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A sociedade civil nos CMAS do Espírito Santo: um longo caminho até o pleno exercício do controle social

Apresenta os resultados parciais das pesquisas do Núcleo de Estudos e o de Estudos em Movimentos e Práticas Sociais (NEMPS), sobre vários aspectos da participação da sociedade civil, nos conselhos municipais de Assistência Social (CMAS) do Estado do Espírito Santo. Na primeira etapa da investigação, foram entrevistados representantes da sociedade civil dos conselhos de Cariacica, Guarapari, Serra, Viana, Vila Velha e Vitória. Identifica o perfil dos conselheiros, as práticas e os recursos utilizados por eles, na relação com os demais atores envolvidos no processo de controle social. Os dados obtidos não trazem diferenças significativas no que se refere a outros conselhos, e confirmam a necessidade do aperfeiçoamento e da qualificação dos instrumentos e dos atores atuantes nos conselhos gestores. O desafio é investir nos aspectos pedagógicos para uma cultura de participação onde gestores, técnicos, organizações sociais e toda a sociedade sintam-se, igualmente, responsabilizados e em condições de exercer o controle social. Palavras-chave: Assistência Social. Comunicação Pública. Espírito Santo (Estado). Controle Social

Sopravvivenza in una unità di terapia intensiva neonatale (periodo 2002-2007). Outcome neurologico e sopravvivenza dei nati di età gestazionale 23-25 settimane [Survival rates in a single neonatal intensive care unit (period 2002-2007). Neuro-developmental outcome and survival for infants born at 23-25 weeks of gestation]

Aim. The aim of this study was to evaluate survival rates in a single Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) (period 2002-2007), with a special focus on the survival data and outcome at one-year of corrected age for infants born at 23-25 weeks of gestation. Methods. All infants who had evidence of heart activity at birth were actively resuscitated, regardless of birth weight or gestational age. Survival rate was calculated as a function of the following variables: birth weight and gestational category; gender in infants of birth weight ≤1000 g ; appropriate (AGA) or small (SGA) weight for gestational age; inborn or outborn. Twenty-eight newborns (23-25 weeks of gestation) completed follow-up at one-year of corrected age. Results. During the examined period, no infants died in the delivery room; 833 newborns were admitted to the NICU. Overall survival rates were as following: [removed]2500 g (99%); 23-25 weeks of gestation (50%); 26-27 weeks (77%), 28-32 weeks (90%); males ≤1000 g (68%), females ≤1000 g (68%); AGA ≤1000 g (63%), SGA ≤1000 g (79%), AGA ≤28 weeks (63%), SGA ≤28 weeks (67%); inborn (54%), outborn (25%). A fraction of 64% (infants of 23-25 weeks of gestation) did not show handicap at one-year of corrected age, while 25% presented severe, 7% moderate, and 4% mild handicaps. Conclusion. High rate of survival without handicap at one-year of corrected age at extremely low gestational age and the chance of improvements in neonatal care for newborn ≤24 weeks, indicate the appropriateness for our strategy of resuscitating all newborns with evidence of heart activity in the delivery room

Survival rates in a single neonatal intensive care unit (period 2002-2007). Neurodevelopmental outcome and survival for infants born at 23-25 weeks of gestation

Aim. The aim of this study was to evaluate survival rates in a single Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) (period 2002-2007), with a special focus on the survival data and outcome at one-year of corrected age for infants born at 23-25 weeks of gestation. Methods. All infants who had evidence of heart activity at birth were actively resuscitated, regardless of birth weight or gestational age. Survival rate was calculated as a function of the following variables: birth weight and gestational category; gender in infants of birth weight ≤1000 g ; appropriate (AGA) or small (SGA) weight for gestational age; inborn or outborn. Twenty-eight newborns (23-25 weeks of gestation) completed follow-up at one-year of corrected age. Results. During the examined period, no infants died in the delivery room; 833 newborns were admitted to the NICU. Overall survival rates were as following: <500 g (37%), 501-750 g (59%), 751-1000 g (82%), 1001-1250 g (96%), 1251-1500 g (97%), 1501-2000 g (100%), 2001-2500 g (98%), >2500 g (99%); 23-25 weeks of gestation (50%); 26-27 weeks (77%), 28-32 weeks (90%); males ≤1000 g (68%), females ≤1000 g (68%); AGA ≤1000 g (63%), SGA ≤1000 g (79%), AGA ≤28 weeks (63%), SGA ≤28 weeks (67%); inborn (54%), outborn (25%). A fraction of 64% (infants of 23-25 weeks of gestation) did not show handicap at one-year of corrected age, while 25% presented severe, 7% moderate, and 4% mild handicaps. Conclusion. High rate of survival without handicap at one-year of corrected age at extremely low gestational age and the chance of improvements in neonatal care for newborn ≤24 weeks, indicate the appropriateness for our strategy of resuscitating all newborns with evidence of heart activity in the delivery room

System-Events Toolbox. Designing a System of Events that Relies on Local Resources to Create Urban Places for Social Cohesion

This chapter is a reflection on the use of public spaces in towns and the development of a system-events toolbox to make them places of social cohesion. It is the result of a 3-year action research developed together with POLIMI DESIS Lab of the Department of Design to develop design solutions to open up the public spaces of the campus to its surrounding neighborhood. The results have been tested in an event format called “il Sabato della Bovisa” held at the “Durando Campus” of the Politecnico di Milano. It presents a series of initiatives to understand, observe, and benefit designed by members of a public university to trigger a process of knowledge exchange between local residents and students in a climate of conviviality

Social Practices in the Commons

The regeneration of the commons occurs through direct involvement of groups of people who interact closely with spaces and who aim to improve the overall quality of life and experiences connected with those spaces. This process starts from an increased consciousness towards places that do not belong to the private realm but are public or can potentially be used by the civic society. Revealing the commons means being aware of the potentialities of these “hidden places” to not only connect people with them, but for people to also create a sense of community and owner- ship among themselves that was previously unknown. By showing best practices developed by the Polimi DESIS Lab in the city of Milan and its surroundings, this paper reveals: how design relates to this process; the relationship between the time of involvement and the effectiveness of the result; the short- and long-term impacts of these interventions; and the legacy of the regeneration, including both failures and successes

The Background of the P.A.A.I.: A Research Between Spatial Marginality and Social Activation

The PAAI project, the Mobile Self-Administered Adaptable Pavilion designed within the campUS research programme, offers the opportunity of regenerating anonymous fragmented urban areas, which are barely recognised and often excluded from the daily trajectories of the inhabitants; despite its finite time horizon and the uncertainty of the physical means, the attempt at “occupation” which took place was aimed at strengthening new social ties, to recover often neglected parts of the city and to offer opportunities for social interaction in order to reconstruct identities which had been lost or never existed. In this chapter, we explore some of the concepts underlying the theoretical bases for the PAAI project, which has beenchosentoaddressconditionsofmarginality(bothspatialandsocial)inorderto build,eveninthemoreperipheralareas,broadlysharedandwelcomingplaceswhich are recognisable and recognised. The projects promote social regeneration and the re-energisation of the region, connecting the physical living space and the symbolic experiential space; the activities promote the ephemeral and the immaterial as tools ofurbanregeneration;theyareactionswhichdepletethetransitoryimageofthecity but build a lasting fantasy in the memory of the community