Brands of Gender in the Jewish Immigration in Southern Brazil

The research from this study aimed to open the way to be possible to tell the history of migration and the consequences of oppression and discrimination of the Jews who immigrated to southern Brazil which in its migration process have a particular ritual acculturation leading into account its importance in the formation of Brazilian societ

'in defence of liberty'?

After the outbreak of the Second World War in Europe in September 1939, emergency internment legislation passed by the Australian Federal Parliament  created a network of camp sites across Australia. What do these historic landscapes mean in Australia today and how can we interpret them? Some feature government-installed interpretation signs; others remain silent concrete ruins concealed within private farmland, unmoored from any context and living memory. These sites are connected to other Allied internment sites globally, and the journeys between these sites vividly rendered in artworks, diaries and letters left behind by internees as well as the isolated cemeteries where they were buried adrift between continents

Brands of Gender and Acculturation in Immigration Process of Second World War Survivors in Southern Brazil

This study focused on how a migration context drives changes in attitudes and identity. We investigate the process of acculturation of Jewish survivors of the Second World War who immigrated to South of Brazil decades ago. This is a complex immigration because the immigrants who survived the Second World War were more vulnerable to experience stress of acculturation since most of them lost their families, homes, and everything but their lives. This research consisted in a documentary and discourse analysis of interviews made with Jewish survivors’ immigrants performed by the Jewish Cultural Institute Marc Chagall in Porto Alegre, Brazil. As results we found that immigrants have gone through a process of acculturation in which their ethnic identity gradually acquired new brands from a new social construction from this international migration to Brazil

SIGPAM Workshop on Process Automation and Management

The trend towards e-business is increasing the complexity of intra-organizational and inter-organizational processes. To accommodate these needs, organizations must integrate their services in real time to attract and maintain customers. In the last few years, process automation and management have become a central theme in many businesses. Research areas addressing problems in this domain include: electronic commerce, business process reengineering, enterprise application integration, knowledge process management, groupware, workflow automation, electronic markets, and computer supported collaborative work. These areas have unique research approaches, but have a common interest in advancing process automation to support intra-organizational and inter-organizational work in the Internet era. Consequently, there is a great need to bring together researchers with diverse backgrounds to discuss process-related topics. The objective of this workshop is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in process automation and management to meet and exchange research ideas and results. The workshop promotes a range of research issues, though not limited to: · Business process facilitation in distributed environments · Change management in highly automated business processes · Integration of business processes in both intra- and inter-enterprises · Methodologies and tools of process automation and management · Managing business processes on the Web · Process aware system security · Process centric model driven architectures · Process flexibility, interoperability, and scalability · Process-driven knowledge delivery · Theories of conceptual, logical, and physical process modeling · Wireless process management systems · Workflow automation and management for virtual enterprises · Workflow-centric component-based software engineerin

Futebol na escola: percepção cultural em uma escola estadual de Florianópolis-SC

TCC (Graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Desportos. Educação Física Licenciatura.Essa pesquisa desenvolveu-se em uma turma da 6º série do ensino fundamental da rede pública estadual de Florianópolis e tem como objetivo geral identificar qual a apropriação cultural do futebol dentro e fora da escola. É uma pesquisa qualitativa do tipo pesquisa-ação, em que se utilizaram como informantes culturais as crianças, a professora de Educação Física e o diretor da escola. Os resultados apontam elementos significativos para entendimento e melhora da apropriação do futebol em aulas de Educação Física das escola

Léon Back: Professor, cirurgião dentista e líder da comunidade judaica do Rio Grande do Sul (1908-1960)

Texto de memória sobre León Back, de Bruna Krimberg Von Muhlen. Léon Back: Professor, dental surgeon e leader of the Jewish community in Rio Grande do Sul - A memorialistic text about León Back, by Bruna Krimberg Von Muhlen

Label-free buoyant mass assays with suspended microchannel resonators

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Biological Engineering, 2010.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-112).Improved methods are needed for routine, inexpensive monitoring of biomarkers that could facilitate earlier detection and characterization of complex diseases like cancer. Development of new assay formats based on microfluidic, label-free platforms enable radical reductions in assay complexity and reagent requirements with the potential for such applications. Suspended microchannel resonators (SMRs) are highly sensitive, batch-fabricated microcantilevers with embedded microchannels that can measure mass with femtogram precision. Biomolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids are denser than water, and their presence can thus be quantified by their buoyant mass, or increase in mass relative to the solution they displace. This thesis presents two approaches to conducting label-free, buoyant-mass immunoassays with SMRs with potential for clinical applications. The sensor surface can be functionalized to bind targets directly, or individually weighed polystyrene beads can be used as mobile supports. As in other label-free detection methods, biomolecular measurements in complex media such as serum are challenging due to high background signals from non-specific binding. We demonstrate that carboxybetaine-derived polymers developed to adsorb directly onto SMR SiO2 surfaces act as ultra-low fouling and functionalizable surface coatings. Coupled with a reference microcantilever, this approach enables detection of activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule (ALCAM), a model cancer biomarker, in undiluted serum with a limit of detection of 10 ng/mL. Decoupling the complexity of surface modifications from the sensor precludes the need for specialized reagents. Monodisperse, micron-scale polystyrene beads are widely available and can be used as mobile supports, with the mean mass of a bead population quantifying target binding onto bead surfaces. Inherent mass variability in the bead population is masked by matching solution density to bead density. We demonstrate that by weighing hundreds of beads in 30 min, mean mass can be estimated with a resolution of 100 attograms. A proof-of-principle assay is demonstrated that quantifies IgG binding onto functionalized beads at 5.20 femtograms per bead.by Marcio Goldani von Muhlen.Ph.D

Estudo sobre a implantação do sistema de medição individual de água em condomínios residenciais verticais e seus impactos financeiros, ambientais e sociais

O presente trabalho objetiva estudar a implementação de sistema de medição individual em condomínios residenciais verticais, bem como os possíveis impactos financeiros, ambientais e sociais resultantes desta modificação. O aspecto financeiro tem como finalidades determinar se existe um retorno sobre o investimento e elaborar meios para que futuros interessados na aplicação da individualização possam analisar a viabilidade econômica; já o ambiental busca quantificar a redução de impactos relacionados à possível redução do consumo de água; e o social verifica as opiniões de pessoas frente a estas modificações. Através de pesquisas sobre recursos hídricos, sobre características técnicas, econômicas e pela aplicação de questionários, foi possível analisar cada aspecto destes impactos. Para auxiliar na compreensão dos efeitos da individualização, foram analisados dois estudos de caso: o primeiro, sobre a possibilidade de implementação de medição individual em um condomínio antigo, em que os custos para adaptação deste sistema são elevados; o segundo caso analisa os resultados desta implementação em outra edificação. Ao final deste trabalho, foi possível responder à questão de pesquisa, assim como aos objetivos principais e secundários. Com a individualização é possível reduzir os impactos ambientais, em função da redução do consumo de água, pois sempre há uma redução de consumo. Contudo, nem sempre a implementação deste sistema poderá ser vista como um investimento, uma vez que depende diretamente do uso consciente da água por parte dos usuários. Ao estudar a fundo os três impactos propostos neste trabalho, é seguro concluir que a redução dos impactos sociais, ambientais e financeiros decorrentes da implementação do sistema de medição individual de água, se analisados de forma conjunta, sempre resultaram em benefícios para a sociedade e para o meio ambiente.This work aims to study the implementation of an individual measurement system in vertical residential condominium, as well as the possible financial, environmental and social impacts resulting from this modification. The purpose of the financial aspect is both to determine if there is a return on investment and to devise ways to aid future individualization stakeholders to analyze economic viability; the environmental one tries to quantify the impacts related to the possible reduction of the water consumption; and the social verifies the opinions of people about these changes. With the support of a research on both water resources and technical and economical characteristics, and by the application of questionnaires, it was possible to analyze each aspect of these impacts. To assist in understanding the effects of individualization, two case studies were analyzed: the first, studying the possibility of implementation of individual measurement in an old condominium, in which the adaptation costs of the system are high; the second case analyzes the results of this implementation in another building. At the end of the work, it was possible to answer the research question, as well as both main and secondary objectives. With the individualization it is possible to reduce the environmental impacts, due to the reduction of water consumption, since there is always a consumption reduction. However, the implementation of this system may not always be considered an investment, since it depends directly on the conscious use of water by users.By studying the impacts proposed in this study, it is safe to conclude that the reduction of social, environmental and financial impacts resulting from the implementation of the individual water measurement system have always resulted in benefits for both society and environment

Label-free biomarker sensing in undiluted serum with suspended microchannel resonators

Improved methods are needed for routine, inexpensive monitoring of biomarkers that could facilitate earlier detection and characterization of cancer. Suspended microchannel resonators (SMRs) are highly sensitive, batch-fabricated microcantilevers with embedded microchannels that can directly quantify adsorbed mass via changes in resonant frequency. As in other label-free detection methods, biomolecular measurements in complex media such as serum are challenging due to high background signals from nonspecific binding. In this report, we demonstrate that carboxybetaine-derived polymers developed to adsorb directly onto SMR SiO[subscript 2] surfaces act as ultralow fouling and functionalizable surface coatings. Coupled with a reference microcantilever, this approach enables detection of activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule (ALCAM), a model cancer biomarker, in undiluted serum with a limit of detection of 10 ng/mL.National Cancer Institute (U.S.) (contract R01CA119402)SAIC-Frederick (contract 28XS119)National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Biotechnology Training Fellowshi