Book review: Defiant geographies: race and urban space in 1920s Rio de Janeiro by Lorraine Leu

In Defiant Geographies: Race and Urban Space in 1920s Rio de Janeiro, Lorraine Leu explores how the urban reform initiatives of 1920s Rio de Janeiro were underpinned by racial displacement and how black and poor white immigrant communities sought to defiantly resist these processes. This is a welcome and accessible contribution to Brazil’s anti-racist urban theory and will be a fundamental read for anyone interested in race, urban space, urban renewal and displacement, writes Laura Santos Granja. Defiant Geographies: Race and Urban Space in 1920s Rio de Janeiro. Lorraine Leu. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2020

Condições de viabilidade para a regularização fundiária plena: uma problematização a partir da experiência de Juiz de Fora (MG)

With a theoretical-practical approach, empirically based on experience in the municipality of Juiz de Fora, in the state of Minas Gerais, through actions of land tenure regularization, this paper, in a contextualized manner, seeks to reflect on the design, process and “post-intervention” moment of the regularization of low-income urban settlements. Although it was assessed that the investigated experience failed to meet the concept of full land tenure regularization, the study was nonetheless able to identify a number of assumptions and lessons that emerged, through which it has been possible to propose some relevant guidelines in order to revise the concept and practices under discussion. Special attention has been given to the beneficiaries of the regularization process, thereby contrasting the recurrent view that they are mere "partners" with the perspective that places them rather as protagonists in the process.A partir de uma abordagem de cunho teórico-prático, cuja empiria se baseia na experiência do município de Juiz de Fora (MG) com ações de regularização fundiária, o artigo busca refletir, de maneira contextualizada, sobre o desenho, o processo e o momento “pós-intervenção” da regularização de assentamentos urbanos de baixa renda. Apesar de avaliar que a experiência estudada ficou aquém do atendimento do conceito de regularização fundiária plena, o trabalho sistematiza pressupostos e lições que dela emergiram, propondo algumas balizas para a atualização do conceito e das práticas em questão. É dada atenção especial aos beneficiários da regularização, contrastando a visão recorrente de que eles são meros "parceiros” com a perspectiva que os situa como protagonistas do processo

Original Article Lack of Association of GSTT1, GSTM1, GSTO1, GSTP1 and CYP1A1 Polymorphisms for Susceptibility and Outcome in Brazilian Prostate Cancer Patients (benign prostatic hyperplasia / genetic inheritance / outcome / prostate cancer / risk factors

Abstract. The polymorphic inheritance of human drug-metabolizing enzymes, such as those encoded by the GST and CYP systems, has been implicated in both cancer risk and prognostic. In an effort to increase our understanding of the interaction between potential environmental exposure, lifestyle, and genetic factors in the predisposition and response to radiotherapy of prostate cancer patients, we examined GSTT1, GSTM1, GSTO1, GSTP1 and CYP1A1 genotypes in a Brazilian population. We studied 125 prostate cancer patients and 100 benign prostatic hyperplasia patients paired for ethnic and lifestyle characteristics. Lifetime occupational history, dietary patterns, cigarette-smoking, and other anamnestic data were obtained through interviews. Outcome was evaluated in 42 stage ≤ T2a patients presenting a Gleason score ≤ 6, PSA ≤ 10 ng/ml, treated with radiotherapy and followed up for 12 to 34 months (15 ± 8 months). None of the studied polymorphisms was found associated to prostate cancer risk either considered separately or in combination, in uni-or multivariate regression logistic analysis. Also, there was no association between genotypes and possible clinical factors of risk or any parameter of tumour aggressiveness at diagnosis or during follow-up. Patients' response to radiotherapy treatment was not associated to any genotype. In conclusion, our data suggest that GST and CYP1A1 genotypes are not associated with the susceptibility to prostate cancer or its outcome in the Brazilian population

3er. Coloquio: Fortalecimiento de los Colectivos de Docencia

Las memorias del 3er. Coloquio de Fortalecimiento de Colectivos de Docencia deben ser entendidas como un esfuerzo colectivo de la comunidad de académicos de la División de Ciencias y Artes para el Diseño, en medio de la pandemia COVID-19, con el fin de: • Analizar y proponer acciones concretas que promuevan el mejoramiento de la calidad docente en la División. • Proponer acciones que permitan continuar fortaleciendo los cursos con modalidad a distancia (remotos). • Ante un escenario que probablemente demandará en el mediano plazo, transitar del modelo remoto a un modelo híbrido, proponer acciones a considerar para la transición de los cursos. • Planear y preparar cursos de nivelación de conocimientos, para cuando se transite a la impartición de la docencia de manera mixta o presencial, dirigidos a los alumnos que no hayan tenido oportunidad de desarrollar actividades relevantes para su formación, como prácticas de talleres y laboratorios, visitas, o alguna otra actividad relevante