Divergências entre o parecer prévio do Tribunal de Contas do Estado (TCE) e o resultado do julgamento das contas anuais de prefeitos em Pernambuco

Este estudo tem como objetivo identificar quais os fundamentos que levam algumas Câmaras Municipais pernambucanas a não acompanhar o parecer prévio do Tribunal de Contas do Estado no julgamento das contas anuais dos prefeitos. Tendo em vista que uma parcela significativa dos julgamentos das contas anuais dos prefeitos realizados pelas Câmaras Municipais não tem acompanhado as recomendações emitidas nos Pareceres Prévios do TCE, inicialmente foram identificadas as abordagens teóricas sobre a estrutura da relação do executivo com o legislativo que oferecem subsídios para o entendimento da face política das Câmaras Municipais nestes julgamentos. Destacou-se também o aspecto técnicoadministrativo viabilizado pelo processo legislativo do julgamento das contas, passível da análise e solicitação de revisão judicial pelo Ministério Público com vistas à anulação, caso não apresente motivação legal formalmente registrada que atenda às disposições constitucionais. O estudo foi realizado por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica, documental e de campo, por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas com vereadores das Câmaras Municipais pernambucanas. A metodologia qualitativa de análise de conteúdo foi escolhida para a análise dos dados. Os resultados da pesquisa permitiram identificar que os fundamentos que levam algumas Câmaras Municipais pernambucanas a não acompanhar o parecer prévio do Tribunal de Contas no julgamento das contas anuais dos prefeitos não estão formalmente evidenciados no processo legislativo pertinente, cujos documentos oficiais pesquisados não atendem aos requisitos legais de motivação, nem tampouco explicam as razões do não acompanhamento do parecer prévio do TCE. A opinião dos vereadores entrevistados conduz ao entendimento de que tais fundamentos são de natureza política, em detrimento dos fundamentos técnicos, explicados pela relação de preponderância do executivo sobre o poder legislativo municipal.

The State of Queensland Charities: An examination of the first Annual Information Statements of charities operating in Queensland

The advent of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) in 2012 and submission of Annual Information Statements (AIS) in 2013 by those charities which registered with them, have allowed new measures to be taken of charities and their activities. This report examines the filed AIS data for Queensland charities and compares it with the overall Australian population of charities.

Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology, 2-6 March 1999 South Padre Island, Texas, U.S.A.

The 19th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation was the largest to date. The beautiful venue was the South Padre Island Convention Centre on South Padre Island, Texas from March 2-6, 1999. Key features of the 19th were invited talks on the theme The Promise, the Pain, and the Progress of 50 years of Sea Turtle Research and Conservation, a mini-symposium on the Kemp's ridley and an increased emphasis on high quality poster sessions. Hosts for the meeting included Texas A&M University, the Texas Sea Grant College Program, The Gladys Porter Zoo and Sea Turtle, Inc. Co-sponsors included the National Marine Fisheries Service-Southeast Fisheries Science Center, the National Marine Fisheries Service-Protected Resources Branch, Padre Island National Seashore and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. With the assistance of Jack Frazier, we were fortunate to obtain a $30,000 grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. This grant provided travel support to 49 individuals from 24 nations who presented a total of 50 presentations. (PDF contains 309 pages)

Larval Fish Recruitment and Research in the Americas: Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Larval Fish Conference Merida, Mexico, 21-26 May 1989

The 13th Annual Larval Fish Conference and Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society Early Life History Section cohosted by Mote Marine Laboratory, United States, and the Instituto Nacional de la Pesca, Mexico, were held 21-26 May 1989, in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. The purpose of holding the meeting in Mexico was to encourage the participation of our Latin American and Caribbean colleagues and to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information among researchers working in the Americas. More than 150 participants represented 24 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and 13 foreign countries including Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rico, Panama, Cuba, Columbia, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, and West Germany. The Conference began with registration and a social in the courtyard patio of the Merida Holiday Inn. Fresh red grouper, the most important commercial finfish species of the State of Yucatan, was prepared and served by the hotel staff, courtesy of CPI, Itzamex, and the Terramar Trading Company. (PDF file contains 146 pages.)

Estimation of the relative annual abundance of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, in the Eastern Pacific Ocean during 1970-1985

ENGLISH: Estimates of relative annual abundance of yellowfin tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean during 1970-1985 are made using catch rates, measured as tons caught by purse seiners per hour of searching. Catch rates are standardized a weighted generalized linear model. The important standardizing factors are vessel speed, season-area, and whether the yellowfin were caught in association with dolphins, skipjack tuna, or floating objects. Observations are weighted to give equal areas equal weight and to give each unit of fishing effort equal weight within an area. The results indicate that catch per days fishing underestimates abundance during the late 1970's when the fishery shifted some of its effort from dolphin sets to floating object sets, and overestimates abundance when the fishery shifted back to dolphin sets in 1984 and 1985. SPANISH: Se estima la abundancia anual relativa del atún aleta amarilla en el Océano Pacífico oriental (OPO) durante 1970-1985 por medio de tasas de captura, calculadas como toneladas cortas capturadas por barcos cerqueros por hora de búsqueda. Se usa un modelo lineal ponderado generalizado para estandardizar las tasas de captura. Los factores importantes de estandardización son la velocidad del barco, temporada-área, y si se capturaron los aletas amarillas en asociación con delfines, barriletes, o objetos flotantes. Se ponderaron las observaciones para otorgar igual importancia a áreas iguales y a cada unidad de esfuerzo pesquero dentro de un área. Los resultados señalan que la captura por día de pesca estima por bajo la abundancia durante los últimos años de la década de los 70, en cual época la pesquería trasladó parte de su esfuerzo de lances sobre delfines a lances sobre objetos flotantes, y la sobreestima al volver la pesquería a lances sobre delfines en 1984 y 1985. (PDF contains 45 pages.)

Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Pacific Climate (PACLIM) Workshop, Asilomar, California - April 4-7, 1993 [appendices]

The appendices include the workshop agenda, a list of poster presentations, and a list of attendees.