A remuneração de profissionais de Tecnologia da Informação: um estudo sobre as práticas adotadas por empresas de informática do Distrito Federal

The remuneration has always been considered a crucial aspect for organizations recognize and systematize the aggregation of results generated by the workers. It is also a challenge, as it turns out related to its productivity and competitiveness. Therefore, this study had as objective to analyze the compensation practices applied by IT sector companies, allocated in the Federal District, in relation to Information Technology (IT) professionals. It is a qualitative study, exploratory and descriptive, carried out among 103 companies affiliated and associated with an association and / or a union area. Data collection was performed using a standardized questionnaire and applied to key managers of these companies. The results showed that the functional compensation is the form most widely practiced by companies that have integrated research and that there is a tendency for them to come to practice strategic compensation. Research has shown, too, gaps in performance management people of these companies to leverage unconventional compensation practices, such as compensation for competence - more suitable methodology to recognize and reward the worker by value.A remuneração sempre foi considerada um aspecto crucial para as organizações reconhecerem e sistematizarem a agregação de resultados gerados pelos trabalhadores. É, também, um desafio, já que o assunto se mostra relacionado à sua produtividade e competitividade. Diante disso, este estudo teve como o objetivo analisar as práticas remuneratórias aplicadas por empresas do setor de informática, alocadas no Distrito Federal, em relação aos profissionais de Tecnologia da Informação (TI). Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo, exploratório e descritivo, realizado junto a 103 empresas filiadas e associadas à uma associação e/ou a um sindicato da área. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de um questionário padronizado e aplicado aos gestores-chave das referidas empresas. Os resultados mostraram que a remuneração funcional é a forma mais praticada pelas empresas que integraram a pesquisa e que há tendência de elas virem a praticar a remuneração estratégica. A pesquisa permitiu verificar, também, lacunas na atuação da gestão de pessoas das referidas empresas para alavancar práticas remuneratórias não convencionais, tal como a remuneração por competência – metodologia mais propícia para reconhecer e recompensar o trabalhador pelo valor agregado.

COVID-19 symptoms at hospital admission vary with age and sex: results from the ISARIC prospective multinational observational study

Background: The ISARIC prospective multinational observational study is the largest cohort of hospitalized patients with COVID-19. We present relationships of age, sex, and nationality to presenting symptoms. Methods: International, prospective observational study of 60 109 hospitalized symptomatic patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 recruited from 43 countries between 30 January and 3 August 2020. Logistic regression was performed to evaluate relationships of age and sex to published COVID-19 case definitions and the most commonly reported symptoms. Results: ‘Typical’ symptoms of fever (69%), cough (68%) and shortness of breath (66%) were the most commonly reported. 92% of patients experienced at least one of these. Prevalence of typical symptoms was greatest in 30- to 60-year-olds (respectively 80, 79, 69%; at least one 95%). They were reported less frequently in children (≤ 18 years: 69, 48, 23; 85%), older adults (≥ 70 years: 61, 62, 65; 90%), and women (66, 66, 64; 90%; vs. men 71, 70, 67; 93%, each P < 0.001). The most common atypical presentations under 60 years of age were nausea and vomiting and abdominal pain, and over 60 years was confusion. Regression models showed significant differences in symptoms with sex, age and country. Interpretation: This international collaboration has allowed us to report reliable symptom data from the largest cohort of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19. Adults over 60 and children admitted to hospital with COVID-19 are less likely to present with typical symptoms. Nausea and vomiting are common atypical presentations under 30 years. Confusion is a frequent atypical presentation of COVID-19 in adults over 60 years. Women are less likely to experience typical symptoms than men

GESTÃO DE PESSOAS POR COMPETÊNCIAS: AVALIAÇÃO DE UM MODELO IMPLEMENTADO NUMA ORGANIZAÇÃO DO SETOR PETROQUÍMICO

Este artigo propõe-se a estudar o caso de uma empresa brasileira do setor petroquímico, que implementou um modelo de gestão por competências no ano de 2001. O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar em que grau as mudanças no ambiente da indústria petroquímica, implicaram na necessidade de substituição ou revisão do modelo, bem como analisar sua eficácia na gestão de carreiras – dimensão central na operacionalização de um modelo de gestão por competências. A pesquisa baseou-se em levantamento de dados por fontes secundárias e entrevistas semi-estruturadas com dez funcionários da empresa, nos níveis de coordenação, gerência, diretoria e também da área de Recursos Humanos. Em linhas gerais, pôde-se constatar que o modelo continua adequado para o período atual, porém há a necessidade de ajustes pontuais para adequá-lo às mudanças organizacionais. Merece destaque a importância da capacitação dos funcionários e gestores para o melhor aproveitamento do modelo e das oportunidades de desenvolvimento existentes. Os resultados obtidos com este estudo podem ser úteis para consolidar o entendimento sobre a aplicação do modelo de gestão por competências, bem como para subsidiar a reflexão de organizações em cenários similares sobre os pontos de atenção na consolidação de novos modelos de Gestão de Pessoas

ATLANTIC ANTS: a data set of ants in Atlantic Forests of South America

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NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics

Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non-detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peer-reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non-detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio-temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other large-scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data

NEOTROPICAL ALIEN MAMMALS: a data set of occurrence and abundance of alien mammals in the Neotropics

Biological invasion is one of the main threats to native biodiversity. For a species to become invasive, it must be voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into a nonnative habitat. Mammals were among first taxa to be introduced worldwide for game, meat, and labor, yet the number of species introduced in the Neotropics remains unknown. In this data set, we make available occurrence and abundance data on mammal species that (1) transposed a geographical barrier and (2) were voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into the Neotropics. Our data set is composed of 73,738 historical and current georeferenced records on alien mammal species of which around 96% correspond to occurrence data on 77 species belonging to eight orders and 26 families. Data cover 26 continental countries in the Neotropics, ranging from Mexico and its frontier regions (southern Florida and coastal-central Florida in the southeast United States) to Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay, and the 13 countries of Caribbean islands. Our data set also includes neotropical species (e.g., Callithrix sp., Myocastor coypus, Nasua nasua) considered alien in particular areas of Neotropics. The most numerous species in terms of records are from Bos sp. (n = 37,782), Sus scrofa (n = 6,730), and Canis familiaris (n = 10,084); 17 species were represented by only one record (e.g., Syncerus caffer, Cervus timorensis, Cervus unicolor, Canis latrans). Primates have the highest number of species in the data set (n = 20 species), partly because of uncertainties regarding taxonomic identification of the genera Callithrix, which includes the species Callithrix aurita, Callithrix flaviceps, Callithrix geoffroyi, Callithrix jacchus, Callithrix kuhlii, Callithrix penicillata, and their hybrids. This unique data set will be a valuable source of information on invasion risk assessments, biodiversity redistribution and conservation-related research. There are no copyright restrictions. Please cite this data paper when using the data in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us on how they are using the data