Ensino de português aos imigrantes haitianos em Presidente Getúlio: breve relato de experiência

Anais do 35º Seminário de Extensão Universitária da Região Sul - Área temática: ComunicaçãoEsta comunicação objetiva apresentar as experiências docentes e de assistência ao ensino do curso de extensão “Português para estrangeiros” ofertado pelo Instituto Federal Catarinense – Campus Ibirama. A atividade de extensão destina-se aos imigrantes haitianos residentes na cidade Presidente Getúlio, situada no Alto Vale do Itajaí – SC. Dentre todas as dificuldades relacionadas à adaptação ao novo contexto, talvez a barreira criada por não se dominar o idioma do país seja a principal dificuldade encontrada por esse público. De fato, pesquisas recentes realizadas no contexto do Instituto Federal Catarinense - Campus Ibirama junto aos estrangeiros (BARTEL, 2016; ANDRADE, 2016) assinalaram o não conhecimento do idioma local como um dificultador não só em situações corriqueiras, como pedir uma informação, mas também nas relações interpessoais e na própria inserção no mercado de trabalho. O curso de Português para estrangeiros, portanto, tem por objetivo atuar neste âmbito, ou seja, colaborar para que o estrangeiro passe a dominar o idioma de forma proficiente, consolidando assim o conhecimento prévio da língua portuguesa decorrente da imersão cultural experimentada por esses indivíduo

A coupled analysis of sloshing in floating structures by integrating moving particle semi-implicit (MPS) method with a time domain multibody dynamic analysis software

Sloshing effects inside partially filled tanks on LNG carriers and FPSOs motions cannot be ignored. It is necessary to analyze the floating structures motion with the sloshing behavior simultaneously to obtain more accurate stability predictions because the phenomenon may affect the safety and the operability of the vessels in seaways and during loading and offloading process. In the present study, in order to model the coupled effects of platforms motion in waves and the liquid sloshing inside its tank, a hybrid timedomain simulation approach based on the integration of two simulators is proposed. The Numerical Offshore Tank (TPN) simulator, which is a time domain multibody dynamic analysis software, is used for the simulation of open domain hydrodynamic forces. It is able to perform calculations of coupled floating structures motion with the dynamic of mooring and connection lines and risers considering environmental condition such as wave, current and wind. In the other hand, due to the highly nonlinear aspect of the sloshing phenomenon, the Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS) method, which demands huge computing resources and it is more suitable to confined domain problems, is used to simulate the sloshing motion and to calculate the loads on the tank walls. The effects due to sloshing is then feed-backed to the TPN simulator as additional force and moment to solve the motion equation of the floating structure. The calculation can be distributed in a PCs cluster and each sloshing tank is solved in a different node. In this way, it allows the calculation of many tanks without increasing the computational time. Simulations were carried out with and without considering the coupled sloshing motions, and the results were compared to assess the effects of the liquid cargo sloshing on the motion of the floating structure

Odorico Mendes, o manuscrito da Ilíada e diversas facetas da atividade tradutória

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos da Tradução, Florianópolis, 2011Este trabalho é fruto do encontro com o manuscrito da tradução da Ilíada de Manuel Odorico Mendes (1799-1864), identificado em pesquisa de campo junto aos Arquivos do Museu Imperial de Petrópolis, RJ. O prólogo anexado à tradução permaneceu por mais de cem anos desconhecido. Transcrito e investigado, o texto comporta informações novas. Na perspectiva da História da Tradução e dos Estudos Culturais, o objetivo desta dissertação é discutir como Odorico Mendes lidou com a atividade tradutória em meados do século XIX, especialmente em sua relação com a tradução da Ilíada. Nomes como D. Pedro II, Caetano Lopes de Moura, Anne Dacier e Alexander Pope são evocados nas discussões. As reflexões desse estudo elucidam a relevância da atividade tradutória de Odorico Mendes na história dos estudos tradutológicos, literários e culturais.This piece of research is a result of finding the manuscript of the translation of the Iliad, by Manuel Odorico Mendes (1799-1964), identified in a field work at the Archives of the Imperial Museum, in Petrópolis, RJ, Brazil. The foreword attached to the translation remained unidentified for over 100 years. Once transcribed and analyzed, it reveals new information. Based on the History of Translation and Cultural Studies, the goal of this dissertation is to discuss how Odorico Mendes dealt with the translation activity in the middle of the nineteenth century especially in its relationship with the translation of the Iliad. Important names, like D. Pedro II, Caetano Lopes de Moura, Anne Dacier and Alexander Pope are mentioned in these discussions. Further reflections on this study show the relevance of the work of Odorico Mendes in the history of the study of translation, literary and cultural

Weak-Interacting Holographic QCD

We propose a simple prescription for including low-energy weak-interactions into the framework of holographic QCD, based on the standard AdS/CFT dictionary of double-trace deformations. As our proposal enables us to calculate various electro-weak observables involving strongly coupled QCD, it opens a new perspective on phenomenological applications of holographic QCD. We illustrate efficiency and usefulness of our method by performing a few exemplar calculations; neutron beta decay, charged pion weak decay, and meson-nucleon parity non-conserving (PNC) couplings. The idea is general enough to be implemented in both Sakai-Sugimoto as well as Hard/Soft Wall models.Comment: 18 pages, v3: submitted to PL

Firing temperature determination and thermoluminescence dating of a brick with cuneiform characters found in the ruins of Ancient Babylon

Este artigo tem por objetivo estudar um tijolo com inscrições em caracteres cuneiformes cujas sentenças estão praticamente completas. Estudos tipológicos correspondentes aos relatos históricos sugerem que o tijolo foi manufaturado no século VI a.C., durante a dinastia de Nabucodonosor II, grande monarca da Babilônia. A amostra foi estudada através da difração de raios X (DRX), ressonância paramagnética de elétron (RPE), termoluminescência (TL) e técnicas de análise por ativação instrumental com nêutrons (AAIN). Os resultados demonstraram que o tijolo tem 2350 anos de idade (± 40) e queima menor que 400o C.This paper aims to study a brick with inscriptions in cuneiform characters in  which the sentences are almost complete. Typological studies in agreement with historical records suggest that the tablet was manufactured in the 6th century  BCE during the dynasty of Nebuchadnezzar II, Great King of Babylon. The  sample was studied by X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), thermoluminescence (TL), and instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) techniques. The results showed that the brick is 2350 years old (± 40) and its firing temperature was lower than 400 °C

Multi-object spectroscopy of low-redshift EIS clusters IV. Reliability of matched-filter results at z~0.3-0.4

abridged) In this paper we present new redshifts for 747 galaxies in 23 ESO Imaging Survey (EIS) cluster fields. We use the "gap"-technique to search for significant overdensities in redshift space for identifying groups/clusters of galaxies. In this way we spectroscopically confirm systems in 10 of the 23 cluster candidate fields with a matched-filter estimated redshift z_MF=0.3-0.4 and with spectroscopic redshifts in the range from z=0.158 to z=0.534. We find that the systems identified in the present paper span a broad range of one-dimensional velocity dispersion (175-497 km/s) and richness (12L*<=L<=65L*). Both undersampling and contamination by substructures contribute to the uncertainty of these measurements. From the analysis of the colours of the galaxy populations we find that ~60% of the spectroscopically confirmed systems have a "significant" red sequence with a colour matching passive stellar evolution models. With this paper we complete our spectroscopic survey of the fields of 58 EIS cluster candidates with estimated redshifts z<=0.4. We have measured a total of 1954 galaxy redshifts in the range z=0.0065 to z=0.6706. Of the 58 systems we confirm 42 (~75%) with redshifts between z=0.095 and z=0.534.Comment: Accepted for publication in A&A, 19 pages, 11 figure

An Experimental Field Study of Delayed Density Dependence in Natural Populations of Aedes albopictus

Aedes albopictus, a species known to transmit dengue and chikungunya viruses, is primarily a container-inhabiting mosquito. The potential for pathogen transmission by Ae. albopictus has increased our need to understand its ecology and population dynamics. Two parameters that we know little about are the impact of direct density-dependence and delayed density-dependence in the larval stage. The present study uses a manipulative experimental design, under field conditions, to understand the impact of delayed density dependence in a natural population of Ae. albopictus in Raleigh, North Carolina. Twenty liter buckets, divided in half prior to experimentation, placed in the field accumulated rainwater and detritus, providing oviposition and larval production sites for natural populations of Ae. albopictus. Two treatments, a larvae present and larvae absent treatment, were produced in each bucket. After five weeks all larvae were removed from both treatments and the buckets were covered with fine mesh cloth. Equal numbers of first instars were added to both treatments in every bucket. Pupae were collected daily and adults were frozen as they emerged. We found a significant impact of delayed density-dependence on larval survival, development time and adult body size in containers with high larval densities. Our results indicate that delayed density-dependence will have negative impacts on the mosquito population when larval densities are high enough to deplete accessible nutrients faster than the rate of natural food accumulation

A Ilíada por Odorico Mendes: prólogo inédito da tradução

Trata-se de explicitar o processo de investigação que nos conduziu a localizar, quase ao acaso, documento presumidamente desconhecido ou esquecido, porém peça essencial à recomposição de parte da história da tradução literária no Brasil. Mais que isso, o referido texto expõe fragmentos da visão de um importante tradutor sobre seu próprio ato tradutório. O autor, Manuel Odorico Mendes, expõe posições pessoais totalmente inéditas. A transcrição do prólogo manuscrito é apresentada na íntegra, trazendo à tona material de inestimável valor, por longos anos destacado de seu conjunto. O texto, que aqui se revela, constitui elo fundamental para a progressiva organização do imenso quebra-cabeça que os arquivos históricos disponibilizam aos pesquisadores dedicados, de modo geral, aos estudos da tradução literária no Brasil e, de modo singular, àqueles centrados nos estudos odoricianos