A sede é definida como o desejo de beber água. É considerada um sintoma multifatorial, pois o estímulo proporcionado pode ser influenciado pela necessidade de hidratação, ou seja, normalizar os níveis de volemia e osmolaridade plasmática, ou pode ser desencadeado por diferentes fatores pessoais e culturais do indivíduo. O objetivo do estudo foi comparar a intensidade e o desconforto da sede em pacientes no período pré-operatório, após vinte minutos da degustação do picolé mentolado com a sede de pacientes que receberam o cuidado usual. Trata-se de ensaio clínico aleatorizado com tratamento em paralelo, prospectivo e monocêntrico. A amostra do estudo foi composta de 40 pacientes cirúrgicos no período pré-operatório, os quais foram alocados em dois grupos, sendo 20 no grupo controle e 20 no grupo experimental. O paciente alocado no grupo controle (cuidado usual) recebeu as orientações dadas pela equipe de saúde, conforme rotina da instituição de saúde. O paciente alocado no grupo experimental recebeu um picolé mentolado, com, no mínimo, três horas de antecedência do horário programado para o procedimento cirúrgico. Para a coleta de dados elaborou-se instrumento, o qual foi submetido a validação de face e conteúdo por cinco juízes. A intensidade e o desconforto da sede foram os desfechos primários mensurados. A intensidade da sede foi mensurada por meio da Escala Numérica (zero sem sede e dez a pior sede que a pessoa já sentiu), e o desconforto da sede pela Escala de Desconforto da Sede Perioperatória (pontuação varia de zero a 14 pontos, sendo que 14 corresponde ao desconforto mais intenso relacionado com a sede). As médias de intensidade da sede inicial foram diferentes entre os grupos investigados, sendo 5,3 (dp 1,8) para o grupo controle, e 6,6 (dp 1,6) para o grupo experimental (p=0,02). As médias relativas ao desconforto inicial da sede também foram discrepantes, 5,2 (dp 2,9) para o grupo controle, e 8,0 (dp 3,7) para o grupo experimental (p<0,001). Os resultados do ensaio clínico aleatorizado evidenciaram significativamente a diminuição da intensidade e do desconforto da sede de pacientes, após vinte minutos da degustação do picolé mentolado com a sede de pacientes que receberam o cuidado usual (p<0,001 para os dois desfechos). O picolé mentolado mostrou-se como estratégia viável para o manejo da sede em paciente no período pré-operatório. As evidências geradas na condução do estudo podem auxiliar, na tomada de decisão da equipe de saúde, acarretando a melhoria do cuidado prestado ao paciente, por meio da implementação de estratégia de fácil aplicação e barata para o manejo da sede. Outro aspecto relevante consiste na produção de conhecimento sobre a problemática, escasso tanto no cenário nacional, quanto internacional / Thirst is defined as the desire of drinking water. It is also considered a multifactorial symptom for two plausible reasons. The first refers to the provided stimulus that may be influenced for the hydration need. To put it differently, such necessity seeks to balance the volume levels and the plasmatic osmolarity. The second one is justified due to it is initiated by the person\'s various personal and cultural factors. This investigation aimed at comparing the intensity and discomfort that thirst caused in patients. The period analyzed refers to the preoperative twenty minutes after the patients ate the mentholated popsicle in comparison to patients who received the usual assistance. This randomized clinical trial was carried out with a parallel, prospective, and monocentric treatment. The sample had 40 surgical patients within the perioperative period. They were divided into two groups, namely: 20 belonged to the control group and 20 belonged to the experimental one. The patients placed into the former received the expected assistance from the health team. Regarding the patients placed into the latter, they received one mentholated popsicle at least three hours before the surgical arranged time. The data collecting tool developed was submitted to five judges\' face and content validation. The intensity and discomfort of thirst were the measured primary findings. The former was measured by using the Numeral Scale in which the number zero represents no thirst and the number ten, the most intense thirst the patients reported they have ever felt. The latter was evaluated by applying the Discomfort Scale of Preoperative Thirst whose pointing may vary from zero to fourteen. In such scale, the occurrence of fourteen corresponds to the most considerable discomfort the patients reported they have ever experienced. In terms of intensity of thirst, the initial averages were different regarding both investigated groups, scored 5,3 (dp 1,8) to the control one and 6,6 (dp 1,6) to the experimental one (p=0,02). The averages concerning the thirst initial discomfort also presented discrepancy, scored 5,2 (dp 2,9) to the first group and 8,0 (dp 3,7) to the second one (p<0,001). The results of this randomized clinical trial significantly evince the decrease of thirst intensity and discomfort on patients who ate the mentholated popsicle in comparison to the ones who received the usual assistance (p<0,001 to both outcomes). The mentholated popsicle seemed to be a feasible strategy to assist patients in the preoperative period. The evidences produced throughout the investigation may support decision makings by the health team and, consequently, improve the patient\'s given support. It might happen by the implementation of an inexpensive and effortless application of such strategy. Moreover, another relevant aspect concerns to the knowledge production due to the features this study shed lights on, which sparse in both national and international scenarios

A sede é definida como o desejo de beber água. É considerada um sintoma multifatorial, pois o estímulo proporcionado pode ser influenciado pela necessidade de hidratação, ou seja, normalizar os níveis de volemia e osmolaridade plasmática, ou pode ser desencadeado por diferentes fatores pessoais e culturais do indivíduo. O objetivo do estudo foi comparar a intensidade e o desconforto da sede em pacientes no período pré-operatório, após vinte minutos da degustação do picolé mentolado com a sede de pacientes que receberam o cuidado usual. Trata-se de ensaio clínico aleatorizado com tratamento em paralelo, prospectivo e monocêntrico. A amostra do estudo foi composta de 40 pacientes cirúrgicos no período pré-operatório, os quais foram alocados em dois grupos, sendo 20 no grupo controle e 20 no grupo experimental. O paciente alocado no grupo controle (cuidado usual) recebeu as orientações dadas pela equipe de saúde, conforme rotina da instituição de saúde. O paciente alocado no grupo experimental recebeu um picolé mentolado, com, no mínimo, três horas de antecedência do horário programado para o procedimento cirúrgico. Para a coleta de dados elaborou-se instrumento, o qual foi submetido a validação de face e conteúdo por cinco juízes. A intensidade e o desconforto da sede foram os desfechos primários mensurados. A intensidade da sede foi mensurada por meio da Escala Numérica (zero sem sede e dez a pior sede que a pessoa já sentiu), e o desconforto da sede pela Escala de Desconforto da Sede Perioperatória (pontuação varia de zero a 14 pontos, sendo que 14 corresponde ao desconforto mais intenso relacionado com a sede). As médias de intensidade da sede inicial foram diferentes entre os grupos investigados, sendo 5,3 (dp 1,8) para o grupo controle, e 6,6 (dp 1,6) para o grupo experimental (p=0,02). As médias relativas ao desconforto inicial da sede também foram discrepantes, 5,2 (dp 2,9) para o grupo controle, e 8,0 (dp 3,7) para o grupo experimental (p<0,001). Os resultados do ensaio clínico aleatorizado evidenciaram significativamente a diminuição da intensidade e do desconforto da sede de pacientes, após vinte minutos da degustação do picolé mentolado com a sede de pacientes que receberam o cuidado usual (p<0,001 para os dois desfechos). O picolé mentolado mostrou-se como estratégia viável para o manejo da sede em paciente no período pré-operatório. As evidências geradas na condução do estudo podem auxiliar, na tomada de decisão da equipe de saúde, acarretando a melhoria do cuidado prestado ao paciente, por meio da implementação de estratégia de fácil aplicação e barata para o manejo da sede. Outro aspecto relevante consiste na produção de conhecimento sobre a problemática, escasso tanto no cenário nacional, quanto internacional / Thirst is defined as the desire of drinking water. It is also considered a multifactorial symptom for two plausible reasons. The first refers to the provided stimulus that may be influenced for the hydration need. To put it differently, such necessity seeks to balance the volume levels and the plasmatic osmolarity. The second one is justified due to it is initiated by the person\'s various personal and cultural factors. This investigation aimed at comparing the intensity and discomfort that thirst caused in patients. The period analyzed refers to the preoperative twenty minutes after the patients ate the mentholated popsicle in comparison to patients who received the usual assistance. This randomized clinical trial was carried out with a parallel, prospective, and monocentric treatment. The sample had 40 surgical patients within the perioperative period. They were divided into two groups, namely: 20 belonged to the control group and 20 belonged to the experimental one. The patients placed into the former received the expected assistance from the health team. Regarding the patients placed into the latter, they received one mentholated popsicle at least three hours before the surgical arranged time. The data collecting tool developed was submitted to five judges\' face and content validation. The intensity and discomfort of thirst were the measured primary findings. The former was measured by using the Numeral Scale in which the number zero represents no thirst and the number ten, the most intense thirst the patients reported they have ever felt. The latter was evaluated by applying the Discomfort Scale of Preoperative Thirst whose pointing may vary from zero to fourteen. In such scale, the occurrence of fourteen corresponds to the most considerable discomfort the patients reported they have ever experienced. In terms of intensity of thirst, the initial averages were different regarding both investigated groups, scored 5,3 (dp 1,8) to the control one and 6,6 (dp 1,6) to the experimental one (p=0,02). The averages concerning the thirst initial discomfort also presented discrepancy, scored 5,2 (dp 2,9) to the first group and 8,0 (dp 3,7) to the second one (p<0,001). The results of this randomized clinical trial significantly evince the decrease of thirst intensity and discomfort on patients who ate the mentholated popsicle in comparison to the ones who received the usual assistance (p<0,001 to both outcomes). The mentholated popsicle seemed to be a feasible strategy to assist patients in the preoperative period. The evidences produced throughout the investigation may support decision makings by the health team and, consequently, improve the patient\'s given support. It might happen by the implementation of an inexpensive and effortless application of such strategy. Moreover, another relevant aspect concerns to the knowledge production due to the features this study shed lights on, which sparse in both national and international scenarios

Mit den Projekt Sommerakademie Informatik: IT is your turn girls soll die Attraktivität der IT- Studienfächer bei Studieninteressentinnen gesteigert werden. Dabei steht eine geschlechtersensible Organisationsentwicklung insbesondere im Bereich der Studienwerbung und Außendarstellung im Mittelpunkt. Bei der Konzeption der zweiten Sommerakademie Informatik: IT is your turn girls haben wir uns neben sozialwissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen aus der Geschlechterforschung auch auf die Forschungsergebnisse zur Sommerakademie Informatik 2009 bezogen, um die Auswirkung struktureller Prozesse zu minimieren. Der vorliegende Projektbericht erläutert die Planung und Umsetzung nach den Richtlinien des Konzeptes sowie die Besprechung der Ergebnisse aus der Teilnehmerinnenbefragung vor und nach der Sommerakademie Informatik: IT is your turn girls 2010.

Suite aux fouilles du second atelier monétaire royal de La Rochelle (17), une grande quantité de matériel a pu être mis au jour. Cette découverte est exceptionnelle par deux aspects puisqu’il s’agit à ce jour de l’unique atelier officiel fouillé en France et que les structures et objets découverts permettent en une première lecture, d’ébaucher une chaîne de production de la monnaie. Ce matériel précurseur complété de céramiques provenant de l’atelier médiéval de Montreuil-Bonnin (86) constitue la base de cette étude archéométrique inédite des techniques monétaires officielles. Cette recherche, par définition multidisciplinaire, s’appuie sur la caractérisation physico-chimique de corpus archéologiques mais également sur une étude des sources historiques : traités monétaires, procès-verbaux, comptes d’atelier... Enfin, les reconstitutions paléométallurgiques participent pour une part importante aux discussions engagées. Elles renseignent sur la complexité des opérations tout en produisant des analogues librement étudiables, comparés aux échantillons anciens. La compilation de toutes les données collectées permet non seulement de proposer une description des techniques du monnayage au marteau telles qu’elles étaient mises en oeuvre dans les fabriques monétaires jusqu’au milieu du XVIIe siècle et de révéler les matières premières utilisées mais également de comprendre le fondement des opérations pratiquées. En tant que fabrication monétaire particulière, les techniques propres au faux-monnayage ont parallèlement été considérées par le biais de l’étude de deux exemples localisés au début de la Période Moderne dans le département de l’Aude (11). En suivant la même démarche expérimentale, il a été possible de mettre en évidence les particularismes de ces activités et de révéler plusieurs analogies avec les techniques officielles. / In the Nineties excavations made in La Rochelle (France) have produced objects of archaeometallurgical evidence with regards to the second royal mint. For the time being, this workshop is still the only one that has been discovered in France. Moreover, the observations of the artefacts seem to allow the reading of the whole money making process. These archaeological samples, complemented with ceramics from the medieval mint of Montreuil-Bonnin (France), have been studied by an archaeometric approach to propose an original research on the official French hammer striking process. This multidisciplinary study is based on the analysis of historical samples but also on a bibliographic compilation: monetary treaties, official reports, mint accounts… The experimental work takes an important part in the study too. Providing more than experimental samples easily studied and compared with the archaeological ones, this pragmatic method allows to point out the complexity of a technique. Finally, the gathering of all data defines the raw materials and the processes used in the French hammer coining until the mid XVIIth century, but also their respective purposes. As a particular coinage, counterfeiting has also been studied through two post-medieval examples that took place in Southern France caves. The experimental study reveals the originalities of these illegal activities besides some links with the official processes.

This study analyses the administrative and economic career of Francesco De Gratta (1613–1676) as Royal Postmaster, Royal Secretary, and trader within the postal and fiscal systems of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This investigation focuses mainly on his network and career strategies and is based on various sources from a number of European archives and libraries, mainly those situated in Italy, Poland and Germany. The study presents the family De Gratta and the familial social actions that Francesco used in order to root his children and family in the Polish-Lithuanian noble culture. Next, the analysis shows that the career of Francesco De Gratta was inextricably correlated with the establishment of the early modern royal postal system in Gdańsk (the city of Gdańsk fulfilled an important bridging role within the Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth) as well as his close contacts with different Polish kings and queens. The career followed distinct stages, tying him ever closer with the Crown, the nobility as well as the merchants in Gdańsk. It all started with his position as Head Postmaster in Gdańsk, in 1654. In 1661, he became Postmaster General of Royal Prussia, Courland, Semigallia and Livonia. After these initial steps, Francesco immersed in creditor activities and close contacts with the Royal Prussian cities, royal authorities, and not the least different Polish mint masters. He also got involved in the potash trade with his later son-in-law Jan Wawrzyniec Wodzicki, first as his factor and later as a co-owner of Wodzicki’s company. The study finally traces his social and economic advancement by the analysis of Francesco De Gratta’s legacies and their importance for his heirs’ social status. The summary compares the career of Francesco De Gratta with that of other postmasters and mint masters of Italian origin in Poland-Lithuania. / Denna studie analyserar Francesco De Grattas (1613-1676) ekonomiska och administrativa karriär som kunglig postmästare, kunglig sekreterare och köpman i det polsk-litauiska samväldet. Denna undersökning är främst inriktad på nätverks- och karriärsanalys och bygger på olika arkivkällor från en rad europeiska arkiv och bibliotek, främst från Italien, Polen och Tyskland. Studien presenterar familjen De Gratta och de familjära sociala strategier som Francesco använde för att förankra sin familj i det polsk-litauiska samväldets adelskultur. Därefter visar analysen att De Grattas karriär kan förstås mot bakgrund av upprättandet av det tidigmoderna kungliga postsystemet i Gdańsk (Gdańsk hade en viktig överbryggande roll inom Polen-Litauen), liksom hans nära kontakter med olika polska kungar och drottningar. Hans karriär följde olika distinkta steg som möjliggjorde för honom att närma sig kronan, adeln och köpmännen i Gdańsk. År 1654 blev han huvudpostmästare i Gdańsk och 1661 fick han ämbetet som huvudpostmästare för Kungliga Preussen, Kurland, Semgallen och Livland. Senare utvecklade Francesco De Gratta sin kreditverksamhet parallellt med utbyggnaden av sitt kontaktnätverk med kungliga preussiska städer, kungliga myndigheter och inte minst olika polska myntmästare. Han blev också involverad i handel med pottaska (kaliumkarbonat) tillsammans med sin svärson Jan Wawrzyniec Wodzicki, först som hans agent och senare som delägare i Wodzickis företag. Slutligen spårar studien Francesco De Grattas sociala och ekonomiska framåtskridande genom en analys av hans arv och dess betydelse för hans arvingars sociala status. Sammanfattningsvis jämförs Francesco De Grattas karriär med andra postmästare och myntmästare av italienskt ursprung i Polen-Litauen. / Information Infrastructure in the Baltic Area. Nodes, News and News Agents, c. 1650 - 1700

Physical-Computing-Geräten wie Robotern und Mikrocontrollern wird eine wichtige Rolle als Lernmedium für Schülerinnen und Schüler zugesprochen. Zu lernende Kontexte sind ähnlich vielfältig wie die inzwischen existierenden Geräte. Die Komplexität der Systeme ist mannigfaltig und bisherige Forschung geht zumeist von dem Gerät als Forschungsgegenstand aus. Im Rahmen dieser Dissertation wird von einem geräteunabhängigen Physical- Computing-Prozess als Problemlöseprozess ausgegangen, um ein Fundament für nachhaltige und geräteunabhängige Forschung zu schaffen sowie Physical Computing als Unterrichtsgegenstand zu beschreiben. Aufgrund von Merkmalen, wie der Arbeit mit Sensorik und Aktuatorik sowie dem iterativen Testen und Evaluieren, scheint Physical Computing Ähnlichkeiten zu dem naturwissenschaftlichen Experiment aufzuweisen. Dieser Zusammenhang und die potentiellen Auswirkungen auf die Informatikdidaktik werden in den folgenden drei Ausprägungsformen untersucht. Basierend auf Modellen aus der Literatur wird ein Modell des Physical-Computing- Prozesses abgeleitet und mithilfe empirischer Studien adaptiert. Bei dem Vergleich der Prozesse der wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisgewinnung und des Physical Computing können diverse Gemeinsamkeiten festgestellt werden. Insbesondere verlaufen die Prozesse parallel zueinander, was die Grundlage für einen MINT-Problemlöseprozess bildet. Bislang wurden konkrete Probleme von Schülerinnen und Schülern bei der Interaktion mit den Geräten peripher beschrieben. In dieser Arbeit wird eine Analyse von Problemursachen vorgenommen und auftretende Probleme werden kategorisiert. Probleme, die gleichzeitig mehrere Problemursachen haben, werden aufgedeckt und eine Problemtaxonomie zur Beschreibung von Problemursachen abgeleitet. Ein mehrstufiges Feedback-Modell zur Unterstützung des Problemlösens in Physical- Computing-Aktivitäten wird basierend auf der Problemtaxonomie entwickelt. Durch eine empirische Untersuchung wird es als unterstützend für den Physical-Computing-Prozess evaluiert und bildet damit ein Modell zur Entwicklung von kognitiven Tutorensystemen für Physical Computing. / Physical computing devices like robots and microcontrollers play an important role as learning devices for students. These devices as well as the learning contexts are multifaceted. The complexities of the systems are diverse and the existing research is usually concentrated on the devices. This thesis develops as a starting point a device-independent physical computing process by seeing it as problem-solving process. The goal is to construct a base for sustained and device-independent physical computing research and to describe physical computing as a school subject. The physical computing process seems to share similarities with the scientific inquiry process, because of characteristics like working with sensors and actuators and iterativ testing and evaluating. This relation and the implications on computer science education are explored in the following three facets. Based on existing literature, a model of the physical computing process is derived and supplemented by empirical data. In the comparison of the scientific inquiry and the physical computing processes substantial commonalities are identified. Hence, a base for a joint STEM problem-solving process is built. So far, concrete students’ problems during the activities with physical computing devices are described as a side product. In this thesis problem sources are uncovered and occurring problems categorized. Problems having more than one problem source are uncovered and a problem taxonomy is derived from that. Based on the problem taxonomy, a multilevel feedback model to support problem solving during physical computing activities is developed. With an empirical exploration, the taxonomy is evaluated. Results indicate that the taxonomy is supportive for achieving the physical computing process. Finally a model for a cognitive tutoring system for physical computing is outlined.

Submitted by Joana Azevedo (joanad@id.uff.br) on 2017-08-04T18:58:57Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissert Erika Tatiane de Oliveira Queiroz.pdf: 3038437 bytes, checksum: 6bfa3331fc5cef21ad6c59e52a18358c (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Biblioteca da Escola de Engenharia (bee@ndc.uff.br) on 2017-08-31T11:50:50Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissert Erika Tatiane de Oliveira Queiroz.pdf: 3038437 bytes, checksum: 6bfa3331fc5cef21ad6c59e52a18358c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-31T11:50:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissert Erika Tatiane de Oliveira Queiroz.pdf: 3038437 bytes, checksum: 6bfa3331fc5cef21ad6c59e52a18358c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-05-22 / A exploração exagerada dos recursos naturais, comprometendo os limites físicos do planeta, leva o tema sustentabilidade ganhar maior destaque nas discussões mundiais. Nos últimos anos, as empresas vem investindo em diminuir o impacto ambiental de suas atividades, buscando aumentar a eficiência no uso de matérias-primas, água e energia. Diante desta questão, este trabalho consiste na avaliação dos impactos ambientais da produção de cédulas de R$ 50,00 baseados na metodologia de Avaliação do Impacto do Ciclo de Vida (ACV), normatizada pelas ISO 14040 e 14044. A fronteira do sistema considerado nesta análise inclui a produção de chapas, impressão de cédulas e tratamento de efluentes. A unidade funcional (UF) do estudo é a produção de 1.000.000 cédulas de denominação de R$ 50,00 no ano de 2015. Utilizou-se o software SimaPro 8 e o banco de dados Ecoinvent, em suas versões 3.1. O resultado do estudo permitiu obter uma melhor visão dos processos da empresa. Em relação a fase de Avaliação de Impacto, os resultados demonstraram que o processo de impressão de cédulas mostrou ter 88% de contribuição para o impacto ambiental em relação ao processo de produção de chapas e tratamento dos efluentes. Baseado nos resultados deste estudo de ACV depreende-se que no processo de impressão de cédulas, o uso de papel fibra algodão apresentou maior contribuição para o impacto ambiental em 16 das 18 categorias avaliadas. O resultado deste estudo poderá utilizado como instrumento técnico para futuras decisões no desenvolvimento de novos produtos por empresas responsáveis pela produção do dinheiro no mundo. / Exaggerated exploitation of natural resources, compromising the physical limits of the planet, makes the subject of sustainability gain greater prominence in the world's discussions. In recent years, companies have been investing in reducing the environmental impact of their activities, seeking to increase efficiency in the use of raw materials, water and energy. Given this question, this work consists of the evaluation of the environmental impacts of the production of R $ 50.00 banknotes based on the methodology of Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCA), standardized by ISO 14040 and 14044. The boundary of the system considered in this Analysis includes plate production, ballot printing and effluent treatment. The functional unit (UF) of the study is the production of 1,000,000 bills denominated R $ 50.00 in the year 2015. The software SimaPro 8 and the database Ecoinvent, in its versions 3.1. The result of the study allowed a better view of the company's processes. Regarding the Impact Assessment phase, the results showed that the ballot printing process showed an 88% contribution to the environmental impact in relation to the sheet production process and effluent treatment. Based on the results of this LCA study, it can be seen that in the ballot printing process, the use of cotton fiber paper presented the greatest contribution to environmental impact in 16 of the 18 categories evaluated. The result of this study could be used as a technical tool for future decisions in the development of new products by companies responsible for producing money in the world.

Im Mittelpunkt des Sammelbandes stehen die Materialien des Workshops "MINT - Zukunft schaffen. Innovation und Kreativität" am 23. und 24. September 2011 in Leipzig. Dieser Workshop war der Höhepunkt der Leipziger Gespräche zum digitalen Wandel, mit denen wir uns seit Anfang 2011 der komplexen Thematik der aktuellen Wandlungsprozesse zu nähern versuchen. Über diese Gespräche wird in weiteren Aufsätzen berichtet.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T17:55:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Gilson Backes.pdf: 3877687 bytes, checksum: 270d88d829c1b60d996e1ca56de8e722 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-05-29 / This research probes experiences lived in the socio-cultural dynamics of the mint plantations in the borough of Mercedes, extreme West of Paraná, since 1960. We analyzed, by the ways of memory, the labor relations, the ways of life, the tensions and the cultural differences constituted around this economic activity which had been practiced through different workers that migrated to that region and worked on there. The study of memories and social trajectories let us to apprehend a past reality that was more complex than the one which was told by the memorial and academy literatures; that defends hegemonic concepts or ideas, which are part of the social life of this region. These trajectories evinced that the occupation of the region didn t has constituted by a planned and consensual form like it was divulged, because the most part of the migrant workers arrived and went out without having a sense of belonging. When different people arrived; by diverse places and times, differences and socio-cultural conflicts became latent, as it was verified in oral telling reported by people who remains in that region. This research sought, then, to study the historical events of the formation of this border space with a recent occupation, probing the formation of your social landscape, which passed by intense and deep changes in that period. In the dynamically of the conflicts, relations and social problems of pertain, memories became primordial to the interpretation of this frontier, where the increasing multiple tensions and instituting deep damages to the nature / Esta pesquisa problematiza experiências vividas nas dinâmicas socioculturais das lavouras de hortelã no município de Mercedes, Extremo-Oeste do Paraná, desde a década de 1960. Buscou-se analisar, pelas trilhas da memória, as relações de trabalho, os viveres, as tensões e estranhamentos culturais constituídos em torno desta atividade econômica, praticada por diferentes trabalhadores que migraram para a região e nela atuaram. O estudo das memórias e trajetórias sociais permitiu apreender uma realidade passada muito mais complexa em relação àquela contata pela literatura memorialista e acadêmica, de fôlego hegemônico, que paira na vida social da região. As trajetórias evidenciaram que a ocupação da região não se constituiu de forma tão planejada e consensual como tanto propalado, uma vez que muitos dos migrantes chegaram e partiram sem portarem um sentido fixo de pertencimento. Com a chegada de diferentes sujeitos, de lugares e tempos diversos, diferenças e conflitos socioculturais tornaram-se latentes, na medida em que expressas em narrativas orais de entrevistados que permaneceram naquela localidade. Esta pesquisa buscou então historicizar a formação deste espaço de fronteira de ocupação recente, problematizando a formação de sua paisagem social, a qual viveu intensas e profundas transformações no período. Na dinamicidade dos conflitos, relações e tramas sociais de pertença, as memórias tornam-se primordiais para a interpretação desta fronteira, onde as plantações de hortelã foram praticadas e, por sua vez, potencializaram tensões múltiplas e instituíram prejuízos profundos no meio ambiente

The thesis deals with the analysis of MIST markets (Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea and Turkey) in comparison to BRIC countries. The aim of the thesis is to emphasise the attractiveness and potential of MIST economies for international business and investments relating to their growing competitiveness. The first chapter introduces world trends in international trade and it describes the origin as well as the development of the group. The carried-out macroeconomic and demographic analysis in the second chapter reveals strengths and weaknesses of the MIST. The third chapter describes trade activities of the MIST and its current position in international trade. The fourth chapter analyses the entrepreneurial and investment environment of the group as well as its level of competitiveness. The carried-out research in the thesis has shown that the MIST economies represent a perspective group of developing markets with potential for trade and investment activities.