Projeto de intervenção voltado ao tratamento de enfermidades diarreicas parasitárias com base epidemiológica ambiental na comunidade do povoado Minador do Lúcio do município Cacimbinhas - Alagoas

As doenças diarréicas constituem um grave problema de saúde nos países em desenvolvimento, onde as condições de vida das populações são muito precárias. Nestas comunidades as doenças parasitárias são particularmente frequentes nas crianças e é uma das principais causas de morte neste grupo. As doenças diarreicas podem ter várias causas, podem ser de origem viral e parasitária, uma vez que a parasitária é a mais frequente e resulta de infecções intestinais que são transmitidas ao doente por contaminação dos alimentos e da água por fezes de outras pessoas. O objetivo deste trabalho é propor um plano de intervenção com vistas ao tratamento de enfermidades diarreicas e parasitoses na Comunidade do Povoado de Minador do Lúcio do município de Cacimbinhas, Alagoas. Para tanto, fez-se pesquisa bibliográfica na Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde, com busca de artigos por meio dos descritores: diarreia, doenças parasitárias e Atenção Primária em Saúde. Busca-se por meio das ações propostas no plano alterar as condições de saúde dessa população, com o incentivo à adoção de medidas sanitárias adequadas e o tratamento correto da água destinada ao consumo. Inicialmente, as medidas serão focadas na área de abrangência. Entretanto, por meio de parcerias intersetoriais como escolas, há o intuito de estender o projeto ao restante da população. Deste modo, futuramente poderão ser formados cidadãos mais críticos e sadio

Elastic properties of sedimentary anisotropic rocks : (measurements and applications)

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, February 1999.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-78).In multidisciplinary studies carried out in the Budare Oil Field of the Great Oficina Oil Field, there was difficulty matching well log synthetic seismograms with 2D and 3D seismic data. In addition, the seismically determined depths of reservoir horizons are greater than the well sonic log depths. To examine this discrepancy we conducted an experimental study of dynamic elastic parameters of the rocks in the oil field. We chose core representative samples of the lower Oficina Formation, the main reservoir of the field. The rocks selected were sandstones, sandy shales and dolomitized shales. For the velocity measurements, we used the ultrasonic transmission method to measure P-, Sh- and Sv-wave travel times as a function of orientation, and pore and confining pressures to 60 and 65 MPa, respectively. We found that, in room dry condition, most of the rocks studied are transversely isotropic. The stiffnesses constants, Young's moduli, Poisson's ratios, and bulk moduli of these rocks, were also calculated. The velocity anisotropies, together with the behavior of the elastic constants for dry rocks, indicate that: (1) the elastic anisotropy of the sandstones and sandy shales is due to the combined effects of pores, cracks, mineral grain orientation, lamination and foliation. The velocity anisotropies caused by the preferred oriented cracks decrease with increasing confining pressure. (2) For the dolomitized shales, the elastic anisotropy is due to mineral orientation and microlamination. In these cases the very high intrinsic anisotropy does not decrease with increasing confining pressure. (3) The velocities of compressional waves are greater in sandstones saturated with water than in the dry specimens, but the opposite behavior was found for shear waves. (4) The P-wave velocity anisotropy decreases after saturation; the magnitude of the decrease depends on the crack density and on the abundance and distribution of clay. (5) The Vsh-anisotropy does not show a pronounced change after saturation, and it is only slightly affected by confining pressure. Visual description, petrography and mineralogical analyses from thin sections and x-ray diffraction revealed the vertical and lateral heterogeneous nature of sandstones and sandy shales, whereas the dolomitized shale specimens looked homogeneous. The results of the laboratory measurements are consistent with an elastic model, using the equivalent medium theory for fine-layered isotropic and anisotropic media. However, in order to do reliable seismic migration and solve the problem of thickness calculations and time-to-depth conversion of surface seismic data, the ultrasonic data need to be extrapolated to low frequencies. Determining rock mechanical properties in situ is important in many applications in the oil industry such as reservoir production, hydraulic fracturing, estimation of recoverable reserves, and subsidence. Direct measurement of mechanical properties in situ is difficult. Nevertheless, experimental methods exist to obtain these properties, such as measurements of the stress-strain relationships (static) and elastic wave velocities (dynamic). We investigate the static and dynamic elastic behavior of sedimentary, anisotropic rock specimens over a range of confining and pore pressures up to 70 MPa, the original reservoir conditions. The static and dynamic properties are simultaneously measured for room dry shales, room dry sandstones, and brine saturated sandstones ...by Franklin J. Ruiz Peña.S.M

Dimensionamento da força de trabalho no legislativo federal : estudo de caso no Sistema Integrado de Saúde do Senado Federal (SIS)

Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (graduação)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Economia, Administração, Contabilidade e Gestão de Políticas Públicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração, MBA em Gestão de Pessoas no Setor Público, 2021.As instituições públicas brasileiras têm se defrontado com desafios relativos à gestão de pessoas. A crescente exigência da sociedade pela efetividade dos organismos públicos se soma à expectativa de arranjos produtivos renovados, que atendam e fortaleçam os princípios constitucionais da administração pública e estejam alinhados a novos processos e dinâmicas organizacionais. Este artigo tecnológico descreve um estudo de dimensionamento da força de trabalho em órgão do Senado Federal destinado à saúde suplementar dos servidores, estrutura em processo de significativa mudança operacional. Trata-se de um estudo de caso que se vale dos fundamentos e técnicas da metodologia Sprint desenvolvida por Isidro (2018), com o objetivo de proporcionar subsídios a tomadas de decisão mais prementes na gestão de pessoas da organização sob análise. Apesar de deparar-se com limitações de dados, em função da ausência de métricas nas atividades mapeadas, a pesquisa resultou em contribuições que extrapolaram o dimensionamento de pessoal e agregaram informações estratégicas e de perfil profissiográfico, além da detecção de lacunas de competências e de desenvolvimento. E, ao contar na abordagem com a participação de lideranças-chave da organização, promoveu reflexão sobre aspectos intraorganizacionais, de caráter tanto produtivo quanto cultural. Em relação ao quantitativo, propôs redução do quadro em uma área da organização analisada (IDP -17%, em dois dos três segmentos produtivos da área). A única que apresentou dados consistentes ao levantamento de indicadores de pessoal.Brazilian public institutions have been facing challenges related to people management. Society's growing demand for the effectiveness of public bodies is added to the expectation of renewed productive arrangements that meet and strengthen the constitutional principles of public administration and are aligned with new processes and organizational dynamics. This article describes a study on the dimensioning of the workforce in an agency of the Federal Senate dedicated to the supplementary health of public servants, a structure undergoing a process of significant operational change. This is a case study that draws on the foundations and techniques of the Sprint methodology developed by Isidro (2018), with the aim of providing support for more pressing decision-making in the management of people in the organization under analysis. Despite facing data limitations, due to the absence of metrics in the mapped activities, the research resulted in contributions that went beyond the staff sizing and added strategic and professional profile information, in addition to the detection of skills and development gaps. And, by relying on the approach with the participation of the organization's key leaders, it promoted reflection on intra-organizational aspects, both productive and cultural. Regarding the quantity, it proposed a reduction in staff in an area of the analyzed organization (IDP -17%, in two of the three productive segments in the area). The only one that presented data consistent of staff indicators

Artificial intelligence approaches for the generation and assessment of believable human-like behaviour in virtual characters

Having artificial agents to autonomously produce human-like behaviour is one of the most ambitious original goals of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and remains an open problem nowadays. The imitation game originally proposed by Turing constitute a very effective method to prove the indistinguishability of an artificial agent. The behaviour of an agent is said to be indistinguishable from that of a human when observers (the so-called judges in the Turing test) can not tell apart humans and non-human agents. Different environments, testing protocols, scopes and problem domains can be established to develop limited versions or variants of the original Turing test. In this paper we use a specific version of the Turing test, based on the international BotPrize competition, built in a First-Person Shooter video game, where both human players and non-player characters interact in complex virtual environments. Based on our past experience both in the BotPrize competition and other robotics and computer game AI applications we have developed three new more advanced controllers for believable agents: two based on a combination of the CERA-CRANIUM and SOAR cognitive architectures and other based on ADANN, a system for the automatic evolution and adaptation of artificial neural networks. These two new agents have been put to the test jointly with CCBot3, the winner of BotPrize 2010 competition [1], and have showed a significant improvement in the humanness ratio. Additionally, we have confronted all these bots to both First-person believability assessment (BotPrize original judging protocol) and Third-person believability assess- ment, demonstrating that the active involvement of the judge has a great impact in the recognition of human-like behaviour.MICINN -Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación(FCT-13-7848

Impact of large wildfires on PM10 levels and human mortality in Portugal

Uncontrolled wildfires have a substantial impact on the environment, the economy and local populations. According to the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), between 2000 and 2013 wildfires burned up to 740 000 ha of land annually in the south of Europe, Portugal being the country with the highest percentage of burned area per square kilometre. However, there is still a lack of knowledge regarding the impacts of the wildfire-related pollutants on the mortality of the country's population. All wildfires occurring during the fire season (June–July–August–September) from 2001 and 2016 were identified, and those with a burned area above 1000 ha (large fires) were considered for the study. During the studied period (2001–2016), more than 2 million ha of forest (929 766 ha from June to September alone) were burned in mainland Portugal. Although large fires only represent less than 1 % of the number of total fires, in terms of burned area their contribution is 46 % (53 % from June to September). To assess the spatial impact of the wildfires, burned areas in each region of Portugal were correlated with PM10 concentrations measured at nearby background air quality monitoring stations. Associations between PM10 and all-cause (excluding injuries, poisoning and external causes) and cause-specific mortality (circulatory and respiratory) were studied for the affected populations using Poisson regression models. A significant positive correlation between burned area and PM10 was found in some regions of Portugal, as well as a significant association between PM10 concentrations and mortality, these being apparently related to large wildfires in some of the regions. The north, centre and inland of Portugal are the most affected areas. The high temperatures and long episodes of drought expected in the future will increase the probabilities of extreme events and therefore the occurrence of wildfires.This work was financially supported by the European Regional Development Fund–Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (ERDF-FEDER), Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness/Agencia Estatal de Investigación (grant no. CGL2017-87921-R (ACEX project)) and Project UIDB/00511/2020 of LEPABE (Portuguese national funds through FCT/MCTES PIDDAC). Sofia Augusto was supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (grant no. SFRH/BPD/109382/2015)

“Ver, Ser Vista e Deixar Ser Vista”: aspectos das relações dialéticas entre as pinturas rupestres de Caiapônia

Este artigo tem o objetivo de apresentar os resultados da retomada dos estudos das pinturas rupestres na região arqueológica de Caiapônia, localizada na região sudoeste do Estado de Goiás, município de Palestina de Goiás. As pesquisas na região têm seu primeiro momento entre fins da década de 1970 e início de 1980, realizadas pela equipe de P. I. Schmitz. A partir de 2009, uma nova fase de estudos se instaura, delineando o atual processo investigativo, que repousa no estudo de aspectos de relações dialéticas entre as manifestações rupestres de Caiapônia a partir da distribuição espacial dos abrigos pintados no território, do posicionamento das pinturas nos abrigos e da relação que elas estabelecem entre si

Mesityl or imide acridinium photocatalysts: accessible versus inaccessible charge-transfer states in photoredox catalysis

A study on C9-imide acridinium photocatalysts with enhanced photoredox catalytic activity with respect to the well-established C9-mesityl acridinium salt is presented. The differences observed rely on the diverse accessibility of singlet chargetransfer excited states, which have been proven by CASPT2/CASSCF calculations, fluorescence and quenching studiesThe Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung (Exploration Grant), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Spanish Government (CTQ2015-64561-R, CTQ2015-63997-C2, ENE2016-79608-C2-1-R) and Community of Madrid (2016-T1/AMB-1275) are acknowledged. The authors wish to thank ’’Comunidad de Madrid’’ for its support to the FotoArt-CM Project (S2018/NMT-4367) through the Program of R&D activities between research groups in Technologies 2013, co-financed by European Structural Fun

Kinetics of Leptospira interrogans Infection in Hamsters after Intradermal and Subcutaneous Challenge

Leptospirosis is a zoonosis caused by highly motile, helically shaped bacteria that penetrate the skin and mucous membranes through lesions or abrasions, and rapidly disseminate throughout the body. Although the intraperitoneal route of infection is widely used to experimentally inoculate hamsters, this challenge route does not represent a natural route of infection.Here we describe the kinetics of disease and infection in hamster model of leptospirosis after subcutaneous and intradermal inoculation of Leptospira interrogans serovar Copenhageni, strain Fiocruz L1-130. Histopathologic changes in and around the kidney, including glomerular and tubular damage and interstitial inflammatory changes, began on day 5, and preceded deterioration in renal function as measured by serum creatinine. Weight loss, hemoconcentration, increased absolute neutrophil counts (ANC) in the blood and hepatic dysfunction were first noted on day 6. Vascular endothelial growth factor, a serum marker of sepsis severity, became elevated during the later stages of infection. The burden of infection, as measured by quantitative PCR, was highest in the kidney and peaked on day 5 after intradermal challenge and on day 6 after subcutaneous challenge. Compared to subcutaneous challenge, intradermal challenge resulted in a lower burden of infection in both the kidney and liver on day 6, lower ANC and less weight loss on day 7.The intradermal and subcutaneous challenge routes result in significant differences in the kinetics of dissemination and disease after challenge with L. interrogans serovar Copenhageni strain Fiocruz L1-130 at an experimental dose of 2×106 leptospires. These results provide new information regarding infection kinetics in the hamster model of leptospirosis

Children's food consumption in the first year of life in a primary health care service

RESUMO - Objetivo: Descrever o consumo alimentar de crianças com um ano de idade atendidas no Serviço de Saúde Comunitária do Grupo Hospitalar Conceição, localizado no município de Porto Alegre – RS. Métodos: Foram analisados dados de 83 crianças atendidas no território de abrangência do Serviço de Saúde Comunitária Tdo Grupo Hospitalar Conceição, nascidas no período entre 2012-2013. As mães que permitiram a participação das crianças no estudo responderam a questionário de consumo alimentar, cujas variáveis foram os hábitos alimentares (tempo de aleitamento materno exclusivo [AME], tempox de aleitamento materno total, introdução de açúcar, carne, vegetais e suplementação de sulfato ferroso). Resultados: As crianças eram predominantemente do sexo feminino (54,2%), com a média de idade de 13,3 ± 1,2 meses, permanecendo 41% em aleitamento exclusivo até aos 6 meses e 48% tinham recebido leite de peito no dia anterior a entrevista. Foi significativa a percentagem de crianças (66%) que não recebeu mel/melado/açúcar ou rapadura antes dos 6 meses; no entanto, foi evidenciado consumo elevado de suco em pó (63,9%) e refrigerante (55,4%). A média de idade entre as mães foi de 30,4 ± 9,9 anos. A insatisfação com a renda familiar atingiu um percentual de 68,7% no último mês. Conclusão: Os achados do estudo demonstraram dados positivos na qualidade da alimentação na faixa etária avaliada. Educação nutricional e promoção da alimentação saudável devem ser estimuladas nos serviços de saúde em todos os ciclos da vida.ABSTRACT - Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the dietary intake of one year old children treated by the Community Health Service of Grupo Hospitalar Conceição placed in Porto Alegre. Methods: Data of 83 children treated in the territory covered by the Community Health Service of Grupo Hospitalar Conceição born during the period between 2012 and 2013 was analyzed. Mothers that allowed the participation of their children in the study have answered a consumption of food questionnaire whose variables were habits food (duration of breastfeeding exclusive-BE, the total duration of breastfeeding, introduction of sugar, meat, vegetables and ferrous sulfate supplementation). Results: Children were predominantly female (54.2%), with mean age of 13.3 ± 1.2 months, remaining 41% exclusive breastfeeding up to 06 months and 48% had received breast milk on the interview day. It was found significant percentage of children (66%) who did not receive honey/molasses/sugar or brown sugar before 6 months however evidenced high consumption of juice powder (63.9%) and soft drinks (55.4%). The mothers’ mean age was 30.4 ± 9.9 years old. Dissatisfaction with family income last month reached a percentage of 68.7%. Conclusion: The findings of the study showed positive data on food quality in the studied age group. Nutrition education and healthy eating promotion should be encouraged in the health services in all cycles of life.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

The Critical Behaviour of the Spin-3/2 Blume-Capel Model in Two Dimensions

The phase diagram of the spin-3/2 Blume-Capel model in two dimensions is explored by conventional finite-size scaling, conformal invariance and Monte Carlo simulations. The model in its $\tau$-continuum Hamiltonian version is also considered and compared with others spin-3/2 quantum chains. Our results indicate that differently from the standard spin-1 Blume-Capel model there is no multicritical point along the order-disorder transition line. This is in qualitative agreement with mean field prediction but in disagreement with previous approximate renormalization group calculations. We also presented new results for the spin-1 Blume-Capel model.Comment: latex 18 pages, 4 figure