Technical Visits Research Articles

Museologia e Comunidades LGBT: mapeamento de ações de superação das fobias à diversidade em museus e iniciativas comunitárias do globo

This study seeks an overall view of the memory of the LGBT community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) in museums and community initiatives, the project LGBT memory mapping and analyzes the main existing shares in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania. Through technical visits, interviews, non-directive (attendance or virtual), the magazine LGBT Memory publications, bibliographical researches and queries to official sites, mapping aims to indicate the limits and possibilities that are presented to museological field by including a minority present in every continent but still forgotten. This museological invisibility, favors forgetfulness and consequently strengthens phobias of sexual orientation and gender identity. By analyzing the preservation techniques, the exhibition content of each mapped proposal and its absence in large territories, looking to indicate strategies found in building a global LGBT memory, questioning, therefore, the democratization of memory and manifest content in museums, community initiatives or museological policies interested in winning civil rights and overcoming phobias to sexual / emotional diversity. Keywords: LGBT, Diversity, Social Museology

Reverse osmosis powered by concentrating solar power (CSP): A case study for Trapani, Sicily

The objective of this paper is to analyse the physical performance of two technologies in a water and electricity co-generation scheme: Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant coupled to a Reverse Osmosis (RO) unit for a location in the city of Trapani, in southern Italy. The modelled system is compared with the results of another study [2], in which a Multi-Effect Desalination (MED) is powered by a CSP plant for the same location in Italy, using as reference an existing stand-alone gas powered MED plant located at Trapani [3] (which has operated until very recently). The overall aim is to assess and compare these two cogeneration schemes, using as reference the existing MED plant. This work was conducted using as the main simulation tool: the System Advisor Model (SAM) developed by the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL); a recent upgrade to SAM made available to this work through Laboratorio Nacional de Energia e Geologia I.P. (LNEG); and the Reverse Osmosis System Analysis (ROSA) developed by the Dow Chemical Company. A technical visit to a real commercial RO plant in the south of Portugal (Alvor) was conducted, and the data gathered was used in the validation of the ROSA model. The results for the Trapani case study show that the CSP-RO arrangement has the capability to produce ~50% of the total production of the full scale plant at Trapani, if operated at nominal capacity, year round. Also, the CSP-RO system provides ~20% more electricity and water than the CSP-MED system throughout the studied period of one year. The two co-generation schemes provide promising potential to fight the issues related to fresh water shortages and dependency on fossil fuelled desalination. Thus, they can aid in decreasing the effects associated with CO2 emissions and climate change.

Avaliação da Gestão da Qualidade de uma Agência Transfusional

Introduction: Quality control, when implemented, should ensure the use of blood components without the presence of transfusion reactions. Numerous regulations in hemotherapy area have driven the approaches used by transfusion agencies to minimize the risks for the patient/receptor. Objective: To carry out the evaluation of the quality management of a transfusion agency located in the city of Camboriu, SC, Brazil. Material and Methods: The PDCA Cycle (Plan, Do, Check, Act) was used to plan and organize the quality management actions, to observe the improvements and, where necessary, to assist in the resolution of detected issues. Results: Information from the hemotherapic routine of the institution was obtained through 15 technical visits. Technical Inspection Checklists in the Hemotherapy Service indicated a compliance of 80% with the norms. related to biosafety , physical area and reagents, while most of the non-conformities were observed in the Quality Management sector. Thus, Quality Tools were used for correction of non-conformities. After the execution of 11 improvement actions, the compliance percentage of the Quality Management item was found to be 100%. Conclusion: Despite the non-conformities found in the transfusion agency under study, no significant risks in the health care provided to the population were observed . DESCRIPTORS: Total Quality. Quality Management in Health. Hemotherapy Service.

Estudo dos efluentes gerados no processo de beneficiamento de rochas ornamentais em Santo Antônio de Pádua/RJ

A região noroeste fluminense conta com um importante arranjo produtivo local no setor de beneficiamento de rochas ornamentais e de revestimento. Essa atividade é responsável por boa parte da renda local, empregando muitas pessoas. O principal produtor da região é o município de Santo Antônio de Pádua/RJ, que possui 154 empresas (78 pedreiras e 76 serrarias). A grande atividade de extração e beneficiamento das rochas vem causando na região problemas ambientais, pois durante as etapas de produção muito se perde devido a técnicas rudimentares e a deficiência no tratamento dos efluentes, o que acaba gerando impactos ao Rio Pomba, onde estes são lançados. O objetivo deste trabalho de pesquisa foi realizar um diagnóstico do uso da água no processo produtivo e a partir daí avaliar as diferentes alternativas para se ter um consumo otimizado e um tratamento dos efluentes a fim de minimizar os danos ambientais. Foram realizados alguns estudos de casos de caráter exploratório, pesquisas bibliográficas, entrevistas com proprietários, funcionários e profissionais ligadas ao setor de rochas e visitas técnicas a empresas da região. Os resultados apontam para uma falta de preparo e conhecimento técnico dos empresários e funcionários ao uso de novas tecnologias aliadas às questões ambientais no que se refere ao tratamento e consumo de água, principalmente para as pequenas empresas.

Formação continuada de professores alfabetizadores: as (re)significações docentes com base nas ações do PNAIC em Santa Catarina

This article aims to contribute to the reflections on the role of continuing education of teachers in the transformation of historically ingrained practices in teaching and learning process. The focus of the reflections is centered on the analysis of literacy action in training the National Pact for Literacy in the Age One (PNAIC) and was produced from the analysis of the technical visit reports conducted in several municipalities of Santa Catarina involved in the training process. The formation of PNAIC from 2013 to 2015 in the state of Santa Catarina, provided a classroom course for active literacy teachers in elementary school literacy classes for about 200 hours per year. According to extracts of the visit reports made in literacy classes, after the process of formation of the years 2013 and 2014, we can say that the training process was established as a significant support to assist the educational work of the literacy teachers participating in the program, allowing Them to expand their concepts and qualify the pedagogical practice, even in a scenario of resistance and on the infrastructure gaps presented by public schools participating in the program.

Generation, characterization and reuse of solid wastes from a biodiesel production plant

The aim of this study was to identify and characterize industrial solid wastes generated by a biodiesel production plant in Brazil, as well as to present strategies for the management of these materials. This plant produces every year around 100,000tons of biodiesel from vegetable oils and animal fats. The methodology of the study included technical visits, interviews with the operational and environmental management staff as well as analysis of documents, reports and computerized data systems. An approach to reduce the generation of hazardous waste was investigated. It was take into account the amount of raw material that was processed, reduction of landfill disposal, and the maximization of the their recycling and reuse. The study also identified the sources of waste generation and accordingly prepared an evaluation matrix to determine the types of waste with the higher potential for minimization. The most important residue of the process was the filter material impregnated with oil and biodiesel, requiring, therefore, measures for its minimization. The use of these residues in the production of ceramic artefacts (light bricks) was considered to be very promising, since no significant effect on the physico-chemical and mechanical properties of the artefacts produced was observed. Phytotoxicity test using seeds of Lactuva sativa (lettuce), Brassica juncea (mustard), Abelmoschus esculentus (okra), Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (daisy), Dendranthema grandiflorum (chrysanthemum) and Allium porrum (leek) were carried out. The results clearly show incorporation of the waste material into bricks did not influence relative germination and relative root elongation in comparison to control tests.

Actions developed at the Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira to confront microcephaly by Zika virus

Abstract Objectives: to publicize by inserting institutionally to the context of microcephaly care by Zika virus in the Northeast of Brazil and to describe the activities developed during the epidemic outbreak that occurred in the country in 2015. Methods: analysis on technical documents and institutional announcements in newspapers, on television and radio was carried out from August 2015 to July 2016. Results: the Central Nucleus to Monitor and Study Microcephaly at Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira (IMIP); took part in elaborating a Clinical and Epidemiological protocol for Professionals at Maternity Hospitals and Referral Services from the State Health Department of Pernambuco (SES/PE); IMIP became a National Referral Center in elaborating protocols to identify and monitor children with microcephaly, and a Benchmark Assistance for the State Health Department of Pernambuco. Technical meetings took place with the participation of clinical and medical professionals, researchers, professors and institutional managers, forums, training sessions and workshops along with national and international institutions, technical visits of international organizations and development of studies on Zika virus and microcephaly. Conclusions: the impact by notifying microcephaly cases caused mobilization of services at IMIP, reorganization of work processes and research developments.

Laboratório seguro - preservando vidas

A CIPA Unicamp, desde a última gestão, tem discutido sobre segurança dos usuários de laboratórios da Unicamp, com a criação do grupo de trabalho Laboratório Seguro, que elaborou o projeto “Laboratório Seguro – Preservando Vidas”. Nesse projeto, a CIPA propõe medidas para que a universidade padronize e adeque as condições de segurança nos laboratórios de ensino e pesquisa, principalmente para os alunos (graduação, pós-graduação, extensão). O projeto tem sido apresentado em colegiados e unidades da Unicamp, alertando sobre a necessidade de mecanismos para garantir a segurança dos usuários de laboratórios. Além de propor, a CIPA tem trabalhado para a melhoria das condições de segurança nas atividades de laboratório, através da elaboração de um Manual de Segurança em Laboratórios, da identificação, correção ou de sugestões de melhorias de problemas nas condições de segurança de laboratórios em diferentes unidades, e da capacitação de funcionários em Gestão da Qualidade e Segurança em Laboratórios. A adoção desse sistema de gestão nos laboratórios tende a trazer a confiabilidade dos resultados, o bom uso dos recursos, e a segurança dos seus usuários, bem como de toda a comunidade vizinha e meio ambiente. Cipeiros do GT Lab. Seguro fizeram visita técnica ao Laboratório LEAL (FT- Unicamp), coordenado pela Profª Drª Gisela de Aragão Umbuzeiro para vivenciar conceitos e funcionamento de um sistema de qualidade em laboratório. A CIPA, em parceria com a EDUCORP, viabilizou um curso de capacitação de funcionários em Gestão da Qualidade em Laboratórios, a ser oferecido no 2º semestre/2016.

Assessment of the Sustainability of Agroecosystems in the Amazon Region Using Neural Artificial Networks

The assessment of sustainability provides the actual situation of a site and provides information for decision making. In the Amazon, the assessment of the sustainability benefits of using adapted analytical models. However, this model is not always accurate. In this paper we propose a methodology that uses an artificial intelligence algorithm based on artificial neural networks (ANN), as a decision support tool, which aims to classify agroecosystems with agroforestry systems and without agroforestry systems. The sites are classified into two groups: Sustainable and Not Sustainable. For data collection we carried out technical visits to the rural community of Santa Luzia, in the municipality of Tome-Acu, Para Amazon. During the research data of 28 production units were collected. Finally, the data were submitted to the ANN and the results demonstrate the high potential of using computational intelligence algorithms for the purpose of monitoring the agroforestry systems in the Amazon region.

SELECTIVE COLLECTION AND RECYCLING OF SOLID WASTE CASE STUDY: RECYCLING OF SOLID WASTE IN HULENE KA-MAHOTA DISTRICT

The waste collected daily from household and businesses entities can be utilized for various objectives, serving as raw material for business and other most appropriate purposes. You can, for example, recycle plastic, produce compost and energy, recovering the economic value of such waste. Waste recycling generates jobs and income, reduces the amount of natural resources needed for a new product and also decreases the need to occupy (and pollute) space to deposit materials that have served only once their socio-economic function. And what you can't recycle always has another proper disposal, as a principle which is basic in the concept of sustainable development: Do not transfer the solution of the problem for future generations.
 The aim of this study is to evaluate the panorama of the selective collection of household waste from the case study of plastic recycling in the neighborhood of Hulene Dump side, at municipality of Maputo. The methodology used in this research was the bibliographical and documentary analysis, as well as semi-structured qualitative interviews with: representative of Municipal Department of Waste Management, Health and Water Supply in the Maputo municipality; administrative coordinators of four organizations studied (RECICLA and FERTILIZA cooperatives, AMOR and PAGALATA associations). Additionally, technical visits were carried out with written and photographic records, interviews to members of the RECICLA cooperative.

ACB2015: Biotechnology and bioeconomy for sustainable future.

ACB2015: Biotechnology and bioeconomy for sustainable future.

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The objective of this study was to evaluate the difficulties and potential of organic farming for the family small-scale farmers in the municipalities of metropolitan areas of large shopping centers, such as the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. To that end, a questionnaire comprising open-ended and closed-ended questions relevant to biological farming was applied. Factors that hinder the production and sale of organic products were addressed. The data obtained using the questionnaire was compared with periodic technical visits to the farmers' properties. The results indicated that biological farming in the municipality is characterized as family-based, small-scale production and that products are mainly sold in farmers’ markets. The group faces the following difficulties: A lack of continuous technical assistance, the limited availability of labor, and reduced consumer demand for the products. Farmers know and understand the importance of soil conservation processes in biological farming management and that this production system is based on health preservation, and needs to comprise affordable prices for the end consumer, and to expand the market. Key words: Sustainable agriculture, family farming, organic products.

Realização de visita técnica na formação de acadêmicos de enfermagem: estudo descritivo

Aim: to identify, according to the perception of nursing students, whether the technical visits contribute to training and management in nursing. Method: this is a descriptive study whose data has been obtained in semi-structured interviews with eleven (11) students of the nursing undergraduate course. After transcribing the interviews, we used content analysis. Results: The technical visit is an effective tool in the teaching and learning of the nursing administration process. It assists scholars in the perception of the relation between theory and practice, provides the development of a critical and reflexive view in terms of reality and fosters awareness regarding the relation between management and nursing care/patient care. Conclusion: The technical visit was considered an effective teaching tool to promote an approach to the reality of the labor market by decreasing the distance between theory and practice.

Determining The Academic Knowledge Level Of Social Studies Teacher Candidates On Settlement Geography Of Turkey

Having a long history of settlement, Anatolia has a distinctive role in settlement geography. Despite the fact that people may cause changes in physical environment in various other ways, the conversion of physical geographic expression into a cultural geographic expression had been realized most vigorously where people were settled in. Therefore, through history the settlements have been the focus of all branches of the social sciences and have been researched. Most especially, it has been at the core of history and geography and has become one of their most popular research topics. Being situated at the crossroads of three continents geographically, Turkey has attracted various civilizations since ancient times and increased the significance of settlements in here. Researches of settlements as a field of social studies have been one of the significant issues those should be handed down the rising generations. Increasing the academic knowledge level of social studies teacher candidates who are to pass these issues on rising genereations, constitutes our subject matter. For that purpose, an activity was organized within the context of a technical visit of 30 third grade students from Faculty of Education Department of Elementary School Division of Social Sciences Education, 10 of which were female and 20 male, within the scope of settlement geography, a sub-branch of Human and Economic Geography of Turkey, an excursion-observation activity at Konya (Çumra) Çatalhöyük, where we have grown wheat grass beforehand. Also the students were instructed via a descriptive study which was vocalized in order to emphasize the agricultural activities that have been initialized with the historical basis of Anatolia and human settlement in here. This study is based on phenomenology research design, among the qualitative research methods. The one-sample pretest-posttest method which includes the descriptive analysis was used in this study. 6 open ended questions were prepared for pretest and posttest. This study aimed at increasing the academic level of teacher candidates on Çatalhöyük, which is considerably important with regard to settlement geography in Anatolia and thus, making the accumulation of knowledge outlast as they pass it on the rising generations.

GEOGRAFIA DOS SONS NÃO ESQUIZOFÔNICOS NA REGIÃO DO RECIFE: CULTURA POPULAR E COTIDIANO URBANO - DOI 10.5216/bgg.v36i1.40377

Este artigo aborda a espessura de manifestações da cultura popular recifense, os chamados sons não esquizofônicos, surgidos e disseminados a despeito das possibilidades técnicas que constituem o fenômeno da esquizofonia – o rompimento entre a origem e a emissão sonora. Durante a pesquisa, foram fundamentais, além do levantamento bibliográfico, os trabalhos de campo: visitas técnicas e entrevistas semiestruturadas. Foram abordadas a tipologia e a topologia das manifestações não esquizofônicas no Recife, abrigadas, sobretudo, na periferia metropolitana. Enfocou-se o recente adensamento em torno do maracatu na capital pernambucana, e esmiuçaram-se os nexos entre cultura popular e paisagem sonora no bairro dos Coelhos. Trata-se de uma análise do território usado, lançando um olhar sobre o cotidiano de uma metrópole marcada, a um só tempo, tanto por desigualdade socioterritorial, quanto por riqueza e diversidade culturais.Palavras-chave: Uso do Território, Cultura Popular, Esquizofonia, Paisagem Sonora, Recife.

Mapping primary health care renewal in South America.

Primary health care (PHC) renewal processes are currently ongoing in South America (SA), but their characteristics have not been systematically described. The study aimed to describe and contrast the PHC approaches being implemented in SA to provide knowledge of current conceptions, models and challenges. This multiple case study used a qualitative approach with technical visits to health ministries in order to apply key-informant interviews of 129 PHC national policy makers and 53 local managers, as well as field observation of 57 selected PHC providers and document analysis, using a common matrix for data collection and analysis. PHC approaches were analysed by triangulating sources using the following categories: PHC philosophy and conception, service provision organization, intersectoral collaboration and social participation. Primary health care models were identified in association with existing health system types and the dynamics of PHC renewal in each country. A neo-selective model was found in three countries where coverage is segmented by private and public regimes; here, individual and collective care are separated. A comprehensive approach similar to the Alma-Ata model was found in seven countries where the public sector predominates and individual, family and community care are coordinated under the responsibility of the same health care team. The process of implementing a renewed PHC approach is affected by how health systems are funded and organized. Both models face many obstacles. In addition, care system organization, intersectoral coordination and social participation are weak in most of the countries.

Avaliação da degradação dos recursos ambientais: um estudo de caso no município de Pilõezinhos - PB

A degradação dos recursos ambientais é um fator de grande preocupação nos últimos anos, principalmente nas pequenas propriedades agrícolas. No estado da Paraíba, o uso intensivo de forma inadequado pela falta de informação sob os recursos ambientais como o solo e água tem colaborado para a diminuição da produção agrícola. Sendo assim, o objetivo do trabalho foi diagnosticar a degradação dos recursos ambiental solos e água em propriedade agrícola do município de Pilõezinhos-PB. O estudo ocorreu no período de julho a outubro de 2015 através de visitas técnicas as propriedades rurais Sítio Amarelinha do município, utilizou-se como ferramentas de trabalho, pesquisas em artigos e manuais técnicos para embasamento teórico e conhecimentos técnicos sobre o assunto e visitas in loco, para levantamento técnicos e construção de um acervo fotográfico. Os recursos ambientais água e solo nas propriedades estudadas encontram-se degradados e na maioria dos casos são utilizados com ausência de boas práticas de manejo pelos agricultores familiares, sendo necessário politicas públicas de incentivo as boas práticas de manejo no agroecossistema familiar, buscando a preservação destes recursos e uma convivência harmoniosa com o meio ambiente, pois são elementos essenciais para a sobrevivência dos seres vivos.

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Study of Environmental Impacts of Wind Power Plants Aiming to Support Public Policy in Brazil

This article presents a study about environmental impacts resulting from the construction and operation of wind power farms. For this matter, a research in national and international literature reviews was carried out, as well as technical visits to wind power plants in several Brazilian states and discussions with the working group about environmental licensing of wind mills in land surface of the Ministry of Environment, which FEAM (Fundacao Estadual do Meio Ambiente – Environmental State Foundation) takes part, aiming the formation of plans, projects and wind power programs, according to the provisions of the “Carta dos Ventos” (Charter of Winds). These surveys were carried out in the last three years and used as base for the implementation of relevant work to the theme. The article discusses the impacts in biotic and physical environment, physical and socioeconomic status, identifying the biotic environment, which results from the removal of vegetation, intervention in fauna, degradation of the affected area, changes in the hydrostatic level of aquifer, and still on the socio‐economic environment, the issue of noise, visual impact, the corona visual or glare, the electromagnetic interference, the strobe effect and the local interference. The noise and the strobe effect can harm the health of people near the plants, but the distance can avoid such effects. The generation of electricity through wind farms has major advantages in reducing greenhouse gases and CO2 concentration during operation when compared with other sources. However, the environmental impacts coming from the implementation and operation of a wind power plant cannot be neglected.

BaccuS: A framework for sustainability in the wine industry / BaccuS : un framework pour le développement durable dans la vitiviniculture

The BaccuS is a proposal of framework intended to support the internalization of sustainability principles in the wine industry, enhancing the actors' performance in this sense. The framework was built from two exploratory studies in Brazilian wine regions of Campanha Gaucha (RS) and Vale do Sao Francisco (BA/PE) and preliminary studies which involved technical visits in three countries (France, Italy and Spain) and frameworks' observations in another five (South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, USA and Chile). The BaccuS is structured on a matrix basis, with an axis corresponding to dimensions and other to guidelines, both in ascending order of complexity and development. The five sustainability dimensions (environment, economic, social, political- institutional and territorial) and the four guidelines (management, articulation and cooperation, innovation and learning and sustainability) are articulated by eighteen topics that represent areas to act to promote the sustainability in the wine territories. Each topic was unfolded in indicators. Additionally, ten synthesis indicators specify initiatives or programs that can be implemented to impact positively on several indicators. The BaccuS framework can be applied in several scales, in the winery or the territory.