A EFICIÊNCIA NA GESTÃO DO JUDICIíRIO COMO HIPÓTESE DE SUPERAÇÃO DO PROBLEMA DA MOROSIDADE NA ATIVIDADE JURISDICIONAL

The delay in the judicial activity is a problem to be solved. Notably, in Brazil, the solutions to this problem have been sought in procedural reforms in the legislation. When researching the causes of delays in judicial activity, it appears that the causes are related, much more, the administrative actions of the judiciary than with procedural technique. Not adopting this theoretical common sense, the present study sought to solve the problem by means the application of principle of efficiency in administrative activities within the judiciary. Based on literature reviews, data analysis and foreign experience, it was concluded the wisdom of focusing on improving the management of the judiciary. In this sense, confirmed the application of administrative efficiency in the support activities of the judiciary as a solution to the problem of delays in judicialactivity.Tem-se como um problema a ser resolvido a morosidade na atividade jurisdicional. Notadamente, no Brasil, as soluções para a morosidade tem sido buscadas em reformas na legislação processual. Ao se pesquisar as causas da morosidade na atividade jurisdicional, verifica-se que essas se ligam muito mais a atuação administrativa do Judiciário do que a técnica processual. Por isso, fugindo desse senso comum teórico, o presente trabalho buscou a solução do problema da morosidade pela via da aplicação do princí­pio da eficiência nas atividades administrativas desenvolvidas no âmbito do Judiciário. Com base em revisões bibliográficas, análise de dados e de experiências estrangeiras, concluiu-se o acerto de se focar na melhoria da gestão do Judiciário. Nesse sentido, confirmou-se a aplicação da eficiência administrativa nas atividades-meio do Judiciário como solução para o problema da morosidade na atividadejurisdicional

O BRASIL TEM JEITO? UMA ANÁLISE DE ESFORÇOS GOVERNAMENTAIS E EMPRESARIAIS NO USO DE COMPLIANCE COMO FERRAMENTA DE COMBATE A CORRUPÇÃO NO BRASIL

This article intends to analyze the studies on the implementation of compliance in Brazil and the fight against corruption. Joining a worldwide effort, the country has sought to create tools and a favorable scenario to inhibit illicit practices in Public Administration together with private.Este artigo visa uma reflexão sobre os estudos a respeito da implantação do compliance no Brasil buscando o combate a corrupção. Unindo-se a um esforço mundial, o paí­s tem procurado criar ferramentas e um cenário favorável para inibir práticas ilí­citas na Administração Pública em conjunto com a iniciativa privada

Nutritional Status among Portuguese and Turkish Older Adults Living in the Community: Relationships with Sociodemographic, Health and Anthropometric Characteristics

Malnutrition is widespread among older adults, and its determinants may differ between countries. We compared Portuguese and Turkish non-institutionalized older adults regarding nutritional status, sociodemographic, health and anthropometric characteristics and studied the relationships between nutritional status and those characteristics. This cross-sectional study analyzed data from 430 Portuguese and 162 Turkish non-institutionalized older adults regarding sociodemographics, health conditions, the Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA-FF) and anthropometry. Turkish older adults were more likely to be malnourished or at risk of malnutrition and had lower average BMI but a higher calf circumference. A higher proportion of the Portuguese sample had tooth loss, diabetes, hypertension, oncologic diseases, kidney diseases, osteoarticular problems or eye problems, while less had anemia. A better nutritional status (higher MNA-FF score) was found among the Portuguese, males, people using dentures, those without tooth loss, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, anemia or oncological diseases and was related to younger age, higher BMI and a higher calf circumference. Malnutrition and its risk were higher among older adults from Turkey, despite Portuguese older adults presenting a higher prevalence of chronic diseases. Being female, older age, tooth loss, hypertension, anemia, CVD or oncological disorders and having a lower BMI or CC were associated with higher rates of malnutrition among older adults from Portugal and Turkey

Addressing drinking water salinity due to sea water intrusion in Praia de Leste, Parana, by a brackish water desalination pilot plant

Seawater intrusion into the Pombas River, source of freshwater to Praia de Leste on the coast of Parana in Brazil presents a problem to the water utility as most water treatment plants in Brazil are conventional. To find a solution to this problem, a pilot plant (1 m3 /h) consisting of ultrafiltration (UF) followed by reverse osmosis (RO) was developed and evaluated. For testing, brackish water was produced with a concentration of 1,500 ± 100 mg/L of total dissolved solids (TDS), mixing seawater and fresh water. To evaluate the water quality, TDS, electrical conductivity, pH, temperature, apparent color, turbidity, alkalinity, total hardness, calcium, chloride and sulfate were monitored. For operational performance, flowrates, osmotic pressure, filtration rate, recovery rate and mass balance were analyzed. On average, the UF system removed 96.4% of turbidity and 98.6% of apparent color; whereas the RO system removed 99.4% of TDS. The overall average recovery (UF and RO) was 45.81% with average osmotic pressure of 8.21 bar, filtration rate of 30.7 L/h/m2 in the UF system and 21.7 L/h/m2 in the RO system. From a water quality point of view, the system was effective in processing brackish into fresh water of high quality

Dynamical tunneling in molecules: Quantum routes to energy flow

Dynamical tunneling, introduced in the molecular context, is more than two decades old and refers to phenomena that are classically forbidden but allowed by quantum mechanics. On the other hand the phenomenon of intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution (IVR) has occupied a central place in the field of chemical physics for a much longer period of time. Although the two phenomena seem to be unrelated several studies indicate that dynamical tunneling, in terms of its mechanism and timescales, can have important implications for IVR. Examples include the observation of local mode doublets, clustering of rotational energy levels, and extremely narrow vibrational features in high resolution molecular spectra. Both the phenomena are strongly influenced by the nature of the underlying classical phase space. This work reviews the current state of understanding of dynamical tunneling from the phase space perspective and the consequences for intramolecular vibrational energy flow in polyatomic molecules.Comment: 37 pages and 23 figures (low resolution); Int. Rev. Phys. Chem. (Review to appear in Oct. 2007

Sialic Acid Glycobiology Unveils Trypanosoma cruzi Trypomastigote Membrane Physiology.

Trypanosoma cruzi, the flagellate protozoan agent of Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis, is unable to synthesize sialic acids de novo. Mucins and trans-sialidase (TS) are substrate and enzyme, respectively, of the glycobiological system that scavenges sialic acid from the host in a crucial interplay for T. cruzi life cycle. The acquisition of the sialyl residue allows the parasite to avoid lysis by serum factors and to interact with the host cell. A major drawback to studying the sialylation kinetics and turnover of the trypomastigote glycoconjugates is the difficulty to identify and follow the recently acquired sialyl residues. To tackle this issue, we followed an unnatural sugar approach as bioorthogonal chemical reporters, where the use of azidosialyl residues allowed identifying the acquired sugar. Advanced microscopy techniques, together with biochemical methods, were used to study the trypomastigote membrane from its glycobiological perspective. Main sialyl acceptors were identified as mucins by biochemical procedures and protein markers. Together with determining their shedding and turnover rates, we also report that several membrane proteins, including TS and its substrates, both glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins, are separately distributed on parasite surface and contained in different and highly stable membrane microdomains. Notably, labeling for α(1,3)Galactosyl residues only partially colocalize with sialylated mucins, indicating that two species of glycosylated mucins do exist, which are segregated at the parasite surface. Moreover, sialylated mucins were included in lipid-raft-domains, whereas TS molecules are not. The location of the surface-anchored TS resulted too far off as to be capable to sialylate mucins, a role played by the shed TS instead. Phosphatidylinositol-phospholipase-C activity is actually not present in trypomastigotes. Therefore, shedding of TS occurs via microvesicles instead of as a fully soluble form