Educação do corpo e vida ao ar livre : natureza e educação fisica em São Paulo (1930-1945)

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educação Física

Lazer nos acampamentos de ferias : uma analise da ação dos animadores socio-culturais

Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Educação Física

Experiência e linguagem como estratégias de resistência

Neste artigo visamos apontar, apoiadas em W. Benjamim e G. Agamben, a fragilização do registro da experiência e sua incidência na lógica do poder/violência. Analisamos, pretendendo desmistificar a eficácia dos discursos mortificadores da experiência, a figura do "mulçumano"; - nome que designava os mortos-vivos nos campos de concentração, conforme relato de Primo Levi e outros. Tal figura é emblemática do estado limite a que chegaram algumas pessoas e podem expressar o destino de alguns sujeitos na contemporaneidade. Pudemos identificar nessa posição tanto um movimento na direção da perda do laço identificatório com o semelhante, como uma forma de resistência à violência perpetrada pelo discurso social. Tal resistência consiste em operar uma mimese ao objeto resto, o que permite ao sujeito a manutenção da estrutura fantasmática. Indicamos que, apesar das estratégias do poder, o sujeito reinventa modos de se situar na relação ao Outro, nos quais se fazem importantes a presença e a palavra, incluindo aí a experiência psicanalítica.

The Tausk controversy on the foundations of quantum mechanics: Physics, philosophy, and politics

In 1966 the Brazilian physicist Klaus Tausk (b. 1927) circulated a preprint from the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, criticizing Adriana Daneri, Angelo Loinger, and Giovanni Maria Prosperi`s theory of 1962 on the measurement problem in quantum mechanics. A heated controversy ensued between two opposing camps within the orthodox interpretation of quantum theory, represented by Leon Rosenfeld and Eugene P. Wigner. The controversy went well beyond the strictly scientific issues, however, reflecting philosophical and political commitments within the context of the Cold War, the relationship between science in developed and Third World countries, the importance of social skills, and personal idiosyncrasies.

Effects of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) on hormone secretion from sheep pituitary cells in vitro

Although vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) is thought to be a prolactin releasing factor, in vivo studies on sheep suggest that it is inactive in this species. Recent studies, based primarily on the rat, suggest that the related pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is also a hypophysiotrophic factor but again in sheep, this peptide has no in vivo effects on hormone secretion despite being a potent activator of adenylate cyclase in vitro. This lack of response to either peptide in vivo in sheep could be due to the low concentration of peptide that reaches the pituitary gland following peripheral injection. In the present study we therefore adopted an alternative approach of evaluating in vitro effects of these peptides on GH, FSH, LH or prolactin secretion from dispersed sheep pituitary cells. In a time-course study, PACAP (1 mu mol/l) increased GH concentrations in the culture medium between 1 and 4 h and again at 12 h but had no effect in the 6 and 24 h incubations. Prolactin, LH and FSH were not affected by PACAP. The response to various concentrations of PACAP (1 nmol/l-1 mu mol/l) were then evaluated using a 3 h incubation. Again prolactin and LH were not affected by PACAP and there was a small increase in GH concentrations but only at high concentrations of PACAP (0.1 and 1 mu mol/l; P<0.05), PACAP also stimulated FSH secretion in cells from some animals although this effect was small, The GH response to PACAP was inhibited by PACAP(6-38), a putative PACAP antagonist; but not by (N-Ac-Tyr(1), D-Arg(2))-GHRH(1-29)-NH2, a GH-releasing hormone (GHRH) antagonist. The cAMP antagonist Rp-cAMPS was unable to block the GH response to PACAP suggesting that cAMP does not mediate the secretory response to this peptide. At incubation times from 1-24 h, VIP (1 mu mol/l) had no effects on prolactin, LH or GH secretion and, in a further experiment based on a 3 h incubation, concentrations of VIP from 1 nmol/l-1 mu mol/l were again without effect on prolactin concentrations. Interactions between PACAP and gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH), GHRH and dopamine were also investigated. PACAP (1 nmol/l-1 mu mol/l) did not affect the gonadotrophin or prolactin responses to GnRH or dopamine respectively. However, at a high concentration (1 mu mol/l), PACAP inhibited the GH response to GHRH. In summary, these results show that PACAP causes a modest increase in FSH and GH secretion from sheep pituitary cells but only at concentrations of PACAP that are unlikely to be in the physiological range. The present study confirms that VIP is not a prolactin releasing factor in sheep.

A performatividade dos movimentos sociais contemporâneos: dissertação

Dissertação submetida à Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Teatro - especialização em Teatro e Comunidade.

Cavin 1 and cavin 2 roles on adipocyte cell function

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Genética Molecular e Biomedicina

Analyzing Geospatial patterns of syrian refugee flows in southeastern Turkey by use of remote sensing and complementary data

Crisis-affected communities and global organizations for international aid are becoming increasingly digital as consequence geotechnology popularity. Humanitarian sector changed in profound ways by adopting new technical approach to obtain information from area with difficult geographical or political access. Since 2011, turkey is hosting a growing number of Syrian refugees along southeastern region. Turkish policy of hosting them in camps and the difficulty created by governors to international aid group expeditions to get information, made such international organizations to investigate and adopt other approach in order to obtain information needed. They intensified its remote sensing approach. However, the majority of studies used very high-resolution satellite imagery (VHRSI). The study area is extensive and the temporal resolution of VHRSI is low, besides it is infeasible only using these sensors as unique approach for the whole area. The focus of this research, aims to investigate the potentialities of mid-resolution imagery (here only Landsat) to obtain information from region in crisis (here, southeastern Turkey) through a new web-based platform called Google Earth Engine (GEE). Hereby it is also intended to verify GEE currently reliability once the Application Programming Interface (API) is still in beta version. The finds here shows that the basic functions are trustworthy. Results pointed out that Landsat can recognize change in the spectral resolution clearly only for the first settlement. The ongoing modifications vary for each case. Overall, Landsat demonstrated high limitations, but need more investigations and may be used, with restriction, as a support of VHRSI.

Help-seeking for 'memory loss' by older adults in India : patient, caregiver and health providers' perspectives

ABSTRACT: Background. In India, prevalence rates of dementia and prodromal amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) are 3.1% and 4.3% respectively. Most Indians refer to the full spectrum of cognitive disorders simply as ‘memory loss.’ Barring prevention or cure, these conditions will rise rapidly with population aging. Evidence-based policies and practices can improve the lives of affected individuals and their caregivers, but will require timely and sustained uptake. Objectives. Framed by social cognitive theories of health behavior, this study explores the knowledge, attitudes and practices concerning cognitive impairment and related service use by older adults who screen positive for MCI, their primary caregivers, and health providers. Methods. I used the Montreal Cognitive Assessment to screen for cognitive impairment in memory camps in Mumbai. To achieve sampling diversity, I used maximum variation sampling. Ten adults aged 60+ who had no significant functional impairment but screened positive for MCI and their caregivers participated in separate focus groups. Four other such dyads and six doctors/ traditional healers completed in-depth interviews. Data were translated from Hindi or Marathi to English and analyzed in Atlas.ti using Framework Analysis. Findings. Knowledge and awareness of cognitive impairment and available resources were very low. Physicians attributed the condition to disease-induced pathology while lay persons blamed brain malfunction due to normal aging. Main attitudes were that this condition is not a disease, is not serious and/or is not treatable, and that it evokes stigma toward and among impaired persons, their families and providers. Low knowledge and poor attitudes impeded help-seeking. Conclusions. Cognitive disorders of aging will take a heavy toll on private lives and public resources in developing countries. Early detection, accurate diagnosis, systematic monitoring and quality care are needed to compress the period of morbidity and promote quality of life. Key stakeholders provide essential insights into how scientific and indigenous knowledge and sociocultural attitudes affect use and provision of resources.

A violência sexual e de género nos campos de população refugiada: análise e enquadramento legal

Dissertação de mestrado em Direitos Humanos

Estructuras regionales de Governance en Córdoba. Democracia y desempeño (Pict 2005 Joven)

La proliferación de entes intermunicipales e intralocales (que involucran actores sociales) que se ha dado en la última década, indica que los decisores políticos advierten la necesidad de avanzar en procesos de coordinación política. Sin embargo, pese a la importancia y cuantía de estas estrategias, la literatura indica que estos intentos no lograron consolidar estructuras institucionalizadas de coordinación y cooperación. Frente a la inestabilidad de estos procesos, el Gobierno Provincial en el 2001 lanzó un proyecto de constitución de Entes de Recaudación Fiscal y Gestión (primer mandato del gobernador De la Sota) y, ante el fracaso, diseñó una nueva iniciativa con la Ley de Regionalización 9602 del año 2005 y hoy en vigencia, que crea Comunidades Regionales en base a los “Departamentos de la Provincia”. Este poyecto tiene como objetivo general estudiar los procesos de coordinación socio-política en dos comunidades regionales desde la prespectiva de la gobernanza. El enfoque problematiza dos cuestiones, la democracia de las estructuras y procesos y la efectividad de los mismos en la coordinación-conducción socio-política. En base a estos dos ejes de debate se plantean dos dimensiones de análisis que orientan las siguientes hipótesis de trabajo: A- la construcción de estructuras decisorias departamentales tienen una lógica de inclusión – exclusión que condiciona la representatividad democrática de las mismas. B- La lógica de inclusión-exclusión está enmarcada en una lucha de poder entre actores y grupos con intereses, quienes ven condicionado su éxito (y por tanto el resultado estructural del conjunto) por el capital social estructural que poseen. C- La conformación de un capital social grupal en términos de normas compartidas y de vínculos estructurales, permite procesar los conflictos y condicionan el desempeño de las redes políticas.

Las Bases Políticas de la Emergencia. Un Estudio Multidimensional de las Relaciones entre el Poder Ejecutivo Nacional y el Poder Legislativo, 2003-2009

La relación del Gobierno de Kirchner con el poder Legislativo implicó un proceso de concentración del poder en manos del Ejecutivo, no obstante lo cual, a poco de iniciado el mandato de Cristina Fernández, la relación con el Congreso queda en el medio de una crisis que llegó a poner en duda la propia continuidad de la presidenta. Este proyecto pretende examinar las características de este proceso delegativo en sus diferentes dimensiones, con el fin de entender el origen de esta crisis y especificar sus alcances. En este marco, la dinámica de la relación entre el Congreso y el Ejecutivo pareciera corresponder a lo que especifica la Teoría del Cártel tal como ha sido reformulada por Jones y Hwang. Esta perspectiva, no obstante, se centra exclusivamente en los aspectos distributivos de la relación entre el Ejecutivo y el Legislativo, obviando la dimensión electoral y la ideológicodiscursiva. Dadas las características del Gobierno de Kirchner, en este proyecto abordaremos el estudio de aquella relación desde una perspectiva multidimensional, tomando en cuenta no sólo los aspectos distributivos, sino también los electorales y los discursivos. La pregunta que guía nuestro trabajo es por qué las estrategias de acumulación desplegadas simultáneamente en las tres dimensiones, no lograron (o sólo lo hicieron parcialmente) desactivar el carácter condicional de la delegación de los jefes políticos provinciales al liderzgo presidencial. Nuestra hipótesis general es que, aún cuando el Gobierno consiguió reforzar sustancialmente su posición en la dimensión distributiva a partir de la prolongación de la situación de emergencia, tuvo un éxito parcial en las dimensiones electoral e ideológico-discursiva. Sin compromiso ideológico articulado en un discurso común, y sin una conexión electoral que vincule los intereses electorales a nivel provincial con los del nivel nacional, la estrategia distributiva sólo puede contener parcialmente la defección de buena parte del oficialismo en el Congreso frente a una crisis de grandes proporciones.

La izquierda latinoamericana en su laberinto: ¿entre el radicalismo y la moderación? Manejo de coaliciones y política económico-social en Chile, Bolivia y la Argentina, 2001-2009

La creciente literatura sobre el “giro a la izquierda” en América Latina ha dejado en un llamativo descuido el tratamiento de los factores políticos involucrados en la política económica de los gobiernos de la así llamada Nueva Izquierda latinoamericana. En este proyecto, sobre la base y la crítica de los escasos estudios sobre la temática, nos proponemos abordar la economía política de aquellos gobiernos a partir de una estrategia comparativa de tres casos que consideramos paradigmáticos: Chile, Argentina y Bolivia. Apoyándonos analíticamente en las nociones de coaliciones y de manejo de coaliciones, desarrollamos las hipótesis de que: 1) los gobiernos de la Nueva Izquierda responden a tres tipos diferentes según las características originales de su coalición de apoyo; 2) que los gobiernos tienden a implementar políticas económico-sociales compatibles con estas características cuya “cara izquierda” puede ser incompleta si tales características así lo exigen, y 3) que el mantenimiento, los cambios y eventual crisis de estas políticas se relaciona con los desequilibrios propios de cada tipo de gobierno y el intento de reequilibrio por parte de este a través del manejo -decisiones económicas y políticas orientadas a producir redistribuciones de recursos y a incentivar la continuidad o cambio de comportamientos económicos y políticos, respectivamente- de su coalición de apoyo. Con la guía de estas hipótesis procedemos, siguiendo la estrategia de process tracing, a la especificación de los mecanismos involucrados en los procesos de cada caso seleccionado con el fin de avanzar en el desarrollo de una teoría tipológica.