PAISAGENS MÍTICAS: NOS PASSOS DE UMA ANTROPOLOGIA DA SEGREGAÇÃO ESPACIAL EM GOIÂNIA

O tema desse trabalho é o imaginário em torno do projeto de construção de Goiânia, a capital do estado de Goiás, no centro-oeste brasileiro. Interessa entender, na maneira como o projeto foi concebido e realizado, por atores e instituições vinculados ao Estado, a expressão de alguns dos problemas sociais presentes no cotidiano da cidade hoje. Em especial, tratarei a questão da segregação espacial, como reprodutora de desigualdades sociais que se situam tanto geograficamente no espaço quanto simbolicamente nas paisagens da cidade. A gravidade desse tema foi revelada por um estudo da ONU que aponta Goiânia como possuindo o maior índice de desigualdade social da América Latina e Caribe

Biological activity of sugarcane pyroligneous acid against Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, 1797) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae

Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, 1797) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) annually cause enormous loss to the producers and their  combat has become a worldwide challenge mainly due to several reports of pesticides resistance. Today, one of the best  alternatives used in this combat is the application of natural insecticides such as neem oil and pyroligneous acid. This study  demonstrates a method to obtain a hexane fraction from sugarcane pyroligneous acid, which can be easily applied, as well as its effectiveness against S. frugiperda. The hexane fraction exhibited LC50 of 2206,41 ppm after 24 h of exposure with a linear dose-response, indicating that the fraction can be used as a bio-insecticide against S. frugiperda.Keywords: Wood vinegar, insecticide, Saccharum officinarum, fall armyworm, pyroligneous extract

O Lazer nas Alianças Estratégicas de Resorts Brasileiros

O objetivo desse estudo foi diagnosticar o lazer nos resorts brasileiros na perspectiva da estratégia organizacional, especificamente no que se refere ao lazer nas alianças estratégicas. Foi utilizada a combinação das pesquisas bibliográfica, de campo e documental. A pesquisa de campo foi realizada junto a nove resorts e para a documental foram utilizados como fonte os sites dos estabelecimentos. O estudo mostra a complexidade do ambiente de negócio e organizacional nos quais estão imersos os resorts e o lazer. Revela como a conjuntura social e econômica, o mercado consumidor, os investidores, a natureza do negócio e a administração de cada organização estabelecem uma intricada rede de relações que é decisiva na participação do lazer nas estratégias organizacionais.Palavras chave: Lazer, Resort, Estratégia, Organização, Turismo

Lessons Learned to Improve the UX Practices in Agile Projects Involving Data Science and Process Automation

Context: User-Centered Design and Agile methodologies focus on human issues. Nevertheless, agile methodologies focus on contact with contracting customers and generating value for them. Usually, the communication between end users and the agile team is mediated by customers. However, they do not know the problems end users face in their routines. Hence, UX issues are typically identified only after the implementation, during user testing and validation. Objective: Aiming to improve the understanding and definition of the problem in agile projects, this research investigates the practices and difficulties experienced by agile teams during the development of data science and process automation projects. Also, we analyze the benefits and the teams' perceptions regarding user participation in these projects. Method: We collected data from four agile teams in an academia-industry collaboration focusing on delivering data science and process automation solutions. Therefore, we applied a carefully designed questionnaire answered by developers, scrum masters, and UX designers. In total, 18 subjects answered the questionnaire. Results: From the results, we identify practices used by the teams to define and understand the problem and to represent the solution. The practices most often used are prototypes and meetings with stakeholders. Another practice that helped the team to understand the problem was using Lean Inceptions. Also, our results present some specific issues regarding data science projects. Conclusion: We observed that end-user participation can be critical to understanding and defining the problem. They help to define elements of the domain and barriers in the implementation. We identified a need for approaches that facilitate user-team communication in data science projects and the need for more detailed requirements representations to support data science solutions

Rosuvastatin prevents proteinuria and renal inflammation in nitric oxide–deficient rats

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to assess the effects of rosuvastatin on renal injury and inflammation in a model of nitric oxide deficiency. METHODS: Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups (n = 10/group) and treated for 28 days with saline (CTRL); 30 mg/kg/day L-NAME (L-name); L-NAME and 20 mg/kg/day rosuvastatin (L-name+ROS-20); or L-NAME and 2 mg/kg/day rosuvastatin (L-name+ROS-2). Systolic blood pressure was measured by plethysmography in the central artery of the tail. The serum total cholesterol, triglycerides, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, creatinine, nitric oxide, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor alpha levels were analyzed. Urine samples were taken to measure the albumin: urinary creatinine ratio. Kidneys were sectioned and stained with hematoxylin/eosin and Masson's trichrome. Immunohistochemical analysis of the renal tissue was performed to detect macrophage infiltration of the glomeruli. RESULTS: The systolic blood pressure was elevated in the L-name but not the L-name+rosuvastatin-20 and L-name+rosuvastatin-2 groups. The L-name group had a significantly reduced nitric oxide level and an increased interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha level, albumin: urinary creatinine ratio and number of macrophages in the renal glomeruli. Rosuvastatin increased the nitric oxide level in the L-name+rosuvastatin-2 group and reduced the interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha levels, glomerular macrophage number and albumin:urinary creatinine ratio in the L-name+rosuvastatin-20 and L-name+rosuvastatin-2 groups. CONCLUSION: Rosuvastatin treatment reduced glomerular damage due to improvement in the inflammatory pattern independent of the systolic blood pressure and serum lipid level. These effects may lead to improvements in the treatment of kidney disease

Avaliação diagnóstica em propostas de sequência didática elaboradas por professores de português em formação inicial

This work is a cut of a broader study concerning the initial formation of teachers of Portuguese mother tongue, with regard to the didactization of textual genres through the procedure “Didactic Sequence”. Here, we deal with the integration of formative evaluation in the teaching-learning of languages, focusing the importance of the diagnostic evaluation for the regulation of the teaching action in the teaching of textual production and in the learning process. To do this, we proceeded to a documentary research, selecting nine proposals of Didactic Sequence (SD) elaborated by undergraduate students in Letters (Portuguese), seeking to highlight the appropriation, on their part, of the formative perspective that the SD procedure proposes. Our work is based on the theoretical reflections of Fernandes (2005, 2007, 2008), Bakhtin (1997) and Dolz, Noverraz and Schneuwly (2010).Este trabalho é um recorte de um estudo mais amplo relativo à formação inicial de professores de Português como língua materna, no que diz respeito à didatização dos gêneros textuais por meio do procedimento Sequência Didática. No presente texto, tratamos da integração da avaliação formativa ao processo de ensino-aprendizagem de línguas, com foco na importância da avaliação diagnóstica em prol da regulação da ação docente no ensino da produção textual e da autorregulação da aprendizagem por parte dos aprendentes. Para tal, procedemos a uma pesquisa documental, selecionando nove propostas de Sequência Didática (SD) elaboradas por alunos de licenciatura em Letras-Português, buscando evidenciar a apropriação, por parte deles, da perspectiva formativa que o procedimento SD propõe. Nosso trabalho apoia-se nas reflexões teóricas de Fernandes (2005, 2007, 2008), Bakhtin (1997) e Dolz, Noverraz e Schneuwly (2010)

ANÁLISE DA DISTRIBUIÇÃO ESPACIAL DA PRODUÇÃO DE MONÓXIDO DE CARBONO (CO) EM ÁREAS URBANAS A PARTIR DE SUPERFÍCIES DE TENDÊNCIA

Application of geomathematical methods to the analysis of distribution patterns of spatial variables has been common in cartographic studies. Among those methods, one of the simplest and most efficient is the “trend surface analysis”. With the application of that method two patterns of space distribution can be obtained: one of regional nature, represented by the polynomial surface adjusted to the data points, and the other with the local floatations, identifying areas with anomalous values represented by the residues. As an example of application of that methodology, carbon monoxide (CO) was used as a variable, sampled in the urban area of Rio Claro city/SP. That pollutant, when present, influences the environmental conditions in urban areas, and its space distribution, in a significant way as verified in this work. It is, therefore of fundamental importance to guide planning studies in urban health.A aplicação de métodos geomatemáticos como forma de analisar o padrão de distribuição espacial de determinadas variáveis tem-se tornado uma constante em estudos cartográficos. Dentre esses métodos um dos mais simples e eficientes é o da “análise de superfícies de tendência”. Com a aplicação deste método pode-se obter dois padrões de distribuição espacial: um de natureza regional, representado pela superfície polinomial ajustada aos dados, e outro com as flutuações locais, identificando áreas com valores anômalos representados pelos resíduos. Como exemplo de aplicação dessa metodologia, foi utilizado como variável o monóxido de carbono (CO), amostrado de forma indireta na área urbana da cidade de Rio Claro/SP. Esse poluente, quando presente, influencia de modo significativo as condições ambientais em áreas urbanas, e a sua distribuição espacial, como constatada neste trabalho, é de fundamental importância para orientar estudos de planejamento em saúde urbana

Characterizing the potential of the non-conventional yeast Saccharomycodes ludwigii UTAD17 in winemaking

Non-Saccharomyces yeasts have received increased attention by researchers and winemakers, due to their particular contributions to the characteristics of wine. In this group, Saccharomycodes ludwigii is one of the less studied species. In the present study, a native S. ludwigii strain, UTAD17 isolated from the Douro wine region was characterized for relevant oenological traits. The genome of UTAD17 was recently sequenced. Its potential use in winemaking was further evaluated by conducting grape-juice fermentations, either in single or in mixed-cultures, with Saccharomyces cerevisiae, following two inoculation strategies (simultaneous and sequential). In a pure culture, S. ludwigii UTAD17 was able to ferment all sugars in a reasonable time without impairing the wine quality, producing low levels of acetic acid and ethyl acetate. The overall effects of S. ludwigii UTAD17 in a mixed-culture fermentation were highly dependent on the inoculation strategy which dictated the dominance of each yeast strain. Wines whose fermentation was governed by S. ludwigii UTAD17 presented low levels of secondary aroma compounds and were chemically distinct from those fermented by S. cerevisiae. Based on these results, a future use of this non-Saccharomyces yeast either in monoculture fermentations or as a co-starter culture with S. cerevisiae for the production of wines with greater expression of the grape varietal character and with flavor diversity could be foreseen. View Full-Textinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Confirmatory factor analysis of the Brief Resilience Scale for Brazilian athletes

In general studies of resilience, the traumatic events, stressors and risks tend to be events that astonish the person. In the sports setting, it is not always true, since athletes actively seek for challenging situations. e pressure to perform at a high standard, worries about job security and injury, diculties balancing sport and social life commitments, lack of coach feedback, lack of social support in competition and training are some specic stressor in sports settings. The aim of this study was to adapt cross-culturally and examine the psychometric properties of the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) for Brazilian athletes. Following the cross-cultural adaptation of the original English scale, data were collected from 330 athletes (18 - 44 years of age) of both sexes. The original model of the scale was tested, with conrmatory factor analysis, using LISREL software (version 8.51). A satisfactory t for the Brazilian model with one factor and six items was found (χ2 = 18.32, p <.001; RMSEA = .07; GFI = .993; AGFI = .97;, NFI = .979; CFI = .993; NNFI = .986; χ2 /Df = 2.61), replicating the original structure of the scale. Satisfactory evidence of construct validity and internal consistency were also generated through analysis of factor loadings, t-values, Cronbach’s alpha, and construct reliability tests. The BRS appears to be a valid and reliable scale to assess resilience among Brazilian athletes.

O movimento Hip Hop em Aracaju: práticas culturais e inclusão Social

O artigo traça um estudo sobre o Movimento Hip Hop em Aracaju buscando compreender como se processam as práticas culturais e como estas colaboram com a promoção da inclusão social. A pesquisa desenvolveu-se através de entrevistas realizadas com integrantes do movimento ligados aos quatro elementos que caracterizam sua prática, a saber: o Break, o DJ, o Grafite, e o Rap, bem como com um elaborador de projetos de inclusão social do movimento em Aracaju para conhecer como são realizados e como funcionam os projetos. O intuito foi de compreender suas concepções acerca do que fazem, assim como também a realidade do meio social em que vivem. Em sendo um movimento construído pela “periferia”, o artigo também tenta evidenciar o quanto, através de seus projetos sociais, o movimento hip hop busca superar as condições de marginalização, atraindo jovens para seu meio e inserindo-os em oficinas de artes, dança, música, canto, dentre outros trabalhos