Práticas de Gestão de Recursos Humanos no Terceiro Setor O exemplo da CERCIMARANTE (estudo de caso)

Dissertação de Mestrado em Gestão das Organizações do Terceiro SetorO terceiro setor tem vindo a assumir um papel cada vez mais importante na sociedade, não só como meio de reduzir desequilíbrios sociais ou como empregador, mas também pelo seu contributo à economia. Deste setor fazem parte as Instituições Particulares de Solidariedade Social (IPSS), que são instituições constituídas por iniciativa de particulares, sem finalidade lucrativa, com o propósito de dar expressão organizada ao dever moral de solidariedade e de justiça entre os indivíduos, não administradas pelo Estado ou por um corpo autárquico (Segurança Social, 2018). Nas organizações atuais, o capital humano e intelectual é o elemento crítico para o sucesso endógeno e para a satisfação dos stakeholders. Nas instituições do terceiro setor, pelas suas especificidades, os recursos humanos assumem uma relevância particular. Neste contexto, e também por ser um setor cada vez mais concorrencial, urge gerir os recursos humanos de forma profissional, eficiente e eficaz. Neste trabalho, analisamos as práticas de gestão de recursos humanos presentes numa IPSS – a Cercimarante, em Amarante, instituição de referência na área da deficiência mental. Procedemos à identificação e análise das práticas de gestão de pessoas existentes naquela instituição e tentamos perceber os impactos que essas práticas têm no normal funcionamento da organização, na perspetiva da gestão e dos colaboradores. Por fim, procuramos perceber a importância que a gestão de recursos humanos tem numa instituição do Terceiro Setor, setor que pela sua especificidade, requer atenção particular.The third sector has assumed an increasingly important role in society, not only to reduce the social imbalances or as an employer, but also through its contribution to the economy. Of this sector are the Private Institutions of Social Solidarity, which are institutions constituted by private initiative, not for profit, with the purpose of giving organized expression to the moral duty of solidarity and justice among individuals, not administered by the State or by an autarchic sector (Social Security, 2018). In today's organizations, human and intellectual capital is the critical element for endogenous success and for stakeholder satisfaction. In the third sector institutions, due to their specificities, human resources assume a particular relevance. In this context, as well as an increasingly competitive sector, it is imperative to manage human resources in a professional, efficient and effective manner. In this work, we analyze the human resources management practices in an Private Institutions of Social Solidarity - Cercimarante, in Amarante, a reference institution in the area of mental incapacity. We proceeded to the identification and analysis of the practices of people management existing in that institution and we tried to perceive the impacts that these practices have in the normal operation of the organization, in the perspective of the management and the collaborators. Finally, we seek to understand the importance of human resources management in a Third Sector institution, a sector that, due to its specificity, requires particular attention.N/

Avaliação das temperaturas mínimas e máximas para eventos de friagem no Pantanal

Apesar da importância do Pantanal, estudos sobre friagens na região são escassos na literatura. Vários estudos são orientados para a região amazônica, mostrando menos influência em relação ao Pantanal. O estudo objetivou avaliar eventos de friagem no Pantanal, com base na distribuição anual e mensal dos eventos, considerando o El Niño e o comportamento das temperaturas mínimas e máximas, em Coxim-MS. Foram identificados 75 eventos em 294 dias sob efeito de friagem. A maior frequência anual ocorreu em 2009 e 2010, totalizando 12 eventos para cada ano, coincidindo com o período de El Niño ativo. A maior frequência mensal ocorreu em agosto, totalizando 16 eventos. Foi relatada uma média de dois dias, com queda de temperatura, em decorrência da friagem e, posteriormente, acréscimo na temperatura máxima e decréscimo na temperatura mínima nos dias seguintes. O maior número de sistema frontal anual não implicou em um número maior de dias frios. Julho de 2013 apresentou o menor valor de temperatura mínima no período. Valores com reduções significativas de temperatura, em relação à normal climatológica não apresentaram menores temperaturas mínimas e máximas

Associação entre bruxismo e tempo de tela digital em adolescentes – Uma revisão integrativa / Association between bruxism and digital screen time in adolescents – An integrative review

Esta revisão integrativa teve como objetivo avaliar a associação entre bruxismo e tempo de tela digital entre adolescentes. Os artigos foram publicados nos últimos 10 anos. Como o tema é inédito, realizaram-se duas buscas onde a primeira foi referente ao bruxismo e a segunda ao tempo de tela digital, sendo selecionados sete e cinco artigos, respectivamente. O presente trabalho sugere uma associação positiva entre bruxismo e tempo de tela digital em adolescentes. 

Acute Effects of Whole-Body Vibration Exercise on Pain Level, Functionality, and Rating of Exertion of Elderly Obese Knee Osteoarthritis Individuals: A Randomized Study

Introduction: Among chronic diseases, knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a joint disease that causes important progressive alterations in the articular and periarticular structures, including synovial inflammation. Exercise has been suggested as an intervention to KOA individuals, and studies suggest that whole-body vibration (WBV) exercise decreases pain levels and favours the functionality of KOA individuals. Objective: The aim of the present study is to analyze the acute effects of WBV exercise on pain levels, functionality (Timed Up and Go (TUG test), anterior trunk flexion (ATF)), and rating of exertion of elderly obese KOA individuals. Methods: Thirty-seven individuals with KOA were allocated to a WBV exercise group (WBVEG), n = 19 (15 females/4 males), and a control group (CG), n = 18 (15 females/3 males). WBVEG performed one session of WBV exercise (11 min, using 5 Hz, 2.5, 5.0, and 7.5 mm, 0.12, 0.25, and 0.37 g). Three bouts were performed (working time of 3 min and rest time of 1 min) using a side-alternating vibrating platform (VP). The same position was used in CG; however, the VP was turned off and there was equipment coupled to the VP that emitted a sound like the vibrations. The pain level was evaluated using a visual analog scale (VAS). Functionality was evaluated with a TUG test and ATF. The rating of subjectively perceived exertion was measured with the category ratio CR-10 (BORG Scale CR-10), Results: A reduction of pain levels in WBVEG after the intervention (p = 0.001) and intergroups (p = 0.041) was found. A decrease of TUG test time in both groups (p = 0.001) and intergroups (p = 0.045) was found, while no statistical changes were observed in the Borg Scale score. Significant improvements of flexibility in both groups (p = 0.001) and intergroups (p = 0.043) were found. Conclusion: One session of WBV exercise can lead to important improvements in individuals with KOA, possibly triggered by physiological responses. However, more studies are needed, in this clinical context, to confirm these results

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear un derstanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5–7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8–11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world’s most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepre sented in biodiversity databases.13–15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may elim inate pieces of the Amazon’s biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological com munities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple or ganism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region’s vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most ne glected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lostinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Geography and ecology shape the phylogenetic composition of Amazonian tree communities

Aim: Amazonia hosts more tree species from numerous evolutionary lineages, both young and ancient, than any other biogeographic region. Previous studies have shown that tree lineages colonized multiple edaphic environments and dispersed widely across Amazonia, leading to a hypothesis, which we test, that lineages should not be strongly associated with either geographic regions or edaphic forest types. Location: Amazonia. Taxon: Angiosperms (Magnoliids; Monocots; Eudicots). Methods: Data for the abundance of 5082 tree species in 1989 plots were combined with a mega-phylogeny. We applied evolutionary ordination to assess how phylogenetic composition varies across Amazonia. We used variation partitioning and Moran\u27s eigenvector maps (MEM) to test and quantify the separate and joint contributions of spatial and environmental variables to explain the phylogenetic composition of plots. We tested the indicator value of lineages for geographic regions and edaphic forest types and mapped associations onto the phylogeny. Results: In the terra firme and várzea forest types, the phylogenetic composition varies by geographic region, but the igapó and white-sand forest types retain a unique evolutionary signature regardless of region. Overall, we find that soil chemistry, climate and topography explain 24% of the variation in phylogenetic composition, with 79% of that variation being spatially structured (R$^{2}$ = 19% overall for combined spatial/environmental effects). The phylogenetic composition also shows substantial spatial patterns not related to the environmental variables we quantified (R$^{2}$ = 28%). A greater number of lineages were significant indicators of geographic regions than forest types. Main Conclusion: Numerous tree lineages, including some ancient ones (>66 Ma), show strong associations with geographic regions and edaphic forest types of Amazonia. This shows that specialization in specific edaphic environments has played a long-standing role in the evolutionary assembly of Amazonian forests. Furthermore, many lineages, even those that have dispersed across Amazonia, dominate within a specific region, likely because of phylogenetically conserved niches for environmental conditions that are prevalent within regions

Geography and ecology shape the phylogenetic composition of Amazonian tree communities

AimAmazonia hosts more tree species from numerous evolutionary lineages, both young and ancient, than any other biogeographic region. Previous studies have shown that tree lineages colonized multiple edaphic environments and dispersed widely across Amazonia, leading to a hypothesis, which we test, that lineages should not be strongly associated with either geographic regions or edaphic forest types.LocationAmazonia.TaxonAngiosperms (Magnoliids; Monocots; Eudicots).MethodsData for the abundance of 5082 tree species in 1989 plots were combined with a mega-phylogeny. We applied evolutionary ordination to assess how phylogenetic composition varies across Amazonia. We used variation partitioning and Moran's eigenvector maps (MEM) to test and quantify the separate and joint contributions of spatial and environmental variables to explain the phylogenetic composition of plots. We tested the indicator value of lineages for geographic regions and edaphic forest types and mapped associations onto the phylogeny.ResultsIn the terra firme and várzea forest types, the phylogenetic composition varies by geographic region, but the igapó and white-sand forest types retain a unique evolutionary signature regardless of region. Overall, we find that soil chemistry, climate and topography explain 24% of the variation in phylogenetic composition, with 79% of that variation being spatially structured (R2 = 19% overall for combined spatial/environmental effects). The phylogenetic composition also shows substantial spatial patterns not related to the environmental variables we quantified (R2 = 28%). A greater number of lineages were significant indicators of geographic regions than forest types.Main ConclusionNumerous tree lineages, including some ancient ones (>66 Ma), show strong associations with geographic regions and edaphic forest types of Amazonia. This shows that specialization in specific edaphic environments has played a long-standing role in the evolutionary assembly of Amazonian forests. Furthermore, many lineages, even those that have dispersed across Amazonia, dominate within a specific region, likely because of phylogenetically conserved niches for environmental conditions that are prevalent within regions

Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlates

Aim: To investigate the geographic patterns and ecological correlates in the geographic distribution of the most common tree dispersal modes in Amazonia (endozoochory, synzoochory, anemochory and hydrochory). We examined if the proportional abundance of these dispersal modes could be explained by the availability of dispersal agents (disperser-availability hypothesis) and/or the availability of resources for constructing zoochorous fruits (resource-availability hypothesis). Time period: Tree-inventory plots established between 1934 and 2019. Major taxa studied: Trees with a diameter at breast height (DBH) ≥ 9.55 cm. Location: Amazonia, here defined as the lowland rain forests of the Amazon River basin and the Guiana Shield. Methods: We assigned dispersal modes to a total of 5433 species and morphospecies within 1877 tree-inventory plots across terra-firme, seasonally flooded, and permanently flooded forests. We investigated geographic patterns in the proportional abundance of dispersal modes. We performed an abundance-weighted mean pairwise distance (MPD) test and fit generalized linear models (GLMs) to explain the geographic distribution of dispersal modes. Results: Anemochory was significantly, positively associated with mean annual wind speed, and hydrochory was significantly higher in flooded forests. Dispersal modes did not consistently show significant associations with the availability of resources for constructing zoochorous fruits. A lower dissimilarity in dispersal modes, resulting from a higher dominance of endozoochory, occurred in terra-firme forests (excluding podzols) compared to flooded forests. Main conclusions: The disperser-availability hypothesis was well supported for abiotic dispersal modes (anemochory and hydrochory). The availability of resources for constructing zoochorous fruits seems an unlikely explanation for the distribution of dispersal modes in Amazonia. The association between frugivores and the proportional abundance of zoochory requires further research, as tree recruitment not only depends on dispersal vectors but also on conditions that favour or limit seedling recruitment across forest types