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Até 1970, Piracicaba vivenciou um intenso processo de industrialização impulsionado pelo desenvolvimento histórico de sua agricultura, caracterizada principalmente pela produção sucroalcooleira, e pelo crescente desenvolvimento econômico da cidade de São Paulo. Nas últimas décadas, com o processo de desconcentração industrial da capital paulista para seu entorno, reflexo de uma nova conjuntura política e econômica mundial que influenciou o processo de industrialização brasileiro e promoveu maiores investimentos no interior paulista, presencia-se uma nova dinâmica industrial no município de Piracicaba, integrante da região administrativa de Campinas e próxima aos principais eixos de transportes do Estado de São Paulo. Dessa forma, Piracicaba passou a receber novos investimentos industriais, onde se destacam grupos econômicos de capitais internacionais, anteriormente quase ausentes no município. Na disputa por atrair esses investimentos, o poder municipal teve papel destacado ao promover incentivos fiscais, na manutenção de instituições para a qualificação da mão-de-obra local, e na criação de áreas próprias para a instalação dessas empresas. Nossa pesquisa propõe uma ampla análise sobre o processo de industrialização do município, com ênfase nas diferentes etapas de seu desenvolvimento e em suas recentes transformações. / Until 1970, Piracicaba experienced an intense process of industrialization propelled by historical development of its agriculture, characterized primarily by sugarcane production, and the growing economic development of the city of São Paulo. In recent decades, the process of industrial deconcentration from the state capital to its surroundings, reflecting a new world political and economic conditions that influenced the process of Brazilian industrialization and promoted greater investment São Paulo State, witnesses become a new industrial dynamics in the municipality Piracicaba, member of the administrative region of Campinas and near the main transport corridors of the State of São Paulo. Thereby, Piracicaba started to receive new industrial investments, where we highlight international economic groups, previously almost absent in this city. In the competition to attract these investments, the municipal government had a leading role in promoting tax incentives, the maintenance of institutions for the qualification of labor site, and the creation of own land for installation of these companies. Our research proposes an extensive analysis on the process of industrialization of the city, with emphasis on the different stages of its development and its recent transformations.

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It is important for an architect to understand the limiting factors that will affect the design of a modular building. The implementation of modular construction as a means of improving production efficiency and worker safety in the construction industry raises into question the design quality of modular buildings, and whether or not the merits of the building process can also be captured from the perspective of the architect. For this reason, the constraints and barriers to design innovation in modular construction are recorded through the lens of an architect. This study uses interviews with modular manufacturers to extract information on the topic of innovation in the industry. Featuring a case study project as the platform for discussion, the opinions of experienced building professionals were sought to identify what is and what isn't possible. Among the primary constraints and barriers to innovation, including manufacturing costs, dimensional requirements based on transportation method, and the inflexibility of CAM software, the results of the study identified a need for architects to become better educated about modular construction in general. Therefore, the information presented is meant to be a teaching tool geared towards architects. / Master of Science

Thesis (doctoral)--Stockholm University, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-298).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 229-248).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Cornell University, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 456-486).

This study showed a strong association between asthma, hay fever, and eczema in the same child. The presence of pets outdoors but not indoors appeared to be associated with an increased incidence of wheezing in children. Use of the traditional Gulf incense also appeared to be a precipitating factor for asthma in this study. There were also statistically significant relationships between asthma and exposure to dust at home from air conditioner blasts, which is consistent with studies elsewhere. Moreover, in this study, passive exposure to tobacco smoking at home did not appear to have any significant relationship with asthma. There was, however, a statistically significant relationship between asthma and exposure to pollen from indoor plants, which is also consistent with studies elsewhere. Parental asthma but not parental atopy was a significant risk factor for asthma in offspring, a finding which agrees with other studies that have shown that parental atopy may enhance the likelihood of the expression of asthma, but does not, on its own, impact as a risk factor in the same way as parental asthma. There was a statistically significant difference in the prevalence of asthma and the symptoms of asthma between different areas across the United Arab Emirates, but not for eczema or hay fever. This is most likely attributable to the impact of radically different environmental conditions on the development of allergies in two genetically homogenous populations of United Arab Emirates nationals. Asthma, wheeze, dyspnoea and nocturnal cough were more prevalent in coastal humid Dubai, compared to dry inland Al-Ain. However, there was no statistically significant difference in the prevalence of eczema and hay fever between coastal and inland areas in the United Arab Emirates. An environmental survey carried out in Dubai and Al-Ain to study the effect of air pollution among asthmatic children showed that overall air quality in both Dubai and in Al-Ain is good, except during adverse weather conditions, strong winds and dust storms, in summer time, where the level of Respirable Particulates (PM10) is occasionally high in Dubai. However, a previous study of seasonal trends in hospital admissions for asthmatic children in Dubai showed that the highest numbers of admissions for asthmatic children occurred between the months of October and February. These are the coldest months of the year in the United Arab Emirates. Therefore air pollution from dust storms was not the cause of the high prevalence of asthma in Dubai. Although the prevalence of asthma and wheezing was lower in the United Arab Emirates than in some developed countries, it was still higher than other chronic diseases. This study demonstrated that symptoms suggestive of asthma are quite common and constitute a major health problem in the United Arab Emirates. High rates of consanguineous marriage, a buoyant economy, rapid industrialization, development of the agricultural sector, an increase in the domestication of animals and dairy farms, combined with an emphasis on 'greening' the environment, may have resulted in an increase of the prevalence of asthma. World-wide trends have been in this direction. Therefore, a concentrated effort should be made to implement therapeutic and non-therapeutic programmes for the management of asthma by parents, teachers and physicians.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2000. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 270-288). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.