Uma escola católica

O presente trabalho é um Relatório Reflexivo Teoricamente Fundamentado e resulta da análise individual do percurso de vida do autor. O trabalho desenvolve-se tendo por base o método autobiográfico como método de investigação e aprendizagem profissional. Divide-se em três partes essenciais: a primeira parte descreve o percurso de vida pessoal e profissional do autor do trabalho; a segunda parte faz o enquadramento teórico sobre a Escola Privada Católica; e, por fim, a terceira parte analisa o projeto educativo do Colégio do Minho, uma Escola Privada Católica. O Relatório conclui realçando a pertinência da análise dos percursos profissionais, a sua aplicabilidade prática e os efeitos que podem surtir, especialmente em quem realiza a investigação. Realça, ainda, a necessidade de aprofundar o conhecimento através de estudos que permitam compreender como se materializa o projeto educativo de uma Escola Católica.This project work tries to be a theoretically founded reflexive report and it is the result of the personal analysis of its author´s life. The work is based on an autobiographical method of research and professional apprenticeship and it is divided in three parts: The first one describes the author´s personal and professional life; the second part tries to make the theoretic framing of the Catholic Private School and the last part makes the analysis of the Educational Project of " Colégio do Minho ", a Catholic Private School. The report emphasizes the analysis of the professional resources, its practical relevance and the problems which might occur during the analysis. It enhances the necessity of examining the knowledge deeply through sudies that make people understand how the Educational Project of a Catholic School works

A reconfiguração do amor romântico : a participação de mídias digitais no desenvolvimento de relações românticas de porto-alegrenses

Em um cenário que a comunicação desponta cada vez mais como peça importante nas relações afetivas, e as mídias participando na construção do social, este estudo tem por objetivo compreender a participação de mídias digitais no desenvolvimento de relacionamentos romântico-amorosos. Para tal, apoio-me no arsenal de padrões comunicativos apontados por Knapp, Vangelist e Caughlin (2014) para evidenciar a aproximação dos envolvidos em três momentos: começo, cruzamento de rotinas e círculos sociais e oficialização. Estruturalmente, o referencial teórico foi organizado ao redor da historização do amor na cultura ocidental a partir da perspectiva da realização sexual e afetiva — valor de fundação e manutenção das relações românticas, e os estudos sobre midiatização, com destaque à abordagem transmidial e diacrônica de Couldry e Hepp (2017) para evidenciar o aprofundamento de diferentes infraestruturas midiáticas no social. A investigação empírica contou com entrevistas aprofundadas semiestruturadas por videochamadas, realizadas com 20 participantes envolvidos em relações romântico-amorosas — selecionados por conveniência por meio de fichas de inscrições prévias. O percurso do estudo confirmou as ênfases de padrões comunicativos como válidas e férteis para investigar a articulação das mídias digitais no desenvolvimento de relações românticas, descortinando a infiltração de seus recursos linguísticos e cognitivos. No começo da relação, atestou-se nos rastros digitais das mídias de redes sociais, comunicação digital e de paquera, meios estratégicos para buscar ou validar informações sobre o outro. A dinâmica propiciada nos segmentos sociais e de comunicação digital facilitou a aproximação com amigos e familiares do/a parceiro/a, bem como a maior rapidez na troca de intimidades afetivas entre os envolvidos no estágio em que as rotinas e círculos sociais se cruzam. Já na oficialização, notou-se um aumento nos modos de exposição da relação e em fazer declarações de amor no âmbito digital. Organizadas em temporalidades diferentes, os agrupamentos dos participantes evidenciam ritos e processos distintos no desenvolvimento das relações românticas, evocando o reconhecimento de diferentes materialidades midiáticas, e, em linhas gerais, descortinam uma apreensão mais acelerada e intensa do amor romântico na atualidade.In a scenario that communication emerges more and more as an important part in affective relationships, and the media participating in the construction of the social, this study aims to understand the participation of digital media in the development of romantic relationship. To this end, I rely on the arsenal of communicative patterns pointed out by Knapp, Vangelist and Caughlin (2014) to show the approximation of those involved in three moments: the beginning, crossing of routines and social circles, and the officialization. Structurally, the theoretical references have been organized around the historization of love in Western culture from the perspective of sexual and affective realization — value of the foundation and maintenance of romantic relationships, and studies on mediatization, with emphasis on transmedia e diachronic approach of Couldry and Hepp (2017) to evidence the deepening of different media infrastructures in the social. The empirical investigation included in-depth semi-structured interviews by video calls, conducted with 20 participants involved in romantic-loving relationships — selected for convenience through previous registration forms. The course of the study confirmed the emphasis of patterns of communication as valid and fertile to investigate the articulation of digital media in the development of romantic relationships, unveiling the infiltration of their linguistic and cognitive resources. At the beginning of the relationship, it was attested that digital trace of social media, digital communication and flirting services, strategic means to seek or validate information about the partner. The dynamics provided in the social and digital communication segments of media facilitated the approximation with the partner's friends and family, as well as the greater speed in the exchange of affective intimacies between those involved in the stage where routines and social circles intersect. In terms of officialization, there was an increase in the ways of exposing the relationship and making declarations of love in the digital sphere. Organized in different temporalities, the groupings of participants show distinct rites and processes in the development of romantic relationships, evoking the recognition of different media materialities, and, in general, unveil a more accelerated and intense apprehension of romantic love today

DOENÇA DE CAROLI NO ADULTO – RELATO DE UM CASO CLÍNICO

Caroli’s disease (CD) is a rare congenital disorder defined by multifocal segmental dilatation of intrahepatic bile ducts. It may cause severe, life-threatening cholangitis hepatobiliary degeneration or even cancer. A 63-years-old male with monolobar CD managed with conservative treatment is presented with revision of literature. The patient presented in the emergency department with a six-hour history of cholic epigastric pain with dorsal irradiation and a normal physical exam. Past medical history included colonic polyposis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. Investigation revealed infracentimetric left cystic dilatation of intrahepatic bile ducts suggestive of Caroli’s disease. Despite its rare incidence, CD should be considered in patients with recurrent cholangitis. The diagnosis of CD relies mostly on imaging studies. Treatment should be customized and multi-disciplinary.A doença de Caroli é um distúrbio congénito raro definido por dilatação segmentar multifocal dos ductos biliares intra-hepáticos. Pode causar colangite grave, degeneração hepatobiliar com risco de vida ou até mesmo cancro. Um homem de 63 anos com doença de Caroli monolobar tratado com tratamento conservador é apresentado com revisão da literatura. O doente deu entrada no serviço de urgência por dor epigástrica cólica, com 6 horas de evolução, com irradiação dorsal e exame físico normal. A história médica pregressa incluía polipose cólica, doença pulmonar 0bstrutiva crónica e hiperplasia benigna da Prostata. A investigação clínica revelou dilatação cística infracentimétrica das vias biliares intra-hepáticas à esquerda sugestiva de doença de Caroli. Apesar de ter uma incidência rara, a doença de Caroli deve ser considerada em doentes com colangite recorrente. O diagnóstico de doença de Caroli baseia-se principalmente em estudos de imagem. O tratamento deve ser personalizado e multidisciplinar

El coqueteo en servicios online de conquista

O flerte se apresenta como importante estratégia para exprimir o desejo pelo outro. Este artigo reflete sobre como os diferentes agenciamentos e affordances dos serviços online de paquera transformam os relacionamentos na contemporaneidade. Após uma historicização das práticas amorosas e sexuais em diferentes tempos e culturas, este artigo discute os resultados de um questionário online que obteve 397 respostas. Conforme nossos achados, comprovou-se que Tinder é o aplicativo mais popular no segmento. Para além da busca por parceiros sexuais, identificou-se significativo uso desses serviços digitais para encontros românticos. Discute-se também as formas de apresentação de si e abordagem, a centralidade das imagens na interface desses sistemas, as conversações fluidas, a transição do flerte do ambiente online para o offline e a agência dos aplicativos.Flirting presents itself as an important strategy to express the desire for the other. This article reflects on how the different agencies and affordances of online dating services transform relationships in contemporary times. After a historicizat ion of love and sexual practices in different times and cultures, this article discusses the results of a questionnaire online, which obtained 397 responses. According to our findings, Tinder is the most popular application in the segment. In addition to the search for sexual partners, there was a significant use of these digital services for romantic encounters. This paper also discusses the ways of approaching and presenting oneself, the centrality of images on the interface of these systems, the fluid conversations, the transition from flirting online to offline environments and the agency of applications.El coqueteo se presenta como una estrategia importante para expres ar e l deseo por otra persona. Este artículo reflexiona sobre cómo los diferentes agenciamentos y affordances de los servicios de citas online transforman las relaciones en los tiempos contemporáneos. Después de una historización de las prácticas amorosas y sexuales en diferentes épocas y culturas, este artículo analiza los resultados de un cuestionario online, que obtuvo 397 respuestas. Según nuestros hallazgos, Tinder es la aplicación más popular en el segmento. Además de la búsqueda de parejas sexuales, h ubo un uso significativo de estos servicios digitales para encuentros románticos. Este artículo también analiza las formas de presentarse y acercarse, la centralidad de las imágenes en la interfaz de estos sistemas, las conversaciones fluidas, la transición del coqueteo de los entornos online a los offline y la agencia de las aplicaciones

Improving the performance of a radio-frequency localization system in adverse outdoor applications

In outdoor RF localization systems, particularly where line of sight can not be guaranteed or where multipath effects are severe, information about the terrain may improve the position estimate's performance. Given the difficulties in obtaining real data, a ray-tracing fingerprint is a viable option. Nevertheless, although presenting good simulation results, the performance of systems trained with simulated features only suffer degradation when employed to process real-life data. This work intends to improve the localization accuracy when using ray-tracing fingerprints and a few field data obtained from an adverse environment where a large number of measurements is not an option. We employ a machine learning (ML) algorithm to explore the multipath information. We selected algorithms random forest and gradient boosting; both considered efficient tools in the literature. In a strict simulation scenario (simulated data for training, validating, and testing), we obtained the same good results found in the literature (error around 2 m). In a real-world system (simulated data for training, real data for validating and testing), both ML algorithms resulted in a mean positioning error around 100 ,m. We have also obtained experimental results for noisy (artificially added Gaussian noise) and mismatched (with a null subset of) features. From the simulations carried out in this work, our study revealed that enhancing the ML model with a few real-world data improves localization’s overall performance. From the machine ML algorithms employed herein, we also observed that, under noisy conditions, the random forest algorithm achieved a slightly better result than the gradient boosting algorithm. However, they achieved similar results in a mismatch experiment. This work’s practical implication is that multipath information, once rejected in old localization techniques, now represents a significant source of information whenever we have prior knowledge to train the ML algorithm

ETHNOBOTANY STUDY OF VEGETABLE SPECIES WITH THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES FROM A RURAL COMMUNITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BARBALHA, CEARÁ, BRAZIL

From the beginnings of mankind man recurs to natural resources for the treatment, cure and prevention of various diseases through the use of medicinal plants. The objective of this study was to revitalize and identify the knowledge regarding plant species with therapeutic purposes used by the traditional Santo Antônio community, Barbalha, Ceará, Brazil, with the aim of assisting chemical and pharmacological studies. The methodology was based on semi-structured interviews to explore informant’s knowledge surrounding medicinal species and to highlight those considered more versatile. 27 species were described, distributed across 21 distinct families, of which the most representative was the Anacardiaceae family. From these species, 05 have gained prominence regarding their versatility: Chenopodium ambrosioides L., Helianthus annuus L., Bauhinia variegata L., Anethum graveolens L., Passiflora cincinnata Mast. In general, the leaf was the most used plant part. As for preparation method, infusion prevailed. For therapeutic purpose, a greater use in disease cases involving problems such as scarring, hypertension, anxiety and diabetes was observed. Most of the indications reported by the local community coincide with findings in the literature, thus, this research may serve as a subsidy for pharmacological and chemical studies which may lead to the discovery of new herbal medicines

Reporting on health-related research in two prestigious Brazilian newspapers

OBJECTIVES: The dissemination of health-related news through newspapers can influence the behavior of patients and of health care providers. We conducted a study to analyze the characteristics of health-related research published by two leading Brazilian newspapers. METHOD: We retrospectively evaluated health-related news published in the electronic versions of the newspapers Folha de São Paulo and O Estado de São Paulo over a period of three months (July through September, 2009). Only articles mentioning medical research were included. The articles were categorized according to topic, source, study location and the nature of the headline. We also analyzed the presence of background information on the topic, citations of medical periodicals, national contextualization and references to products or companies. RESULTS: Scientific research articles corresponded to 57% and 20% of health-related articles published by Folha de São Paulo and O Estado de São Paulo, respectively. Folha de São Paulo published significantly more articles about national studies, and most articles were written by its own staff. In contrast, most articles in O Estado de São Paulo came from news agencies. Folha de São Paulo also better contextualized its reports for Brazilian society. O Estado de São Paulo tended to cite the name of the periodical in which the study was published more frequently, but their articles lacked national contextualization. CONCLUSION: The results showed a significant difference in the way in which the studied newspapers report on health-related research. Folha de São Paulo tends to write its own articles and more frequently publishes the results of national research, whereas O Estado de São Paulo publishes articles that originate in news agencies, most of which have little national contextualization

Reporting on health-related research in two prestigious Brazilian newspapers

OBJECTIVES: The dissemination of health-related news through newspapers can influence the behavior of patients and of health care providers. We conducted a study to analyze the characteristics of health-related research published by two leading Brazilian newspapers. METHOD: We retrospectively evaluated health-related news published in the electronic versions of the newspapers Folha de São Paulo and O Estado de São Paulo over a period of three months (July through September, 2009). Only articles mentioning medical research were included. The articles were categorized according to topic, source, study location and the nature of the headline. We also analyzed the presence of background information on the topic, citations of medical periodicals, national contextualization and references to products or companies. RESULTS: Scientific research articles corresponded to 57% and 20% of health-related articles published by Folha de São Paulo and O Estado de São Paulo, respectively. Folha de São Paulo published significantly more articles about national studies, and most articles were written by its own staff. In contrast, most articles in O Estado de São Paulo came from news agencies. Folha de São Paulo also better contextualized its reports for Brazilian society. O Estado de São Paulo tended to cite the name of the periodical in which the study was published more frequently, but their articles lacked national contextualization. CONCLUSION: The results showed a significant difference in the way in which the studied newspapers report on health-related research. Folha de São Paulo tends to write its own articles and more frequently publishes the results of national research, whereas O Estado de São Paulo publishes articles that originate in news agencies, most of which have little national contextualization