Similarity and income content at the international trade: The case of BRICS during the period 2000/09

This study aimed to calculate the patterns of similarity and income content of Brazilian, Russian, Chinese and Indian exports by means of indexes, and compare those patterns with those of OECD countries, covering a period between 2000 and 2009. The results indicate that Brazilian, Russian, Chinese and Indian exports became more similar between 2000 and 2006, but that similarity has declined ever since. Exports from China and India, in turn, are increasingly similar to each other and less different from the exports of OECD countries. Export sophistication has increased over the years, with higher growth rates in China and India. India and Russia's sophistication indexes surpassed that of Brazil in 2007, which signal that those countries currently export products with higher content of income. The study also indicated that Brazil has been losing market share for China and India as an exporter of sophisticated products. --Exports,Brazil,Russia,China,India,similarity,income content

A rebelião no Compaj e a estética da violência no contexto cibercultural e ecossistêmico

A rebelião no Complexo Penitenciário Anísio Jobim (Compaj) em Manaus, no início de 2017, é considerada a segunda maior chacina carcerária da história do Brasil. Durante o massacre os presidiários produziram e divulgaram vídeos pelas redes sociais da internet. Neste artigo propomos uma reflexão com abordagem ecossistêmica, por meio de apontamentos contextuais, sinalizando acerca da midiatização e os efeitos da crise no sistema penitenciário, ocasionando a estetização da violência na sociedade cibercultural e algumas relações com o processo sócio-histórico

MONITORIA MÉTODOS MATEMÁTICOS (CÁLCULO IV)

A disciplina de Cálculo IV possui grande importância na formação dos discentes dos cursos de engenharia. Isso porque, essa importante disciplina tem como objetivo ensinar e aplicar métodos matemáticos para a resolução de diversos problemas de engenharia, utilizando inclusive conceitos aprendidos nas disciplinas anteriores de Cálculo (Oliveira, 2001). Sendo assim, esta é uma disciplina de elevada dificuldade, especialmente quando o discente não possui uma base de formação sólida, que deve ser obtida das disciplinas anteriores. Dessa forma a monitoria de Cálculo IV tem como principal objetivo auxiliar o docente responsável da disciplina a identificar e solucionar os principais desafios e dificuldades encontrados ao longo da disciplina, tendo como finalidade reduzir o índice de reprovação e garantir com que o conteúdo seja absorvido de forma íntegra pelos discentes

Dispensing errors in a Rio de Janeiro tertiary hospital: incidence, types, and causes / Erros de dispensação em hospital terciário do Rio de Janeiro: incidência, tipos e causas

Objective: In this study, the drug dispensing system of a tertiary care center was analysed, with the purpose of identifying the occurrence of dispensing errors, their types, causes, and the role of double checking in prevention. The main factors that contribute for the errors and the recommendations to avoid them have been evaluated from the perspective of the professionals involved in the dispensation process. Methods: 1,077 prescriptions were assessed in a 6-month  period. The errors were recorded and corrected before the medication left the pharmacy. Each pharmaceutical unit dispensed was considered as a possibility of error. The results were analyze through descriptive statistics (average, median, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, and frequencies). In the second step of the research, the opinion of the professionals directly involved with dispensing  about causes and consequences of the errors was assessed through a questionnaire with  open and closed questions to explore the factors and causes of errors. Results: A 4.5% rate of dispensing errors inside the pharmacy was observed , during the double-check process. The rate observed when the medicines arrived at the admission units was of 0.37%.  The most frequent class of errors in dispensing was drug omission (62.9%), followed by dose added errors (11.7%); incorrect time (10.2%); incorrect drug (9.2%), and changed dosage form (6.4%). We found a direct relationship between the number of dispensed items during a shift and the number of dispensing errors (?=0,844). The schedule for team shifts  influenced the error rate (p=0,016). Conclusion: Knowing the dispensing error profile is crucial for promoting behaviour changes and to define adequated error barriers

Um Jogo Sério em 3D para Apoiar a Aprendizagem Sensível ao Contexto dos Estudantes

Este artigo descreve o desenvolvimento de um jogo de aprendizagem ubíqua capaz de simular uma universidade virtual para dispositivos móveis, bem como desktops. No caso dos dispositivos móveis, o jogo sério é capaz de perceber a localização do usuário e identificar em qual ambiente o usuário se encontra, para, posteriormente, recomendar desafios relacionados àquela localidade ou área de estudo. O usuário também aprenderá diversos conceitos de disciplinas ao interagir com avatares presentes no ambiente virtual. O ambiente virtual também conta com desafios que utilizam realidade aumentada para que o jogador assimile melhor os conceitos aprendidos em sala de aula através de aplicações do mundo real

How Does the Level of Physical Activity Influence Eating Behavior? A Self-Determination Theory Approach

Physical activity and diet are two predominant determinants of population health status that may influence each other. Physical activity has been identified as a behavior that may lead to a healthier diet and regulates eating behaviors. This research aimed to investigate how the level of physical activity is associated with the motivation related to eating behaviors and, consequently, the eating style individuals have on a daily basis. This was a cross-sectional study in which participants completed an online questionnaire that assessed the following variables: the level of physical activity, the motivation toward eating behavior, and the type of eating behavior. In total, 440 individuals (180 men and 260 women) who regularly exercised in gyms and fitness centers aged between 19 and 64 years (M = 33.84; SD = 10.09) took part in the study. The data were collected following the Declaration of Helsinki and with the approval of the Ethics Committee of the Polytechnic of Leiria. For the statistical analysis, mean and standard deviations were first calculated, as well as bivariate correlations between all the variables of interest. Then, structural equation model analyses were performed considering the levels of physical activity as the independent variable, motivations toward eating behavior as the mediators, and eating styles as the dependent variables. It was concluded that a greater level of physical activity leads to a more self-determined type of eating regulation, which in turn results in less constricted eating behaviors that are influenced by external factors and emotional factors.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Aviso de temperaturas extremas em Santa Catarina

O presente estudo teve por objetvo gerar um produto automatizado para aemissão diária de avisos de extremos de temperatura mínima e de temperatura máxima do ar em Santa Catarina para os dois dias próximos

How Does the Level of Physical Activity Influence Eating Behavior? A Self-Determination Theory Approach

Physical activity and diet are two predominant determinants of population health status that may influence each other. Physical activity has been identified as a behavior that may lead to a healthier diet and regulates eating behaviors. This research aimed to investigate how the level of physical activity is associated with the motivation related to eating behaviors and, consequently, the eating style individuals have on a daily basis. This was a cross-sectional study in which participants completed an online questionnaire that assessed the following variables: the level of physical activity, the motivation toward eating behavior, and the type of eating behavior. In total, 440 individuals (180 men and 260 women) who regularly exercised in gyms and fitness centers aged between 19 and 64 years (M = 33.84; SD = 10.09) took part in the study. The data were collected following the Declaration of Helsinki and with the approval of the Ethics Committee of the Polytechnic of Leiria. For the statistical analysis, mean and standard deviations were first calculated, as well as bivariate correlations between all the variables of interest. Then, structural equation model analyses were performed considering the levels of physical activity as the independent variable, motivations toward eating behavior as the mediators, and eating styles as the dependent variables. It was concluded that a greater level of physical activity leads to a more self-determined type of eating regulation, which in turn results in less constricted eating behaviors that are influenced by external factors and emotional factors.This research was funded by national funds through the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., grant number UID/04748/2020 and grant number UID04045/2020. Partial funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málag