HEALTH-SICKNESS REPRESENTATIONS OF A GROUP OF WOMEN FROM THE OUTSKIRTS OF BELO HORIZONTE (1994-1996)

Este trabalho é resultado de uma pesquisa de campo, qualitativa, realizada nos bairros Solimões e Conjunto Jardim Felicidade, na região metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, com o objetivo de identificar as representações do processo saúde-doença de um grupo de mulheres residentes nos mesmos. Para sua execução optou-se por realizar a observação participante, entrevistas semi-estruturades e análise de conteúdo das entrevistas, segundo metodologia proposta por BARDIN, 1977), TRIVIÑOS 1987) e MINAYO (1993). As entrevistas foram realizadas no período de novembro de 1994 à julho de 1995 com trinta mulheres com idades entre 18 e 40 anos, todas com filhos de 0 a 5 anos. As entrevistas tiveram uma duração média de 60 minutos. Através da análise de conteúdo das entrevistas chegou-se às categorias de representação do processo saúde-doença. A doença é representada como incapacidade funcional e utilitária do corpo. A saúde, além de ser representada como o oposto da doença, ou seja, a capacidade funcional e utilitária do corpo, possui ainda outras representações, tais como: um modo de vida saudável, assistência médica de qualidade e, ainda, equilíbrio e harmonia nas relações com a natureza, com Deus. Este estudo evidencia que estas representações estão estreitamente relacionadas com as alternativas terapêuticas utilizadas pelos moradores. Tais alternativas, representadas por medicina científica, medicina caseira, automedicação, benzeção, curandeirismo e cura religiosa são buscadas de acordo com as concepções do processo saúde-doença.This paper is a result of a field research based on qualitative data, carried out with a group of women living at Solimões and Conjunto Jardim Felicidade neighborhoods, in themetropolitan arca of Belo Horizonte - MG, with the goal of identifying their representations ofthe health-sickness process. The data were collected througlh participative observation, semi-structured interviews and analyses of the interviews, according to the methodology proposed by BARDIN (1977), TRIVINOS (1987) and MINAYO (1993). The interviews, that lastedapproximately 60 minutes, were conducted from November, 1994 to July, 1995 with thirty women varying from 18to 40 years of age, all of them with children between 0 and 5 years old. The analyses of the content of the interviews provided the categories of representation of the healtl^l-sickness process. Sickness is represented as funcional and utilitarian incapacity of the body. Health, besides beh^lgrepresented as the contrary of sickness, in other words, a functional and utilitarian body, has yet many other representations, such as: a healthy lifestyle, qualified medical assistance, and also balanced and harmonious relations with nature and God. This study shows that these representationsare stricky related to the therapeutic alternatives adopted in the neighborhoods. Such alternatives, represented by scientific medicine, home medich^le, selfmedication, “blessings”, “witch doctors”, and miraculous cures are sought according to the conceptions of the health-sickness process

Laboratori remot d'experimentació en fenòmens oscil·latoris i ondulatoris, circuits i electrometria i en experimentació en electrotècnia

Este proyecto es la continuación de dos proyectos anteriores: Laboratorio de experimentación remoto interactivo en física. Experiencia en oscilaciones y ondas. Laboratorio de experimentación remoto interactivo. Experiencias en circuitos y electrometría. Fueron proyectos calificados positivamente por el ICE en la convocatoria de diciembre de 1999 y que por la envergadura de los mismos no pudieron ser concluidos. El proyecto de experiencia en oscilaciones y ondas consta de tres bancadas experimentales en las que se estudian oscilacionmes amortiguadas, ondas estacionarias en una cuerda y ondas estacionarias en un tubo de aire. El proyecto de circuitos tiene la finalidad de poder estudiar remotamente un circuito con diferentes componentes conectados con la topología requerida a partir de la conexión de múltiples relés sobre un conjunto de elementos

Supplement: "Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914" (2016, ApJL, 826, L13)

This Supplement provides supporting material for Abbott et al. (2016a). We briefly summarize past electromagnetic (EM) follow-up efforts as well as the organization and policy of the current EM follow-up program. We compare the four probability sky maps produced for the gravitational-wave transient GW150914, and provide additional details of the EM follow-up observations that were performed in the different bands

Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

Abstract Background Healthcare cannot achieve net-zero carbon without addressing operating theatres. The aim of this study was to prioritize feasible interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres. Methods This study adopted a four-phase Delphi consensus co-prioritization methodology. In phase 1, a systematic review of published interventions and global consultation of perioperative healthcare professionals were used to longlist interventions. In phase 2, iterative thematic analysis consolidated comparable interventions into a shortlist. In phase 3, the shortlist was co-prioritized based on patient and clinician views on acceptability, feasibility, and safety. In phase 4, ranked lists of interventions were presented by their relevance to high-income countries and low–middle-income countries. Results In phase 1, 43 interventions were identified, which had low uptake in practice according to 3042 professionals globally. In phase 2, a shortlist of 15 intervention domains was generated. In phase 3, interventions were deemed acceptable for more than 90 per cent of patients except for reducing general anaesthesia (84 per cent) and re-sterilization of ‘single-use’ consumables (86 per cent). In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for high-income countries were: introducing recycling; reducing use of anaesthetic gases; and appropriate clinical waste processing. In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for low–middle-income countries were: introducing reusable surgical devices; reducing use of consumables; and reducing the use of general anaesthesia. Conclusion This is a step toward environmentally sustainable operating environments with actionable interventions applicable to both high– and low–middle–income countries

Evolução e características do confinamento de bovinos para abate em Minas Gerais de 1978 a 1985

Exportado OPUSMade available in DSpace on 2019-08-11T16:41:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 disserta__o_de_mestrado_de_ant_nio_maria_claret_t_rres.pdf: 1948566 bytes, checksum: 023ea6f4a9f9833e0a0123366ea4d238 (MD5) Previous issue date: 21As características e a tendência do confinamento de bovinos em Minas Gerais foram analisadas durante o período de 1978 a 1985. Utilizaram-se dados da Empresa de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural de Minas Gerais, EMATER-MG e da Fundação do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IBGE. As variáveis consideradas foram os quocientes entre o número de bovinos confinados pelos seguintes efetivos bovinos: total de bovinos no Estado, o mesmo total de bovinos subtraindo-se as vacas ordenhadas, total de bovinos machos abatidos e total de bovinos abatidos, durante os anos de 1978 a 1985. Os resultados revelaram significativa tendência de crescimento do confinamento de bovinos para abate em Minas Gerais. Tal incremento ficou melhor demonstrado pelos quocientes "bovinos confinados" com "efetivo bovino total menos vacas ordenhadas" e com o "total de machos abatidos". A evolução e a tendência positiva do confinamento sugere que essa forma de produzir bovinos para carne não é simplesmente conjuntural, mas representa mudanças estruturais na bovinocultura de corte. Por outro lado, as características do confinamento o configuram como forma de produção na lógica empresarial capitalista. Exige que o produtor já tenha um perfil administrativo capaz de responder as necessidades de planejamento e da gestão racional do processo produtivo, em função de tal lógica. Uma conseqüência inevitável, e talvez onde, em parte, resida a razão de atração e até a facilidade de escolha pelo confinamento, é a possibilidade de se aprender a totalidade do processo produtivo e do produto final, pelos agentes controladores e tomadores de decisões (proprietário, gerência e capatazia)

The PLATO Mission

International audiencePLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) is ESA's M3 mission designed to detect and characterise extrasolar planets and perform asteroseismic monitoring of a large number of stars. PLATO will detect small planets (down to <2 R_(Earth)) around bright stars (<11 mag), including terrestrial planets in the habitable zone of solar-like stars. With the complement of radial velocity observations from the ground, planets will be characterised for their radius, mass, and age with high accuracy (5 %, 10 %, 10 % for an Earth-Sun combination respectively). PLATO will provide us with a large-scale catalogue of well-characterised small planets up to intermediate orbital periods, relevant for a meaningful comparison to planet formation theories and to better understand planet evolution. It will make possible comparative exoplanetology to place our Solar System planets in a broader context. In parallel, PLATO will study (host) stars using asteroseismology, allowing us to determine the stellar properties with high accuracy, substantially enhancing our knowledge of stellar structure and evolution. The payload instrument consists of 26 cameras with 12cm aperture each. For at least four years, the mission will perform high-precision photometric measurements. Here we review the science objectives, present PLATO's target samples and fields, provide an overview of expected core science performance as well as a description of the instrument and the mission profile at the beginning of the serial production of the flight cameras. PLATO is scheduled for a launch date end 2026. This overview therefore provides a summary of the mission to the community in preparation of the upcoming operational phases

The PLATO Mission

International audiencePLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) is ESA's M3 mission designed to detect and characterise extrasolar planets and perform asteroseismic monitoring of a large number of stars. PLATO will detect small planets (down to <2 R_(Earth)) around bright stars (<11 mag), including terrestrial planets in the habitable zone of solar-like stars. With the complement of radial velocity observations from the ground, planets will be characterised for their radius, mass, and age with high accuracy (5 %, 10 %, 10 % for an Earth-Sun combination respectively). PLATO will provide us with a large-scale catalogue of well-characterised small planets up to intermediate orbital periods, relevant for a meaningful comparison to planet formation theories and to better understand planet evolution. It will make possible comparative exoplanetology to place our Solar System planets in a broader context. In parallel, PLATO will study (host) stars using asteroseismology, allowing us to determine the stellar properties with high accuracy, substantially enhancing our knowledge of stellar structure and evolution. The payload instrument consists of 26 cameras with 12cm aperture each. For at least four years, the mission will perform high-precision photometric measurements. Here we review the science objectives, present PLATO's target samples and fields, provide an overview of expected core science performance as well as a description of the instrument and the mission profile at the beginning of the serial production of the flight cameras. PLATO is scheduled for a launch date end 2026. This overview therefore provides a summary of the mission to the community in preparation of the upcoming operational phases