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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Avalia??o da atividade antiviral de extratos obtidos da folha e fruto de Morinda citrifolia contra o v?rus dengue

Moreira, Polyanna Silva 23 February 2017 (has links)
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Atualmente, dentre as v?rias estrat?gias para controle da doen?a, ainda n?o se tem uma vacina eficaz ou um antiviral capaz de combater essa infec??o. Assim, o objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar a atividade antiviral de extratos obtidos da folha e frutos da planta Morinda citrifolia L. em cultura de c?lulas Vero infectadas com v?rus dengue-2 (DENV-2). Inicialmente foram obtidos os extratos brutos (hidroetan?lico) e as respectivas fra??es: hexano, clorof?rmio e acetato de etila, analisados por cromatografia. O teste de citotoxicidade do extrato bruto, res?duo aquoso e fra??es foram realizados em cultura de c?lulas Vero pelo m?todo MTT, nas concentra??es de 1000; 500; 250; 125; 62,5; 31,2 ?g/mL. O ensaio antiviral foi conduzido atrav?s das seguintes estrat?gias: c?lulas infectadas com DENV-2 (controle positivo); c?lulas mantidas com meio de cultura (controle negativo); c?lulas infectadas com DENV-2 e tratadas com o extrato ou fra??es. Ap?s cinco dias de infec??o a viabilidade celular foi avaliada pelo m?todo de MTT e o sobrenadante da cultura foi utilizado para quantifica??o viral por unidade formadora de placa (PFU). Os resultados demonstraram que a an?lise cromatogr?fica dos extratos e fra??es revelou bandas distintas e sugestivas de saponinas, terpenos e flavonoides. Tais extratos e fra??es n?o foram t?xicos para as culturas de c?lulas, com exce??o do tratamento das c?lulas com a fra??o clorof?rmio obtido da folha e as fra??es hexano e acetato de etila do fruto verde, levando a uma viabilidade pr?xima de 65%. No ensaio antiviral o controle positivo apresentou viabilidade celular em torno de 60% ap?s cinco dias de infec??o. No tratamento com os compostos obtidos da folha observou-se que ao adicionar a fra??o de acetato de etila ?s c?lulas infectadas, estas mantiveram uma viabilidade celular pr?ximo a 100% na concentra??o de 1000?g/mL e a 85% nas concentra??es de 500 e 250?g/mL. O tratamento com a fra??o hexano apresentou uma viabilidade superior ao controle positivo em todas as concentra??es. No entanto, na fra??o clorof?rmio, a viabilidade manteve-se elevada apenas nas concentra??es de 500 e 250?g/mL. O extrato bruto e a fra??o residual aquosa n?o demonstraram atividade antiviral. As c?lulas tratadas com o extrato e as diferentes fra??es obtidas dos frutos maduro e verde, apresentaram de um modo geral uma viabilidade celular pr?xima de 100% nas concentra??es de 500 e 1000 ?g/mL no fruto maduro e apenas 1000 ?g/mL no fruto verde, com exce??o das c?lulas que foram tratadas com a fra??o clorof?rmio, na qual n?o foi poss?vel observar nenhuma diferen?a significativa quando comparado ao controle positivo. Na quantifica??o viral observou-se que as c?lulas tratadas com as fra??es hexano e clorof?rmio obtidos da folha e tamb?m os extratos brutos obtidos dos frutos maduro e verde tiveram a??o antiviral, resultando na diminui??o total da carga viral. Finalmente, a partir desse estudo podemos identificar uma poss?vel atividade antiviral dos compostos obtidos de Morinda citrifolia contra o v?rus dengue. / Dengue is an arbovirosis which affects mankind, causing problems in the public health worldwide, especially in tropical countries which present conditions that favor the spread of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Currently, among the various strategies to control the disease, there is no effective vaccine or antiviral capable of combating this infection. Thus, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the antiviral activity of leaf and fruit extracts of the plant Morinda citrifolia L. in Vero cells culture infected with dengue-2 virus (DENV-2). Initially, the crude extracts (hydroethanolic) and their fractions were obtained: hexane, chloroform and ethyl acetate, followed by chromatographic analysis. The cytotoxicity test of the crude extract, the aqueous residue and its fractions were performed in culture of Vero cells by the MTT method, at concentrations of 1000; 500; 250; 125; 62.5; 31.2 ?g/mL. The antiviral assay results were conducted through the following strategies: cells infected with DENV-2 (positive control); cells maintained with culture medium (negative control); cells infected with DENV-2 and treated with the extract or fractions. After five days of infection, cell viability was evaluated by the MTT method and culture supernatant was used for viral quantification by plaque forming unit (PFU) assay. The results showed that the chromatographic analysis of extracts and fractions present distinct bands, which could be suggestive of saponins, terpenes and flavonoids. Such extracts and fractions were not toxic to cell cultures, except for the cells treated with the chloroform fraction obtained from leaf, hexane and ethyl acetate fractions of the green fruit, leading to a near 65% viability. In the antiviral assay the positive control had 60% of cell viability after five days of infection. Among the leaf extract treatments, it was observed that infected cells treated with ethyl acetate fraction, maintained their cell viability around 100% in the concentration of 1000?g/mL and up to 85% in the concentrations of 500 and 250?g/mL. The hexane fraction treatment showed higher viability in comparison to the positive control at all concentrations. However, in the chloroform fraction, viability remained high only at concentrations of 500 and 250 ?g/mL. Crude extract and residual aqueous fraction did not show any antiviral activity. Cells treated with the extract and different fractions obtained from the mature and green fruits, presented an overall cell viability close to 100% in 500 and 1000 ?g/mL in the mature fruit and only 1000 ?g/mL in the green fruit. However, for the cells treated with the chloroform fraction, it was not possible to observe any significant difference when compared to the positive control. In the viral quantification it was observed that cells treated with hexane and chloroform fractions obtained from leaf, as well as crude extracts obtained from mature and green fruits had antiviral effect, resulting in a total viral load decrease. Finally, identified from this study, a possible antiviral activity of the compounds obtained from Morinda citrifolia against dengue virus.
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A apropria??o do poder hegem?nico da ci?ncia em revistas de divulga??o cient?fica: estrat?gias sociodiscursivas

Santos, Paulo S?rgio da Silva 20 March 2017 (has links)
Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-10-18T19:23:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 PauloSergioDaSilvaSantos_TESE.pdf: 1896244 bytes, checksum: 19f9b06c9ff2a924738d778da3e44f23 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-10-18T22:09:15Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 PauloSergioDaSilvaSantos_TESE.pdf: 1896244 bytes, checksum: 19f9b06c9ff2a924738d778da3e44f23 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-18T22:09:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PauloSergioDaSilvaSantos_TESE.pdf: 1896244 bytes, checksum: 19f9b06c9ff2a924738d778da3e44f23 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-20 / A presente pesquisa pretende estudar a apropria??o do poder hegem?nico da ci?ncia pelas redes editoriais de divulga??o cient?fica. Para tal, o objetivo geral est? pautado em discutir as estrat?gias sociodiscursivas empregadas pelas redes editoriais da divulga??o cient?fica para apropria??o do poder hegem?nico da ci?ncia, considerando, nessa din?mica, os modos de constru??o simb?lica atrav?s dos quais, estas constituem-se em Sistemas Peritos. Assim, analisaremos uma materialidade discursiva composta a partir de um corpus semiestruturado de 16 exemplares coletados. Os ve?culos de divulga??o cient?fica, ao tomarem a voz da ci?ncia para si, passam a usufruir de controle e prest?gio social exercidos pelo pr?prio discurso cient?fico em detrimento da sociedade classificada como ?leiga? na rela??o com o saber e m?todo cient?fico. Portanto, as redes editoriais que sustentam as revistas de divulga??o da ci?ncia t?m, tal qual um l?cus privilegiado de excel?ncia t?cnica, regulamentado a vida material dos cidad?os, agindo como um Sistema Perito, como designou Giddens (1991, 2002). Dessa forma, as pessoas est?o envolvidas em diversos sistemas que dominam, organizam e, de certa forma, sugerem modos de vida. S?o sistemas important?ssimos nos quais todos depositam confian?a. Assim sendo, o termo ?ci?ncia? encapsula metaforicamente esses sistemas socialmente legitimados e as revistas de divulga??o da ci?ncia t?m buscado usufruir dessa legitimidade, como se dela fosse parte a fim de sobreviver no mercado editorial brasileiro. Por isso, faz-se importante entender como o dom?nio do discurso cient?fico, tanto quanto o da divulga??o cient?fica proporcionam acesso a recursos materiais e inst?ncias de poder. A pesquisa est? fundamentada, principalmente, na An?lise Cr?tica do Discurso, a partir do marco anal?tico proposto por Fairclough (2001 [2008], 2003), Chouliaraki e Fairlcough (1999), para aprofundamento das quest?es referentes ? intertextualidade e ao hibridismo de g?nero das pr?ticas discursivas das redes editoriais da divulga??o cient?fica. A Abordagem Sociol?gica e Comunicacional do Discurso, por sua vez, apontar? a an?lise para as quest?es concernentes ? Comunica??o para a Mudan?a Social e aos tipos de poder, a partir de uma retextualiza??o de Bajoit (2006) proposta por Pedrosa (2012, 2013). Buscamos, ainda, revelar os mecanismos de naturaliza??o que contribuem para a constru??o simb?lica atrav?s dos modos de opera??o da ideologia descritos por Thompson (2009). E, por fim, o conceito de confian?a desenvolvido por Giddens (1991, 2002), nesse contexto, lan?ar? luz acerca do esvaziamento de tempo e espa?o como estrat?gia de universaliza??o do discurso das revistas de divulga??o cient?fica.Metodologicamente, a pesquisa est? situada em um paradigma qualitativo, inserido no ?mbito das Ci?ncias Humanas e Sociais, com foco na Lingu?stica Aplicada (LA). A LA vem desenvolvendo di?logos com as teorias sociais cr?ticas para a constru??o de um campo de estudos que extrapola a rela??o entre teoria e pr?tica e leva em considera??o todos os interactantes das situa??es estudadas. O resultado desenhou o perfil das duas principais publica??es de divulga??o cient?fica do mercado brasileiro.Ficou demonstrado de forma clara que se trata de verdadeiras arenas discursivas. A din?mica de funcionamento revelou mecanismos que contribuem para naturaliza??o de um hegemonismo artificial a ser desempenhado por esse tipo de publica??o. Essas din?micas e padr?es revelados pelo corpus da pesquisa indicam a necessidade de uma maior e mais ampla discuss?o em torno dos ve?culos de divulga??o de informa??es cient?ficas. / The present research intends to study the appropriation of science?s hegemonic power by the editorials of scientific divulgation. To that purpose, the general objective is to discuss the socio-discursive strategies employed by the publishing networks of scientific dissemination for the appropriation of the hegemonic power of science, considering in this dynamics the concept of symbolic construction through which it constitutes an expert systems. Thus, we will analyze a discursive materiality composed of a semi structured corpus of 16 collected copies. The dissemination vehicles of science, taking the voice of science to themselves, come to enjoy control and social prestige exercised by scientific discourse to the detriment of society classified as "lay" in relation to scientific knowledge and method. Therefore, the editorial networks that support the magazines of science dissemination have, as a privileged locus of technical excellence, regulated the material life of citizens, acting as an Expert System, according to what Giddens (1991, 2002) has designated. In this way, people are involved in various systems that dominate, organize and, to a certain extent, suggest ways of life. They are very important systems in which everyone places trust. Thus, the term 'science' metaphorically encapsulates these socially legitimized systems and the magazines of science dissemination have sought to enjoy this legitimacy, as if it were part of them, in order to survive in the Brazilian publishing market. Therefore, it is important to understand how the domain of scientific discourse as well as that of scientific dissemination provides access to material resources and instances of power. The research is based mainly on the Critical Discourse Analysis, from the analytical framework proposed by Fairclough (2001 [2008], 2003), Chouliaraki and Fairlcough (1999), to deepen the questions related to intertextuality and gender hybridity from the discursive practices of the editorial networks of scientific dissemination. The Sociological and Communicational Approach of the Discourse, in turn, will point the analysis to the questions concerning the Communication for Social Change and the types of power, from a re-contextualization of Bajoit (2006) proposed by Pedrosa (2012, 2013). We further try to reveal the mechanisms of naturalization that contribute to symbolic construction through the modes of operation of ideology described by Thompson (2009). And finally, the concept of trust developed by Giddens (1991, 2002), in this context, will shed light on the emptying of time and space as a strategy for the universalization of the discourse of scientific journals. Methodologically, the research is situated in a qualitative paradigm, inserted in the scope of Human and Social Sciences, focusing on Applied Linguistics (LA). LA has been developing fruitful dialogues with critical social theories to build a field of study that extrapolates the relationship between theory and practice and takes into account all the interacting situations studied, breaking the logic of established voices. Therefore, the research is framed in a transdisciplinary and critical perspective as it requires the recent practice in the field of Applied Linguistics. LA has been developing dialogues with critical social theories for the construction of a field of studies that extrapolates the relation between theory and practice and takes into account all the interactants of the studied situations. The result drew the profile of the two main scientific dissemination publications in the brazilian market. It has been clearly demonstrated that these are real discursive arenas. The dynamics of functioning revealed mechanisms that contribute to the naturalization of an artificial hegemony to be performed by this type of publication. These dynamics and patterns revealed by the corpus of research indicate the need for a broader and wider discussion about the vehicles for disseminating scientific information.
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The Role of internal audit in the Independent review of anti-money laundering compliance in South Africa

Modisagae, Thapelo January 2013 (has links)
The dilemma of money laundering is an undeniable problem faced by many institutions all over the world. Due to its prevalence, the need for organisations to deal with the problem has become a global priority, regardless of the size of the financial institutions. Despite the compliance AML efforts undertaken by various institutions, AML compliance appears to be a daunting challenge, the question posed by this research is whether there is a need for independent anti-money laundering (AML) compliance reviews, given the invasive nature of money laundering in financial institutions. Secondly, the research addresses the question of who is well positioned to perform the independent AML compliance reviews. In addressing the second question, the research will discuss why internal audit is an invaluable resource in terms of risk management processes and the reasons why they are an integral part of the AML solution. / Dissertation (MPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / gm2014 / Auditing / unrestricted
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An?lise do uso de peri?dicos cient?ficos na transi??o do meio impresso ao eletr?nico em disserta??es e teses: o impacto do portal de Peri?dicos/CAPES na produ??o do conhecimento / Analysis of using scientific journals to transition from printed media to electronic media in dissertations and thesis: the impact of journal Search Engines/ Capes onto knowledge production

Costa, Rubenildo Oliveira da 28 February 2007 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:36:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rubenildo Oliveira da Costa-1.pdf: 691427 bytes, checksum: dfb3f447eab738a5ff3508150f06c6eb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-02-28 / Universidade Estadual Paulista J?lio de Mesquita Filho / It verbalizes the influence of electronic communication (also of free access) and the commercial publishers control over scientific knowledge production. It starts from the point that the advantage of the advent of electronic media journal provides to scientific knowledge production, related to traditional support journal, is particularly related to acess speed and dinamization (time x space), not to contribute to paradigm changes within a domain. Concerning it has an exploratory, lining case study nature, it aims at analysing the use and the level of influence the electronic journals have been performing to scientific knowledge production within the University since the 1980 s, as well as presenting the level of influence of commercial publishers, by means of studying the Bradford s (80/20) Law reproductivity, in order to contribute to discussion/ reflection on forming and establishing indicators and control devices for managing title collections of electronic journals (Consortiums and Search Engines). Through collection and title and year analysis in dissertations and thesis from three decades (1980 s, 1990 s and 2000 s) of a certain domain, we have concluded that the hypothesis stated herein is valid. It seems that, due to the electronic communication phenomenon, researchers have been quoting more titles faster and faster. Therefore, the scientific progress seems to go forward quickly. As long as we have identified large influence from commercial publishers, we have also noticed the growth of free access to scientific information. / Versa sobre a influ?ncia da comunica??o eletr?nica (tamb?m de acesso livre) e o controle das editoras comerciais na produ??o do conhecimento cient?fico. A proposi??o ? de que a vantagem que o advento do peri?dico em meio eletr?nico proporciona para a produ??o do conhecimento cient?fico, relativamente ao peri?dico em suporte tradicional, est? particularmente relacionada ? velocidade e dinamiza??o do acesso (tempo x espa?o) e n?o a de contribuir para mudan?as paradigm?ticas do n?cleo de um dom?nio. De car?ter explorat?rio com delineamento de estudo de caso, visa-se analisar o uso e o grau de influ?ncia que os peri?dicos eletr?nicos v?m exercendo na produ??o de conhecimento cient?fico na Universidade desde a d?cada de 1980, como tamb?m apresentar o grau de influ?ncia das editoras comerciais, por meio do estudo da reprodutividade da lei de Bradford (80/20), a fim de contribuir para discuss?o / reflex?o sobre formula??o e estabelecimento de indicadores e dispositivos de controle para a gest?o das cole??es de t?tulos de peri?dicos eletr?nicos disponibilizadas pelos estoques de peri?dicos eletr?nicos (Cons?rcios e Portais). Por meio da coleta e an?lise dos t?tulos e anos de peri?dicos citados em disserta??es e teses de tr?s d?cadas (1980, 1990 e 2000) de um determinado dom?nio, conclui-se que a hip?tese colocada ? valida. Parece que, por conta do fen?meno da comunica??o eletr?nica, os pesquisadores est?o citando mais t?tulos e mais rapidamente. Com isso, o progresso cient?fico parece avan?ar velozmente. Ao passo que se identifica grande influ?ncia das editoras comerciais, percebe-se tamb?m um crescimento do movimento de acesso livre a informa??o cient?fica.
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Efeitos de peixes zooplanct?voros e on?voros sobre a resposta de comunidades planct?nicas ? fertiliza??o por nutrientes

Cardoso, Maria Marcolina Lima 29 May 2009 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:33:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MariaMLC.pdf: 1068178 bytes, checksum: 2211aebe12426e9f45d52a507df28c0f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-05-29 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The food chain theory predict that presence of omnivory prevent the trophic cascade and could be a strong stabilizing factor over resource and consumer community dynamics, and that the nutrient enrichment destabilize populations dynamics. Most of the freshwater tropical reservoirs are eutrophic, and strategies that seek improve the water quality through the control of phytoplankton biomass and nutrient input, become essential for the improvement and preservation of water quality. The aim of this study was test the zooplanktivory (when larvae) and omnivory (when young and adult) effects of Nile Tilapia over the structure and dynamics of plankton communities, in addition or absence of nutrients enrichment. For this, one field experiment was performed with a factorial design 2x3 resulting in six treatments: control, without fish and nutrient (C); with omnivorous fish (O); with zooplanktivorous fish (Z); without fish and with enrichment of nutrients (NP); with omnivorous fish and nutrients (ONP); and, with zooplanktivorous fish and nutrients (ZNP). The two planktivory types reduced the zooplankton biomass and increased the phytoplankton biomass, but the omnivory of filter-feeding fish attenuated the trophic cascade magnitude. The fertilization by nutrients increases the nutrient concentrations in water and the phytoplankton biomass, but the effect on zooplankton is dependent of the trophic structure. In a general way, the effects of the fish and nutrient addition were addictive, but significant interactions among those factors were observed in the answer of some zooplankton groups. The effects of omnivorous fish over the temporal variability of phytoplankton and zooplankton biomass were very variable, the increase or reduce in variability of the plankton depending of the level of nutrients and of the analyzed variable. With base in this study, we conclude that the planktivory type exercised by the fish and the concentrations of nutrients in the water affects the force of pelagic trophic cascades and probably the success of biomanipulation programs for the handling of water quality in lakes and tropical reservoirs / A teoria de cadeias alimentares prev? que a presen?a de onivoria pode atenuar os efeitos de cascata tr?fica e estabilizar as popula??es de aut?trofos e herb?voros, as quais s?o desestabilizadas pela fertiliza??o por nutrientes. Tendo em vista que muitos lagos e reservat?rios tropicais encontram-se eutrofizados, estrat?gias que visem o controle do aporte de nutrientes e a redu??o da biomassa fitoplanct?nica s?o essenciais para a melhoria da qualidade da ?gua desses ambientes. O presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito da zooplanctivoria e onivoria por uma mesma esp?cie de peixe (Til?pia do Nilo), que quando larva ? zooplanct?vora e quando jovem e adulta torna-se filtradora on?vora, sobre a estrutura e din?mica das comunidades planct?nicas, na presen?a e aus?ncia de enriquecimento por nutrientes. Para tanto, foi realizado um experimento com desenho fatorial 2 x 3, resultando em 6 tratamentos: sem adi??o de peixes ou nutrientes (C); com adi??o de peixes zooplanct?voros (Z); com adi??o de peixes on?voros (O); com adi??o de nutrientes (NP); com adi??o de peixes zooplanct?voros e nutrientes (ZNP); e com adi??o de peixes on?voros e nutrientes (ONP). Os resultados mostram que os dois tipos de planct?voros reduziram a biomassa zooplanct?nica e aumentaram a biomassa fitoplanct?nica, mas que a onivoria dos peixes filtradores atenuou a magnitude das cascatas tr?ficas. Os resultados tamb?m mostram que a fertiliza??o por nutrientes aumenta as concentra??es de nutrientes na ?gua e a biomassa fitoplanct?nica, mas que o efeito sobre o zoopl?ncton depende da estrutura tr?fica. De um modo geral, os efeitos da adi??o de peixes e nutrientes foram aditivos, mas intera??es significativas entre esses fatores foram observadas na resposta de alguns grupos zooplanct?nicos. Os efeitos dos peixes on?voros sobre a variabilidade temporal da biomassa do fitopl?ncton e do zoopl?ncton foram muito vari?veis, aumentando ou reduzindo a variabilidade do pl?ncton dependendo do n?vel de nutrientes e da vari?vel analisada. ? poss?vel concluir, com base neste estudo, que o tipo de planctivoria exercido pelos peixes e as concentra??es de nutrientes na ?gua afetam a for?a das cascatas tr?ficas pel?gicas e provavelmente o sucesso dos programas de biomanipula??o para o manejo da qualidade da ?gua de lagos e reservat?rios tropicais
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The influence of FAIS and FICA on a medium sized life insurance company – Assupol Life

Laidlaw, Cristiaan Johannes 11 1900 (has links)
As a medium-sized life insurance company Assupol Life provide life insurance products to clients within government departments, although the company entered the broader private market. The enactment of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 2002 and the Financial Intelligence Centre Act, 2001 impacted financial service providers and the research analysed the influence of regulation on managerial decision making, marketing and sales, finance, human resources, training and the structures within the organisation to comply with the legislation. The study endeavoured to determine the influence of regulation on the company and the measures implemented by the management of Assupol Life. The research results confirmed that the primary challenge faced by the company is to find a balance between compliance, managing human capital and creating value for shareholders. The major impact of the legislation involves the human resource- and training functions and the study illustrated that other influences was less severe. / Business Administration / M. Tech. (Business Administration)
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Os caminhos reflexivos/formativos percorridos por uma professora alfabetizadora: um estudo autobiogr?fico / The reflexive / formative paths covered by a literacy teacher: An autobiographical study

Jesus, Deise Cristina Carvalho de 15 February 2017 (has links)
Submitted by SBI Biblioteca Digital (sbi.bibliotecadigital@puc-campinas.edu.br) on 2017-10-04T11:41:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DEISE CRISTINA CARVALHO DE JESUS.pdf: 9189468 bytes, checksum: 8832b0dac087556a4ce440426b7d479a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-04T11:41:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DEISE CRISTINA CARVALHO DE JESUS.pdf: 9189468 bytes, checksum: 8832b0dac087556a4ce440426b7d479a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-15 / This research aims to understand my reflective process as a movement that enhances my personal and professional development, through the remembrances I made / do from my participation in an in-service training program for literacy teachers. I am a teacher of the 1st year of elementary school and have taken the continuing education courses proposed by the PNAIC (National Pact for Literacy in the Right Age). The methodology of this research is the autobiographical, based on the historical-cultural approach. For the production of the empirical material, I started from my memories during my participation in the ongoing training course of literacy teachers, proposed by the PNAIC of Portuguese-language, in 2013. The memories had resources that were memory triggers:The guidelines of the meetings held at the time,the reading books for enjoyment held at each meeting; The official training books of the course, the games boxes of PNAIC, the course videos that was available online and the activities developed with the students of the researcher during the course.These memory triggers enabled me (self)revisit the formative space of the course, favoring the writing of reports that have become the raw empirical material of this research. Faced with these reports, I reflect on what knowledge was appropriated by me during the training course and that is present until today in my pedagogical work.I identified in this process of search and reflection that the proposal to organize the activities by didactic sequences was quite significant in my teaching work. In this research, I recalled the didactic sequences that I developed with my students,both during and after the training course, materializing them in a narrative writing. Difficult task, of (self)exposure, of (self)evaluation, of reflection, of strangeness, of confronting myself, with my resistances, beliefs and (un)certainties. The research through autobiographical narratives proved to be a powerful resource for teacher reflexivity, promoting personal and professional development.Writing about lived experience made me understand in better way the difference between being a literacy teacher and becoming, with each experience, a literacy teacher. / Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo compreender o meu processo reflexivo como movimento potencializador do meu desenvolvimento pessoal e profissional docente, por meio das rememora??es que fiz/fa?o a partir da minha participa??o em um programa de forma??o em servi?o de professores alfabetizadores. Sou professorado 1? ano do ensino fundamental e fiz os cursos de forma??o continuada propostos pelo PNAIC (Pacto Nacional pela Alfabetiza??o na Idade Certa). A metodologia desta pesquisa ? a autobiogr?fica, fundamentada na abordagem hist?rico-cultural. Para a produ??o do material emp?rico, parti das minhas lembran?as durante a minha participa??o no curso de forma??o continuada de professores alfabetizadores, proposto pelo PNAIC de l?ngua portuguesa, no ano de 2013. As lembran?as contaram com recursos que foram disparadores de mem?ria: as pautas dos encontros realizados na ?poca, os livros de leitura para deleite realizada em cada encontro; os cadernos de forma??o oficiais do curso, as caixas de jogos do PNAIC, os v?deos do curso dispon?veis on-line e as atividades desenvolvidas com os alunos da pesquisadora durante o curso. Esses disparadores de mem?ria possibilitaram-me (auto)revisitar o espa?o formativo do curso, favorecendo a escrita de relatos que se tornaram o material emp?rico bruto desta pesquisa. Frente a esses relatos, coloco-me a refletir sobre qual conhecimento foi apropriado por mim durante o curso de forma??o e que se encontra presente at? hoje no meu fazer pedag?gico. Identifiquei nesse processo de busca e reflex?o que a proposta de organizar as atividades por sequ?ncias did?ticas foi bastante significativa em meu trabalho docente. Assim, nesta pesquisa, rememorei as sequ?ncias did?ticas que desenvolvi com meus estudantes, tanto durante como ap?s o curso de forma??o, materializando-as em uma escrita narrativa. Tarefa dif?cil, de (auto)exposi??o, de (auto)avalia??o, de reflex?o, de estranhamento, de enfrentamento de mim, com minhas resist?ncias, cren?as e (in)certezas. A pesquisa por meio de narrativas autobiogr?ficas mostrou-se um recurso potente para a reflexividade docente, promovendo o desenvolvimento pessoal e profissional. Escrever sobre o vivido fez-me compreender melhor a diferen?a entre ser professora alfabetizadora e torna-se, a cada experi?ncia, uma professora alfabetizadora.
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Quantifica??o e qualifica??o da arboriza??o em ?reas verdes urbanas na bacia hidrogr?fica do ribeir?o das Anhumas ? Campinas / S?o Paulo / Quantification and qualification of afforestation in urban green areas in the watershed of the Anhumas creek ? Campinas / S?o Paulo

Bittar, Denise ?lvares 26 February 2018 (has links)
Submitted by SBI Biblioteca Digital (sbi.bibliotecadigital@puc-campinas.edu.br) on 2018-04-06T19:26:16Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DENISE ?LVARES BITTAR.pdf: 29405866 bytes, checksum: b41bf305b5c6836504f7b3a5f8d4280a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-06T19:26:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DENISE ?LVARES BITTAR.pdf: 29405866 bytes, checksum: b41bf305b5c6836504f7b3a5f8d4280a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-26 / CAPES / The preservation of urban green areas is justified by providing environmental quality to the population. Through the ecological, environmental, aesthetic, landscape, climatic, psychological and also recreational functions, they alleviate the negative consequences of the continuous processes of urbanization, directly interfering in the quality of life of the people and ecosystem wrap. In this context, the present work aims to quantify and qualify the public green areas inserted in the Anhumas River Basin in Campinas / SP in order to contribute to evaluations and proposals of interventions in the existing areas or extensions of these spaces. The object of the study is the urban green areas that make up an urban system of free areas, which should be considered as spaces of daily life, having their edges used for diversified urban purposes, not only to support infrastructures such as road system or drainage . For the manipulation of the data, vectors and orthophotos, a GIS (Geographic Information System) program was used for the spatial interpretation of the data and elaboration of the cartographic products. The maps generated were used to identify potential areas for accounting for green areas. The work was delimited in the area drained by the Anhumas river basin, one of the most complex basins in Campinas / SP, in terms of environmental management, mainly due to the deep changes in its floodplains, caused by hydraulic interventions, but also by the model of urbanization adopted and the extensive occupation of urban land. However, in spite of its contrasts and paradoxes, the region still presents real possibilities of using its free spaces in the metropolis as a means to enable a functional and environmental requalification through the adoption of more public green areas, creation of integrating linear parks and permeable areas around the basin, considering the serious problems arising from the current state of degradation of the landscape and the environment. As a result, a qualitative and quantitative analysis of 14 areas was carried out and the proposal of 128 areas (794,14Ha) increasing the index of public green areas per inhabitant by more than 100%, with a green area index of 10, 82m? per inhabitant to 20.77m? of area per inhabitant, concluding that the potential of the public area allied to the correct urban planning can guarantee environmental quality to the population. / A preserva??o de ?reas verdes urbanas ? justificada por proporcionar qualidade ambiental ? popula??o. Por meio das fun??es ecol?gico-ambiental, est?tica, paisag?stica, clim?tica, psicol?gica e tamb?m recreativa, amenizam as consequ?ncias negativas dos processos cont?nuos de urbaniza??o, interferindo diretamente na qualidade de vida das pessoas e ecossistema envolt?rio. Neste contexto, o presente trabalho tem por objetivo quantificar e qualificar as ?reas verdes p?blicas inseridas na Bacia do ribeir?o das Anhumas em Campinas/SP a fim de contribuir para avalia??es e propostas de interven??es nas ?reas j? existentes ou amplia??es desses espa?os. O objeto do estudo s?o as ?reas verdes urbanas que comp?em um sistema urbano de ?reas livres, e que devem ser considerados como espa?os da vida cotidiana, tendo suas orlas aproveitadas para fins urbanos diversificados, e n?o apenas para suporte de infraestruturas como sistema vi?rio ou drenagem. Para a manipula??o dos dados, vetores e ortofotos foram utilizados um programa SIG (Sistema de Informa??es Geogr?ficas) para a interpreta??o espacial dos dados e elabora??o dos produtos cartogr?ficos. Os mapas gerados foram utilizados na identifica??o de ?reas potenciais para contabiliza??o de ?reas verdes. O trabalho foi delimitado na ?rea drenada pela bacia do ribeir?o das Anhumas, uma das bacias mais complexas de Campinas/SP no que se refere ? gest?o ambiental, principalmente por decorr?ncia das profundas altera??es em suas v?rzeas, causadas por interven??es hidr?ulicas, mas tamb?m pelo modelo de urbaniza??o adotado e pela ocupa??o extensiva do solo urbano. Entretanto, apesar de seus contrastes e paradoxos, a regi?o apresenta ainda reais possibilidades de utiliza??o de seus espa?os livres na metr?pole como meio de viabiliza??o de uma requalifica??o funcional e ambiental atrav?s da ado??o de mais ?reas verdes p?blicas, cria??o de parques lineares integradores e aumento das ?reas perme?veis no contorno da referida bacia, considerando-se, os s?rios problemas decorrentes do estado atual de degrada??o da paisagem e do meio ambiente. Como resultado obteve-se an?lise qualiquantitativa de 14 ?reas e a proposta de mais 128 ?reas (794,14Ha) aumentando o ?ndice de ?reas verdes p?blicas por habitante em mais de 100%, com ?ndice de ?reas verdes de 10, 82m? por habitante para 20,77m? de ?rea verde por habitante, concluindo que o potencial da ?rea p?blica aliada ao correto planejamento urbano pode-se garantir qualidade ambiental a popula??o.
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Substitui????o tribut??ria : o efeito do diferimento do ICMS nas ind??strias gr??ficas do Estado de S??o Paulo

Santos, Nilson Manoel dos 22 December 2008 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-03T18:35:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Nilson_Manoel_dos_Santos.pdf: 559210 bytes, checksum: 3208249223787dd273b338f085324b3d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-12-22 / This paper has the purpose of verifying the effect of the ICMS deferment in the State of S??o Paulo printing industries - a kind of back tax substitution. The theoretical reference discusses the tax substitution and the tax on transactions relating to the goods circulation. The quantitative research covered the printing industries that manufacture paper and card paper packing, medicine bulls, labels and tags, since they are fitted into this kind of tax substitution. It was used the factor analysis and, after rotated, were found the factors: satisfaction, benefits, the government actuation and the facilities. The search results show that these entrepreneurs are not satisfied with the ICMS deferment, because it does not present benefits, since the government does not fulfill its role in the approval of credits, resulting in difficulties to repass the ICMS accumulated credits for the payment of the suppliers by the purchasing of raw materials. This research identified that, if the manufacturers might revindicate the deferment revocation, they would ask it or even change for a state not covered by this kind of back tax substitution that corresponds to the deferment. It was highlighted in research that contributed to deferral not lowering the price, reduce capital and the third increase in not competitiveness. / O objetivo desta pesquisa ?? verificar qual o efeito do diferimento do ICMS nas ind??strias gr??ficas do Estado de S??o Paulo, que ?? uma das esp??cies de substitui????o tribut??ria denominada substitui????o tribut??ria para tr??s. O referencial te??rico trata de: gest??o tribut??ria; imposto sobre opera????es relativas ?? circula????o de mercadorias; guerra fiscal, substitui????o tribut??ria; sistema de informa????o ERP; mark-up; forma????o do pre??o de venda; cr??dito acumulado de ICMS e IVA. A pesquisa quantitativa abrangeu as ind??strias gr??ficas que fabricam embalagem em papel e papel cart??o, bula, etiqueta e r??tulo, por serem as que se enquadram nesse tipo de substitui????o tribut??ria. Foi utilizada a an??lise descritiva dos respondentes e an??lise fatorial e, ap??s ser rotacionada, foram encontrados os fatores: satisfa????o, benef??cio, o papel do governo e as facilidades. Os resultados da pesquisa evidenciam que esses empres??rios n??o est??o satisfeitos com o diferimento do ICMS, pois n??o traz benef??cios, uma vez que o governo n??o cumpre o seu papel na homologa????o dos cr??ditos, havendo dificuldade em repassar os cr??ditos acumulados de ICMS para o pagamento de aquisi????o das mat??rias-primas nos fornecedores. Esta pesquisa identificou que, se os fabricantes tivessem oportunidade de reivindicar a revoga????o do diferimento, eles a solicitariam ou, ainda, mudariam para um Estado n??o abrangido por essa esp??cie de substitui????o tribut??ria para tr??s, correspondente ao diferimento. Foi evidenciada na pesquisa que o diferimento n??o contribui para o barateamento do pre??o, redu????o de capital de terceiros e n??o aumenta a competitividade.
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Psicoterapias breves psicodin?micas: produ??o cient?fica em peri?dicos nacionais e estrangeiros (1980/2002) / Brief psyhodynamic psychotherapies: scientific production in national and foreign journals (1980/2002)

Santeiro, Tales Vilela 11 February 2005 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:29:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tales Santeiro 1.pdf: 1085482 bytes, checksum: 676a282184c86e49a3e08e56649d1b31 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-02-11 / Universidade Estadual Paulista J?lio de Mesquita Filho / Assessing scientific production on brief psychodynamic psychotherapies becomes a necessary activity for designing the profile of trends and perspectives in the area. The paper analyzes, describes and compares studies published in two national journals (Estudos de Psicologia/EP and Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria/JBP; 35,8% of the production) and in two foreign ones (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology/JCCP and Psychotherapy and Psychosomatis/PP; 64,2% of the production) (N=81) . The distribution of the production concentrates in the 1990 s; on the whole, the national one rises in institutions of the Southeastern region and the foreign one in North American institutions. The male sex is the significant gender among authors, and the multiple authorship is the one appearing most frequently. The most frequent text support among the Brazilian ones is the book, and among the foreign ones are the articles. The most frequently journals in the articles are, in general, the ones analyzed: JBP, JCCP and mainly PP. National authors make significant use of foreign production for technical-theoretical foundation of their papers; among foreigners, the use of journals produced in their own countries. English is significantly the language of the references. The use of current references, between 0 and 5 years, is significant. In the Brazilian production the authors are quoted in a width ranging from 1 to 16 times and in the foreign one, from 1 to 66 times. In the national production David Malan, Sigmund Freud, Mauricio Knobel and Hector Fiorini are the most quoted; in the fore ign one, David Malan, Hans Strupp, David Shapiro, Lester Luborsky, Peter Sifneos and Ragnhild Husby. In general, empirical studies predominate. Adults of both sexes, seen individually, design the profile of the target population. Several pathologies/complaints are investigated; th ere are signs of some highlight to depression. Clinical scales are the most used tools for psychological assessment. The correlational design predominates in the empirical researches. The integrative theoretical model is the most frequent among Brazilian authors; among foreigners, the drive/structural is significantly the most used one. Altogether, qualitative differences do not appear in relation to the studied variables, although the foreign production is numerically greater. / Avaliar produ??o cient?fica sobre psicoterapias breves psicodin?micas trata-se de atividade necess?ria para o tra?ado do perfil de tend?ncias e perspectivas na ?rea. O trabalho analisa, descreve e compara estudos publicados em dois peri?dicos nacionais (Estudos de Psicologia/EP e Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria/JBP; 36% da produ??o) e em dois estrangeiros (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology/JCCP e Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics/PP; 64% da produ??o) (N=81). A distribui??o da produ??o concentra-se na d?cada de 1990; de forma geral, a nacional origina-se em institui??es da regi?o Sudeste e a estrangeira em institui??es norte-americanas. O sexo masculino ? o g?nero significante entre os autores, e a autoria m?ltipla a mais freq?ente. O suporte de texto significantemente mais citado entre os brasileiros ? o livro, e entre os estrangeiros os artigos. Peri?dicos mais citados nos artigos analisados s?o, no geral, os pr?prios analisados: JBP, JCCP e principalmente o PP. Autores nacionais utilizam-se para fundamenta??o te?rico-t?cnica de seus trabalhos de produ??es estrangeiras de modo significante; entre estrangeiros, o uso de peri?dicos produzidos em seus pr?prios pa?ses. O idioma das refer?ncias citadas ? significantemente o ingl?s. O uso de refer?ncias recentes, entre 0 e 5 anos, ? significante. Na produ??o nacional os autores s?o citados numa amplitude que varia de 1 a 16 vezes e na estrangeira, de 1 a 66 vezes. Na produ??o nacional David Malan, Sigmund Freud, Mauricio Knobel e Hector Fiorini s?o os mais citados; na estrangeira, David Malan, Hans Strupp, David Shapiro, Lester Luborsky, Peter Sifneos e Ragnhild Husby. Em geral, estudos emp?ricos predominam. Adultos de ambos os sexos, atendidos na modalidade individual, desenham o perfil da popula??o alvo. V?rias as patologias/queixas s?o investigadas; h? ind?cios de certo destaque para depress?o. Escalas cl?nicas s?o os instrumentos de avalia??o psicol?gica mais utilizados. O delineamento correlacional predomina nas pesquisas emp?ricas. O modelo te?rico integrativo ? o mais freq?ente na orienta??o dos trabalhos escritos por brasileiros; entre estrangeiros, o impulsivo-estrutural ? significantemente mais utilizado. De modo geral, n?o se verifica diferen?as qualitativas em rela??o ?s vari?veis estudadas, embora a produ??o estrangeira seja numericamente superior.

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