Os crimes ambientais no município de Serra - ES : aç~oes e contradições dos agentes envolvidos

A questão ambiental tem assumido papel cada vez mais importante, tanto pelo constante avanço da urbanização sobre os recursos naturais e transformação das paisagens, quanto pela necessidade de sua preservação e conservação para garantia de um meio ambiente ecologicamente equilibrado. Sendo o município de Serra, parte deste contexto, o presente trabalho se propõe a analisar a questão dos crimes ambientais e de suas relações com os espaços públicos municipais, identificando os espaços de ocorrências e suas principais consequências socioambientais, como forma de contribuir para uma redefinição de políticas públicas e de valorização dos recursos e dos espaços públicos municipais. A metodologia utilizada, além da pesquisa bibliográfica, foi o levantamento de dados junto às Varas Criminais do Fórum do município de Serra, por meio de consulta aos livros de registro de ações penais referentes ao período de 2005 a 2015. Por meio deles foram localizados os números dos processos de denúncias de crimes ambientais oferecidas pelo Ministério Público ao Judiciário (Ações Penais), o que permitiu a identificação das características particulares das ocorrências pesquisadas, propiciando assim uma análise dos crimes ambientais registrados. Do universo de 166 ações penais identificadas e pesquisadas, no período estudado, os tipos de crimes contra o meio ambiente que mais se destacaram foram os praticados contra a fauna, com 65 ações penais, seguido pelos crimes de poluição com 49 ações, e em seguida, os crimes praticados contra a flora, com 46 ações penais. Os espaços públicos, destacando-se os espaços livres e os espaços vegetados, foram apontados como os mais atingidos pelas ações de danos ao meio ambiente, registrando os maiores números de ocorrênciasThe environmental issue has assumed an increasingly important role, both by the constant advance of urbanization on the natural resources and transformation of the landscapes, as well as by the need of its preservation and conservation to guarantee an environmentally balanced environment. Being the municipality of Serra, part of this context, this paper proposes to analyze the issue of environmental crimes and their relations with municipal public spaces, identifying the spaces of occurrences and their main socio-environmental consequences, as a way to contribute to a redefinition of public policies and of valorization of the resources and the municipal public spaces. The methodology used, besides the bibliographical research, was the data collection with the Criminal Courts of the Forum of the municipality of Serra, through consultation to the books of registry of criminal actions referring to the period from 2005 to 2015. By means of these were located the numbers of the processes of denunciations of environmental crimes offered by the Public Ministry to the Judiciary (Criminal Actions), which allowed the identification of the particular characteristics of the investigated occurrences, thus providing an analysis of registered environmental crimes. Of the universe of 166 criminal actions identified and investigated during the period studied, the most important types of crimes against the environment were those against the fauna, with 65 criminal actions, followed by pollution crimes with 49 actions, and then, Crimes against flora, with 46 criminal actions. Public spaces, highlighting free spaces and vegetated spaces, were identified as the most affected by actions to damage the environment, recording the highest number of occurrence

Circadian hormone secretory profiles in women with severe premenstrual tension syndrome.

The circadian secretory profiles of serum prolactin, growth hormone and cortisol were measured in two women suffering from severe premenstrual tension syndrome and in two asymptomatic control subjects. Subjects and controls were screened and included after a rigorous selection process. Blood samples were obtained every 30 min over a period of 24 h in each woman both on day 9 (follicular phase) and day 26 (luteal phase) of the menstrual cycle. There was no relationship between the hormonal secretory profiles and the premenstrual tension syndrome.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/75119/1/j.1471-0528.1984.tb04785.x.pd

Epidemiological Welfare Provision in the Republic of Dagestan in View of Travel Industry Boost

Sustainable growth of touristic economy sector in the Republic of Dagestan exposes the need for well-timed and adequate response to epidemic and ecological hazards. In this connection investigated have been several peculiarities specific to economic activity and medical services of the republic, which precondition a threat to epidemiological welfare of the population and make possible dissemination of infections over the boundaries of republic’s natural foci

Online teacher development: collaborating in a virtual learning environment

Over recent years educational institutions have been making increasing use of virtual environments to set up collaborative activities for learners. While it is recognized that teachers play an important role in facilitating learner collaboration online they may not have the necessary skills to do so successfully. Thus, a small scale professional development programme was set up and piloted by two distance universities. The aims were to develop teachers’ experience of online group work; to trial a set of pilot activities which would raise awareness of factors contributing to successful collaborative online activity; and to identify professional development needs in this area. This article reports on the hands-on experience of a group of 20 teachers, examines some of the competences that are needed to successfully collaborate in virtual environments, and presents the skills that teachers need to foster online collaborative learning in the virtual classroom. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected, examining the levels of participation among participants, the collaborative activity of two groups, and teacher perception of the collaboration which took place. The skills identified include planning and managing the collaboration, designing appropriate activities, giving clear instructions and getting students to negotiate ground rules for participation, moderating at the right level, and choosing the right environment and the appropriate tool(s). While this study was carried out with language teachers, many of the findings are applicable to other subject areas where growing emphasis is placed on the development of collaborative skills

Toksyczność glinu (Al) w glebach leśnych

The paper presents resent research results on the effect of aluminium (Al) toxicity on forest soils. It has been stated that with the present acidification level of the environment the toxic effect of aluminium compounds does not threaten the sustainability of stands. At the same time, the simulation of heavy acidification of soil environment has proved that mixed stands are more resistant to Al than pure spruce stands growing under the same conditions

Blended approaches to teaching languages with computers

This book explores the current status of CALL teacher education and discusses issues and challenges CALL teacher educators face in their own contexts

The influence of trees on spatial variability of pH in top horizons of forest soil

Presented research aimed to analyse hypothesis about formation of pH depression around trees as well as to determine dimensions of such a depression and intensity of acidification. Abundance of pH depression was observed for three analysed species: spruce, pine and beech. Range of depression usually equaled about 1 m, and the acidification intensity was 0.2−0.3 pH unit