TECHNOLOGICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES: THE BRASIL TELECOM STRATEGIES

Considering the Resource Based-View and the Evolutionary Theory, it is understood that the firm’s strategy is given in function of its organizationals capacities and in function of the variability of the institutional and technological changes, being this determinative for its growth. This way, it is intended to analyze the strategies of Brazil Telecom, which, though all the analyzed period, have been influenced by these factors. The choice of Brazil Telecom as unit of this case study, it’s because of its representation in the sector of telecommunications. This is a qualitative study of descriptive character, with collected primary data by means of interview half-structuralized with two representatives of the corporative services sector of the studied organization. It was distinguished three important scenarios in the determination of the company’s strategies: ) a moment of loss of the security and stability as state-owned company (had to the changes in the institucional picture- privatizations), together with technological changes (had to the great advance of the sector); b) a moment of change in its management, also in result of the perception of these institucional changes; c) a moment characterized for a search for the convergence between the technologies of the sector, with intention to reach a sinergy in its services.A partir da abordagem de Recursos Internos e da Teoria Evolucionária, entende-se que a estratégia das firmas dá-se em função das suas capacidades organizacionais e em função da variabilidade das mudanças institucionais e tecnológicas, sendo isso determinante para o seu crescimento. Sendo assim, pretende-se analisar as estratégias da Brasil Telecom, que, ao longo do período analisado, foram influenciadas por esses fatores. A seleção da Brasil Telecom como unidade de estudo de caso foi devido a sua representatividade no setor de telecomunicações. Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo de caráter descritivo, com dados primários coletados por meio de entrevista semi-estruturada com dois representantes do setor de serviços corporativos da organização estudada. Destacou-se três cenários importantes na determinação das estratégias da empresa: a) um momento de perda da segurança e estabilidade como empresa estatal devido às mudanças no quadro institucional (privatizações), juntamente com mudanças tecnológicas devido ao grande avanço do setor; b) um momento de mudança na sua gestão também em decorrência da percepção dessas mudanças institucionais; c) um momento caracterizado por uma busca pela convergência entre as tecnologias do setor, com o intuito de alcançar uma sinergia nos seus serviços

Primer diagnóstico de trayectorias educativas integrales de estudiantes de colectivos LGBTTTNB+ de la UNLP : Informe técnico

Desde la Secretaría de Derechos Humanos y Políticas de Igualdad, nos propusimos realizar el primer diagnóstico de trayectorias educativas integrales de estudiantes de grado pertenecientes al colectivo LGBTTNB+ de la UNLP, en el marco del Programa de Acompañamiento Educativo Transfeminista (P.A.E.T). En la actualidad, la planificación y ejecución de políticas universitarias orientadas a desarrollar herramientas de acompañamiento integral a personas de las disidencias sexo-genéricas, resulta compleja debido a la falta de estudios que recuperen sus experiencias, saberes y necesidades en el marco de las instituciones de educación superior. Relevar y analizar dicha información es un trabajo necesario para implementar dispositivos capaces de incidir sobre los vectores de desigualdad y sobre las formas de violencias que les afectan de manera diferencial. En tal sentido, compartimos una serie de lineamientos de trabajo que nos permitan avanzar en la configuración de una universidad pública, igualitaria y libre de violencias Estos lineamientos surgen de la realización de una primera lectura sobre trayectos educativos y experiencias de quienes son parte de las disidencias sexo-genéricas en nuestra universidad, sistematizada en el presente Informe diagnóstico que identifica limitaciones y posibilidades institucionales, para contribuir al ingreso, permanencia y egreso, y materializar el acceso efectivo al derecho a la educación superior de estas personas. La elaboración de este diagnóstico fue posible a partir del aporte de las redes transfeministas tejidas dentro de la UNLP; por eso, agradecemos a los equipos de gestión y de trabajo de las distintas facultades que fueron parte del proceso, así como a cada unx de lxs estudiantes que dispuso de su tiempo para compartir aspectos de sus experiencias en el marco del relevamiento y, en algunos casos, participar de la entrevista posterior. Interesa destacar por un lado, que los lineamientos sugeridos en las conclusiones del documento, surgen de un trabajo respetuoso de los testimonios y propuestas relevados, puestos en diálogo con el plexo normativo de DD.HH vigente, especialmente la Ley Nacional de Identidad de Género. Y por otro, que los mismos son construidos desde un posicionamiento que abreva en la perspectiva transfeminista lo cual implica, en primer lugar, cuestionar el estatuto hegemónico del sujeto del feminismo y reconocer en la escena pública y en la constitución de las agendas de género, las trayectorias vitales de otras corporalidades, identidades y existencias. Esperamos que este primer insumo pueda ser enriquecido y sirva de puntapié para seguir tramando propuestas colectivas para el acceso efectivo de todos - todas - todes en la universidad pública.Este material constituye un documento técnico que busca aportar al diseño de políticas orientadas a problematizar la heterocisnormatividad de la institución universitaria, y desarrollar políticas activas para la inclusión efectiva de las personas LGBTTINB+. Fue elaborado en el marco del PAET (Programa de Acompañamiento Educativo Transfeminista) bajo la coordinación conjunta de las Direcciones de Políticas de Género y Diversidad Sexual y de Políticas Feminsitas de la UNLP.Secretaría de Derechos Humanos y Políticas de Igualda

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of healthcare workers:study protocol for the COVID-19 HEalth caRe wOrkErS (HEROES) study

BACKGROUND: Preliminary country-specific reports suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic has a negative impact on the mental health of the healthcare workforce. In this paper, we summarize the protocol of the COVID-19 HEalth caRe wOrkErS (HEROES) study, an ongoing, global initiative, aimed to describe and track longitudinal trajectories of mental health symptoms and disorders among health care workers at different phases of the pandemic across a wide range of countries in Latin America, Europe, Africa, Middle-East, and Asia. METHODS: Participants from various settings, including primary care clinics, hospitals, nursing homes, and mental health facilities, are being enrolled. In 26 countries, we are using a similar study design with harmonized measures to capture data on COVID-19 related exposures and variables of interest during two years of follow-up. Exposures include potential stressors related to working in healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as sociodemographic and clinical factors. Primary outcomes of interest include mental health variables such as psychological distress, depressive symptoms, and posttraumatic stress disorders. Other domains of interest include potentially mediating or moderating influences such as workplace conditions, trust in the government, and the country’s income level. RESULTS: As of August 2021, ~ 34,000 health workers have been recruited. A general characterization of the recruited samples by sociodemographic and workplace variables is presented. Most participating countries have identified several health facilities where they can identify denominators and attain acceptable response rates. Of the 26 countries, 22 are collecting data and 2 plan to start shortly. CONCLUSIONS: This is one of the most extensive global studies on the mental health of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, including a variety of countries with diverse economic realities and different levels of severity of pandemic and management. Moreover, unlike most previous studies, we included workers (clinical and non-clinical staff) in a wide range of settings. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00127-021-02211-9

Plasma lipid profiles discriminate bacterial from viral infection in febrile children

Fever is the most common reason that children present to Emergency Departments. Clinical signs and symptoms suggestive of bacterial infection are often non-specific, and there is no definitive test for the accurate diagnosis of infection. The 'omics' approaches to identifying biomarkers from the host-response to bacterial infection are promising. In this study, lipidomic analysis was carried out with plasma samples obtained from febrile children with confirmed bacterial infection (n = 20) and confirmed viral infection (n = 20). We show for the first time that bacterial and viral infection produces distinct profile in the host lipidome. Some species of glycerophosphoinositol, sphingomyelin, lysophosphatidylcholine and cholesterol sulfate were higher in the confirmed virus infected group, while some species of fatty acids, glycerophosphocholine, glycerophosphoserine, lactosylceramide and bilirubin were lower in the confirmed virus infected group when compared with confirmed bacterial infected group. A combination of three lipids achieved an area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of 0.911 (95% CI 0.81 to 0.98). This pilot study demonstrates the potential of metabolic biomarkers to assist clinicians in distinguishing bacterial from viral infection in febrile children, to facilitate effective clinical management and to the limit inappropriate use of antibiotics

Alianças entre organizações não governamentais e doadores empresariais : casos do Paraguai

A proliferação das organizações não governamentais (ONGs) dos últimos anos fez surgir uma concorrência pelos recursos doados. Este fenômeno acontece especialmente com as doações provindas do setor empresarial. As empresas investem ainda quantias pequenas de seus faturamentos em ações sociais, no entanto começam a direcionar seus recursos pela qualidade dos projetos que as ONGs apresentam. Para a formação de uma aliança entre ONGs e empresas, ambas as organizações utilizam critérios diferentes para escolher a parceira. Uma vez realizada a escolha, existem diferentes tipos de alianças que podem resultar de essa parceria, que podem ser classificadas numa escala evolutiva em filantrópicas, transacionais e integrativas, quanto mais perto de uma relação integrativa, mais a relação se torna complexa, adquirindo maior valor. O objetivo do trabalho foi investigar quais são os critérios utilizados por empresas e por ONGs do Paraguai para escolher a sua organização parceira e quais são os tipos de alianças resultantes de essas parcerias. São descritos no trabalho os resultados de um estudo múltiplo de casos de três ONGs paraguaias e seis empresas que doam seus recursos para a execução de projetos das ONGs. A análise indica que as empresas reconhecem nas ONGs um importante trabalho de ação social e acabam tomando a decisão de se aliar com as que possuam uma boa imagem na sociedade e possam oferecer maiores garantias de confiança, seriedade e boa gestão. Por sua parte as ONGs procuram se aliar com empresas que além de recursos financeiros, consigam se envolver com as causas defendidas pelas mesmas. Na análise dos tipos de alianças se constata que das nove alianças pesquisadas, somente uma é do tipo puramente filantrópico, quatro delas apresentaram características do tipo filantrópicotransacional, e outras quatro do tipo transacional-integrativo, esse fato indica, que as alianças estão se tornando mais estruturadas evoluindo do filantropismo puro, mas ainda não chegando a uma integração total. O que é coerente com a teoria de evolução das aliançasThe proliferation of the non governmental organizations (ONGs) in the last years has created a competition for the donated resources. This phenomenon happed especially with the donations coming from the enterprise sector. The companies still invest small amounts of their earnings to social actions, meanwhile companies start to direct their resources for the quality of the projects that the ONGs displayed. For the formation of an alliance between ONGs and companies, both organizations use different criteria to choose their partner. Once their choice its made, different types of alliances can result from this partnership, which can be classified in an evolutionary scale as philanthropic, transactional, and integrative. The closer to an integrative alliance these partnerships become, the more complex they are; thus acquiring more value. The objective of the study was to discover which criteria companies and ONGs of Paraguay use to choose their organization partner and which type of alliances result from these partnerships. The study presents results of multiple cases of alliances in Paraguay, between three ONGs and six companies, which donate their resources for the execution of projects. The analysis indicates that the companies recognize the importance of the social actions of the ONGs and end up making the decision of associating with the one that posses a good image in the society and can offer more trust, seriousness and good management. On the other hand, ONGs looks to enter into an alliance with companies who have good financial resources, and that become involved in the same causes that they pursue. Of these nine alliances, only one proved to be of a purely philanthropic type, four of them had presented characteristics of the philanthropic-transactional type, and the other four were of the transactionalintegrative type. This fact indicates that the alliances are becoming more structured; evolving from the pure philanthrophism but still not arriving at a total integration, which is coherent with the theory of evolution of the alliances

Comparative Study on the Thermal Performance of Three Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Populations from Argentina

The distribution of Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) is expanding towards colder regions, which could be aided by an adaptation of the immature stages to the local thermal conditions. This study aimed to assess the developmental success at different temperatures in three populations of Ae. aegypti located across a climate gradient in Argentina. Survival to the adult stage, development time, and wing length at 14, 18.5 and 24°C were compared among three populations of Argentina: Resistencia in the subtropical region, and Buenos Aires and San Bernardo in the temperate region. Survival was similar between populations and equal to or higher than 69%, and increased at higher temperatures within the studied range. Development times were similar between populations. A negative effect of temperature was observed and the reduction of development time at increasing temperatures was stronger for males than for females. Wing lengths were negatively affected by increasing temperatures, and the reduction of wing length was stronger for females than for males. Also, the reduction of wing lengths with temperature was stronger for San Bernardo and Resistencia than for Buenos Aires, and differences between sexes were larger for Resistencia than for Buenos Aires or San Bernardo. Although the results do not evidence differences in survival and development time between temperate and tropical populations, the three populations have a higher tolerance to low temperatures than the populations from other regions.Fil: de Majo, María Sol. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Zanotti, Gabriela Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Gimenez, Javier Orlando. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Instituto de Medicina Regional. Área de Entomología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Campos, Raul Ernesto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Limnología "Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet". Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Instituto de Limnología; ArgentinaFil: Fischer, Sylvia Cristina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires; Argentin

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Spontaneous Pyogenic Spondylitis Caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae

A 72-year-old woman without a history of spinal injury was admitted to our hospital with prolonged severe back pain and high fever. Clinical laboratory findings and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed severe inflammation of the L2 and L3 lumbar vertebrae. Meropenem trihydrate administration improved her symptoms. Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from the patient\u27s blood indicated that the organism caused the spontaneous pyogenic spondylitis

Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 December 2011 - 31 January 2012

This article documents the addition of 473 microsatellite marker loci and 71 pairs of single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) sequencing primers to the Molecular Ecology Resources Database. Loci were developed for the following species: Barteria fistulosa, Bombus morio, Galaxias platei, Hematodinium perezi, Macrocentrus cingulum Brischke (a.k.a. M. abdominalis Fab., M. grandii Goidanich or M. gifuensis Ashmead), Micropogonias furnieri, Nerita melanotragus, Nilaparvata lugens St\ue5l, Sciaenops ocellatus, Scomber scombrus, Spodoptera frugiperda and Turdus lherminieri. These loci were cross-tested on the following species: Barteria dewevrei, Barteria nigritana, Barteria solida, Cynoscion acoupa, Cynoscion jamaicensis, Cynoscion leiarchus, Cynoscion nebulosus, Cynoscion striatus, Cynoscion virescens, Macrodon ancylodon, Menticirrhus americanus, Nilaparvata muiri and Umbrina canosai. This article also documents the addition of 116 sequencing primer pairs for Dicentrarchus labrax