Universidade São Judas Tadeu

About: Universidade São Judas Tadeu is a education organization based out in São Paulo, Brazil. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Aerobic exercise & Baroreflex. The organization has 736 authors who have published 852 publications receiving 4782 citations.

Reformulation and expansion of the higher technological courses in Brazil: the difficulties of the professional education retaken

Abstract: Ensaio: aval. pol. públ. Educ., Rio de Janeiro, v. 16, n. 59, p. 207-228, abr./jun. 2008 Resumo A discussão sobre a retomada da Educação Profissional no Brasil, enquanto promotora da inserção no mercado de trabalho e da inclusão social, tangencia outros importantes tópicos como o desenvolvimento da Economia Baseada no Conhecimento – EBC e a difusão de um Sistema Nacional de Inovação. Dentro deste panorama, um pilar essencial é composto pelo setor educacional e, dentro dele, pelas universidades e a sua capacidade de criação e transferência de conhecimento para a sociedade como um todo. A tarefa posta para um dos segmentos do nível universitário a Educação Tecnológica Superior é o preenchimento ágil e de qualidade de lacunas de mão-de-obra surgidas no mercado de trabalho por conta da chegada e disseminação de novas tecnologias. Com tais considerações, este artigo se propõe a discutir o papel organizador do Estado e as políticas públicas implementadas nos últimos anos para a reformulação e expansão do sistema profissional de educação, em específico nos Cursos Superiores de Tecnologia. Por fim, busca-se oferecer referências para a organização de uma agenda de pesquisas com vistas à melhoria nas políticas públicas voltadas para esta área, bem como de suas formas de avaliação de impacto. Palavras-chave: Inovação. Economia baseada em conhecimento. Educação profissional. Cursos superiores de tecnologia. Políticas públicas.

The truth according to James

Abstract: Pragmatist truth – as advocated e.g. by Peirce and James – is usually taken to integrate four key elements: (1) the value of truth is likened to some kind of utility; (2) truth is naturally taken to consist in correspondence; (3) truth is essentially linked to the possibility of knowledge; (4) truth is not relative but absolute. Critics have never tired to question the individual and collective consistency of these four constraints. The principal challenge issued to pragmatists (and many other essentially epistemic theories of truth) always consisted in developing viable interpretations of the key notions utility, correspondence, knowability and absoluteness that would render the pragmatist proposal at least consistent. I shall take up that challenge developing some ideas of James in a contemporary garb.

Split or full-body workout routine: which is best to increase muscle strength and hypertrophy?

Abstract: Objective: To compare the effects of different resistance training programs on measures of muscle strength and hypertrophy. Methods: Sixty-seven untrained subjects were randomized to one of two groups: Split Workout Routine (n=35), in which muscle groups were trained twice per week in an A/B split consisting of eight sets per session, or Full-Body Workout Routine (n=32), in which muscle groups were trained four times per week with four and eight sets per session. Both groups performed eight to 12 repetition maximum per set, with 60 seconds of rest between sets. Maximal strength and muscle thickness were assessed at baseline and after eight weeks of training. Results: A significant main effect of time (pre versus post) was observed for maximal strength in the bench press and squat exercises and thickness of the elbow extensor, elbow flexor and quadriceps femoris muscles. Selected variables did not differ significantly between groups. Conclusion: Resistance training twice or four times per week has similar effects on neuromuscular adaptation, provided weekly set volume is equal.

Hipólito e Teseu enredados nas malhas da decisão indiscutível

Abstract: O presente artigo propoe a discussao acerca das relacoes de poder estabelecidas pelos personagens Hipolito e Teseu, da tragedia Hipolito , de Euripides. Nesse sentido, tendo como pano de fundo as consideracoes de Max Weber e Emile Benveniste para o uso do termo poder, pretendo demonstrar de que modo, no drama, a sancao da morte de Hipolito deve, necessariamente, ficar a cargo de Teseu, uma vez que este e o unico personagem que, no contexto politico da peca, detem legitimamente o poder sobre todos aqueles que estao sob seu dominio. Portanto, se, de um lado, no prologo, Afrodite apresenta aos espectadores todo o desenvolvimento da tragedia, demonstrando sua atuacao direta na ruina da familia de Hipolito, de outro lado, Euripides, de modo verossimilhante, vale-se da legitimidade do poder real de Teseu para selar com o veredito politico humano a vontade da deusa Cipris.

An innovative and accessible chemical approach to bisphenol identification on plastic surfaces

Abstract: The current lifestyle has gradually architected itself upon synthetic materials made from a wide range of oil-based polymers, and this has contributed somehow to global development. Under the economic perspective to enhance plastics features and applications, scientists took extensive tests with well-known and new molecules to perform as chemical addictions, thereby having tremendous success with bisphenol A (BPA). Over the years, however, worldwide health surveillance agencies discussed the hazardous effects of BPA on humans based on scientific reports available at that time. Accordingly, the present paper proved the viability of the ferric chloride spot test as a detector for phenolic compounds released at high temperatures from plastic items, which serves well as an indirect method for BPA identification. Therefore, this research is a novel way to recognize harmful phenolic compounds in commercialized plastic items using a simple and cost-effective chemical approach.