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Universidade Positivo
Education•Curitiba, Brazil•
About: Universidade Positivo is a education organization based out in Curitiba, Brazil. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Biodiversity. The organization has 1290 authors who have published 1237 publications receiving 9335 citations. The organization is also known as: Positive University.
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TL;DR: In this article, a papel da agencia na construcao do conhecimento cientifico com base em pressupostos do estruturacionismo is investigated.
Abstract: No presente artigo, investigamos o papel da agencia na construcao do conhecimento cientifico com base em pressupostos do estruturacionismo. Para tanto, a nocao de agencia foi empiricamente tratada a partir da analise de redes sociais, tendo como indicadores a centralidade, produtividade e escolha preferencial de pesquisadores do campo da pesquisa na area dos estudos organizacionais e da estrategia em organizacoes no Brasil. Foram considerados 2.332 artigos entre os anos de 1997 e 2005, por meio dos quais analisamos 2.072 pesquisadores. Destacamos o papel de alguns deles, classificados como continuantes, para avaliar mais detalhadamente indicadores estruturais, alem da trajetoria de sua producao academica. Nossos achados permitem afirmar que nao somente a estrutura social apresenta dualidade, condicionando e habilitando a acao, mas tambem a propria capacidade de agencia. Vista correntemente na literatura como potencialmente transformadora, ela tambem condiciona a acao dos agentes, pois suas capacidades projetivas tendem a ser guiadas por condutas do passado, no sentido de vincular suas acoes a trajetoria social e intelectual vivida no campo, podendo acarretar maior conformidade e habitualidade na pesquisa. Denominamos esse fenomeno como paradoxo da capacidade de agencia, pois a mesma via que habilita a acao tambem a limita cognitivamente.
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15 Jan 2013TL;DR: O presente ensaio pretende abordar o tema das licitacoes sustentaveis, apreciando as insercoes legislativas no Direito brasileiro sobre o assunto, concebendo as como instrumento de politica publica de preservacao ambiental voltado a assegurar os principios e valores constitucionais sobre os quais se assenta o Estado Social Democratico de Direito.
Abstract: Tendo como premissa o direito fundamental ao meio ambiente sadio e ecologicamente equilibrado, das presentes e futuras geracoes, e, tendo em vista que o Poder Publico com seu elevado poder de compra influencia no processo de producao, utilizacao de bens e servicos para que sejam ambiental e socialmente sustentaveis, as licitacoes e contratacoes administrativas assumem papel de fundamental importância na defesa e preservacao do meio ambiente ecologicamente equilibrado. Diante da relevância, atualidade e pertinencia do tema, o presente ensaio pretende abordar o tema das licitacoes sustentaveis, apreciando as insercoes legislativas no Direito brasileiro sobre o assunto, concebendo-as como instrumento de politica publica de preservacao ambiental voltado a assegurar os principios e valores constitucionais sobre os quais se assenta o Estado Social Democratico de Direito.
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TL;DR: Parasitic and tissue changes verified in this study can reflect the parasite-host dynamics under itraconazole action.
Abstract: Background: Histological and mycological changes during itraconazole use have not been totally established in chromoblastomycosis. Objectives: To evaluate tissue modifications in chromoblastomycosis carriers under itraconazole treatment. Methods: A histological retrospective study of 20 cases of chromoblastomycosis seen at the university hospital at the south of Brazil, during itraconazole 400 mg daily treatment. Patients were classified into two groups: plaque or tumor lesions, and underwent periodic evaluations every four months during three years. Hematoxylin-eosin stain was used to analyze epidermal modifications, inflammatory infiltrate and fibrosis, and Fontana-Masson stain for parasite evaluation. Results: Fontana-Masson stain was superior to hematoxylin-eosin stain in fungal count in the epidermis (mean difference=0.14; p<0.05). The most distinct mycosis tissue responses were registered in the dermis. Epidermal thinning, granulomatous infiltrate decrease or disappearance, fibrosis increase and quantitative/morphological changes occurred during treatment. Study limitations: Patients could not be located to have their current skin condition examined. Conclusion: Parasitic and tissue changes verified in this study can reflect the parasite-host dynamics under itraconazole action.
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27 Oct 2020TL;DR: In this article, Bouchard et al. found that adolescents who spent more sitting time had higher values of glucose, triglycerides and cardiometabolic risk score compared with who has less sitting time.
Abstract: This study aimed to verify if there is an association between sitting time and cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents. The sample was composed of 454 adolescents (50.6% male) aged between 12 and 18 years. The time spent in sitting and physical activity were assessed through a record of three days by Bouchard. The following cardiometabolic risk factors were analyzed: waist circumference, glucose, HDL – cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood pressure. It was used the Two-way Analysis of Variance (sex and quartiles) to compare the cardiometabolic risk factors between the quartiles of sitting time. To verify the association between sitting time and cardiometabolic risk factors it was used the multivariate linear regression. Boys of the 4th quartile (higher sitting time) presented higher values of glucose and triglycerides compared to their peers with less time. Girls of the 3rd and 4th quartile presented higher triglycerides and glucose values, compared to the 1st quartile. Significant associations (p < 0.05) were observed between sitting time with waist circumference (β = 0.093; p < 0.05), glucose (β = 0.111; p < 0.05) and diastolic blood pressure (β = 0.115; p < 0.05) even after the adjustment for the moderate to vigorous physical activity. According to the findings of this study, we concluded that adolescents who spent more sitting time had higher values of glucose, triglycerides and cardiometabolic risk score compared with who has less sitting time.
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01 Jun 2011
TL;DR: Resumen pt: Introducao e objetivo: Por meio de radiografias panorâmica e periapical teve-se o proposito de quantificar e comparar o nivel da perda ossea alveolar de ...
Abstract: Resumen pt: Introducao e objetivo: Por meio de radiografias panorâmica e periapical teve-se o proposito de quantificar e comparar o nivel da perda ossea alveolar de ...
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Felix Sharipov | 41 | 176 | 5258 |
Paolo R. Salvalaggio | 31 | 92 | 3344 |
Vanete Thomaz Soccol | 30 | 119 | 5773 |
Vanete Thomaz-Soccol | 27 | 118 | 2990 |
Erika Calvano Küchler | 22 | 184 | 1992 |
Susan Grace Karp | 22 | 63 | 2379 |
Gisele Maria Correr | 21 | 118 | 1504 |
Luciano Rossoni | 21 | 96 | 2012 |
Clóvis L. Machado-da-Silva | 20 | 48 | 972 |
Carla Castiglia Gonzaga | 20 | 153 | 1692 |
Renato Nisihara | 19 | 141 | 1400 |
Juliana Rodrigues | 19 | 59 | 1709 |
Juliana Feltrin de Souza | 19 | 77 | 1237 |
Luiz Gustavo Lacerda | 18 | 58 | 768 |
Adilson Yoshio Furuse | 18 | 94 | 985 |