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By definition, thefts are considered the act of taking away other people's mobile possessions for personal use or for others, affecting crime rates, economic indicators and enabling recent studies to create risk zones in society, contributing to insurance pricing in actuarial methods. This paper analyzes the number of vehicle thefts of 38 locations near Campinas/S˜ao Paulo, Brazil, using a GLARMA(p,q) model with Poisson and Negative Binomial response. The main feature of GLARMA(p,q) is to consider the peculiarities of counting data as high dispersion. As a result, it was possible to verify the adequacy and usefulness of the model for counting data. With specific techniques for estimating time series related to the public security area, patterns can be better understood, revealing relevant information that can be added to decision-making processes to direct public policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes ten recovery narratives of people with a serious mental illness who received mental health services in the public health care system of the city of Campinas, Brazil. We describe the person's recovery process and their relationship with the clinical services they received. This is a very needed conversation because the incorporation of recovery and recovering citizenship concepts in clinical practice are still incipient in South America. Most importantly, this research adds to the dialogue around recovering citizenship in different cultures. Methods: We used phenomenological methodology to interpret data drawn from the participant's life course interview (using the McGill Illness Narrative Interview). Results: We found that a) Before receiving services, people were overwhelmed by symptoms, but did not know what was going on; b) Loved ones and clinicians explained symptoms as part of a mental illness, and the proposed treatment was largely accepted; c) Mental health treatment was seen as helpful but not enough to address what was meaningful for their lives; d) People regained a life in their community, they felt proud of their recovery process, and solidarity and collectivism seemed to play important roles in their recovery process. Discussion: We identified similarities and differences in the recovery process of people with serious mental illness receiving public mental health services in Campinas, Brazil, when compared to the international literature. Receiving mental health services was very helpful for participants, principally when feeling overwhelmed by symptoms. Mental health services seemed to be less effective in helping people regain a meaningful life in their communities. Solidarity from friends and family members was recognized as an important recovery asset. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The development of synchrotron radiation sources in Brazil is described from a brief historical point of view followed by a description of the Sirius project, a new 3 GeV fourth-generation synchrotron light source with 518m circumference and 0.25 nm.rad emittance, in final construction stage at the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory campus, in Campinas. As one of the pioneer fourth-generation machines, many accelerator engineering challenges were studied in depth and resulted in quite a few innovative developments. In this paper, we review some of these developments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Th e objective of this paper is to analyze a set of technology-based enterprises connected to incubators and the University of Campinas, both located in the Metropolitan Region of Campinas, Brazil. We call these, respectively, "induced" and "spontaneous" companies. A survey was conducted directly with the companies and reveled an answer rate of 31%for our population connected to incubators and 24%for those connected with the university. We propose a discussion of fi rm's endogenous and exogenous characteristics, as well as their relations with the geographic space. Our main conclusions are as follows: 1) the space emerges as fundamental in the creation and development of technology-based endeavors, 2) both groups of companies do not diff er substantially in successful growth potential, 3) diff erences emerge with the level of integration with the university and network access, and 4) their main limitation is connected with fi nancing access. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper provides an overview of the research master's, which seeks to understand the religious education in Colégio Progresso da cidade de Campinas of Campinas (SP) in the period 1900 to 1937. The religious education was a feature of this school since, when in its founding in 1900, was to offer a secular establishment for females. The College Progress was founded by the initiative of five influential Campineira in the city and have a proposal different from other women's schools, all outside the city of character and faith. The school's religious character of Catholic imprint, gained strength under the direction of Mrs. Emilia de Paiva Meira, the second director of the school, he held the post from 1902 to 1937, when he died. Besides investigating the religious spirit of the principal, which sought to inspire teachers and students with her example, this research seeks to understand the religious education as part of the culture of this school (JULIA, 2001), both as a disciplinary body, and as a set of practices and beliefs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Solar stills are convenient, cheap and ambient friendly but has the drawback of low production of potable fresh water. To explore better the concept and make more attractive for use some more research is necessary to improve the productivity and thermal performance of these units. In this paper a numerical study on an inclined type solar still is performed to investigate the influence of the water film thickness on the heat transfer and fluid flow inside the device cavity. The solar still system temperatures are calculated for four film thicknesses, 0.14, 0.5, 1.0 and 3.0 mm, through the Runge-Kutta method for the ambient conditions of Campinas, southeast of Brazil. The temperatures of the film and the glass are input to the computational fluid dynamics investigation. The radiative transfer and double-diffusive convection of air and vapor mixture are simulated considering the nongray Spectral Line Based Weighted-Sum-of-Gray-Gases method. The results indicate that the use of film thickness δ w = 3.0 mm increased the temperature difference between the water film and the glass from 2.14 °C to 9.15 °C when compared to the film flowing over the bare plate, δ w = 0.14 mm, and increased the rate of fresh water yield more than 2.0 times, for summer conditions and peak insolation hours. The use of transparent gas approach slightly overpredicted radiative and convective heat transfer inside the solar still cavity. • An inclined solar still is numerically simulated considering nongray gas approach • Thick water films increase temperature and vapor concentration in the cavity core. • A film thickness of 3 mm is adequate for increased fresh water yield. • The moving water film does not induce a clockwise moving mixture. • The transparent gas approach results in errors up to 39% in temperature and vapor profiles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• Polyether ionophores residues were monitored in pasteurized milk samples. • Monensin was the only ionophore found in 18 of 40 samples. • Concentrations of 0.1 to 0.27 μg kg−1 were quantified in 13 samples. • Monensin dietary intake through milk do not indicate a consumer risk. This paper aimed to survey the occurrence of six polyether ionophores (lasalocid, maduramycin, monensin, narasin, salinomycin and semduramycin) in pasteurized milk using a validated method by liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). For that, 40 samples of pasteurized milk, from seven brands, collected in six locations (supermarkets, grocery stores and greengrocers) in the metropolitan region of São Paulo and Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil, were evaluated. Sampling included whole (18), skimmed (8) and semi-skimmed (10) milk as well as lactose-free (4) products. Only monensin antibiotic residues were found in the analyzed samples. This ionophore was confirmed in 45% of the samples and quantified in 32.5% at concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 0.27 μg kg−1. The positive samples were whole or semi-skimmed milk. Considering the levels of monensin reported in the present study and data on milk consumption in Brazil, an exposure assessment indicated that the intake of this antibiotic does not represent a risk to health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The authors reflect on the special issue of the journal "Drying Technology," which focuses on research on drying technology in Brazil. They relate on the special forum Brazilian Congress of Particulate Systems (ENEMP), which discusses new developments in particulate systems in Brazil. Moreover, the author mention that selected papers in the issue were presented at the XXXIV Brazilian Congress of Particulate Systems (ENEMP 2009) in Campinas, Brazil on October 18-21, 2009.