GESTÃO ESTRATÉGICA APLICADA AO COOPERATIVISMO SOLIDÁRIO: UMA ALTERNATIVA DE FORTALECIMENTO PARA OS AGRICULTORES FAMILIARES.

Este estudo teve como objetivo investigar, sob a ótica da administração, a Gestão Estratégica aplicada ao cooperativismo solidário como alternativa de fortalecimento organizacional. A intenção é conhecer as controvérsias a respeito da aplicação de ferramentas de gestão estratégica nos empreendimentos dessa natureza, mantendo suas características essenciais de cooperação, solidariedade e auto-gestão. Para isto buscou-se identificar um modelo de gestão capaz de facilitar o ganho de competitividade ao mesmo tempo em que mantenha as características de solidariedade e cooperação nos empreendimentos solidários. Utilizou-se o estudo de caso como método de pesquisa, tendo como objeto de análise uma pequena cooperativa de agricultores familiares. Onde se fez uma análise de como estão sendo aplicados na prática os princípios e valores dos Empreendimentos de Economia Solidária (EES) na Cooperativa de Agricultores Familiares de Itapuranga – COOPERAFI, bem como de seu modelo de gestão e estrutura organizacional. Analisou-se a aplicabilidade de instrumentos de gestão estratégica nas pequenas cooperativas, concluindo que os mesmos ajudam no desenvolvimento dos cooperados e da organização, sem necessariamente descaracterizar a cooperativa como empreendimento solidário.----------------------------------------------This study it had as objective to investigate, under the optics of the administration, the applied Strategical Management to the solidary cooperativism as an alternative to strengthen organizational. The intention is to know the controversies regarding the application of tools of strategical management in the enterprises of this nature, keeping its essential characteristics of cooperation, solidarity and self management. For this one searched to identify a model of management capable to facilitate the competitiveness profit at the same time where it keeps the characteristics of solidarity and cooperation in the solidary enterprises. The case study was used as research method, having as analysis object a small cooperative of familiar agriculturists. Where if it made an analysis of as they are being applied in practical the principles and values of the Enterprises of Economia Solidária (EES) in the Cooperative of Familiar Agriculturists of Itapuranga - COOPERAFI, as well as of its model of management and organizacional structure. It was analyzed applicability of instruments of strategical management in the small cooperatives, concluding that the same ones help in thedevelopment of the cooperated ones and the organization, without necessarily depriving of characteristics the cooperative as solidary enterprise.Gestão Estratégica, Solidariedade, Agronegócio, Cooperativismo, trategic Management, Solidarity, Agribusiness, Cooperativism, Agribusiness, Industrial Organization,

Activity-dependent neurorehabilitation beyond physical trainings: "mental exercise" through mirror neuron activation

The activity dependent brain repair mechanism has been widely adopted in many types of neurorehabilitation. The activity leads to target specific and non-specific beneficial effects in different brain regions, such as the releasing of neurotrophic factors, modulation of the cytokines and generation of new neurons in adult hood. However physical exercise program clinically are limited to some of the patients with preserved motor functions; while many patients suffered from paralysis cannot make such efforts. Here the authors proposed the employment of mirror neurons system in promoting brain rehabilitation by "observation based stimulation". Mirror neuron system has been considered as an important basis for action understanding and learning by mimicking others. During the action observation, mirror neuron system mediated the direct activation of the same group of motor neurons that are responsible for the observed action. The effect is clear, direct, specific and evolutionarily conserved. Moreover, recent evidences hinted for the beneficial effects on stroke patients after mirror neuron system activation therapy. Finally some music-relevant therapies were proposed to be related with mirror neuron system

Estudo preliminar da cadeia produtiva do cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd. ex Spreng.) Schum) no Amazonas.

Caracterização geral da cadeia produtiva do cupuaçu. Setor produtivo. Agregação de valores - Agroindústria. Comercialização. Consumidor final. Análise diagnóstica. Análise prognóstica. Identificação de limitações estruturais e tecnológicas da cadeia produtiva do cupuaçu. Demandas identificadas.bitstream/CPAA-2009-09/10583/1/Doc-17_98.pd

Comportamento silvicultural e custos de implantação de sumaúma (Ceiba penthandra (L.) Gaertn) em diferentes espaçamentos.

Os plantios homogêneos de espécies autóctones são, em geral, limitados a ensaios de pequena escala ou plantações estabelecidas em função de exigências legais, não obstante o seu potencial silvicultural. Por outro lado, observa-se, em função de características físicas, mecânicas e estéticas das madeiras tropicais, uma tendência sobretudo da indústria de compensados à utilização de poucas espécies, ocasionando uma pressão de exploração seletiva quando pouco se conhece sobre sua autoecologia e estrutura genética. Novos cenários para o setor florestal criados em decorrência da queda de incentivos fiscais à pecuária, bem como o aumento de restrições à conversão de novas áreas, de forma conjugada o mais evidente impacto ambiental sobre florestas, o fim da reposição florestal, e a diminuição dos estoques asiáticos, com crescentes exigências do mercado consumidor quanto à sustentabilidade da matéria prima, fazem com que o manejo florestal sustentado e sistemas de alta produção com espécies e métodos adequados tornem-se elementos fundamentais ao desenvolvimento do setor. Espera-se que os plantios homogêneos de espécies autóctones de rápido crescimento, por produzirem madeira em ciclos de corte menores e a custos mais baixos, reduzam a pressão de exploração seletiva sobre florestas primárias. Neste contexto, a Embrapa-Acre vem desenvolvendo, em parceria com o setor privado, ensaios silviculturais, visando avaliar o comportamento silvicultural da espécie em diferentes espaçamentos, a viabilidade econômica dos plantios e estudar a sua biologia reprodutiva em plantios homogêneos.bitstream/item/117390/1/1007.pd

Using interpretative phenomenological analysis to inform physiotherapy practice: An introduction with reference to the lived experience of cerebellar ataxia

The attached file is a pre-published version of the full and final paper which can be found at the link below.This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Qualitative research methods that focus on the lived experience of people with health conditions are relatively underutilised in physiotherapy research. This article aims to introduce interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), a research methodology oriented toward exploring and understanding the experience of a particular phenomenon (e.g., living with spinal cord injury or chronic pain, or being the carer of someone with a particular health condition). Researchers using IPA try to find out how people make sense of their experiences and the meanings they attach to them. The findings from IPA research are highly nuanced and offer a fine grained understanding that can be used to contextualise existing quantitative research, to inform understanding of novel or underresearched topics or, in their own right, to provoke a reappraisal of what is considered known about a specified phenomenon. We advocate IPA as a useful and accessible approach to qualitative research that can be used in the clinical setting to inform physiotherapy practice and the development of services from the perspective of individuals with particular health conditions.This article is available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund

Effects of exercise on physical and mental health, and cognitive and brain functions in schizophrenia: clinical and experimental evidence

Exercise promotes several health benefits, such as cardiovascular, musculoskeletal and cardiorespiratory improvements. It is believed that the practice of exercise in individuals with psychiatric disorders, e.g. schizophrenia, can cause significant changes. Schizophrenic patients have problematic lifestyle habits compared with general population; this may cause a high mortality rate, mainly caused by cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate changes in physical and mental health, cognitive and brain functioning due to the practice of exercise in patients with schizophrenia. Although still little is known about the benefits of exercise on mental health, cognitive and brain functioning of schizophrenic patients, exercise training has been shown to be a beneficial intervention in the control and reduction of disease severity. Type of training, form of execution, duration and intensity need to be better studied as the effects on physical and mental health, cognition and brain activity depend exclusively of interconnected factors, such as the combination of exercise and medication. However, one should understand that exercise is not only an effective nondrug alternative, but also acts as a supporting linking up interventions to promote improvements in process performance optimization. In general, the positive effects on mental health, cognition and brain activity as a result of an exercise program are quite evident. Few studies have been published correlating effects of exercise in patients with schizophrenia, but there is increasing evidence that positive and negative symptoms can be improved. Therefore, it is important that further studies be undertaken to expand the knowledge of physical exercise on mental health in people with schizophrenia, as well as its dose-response and the most effective type of exercise

A quantum fluid of metallic hydrogen suggested by first-principles calculations

It is generally assumed that solid hydrogen will transform into a metallic alkali-like crystal at sufficiently high pressure. However, some theoretical models have also suggested that compressed hydrogen may form an unusual two-component (protons and electrons) metallic fluid at low temperature, or possibly even a zero-temperature liquid ground state. The existence of these new states of matter is conditional on the presence of a maximum in the melting temperature versus pressure curve (the 'melt line'). Previous measurements of the hydrogen melt line up to pressures of 44 GPa have led to controversial conclusions regarding the existence of this maximum. Here we report ab initio calculations that establish the melt line up to 200 GPa. We predict that subtle changes in the intermolecular interactions lead to a decline of the melt line above 90 GPa. The implication is that as solid molecular hydrogen is compressed, it transforms into a low-temperature quantum fluid before becoming a monatomic crystal. The emerging low-temperature phase diagram of hydrogen and its isotopes bears analogies with the familiar phases of 3He and 4He, the only known zero-temperature liquids, but the long-range Coulombic interactions and the large component mass ratio present in hydrogen would ensure dramatically different propertiesComment: See related paper: cond-mat/041040

Evaluation of the influence of kyphosis and scoliosis on intervertebral disc extrusion in French bulldogs

Although thoracic vertebral malformations with kyphosis and scoliosis are often considered incidental findings on diagnostic imaging studies of screw-tailed brachycephalic breeds, they have been suggested to interfere with spinal biomechanics and intervertebral disc degeneration. It is however unknown if an abnormal spinal curvature also predisposes dogs to develop clinically relevant intervertebral disc herniations. The aim of this study was to evaluate if the occurrence of thoracic vertebral malformations, kyphosis or scoliosis would be associated with a higher prevalence of cervical or thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusion in French bulldogs