The ear is the organ used for hearing and maintaining equilibrium. In the inner ear, the vestibular system is responsible for the sense of balance. The main organs of the vestibular system are the semicircular canals, the saccule, and the utricle. Within each of the vestibular organs, sensory receptors in the form of hair cells detect motion and send a message to the brain for interpretation. Hair cells found in different parts of the inner ear are structurally different and are mechanically specialized to perform different functions. In this study, the linear and torsional stiffnesses were measured for hair cells located in the red ear slider turtle utricle. The system used to measure the stiffnesses was composed of a glass whisker (attached to a pipette) used to produce a force on the tip of the bundle, an extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer (EFPI) to measure the displacement of the pipette, and a photoelectronic motion transducer (PMT) to measure the displacement of the bundle. Using the measured values of whisker stiffness, whisker displacement, and bundle displacement, the stiffness of the bundle was calculated using statics. For each bundle tested, the location of the bundle was determined by measuring its position from a landmark in the utricle, the line of polarity reversal, characterized by a 180o change in direction of the hair bundles. Stiffness results showed that the linear stiffness of a bundle increased in the area surrounding the line of polarity reversal, otherwise referred to as the striolar region (average linear stiffness of 2.27 E-04 N/m). The average linear stiffness value of bundles found lateral to the striolar region was 6.30 E-05 N/m and in the region medial to the striolar region was 1.16 E-04 N/m. A wide range of linear stiffnesses were found in hair cells medial to the striolar region. There was no correlation found between the torsional stiffness of a bundle and its position and the height of a bundle and its linear or torsional stiffness. As the force applied to a hair bundle was increased, the measured linear stiffness of the bundle also increased. / Master of Science

The fact that sensory modalities do not become functional at the same time raises the question of how sensory systems and their particular experiential histories might influence one another. Few studies have addressed how modified stimulation to earlier-emerging modalities might influence the functioning of relatively later-developing modalities. Previous findings have shown that enhanced prenatal tactile and vestibular (proximal) stimulation extended and delayed normal patterns of auditory and visual responsiveness to species-typical maternal cues in bobwhite quail respectively. Although these results were attributed to the increased amount of sensory stimulation, these results may be a function of when prenatal augmented proximal exposure took place. To address this issue the present study exposed groups of bobwhite quail embryos to equivalent amounts of augmented tactile and vestibular stimulation either at a time when a later-emerging modality (auditory or visual) was beginning to functionally emerge or when it had already functionally emerged. Results indicate that differences in the timing of augmented tactile and vestibular stimulation led to differences in subsequent auditory and visual responsiveness. Embryos were unable to learn a maternal call prior to hatching when enhanced proximal stimulation coincided with auditory functional emergence implicating a deficit in auditory functioning, but did learn a maternal call when enhanced proximal stimulation occurred after auditory functional emergence. Augmented proximal stimulation that coincided with visual functional emergence did not appear to influence normal visual responsiveness, but when proximal stimulation occurred after visual emergence, chicks displayed an accelerated approach response to species-typical visual cues. These findings support the view that the timing of enhanced stimulation to earlier-emerging modalities is important, and have meaningful implications for intersensory theory and research. / Ph. D.

The vestibular system is one of our main organs responsible for the sense of balance. This system is located within the inner ear and contains cells with ciliary bundles. These hair cells are transducers that convert a mechanical movement, detected by the bundle of cilia extending from their top surface, into an electrochemical signal to be sent to the brain. The bundles vary structurally within the organs of the inner ear, and this structural difference may play a role in the mechanical properties of each bundle. Analyzing the mechanical properties of the cells will provide information necessary for understanding the transduction process. In an effort to evaluate one of these properties, cell bundle stiffness, a system was designed to mechanically stimulate the bundles within their physiological range and then measure the resulting displacement. The mechanical stimulation was the result of a force applied to the tip of a bundle with the end of a glass whisker. The distance the base of the whisker moves is measured by an extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer (EFPI). The magnitude of this movement is compared with the amount the bundle is deflected, detected by a photoelectronic motion transducer (PMT). Knowing these displacements and the stiffness of the glass whisker, simple kinematics is used to determine the bundle stiffness. System tests were conducted on imitation bundles (whiskers of known stiffness) and the experimental stiffness differed from the known value by less than 4.5% for every test. These results lead us to conclude the system was in good working order and could be used to conduct tests on cell bundles. For tissue tests, this work focused on the hair cells located within the utricle, which senses linear accelerations of the head. Within the utricle, we examined two types of hair cells: non-striolar (medial type II) and striolar. Tests on twelve medial type II cells found bundles ranging in stiffness from 0.26 to 2.62 x 10⁻⁵ N/m. Results with striolar bundles provided a range from 2.83 to 27.10 x 10⁻⁵ N/m. The results of the preliminary tissue tests lead us to conclude that the average stiffness of the striolar and non-striolar bundles seems to vary by an order of magnitude. This is consistent with the relative relationship produced through a computer model. However, the model predicted larger stiffness values for both types of cells. / Master of Science

The diploma thesis summarizes physiology of vestibular system and disorders of vestibular system. In experimental part we observe the influence of vestibular stimulation on static postural stability. We achieve vestibular stimulation by active and repeated head and body movements. We measure the lenght of COP trajectory using stabilometry. We tested two groups of persons, 20 healthy persons aged 21 - 49 years and 6 patients with postural stability disorder from vestibular origin aged 40 - 76 years. The changes in lenght of trajectory COP after vestibular stimulation were not statistically significant in any group, but for each patient, there was a change in lenght of trajectory of COP. In patients, who have peripheral vestibular disorder, there was a reduction in lenght of trajectory of COP. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

[pt] A literatura teórica sugere que políticas de ação afirmativa podem aumentar ou reduzir os incentivos à acumulação de capital humano. Entretanto, não há evidência empírica sobre tal relação. Neste artigo, é avaliado como os sistemas de cotas instituidos por universidades públicas no Rio de Janeiro e na Bahia afetaram o desempenho dos alunos beneficiados no 3º ano do ensino médio utilizando a metodologia de diferenças em diferenças. A base de dados utilizada foi a do Sistema Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Básica (SAEB). Os resultados encontrados apontam para uma piora no desempenho de alguns grupos de alunos beneficiados, o que corrobora a existência de uma relação negativa entre ação afirmativa e incentivos à acumulação de capital. / [en] Economic theory suggests that affirmative action can either reduce or enhance incentives to human capital accumulation. Empirical evidence on this matter, however, is still lacking. Using difference in difference estimates, this paper evaluates the effects of the quota system in the admission to Brazilian public universities on the proficiency of senior high school students. The results show evidence that favored groups attained lower scores, corroborating the existence of a negative link between affirmative action and incentives for effort and skill acquisition.

A avaliação da variabilidade inter-individual da atividade funcional é de grande importância na utilização da ressonância magnética funcional (fMRI) no contexto clínico. O objetivo principal desse estudo é analisar a variabilidade da ativação cerebral dos sistemas vestibular e oculomotor, através da fMRI em resposta à estimulação optocinética horizontal e aos movimentos de rastreio e sacade dos olhos. Para isso, imagens por ressonância magnética foram obtidas de vinte e três voluntários assintomáticos (treze para o estudo optocinético e dez para os estudos rastreio e sacade) em um scanner de 1.5 T Siemens (Magneton Vision) com seqüências do tipo EPI-BOLD. Os mapas estatísticos foram obtidos no programa Brain Voyager, utilizando o método Modelo Geral Linear. Encontramos ativação significante no córtex visual primário, ao longo do giro occipital médio e inferior, no giro temporal médio, superior e inferior, no giro pós- e pré-central, ao longo do giro frontal inferior, superior e médio, no giro supramarginal, no lobo parietal superior e inferior, na ínsula e no cíngulo anterior e posterior. Grupos de atividade também foram encontrados em estruturas subcorticais (putamen, globo pálido, corpo caloso e tálamo), além do cerebelo. A análise da freqüência de ativação revelou uma alta variabilidade entre voluntários. Contudo, as regiões com maior freqüência de ativação foram as áreas frontais e a área que compreende o giro temporal médio e médio superior. Utilizamos dois métodos para a análise dos índices de lateralização, o primeiro admite um valor estatístico fixo e o segundo leva em consideração a dependência do limiar estatístico com o número de pixels ativados, o segundo método mostrou-se mais confiável. Os índices mostraram uma dominância do hemisfério direito para o estudo optocinético. Já, para os estudos rastreio e sacade, não verificamos essa dominância. Esse estudo permitiu a caracterização das mais freqüentemente áreas envolvidas nas tarefas de estimulação optocinética e dos movimentos de rastreio e sacade dos olhos. A combinação dessas tarefas constitui uma grande ferramenta para determinar a lateralização dessas funções e mapear as maiores áreas envolvidas nos sistemas oculomotor e vestibular. / Assessing inter-variability of functional activations is of practical importance in the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in clinical context. The main objective of this study is to analyze the variability of cerebral activation of the vestibular and oculomotor systems through an optokinetic horizontal, a pursuit and saccadic eye movement stimulations by means of fMRI. For this, images of magnetic resonance were acquired of twenty and three asymptomatic volunteers (thirteen for the optokinetic study and ten for the pursuit and saccade stimulations) in scanner of 1.5 T Siemens (Magneton Vision) with EPI-BOLD fMRI sequences. The statistical maps were analyzed in Brain Voyager software, using the method General Linear Model. We find significant activation in primary visual cortex, in middle and inferior occipital gyrus, in middle, superior and inferior temporal gyrus, in postcentral and precentral gyrus, in middle, inferior and superior frontal gyrus, in supramarginal gyrus, in superior and inferior parietal lobule, in insula and in anterior and posterior cingulate gyrus. Groups of activity had been also found in subcorticals structures (putamen, globus pallidus, corpus callosum and thalamus), beyond the cerebellum. The analysis of the activation frequency displays a high variability between volunteers. However, the most frequently activation regions were localized in areas frontals and in regions comprehending the middle and medial superior temporal gyrus. We use two methods for the analysis of the laterality index, the first admits a fixed statistical value and the second takes in consideration the dependence of the statistical threshold within the activated number of pixels, the second method revealed more reliability. The indices had shown a right hemisphere dominance for the optokinetic study but, for the pursuit and saccade stimulations, we do not verify this dominance. Our study allowed the characterization of the most frequently involved foci in tasks of optokinetic and pursuit and saccade eye movement stimulations. The combination of these tasks constitutes a suitable tool for determine the lateralization of these functions and for mapping major areas involved in the oculomotor and vestibular systems.

O agente mutagênico N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) é amplamente utilizado para produzir novas mutações em camundongos, dando origem aos mutantes recessivos equilíbrio (eqlb), que possui uma mutação pontual no gene NADPH oxidase 3 (Nox3), cromossomo 17 e mergulhador (mlh), no gene Otopetrin 1 (Otop1), cromossomo 5; sendo que ambos apresentam alterações vestibulares. Devido à semelhança da função do aparelho vestibular humano e do camundongo, a análise comportamental desses modelos pode ser uma valiosa contribuição para identificar alterações no controle do equilíbrio e do movimento. Deste modo, com o objetivo caracterizar o comportamento dos mutantes eqlb e mlh foram realizados os seguintes testes: avaliação da atividade geral por observação direta no campo aberto, coordenação motora na trave elevada, labirinto em cruz elevada (LCE), para avaliar o comportamento do tipo ansioso, labirinto em T e reconhecimento de objetos para avaliar a memória, além do teste de suspensão pela cauda para verificar o comportamento do tipo depressivo. Os resultados mostraram que em comparação aos camundongos BALB/c, os mutantes eqlb e mlh apresentaram redução do reflexo auricular, reflexo de endireitamento, resposta ao toque, na locomoção e na frequência de levantar. A redução do reflexo auricular, da resposta ao toque e do redução do reflexo de endireitamento mostrou um possível prejuízo do sistema psicomotor. A redução da frequência de levantar provavelmente foi consequência da dificuldade motora dos camundongos mutantes. Os resultados do teste da trave elevada indicaram que os mutantes eqlb e mlh apresentaram um prejuízo motor principalmente relacionado à coordenação motora. O tempo de imobilidade aumentado no teste de suspensão pela cauda e a incapacidade de nadar em camundongos eqlb e mlh reforçaram o papel do sistema vestibular na manutenção da percepção de gravidade, movimento e equilíbrio. / The mutagenic agent N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) is widely used to produce new mutations in mice, giving origin to the equilíbrio (eqlb) which has a mutation in the NADPH oxidase 3 (Nox3) gene, chromosome 17 and mergulhador (mlh) in the gene Otopetrin 1 (Otop1), chromosome 5; both mutant strain showed vestibular impairment. Due to the similarity of the vestibular apparatus between human and mouse, the behavioral analysis of the mutant can be a valuable contribution to identify alterations involved in the control of balance and movement. This study aimed to characterize the behavior of eqlb and mlh mutant mice using the following behavioral tests: evaluation of the general activity by direct observation in the open field, motor coordination in the balance beam, elevated plus maze to evaluate the behavior of the anxious type, T-maze and recognition of objects to evaluate memory. In addition, tail suspension test was used to verify depressive like behavior. The results showed that in relation to the BALB/c mice, the mutants eqlb and mlh showed reduction of auricular reflex, surface-righting reflex, touch response, locomotion and rearing frequency. The reduction of the auricular reflex and the touch response pointed to the impairment of the psychomotor system, and the reduction of the surface-righting reflex showed a possible impairment of the psychomotor system. The reduction in the rearing frequency was, probably, a consequence of the motor impairment observed in the mutant strains. The results of the elevated plus maze test indicated that the mutants eqlb and mlh showed motor impairment mainly related to motor coordination. The increased immobility time in the tail suspension test and the inability to swim in eqlb and mlh mice reinforced the role of the vestibular system in maintaining the perception of gravity, movement, and balance.

Esta pesquisa apresenta uma análise multifacetada para a classificação das representações visuais presentes em questões de química de exames vestibulares de cinco grandes universidades públicas paulistas: USP, UNICAMP, UFSCAR, UNESP e UNIFESP no período de 2007 a 2011. Os vestibulares da UFSCAR e UNIFESP utilizaram o exame do ENEM a partir de 2009 como processo de seleção, assim o exame também foi analisado. Foram encontradas 252 questões contendo representações visuais em provas de conhecimentos gerais e conhecimentos específicos. Alguns exemplos dessas representações incluem gráficos, fluxogramas, diagramas, tabelas, e equações químicas. As representações visuais foram analisadas quanto a suas relações com o texto, sua funcionalidade, conteúdos químicos envolvidos na questão e as habilidades cognitivas requisitadas. Os resultados indicam, de modo geral, que as representações visuais mais frequentes são as equações químicas e as representações bidimensionais da estrutura molecular, com predominância de conteúdos de química orgânica e físico-química. Quanto a relação texto e imagem, destaca-se a grande ocorrência de casos nos quais a integração texto e imagem é necessária para a resolução da questão. No tocante à funcionalidade das representações visuais, salienta-se que: i - as provas envolvem em suas questões ilustrações que necessitam do conhecimento químico para suas interpretações; ii - há predominância de imagens menos realistas e mais interpretativas; iii - a grande ocorrência de etiquetas verbais nominativas. A ênfase em questões de memorização contendo representações visuais também foi investigada adotando-se o referencial de Zoller (1993, 1997, 1999, 2001) para classificar as questões quanto às habilidades cognitivas requisitadas: de alta ou baixa ordem. Os resultados indicam que questões que demandam habilidades cognitivas de baixa ordem são predominantes nas provas de conhecimentos gerais, e questões que demandam habilidades cognitivas de alta ordem em provas de conhecimentos específicos. / This research presents a multifaceted analysis for the classification of visual representations present in chemical questions of entrance examinations of five biggest São Paulo public universities: USP, UNICAMP, UFSCAR, UNESP and UNIFESP from 2007 to 2011. Entrance examinations of UFSCAR and UNIFESP used the exam ENEM from 2009 as a selection process, so the test was analyzed too. 252 questions were found with visual representations in general knowledge and specific knowledge test. Some examples of these representations include graphics, flow charts, diagrams, tables, and chemical equations. The visual representations were analyzed for their relation with the text, its functionality, chemical content involved in the question and the required cognitive skills. The results indicate, generally, that the most frequent visual representations are the chemical equations and the two-dimensional representations of molecular structure with content predominance of organic chemistry and physicochemical. About the relation of text-image, there is a high occurrence of cases in which text and image integration is necessary for the resolution of the matter. Regarding the functionality of visual representations, it is noted that: i - the test involve in his questions, illustrations that requires chemical knowledge for their interpretations; ii - there is predominance of less realistic and more interpretive images; iii - the high occurrence of nominative verbal labels. The emphasis on memorization questions containing visual representations was also investigated adopting the Zoller (1993, 1997, 1999, 2001) reference to classify the questions about the cognitive skills required: high or low order. The results indicate that questions that require lower order cognitive skills are prevalent in the tests of general knowledge, and questions that require higher order cognitive skills of specific evidence.

A Reabilitação Vestibular (RV) é um programa de tratamento realizado por exercícios, associado a um conjunto de medidas relacionadas à mudança de hábitos e esclarecimentos sobre os sintomas associados à alteração do equilíbrio. É um método de terapia fisiológico, inócuo e coerente, que pretende trabalhar o paciente vertiginoso aliviando os sintomas e aumentando seu limiar de sensibilidade para a vertigem. A Vertigem Postural Paroxística Benigna (VPPB) é a mais comum das vestibulopatias periféricas em adultos, principalmente em idosos do sexo feminino, apresentando como etiologia mais comum a degeneração da mácula utricular. Nos idosos, caracteriza-se por tontura rotatória e nistagmo posicional à mudança de posição da cabeça ou por determinada posição do corpo e, como conseqüência, pode ocorrer quedas e limitações na qualidade de vida dos mesmos, tornando-os limitados físico e emocionalmente. O presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar prospetivamente a Reabilitação Vestibular como tratamento da VPPB com acometimento de canal semicircular posterior e seu efeito na qualidade de vida em indivíduos idosos. Participaram do estudo 23 voluntários com hipótese diagnóstica otorrinolaringológica de VPPB de canal semicircular posterior por ductolitíase, com faixa etária entre 60 e 91 anos, com média de 70,69 anos e desvio padrão de 9,24. Quanto ao gênero 17 (73,9%) eram do sexo feminino e 6 (26,1%) do masculino. No tratamento da VPPB por meio da reabilitação vestibular em 17 (73,9%) dos voluntários, utilizou-se a manobra de Epley; 6 (26,08%) com manobra de Epley associada ao exercício de Brandt e Daroff . O tempo de tratamento variou de 2 a 6 semanas. Aplicou-se um questionário (Dizziness Handicap Inventory - DHI brasileiro) pré e pós RV para quantificar a tontura quanto aos aspectos: físico, emocional, funcional e geral. Quanto ao aspecto físico, emocional, funcional e geral observou-se diferença estatisticamente significativa (p<0,0001) entre os escores pré e pós RV. Concluímos que os escores dos aspectos avaliados no DHI brasileiro melhoraram após intervenção fonoaudiológica pela RV nos pacientes com VPPB de canal semicircular posterior, havendo um incremento na qualidade de vida dos voluntários estudados. / Vestibular rehabilitation is a treatment?s program based on exercises, associated with a factor?s collection related to changing habits and guidance about symptoms associates to unbalance. It is harmless, coherent and physiologic therapy method that intends to work the dizzy patient, relieving the symptoms and increasing his vertigo?s threshold. The Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo is the one most frequent adult?s pathologies of the peripheral vestibular?s system. It is caused by the utricle?s degeneration. In aged people, is characterize by vertigo and positional nystagmus provoked by certain cephalic movements or body movements and, as sequelae, can take to falls and life quality restriction, physical and emotional. This study?s purpose was evaluate the Vestibular Rehabilitation in posterior canal?s BPPV?s treatment and its effect in the elderly life?s quality. Twenty three volunteers with BPPV ?s posterior canal?s canalith diagnoses pointed out by otorhinolaryngologist, aged between sixty to ninety one years old, average of 70,69 years and deviation of 9,24. Seventeen volunteers (73,9%) were female and six (26,1%) were male. In BPPV?s treatment by vestibular rehabilitation, thirteen (56,52%) were submitted to Epley maneuver, six (26,08%) used the Epley maneuver associated to Brandt- Daroff exercises and four patients (17,39%) were submitted only to the Brandt- Daroff exercises. The treatment?s time lasted from 2 to 6 weeks. A questionnaire (Dizziness Handicap Inventory Portuguese- DHI Portuguese) was used in order to dizziness quantity in the physical, emotional, functional and general aspects, which was observed a significant statistical difference (p<0,001) between the scores previous and after Vestibular Rehabilitation. Concluding that the aspects? scores evaluated improved after Vestibular Rehabilitation therapy in the posterior canal?s BPPV?s patients, occurring an improvement in volunteers? life quality.

Este estudo focaliza as Cotas Universitárias enquanto política pública de Ação Afirmativa na Educação Superior. Por se tratar de uma implantação legislativa recente e de abranger complexas temáticas humanas, como questões étnicas, raciais e sociais, que afetam a referência identitária brasileira e pelo fato de já existirem várias instituições com programas de cotas em funcionamento, faz-se necessário acompanhar as repercussões dessas medidas em diversos segmentos da sociedade, sobretudo entre a população diretamente interessada, ou seja, os jovens que aspiram ao acesso à universidade. O presente estudo tem como finalidade investigar a opinião de um grupo de vestibulandos a respeito desse assunto. O estudo foi realizado em duas etapas. Na primeira, 107 estudantes matriculados em cursos pré-vestibulares, distribuídos em dois grupos: de cursinhos comunitários (Grupo A, n = 53) e de particulares (Grupo B, n = 54). Os jovens responderam a um questionário contendo temas que focalizam as cotas universitárias e outros que tangenciam o objeto de estudo, como o vestibular, acesso ao Ensino Superior, questões étnicas e raciais e papel do Governo Federal no processo de implementação de medidas afirmativas. Na segunda etapa seis dos participantes foram entrevistados individualmente, sendo três de cada Grupo. A análise quantitativa deu-se mediante o tratamento dos dados obtidos por meio do Questionário, com base na estatística descritiva e a aplicação do teste Qui-quadrado. A análise qualitativa fundamenta-se na teoria sócio-cognitiva de desenvolvimento de carreira com aportes da teoria das representações sociais. Os resultados mostram que em relação à implantação dos programas de cotas universitárias, 54,7% do grupo A concorda com a implantação das cotas, enquanto 81,5% de B discorda. O grupo B parece mais informado sobre assunto, já que 83,3% sabe da existência de pelo menos 14 instituições do Ensino Superior com programas de cotas, contra 67,9% do grupo A. Sobre o Projeto de Lei Federal que institui cotas sociais e étnicas em universidades públicas, o percentual do grupo A que concorda com a implantação da medida é significativamente superior ao do grupo B (64,2% versus 14,8%). Quanto à questão étnico-racial, a maioria dos participantes concorda que há preconceito racial contra negros no Brasil (94,3% em A e 96,3% em B) e que brancos e negros são tratado de maneiras diferenciadas (83% de A e 87% do grupo B). Atribuiu-se à escravidão a causa principal da situação atual de pobreza dos negros (71,7% em A; e 88,9% em B). Outras diferenças e semelhanças entre as opiniões dos dois grupos são analisadas e discutidas. / This study focuses on the issue of university quotas as public policy of affirmative action in higher education. Considering that this is a recent legislation and includes complex human themes, issues such as: ethnic, racial and social issues that affect the Brazilian identity reference, and because there are already several institutions offering quotas, it is necessary to monitor the impact of that type of measure on the various segments of society, especially among the people directly concerned, that is, the young people seeking entrance to university. This study aims to investigate the opinion of a group of preparation course students about it. The study was conducted in two stages. At first, 107 students registered in preparation courses, were divided into two groups: a group of community courses (group A, n = 53) and another, consisting of private courses (group B, n = 54). All of them answered a questionnaire containing questions that focused on the university quotas and other issues related to the object of study, such as: university entrance examination, access to higher education, racial and ethnic issues and the role of the Federal Government in the process of implementing affirmative action. In the second stage, three students from each group were interviewed individually. The data gathered from the questionnaire were analyzed quantitatively by means of descriptive statistics and application of Chi-Square Test. The qualitative analysis is underpinned by the Social-Cognitive approach of career development, with contributions from the Social Representation approach. The results showed that 54,7% of the students from Group A agreed with the quotas, while 81.5% from Group B disagreed. Group B seemed to be better informed, as 83.3% knew about the existence of at least 14 institutions of higher education offering quota programs, against 67.9% from group A. About the federal bill that establishes social and ethnic quotas in public universities, the percentage of group A who agrees with the implementation of the measure is significantly higher than that of group B (64.2% versus 14.8%). About the ethnic-racial issue, most of the participants agree that there is a racial bias against the black in Brazil (94.3% from A and 96.3% from B) and that whites and blacks are treated in different ways (83% of A and 87% of group B), slavery is considered to be the main cause of black poverty (71.7% from A and 88.9% from B). Other differences and similarities between the views of the two groups are analyzed and discussed.