Os discursos sobre alimentação saudável: um estudo de caso com os participantes do Programa Floripa Ativa do bairro Córrego Grande.

TCC (graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Curso de Ciências Sociais.A temática alimentação e doença é pouco explorada no âmbito das pesquisas na área de sociologia, especialmente os discursos de qualidade de vida e alimentação saudável. Através de questões sobre os hábitos alimentares e suas ligações com a prevenção/tratamento de doenças, pode surgir uma auto-reflexão dos participantes da pesquisa, bem como, destacar a relevância da discussão sobre este tema, na tentativa de refletir sobre a complexidade existente na questão da alimentação. Com base em referenciais teóricos que abrangeram diversas áreas relacionadas aos indivíduos estudados, como a alimentação, suas relações com o SUS e com as próprias representações sobre a velhice, pudemos ampliar o olhar analítico e perceber com maior clareza as percepções trazidas por eles. Esta monografia pretendeu entender, a partir de analises de discurso, quais as percepções de populações alvos sobre sua saúde – representados empiricamente através de entrevistas com os pacientes de unidades básicas de saúde que participam do Programa Floripa Ativa localizado no bairro Córrego Grande, no município de Florianópolis. Algumas relações ficaram evidentes, entre elas uma preocupação com a saúde, tanto na prevenção e manutenção, bem como o tratamento de doenças, tornando-se claro pela prática de exercícios físicos e cuidados com a alimentação por parte dos estudados. Pudemos perceber como o fato total da alimentação é vivido por nossos sujeitos de pesquisa. Mais que ingerir carboidratos, gorduras, proteínas e vitaminas, os outros aspectos da vida cotidiana interferem no modo como são percebidos os alimentos e também sua relação com as doenças crônicas. Por fim, os depoimentos dos sujeitos dão outras possibilidades causadoras de doenças crônicas que não a alimentação, como traumas e fatores genéticos

Assisting students with concept acquisition in basic skills reading through the use of an interactive website

This project creates an interactive website on the literature surrounding reading and concept acquisition skills in adult learners. This website used in conjunction with the Basic Skills English 10A course given in community colleges will enhance reading and concept acquisitions skills enabling student the self cofidence, encouragement and motivation to complete the course

A population of binaries in the Asymptotic Giant Branch of 47 Tucanae?

We have used a set of archived Hubble Space Telescope/ACS images to probe the evolved populations of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae. We find an excess of Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars in the cluster core. We interpret this feature as the signature of an extra-population likely made by the progeny of massive stars originated by the evolution of binary systems. Indeed the comparison with theoretical tracks suggests that the AGB population of 47 Tuc can be significantly contaminated by more massive stars currently experiencing the first ascending Red Giant Branch.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures, in press on ApJ Letter

Data Management Plans - What you Need to Know

Talk directed at all Pacific researchers including faculty and graduate students. Michele Gibney, University Libraries, and Barbara Sasso, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, will cover the importance of data management planning from grant and journal requirements to transparency and accountability in the research process. Presenters will demo the DMPTool, a useful and free resource

Data Management Plans - What you Need to Know

Talk directed at all Pacific researchers including faculty and graduate students. Michele Gibney, University Libraries, and Barbara Sasso, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, will cover the importance of data management planning from grant and journal requirements to transparency and accountability in the research process. Presenters will demo the DMPTool, a useful and free resource

The single european market and cultural heritage : the protection of national treasures in Europe

The Chapter contributes to the general debate on the tension between the EU and the Member States by addressing some of the questions concerning the circulation of cultural goods within the internal market, after providing a short sketch of the development and the key features of the global framework, to better understand the EU legal landscape

Data Management Plans

Talk directed at all Pacific researchers including faculty and graduate students. Michele Gibney, University Libraries, and Barbara Sasso, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, will cover the importance of data management planning from grant and journal requirements to transparency and accountability in the research process. Presenters will demo the DMPTool, a useful and free resource

Public Opinion of Coyotes in Long Beach: Surveys and Interviews

It is important to understand public opinion on urban wildlife in order to effectively manage it. Coyotes have adapted to survive in urban environments and do not have a favorable presence in Long Beach, California due to their predatory nature. This research project seeks to provide a clearer understanding of how the residents of Long Beach feel about the coyote population and how they interact with it. The data obtained from this project will fill knowledge gaps about the types of encounters residents have with coyotes and help create management plans to effectively deal with local safety concerns. Residents were randomly mailed a survey (n=341) where they were asked about their opinions towards coyotes in the City and their satisfaction with the City\u27s coyote management. Interviews were conducted with six different urban wildlife experts. Prevalent themes among the interviews include (1) a need for public education and awareness of coyotes and (2) higher concern among residents with pets and small children. Survey data shows that 60% of residents have encountered coyotes in their neighborhood and that the most common encounter type is ”sighting only.” 31% of free responses indicated concern regarding pet safety. 19% of free responses favored management practices that involve human behavior (primarily through education) and 10% of responses favored those that would involve action on coyotes. Increasing public awareness is necessary in order to promote the coexistence of wildlife with human life in an urban environment.https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cures_posters/1048/thumbnail.jp

Energy networks in sustainable cities: towards a lull integration of renewable systems in urban area

The European Commission is supporting many projects intended to improve the use of renewable energy sources and a special attention has been devoted to the case of large scale urban areas. The project POLYCITY represents a significant demonstration of this energy policy which is applied to 3 cities: Barcelona, Stuttgart and Torino. The case of Torino appears of particular relevance because it is dedicated to the improvement of existing building and installations which is in our opinion the most frequent situation. In particular the most qualifying characteristic of Torino project is the installation of a new combined heat and power generator (CHP) coupled with the existing district heating and an absorption chiller in order to supply energy more efficiently in a district which include the Housing Authority of the Province of Torino (ATC) and 30 council buildings. The paper describes this project highlighting the use of renewable sources and the initial results. The preliminary assessment of our experiment will be discussed according to socio-economic, environmental and energetic indicators

Deep multi-telescope photometry of NGC 5466. II. The radial behaviour of the mass function slope

We use a combination of data acquired with the Advanced Camera for Survey (ACS) on board the Hubble Space Telescope and the Large Binocular Camera (LBC-blue) mounted on the Large Binocular Telescope, to sample the main sequence stars of the globular cluster NGC~5466 in the mass range $0.3<M/M_\odot<0.8$. We derive the cluster's Luminosity Function in several radial regions, from the center of the cluster out to the tidal radius. After corrections for incompleteness and field-contamination, this has been compared to theoretical Luminosity Functions, obtained by multiplying a simple power law Mass Function in the form dN/dm$\propto m^{\alpha}$ by the derivative of the mass-luminosity relationship of the best-fit isochrone. We find that $\alpha$ varies from -0.6 in the core region to -1.9 in the outer region. This fact allows us to observationally prove that the stars in NGC 5466 have experienced the effects of mass segregation. We compare the radial variation of $\alpha$ from the center out to 5 core radii (r$_c$) in NGC 5466 and the globular cluster M10, finding that the gradient of $\alpha$ in the first 5r$_c$ is more than a factor of 2 shallower in NGC 5466 than in M10, in line with the differences in the clusters' relaxation timescales. NGC 5466 is dynamically younger than M10, with two-body relaxation processes only recently starting to shape the distribution of main sequence stars. This result fully agrees with the conclusion obtained in our previous works on the radial distribution of Blue Straggler Stars, further confirming that this can be used as an efficient clock to measure the dynamical age of stellar systems.Comment: Accepted for publications on Ap