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This paper proposes to present a historical review of the rights of the elderly population in Brazil, having as a legal framework the promulgation of the Federal Constitution of 1988. The two main instruments aimed at this segment serve as a basis for the analysis, namely: Law n° 8.842/94, known as the National Policy for the Elderly and Law No. 10,741/2003, Statute of the Elderly. Qualitative research, it concludes that, although there have been significant advances in the field of law, there is still an arduous path to make them effective. He outlined notes on the difficulties of accessing income both for retirement and for the Continuous Cash Benefit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Science education in Brazil has acquired significant importance from 70s and it was greatly influenced by Scientific Method, and this Method was considered a Science Teaching Methodology. Historical changes interfered as in the science conception as in the way how science is taught, shifting for science-product to science-process perspective. These changes led to the science education perception in a scientific literacy perspective, so that teaching science overcame the traditional pedagogy and metaphysic way and allowing that individuals learn and understand sciences in its contradictions. The scientific literacy conception is presented in the official documents of education, the Referencial Curricular Nacional para a Educação Infantil and the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais. This paper discussed these issues and also proposes some teaching actions that allows the development of scientific literacy in basic education, such as scientific research and the study of the environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper proposes to discuss the public fund and the projects that dispute the expenses, the funding and the directions of Brazil's mental health policy, with focus on the analysis of federal government's budget. It consists of a bibliographic and documental review that utilizes secondary data, obtained from official federal government websites and researches on the social security budget, analyzed with the critic dialectic method. It is observed that the public funding is tensed by distinct interests, and it is no different on the mental health policy. From 2001 and on, the financing of the community based psychosocial attention services is made broader and the SUS healthcare model is strengthened, based on the anti-asylum Psychiatric Reform. However, since 2005, interests from corporate, religious and medical entities groups, among others, have gained strength on the political agenda and on the dispute for the public fund, putting in risk the historical conquers of the mental health, alcohol, and other drug's policy in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to analyze the information about protection of technologies related to distributed generation (DG) of electric energy, available in the Brazilian patent bank, in the period between 2011 and 2020. Considering that the energy sector has strategic role for companies and countries, analyzing technological trends in the area can help management and decision making. As a methodological procedure, (1) data were collected from the national database of the Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial - INPI (National Institute of Industrial Property) -- in July 2020, (2) associated with keywords and the Classificação Internacional de Patentes - IPC (International Patent Classification) for research and (3) treated with the aid of Microsoft Excel and IBM SPSS Statistics version 25 software. The variables found and analyzed were: nature of the patent; order status; international classification; year of filing; publication of request; countries of origin of depositors; main depositors; state of origin of depositors; electrical system structure; and types of energy sources. The results demonstrated that the number of patent filings fluctuated over the years; that there was a significant growth in the number of deposits in the years that normative resolution n° 482/2012, responsible for regularizing DG in Brazil, was published or revised and that most of the technologies deposited are intended for power generation, with emphasis on that use wind energy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The soybean exports provide several advantages such as increased profitability, the agroindustry productivity and the positive image around the quality of products on the international market. In contrast, Brazil is dependent on the purchase of non-renewable resources for the production of grain. The objective of this paper is to evaluate, using the Emergy accounting, if Brazil acquires real wealth when exports soybeans, comparing the Emergy of gross resources, through the relationship between the exported Emergy and the money paid by the importer and, also checking, whether there is an advantage in producing / exporting processed (bran and oil) instead of raw grain. Considering the year 2019, three indicators (EBR -Emergy Benefit Ratio, EER - Exchange Emergy Ratio, and OR - Opportunity Ratio) were calculated and the results show that Brazil benefits when it buys / imports non-renewable resources from the international market. The commercialization of grain and bran is, in general, disadvantageous, except when China is the importing country, but the commercialization of oil is advantageous in the studied period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Private Pension Plans have been widely discussed in Brazil, from the economic-social aspects to the legal and regulatory aspects that involve this investment, which is so sensitive to society. Previous works in the literature have shown how pension funds have a lower performance than non-pension funds. However, there are few studies that assess the reason for these differences. This paper analyzed how the regulatory aspect directly influences portfolio manager's decision-making, limiting their investment alternatives, which may be a possible cause for poor performance. Through Monte Carlo simulations based on real data from the market from 2008 to 2017, we evaluated that, in financial terms, the allocations made by a manager without the legal restrictions during the period brought results superior to the allocations made by the same manager under restrictions and that between the two classes of restrictions, for general and qualified applicants, the results did not show a significant difference that would justify the differentiation between them. This indicates that the current regulation may not be the most suitable for the final beneficiaries of pension plans over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The National Bank for Economic Development (BNDES) consists of one of the largest banks in the world, fundamental in financing economic development in Brazil. However, with the evolution of the Brazilian credit market in the last twenty years, several changes have occurred in relation to the performance of institutions providing payroll loans in the medium and long term, such as funds and asset-providing assets. This paper aims to identify the main factors that influenced the drop in BNDES 'participation in the Brazilian credit market over the years 2007 to 2019. To reach the aim two models of multiple linear regressions were proposed. Besides, in addition to the regression models, a longitudinal analysis of credit market and BNDES data was developed. The result proves that the equity of fixed income funds, the portfolios of free and targeted resources, the GDP growth rate and the number of accounts in brokerage firms have a significant and negative influence on BNDES financing. As there are more investments in fixed income funds, an increase in the amounts of free and targeted funds portfolios, GDP growth and the number of accounts in brokerage firms, there is a tendency for lower disbursements by BNDES, less participation in the Brazilian credit market. The reverse behavior is also valid. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to analyze the representation of black people in the two last elections in Brazil. The methodology of this research is quantitative. The databases used were provided for the sites of Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE) and Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). The data analysis was accomplished through descriptive statistics using frequency distribution. It was found that blacks are underrepresentation in brazilian electoral positions, whether federal, state or municipal. In the case of the 2018 elections, in all regions and states, the percentage of black candidates was lower than the percentage of the black population. In addition to this, in all regions and states, blacks elected were less than or almost half the percentage of the population. In the 2016 municipal elections, the position of councilor drew attention. Of all the positions analyzed, it is the one that is most “balanced” in relation to the representation of blacks in politics. The results of this research show how the political context reproduces institutional racism. Therefore, the racial structure in the country makes it difficult for blacks to occupy spaces of power, such as the political. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Brazil, the Royal Road is "gold" when it comes to tourist destination, once it is the natural, cultural and historic cradle of Brazilian colonization. Therefore, this paper presents the agents, their initiatives, connections, besides the results achieved with regard to new uses and appropriations resulting from the Royal Road transformation process. From a methodological point of view, the research has qualitative nature, using both the "Snowball" the "Content Analysis" scientific methods. The results and analysis showed that the agents directly involved in the Royal Road Ludification process, implement initiatives that have generated new uses and appropriations, products and/or goods to the symbolic market due to their organizational format connections. The tourist route "Royal Road has become a place of imaginary and bucolic experience, as well as a tourist destination of national and international reference. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The intention of this work is to analyze how the contributions of Celso Furtado within a postcolonial vision can contribute to the debates related to Organizational Studies. To accomplish this, we divide the work into four stages. We started by presenting a brief history about Celso Furtado and then, we present how his works had an interest in social growth. In the third section, we briefly present a history and relevance of postcolonial theory to organizational studies. Finally, it is demonstrated that the work of Celso Furtado on Development and Underdevelopment can be interpreted within the postcolonial theory. Therefore, we conclude that, like other authors in Brazil, Celso Furtado could be interpreted by a postcolonial view, since the concepts of this theory were inherent in his works, especially the work entitled Development and Underdevelopment. This paper aims to contribute to organizational studies, highlighting postcolonial thought as an exit to face coloniality and especially epistemic colonialism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Brazil's Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Iniciação à Docência (PIBID) inserts undergraduate students, in their first teacher's training, in the school environment, allowing them to have first-hand experience in its daily routine. It makes real the desire of creating a school-university partnership. In addition to enhancing future teachers' didactical-pedagogic training, it is a unique opportunity for developing both area-specific and interdisciplinary projects which, well planned and implemented, promote Brazil's school system, specially State-sponsored. This paper aims at making known PIBID'S work, specifically in Linguistics and Literature fields, developed in the last 8 years by a federal university from Brazil south region with its undergraduates and public schools, having as a focus, at this moment, the inception of the project's implementing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Studies of service-dominated logic are based on the fact that Marketing was involved in product-based logic, leaving behind concerns about the service delivery involved. In order to try to understand how has developed the studies on this subject, this paper seeks to answer the following question: How is the field of study of logic dominated by the service? To answer this question, a bibliometric analysis was performed using CiteSpace and VosViewer software. It was sought to visualize the Research Front and the Intellectual Base of this field through the procedures described by Chen (2006) in a sample of 650 articles. The results reveal that the publications on the subject have made a leap of growth from the year 2013. In Brazil, this line of studies is incipient and this work can contribute in the sense of systematizing studies, trends and theories. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The following paper presents a reflection on the extension action developed by the Popular Education and Family Health Support Project (PEPASF) from the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), which purpose is to emphasize the university social responsibility (USR) character of the same institution on the context. Based on the perspective of Chilean USR literature, as well as direct examination of Maria de Nazaré Community (João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil) analyzes values and principles practiced by PEPASF which corroborate to the community human development, as well as people who are part of the institution. It is concluded that the university is capable to develop a social contract beyond local human development, especially when it concerns about national interest, exerting USR in other social dimensions that might be relevant for the nation advance in a worldwide spectrum, such as politics, economical and, firstly, scientific actions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The profile of the Brazilian consumer, in contemporary times, is more focused on ecological issues and the various transformations that occur in their environment. These variables can be considered relevant in determining and adapting marketing practices adopted by companies, and are heavily used as obtaining competitive advantage factors. This paper aims to analyze the practices of sustainable marketing made by Whirlpool Latin America, owner of the brands Brastemp, Consul and KitchenAid, in Brazil. Still, this article aims to describe the benefits of green marketing as an element of differentiation for competitive advantage in its industry. This study used secondary data from the Sustainability Report 2012 Whirlpool Latin America, as well as relevant scientific works in the area. The discussion suggests that the main benefits arising from an ecologically correct positioning of the company, are to assist in the growth and strengthening of connections between consumers and businesses. Be classified as a green company, or environmentally friendly, or sustainable, can generate an extremely positive image with your target audience, and can even increase the rate of profitability of these companies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The institutional repository (IR) is proposed to widen the visibility and access to scientific production, acting as an instrument of political action. The IR plays an important role in the discussion about the copyright and the impact of science and technology in different segments. It emphasizes two international engagements - the Open Archives Initiative and the Movement of Open Access, which work together and enable free and public information access available to electronic media. Furthermore, the institutional repository addresses different issues: technological; scientific; managerial; legal; content; and social. So, it seems important to provide the central objective of this paper: to analyze the status quo of IR in Brazilian Federal universities as a whole, focusing on the Northeast region. The specific objectives of the study are: (1) to study the concepts, objectives, functions, evolution and typology of the repositories; (2) to analyze the level of operational, contents, functioning and updating of the IR; (3) to compare the theory and the practice; (4) to compare the Brazilian regions in regard to the stage of these repositories; (5) to verify the appropriateness of the IR as a tool of information policy for universities. In order to achieve the objectives, a literature study was used and, a descriptive research was applied. Finally, it is necessary to recognize that the IR policy is not easy to adopt. Besides the reaction of commercial publishers, there are barriers related to the aforementioned viewpoints that incorporate aspects from the legal mechanisms of legitimacy and digital preservation and even standards for citation. All of this justifies the presentation of some recommendations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to present the historical background in which the current Brazilian Health Policy was drawn, telling both a literature survey conducted with authors who address the topic of Social Services and Mental Health and the relation of social work with respective area, among the authors discussed include Iamamoto (2002), Faleiros (2000), Vasconcelos (2010) and Bravo (2006). The work will take into account the major changes in the Brazilian reality from the 1930s to the period of great social mobilization that occurred in the 1980s, which resulted in the promulgation of the 1988 Constitution, considered one of the greatest achievements of Brazilian society, the article will highlight the importance of this document for effective health policy of the country. Then far will a brief explanation of the insertion of the social worker in the area of Brazilian psychiatry and its participation in the first institutions dedicated to serving the mentally ill. Later we will describe on the Mental Health area, identifying key areas of work that rely on the work of this professional, which is driven by both the principles and guidelines of the National Health System as well as the principles of psychiatric reform, enhancing professional action and recognition in the field of health in Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses the right to health as a fundamental right within the context of social rights and basic human need. The right to water as a fundamental right which will be seen in the issues of the right to drinking water and sanitation and water quality for human consumption, as well as the consequent diseases related to the consumption of contaminated water, whether biological or chemical pollution. Also important to the issue of sustainability and sustainable development is the analysis of the work of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, taking into account elements of transdisciplinary same, these relating to economics, physics, and also the need for a paradigm shift from anthropocentrism to geocentrism [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deal with the sports mega-events and its impacts on the Brazilian cities. Starting from theoretical studies from international literature, as well current analysis of Brazilian reality, we discuss how the sport mega-events planning to Brazil (Fifa's World Cup and Olympic Games) are influencing the urban policies in the host cities and converting in a model of urban policies to other Brazilian cities. Nowadays the sports mega-events are localized in the emergent countries where generate more business opportunities and greatest socio-spatial impacts. The mega-events area considerate accelerators of urban projects and their main effects are the urban space are the increase of urban land value and the relocalization of poor people. We analyze the mega-event effects on the main host cities and describe in a comprehensive view the case of Porto Alegre, the relations of sport mega-events and urban restructuring. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]