De Leioa hacía Aracaju: sembrando experiencias transformadoras y construyendo ciudadanía

[ES] Este trabajo de intervención, construido desde la perspectiva sociocrítica, presenta una intervención socioeducativa desarrollada en la ciudad de Aracaju, Brasil. La citada intervención, en, con y para un grupo de personas con escasos recursos económicos, sobre todo mujeres, se basa en la cooperación al desarrollo entendido como instrumento capaz de generar experiencias que posibilitan hacer frente a las consecuencias nefastas de los modelos económico, cultural, político y social dominantes en la actualidad. Entre los impactos de este trabajo podemos citar la fundación de una asociación de vecinas y vecinos, la creación de un perfil de dicha asociación en Facebook y la puesta en marcha de acciones comunitarias como un bingo solidario, talleres de empoderamiento de mujeres y un bazar solidario. Los resultados de este trabajo permiten afirmar que urge el fomento de estrategias, medidas y acciones que favorezcan el paso de un modelo asistencial a un modelo de autonomía.

Development of the First Disease Activity Index for Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Update on the EEsAI in 2011

Background a nd Aims: T he international E EsAI study g roupis currently developing the first activity index (EEsAI) specificfor Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE). Goal: To develop, evaluateand validate the EEsAI.Methods: T he d evelopment comprises three phases: 1.Selection of candidate items; 2. Evaluation of the activity indexin a f irst patient cohort; and 3. V alidation in a s econd EoEpatient cohort. Focus group interviews with patients were usedin p hase 1 to generate p atient r eported outcomes ( PRO)according to guidelines o f regulatory authorities ( FDA andEMA), whereas the section of biologic items was developed byDelphi r ounds of i nternational E oE experts from E urope andNorth America.Results: The EEsAI has a modular composition to assess thefollowing components o f EoE activity: p atient reportedoutcomes, endoscopic activity, histologic activity, laboratoryactivity, a nd quality of life. D efinitions f or all aspects o fendoscopic and histologic appearance were established byconsensus rounds among EoE experts. Symptom assessmenttools were created that take into account d ifferent foodconsistencies as w ell as f ood avoidance and specificprocessing strategies. T he EEsAI is evaluated in a c ohort ofadult EoE patients since March 2011.Conclusions: After successful validation, the EEsAI will allowto standardize outcome assessment in E oE t rials which w illlikely lead to its wide applicability.

Rangel: ciclos longos e dualidade

For Ignácio Rangel economic development is an intrinsically contradictory movement through which technological innovation, whose dynamics explains the long cycle, is permanently in conflict with the existing capitals that it depreciates. Development in Brazil is not just defined by the opposition between the capitalist and the pre-capitalist sector; there is also an external duality that does not just express the relation between its stages of economic growth and the development of the world economy, but also tells us how its modern and its backward sector change at each stage. The duality has a double character: through the coexistence of relations of productions that correspond to two sequential historical phases, and through the existence, in the domestic and in the external “pole” of such duality, a relation of dependency toward the more advanced societies.

Os efeitos do financiamento do BNDES sobre o lucro e o crescimento das empresas

A presente dissertação tem por objetivo articular os conceitos de estratégia e políticas públicas, orientadas para o papel do BNDES no contexto brasileiro. A expressividade da atuação do BNDES, a origem de seus recursos e a relevância de seus desembolsos ratificam a importância dos financiamentos da instituição para a economia doméstica.

Bandas militares no Brasil: difusão e organização entre 1808-1889

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Virtual Cilicia Project. How to use Google Earth as a visualization environment in an archaeological context

Over the past few years, archaeology has experienced a rapid development in geophysical prospection and remote sensing techniques. At the same time, the focus of archaeological research has shifted to landscape evelopment and human interaction. To impart the results, new methods and techniques are necessary. Virtual globes such as Google Earth offer fascinating methods of giving interested amateurs the possibility to interactively explore ancient cities and landscapes. Thanks to the increasing usage of GIS in cultural heritage, the implementation of interactive three dimensional learning opportunities becomes less and less tedious, but the non-linear narrative story telling medium demands for a special adaption of the content. This paper summarizes the experience gained during the realization of the “Virtual Cilicia Project” and outlines the future potential of virtual globes in the field of cultural heritage.

Modelling spatial decisión support systems focused on the development of a data warehouse: applying software engineering

Nowadays, organizations have plenty of data stored in DB databases, which contain invaluable information. Decision Support Systems DSS provide the support needed to manage this information and planning médium and long-term ?the modus operandi? of these organizations. Despite the growing importance of these systems, most proposals do not include its total evelopment, mostly limiting itself on the development of isolated parts, which often have serious integration problems. Hence, methodologies that include models and processes that consider every factor are necessary. This paper will try to fill this void as it proposes an approach for developing spatial DSS driven by the development of their associated Data Warehouse DW, without forgetting its other components. To the end of framing the proposal different Engineering Software focus (The Software Engineering Process and Model Driven Architecture) are used, and coupling with the DB development methodology, (and both of them adapted to DW peculiarities). Finally, an example illustrates the proposal.

Releituras de Celso Furtado: Brasil (2001-2012)

Seeking to explain the causes leading to the developme nt and attempt to understand it, some economists were organized around central ideas, culminating therefore in the development of economic theories. The knowledge accumulated over the work by these scholars will make a significant contribution in shaping t he thinking of Celso Monteiro Furtado . Furtado developed numerous studies trying to understand the dynamics of underdeveloped structures, what their basic characteristics and the main factors responsible for the perpetuation of the status quo of these stru ctures. Starting from the question "What remains of underdevelopment characteristics in Brazil in the light of the thought of Celso Furtado?", This work is guided by the hypothesis that Brazil has not suffered between 2001 and 2012, significant structural changes that it could classifies it as a developed country. It has been for this work as a general objective to analyze the underdevelopment of elements that persist in Brazil in the light of the thought of Furtado. And as specific, characterize economic d evelopment, from the study of the classical schools, Marxist, neoclassical, Kaleckian, Keynesian and ECLAC of economic thought; describe the economic underdevelopment in light of Celso Furtado ideas; and, finally, evaluate from the particular epistemology of thought Furtado Brazilian economic reality, with emphasis on the analysis of underdevelopment elements. It was found that although there have been important advances in some sectors, the country maintains a significant structural heterogeneity. Hence th e relevance of Furtado's contribution to understanding the economic underdevelopment, because he is still a constant in our reality.

El papel de la cooperación sur-sur en materia de educación técnica en Haití después del terremoto del 2010: estudio de caso: Brasil y Ecuador (2010-2015)

El presente estudio de caso analiza el papel de la Cooperación Sur-Sur (CSS) proveída por Brasil y Ecuador en materia de Educación Técnica en Haití después del terremoto del 2010 hasta el año 2015. Bajo el entendido que la CSS busca intercambiar, por medio de proyectos, los conocimientos y técnicas en los cuales estos países tienen experiencia, una de las formas de cooperación que tienen Brasil y Ecuador frente a Haití está basada en brindar capacidades en materia de Educación Técnica, con el fin de incentivar el desarrollo del recurso humano en los diferentes sectores a los cuales ésta va dirigida. En ese sentido, se escogieron dichos países al ser dos de los que más aportaron de América del Sur mediante la Educación Técnica hacia Haití después del terremoto. De ésta forma queda demostrado que por medio del intercambio de conocimientos, se puede hacer una apuesta fundamental al desarrollo de un país, enseñando y capacitando a personal de áreas específicas, con el ánimo de aumentar las capacidades productivas.

DINÁMICA TERRITORIAL ASOCIADA A LA ACTIVIDAD AGROPECUARIA EN EL CANTÓN DE POÁS, ALAJUELA

Este artículo presenta la dinámica y articulación de las actividades agrícolas del cantón de Poás.Considera además los rasgos sobresalientes de dichas actividades a saber: café, caña de azúcar, fresas, plantas ornamentales, ganadería de leche y hortalizas. Asimismo, relaciona la dinámica de inserción de la población en este sector productivo, justificando las actividades agrícolas como relevantes en el desarrollo económico del cantón. La caracterización efectuada permitió identificar las tendencias de los sistemas agrícolas tradicionales, no tradicionales y las actividades agrícolas emergentes. La metodología involucra la revisión de datos secundarios de diversas fuentes, estadísticas y censales, enriquecidas con levantamiento de campo, visitas y entrevistas de campo a  productores. Este trabajo se enmarca dentro del plan regulador del cantón de Poás, realizado por la Escuela de Ciencias Geográficas de la Universidad Nacional. ABSTRACT This article presents the dynamics and articulation of agricultural activities in the canton of Poás. Also considered are the salient features of such activities, namely, coffee, sugar cane, strawberries, rnamental plants, dairy and vegetables. At the same time, the article relates the dynamics of inclusion of the population in the productive sector, justifying agricultural activities as relevant to the economic  evelopment of the canton. This characterization made it possible to identify trends in traditional farming systems as well as non-traditional and emerging agricultural activities. The methodology involves a review of secondary data from various sources, statistics and census, supplemented with field surveys, field visits and interviews about producer experiences. This work is part of the Poás regulatory plan onducted by the School of Geographical Sciences at Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica.