[a Monitoring System For Work-related Accidents In Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil].

The authors report on the development of a work accident monitoring system in Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil, with the following characteristics: information feeding the system is obtained in real time directly from accident treatment centers; the system has universal monitoring, covering all work-related accidents in Piracicaba, regardless of the nature of the worker's employment conditions, place of work, or place of residence; health surveillance and promotion of health initiatives are triggered by identification of sentinel events; spatial distribution analysis of work-related accidents is a basic tool in designing accident awareness strategies and accident prevention policies. The system was implemented in November 2003 and by October 2004 had identified 5,320 work-related accidents, or a 3.8% annual proportional incidence of work-related accidents in the municipal area. We illustrate spatial analysis of registered work-related accidents and present a detailed investigation of one example of a serious accident.211574-8

Democratização do ensino: tendências na composição social da clientela.

Com base em dados referentes aos anos de 1963 e 1976, indicam-se neste trabalho algumas mudanças verificadas na população que atinge, no Estado de São Paulo, a 8ª e 11ª séries escolares. A taxa de sobrevivência elevou-se no período considerado e a representação das camadas populares nesses níveis de ensino mostrava-se mais elevada em 1976 do que em 1963; contudo, a despeito da supressão das diferenciações curriculares representadas pelos antigos ramos do ensino, marcada segregação relacionada com a origem social persiste, conforme indica a distribuição dos alunos pelos cursos públicos e particulares, diurnos e noturnos