Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-21T14:42:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Andrea Cristina Martins.pdf: 1021797 bytes, checksum: f9cf386607fd72c14a103b6818cd535f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-08-27 / The present thesis investigated on the forms of protection to the work of the recycling materials collectors in the Brazilian society in special in the city of Curitiba/Pr. The problematic part of the discussion on the changes of the world of the work and the performance of the State in a context of advance of the liberal ideas. The research involved the discussion on the Brazilian social situacion, of low economic growth, with the emergency of the activity of recycling materials collectors, from the valuation of the materials recycle for the industry of the recycling. Diverse determination had been analyzed for emergency of the recycling materials collectors, in special the dynamics between capital and work and its consequences in the world of the work making of a landmark on urban solid residues. The performance of the Instituto Lixo e Cidadania in the city of Curitiba/Pr was analyzed in the organization of recycling materials collectors in collective arrangements, with the objective to demonstrate the profile and the demands of the recycling materials collectors. The conclusions detach the importance of the formation politics for the recognition of this category as a pledge of effective social inclusion and respect to the basic rights of the workers. / A presente dissertação investigou sobre as formas de proteção ao trabalho dos catadores de materiais recicláveis na sociedade brasileira em especial no município de Curitiba/Pr. A problemática parte da discussão sobre as mudanças do mundo do trabalho e da atuação do Estado num contexto de avanço das idéias liberais. A pesquisa envolveu a discussão sobre o quadro social brasileiro, de baixo crescimento econômico, com a emergência da atividade de catador de material reciclável, a partir da valorização dos materiais recicláveis pela indústria da reciclagem. Diversas determinações foram analisadas para emergência dos catadores de materiais recicláveis, em especial a dinâmica entre capital e trabalho e seus reflexos no mundo do trabalho e na formulação de um marco regulatório sobre resíduos sólidos urbanos. Foi analisada a atuação do Instituto Lixo e Cidadania no município de Curitiba/Pr na organização dos catadores de materiais recicláveis organizados em arranjos coletivos, com o objetivo de demonstrar o perfil e as demandas dos catadores de materiais recicláveis. As conclusões destacam a importância da formação política pelo reconhecimento dessa categoria como garantia de efetiva inclusão social e respeito aos direitos fundamentais do trabalhador.

Submitted by JOSIANE SANTOS DE OLIVEIRA (josianeso) on 2019-03-13T15:52:53Z No. of bitstreams: 1 José Maurício de Moura Leitão_.pdf: 2775602 bytes, checksum: b3838f30f897415be8b7b629885f3a15 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2019-03-13T15:52:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 José Maurício de Moura Leitão_.pdf: 2775602 bytes, checksum: b3838f30f897415be8b7b629885f3a15 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-11-21 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Eficiência e economia na produção de energia são fatores-chave no desenvolvimento social e econômico de um país. A energia solar é uma fonte de energia limpa e renovável, utilizada em sua maior parte para o aquecimento de água por meio de coletores solares. Nos últimos 15 anos, os coletores solares planos vêm, devido ao apelo mundial para o uso de materiais mais facilmente recicláveis e ao baixo custo, utilizando cada vez mais materiais poliméricos, substituindo os convencionais. Para analisar quais materiais poliméricos podem ser usados em coletores solares planos, este trabalho realizou um teste de intemperismo acelerado nos materiais polissulfona (PSU), polietileno (PE) e policarbonato (PC). Destacam-se o PSU e o PE. O PSU tem o melhor resultado em relação ao nível de degradação, pois sua cadeia polimérica é composta por anéis aromáticos e fortes ligações de carbono, enxofre e oxigênio dentro da espinha dorsal do polímero. Adicionalmente, foram realizadas análises do infravermelho nos materiais envelhecidos na câmara de intemperismo acelerado pelo método ATR ou refletância total atenuada. Eles apresentaram, na cadeia molecular, pequenas mudanças nos espectros na região do infravermelho à medida que o tempo exposto na câmara de envelhecimento aumentava. Por fim, foi desenvolvida uma simulação numérica de um coletor solar plano na plataforma ESS (Engineering Equation Solver) em que foi simulado o efeito do número de tubos no absorvedor com diferentes materiais e foi simulada uma geometria de tubos de sessão quadrada no absorvedor. A simulação apresentou o melhor resultado com um absorvedor construído com 100 tubos de sessão quadrada de polissulfona, no qual a eficiência teoricamente pode chegar a 81,62%. / Efficiency and economy in energy production are key factors in the social and economic development of a country. Solar energy is a source of clean and renewable energy used for heating water through solar collectors. Over the past 15 years, due to the worldwide appeal for the use of more readily recyclable materials and their low cost, flat solar collectors have increasingly used polymeric materials to replace conventional ones. In order to assess which polymeric materials can be used in flat-plate solar collectors, an accelerated temperature test has been conducted on polysulfone (PSU), polyethylene (PE), and polycarbonate (PC). PSU and EP have stood out. PSU had the best result for degradation because its polymeric chain is composed of aromatic rings and strong bonds of carbon, sulfur and oxygen within the backbone of the polymer. Additionally, infrared analyses have been made of the materials aged in the accelerated temperature chamber according to the ATR method or attenuated total reflectance. They presented small molecular chain changes in the spectra in the infrared region as exposure time in the UV chamber increased. Finally, a numerical simulation of a flat solar collector was developed in the ESS (Engineering Equation Solver) platform in which the effect of the number of tubes in the absorber with different materials was simulated as well a geometry of square session tubes in the absorber. The simulation presented the best result with an absorber built with 100 polysulfone square session tubes, in which efficiency can theoretically reach 81.62%.

Nos países em desenvolvimento, como o Brasil, a secagem de produtos agrícolas com uso de secador solar representa uma alternativa promissora de baixo custo, reduzindo perdas e agregando valor aos produtos. Porém, devido à natureza periódica da radiação solar e das condições do tempo, nem sempre é viável sua utilização. Dessa forma, o objetivo do trabalho foi a modelagem de um sistema auxiliar de armazenagem de energia térmica (SAET) em um secador solar, cuja finalidade é armazenar energia durante o dia para ser utilizada conforme necessário. Com base em registros de temperatura e umidade relativa, ambas do ar, de um secador solar, foi feito um estudo da termodinâmica dos processos envolvidos, a fim de propor meios para o dimensionamento do SAET. Foram explorados a estimativa do fluxo de massa de ar no secador, a modelagem da temperatura em função da radiação, e o dimensionamento para diferentes modos de operação do SAET, considerando o sistema ideal. Este dimensionamento tratou tanto do caso de fornecimento contínuo de fluxo de água preaquecida, como de uso de automação para controlar o fluxo. A estimativa de fluxo de ar no secador se aproximou de valores típicos encontrados na literatura. O dimensionamento do sistema, embora considerado ideal, mostra que a utilização do SAET melhora o desempenho do secador, servindo como parâmetro para melhor compreender o comportamento das variáveis durante seu funcionamento. / In developing countries such as Brazil, drying of agricultural products by using solar dryer is a promising low cost alternative to reduce losses and add value to products. However, due to periodic behavior of solar radiation and weather conditions, the use of solar drier is not always feasible. The objective of this study is to model an auxiliary thermal energy storage (ATES) in a solar drier, aiming to store energy during the day to be used as needed. Based on both air temperature and relative humidity records of a solar dryer, the thermodynamics of the underlying processes was studied in order to propose means for designing the ATES. It was addressed the estimative of the air mass flow in the dryer, the modeling of the temperature as a function of the radiation, and the designing of the ATES for different modes of operation, considering the optimal system. The designing dealt with both the continuous supply of preheated water flow and the use of automation for controlling the flow. The estimated air flow in the dryer approached typical values found in the literature. The designing of the system, although considered ideal, shows that the use of ATES improves the drying performance, serving as a parameter to better understand the behavior of variables during operation.

Throughout Victoria's reign, Lord Lindsay and his son Ludovic, respectively twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth earls of Crawford, created one of the largest private libraries ever assembled in Britain. The Bibliotheca Lindesiana included some six thousand manuscripts, which Ludovic sold to Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 for £155,000. The principal problematic that I address in this thesis is: Why did the earls of Crawford invest vast amounts of financial and cultural capital in this endeavour? In other words, what factors - both structural and specific - led to the formation of the library, what purposes did it serve, and what roles did its manuscript components in particular perform? Other questions include: How - and how successfully - did Lindsay and Ludovic maintain physical and intellectual control over the rapidly growing library? How did they position themselves within networks of connoisseurship and collecting in Victorian Britain? How was the formation of the Oriental manuscript collections connected with Lindsay's interest in racial classification and with wider racial discourses? And how did the library reflect and reinforce Lindsay's identity as a gentleman-scholar? Previous studies of this and other manuscript collections have adhered to an antiquarian, bio-bibliographical model, focusing on the detailed matter and mechanisms of collecting, rather than exploring the socio-cultural and epistemological contexts of their development. This thesis, by contrast, constitutes the first extended application of cultural theory to a manuscript collection, or indeed to any private library, in the nineteenth century. I combine close archival work with Bourdieu's concepts of field, capital and habitus to reveal the complex structuration and signification of the library, and to investigate the imbrication between the earls' personal agency and wider forces operating upon the library. My examination of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana has uncovered several key issues and themes hitherto unexplored in this or any other major private library of the nineteenth century. First, I argue that the reasons for the library's development reside principally in various forms of classification, which preoccupied Lindsay and reflected wider societal trends and taxonomies: the classification of libraries and the ramification of knowledge; Lindsay's deployment of the library to corroborate his and his family's social and cultural distinction (i.e. social classification); and an interest in racial classification, which reflected Orientalist discourses associated with imperialism. Secondly, while the dispersal of aristocratic collections in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is a familiar trope, this study is the first to contextualize the decline of a private library within the struggle between the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie. Finally, this is the first examination of the impact of professionalization upon private as opposed to public libraries, revealing the tensions between amateur traditions and growing professionalism and specialization in the nineteenth century. I thus 'read' through the library some of the wider socio-economic and cultural issues operating in Victorian Britain and its empire.

The research presented aimed to investigate potential of subcritical fluid technology to effect Cl- release and transform compounds of copper alloy artefacts of cultural significance. The work intended to determine the most effective pH, temperature, and time combination subcritical treatment variables to: 1. transform or solvate insoluble or sparingly soluble copper compounds containing Cl - CuCl and Cu2(OH)3Cl (atacamite and clinoatacamite); 2. examine impact on typical patina compounds Cu2O and ‎Cu2CO3(OH)2 and to establish optimal conditions for their retention throughout treatment. Additionally, the research expected to offer guidance on the values of the operational parameters to use when applying subcritical treatment to archaeological copper alloy objects. The series of experiments yielded preliminary results on solvation, extraction, chemical transformation, and physical modification of the predominant corrosion products found on copper alloy artefacts. Experiments were completed using analogue pressed pellets of corrosion products, naturally corroded copper coupons and archaeological artefacts, with specific focus on corrosion profiles, metallography and microstructure. The results of extraction show significant amounts of Cl- are removed and thus the reactivity of objects is reduced. While this study conclusively demonstrated subcritical treatment is capable of both removal and transformation of Cl-bearing compounds commonly present in copper alloy objects, it cannot be recommended for treating archaeological objects based on these results alone. Aesthetic and physical changes are unpredictable and may be unacceptable. Accepting these changes cannot directly be balanced against the proven effectiveness of subcritical treatment for removing Cl, nor its rapid treatment time.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T19:31:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mauro Scarpinatti.pdf: 3913870 bytes, checksum: e9ac2381cbd8dd4f259afacacd504750 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-06-11 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research sought register the experience of deploying cooperatives of collectors recyclable materials in the city of São Paulo, between the years 2000 and 2005. The recycling of waste is a very current subject, especially considering the emergence of global concerns with the emissions of pollutants, in clear contradiction with the capitalist society whose basic logic is the increasing elevation of consumption to ensure the reproduction of capital. Historically in we accustom them to label the remains simply as "garbage". In this generic name, attach meanings as dirty, bad smell, infected. By extension, "the garbage workers" are often contaminated as if they were carrying the same meanings assigned to "garbage", and so become stigmatized. The research proposed to deal with the issue from the point of view of social organization in this way, the clipping of this work is the organization of workers in cooperatives of Collectors Materials Recyclables. That is, describe the process as organized the residents of the street, unemployed and all survivors of an economic model exclusionary and perverse from the debris discarded by the city to create means of survival, generate jobs and income and form a movement Social able to make them visible socially and in fact constituted them in new social subjects, which in a short space of time have achieved national presence. The first chapter, searchs to locate the collector historically, the first steps towards collective action, organizations of support, the collisions with the city hall and the creation of the first cooperative. The second chapter deals with the unemployeds who becomes collectors, the disputes around "garbage" and extension of the joints to a movement nationwide. In the third and final chapter is presented the municipal program Solidarity Selective Collection, that between the years 2000/2004, implemented 15 officces Central Screening of waste , run by cooperatives of collectors, in the city of Sao Paulo / Esta pesquisa buscou registrar a experiência de implantação de cooperativas de catadores de materiais recicláveis na cidade de São Paulo, entre os anos 2000 e 2005. A reciclagem de resíduos é um tema muito atual, sobretudo se considerarmos a emergência das preocupações globais com as emissões de poluentes, em clara contradição com a sociedade capitalista cuja lógica elementar reside na elevação crescente do consumo visando assegurar a reprodução do capital. Historicamente nos habituamos adjetivar os restos simplesmente como lixo . A essa designação genérica, atribuímos significados como de sujo, mau cheiroso, infectado. Por extensão, os trabalhadores do lixo muitas vezes são contaminados como se fossem portadores dos mesmos significados atribuídos ao lixo , e assim passam a ser estigmatizados. A pesquisa propôs-se a lidar com o tema sob o ponto de vista da organização social, deste modo, o recorte desse trabalho é a organização dos trabalhadores em Cooperativas de Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis. Ou seja, procuramos historiar o processo de como os moradores de rua, desempregados e toda sorte de sobreviventes de um modelo econômico excludente e perverso, se organizaram para, a partir dos restos descartados pela cidade criar meios de sobrevivência, gerar trabalho e renda, e articular um movimento social capaz de torná-los visíveis socialmente, se constituindo de fato, como um novo sujeito social que num um curto espaço de tempo conquistou presença nacional. O primeiro capítulo, busca localizar historicamente o catador, os primeiros passos rumo à ação coletiva, as organizações de apoio, os embates com a prefeitura e, a criação da primeira cooperativa. O segundo capítulo trata dos desempregados que tornam-se catadores, as disputas em torno do lixo e a ampliação das articulações para um movimento de âmbito nacional. No terceiro e último capítulo é apresentado o programa municipal Coleta Seletiva Solidária, que entre os anos 2000/2004, implantou 15 Centrais de Triagem de resíduos, geridas por Cooperativas de catadores, na cidade de São Paulo

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-19T17:47:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTACAO ADELY.pdf: 1034819 bytes, checksum: 8ed98dfb59a06d74cb163dacd96b4914 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-03-06 / The research had as main objective carry out a integrative review of the literature about of Recyclable Materials Collectors, encompassing the issue of solid waste, as well as questions about health and working environment of collectors. The presente study deals a literature review, carried out by means bibliographic research in the relevant literatures subject, published in databases indexed reliable systems: Cumalative Index Medicus (MEDLINE), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Latin American and Caribbean in the Health Sciences (LILACS) and Integrated Building Environmental Communications System (IBECS). Once reading the collected material, we proceeded to critical analysis and interpretation of the data, exposing the results through the preparation of topics, each of which composes of an item literature review, namely: Solids Residues: historical review and tendencies; Collectors of Recyclable materials: the origin to current days and Recyclable Materials Collectors: questions about health and working environment. Exposing questions about these items solid residues, the involvement of the collector of recyclable material in this context as well as the situations of social exclusion and precariousness of labor which they face. Being subject to many occupational hazards in their workplace, the landfill without any rights labor or social security while informal worker. It is concluded that public policies for solid residues, the collectors should always include in their context. Since is urgent to taking measures to improving the quality of life of this group of workers who live of the job with residues, exposing themselves to innumerable illnesses and risks arising from this occupation. / A pesquisa teve como objetivo principal proceder a uma revisão integrativa da literatura acerca de Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis, englobando a problemática dos resíduos sólidos, bem como as questões sobre saúde e ambiente de trabalho dos catadores. O presente estudo trata-se de uma revisão de literatura, realizado por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica em literaturas pertinente ao tema, publicadas em bases de dados confiáveis dos sistemas indexados: Cumalative Index Medicus (MEDLINE), Scientific Eletronic Library Online (SciELO), Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS) e Integrated Building Environmental Communications System (IBECS). Após leitura do material levantado, procedeu-se à interpretação e análise crítica dos dados, expondo-se os resultados através da confecção de tópicos, sendo que cada um compõe um item da revisão de literatura, a saber: Resíduos Sólidos: revisão histórica e tendências; Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis: da origem aos dias atuais e Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis: questões acerca de saúde e ambiente de trabalho. Expondo nesses itens questões sobre resíduos sólidos, a participação do catador de material reciclável nesse contexto, assim como as situações de exclusão social e precarização do trabalho às quais os mesmos enfrentam. Estando sujeitos a diversos riscos ocupacionais em seu ambiente de trabalho, o lixão, sem quaisquer direitos trabalhista ou previdenciário enquanto trabalhador informal. Conclui-se que políticas públicas para resíduos sólidos, devem sempre incluir os catadores em seu contexto. Pois se faz urgente a tomada de medidas para melhoria da qualidade de vida desse grupo de trabalhadores que vive do trabalho com resíduos, expondo-se a inúmeros riscos e doenças advindas dessa ocupação.

A photo-voltaic system consists of solar cells, power converters, battery and the load. The power converter interfaces the solar cells, battery and the load. The battery serves to equalise the energy demand (load) and the energy supply (solar cell). Currently the solar cells and the battery cost nearly 90% of the system cost. A typical photo-voltaic system can adopt various power bus configurations. Battery tied bus is the simplest of the power bus configurations. In this topology, the battery is always attached to the bus. This system is extremely simple in terms of power circuit configuration as well as control. Such systems weigh less and are more reliable. However, the battery tied bus suffers certain disadvantages. The first among them is the poor utilisation of solar panels. The load has to tolerate the full swing of the battery voltage variation. On account of the constraint on the solar panel voltage, the solar panels may not be loaded to the maximum power capacity. Such operating conditions lead to gross under-utilisation of the expensive solar panels. The battery tied bus configuration is designed, built and evaluated experimentally with 4 solar panels rated at 35 W each and a lead acid battery of 12 V 42 AH rating. This thesis explores alternate power architecture to overcome the above limitations. Load regulation and maximum power harvesting from the solar panels are the objectives. In the proposed configuration, a bidirectional power converter is inserted between the bus and the battery. The bidirectional power converter operates in boost mode and charges the battery when the sunlight is available. During eclipse period, it operates in buck mode and meets the load demand. The maximum power is extracted from the panels by controlling the voltage across the solar panels. The bus voltage reference is computed by MPPT block and the bus voltage is regulated to the reference voltage through closed loop control. So the maximum power is extracted from the panels at the expense of extra bidirectional power converter. Even though there is an additional power loss due to the introduction of power converter, this power bus configuration is superior because it increases the output power from the panel itself. The entire control logic implementation is done digitally using dspic30F6010A. The simulation is done by writing script files in C language. The proposed bus configuration is designed, built and evaluated experimentally with the same setup and the results are then compared.

The doctoral thesis was an study about Miquel Mai, a polític, jurist, bibliophile and art collector in Barcelona in the first half of the XVI century. The thesis presents the figure of Miquel Mai by his biographic history, with emphasis in the principals chapters that he was participant. After, there was a chapter whose principal theme its the connection between Miquel Mai and the Erasmism movement. Third, it was an analysis of all the art objects that Miquel Mai accumulates. Fourth, the thesis explores the library (formed by more than 2000 books). And finally, we studied the relationship between the art objects who decorate the library and the same books that was in the library. / Aquesta tesi és un estudi al voltant de la persona de Miquel Mai, politic, jurista, bibliòfil i col•leccionista d'art a la Barcelona de la primera meitat del segle XVI. La tesi presenta a Miquel Mai a partir del seu relat biogràfic, posant especial èmfasi en els principals capítols polítics en els que va participar. Seguidament es desenvolupa un capítol dedicat a la possible definició de Miquel Mai com a erasmista i la influència que aquest corrent espiritual va jugar al llarg de la seva vida. En tercer lloc s’analitza els inventaris de béns i tota la relació d’objectes artístics que va acumular amb el pas del temps. Un quart aspecte gira entorn a l’extensa biblioteca (més de 2000 llibres) que Miquel Mai va formar a la seva residència de la plaça de la Cucurulla de Barcelona. I en cinquè lloc es posa de manifest la relació directe entre els béns artístics que decoraven la biblioteca i les lectures que precisament es trobaven en aquesta biblioteca.