Organizações automatizadas - desenvolvimento e estrutura da empresa moderna. Nélio Oliveira. Rio de Janeiro: Editora LTC, 2007. 228p. ISBN: 8521614985.

A Editora LTC lançou, em 2007, o livro de Nélio Oliveira, Organizações automatizadas: desenvolvimento e estrutura da empresa moderna. Mestre em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, atuou durante anos em diversas organizações públicas, privadas e de economia mista. Nélio Oliveira, no momento atual, é conceituado professor dos cursos de Administração e Sistemas de Informações na Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais. No meio de muitas literaturas disponíveis, a obra destaca-se pela simplicidade, pela objetividade e pelo cuidado com os quais ele trata uma nova configuração, as organizações automatizadas. Em linhas gerais, o autor concentra-se em um trabalho descritivo e procura caracterizar um novo formato organizacional, o qual surge em muitas empresas, em substituição às formas anteriores, vinculadas a modelos mecanizados ou mecanísticos. A obra tem como foco o modelo de cinco estruturas de Henry Mintzberg, base para todo o trabalho. O autor tem como propósito retratar uma realidade, na qual se observam as mudanças do mundo organizacional contemporâneo, o qual está cada vez mais adquirindo espaço no mundo empresarial

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIES WITHIN A HIGHER EDUCATION PRIVATE INSTITUTION IN MATO GROSSO: A CASE STUDY

Este estudo objetivou verificar, no Balanced Scorecard, propriedades para seu uso como ferramenta de auxílio à gestão em uma instituição privada de ensino superior do Estado de Mato Grosso. O tipo de pesquisa adotado foi a pesquisa exploratório-descritiva e, na investigação, a técnica utilizada foi o estudo de caso. O aspecto inovativo foi o desenvolvimento da metodologia do Balanced Scorecard em uma instituição de ensino, que se deu em 5 etapas. A primeira etapa apresentou as ferramentas de gestão, utilizando-se principalmente de dados obtidos através de fontes primárias. Em seguida, foram descritos os requisitos necessários à utilização do Balanced Scorecard. A terceira etapa definiu o desenvolvimento da metodologia do Balanced Scorecard. Na quarta etapa, foram levantados os objetivos da instituição. Por fim, na quinta etapa, apresenta-se o mapa estratégico. Com base na análise de dados, dimensionou-se também a situação encontrada na administração da instituição. Os resultados mostram que os pesquisadores conhecem parcialmente a metodologia do Balanced Scorecard, uma vez que nem todos os aspectos que compõem sua rede conceitual são praticados pela maioria, embora todos os considerem importantes.This study aims to find out, in the Balanced Scorecard (BSC), some properties for its utilization as a management support tool in a private higher education institution in the state of Mato Grosso. The type of research adopted was the exploratory-descriptive. For the investigation of the present research, the employed approach was the case study. The development of the BSC methodology was split in 5 stages. The first one presented the management tools, mainly with the use of data obtained through primary sources. Following this, there was a description of the requirements for the utilization of the BSC. The third stage defined the development of the BSC methodology. In the fourth stage, the objectives of the institution were detailed. Last but not least, the fifth stage presented the strategic map. Based on data analysis, there was also a dimensioning of the current status of the institution management. The results show that the surveyed individuals have a partial knowledge about the BSC methodology, since not all aspects that make up its concepts have been put into practice by most of them, although they are regarded as important ones

Genome of the Avirulent Human-Infective Trypanosome—Trypanosoma rangeli

Background: Trypanosoma rangeli is a hemoflagellate protozoan parasite infecting humans and other wild and domestic mammals across Central and South America. It does not cause human disease, but it can be mistaken for the etiologic agent of Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi. We have sequenced the T. rangeli genome to provide new tools for elucidating the distinct and intriguing biology of this species and the key pathways related to interaction with its arthropod and mammalian hosts.  Methodology/Principal Findings: The T. rangeli haploid genome is ,24 Mb in length, and is the smallest and least repetitive trypanosomatid genome sequenced thus far. This parasite genome has shorter subtelomeric sequences compared to those of T. cruzi and T. brucei; displays intraspecific karyotype variability and lacks minichromosomes. Of the predicted 7,613 protein coding sequences, functional annotations could be determined for 2,415, while 5,043 are hypothetical proteins, some with evidence of protein expression. 7,101 genes (93%) are shared with other trypanosomatids that infect humans. An ortholog of the dcl2 gene involved in the T. brucei RNAi pathway was found in T. rangeli, but the RNAi machinery is non-functional since the other genes in this pathway are pseudogenized. T. rangeli is highly susceptible to oxidative stress, a phenotype that may be explained by a smaller number of anti-oxidant defense enzymes and heatshock proteins.  Conclusions/Significance: Phylogenetic comparison of nuclear and mitochondrial genes indicates that T. rangeli and T. cruzi are equidistant from T. brucei. In addition to revealing new aspects of trypanosome co-evolution within the vertebrate and invertebrate hosts, comparative genomic analysis with pathogenic trypanosomatids provides valuable new information that can be further explored with the aim of developing better diagnostic tools and/or therapeutic targets

ATLANTIC EPIPHYTES: a data set of vascular and non-vascular epiphyte plants and lichens from the Atlantic Forest

Epiphytes are hyper-diverse and one of the frequently undervalued life forms in plant surveys and biodiversity inventories. Epiphytes of the Atlantic Forest, one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, have high endemism and radiated recently in the Pliocene. We aimed to (1) compile an extensive Atlantic Forest data set on vascular, non-vascular plants (including hemiepiphytes), and lichen epiphyte species occurrence and abundance; (2) describe the epiphyte distribution in the Atlantic Forest, in order to indicate future sampling efforts. Our work presents the first epiphyte data set with information on abundance and occurrence of epiphyte phorophyte species. All data compiled here come from three main sources provided by the authors: published sources (comprising peer-reviewed articles, books, and theses), unpublished data, and herbarium data. We compiled a data set composed of 2,095 species, from 89,270 holo/hemiepiphyte records, in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, recorded from 1824 to early 2018. Most of the records were from qualitative data (occurrence only, 88%), well distributed throughout the Atlantic Forest. For quantitative records, the most common sampling method was individual trees (71%), followed by plot sampling (19%), and transect sampling (10%). Angiosperms (81%) were the most frequently registered group, and Bromeliaceae and Orchidaceae were the families with the greatest number of records (27,272 and 21,945, respectively). Ferns and Lycophytes presented fewer records than Angiosperms, and Polypodiaceae were the most recorded family, and more concentrated in the Southern and Southeastern regions. Data on non-vascular plants and lichens were scarce, with a few disjunct records concentrated in the Northeastern region of the Atlantic Forest. For all non-vascular plant records, Lejeuneaceae, a family of liverworts, was the most recorded family. We hope that our effort to organize scattered epiphyte data help advance the knowledge of epiphyte ecology, as well as our understanding of macroecological and biogeographical patterns in the Atlantic Forest. No copyright restrictions are associated with the data set. Please cite this Ecology Data Paper if the data are used in publication and teaching events. © 2019 The Authors. Ecology © 2019 The Ecological Society of Americ

Organizações automatizadas - desenvolvimento e estrutura da empresa moderna. Nélio Oliveira. Rio de Janeiro: Editora LTC, 2007. 228p. ISBN: 8521614985.

A Editora LTC lançou, em 2007, o livro de Nélio Oliveira, Organizações automatizadas: desenvolvimento e estrutura da empresa moderna. Mestre em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, atuou durante anos em diversas organizações públicas, privadas e de economia mista. Nélio Oliveira, no momento atual, é conceituado professor dos cursos de Administração e Sistemas de Informações na Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais. No meio de muitas literaturas disponíveis, a obra destaca-se pela simplicidade, pela objetividade e pelo cuidado com os quais ele trata uma nova configuração, as organizações automatizadas. Em linhas gerais, o autor concentra-se em um trabalho descritivo e procura caracterizar um novo formato organizacional, o qual surge em muitas empresas, em substituição às formas anteriores, vinculadas a modelos mecanizados ou mecanísticos. A obra tem como foco o modelo de cinco estruturas de Henry Mintzberg, base para todo o trabalho. O autor tem como propósito retratar uma realidade, na qual se observam as mudanças do mundo organizacional contemporâneo, o qual está cada vez mais adquirindo espaço no mundo empresarial

Number of gene clusters shared by the <i>T. rangeli</i>, <i>T. cruzi</i>, <i>T. brucei</i> and <i>L. major</i> genomes.

<p>Analyzes were performed using the following genome versions and gene numbers retrieved from the TriTrypDB: <i>Leishmania major</i> Friedlin (V. 7.0/8,400 genes), <i>Trypanosoma brucei</i> TREU927 (V. 5.0/10,574 genes), <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> CL Brener Esmeraldo (V. 7.0/10,342 genes) and Non-Esmeraldo (V. 7.0/10,834 genes). A total of 7,613 <i>T. rangeli</i> genes were used. BBH analysis used a cut-off value of 1e-05, positive similarity type and similarity value of 40% following manual trimming for comparison with COG analysis in <a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003176#pntd.0003176-ElSayed1" target="_blank">[55]</a> generating the numbers in the rectangles.</p

General characteristics of the <i>T. rangeli</i> genome.

<p>* Excluding proteins of unknown function.</p><p>General characteristics of the <i>T. rangeli</i> genome.</p

Evolutionary history of the Trypanosomatidae family obtained through a phylogenomic approach using (<b>A</b>) the neighbor joining (NJ) or (<b>B</b>) the maximum likelihood (ML) methods.

<p>In the NJ results, the percentage of replicate trees in which the associated taxa clustered together in the bootstrap test (100 replicates) is shown next to the branches. In the ML results, each internal branch indicates, as a percentage, how often the corresponding cluster was found among the 1,000 intermediate trees. The scale bar represents the number of amino acid substitutions per site.</p

The RNAi machinery is not active in <i>Trypanosoma rangeli</i>.

<p>Western blot analysis of eGFP silencing via siRNA in <i>T. rangeli</i> and Vero cells expressing eGFP. For the Western blot assays, anti-GFP and anti-alpha tubulin antibodies were used. In each blot, wild-type cells (1), eGFP cells (2), eGFP cells transfected with Mock siRNA (3), eGFP cells transfected with EGFP-S1 DS Positive Control (IDT)(4) and eGFP cells transfected with eGFP antisense siRNA (5) are shown sequentially. The experiments were performed in biological triplicates.</p