No fim do século XIX, início do XX, começam a tomar forma grupos sociais nascidos das fímbrias de homens livres e pobres: são os remediados. Também denominados intermediários, esses grupos são os setores que migram para a cidade do Rio de Janeiro na passagem do século e iniciam o processo de ocupação das instituições do Estado. Ser remediado é condição suspensa, um estado indefinido cujas características, às vezes, só o próprio sujeito que se denomina como tal sabe quais são. Nesta tese, procuramos encontrar os remediados na literatura de Lima Barreto a fim de aproximar realidade de literatura: consideramos esta expressa aquela e contém as tensões históricas que cabem ao historiador explicitar. Para isso, recorremos à obra ficcional, às crônicas e aos artigos circunstanciais de Lima Barreto, cujas personagens foram selecionadas com base nessa situação de suspensão. Procuramos reconstruí-las e interpretá-las conforme a estrutura econômica, social e cultural do período. Lima Barreto foi um crítico desse processo, pois sua experiência histórica, de homem comum e escritor arguto oscilou nos limites entre ser pobre e remediado. Essa situação particular contribuiu para que o escritor percebesse as ideologias que enformavam a constituição desses grupos que circulavam na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. / In the late nineteenth century, early twentieth, certain social groups born in the fringe of free and poor men the remediados (neither rich nor poor) started to be constituted. Also called intermediate groups, they are people who migrated to the city of Rio de Janeiro at the turn of the century and begun occupying the state institutions. Being in these groups is to be in an undecided condition, an undefined state whose characteristics sometimes are known only by those ones who are in such condition. In this work we try to find out theses groups in Lima Barretos literature to see the extent to which fiction converges to reality and vice versa. In so doing, we consider that fiction expresses reality and contains those historical tensions whose explicitness falls into the historian work. To do so, we recur to the Lima Barretos fictional work, his newspaper/magazine chronicles and his circumstantial articles. We have chosen his fictional characters based on that situation of undecidedness and searched to rebuild and interpret them according to the economical, social, and cultural structure at the time. Because of his historical experience of a common man and sharp writer oscillated between the limits of being neither poor nor rich, Lima Barreto criticized this process. This condition helped him to perceive the ideologies that gave shape to the constitution of those social groups who circulated in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

No fim do século XIX, início do XX, começam a tomar forma grupos sociais nascidos das fímbrias de homens livres e pobres: são os remediados. Também denominados intermediários, esses grupos são os setores que migram para a cidade do Rio de Janeiro na passagem do século e iniciam o processo de ocupação das instituições do Estado. Ser remediado é condição suspensa, um estado indefinido cujas características, às vezes, só o próprio sujeito que se denomina como tal sabe quais são. Nesta tese, procuramos encontrar os remediados na literatura de Lima Barreto a fim de aproximar realidade de literatura: consideramos esta expressa aquela e contém as tensões históricas que cabem ao historiador explicitar. Para isso, recorremos à obra ficcional, às crônicas e aos artigos circunstanciais de Lima Barreto, cujas personagens foram selecionadas com base nessa situação de suspensão. Procuramos reconstruí-las e interpretá-las conforme a estrutura econômica, social e cultural do período. Lima Barreto foi um crítico desse processo, pois sua experiência histórica, de homem comum e escritor arguto oscilou nos limites entre ser pobre e remediado. Essa situação particular contribuiu para que o escritor percebesse as ideologias que enformavam a constituição desses grupos que circulavam na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. / In the late nineteenth century, early twentieth, certain social groups born in the fringe of free and poor men the remediados (neither rich nor poor) started to be constituted. Also called intermediate groups, they are people who migrated to the city of Rio de Janeiro at the turn of the century and begun occupying the state institutions. Being in these groups is to be in an undecided condition, an undefined state whose characteristics sometimes are known only by those ones who are in such condition. In this work we try to find out theses groups in Lima Barretos literature to see the extent to which fiction converges to reality and vice versa. In so doing, we consider that fiction expresses reality and contains those historical tensions whose explicitness falls into the historian work. To do so, we recur to the Lima Barretos fictional work, his newspaper/magazine chronicles and his circumstantial articles. We have chosen his fictional characters based on that situation of undecidedness and searched to rebuild and interpret them according to the economical, social, and cultural structure at the time. Because of his historical experience of a common man and sharp writer oscillated between the limits of being neither poor nor rich, Lima Barreto criticized this process. This condition helped him to perceive the ideologies that gave shape to the constitution of those social groups who circulated in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

This study is about age and gender specific HIV morbidity in Nepal. The main objective of the study is to find out the factors that affect the HIV prevalence in Nepali society and the relationships of different existing socio cultural and economic factors that have led females vulnerable to HIV infection especially to housewives. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used for the data collection. Initially, Nepal’s epidemic was driven by sex workers and drug users .Though HIV prevalence was concentrated in these groups for several years, now it has been proved that  the outbreak is not limited among those groups only, the prevalence among housewives , clients of sex workers, migrants and male homosexuals   are stretching up . Moreover findings have shown that the HIV epidemics is taking a devastating tool in women in Nepal, covering the more HIV prevalence number by low risk group housewives among the HIV affected female population. Lack of fully inclusive knowledge of HIV/AIDS; lack of knowledge of proper use of condom, negligence, and risky sexual behavior have compelled maximum risk for HIV contraction in society. Socio economic and cultural structures and the consequences of its correlation aggravated the HIV prevalence among people, especially have affected women. Discrimination of women is entrenched in Nepali society. Due to disparity and discrimination women are not able to get formal education that deprives them from any opportunity for the employment that leads poverty on them. Living under poverty often stems them to engage in high risk situations and likely to adopt risky sexual behaviors which in turn render them vulnerable to HIV infection. The masculinity of the society, and women’s less power for the decision making process have made females heavily dependent on males, and this constraint them from entering into negotiating for protective sex which put them in HIV infection .The study further revealed the triggering effect of powerlessness of housewives and risky sexual behavior of men to HIV infection to low risk group housewives.  If the same trends go on, the time is not so far for the Nepali women to take up the higher number of HIV prevalence, and the low risk group housewives will be highly vulnerable. It is already urgent to activate the plans and intervention program for the prevention of HIV prevalence which is stretching towards women especially to low risk group housewives. Based on the findings, conclusions and recommendations are drawn.

<p>This study is about age and gender specific HIV morbidity in Nepal. The main objective of the study is to find out the factors that affect the HIV prevalence in Nepali society and the relationships of different existing socio cultural and economic factors that have led females vulnerable to HIV infection especially to housewives. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used for the data collection.</p><p>Initially, Nepal’s epidemic was driven by sex workers and drug users .Though HIV prevalence was concentrated in these groups for several years, now it has been proved that  the outbreak is not limited among those groups only, the prevalence among housewives , clients of sex workers, migrants and male homosexuals   are stretching up . Moreover findings have shown that the HIV epidemics is taking a devastating tool in women in Nepal, covering the more HIV prevalence number by low risk group housewives among the HIV affected female population. Lack of fully inclusive knowledge of HIV/AIDS; lack of knowledge of proper use of condom, negligence, and risky sexual behavior have compelled maximum risk for HIV contraction in society.</p><p>Socio economic and cultural structures and the consequences of its correlation aggravated the HIV prevalence among people, especially have affected women. Discrimination of women is entrenched in Nepali society. Due to disparity and discrimination women are not able to get formal education that deprives them from any opportunity for the employment that leads poverty on them. Living under poverty often stems them to engage in high risk situations and likely to adopt risky sexual behaviors which in turn render them vulnerable to HIV infection. The masculinity of the society, and women’s less power for the decision making process have made females heavily dependent on males, and this constraint them from entering into negotiating for protective sex which put them in HIV infection .The study further revealed the triggering effect of powerlessness of housewives and risky sexual behavior of men to HIV infection to low risk group housewives.  If the same trends go on, the time is not so far for the Nepali women to take up the higher number of HIV prevalence, and the low risk group housewives will be highly vulnerable. It is already urgent to activate the plans and intervention program for the prevention of HIV prevalence which is stretching towards women especially to low risk group housewives. Based on the findings, conclusions and recommendations are drawn.</p>

O atual modelo de cidade capitalista, voltado ao crescimento econômico, proporciona um desequilíbrio na estrutura sócio-ambiental das áreas urbanizadas, acarretando sérios problemas ambientais. A crise ambiental e a exclusão social levam à necessidade de formular novas propostas para o desenvolvimento sustentável, atreladas ao potencial ambiental e cultural da cidade ao longo da sua evolução urbana, estimulando trajetórias de maior qualidade socioambiental e um melhor preparo para lidar com as grandes tendências evolutivas e seus impactos. O desenvolvimento sustentável implica no reconhecimento da relação natureza-cultura; valorizando os recursos naturais e os sentidos culturais que mobilizam a construção social da história. É necessário vincular a complexidade ambiental ao processo de construção da identidade de um povo; seus costumes, tradições e crenças. A abordagem ecológica é a base para o resgate da relação afetiva cidadão-cidade, tendo como principais eixos de amarração o patrimônio cultural e os recursos hídricos, analisados de acordo com a evolução da cidade. A pesquisa tem como principal objetivo avaliar a qualidade socioambiental e desenvolvimento de novos cenários para um projeto urbano sustentável baseado na elaboração e aplicação do Selo LABVerde II, um selo de localização sustentável, e na análise da estrutura ecológica, hídrica e cultural do município de Itu, em especial a ligação entre o Centro Histórico e o Novo Centro da cidade. Este trabalho valorizará o potencial ambiental e cultural nos projetos urbanos, estabelecendo vínculos afetivos da sociedade com sua identidade e com os recursos naturais, incentivando possíveis intervenções dos órgãos públicos no planejamento urbano e na formulação de novos planos diretores, com o objetivo de proporcionar uma qualidade de vida melhor. / The current model of a capitalist city, focused on economic growth, provides a lack of balance at socio-environmental structure of urbanized areas, leading to serious environmental problems. Environmental crisis and social exclusion evoke the formulation of different proposals for sustainable development linked to the environmental and cultural potential of the city, along its urban evolution, stimulating trajectories of higher socio-environmental quality and better preparedness to deal with big evolutionary trends and impacts. Sustainable development implies recognition of nature - culture relationship; valuing the natural resources and cultural sensethose mobilize social construction of history. It is urgent to link environmental complexity to the process of building a people\'s identity; their customs, traditions and beliefs. Ecological approach is the basis for the rescue of the citizen-city affective relationship, having as main axes of mooring cultural heritage and water resources, analyzed according to the city evolution. The main objective of the research is to evaluate socio-environmental quality and develop new scenarios for a sustainable urban project, based on the elaboration and application of the LABVerde II Seal, a seal of sustainable location, analyzing ecological and water resources and cultural structure in the municipality of Itu - in special connection between Historic Center and New Center of the city. This work intend to value environmental and cultural potential in urban projects, establishing affective bonds of society, with its identity and natural resources, encouraging possible interventions by public agencies in urban planning and the formulation of new master plans formulation, looking for better life quality.

O atual modelo de cidade capitalista, voltado ao crescimento econômico, proporciona um desequilíbrio na estrutura sócio-ambiental das áreas urbanizadas, acarretando sérios problemas ambientais. A crise ambiental e a exclusão social levam à necessidade de formular novas propostas para o desenvolvimento sustentável, atreladas ao potencial ambiental e cultural da cidade ao longo da sua evolução urbana, estimulando trajetórias de maior qualidade socioambiental e um melhor preparo para lidar com as grandes tendências evolutivas e seus impactos. O desenvolvimento sustentável implica no reconhecimento da relação natureza-cultura; valorizando os recursos naturais e os sentidos culturais que mobilizam a construção social da história. É necessário vincular a complexidade ambiental ao processo de construção da identidade de um povo; seus costumes, tradições e crenças. A abordagem ecológica é a base para o resgate da relação afetiva cidadão-cidade, tendo como principais eixos de amarração o patrimônio cultural e os recursos hídricos, analisados de acordo com a evolução da cidade. A pesquisa tem como principal objetivo avaliar a qualidade socioambiental e desenvolvimento de novos cenários para um projeto urbano sustentável baseado na elaboração e aplicação do Selo LABVerde II, um selo de localização sustentável, e na análise da estrutura ecológica, hídrica e cultural do município de Itu, em especial a ligação entre o Centro Histórico e o Novo Centro da cidade. Este trabalho valorizará o potencial ambiental e cultural nos projetos urbanos, estabelecendo vínculos afetivos da sociedade com sua identidade e com os recursos naturais, incentivando possíveis intervenções dos órgãos públicos no planejamento urbano e na formulação de novos planos diretores, com o objetivo de proporcionar uma qualidade de vida melhor. / The current model of a capitalist city, focused on economic growth, provides a lack of balance at socio-environmental structure of urbanized areas, leading to serious environmental problems. Environmental crisis and social exclusion evoke the formulation of different proposals for sustainable development linked to the environmental and cultural potential of the city, along its urban evolution, stimulating trajectories of higher socio-environmental quality and better preparedness to deal with big evolutionary trends and impacts. Sustainable development implies recognition of nature - culture relationship; valuing the natural resources and cultural sensethose mobilize social construction of history. It is urgent to link environmental complexity to the process of building a people\'s identity; their customs, traditions and beliefs. Ecological approach is the basis for the rescue of the citizen-city affective relationship, having as main axes of mooring cultural heritage and water resources, analyzed according to the city evolution. The main objective of the research is to evaluate socio-environmental quality and develop new scenarios for a sustainable urban project, based on the elaboration and application of the LABVerde II Seal, a seal of sustainable location, analyzing ecological and water resources and cultural structure in the municipality of Itu - in special connection between Historic Center and New Center of the city. This work intend to value environmental and cultural potential in urban projects, establishing affective bonds of society, with its identity and natural resources, encouraging possible interventions by public agencies in urban planning and the formulation of new master plans formulation, looking for better life quality.