Acesso ao direito e a democratização da justiça na assistência jurídica integral e gratuita contemporânea

Pós-graduação em Ciências Sociais - FFC

Formação de profissionais em psicologia para atenção às pessoas com deficiência: análise de ementários dos cursos públicos de graduação no país

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

As práticas de assistência ao deficiente no município de Assis/SP: delimitações históricas

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Development Paths In The Caribbean

This study analyzes the patterns of development in the Caribbean and gives particular focus to the challenges to and opportunities for sustainable development. The study is divided into two parts. The first part of the study examines trajectories for development in the Caribbean, while the second addresses the relationship between competition and integration.1 The significant development gains attained since independence have been threatened in the last decade. Slowing productivity growth, rising debt, increasing crime and social dislocation in recent years have adversely affected growth in per capita income and social welfare. The study therefore calls on policy makers to promote dynamic drivers of growth and development in the region. The key requirement in this regard, is the need to strengthen import productivity,2 or the efficiency with which the region uses foreign exchange. This can be done by producing and exporting more high-value services such as education and the output of the creative industries. The sub-region also needs to strengthen its systems of governance by providing more opportunities for citizens to participate in decision making. In addition, the region needs to address the inherent relationship between competition and integration by developing improved systems to cushion the negative impacts on weaker members of the integration arrangement. These could include a more robust development fund and capacity building to enable losers to benefit from regional trade and investment. However, regional integration should provide a platform for moving up the value chain, through research and development and innovation to produce more competitive exports.

Reconhecimento semi-automático de sinus frontais para identificação humana forense baseado na transformada imagem-floresta e no contexto da forma

Pós-graduação em Ciência da Computação - IBILCE

Compreensão escrita em manuais didáticos de PLE

Foram analisadas nessa pesquisa as propostas de compreensão textual em manuais utilizados em cursos básicos de Português como Língua Estrangeira (PLE) em Belém-Pa. Foi investigado também como as propostas são desenvolvidas pelas professoras em sala de aula. Os objetos de estudo foram materiais instrucionais da Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA) e da School for International Training (SIT). Para os alunos de ambas as instituições, a habilidade de compreensão escrita na Língua Estrangeira (LE) é imprescindível. Todos necessitam ler em português para participar ativamente da sociedade em que agora vivem. Entretanto, cada público também se vale da leitura para atividades específicas. Assim, esses alunos precisam ler diferentes textos em LE por diversas razões e em várias situações. Daí a importância de usar em sala de aula manuais que favoreçam o desenvolvimento da compreensão escrita dos alunos propondo textos, atividades e estratégias adequados ao público-alvo. Este trabalho foi desenvolvido com o objetivo de investigar as propostas de compreensão escrita nos manuais de PLE assim como sua operacionalização nos cursos em questão e contribuir assim para o aperfeiçoamento das práticas de sala de aula, levando em conta ainda opiniões de professores e alunos sobre o trabalho com essa habilidade. O estudo em questão foi realizado a partir de pesquisa bibliográfica e de campo. A pesquisa bibliográfica baseou-se em autores como Alliende e Condemarín (2005), Koch e Elias (2007), Farrell (2003), Henk et al (2000), Marcuschi (2008), e Nuttall (2005), entre outros. A pesquisa de campo se deu no curso de PLE das instituições mencionadas e teve como população-amostra alunos e professoras que ministraram aula para o nível básico de cada uma das instituições no primeiro semestre de 2011. Foram utilizados dados de três fontes nesta investigação: análise dos manuais e do questionário aplicado aos alunos e professoras, além da observação de aulas usando o material. Ao final da pesquisa, constatamos que as propostas de ambos os manuais ainda estão longe de proporcionar oportunidades adequadas de desenvolvimento da habilidade de ler em uma LE e também que trabalhar com um manual produzido artesanalmente pode não ser a melhor opção, embora ainda seja muito forte a ideia de que não há LD que atenda as necessidades de determinado grupo de alunos.

Apropriação/vivência de valores em questão: repercussões na prática pedagógica

Pós-graduação em Educação - FFC

Produzindo para disponibilidade: uma aplicação da Teoria das Restrições em ambientes de produção para estoque

The objective of this paper is to present how the Theory of Constraints has recently been dealing with make to stock environments. This new format introduces interesting innovations in terms of the use of simplified Drum-Buffer-Rope method as well as ways to pull production in environments that produce in advance of demand. It also innovates by creating conditions for providing market opportunities based on the explicit assurance of product availability, hence its name: make to availability (MTA). Although it provides important contributions to production planning and control, articles that have directly addressed this issue have not been identified to date in both national and international journals.

Avaliação do Programa Nacional de Assistência Estudantil - PNAES na UTFPR Câmpus Medianeira

Pós-graduação em Educação - FFC

Readjusting the glucocorticoid balance: an opportunity for modulators of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 activity?

Glucocorticoids play a pivotal role in the regulation of most essential physiological processes, including energy metabolism, maintenance of electrolyte balance and blood pressure, immune-modulation and stress responses, cell proliferation and differentiation, as well as regulation of memory and cognitive functions. There are several levels at which glucocorticoid action can be modulated. On a tissue-specific level, glucocorticoid action is tightly controlled by 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11beta-HSD) enzymes. The conversion of inactive 11-ketoglucocorticoids (cortisone and 11-dehydrocorticosterone) into active 11beta-hydroxyglucocorticoids (cortisol and corticosterone) is catalyzed by 11beta-HSD1, which is expressed in many tissues and plays an important role in metabolically relevant tissues such as the liver, adipose tissue and skeletal muscles. Chronically elevated local glucocorticoid action as a result of increased 11beta-HSD1 activity rather than elevated systemic glucocorticoid levels has been associated with metabolic syndrome, which is characterized by obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular complications. Recent studies indicate that compounds inhibiting 11beta-HSD1 activity ameliorate the adverse effects of excessive glucocorticoid concentrations on metabolic processes, providing promising opportunities for the development of therapeutic interventions. This review addresses recent findings relevant for the development and application of therapeutically useful compounds that modulate 11beta-HSD1 function.

Michael J. Fabricant and Robert Fisher: Settlement Houses Under Siege: The Struggle to Sustain Community Organisations in New York City

This is a fascinating book - clear, incisive, a lesson for our times. It focuses on the history and recent experience of Settlement Houses in New York and uses this as a vehicle for an analysis of the political economy of welfare agencies. I wanted to send copies to politicians and policy makers worldwide who, whilst claiming to support social inclusion, community regeneration and equal opportunities, formulate policies that fragment societies and oppress poor and vulnerable people.

The Personal Background and Preparation Survey Early Identifies Nursing Students at Risk for Attrition

Introduction Nursing student attrition continues to negatively impact the supply of nurses and nursing workforce diversity. Little research has addressed student attributes affecting nursing student attrition today. Research with college undergraduates has indicated that noncognitive attributes influence academic achievement and retention as much as academic attributes. Early identification of such attributes can help students to timely access appropriate services, providing improved opportunities for success. However, convenient, valid, quantitative, reliable assessment instruments appropriate for nursing students have been lacking. The Personal Background and Preparation Survey (PBPS) addresses the need for such a tool. [See PDF for complete abstract]

La educación especial a debate

En este texto y en consonancia con propuestas similares de otros autores, se cuestiona el sentido y la utilidad de la educación especial, como ámbito de conocimiento y para la intervención educativa. En opinión de unos y otros, continuar manteniendo dicho enfoque, lejos de contribuir significativamente a la mejora de la calidad de vida de aquellos a los que dice servir, y al pensar e intervenir desde perspectivas y políticas sociales y educativas “sectorizadas", se refuerza el estatus quo de las perspectivas dominantes y se limitan los esfuerzos por conseguir una auténtica igualdad de derechos y oportunidades de quienes se encuentran en situación de vulnerabilidad. En el mismo también se plantean los contenidos más relevantes de la inclusión educativa como marco de referencia común para mejorar la educación de todo el alumnado, sin exclusiones.

Fine spatial pattern of an epiphytic lichen species is affected by habitat conditions in two forest types in the Iberian Mediterranean region

Persistence and abundance of species is determined by habitat availability and the ability to disperse and colonize habitats at contrasting spatial scales. Favourable habitat fragments are also heterogeneous in quality, providing differing opportunities for establishment and affecting the population dynamics of a species. Based on these principles, we suggest that the presence and abundance of epiphytes may reflect their dispersal ability, which is primarily determined by the spatial structure of host trees, but also by host quality. To our knowledge there has been no explicit test of the importance of host tree spatial pattern for epiphytes in Mediterranean forests. We hypothesized that performance and host occupancy in a favourable habitat depend on the spatial pattern of host trees, because this pattern affects the dispersal ability of each epiphyte and it also determines the availability of suitable sites for establishment. We tested this hypothesis using new point pattern analysis tools and generalized linear mixed models to investigate the spatial distribution and performance of the epiphytic lichen Lobaria pulmonaria, which inhabits two types of host trees (beeches and Iberian oaks). We tested the effects on L. pulmonaria distribution of tree size, spatial configuration, and host tree identity. We built a model including tree size, stand structure, and several neighbourhood predictors to understand the effect of host tree on L. pulmonaria. We also investigated the relative importance of spatial patterning on the presence and abundance of the species, independently of the host tree configuration. L. pulmonaria distribution was highly dependent on habitat quality for successful establishment, i.e., tree species identity, tree diameter, and several forest stand structure surrogates. For beech trees, tree diameter was the main factor influencing presence and cover of the lichen, although larger lichen-colonized trees were located close to focal trees, i.e., young trees. However, oak diameter was not an important factor, suggesting that bark roughness at all diameters favoured lichen establishment. Our results indicate that L. pulmonaria dispersal is not spatially restricted, but it is dependent on habitat quality. Furthermore, new spatial analysis tools suggested that L. pulmonaria cover exhibits a distinct pattern, although the spatial pattern of tree position and size was random.

Fine spatial pattern of an epiphytic lichen species is affected by habitat conditions in two forest types in the Iberian Mediterranean region

Persistence and abundance of species is determined by habitat availability and the ability to disperse and colonize habitats at contrasting spatial scales. Favourable habitat fragments are also heterogeneous in quality, providing differing opportunities for establishment and affecting the population dynamics of a species. Based on these principles, we suggest that the presence and abundance of epiphytes may reflect their dispersal ability, which is primarily determined by the spatial structure of host trees, but also by host quality. To our knowledge there has been no explicit test of the importance of host tree spatial pattern for epiphytes in Mediterranean forests. We hypothesized that performance and host occupancy in a favourable habitat depend on the spatial pattern of host trees, because this pattern affects the dispersal ability of each epiphyte and it also determines the availability of suitable sites for establishment. We tested this hypothesis using new point pattern analysis tools and generalized linear mixed models to investigate the spatial distribution and performance of the epiphytic lichen Lobaria pulmonaria, which inhabits two types of host trees (beeches and Iberian oaks). We tested the effects on L. pulmonaria distribution of tree size, spatial configuration, and host tree identity. We built a model including tree size, stand structure, and several neighbourhood predictors to understand the effect of host tree on L. pulmonaria. We also investigated the relative importance of spatial patterning on the presence and abundance of the species, independently of the host tree configuration. L. pulmonaria distribution was highly dependent on habitat quality for successful establishment, i.e., tree species identity, tree diameter, and several forest stand structure surrogates. For beech trees, tree diameter was the main factor influencing presence and cover of the lichen, although larger lichen-colonized trees were located close to focal trees, i.e., young trees. However, oak diameter was not an important factor, suggesting that bark roughness at all diameters favoured lichen establishment. Our results indicate that L. pulmonaria dispersal is not spatially restricted, but it is dependent on habitat quality. Furthermore, new spatial analysis tools suggested that L. pulmonaria cover exhibits a distinct pattern, although the spatial pattern of tree position and size was random.