Paepalanthus hirtellus, a new species of Paepalanthus subsection Actinocephaloides (Eriocaulaceae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil

In this article we describe and illustrate the new species Paepalanthus hirtellus (Eriocaulaceae, Paepalanthoideae). The species is, as far as known, restricted to Pico do Itambe State Park, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Paepalanthus hirtellus occurs on the campos rupestres of the Espinhaco Range. We compare it with P. lombensis and P. chrysophorus, the two morphologically most similar species. We provide additional comments on the morphological variability, habitat, geographic distribution and we provide its conservation status.

Two new species of Actinocephalus (Eriocaulaceae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil

We describe and illustrate two new species, Actinocephalus delicatus and A. giuliettiae (Eriocaulaceae, Paepalanthoideae), from the Espinhaco Range in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and compare them with the morphologically most similar species. Diagnostic characters, morphological variation, geographic distribution, habitat and conservation status, as well as line drawings, photos and a distribution map are provided for both species.

Minasia ramosa (Asteraceae: Vernonieae), a new species from the Serra do Cabral, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Minasia ramosa, a new species from Brazil, is here described and illustrated. The species is endemic to the campos rupestres of the Serra do Cabral, a western extension of the Espinhaco Range in Minas Gerais. Minasia ramosa is characterized by its narrow ensiform leaves, paniculate inflorescence and totally setuliferous cypselae. The affinities of this species are discussed.

A new species of Vriesea Lindl. (Bromeliaceae, Tillandsioideae) from Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

A new species of Vriesea Lindl. belonging to section Xiphion (E. Morren) E. Morren ex Mez. - V. sanfranciscana Versieux & Wand.- is described and illustrated. The species is only known to occur in the Serra da Canastra National Park, located in the southwestern Minas Gerais, Brazil, and is morphologically related to V. atropurpurea Silveira from serra do Cipo, Espinhaco range.

An illustrated checklist of Bromeliaceae from Parque Estadual do Rio Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with notes on phytogeography and one new species of Cryptanthus

A checklist of the 14 genera and 34 species of Bromeliaceae from the Parque Estadual do Rio Preto in Sao Goncalo do Rio Preto municipality, Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil, is presented. The Tillandsioideae was the most diverse subfamily and was found to be concentrated in rocky field areas. Bromelioideae is also a species rich subfamily, but its taxa have shown a preference to forested areas and savannas at lower altitudes. Pitcairnioideae is highlighted by its level of endemism, but has only four species. Cryptanthus micrus, a new species found in this area is described and illustrated. Our cluster analysis indicated that the Rio Preto State Park has a Bromeliaceae flora more similar to that from Pico do Itambe and Grao Mogol State Parks. Taxa like Dyckia glandulosa, Orthophytum itambense and Vriesea medusa, which were previously considered to be endemic to Pico do Itambe, now have their area of occurrence extended to Rio Preto. These new occurrences highlight the importance to create a corridor joining these neighboring reserves to connect populations of narrowly ranged or rare species. In this work we present pictures of 19 species in their habitats within the park, and we hope that these illustrations will help in the identification and conservation of these taxa.

A new species of Croton section Cleodora (Euphorbiaceae s.s.) from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Rankamaite from the Urubu pegmatite, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Crystal chemistry and Rietveld refinement

A new occurrence of rankamaite is here described at the Urubu pegmatite, Itinga municipality, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The mineral forms cream-white botryoidal aggregates of acicular to fibrous crystals, intimately associated with simpsonite, thoreaulite, cassiterite, quartz, elbaite, albite, and muscovite. The average of six chemical analyses obtained by electron microprobe is (range in parentheses, wt%): Na(2)O 2.08 (1.95-2.13), K(2)O 2.61 (2.52-2.74), Al(2)O(3) 1.96 (1.89-2.00), Fe(2)O(3) 0.01 (0.00-0.03), TiO(2) 0.02 (0.00-0.06), Ta(2)O(5) 81.04 (79.12-85.18), Nb(2)O(5) 9.49 (8.58-9.86), total 97.21 (95.95-101.50). The chemical formula derived from this analysis is (Na(1.55)K(1.28))(Sigma 2.83)(Ta(8.45)Nb(1.64)Al(0.89)Fe(0.01)(3+)Ti(0.01))(Sigma 11.00)[O(25.02)(OH)(5.98)](Sigma 31.00). Rankamaite is an orthorhombic ""tungsten bronze"" (OTB), crystallizing in the space group Cmmm. Its unit-cell parameters refined from X-ray diffraction powder data are: a = 17.224(3), b = 17.687(3), c = 3.9361(7) angstrom, V = 1199.1(3) angstrom(3), Z = 2. Rietveld refinement of the powder data was undertaken using the structure of LaTa(5)O(14) as a starting model for the rankamaite structure. The structural formula obtained with the Rietveld analyses is: (Na(2.21)K(1.26))Sigma(3.37)(Ta(9.12)NB(1.30) Al(0.59))(Sigma 11.00)[O(26.29)(OH)(4.71)](Sigma 31.00). The tantalum atoms are coordinated by six and seven oxygen atoms in the form of distorted TaO(6) octahedra and TaO(2) pentagonal bipyramids, respectively. Every pentagonal bipyramid shares edges with four octahedra, thus forming Ta(5)O(14) units. The potassium atom is in an 11-fold coordination, whereas one sodium atom is in a 10-fold and the other is in a 12-fold coordination. Raman and infrared spectroscopy were used to investigate the room-temperature spectra of rankamaite.

Mineralogical and microthermometric studies and structural aspects of imperial topaz mineralization in Antonio Pereira, Ouro Preto District (Minas Gerais) - Brazil

The occurrences of imperial topaz in the Antonio Pereira mine, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, are associated with the metamorphic carbonate rocks of the Minas Supergroup. The crystals have densities varying from 3.46 to 3.58. The parameters of the unitary cells obtained were: 4.658 to 4.663 angstrom (ao), 8.823 to 8.832 angstrom (b(o)), 8.382 to 8.389 angstrom (c(o)), and 344.65 to 345.46 angstrom 3 (V). The refraction indices presented the following variations: 1.622 to 1.630 (nX), 1.624 to 1.632 (nY), 1.633 to 1.640 (nZ), and 0.008 to 0.011 (B). These properties are coherent with the low fluorine contents obtained (16,48%/17,05wt%). Infrared spectroscopy and microthermometry showed that the fluid inclusions, which represent the mineralizing fluids, are formed by H(2)O (with Ca(2+), Mg(2+) and Na(+)), and CO(2) +/- CH(4). The minimal trapping T-P conditions of 290/320 degrees C and 2,349/2,497bar were obtained for the primary fluid inclusions. The pseudo-secondary fluid inclusions were trapped at conditions of lower temperatures and variable pressures, during the deformation process under local alternating states of stress. The microthermometric studies, the structural analysis and the fluorine contents suggest that the mineralized veins were formed from hydrothermal fluids originated during the Brasiliano tectono-metamorphic event.

THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF A MICROLITE-GROUP MINERAL WITH A FORMULA NEAR NaCaTa(2)O(6)F FROM THE MORRO REDONDO MINE, CORONEL MURTA, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL

We present electron-microprobe and single-crystal X-ray-diffraction data for a microlite-group mineral with a formula near NaCaTa(2)O(6)F from the Morro Redondo mine, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil. On the basis of these data, the formula is A(Na(0.88)Ca(0.88)Pb(0.02)square(0.22))(Sigma 2.00) (B)(Ta(1.70)Nb(0.14)Si(0.12)As(0.04))(Sigma 2.00) (X)[(O(5.75)(OH)(0.25)](Sigma 6.00) (Y)(F(0.73)square(0.27))(Sigma 1.00). According to the new nomenclature for the pyrochlore-supergroup minerals, it is intermediate between fluornatromicrolite and "" fluorcalciomicrolite"". The crystal structure, F (d3) over barm, a = 10.4396(12) angstrom, has been refined to an R(1) value of 0.0258 (wR(2) = 0.0715) for 107 reflections (MoK alpha radiation). There is a scarcity of crystal-chemical data for pyrochlore-supergroup minerals in the literature. A compilation of these data is presented here.

A percepção da atuação da área de gestão de pessoas das empresas privadas e organizações governamentais nos estados de Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo segundo os profissionais das demais áreas funcionais

In the past there were many lawyers working in the human resources area, nowadays it doesn't happen anymore, because this area wishes to offer a better service. According to some writers, that strategic service is the ideal way for the organization to achieve its goal. Since there are not many researches about this issue, this dissertation will give a support not only for academic but also for professionals that work in private and public organizations. The goal of this dissertation is to identify how professionals, except for the ones who work in the human resources, realize the actions of the human resources in private and public organizations. Besides, this dissertation also makes a comparison between these two kinds of action. The result of this research is neither good nor bad. The goal of this research was to find problems involved on this issue and better solutions for them.

Gestão pública orientada para resultados: avaliando o caso de Minas Gerais

This research analyses the model of management for results from Minas Gerais State. The theoretical research begins with the origin of the management for results, then analyses its influences and tools. A case study about Minas Gerais State is presented and the model analysis tool is applied. This tool was developed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). It is being applied in many countries and states. After that, interviews with the main people of Minas Gerais government were carried out to get information about the current model of management. With all this information collected, the model is analysed to verify if it is adequate or not to the standards of the management for results.

Gestão por resultados e eficiência na administração pública: uma análise à luz da experiência do governo de Minas Gerais

O presente estudo analisa a relação causal entre Gestão por Resultados, eficiência e “accountability”, subjacente ao receituário da Nova Gestão Pública. Para isso fazemos uma discussão teórica que visa a definir o conceito de eficiência, principalmente para incorporar sua dimensão política, os limites políticos e organizacionais à sua realização, e os contornos de um modelo normativo de Gestão por Resultados, este elaborado à luz dos conceitos de coordenação intragovernamental da tomada de decisão e da implementação, mecanismos de coordenação e indicadores de resultados. As implicações dessa discussão são então ilustradas e complementadas a partir da análise do Choque de Gestão de Minas Gerais, experiência importante no âmbito da NGP, particularmente no tocante à contratualização de resultados. Como conclusões, a constatação que a experiência mineira ainda é tímida na orientação para resultados entendidos como efeitos, embora tenha avançado no controle por produtos, e que o próprio modelo de Gestão por Resultados apresenta alta probabilidade de incorrer em déficits de responsividade e de “accountability” e mesmo em ineficiência. Finalmente, argumenta-se que iniciativas devem ser empreendidas no sentido do estudo e do desenvolvimento de métodos de coordenação por valores e habilidades.

Mobilização operária na República excluente : um estudo comparativo da relação entre Estado e movimento operário nos casos de São Paulo, Minas Gerais e Rio Grande do Sul nas duas primeiras décadas do século XX

O tema das relações entre Estado e movimento operário na Primeira República não é nenhuma novidade na produção historiográfica. No entanto, apesar da fecundidade de estudos sobre o movimento operário no Brasil, eles se concentram em dois extremos: de um lado, as grandes generalizações, que centram suas análises nos grandes centros industriais, especialmente Rio e São Paulo, e freqüentemente desconhecem especificidades e características locais da atuação da classe operária; e no outro extremo, encontram-se os estudos regionais que, procurando valorizar as especificidades, acabam dialogando pouco entre si. Esta dissertação se propôs a analisar os casos de São Paulo, Minas Gerais e Rio Grande do Sul que pareceram oferecer, através de sua análise comparada, a possibilidade de perceber especificidades e generalidades nas relações entre o Estado e o movimento operário nas duas primeiras décadas do século XX. Tendo em vista que a temática já foi percorrida extensamente pela historiografia, esta dissertação teve na produção bibliográfica seu material mais importante, pois se tratava de pensar desde a ótica daquilo que a historiografia já havia produzido.

Abordagens institucionalistas das parcerias público-privadas: as experiências da Inglaterra e de Minas Gerais

Parcerias Público-Privadas representaram um dos pilares das Reformas do Estado internacionalmente. No Brasil, modalidades de parcerias foram introduzidas durante o curso dos anos 90, culminando com a aprovação da Lei das Parcerias Público-Privadas, instituídas com o objetivo de estimular investimentos em infra-estrutura após a primeira etapa de privatizações e concessões, sob a inspiração da experiência britânica de Private Finance Initiative. O aparente isomorfismo sugerido pelas melhores práticas internacionais, contudo, não raramente obscurece variedades histórico-institucionais que influenciam o desenho das PPPs entre os países, em especial a estrutura de incentivos e a credibilidade de longo prazo dos contratos. O objeto deste trabalho é discutir como a literatura institucionalista de diferentes tradições teóricas – sociologia, economia e ciência política – explica a interação entre o ambiente institucional e as estruturas de governança das parcerias, modulando suas características e influindo nos resultados. Ao fim, descreve, à luz da experiência britânica de parcerias, a implantação do programa de PPP no Estado de Minas Gerais, ilustrando variáveis e hipóteses extraídas da literatura.