Universidade Positivo

About: Universidade Positivo is a education organization based out in Curitiba, Brazil. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Medicine. The organization has 1290 authors who have published 1237 publications receiving 9335 citations. The organization is also known as: Positive University.

Hidden danger: Unexpected scenario in the vector-parasite dynamics of leishmaniases in the Brazil side of triple border (Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay).

Abstract: Every year about 3 million tourists from around the world visit Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay´s triple border region where the Iguacu Falls are located. Unfortunately, in recent years an increasing number of autochthonous canine and human visceral leishmaniasis (VL) cases have been reported. The parasite is Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum and it is transmitted by sand flies (Phlebotominae). To assess the risk factors favorable for the establishment and spread of potential vectors the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention light trap (CDC-light trap) collections were made in the Foz do Iguacu (FI) and Santa Terezinha de Itaipu (STI) townships and along two transects between them. Our study determined the Phlebotominae fauna, the factors that affect the presence and abundance of Lutzomyia longipalpis and Nyssomyia whitmani, the presence of L. infantum in different sand fly species and which Leishmania species are present in this region. Lutzomyia longipalpis was the prevalent species and its distribution was related to the abundance of dogs. Leishmania infantum was found in Lu. longipalpis, Ny. whitmani, Ny. neivai and a Lutzomyia sp. All the results are discussed within the Stockholm Paradigm and focus on their importance in the elaboration of public health policies in international border areas. This region has all the properties of stable VL endemic foci that can serve as a source of the disease for neighboring municipalities, states and countries. Most of the urban areas of tropical America are propitious for Lu. longipalpis establishment and have large dog populations. Pan American Health Organization´s initiative in supporting the public health policies in the border areas of this study is crucial and laudable. However, if stakeholders do not act quickly in controlling VL in this region, the scenario will inevitable become worse. Moreover, L. (Viannia) braziliensis found in this study supports the need to develop public health policies to avoid the spread of cutaneous leishmaniasis. The consequences of socioeconomic attributes, boundaries and frontiers on the spread of diseases cannot be neglected. For an efficient control, it is essential that urban planning is articulated with the neighboring cities.

Práticas didático-pedagógicas no ensino de empreendedorismo em cursos de graduação e pós-graduação nacionais e internacionais

Abstract: The aim of this article is to provide state-of-the-art didactic-pedagogical practices used in the entrepreneurship education of national and foreign under graduation and graduation courses and to prove or refute them through the practices adopted by a post-graduation course in Business Management of a university at Curitiba. Firstly, a historic description of the entrepreneurship education in the universities has been developed as well as its importance in the social economic development of the countries and in the generation of innovations, followed by an explanation of its current situation in the world and in Brazil. In a second stage was outlined the methodology, seeking analyze the main publications on the topic of entrepreneurship education. They were searched in all its contents of the publication, the annals: Enanpad and Egepe; and international periodics: Journal of Business Venturing and Education + Training. They were reviewed, although, publications of the authors of domestic and foreign most authoritative on the subject, as well as other important international journals that address the topic of entrepreneurial training, but not through a general review of publications. The main results show that: the universities are implementing the entrepreneurship education in their curricular grades using more efficient didactic-pedagogical practices, but not putting aside, in most of the times, the traditional methods of education; the professor therefore shall establish a balance between the roles of facilitating and teaching in the process of learning; the professors' former experience and work in small companies will help the students in the process of learning and undertaking. However, it is important to mention, that the incubators are essential for the implementation of the business plans developed by the students.

Implementing strategies in complex systems: lessons from Brazilian hospitals

Abstract: Hospitals, as social organizations, are seen as complex, surprising, ambiguous and paradoxical. The theoretical foundation finds its roots in organizational complexity, strategic management characterized by strategy implementation, and sensemaking especially in the context of complex adaptive systems. Managers frequently neglect elements of complexity when they develop models and implement management practices. The purpose of this study is to analyze the implementation of strategies in complex organizations. The focus of the study is two Brazilian nonprofit hospitals. This is a comparative, qualitative case study. Data were gathered from three main sources: interviews, non-participant observation, and documents. Two important aspects of the strategic approach are discussed: first, the implementation of strategies, and second, the influence of ambiguity, unpredictability and uncertainty in the way strategies are implemented. The analysis indicated that the implementation of strategies in the hospitals has to do with the practices and processes that are adopted (