O poder investigatório do Ministério Público e seus limites na tutela da probidade administrativa: publicidade versus privacidade

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Jurídicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito, Florianópolis, 2010O objeto do presente trabalho é o poder investigatório do Ministério Público e seus limites na tutela da probidade administrativa. A dissertação examina a atuação desta Instituição nas investigações dos ilícitos civis relacionados aos interesses transindividuais, em conformidade com suas atribuições outorgadas pela Constituição de 1988 e por leis infraconstitucionais. A atuação investigatória do Ministério Público levanta várias questões sobre seus limites no ordenamento jurídico brasileiro, abrangendo o eventual conflito entre o interesse público na apuração de atos ilícitos ofensivos à probidade administrativa, e a preservação dos direitos fundamentais dos investigados. A pesquisa busca determinar a abrangência e os limites da função investigatória do Ministério Público, na tutela da probidade administrativa. Estas questões são examinadas com a utilização do método dedutivo, partindo-se da identificação de uma teoria geral referente ao Estado de Direito e aos direitos fundamentais, para após descrever e analisar as funções constitucionais e legais do Ministério Público, quanto às suas atribuições cíveis na tutela coletiva, notadamente no inquérito civil. A seguir, busca-se aplicar esta teoria geral na solução dos problemas específicos levantados pelo tema proposto, examinando-se a atuação investigatória da Instituição no que se refere ao direito à privacidade e aos princípios da obrigatoriedade, da publicidade, da eficiência e da supremacia do interesse público, em suas interações recíprocas. Conclui-se que as pessoas que exercem cargos ou funções públicas têm uma esfera de privacidade reduzida. O trabalho aponta que a existência de requisitos mínimos relativos à hipótese de atuação investigatória do Ministério Público condiciona a aplicação do princípio da obrigatoriedade. A pesquisa identifica o status de norma conferido ao princípio constitucional da publicidade, que afasta a hipótese de sigilo das investigações ministeriais para a proteção do direito à privacidade dos investigados, tendo em vista a natureza pública das funções por estes exercidas. Ainda examina a possibilidade de sigilo temporário destas investigações com base na conveniência de sua instrução ou na proteção do interesse da sociedade. Finalmente, analisa as restrições constitucionais e legais de sigilo impostas a determinadas matérias, em especial o sigilo bancário, bem como as condições para o acesso e utilização destas matérias sigilosas nas investigações do Ministério Público.The object of this paper is the investigative power of the Public Prosecution Service and its limits in administrative probity tutelage. The thesis examines the performance of that institution in tort investigations related to collective interests, in accordance with its granted attribution by 1988 Constitution and statutes. The limits of the investigative powers of Public Prosecution Service raises several questions in the Brazilian legal system, comprising the eventual conflict between the public interest in tort finding offensive to administrative probity, and the preservation of fundamental rights of the citizens subjects to investigation. The thesis seeks to determine the scope and limits of the investigative function of Public Prosecution Service in administrative probity tutelage. These issues are examined using the deductive method, starting from the identification of a general theory concerning the Rule of Law and fundamental rights, after describing and analyzing the constitutional and legal functions of Public Prosecution Service, as to its civil attribution in collective tutelage, especially in the civil investigation. Following, this general theory has been trying to be applied to solve the specific problems raised by the proposed theme, examining the investigative performance of the Institution as regards the right to privacy and the principles of mandatory action, publicity, efficiency and supremacy of public interest in their reciprocal interactions. The thesis states that the public servants have a reduced sphere of privacy. The thesis shows that the existence of minimum requirements regarding the possibility of Public Prosecution Service investigative power leads to the application of the principle of mandatory action. The thesis also identifies the normative status of the constitutional principle of publicity, which excludes the possibility of confidentiality in ministerial investigations to protection of privacy rights of those investigated, in view of public nature of the functions they perform; moreover, the thesis examines the possibility of temporary secrecy of those investigations based on the convenience of their instruction or to protect the society interests. Finally, the thesis analyzes the constitutional and legal restriction of confidentiality imposed on certain matters, particularly in bank secrecy, as the conditions for accessing and using of the confidential matters in Public Prosecution Service investigation

Environment-Friendly Flame Retardants for Bio-Based Polyurethanes

Finding alternative ways to decrease the large consumption of non-renewable resources has been one of the greatest challenges faced by the industry and academia. The trend of using bio-renewable-based materials is an interesting alternative to tackle environmental issues as well as provide economically viable materials. In this work, carvone, an essential oil, was used to synthesize a bio-based polyol through a thiol-ene reaction. The chemical functions were analyzed through Fourier transformed infrared spectrum (FTIR), gel permeation chromatography (GPC), viscosity, and hydroxyl number, which confirmed the synthesis of carvone-based polyol. The latter was then physically blended with three different flame-retardants separately: expandable graphite (EG), aluminum trihydroxide (ATH), and aluminum hypophosphite (AHP). This facile method was demonstrated to be efficient as the inherently poor resistance to fire of polyurethane foams (PUF) was decreased due to the self-quenching fire properties. During the testing for the foams, it was observed that all three sets had a closed-cell content of around 95%, density in the range of 28-50 kg/m3, and average compressive strength of 210 kPa. Also, the flame retardancy presented a drastic decrease in the burning time and weight loss as the neat sample burned from 98 s and 40.7% and dropped to 11 s and 3.55 % (EG), 58 s, and 12.23 % (ATH), and 5.2 s and 3.6 % (AHP), respectively. Hence, an effective, and facile route to develop bio-based flame-retardant polyurethane is presented in this thesis, showing promising large-scale applications

PERFORMANCE OF BRAZILIAN BUSINESS, ACCOUNTING AND TOURISM GRADUATE PROGRAMS

The Brazilian institution in charge of graduate programs (CAPES) evaluates all programs every three years, focusing on publications in scientific periodicals, which are classified by the Qualis – CAPES system. This study aims to measure the relative efficiency of post-graduate programs in Business, Accounting and Tourism through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and to measure the change in productivity from the three-year period of 2004-2006 to the 2007-2009 period by the Malmquist Index. Efficiencies of some graduate programs in Brazil using DEA have been evaluated but the Malmquist Index was not used because the 2007-2009 data was only recently available. They also used different input and output variables and did not consider, in our view, the real importance CAPES attributes to publications. We used, as inputs, professors, dissertations and thesis and, as outputs, total points obtained from the Qualis classification of periodicals. Among the results: the efficiency increased from the first to the second period; the efficiency of public institutions was higher as was the efficiency of programs with PhD courses and of programs more than 12 years old; the Malmquist index increased from one triennium to another

A Modular Integer GCD Algorithm

This paper describes the first algorithm to compute the greatest common divisor (GCD) of two n-bit integers using a modular representation for intermediate values U, V and also for the result. It is based on a reduction step, similar to one used in the accelerated algorithm [T. Jebelean, A generalization of the binary GCD algorithm, in: ISSAC \u2793: International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation, Kiev, Ukraine, 1993, pp. 111–116; K. Weber, The accelerated integer GCD algorithm, ACM Trans. Math. Softw. 21 (1995) 111–122] when U and V are close to the same size, that replaces U by (U-bV)/p, where p is one of the prime moduli and b is the unique integer in the interval (-p/2,p/2) such that b=UV ^-1(mod p) . When the algorithm is executed on a bit common CRCW PRAM with O(n log n log log log n) processors, it takes O(n) time in the worst case. A heuristic model of the average case yields O(n/log n) time on the same number of processors

Práticas de ensino de reciclagem de resíduos sólidos para alunos do 6º ano do Ensino Fundamental regular ou EJA

A proposta consiste em aulas teóricas e práticas a partir de métodos qualitativos, utilizando a observação como forma de obtenção de dados, registro de cadernos, entrevistas, fotos, leitura de textos, possibilitando aos alunos contato com diversos materiais sobre resíduos sólidos. Aulas práticas refletem em excelentes resultados com os estudantes, que demonstram interesse em preservar o planeta, separar devidamente seus resíduos, elaborar projetos para a reciclagem. Com estas práticas, deseja-se que os alunos se tornem cidadãos conscientes da situação sobre reciclagem de resíduos sólidos.These practices are to implement teaching practices on solid waste recycling for students in the sixth year of regular elementary education or School for youth and adults. The proposal will be carried out in a simple way through theoretical and practical classes, where students will have the possibility of getting in touch with the most diverse materials on solid waste. Observation will be used as a way of obtaining data, records in notebooks, photos, interviews with people with data, reading of foreing texts. This proposal seeks to sensitive students about the need for solid waste recycling

Zika and SARS-CoV-2: neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative outcomes

Through the emergence of new viral infectious diseases, epidemics and pandemics have brought great impacts on public health in recent decades. In this review, we sought to understand the association between the neurological outcomes of two relevant infectious diseases, Zika and COVID-19. Zika can trigger neurological and ophthalmic damage in children born from infected mothers, as well as, Guillain-Barré syndrome, encephalitis, and myelitis in adults. On the other hand, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has great potential to trigger an inflammatory process in the optic nerve, with optic neuritis as the most reported pathology. Although Zika and SARS-CoV-2 infections are associated with different clinical manifestations, both may trigger similar pathogenic processes, through the induction of pro-inflammatory chemokines and cytokines release, triggering neurological and ophthalmological damage in infected patients. Elements in common have been found in both infections, such as antibodies against myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein, and the production of CXCL10, a chemokine responsible for the activation of several cellular types (T cells, eosinophils, monocytes and NK cells) in which are responsible to the induction of a cytokine cascade in the body. Based on these last findings, we suggest that both infections have similar activation characteristics as well as common pathogenic mechanisms associated with central nervous system involvement. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.737434

Two popultions, two strategies and a conflict: an evolutionary approach

In this paper we study the mathematical foundations of different evolutionary models thatanalyze the evolution of a society composed of two populations with antagonistic interests.Populations are involved in a conflict whose solution depends on the action chosen by eachindividual. None of them are able to impose a solution on the other population. Two individuals,one from each population, are randomly chosen to play a game. In a strategic way,each individual of each population, must choose one of two feasible strategies. The solutionobtained for each population will be the result of the aggregated action of the individuals.Fil: Accinelli Gamba, Elvio. Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí; MéxicoFil: Martins, Felipe. Universidad de Porto; PortugalFil: Quintas, Luis Guillermo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto de Matemática Aplicada de San Luis "Prof. Ezio Marchi". Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico, Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto de Matemática Aplicada de San Luis "Prof. Ezio Marchi"; Argentin