Sismicidade e esforços tectônicos na zona sísmica Acaraú, Nordeste do Brasil

Inside the Borborema Province the Northwestern Ceará (NC) is one of the most seismic active regions. There are reports of an earthquake occurred in 1810 in the Granja town. On January, 2008 the seismic activity in NC has increased and it was deployed a seismographic network with 11 digital stations. In 2009, another earthquake sequence began and it was deployed another seismographic network in the Santana do Acaraú town with 6 stations. This thesis presents the results obtained by analyzing the data recorded in these two networks. The epicentral areas are located near the northeastern part of the Transbrasiliano Lineament, a shear zone with NE-SW-trending that cuts the study area. The hypocenters are located between 1km and 8km. The strike-slip focal mechanisms were found, which is predominant in the Borborema Province. An integration of seismological, geological and geophysical data was performed and it show that the seismogenic faults found are oriented in the same direction to the local brittle structures observed in field and magnetic lineaments. The SHmax (maximum compressional stress) direction in NC was estimated using an inversion of seven focal mechanisms. The horizontal maximum compression stress (σ1 = 300°) with orientation NW-SE and extension (σ3 = 210°) with NE-SW and σ2 vertical. These results are consistent with results of previous studies. The seismic activity recorded in NC is not related to a possible reactivation of the Transbrasiliano Lineament, by now.

Transporte longitudinal de sedimento na zona costeira de Natal/RN

The longshore sediment transport (LST) is determinant for the occurrence of morphological changes in coastal environments. Understanding their movement mechanisms and transport is an essential source of information for the project design and coastal management plans. This study aims to characterize, initially, the active hydrodynamic circulation in the study area, comprised of four beach sectors from the south coast of Natal, assessing the average annual LST obtained through three proven equations (CERC, Kamphuis and Bayram et al.), defining the best formulation for the study area in question, and analyze the seasonal variability and the decadal transport evolution. The coastal area selected for this work constitutes one of the main tourist corridors in the city, but has suffered serious damage resulting from associated effects of hydrodynamic forcings and their disorderly occupation. As a tool was used the Coastal Modelling System of Brazil (SMC-Brazil), which presents integrated a series of numerical models and a database, properly calibrated and validated for use in developing projects along the Brazilian coastline. The LST rates were obtained for 15 beach profiles distributed throughout the study area. Their extensions take into account the depth of closure calculated by Harllermeier equation, and regarding the physical properties of the sediment, typical values of sandy beaches were adopted, except for the average diameter, which was calculated through an optimization algorithm based on equilibrium profile formulation proposed by Dean. Overall, the results showed an intensification of hydrodynamic forcings under extreme sea wave conditions, especially along the headlands exist in the region. Among the analyzed equations, Bayram et al. was the most suitable for this type of application, with a predominant transport in the south-north direction and the highest rates within the order of 700.000 m3 /year to 2.000.000 m3 /year. The seasonal analysis also indicated a longitudinal transport predominance in the south to north, with the highest rates associated with the fall and winter seasons. In these periods are observed erosive beach states, which indicate a direct relationship between the sediment dynamics and the occurrence of more energetic sea states. Regarding the decadal evolution of transportation, it was found a decrease in transport rate from the 50’s to the 70’s, followed by an increase until the 2000’s, coinciding with the beginning of urbanization process in some stretches of the studied coastline.

Planejamento e déficit habitacional: estudo de caso a partir do cadúnico com beneficiários do programa bolsa família na zona norte de Natal

This research aims to analyze the housing conditions and socioeconomic of beneficiaries of the Bolsa Família Program – PBF of the North side of Natal city. For that, it is necessary a survey of this region's origins and how its expansion has occurred in the context of local urban development, considering demographic evolution, in particular, from the construction of housing complex and formal and informal allotments. From the field research, consisting of a pilot in loco with some households, it became possible to start the analysis of housing conditions that culminated with a detailed study of the Single Register form of the federal Government (CadÚnico), in relation to 100% (one hundred percent) of the beneficiaries of the Bolsa Familia program (PBF) of Natal city, with qualitative and quantitative information. From this general survey, a cut was done, contemplating only beneficiaries residing in the north of the city. To better understand this reality, the survey found the Brazilian housing deficit, considering its origins, historical contexts and concepts used by the following institutions: João Pinheiro Foundation (FJP), Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Applied Economics Research Institute (IPEA), and Local Plan Housing of Social Interested (PLHIS) and the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UN-HABITAT). Furthermore, were compared the various concepts of city and its respective evolution, considering the importance of planning as an instrument of public policy necessary to governmental actions and permanent policy of State. As a result, there are a detach about the deficit and housing conditions in the city of Natal, mainly North Zone, pointing out the importance of using the Unified Register of the federal government as an effective tool to measure the living conditions of Brazilian municipalities.

Caracterização citoarquitetônica e por imunoistoquímica para tirosina-hidroxilase da substância negra, área tegmentar ventral e zona retrorubral do Sagui (Callithrix jacchus)

It is known that the catecholamine group is constituted by dopamine, noradrenaline and adrenaline, in which the synthesis is regulated by an enzyme named tyrosine hydroxylase. Thus, 3-hydroxytyramine/dopamine (DA) is a precursor of the noradrenaline and adrenaline synthesis and acts as a neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. The three main nuclei, named the retrorubral field (A8 group), the substantia nigra pars compacta (A9 group) and the ventral tegmental area (A10 group), are arranged in the die-mesencephalic portion and are involved in three complexes circuitries - the mesostriatal, mesolimbic and mesocortical pathways. These pathways are related to behavioral manifestations, motricity, learning, reward and pathologies such as Parkinson’s Disease and Schizophrenia. Thus, the aim of this study was to perform de morphological analysis of the A8, A9 and A10 nuclei of the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). The marmoset is a neotropical primate, whose morphological and functional characteristics supports the suitability of use of this animal in biomedical research. Coronal sections of the marmoset brain were submitted to cytoarchitectonic characterization and TH-immunohistochemistry. Based on the morphology of the neurons, it was possible to subdivide the A10 group in seven regions: interfascicular nucleus, raphe rostral linear nucleus and raphe caudal linear nucleus, in the middle line; paranigral and parainterfascicular nucleus, in the middle zone; rostral portion of the ventral tegmental area nucleus and parabrachial pigmented nucleus, located in the dorsolateral portion of the mesencephalic tegmentum. A9 group was divided into four regions: substantia nigra compacta dorsal and ventral tiers; substantia nigra compacta lateral and medial clusters. No subdivisions were founded into A8 group. These results revealed that A8, A9 and A10 are phylogenetically conserved between species, but it’s necessary to expand the studies about this compartmentalization, investigating its occurrence in other primate species or investigating its functional relevance.

Qualidade da água de um reservatório e do solo da zona ripária sob diferentes usos na região semiárida do Rio Grande do Norte

Reservoirs are artificial ecosystems intermediate between rivers and lakes widely used in the Brazilian semiarid region as a way to provide water supply due to the said region’s water scarcity. The use of water from these supply sources for multiple uses, along with occupation and utilization of its riparian zone without proper management, directly influences the increased nutrient flow into aquatic environments, there with contributing to the acceleration of eutrophication. The semi-arid region is characterized by peculiar weather conditions, such as severe evaporation, high temperatures with little variation throughout the year and long water residence time, making it susceptible to prolonged drought occurrence, which tends to concentrate the nutrients in reservoirs, which favors the development of eutrophic conditions. Moreover, it is common soil use and occupation by carrying out activities with potential environmental impact on natural resources such as agriculture, livestock farming and lack of sanitation. The aim of this study is both to evaluate the water quality of the Cruzeta Reservoir, located in the semiarid region of Rio Grande do Norte, during a prolonged drought period, and assess the quality of its riparian zone soil under different uses, by monitoring physical-chemical variables. Along the prolonged drought, high levels of turbidity, suspended solids, nutrients and chlorophyll a were verified as present, therefore featuring low water quality. In the riparian zone of Cruzeta Reservoir, the areas under use of agriculture and livestock farming appeared as one of the main diffuse sources of nutrients to the said reservoir, featuring the highest levels of phosphorus and nitrogen in the soil, originated from decomposition of animal excreta and from the use of fertilizers, creating a tendency to increased eutrophication of such water supply source. The indicators of water and soil quality are useful for monitoring and evaluating the conservation status of natural resources, allowing the control and mitigation of the reservoir eutrophication process. This study confirmed the hypothesis that the reduction of water level, resulting from prolonged drought event, aggravates the symptoms of eutrophication; and also that using the soil under severalways modifies the physic chemical properties of the soil, having livestock farming and agriculture as the usages with greatest potential towards yielding P and N to the aquatic environment.

Origine dell'associazione peridotiti-migmatiti-gneiss nel basamento Varisico della Zona d'Ultimo, Austroalpino superiore

Per investigare il ruolo del contrasto di densità fra rocce crostali e mantelliche, nell’origine dell’associazione peridotiti-migmatiti-gneiss della Zona d’Ultimo (Austroalpino superiore, Italia), durante l’orogenesi Varisica, sono stati studiati tre diversi litotipi provenienti dall’area in esame. Mediante l’utilizzo del software Perple_X, sono state modellizzate le condizioni P-T di equilibrio di: un paragneiss a granato e staurolite di grado metamorfico medio, un fels a granato prodotto per fusione parziale ed estrazione del fuso dalla roccia sorgente (restite), e una peridotite ad anfibolo rappresentativa del cuneo di mantello. A partire dalle peridotiti, sono state calcolate condizioni metamorfiche di picco per la Zona d’Ultimo di 900 °C e 13 kbar, in facies granulitica, confrontabili con profondità di circa 40-50 km. In queste condizioni, le peridotiti ad anfibolo presentano una densità di 3230 kg/m3, nettamente inferiore rispetto a quanto calcolato per il campione di restite, cioè 3730 kg/m3. In particolare, è stato calcolato che è necessario estrarre dalla roccia sorgente una quantità di fuso pari al 10-12 wt.%, per generare un residuo refrattario di densità equivalente alle peridotiti idrate. La differenziazione fra neosoma e paleosoma, prodotta dalla fusione parziale, può generare quindi una situazione di instabilità fra crosta e mantello, a causa del contrasto di densità fra le rocce poste a contatto. Per effetto di questa instabilità, possono verificarsi meccanismi duttili di trasferimento di massa, con inclusione di lenti di peridotiti all’interno della crosta, all’interfaccia fra lo slab continentale in subduzione ed il cuneo di mantello, ma anche, in caso di crosta inspessita, in corrispondenza della transizione crosta profonda-mantello litosferico (Moho) nella upper plate.

Políticas del "peronismo clásico" sobre la cultura física y discursos sobre educación de los cuerpos en la zona metropolitana sur

Pensar las políticas que los gobiernos de Juan Domingo Perón entre 1946 y 1955 desarrollaron en materia de cultura física en dos de los municipios más representativos del sur del Gran Buenos Aires, como son Avellaneda y Quilmes, permite reflexionar no sólo acerca de los hechos locales sino también de los procesos nacionales coyunturales. En efecto, el proyecto político peronista encontró en el decidido fomento a la educación de los cuerpos los argumentos legitimadores para, por un lado, gobernar sentidos en el campo de la salud pública y, por el otro, transmitir un ideario concreto respecto aconceptos centrales para la cosmovisión peronista tales como patria, comunidad y sociedad. Discursos amparados en la doctrina peronista de formar ciudadanos (fuertes y sanos) para la Nueva Argentina que pretendía dejar atrás las viejas bases liberales económicas y políticas, fuertemente denostadas en el proceso de constitución de la nueva fuerza política. La conformación de los ?héroes deportivos?, un nuevo actor social que sintetiza el modelo a seguir, es el objeto de estudio de la presente investigación, siendo analizado a través de las prensas gráficas locales avellanedense y quilmeña, las cuales contribuyeron a configurar una renovada política respecto de la educación de los cuerpos

Políticas del "peronismo clásico" sobre la cultura física y discursos sobre educación de los cuerpos en la zona metropolitana sur

Pensar las políticas que los gobiernos de Juan Domingo Perón entre 1946 y 1955 desarrollaron en materia de cultura física en dos de los municipios más representativos del sur del Gran Buenos Aires, como son Avellaneda y Quilmes, permite reflexionar no sólo acerca de los hechos locales sino también de los procesos nacionales coyunturales. En efecto, el proyecto político peronista encontró en el decidido fomento a la educación de los cuerpos los argumentos legitimadores para, por un lado, gobernar sentidos en el campo de la salud pública y, por el otro, transmitir un ideario concreto respecto aconceptos centrales para la cosmovisión peronista tales como patria, comunidad y sociedad. Discursos amparados en la doctrina peronista de formar ciudadanos (fuertes y sanos) para la Nueva Argentina que pretendía dejar atrás las viejas bases liberales económicas y políticas, fuertemente denostadas en el proceso de constitución de la nueva fuerza política. La conformación de los ?héroes deportivos?, un nuevo actor social que sintetiza el modelo a seguir, es el objeto de estudio de la presente investigación, siendo analizado a través de las prensas gráficas locales avellanedense y quilmeña, las cuales contribuyeron a configurar una renovada política respecto de la educación de los cuerpos

Políticas del "peronismo clásico" sobre la cultura física y discursos sobre educación de los cuerpos en la zona metropolitana sur

Pensar las políticas que los gobiernos de Juan Domingo Perón entre 1946 y 1955 desarrollaron en materia de cultura física en dos de los municipios más representativos del sur del Gran Buenos Aires, como son Avellaneda y Quilmes, permite reflexionar no sólo acerca de los hechos locales sino también de los procesos nacionales coyunturales. En efecto, el proyecto político peronista encontró en el decidido fomento a la educación de los cuerpos los argumentos legitimadores para, por un lado, gobernar sentidos en el campo de la salud pública y, por el otro, transmitir un ideario concreto respecto aconceptos centrales para la cosmovisión peronista tales como patria, comunidad y sociedad. Discursos amparados en la doctrina peronista de formar ciudadanos (fuertes y sanos) para la Nueva Argentina que pretendía dejar atrás las viejas bases liberales económicas y políticas, fuertemente denostadas en el proceso de constitución de la nueva fuerza política. La conformación de los ?héroes deportivos?, un nuevo actor social que sintetiza el modelo a seguir, es el objeto de estudio de la presente investigación, siendo analizado a través de las prensas gráficas locales avellanedense y quilmeña, las cuales contribuyeron a configurar una renovada política respecto de la educación de los cuerpos

Caracterização e correlação do fenômeno pró-zona com títulos de sororeatividade do VDRL e reação de imuno- fluorescência indireta em soros de pacientes com sífilis

AZEVEDO, Luciana Karla Araújo de, et al. Caracterização e correlação do fenômeno pró-zona com títulos de sororeatividade do VDRL e reação de imuno-fluorescência indireta em soros de pacientes com sífilis. Revista Brasileira de Análises Clínicas, Rio de Janeiro, v. 38, n. 2, p. 183-187, 2006.

Claves territoriales para la introducción de vehículos eléctricos en el primer desplazamiento turístico en Gran Canaria: hacia una movilidad más sostenible en el corredor aeropuerto-zona turística litoral sur

Programa de doctorado: Turismo, Interculturalidad y Desarrollo Sostenible. La fecha de publicación es la fecha de lectura

Valutazione del contenuto di Escherichia Coli in vongole veraci (Tapes Philippinarum) raccolte nella zona della Sacca di Goro

Lo scopo di questo lavoro è stato individuare una possibile correlazione tra le condizioni ambientali e la presenza di Escherichia coli in vongole veraci. I dati sono relativi a campioni raccolti nel periodo 2007-2015 nella zona Sacca di Goro. Essi sono stati messi in relazione con alcuni parametri quali: salinità dell’acqua, temperatura, ossigeno di fondo, pH e livello del fiume Po di Volano. Sono stati presi in considerazione più di 523 campioni, in cui i conteggi di E. coli, mediante metodo MPN, sono stati suddivisi in tre categorie: cariche basse (<50 MPN/100g); intermedie (50-230 MPN/100g); alte, ovvero non conformi al regolamento europeo (>230 MPN/100g). La significatività della relazione tra E. coli e le variabili considerate è stata valutata attraverso il test Χ2 e il test di Kruskal-Wallis. Il test Χ2, è stato attuato ponendo in relazione anno, mese e stagione. In esso non è stato registrato nessun risultato significativo. L’analisi della varianza tramite test di Kruskal-Wallis ha evidenziato che gli unici risultati ottenuti, dando luogo ad una differenza significativa, sono relativi ai valori di salinità, dove in presenza di valori più bassi si osserva un numero maggiore di campioni con carica superiore al limite di legge. I dati ottenuti ponendo in relazione la temperatura delle acque e il livello del fiume Po di Volano non sono risultate significativamente diverse fra loro. Questi risultati sono chiaramente correlati al processo di depurazione delle vongole veraci che abbassano la carica microbica, ma ciò è correlato anche ai miglioramenti dei controlli delle acque reflue della Pianura Padana negli ultimi decenni, inoltre l’assenza di relazioni può essere imputata al fatto che la Sacca di Goro è un tratto di mare relativamente chiuso e quindi in qualche modo protetto dalle fluttuazioni stagionali di questi parametri, in una sorta di omeostasi ambientale.

Variação sazonal e influência de fatores meteorológicos na incidência de descolamentos regmatógenos da retina na zona centro de Portugal e na Madeira

Objetivos: Analisar a variação sazonal e a influência de fatores meteorológicos na incidência a 5 anos de descolamento regmatógeno da retina (DRR), na região centro do país e região autónoma da Madeira (RAM). Métodos: Série de casos consecutiva, retrospetiva e multicêntrica. Incluíram-se doentes submetidos a cirurgia de DRR no Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra e Hospital Doutor Nélio Mendonça entre Janeiro’10 e Dezembro’14. A seleção de casos foi feita através codificação ICD-9-CM e os critérios de inclusão foram: 1)idade ≥18 anos; 2)DRR de novo; 3)reparação cirúrgica do DRR. Consideraram-se critérios de exclusão: 1)DR tracional, exsudativo ou misto; 2)DR antigo ou re-descolamento; 3)soluções de continuidade ou lesões regmatógenas tratadas apenas com laser. Os dados meteorológicos diários das estações de Coimbra, Leiria, Aveiro, Viseu, Guarda, Castelo Branco e Funchal, foram utilizados na análise estatística. Resultados: Foram incluídos 1013 olhos (914 da região centro e 99 da RAM), com idade média 61,84±14,00 anos. Através de um modelo cronológico de regressão linear constatou-se a presença de sazonalidade com picos nos meses de Maio e Setembro. A temperatura média apresentou uma associação marginalmente significativa com a incidência de DRR num modelo biológico de regressão linear considerando os mais fortes preditores de DRR da amostra. Conclusões: Os nossos resultados demonstram que a incidência de DRR se associa a um padrão sazonal significativo que parece ser explicado pela temperatura. Este estudo alerta para a necessidade de um eficaz planeamento em saúde que deverá passar por uma gestão harmoniosa de recursos humanos em épocas de maior incidência.

Condições de trabalho e saúde na perspectiva de bem-estar : um estudo realizado com os profissionais de saúde da Policlínica Zona Oeste de Natal/RN

This study had like general objective analyzed the relation observed between working conditions and healthy, in the welfare perspective, by the Policilínica Zona Oeste´s healthy professionals. Were used like theoretical bases the categories of working conditions of Borges et al. (2013): working conditions and contractual legal; physical working conditions and materials; working conditions and characteristics of the work processes and working conditions and social management. For the analise of personal wellness in the job, were used the categories of Dessen and Paz (2010): friendship relations, relationship with the organization, growth opportunity, relations with customers , valuation and realization. For this, this research use the descriptive statistic and Bardin (1977) ´s content analysis besides the help of Manyeyes software, using the word clouds and trees words. Was possible identify that the working conditions have strong relations with the health of the health professionals of Policlínica, mainly about the physical and materials conditions that are precarious and influences the other dimensions of working conditions and conditions health. The welfare professionals is spoiled in the dimensions of realization and growth opportunity and influences the professional´s health