe. The EFMA includes a "Main Reservoir" and set of other dams with lesser dimension, connected by a several canals and pipelines about two thousand kilometers long (including Primary and Secondary Network), and about 50 pumping stations, with the goal of attaining the following main objectives: - Water supply for the development of agricultural and agro-industrial activities; - Production of energy; - Public Water Supply. This study intends to evaluate the suitability of water quality in the origin for irrigation use and to achieve adequate information for support decision. The results have revealed that the quality of water abstracted in the Alqueva - Pedrógão System is suitable for irrigation, although the persistent contamination of fecal coliforms.

A qualidade de vida dos idosos institucionalizados e a influência das actividades de animação

Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada no Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada para obtenção do grau de Mestre na especialidade de Psicologia Social e das Organizações

Desenvolvimento de indicadores enzimáticos inteligentes para monitoramento da qualidade de alimentos

A dificuldade em conhecer o histórico de temperatura de um alimento, desde sua produção até o consumo, torna difícil prever sua verdadeira vida-útil. O uso de indicadores de tempo e temperatura (ITT) pode ser uma alternativa inovadora empregada para garantir a validade de produtos de forma dinâmica. Assim, este trabalho visa desenvolver novos indicadores enzimáticos de tempo e temperatura para monitorar a qualidade de alimentos perecíveis durante o seu processamento e armazenamento, baseados na reação de complexação entre o amido e o iodo (azul), e na posterior atuação de uma enzima amilase sobre esse complexo, para causar uma redução da intensidade da cor azul a uma taxa dependente do tempo e da temperatura de armazenagem. Os sistemas inteligentes propostos possuem versatilidade de atuação em função do tipo e quantidade de amilase empregada. Desta forma, foi utilizada uma amilase termoestável para a formulação de um indicador inteligente de processamento, utilizado para o controle de tratamentos térmicos industriais (pasteurização);e uma amilase termosensível na formulação de um indicador de armazenamento, empregada para o controle das condições de temperatura durante a cadeia de frio de produtos perecíveis. Na elaboração dos ITT de processamento foram realizadas simulações em laboratório e testes em planta fabril, os quais avaliaram diferentes concentrações de amilase termoestável nos protótipos de ITT quando submetidos as condições de tempo e temperatura de pasteurização. Os resultados evidenciaram que a resposta de cor dos indicadores foi visualmente interpretada, como adaptável à medição usando equipamentos, apresentando boa reprodutibilidade em todas as condições estudadas. O ITT contendo 6,5 % de amilase termoestável (penzima/pamido) foi aquele cujo resultado melhor se adequou à utilização na validação de cozimento de presunto. Nesta condição, o protótipo anexado à embalagem primária do produto indicou o processo de pasteurização de forma fácil, precisa e não destrutiva. Já durante o desenvolvimento do ITT de armazenamento foram realizadas simulações em laboratório, testes em planta fabril e ponto de venda, os quais avaliaram o uso de diferentes concentrações de amilase termosensível nos protótipos de ITT quando submetidos a diversas condições de cadeia de frio. Os resultados evidenciaram que devido à possibilidade de definir a vida-útil destes protótipos variando as concentrações de enzima termosensível, os indicadores podem ser facilmente adaptados para controlar as condições de temperatura durante a cadeia de diversos alimentos perecíveis. O protótipo contendo 60 % de amilase termosensível (penzima/pamido) foi aquele cujo resultado melhor se adequou à utilização no controle da cadeia avícola. Assim, o ITT indicou visualmente o histórico de tempo e temperatura de produtos à base de frango de forma fácil e precisa. Os resultados obtidos na avaliação das percepções dos consumidores frente ao emprego de indicadores inteligentes em embalagens alimentícias mostraram que o uso de ITT é uma inovação receptiva, com consequente aceitação e intenção de compra elevada pela população brasileira. Assim, com este trabalho espera-se contribuir efetivamente para que o conceito de embalagens inteligentes possa ser aceito comercialmente e que sejam estabelecidas no Brasil normas que regulamentem seu uso, conferindo benefícios à conservação de grande variedade de alimentos.

Qualidade de vida no trabalho da Emater-RN: validação de um instrumento síntese de pesquisa e diagnóstico

The theoretical recital of the present study it is initiated of the evidence that the work occupies an important space in the man s life in way that the majority of the people works and passes great part of its time inside organizati ons. However, it is verified that the relation between man and work is becoming increasingly disagreement a time that the employees had started to complain work s routines, stress, not use all their potential and inadequate work s conditions. It can be observed by the way of Dejours (1994) studies. Thus, as contribution for the quality of work life s (QWL) studies the research developed here objectified to characterize the public employees quality of work life at EMATER -RN taking as reference an instrumen t of research synthesized from the typical academic literature of the subject. The synthesis of an ampler instrument is a necessity not taken care to the literature that treats on the subject but already perceived by some studies like Moraes et al (1990); Rodrigues (1989); Siqueira & Coleta (1989); Moraes et al (1992); Carvalho & Souza (2003); El -Aouar & Souza (2003) and Mourão, Kilimnick & Fernandes (2005); Adorno, Marques & Borges (2005) amongst others. These studies point out weak points of the existing models in the QWL s literature, as well as they recommend the elaboration of a model more flexible, that contemplates Brazilian cultural characteristics, and that contemplates the entire variable studied in the main existing models. For reach this objectiv e the adopted methodology was characterized as a case study with collected data in qualitative and quantitative way. Questionnaires and comments had been used as sources of evidences. These evidences had been tabulated through of statistical package SPSS ( Statistical Package for Social Science), in which the main technique of multivariate analysis used were the factorial analysis. As for the gotten results, it was verified the grouping of the quality of work life s indicators in 11 factors which are: Work s execution, Individual accomplishment, Work s equity, Relation individual and organization, Work s organization, Adequacy of the remuneration, Relation between head and subordinate, Effectiveness of the communication and the learning, Relation between work and personal life, Participation and Effectiveness of the work processes. Whatever to the characterization of the EMATER -RN s quality of work life it was clearly that to the measure that the satisfaction s evaluation with the QWL in the organization walks to intrinsic factors for extrinsic factors this level of satisfaction goes diminishing what points to the importance to improve these extrinsic factors in the institution. In summary it is possible to conclude that the organization studied has offered a significant set of referring variable to the quality of work life of the individual

Responsabilidade social: visões e perspectivas de empresários do segmento industrial do Rio Grande do Norte

The theme Corporate Social Responsibility is relatively recent both in the academic field and in the business practice. Because of the lack of socialization of experiences and precision of concepts, there are gaps regarding the understanding of the subject and, also, how to conduct operations. This study just seeks to investigate such matter, focusing applications of social responsibility in business. It takes, as empirical field, winners of the PSQT - SESI Prize of Quality at Work in Rio Grande do Norte (2002-2007) in order to systematize the various approaches on the issue, aiming to reveal subjective visions and perspectives of the theme. It is characterized as a qualitative study, carried out by structured interview. The universe was composed by 15 companies. It was used analysis of content categorical as an axis for the interpretation of the information. Three approaches guided the analysis: Business Ethics, (normative); Business & Society (contractual); Social Issues Management (strategic). The findings are related in three ways: 1) reasons for the CSR practice; 2) the results obtained; 3) the means of CSR. It was found that the award participation occurs, mostly, linked to SESI invitations, so, as an articulated movement of industrial corporations in Brazil it occurs, also, because of the organizational commitment with the society and the possibility of internal and social growths and because of the importance attributed to the report as an instrument of consultancy. There are no indicators to check impacts of organizational interventions, in spite of the existence of planning for the actions. Social responsibility appears as a tool to reinforce the organizational image and to increase satisfaction of the employees. There is a tendency of large and medium firms to a contractual commitment while the small and the micros firms are on strategic or normative level. The analysis of the perspectives of social responsibility future revealed trends towards for strategic approach

Serviço social do INSS : expressões materiais da implementação de sua competência legal no período de junho de 2009 a junho de 2014

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Ciências Humanas, Departamento de Serviço Social, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Política Social, 2015.