Measuring the internal-market orientation in the public sector

The application of internal marketing in organizations has been researched by scholars for nearly three decades, but literature has little empirical research in the public sector. There is a latent debate on the relevance of internal marketing in the public sector, given the need to provide a more effective service to the citizens. Given the possibility that the internal-market orientation is an antecedent of job satisfaction, the objective of this research was to measure the level of internal market orientation in the public sector, and the Military Fire Department of the State of Espírito Santo (MFDESS) was surveyed using quantitative research. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire, which follows the model used by Gounaris (2006) in research with employees of a hotel chain in Greece. 522 firefighters were surveyed. The choice of this organization was due to the importance of the service performed and the society visibility, given the direct relationship with life and assets of the taxpayers. Therefore, the level of job satisfaction of firefighters is relevant for the achievement of excellence in their missions. The results showed that firefighters have the perception that there is little internal-market orientation in the Military Fire Department and the level of job satisfaction is low.  The research result converged with the literature on the direct relationship of the internal-market orientation with job satisfaction.  Furthermore, the research concluded that job satisfaction is influenced by the identification of the exchange of value, segment internal market, job description, management concern and training.Keywords: internal marketing, public sector, internal-market orientation, job satisfaction.</p

Carbohydrates plus protein reduces oxidative stress after single bout of aerobic exercise

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of CPA in muscle damage and oxidative stress induced by aerobic exercise. Participate in the study ten healthy young (24 ± 4 years), eutrophic (23.2 ± 1 kg/m2),VO2max = 44.9 ± 10 ml/kg/min, four women performed three aerobic exercise sessions lasting 50 minutes randomly supplemented with water (WAT), isolated carbohydrate (CHO) or carbohydrate associated with proteins and antioxidants (CPA) every 10 minutes of exercise. Blood samples were taken before, immediately and 24 hours after each exercise session for analysis markers of muscle damage creatine kinase (CK) and oxidative stress malondialdehyde (MDA). Blood glucose was measured before, during and after the exercise. After testing the data for normality and homogeneity through the Shapiro-Wilk and Levine tests, one-way ANOVA or two-way analyses were made to compare the initial and the answers to the experimental procedure respectively, or their corresponding non-parametric. CHO and CPA resulted in maintaining or increasing glucose, respectively, during exercise, whereas WAT resulted in glycemia reduction. CHO or CPA did not affect CK post exercise concentration. MDA values were very similar immediately after exercise between CHO and CPA, however occurred significant reduction from post exercice to 24 hours after exercise in CPA procedure (4.8 ± 1.8 to 2.5 ± 0.8, p <0,05), while CHO (5.1 ± 0.8 to 4.6 ± 0.9) and WAT (4.9 ± 0.9 to 5.1 ± 0.6) did not promotes the same phenomenon. This study revealed that carbohydrates associated with proteins and antioxidants have ergogenic effect by increasing blood glucose during a single bout of aerobic exercise and accelerate the restoration of oxidative stress

A padaria, um laboratório nada convencional para o ensino de química

Os fenômenos físicoquímicos que ocorrem no preparo dos alimentos, o que inclui o processo de panificação, são inúmeros, podendo servir de contexto para o estudo das transformações químicas e físicas envolvidas. Neste trabalho, “os alimentos: panificação” é o tema empregado para ensinar Química, tendo a pesquisa como princípio científico e educativo na promoção de aprendizagem significativa. Alunos do ensino médio foram levados a estudar Química de forma investigativa na padaria/laboratório montada no colégio. Um grupo de estudos formado pelos professores da escola e por professores e estagiários do curso de Química da Universidade desenvolveram pesquisa qualitativa sobre a proposta realizada na escola. Esperouse com isso construir uma metodologia de ensino capaz de contribuir com a formação de cidadãos mais críticos e criativos, e que percebessem a química como uma ciência, construção humana, presente na vida cotidiana, popularizandoa.Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educació

Clinical, histological and electron microscopic aspects of vocal fold granulomas

SummaryGranulomas are bilateral and pediculated lesions of the vocal apophysis. Etiologies: intubation, reflux, trauma, vocal abuse, idiopathic origin. Aim: To analyze the clinical and morphological aspects of post intubation granulomas. Methods: retrospective study of patients submitted to microsurgery for post intubation laryngeal granulomas seen at our Medical School starting in 2002. We analyzed: age, gender, indication and time of intubation, symptoms, videolaryngoscopic diagnosis and biopsy findings. Light microscopy was performed on all specimens, and electron microscopy on three of them. Results: ten patients (7 females and 3 males), between the ages of 2 and 72 years, intubation time between 4h and 21 days. Hoarseness was a frequent symptom, starting in the first week following extubation. Histology shows mild epithelial hyperplasia, severe inflammation and vessel proliferation in the corion. Under SEM, the epithelium presented mild superficial desquamation. Under TEM, intracellular junctions showed widening with structural changes in the desmosomes. In the corion there were vessel proliferations, inflammation and fibroblasts with structural alterations. Conclusions: post intubation granulomas appear in any age and hoarseness is a frequent symptom. Morphological alterations occur in the corion as vessel proliferations, inflammation, and intracytoplasmatic alterations in fibroblasts suggesting cellular dysfunction and damage

Sistema Embarcado para transferência de sinais vitais usando o padrão Health Level 7 (HL7) / Embedded System for transferring vital signs using the Health Level 7 (HL7) standard

Aplicações pervasivas na assistência domiciliar à saúde são importantes e crescentes, contudo, em geral, são desenvolvidos sem seguir um padrão de comunicação com clínicas e hospitais, além de demandar uma infraestrutura especializada de hardware e software. Nesse contexto, coletar, transmitir e processar os dados do paciente remotamente se torna um desafio considerando o monitoramento remoto de saúde. Tomando como base o uso de tecnologia embarcada, o presente trabalho visa apresentar por meio de uma plataforma embarcada capaz de realizar o monitoramento de sinais vitais de aparelhos distintos a possibilidade de empacotar esses dados no protocolo HL7 (Health Level 7), que é um padrão internacionalmente utilizado em equipamentos de saúde para permitir a troca de informações através de mensagens mesmo entre aplicações distintas.  Nesse cenário o sistema viabiliza a transmissão de dados para uma aplicação servidora ou mesmo monitores multiparamétricos, oferecendo assim segurança e usabilidade, assim como a transmissão de dados clínicos que possibilitará um monitoramento que permita avaliar os sinais vitais do paciente

Os adolescentes portugueses dormem pouco e bem, ou pouco e mal? : e então?

Revista de Psicologia da Criança e do Adolescente. - ISSN 1647-4120. - V. 10, n. 1 (Janeiro-Dezembro 2019). - p. 159-171.O objetivo deste estudo é analisar as carateristicas do sono dos jovens e seu papel na perceção de saúde, satisfação com a vida, pressão com os trabalhos da escola e capacidade escolar. Foram incluido 5695 adolescentes portugueses no âmbito do estudo do Health Behaviour in School aged Children (HBSC) (46,1% rapazes), do 8º, 10º e 12º anos de escolaridade de Portugal Continental. Foram identificadas associações entre todas as variáveis relacionadas com a qualidade do sono e bem--estar físico e psicológicos, assim como o contacto online com os amigos chegados e satisfação com a vida dos jovens. As variáveis relacionadas com um sono perturbado indicam que a maioria dos adolescentes mostra um padrão de sono tardio e redução da duração do sono numa fase da vida em que este é fundamental para o bom desempenho das atividades diárias dos jovens, relacionadas com as suas atividades escolares e sociais. A qualidade e quantidade do sono, assim como as suas consequências, têm vindo a agravar-se com o uso muitas vezes problemático de ecrãs, um problema cada vez mais saliente e focado, e com as preocupações que os adolescentes apresentam e não conseguem gerir.The objective of this study is to analyse the characteristics of the sleep of young people and their role in the perception of health, satisfaction with life, pressure with school work and school competence. A total of 5695 Portuguese adolescents were included in the study of Health Behaviour in School aged Children (HBSC) (46.1% boys), 8th, 10th and 12th grades in Portugal. We identified associations between all variables related to sleep quality and physical and psychological well-being, as well as the online contact with the close friends and satisfaction with the life of the young people. Variables related to disturbed sleep indicate that the majority of adolescents show a pattern of late sleep and reduced sleep duration at a stage of life where it is fundamental to the good performance of the daily activities of young people related to their school activities and social. The quality and quantity of sleep, as well as its consequences, have been aggravated by the often problematic use of screens, an increasingly salient and focused problem, and with worries that adolescents refer and can not manage

Observation of associated near-side and away-side long-range correlations in √sNN=5.02 TeV proton-lead collisions with the ATLAS detector

Two-particle correlations in relative azimuthal angle (Δϕ) and pseudorapidity (Δη) are measured in √sNN=5.02  TeV p+Pb collisions using the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The measurements are performed using approximately 1  μb-1 of data as a function of transverse momentum (pT) and the transverse energy (ΣETPb) summed over 3.1<η<4.9 in the direction of the Pb beam. The correlation function, constructed from charged particles, exhibits a long-range (2<|Δη|<5) “near-side” (Δϕ∼0) correlation that grows rapidly with increasing ΣETPb. A long-range “away-side” (Δϕ∼π) correlation, obtained by subtracting the expected contributions from recoiling dijets and other sources estimated using events with small ΣETPb, is found to match the near-side correlation in magnitude, shape (in Δη and Δϕ) and ΣETPb dependence. The resultant Δϕ correlation is approximately symmetric about π/2, and is consistent with a dominant cos⁡2Δϕ modulation for all ΣETPb ranges and particle pT