Airborne fungi in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Knowledge of anemophilous fungi in a given city or region is important for the ecological diagnosis and specific treatment of allergic manifestations induced by inhaled allergens. In order to diagnose the presence of anemophilous fungi, several qualitative and quantitative techniques are used depending on the study place. This study of fungal air spores was performed with a Rotorod Sampler®, an equipment which samples the air through a plastic rod attached to an electric engine that makes it spin fast enough to collect the particles in the air. The samples were collected once a week during 24 hours using the standard cycle of the manufacturers. A total of 52 samples were obtained from April 2000 through March 2001. The results revealed prevalence of ascosporos (50.49%), Cladosporium (17.86%), Aspergillus/Penicillium (15.03%), basidiosporos (3.84%), rusts (3.82%), and Helminthosporium (2.49%), and a lesser frequency of Botrytis (1.22%), Alternaria (1.19%), smuts (0.90%), Curvularia (0.87%), Nigrospora (0.61%), and Fusarium (0.08%). Also, 1.59% of the spores detected here could not be identified by the systematic key used. More fungal spores were observed during the summer than during the autumn.

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Airborne fungi isolated from Fortaleza city, State of Ceará, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo ◽

10.1590/s0036-46652004000300003 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 46 (3) ◽

pp. 133-137 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Everardo Albuquerque Menezes ◽

Emerson C. Pereira Trindade ◽

Maria Márcia Costa ◽

Caio César Furtado Freire ◽

Márcio de Souza Cavalcante ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Specific Treatment ◽

Airborne Fungi ◽

High Concentration ◽

Allergic Respiratory Disease ◽

Fungal Allergens ◽

One Year ◽

City State ◽

The City ◽

Allergic Manifestations ◽

Mycelia Sterilia

Airbone fungi are considered important causes of allergic rhinitis and allergic asthma. The knowledge of these fungi in a city or region is important for the ecological diagnosis and specific treatment of allergic manifestations induced by inhalation of fungal allergens. The airborne fungi of Fortaleza, State of Ceará, Brazil, were studied during a one year period. Five hundred and twenty Petri dishes with Sabouraud dextrose agar medium were exposed at ten different locations in the city. The dishes exposed yielded one thousand and five hundred and twenty one colonies of twenty four genera. The most predominants were: Aspergillus (44.7%), Penicillium (13.3%), Curvularia (9.8%), Cladosporium (6.8%), Mycelia sterilia (6.0%), Fusarium (3.5%), Rhizopus (3.1%), Drechslera (2.6%), Alternaria (2.4%) and Absidia (2.2%). The results shown that Aspergillus, Penicillium, Mycelia sterilia, Fusarium and Alternaria were found during all months in the year. Absidia was more frequent during the dry season. Anemophilous fungi and the high concentration of spores in the air are important because may result in an increased number of people with allergic respiratory disease.

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Porto Alegre: a perdida cidade una (Fragmentos de modernidade e exclusão social no Sul do Brasil)

Estudos Ibero-Americanos ◽

10.15448/1980-864x.2004.2.1319 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Cláudio Pereira Elmir

Keyword(s):

Key Words ◽

Social Exclusion ◽

Urban Space ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Rio Grande Do Sul ◽

Porto Alegre ◽

Social Segregation ◽

De Se ◽

Brazilian History ◽

The City

O texto compreende uma discussão sobre o processo de modernização na cidade de Porto Alegre em vários momentos de sua história, articulando as transformações e modificações havidas no espaço urbano com uma paralela segregação social operada e/ou desejada na cidade. São recolhidos vários exemplos para demonstrar a vontade de se construir uma “cidade una”, na qual não se admite o convívio com os indesejados sociais. A combinação modernização/exclusão social, tantas vezes já abordada em diversos estudos da historiografia brasileira, encontra neste artigo mais um exercício de aproximação, a partir do qual pode-se vislumbrar momentos distintos – sem traçar uma linha de continuidade – desta operação específica da modernidade. Abstract The text discusses the process of modernization in the city of Porto Alegre during various moments of its history, debating both transformations and modifications in the city’s urban space along with a social segregation that was either going on or being wished for at that time. Many exemples are given so as to demonstrate the desire to build a “united city” in which those who were socially unwished were not allowed. The combination of modernization with social exclusion, so often discussed in many other studies of Brazilian history, is shown in this article as another approach to the issue of modernization with its distinct moments. Palavras-chave: Rio Grande do Sul. Séculos XIX e XX. Identidade. Key words: Rio Grande do Sul. XIX & XX centuries. Identity.

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Identidades, estágio curricular e trabalho docente: Análise discursiva de depoimentos de licenciandas de uma Universidade Federal no Rio Grande do Sul

Education Policy Analysis Archives ◽

10.14507/epaa.25.2732 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 25 ◽

pp. 79

Author(s):

Sandra Regina De Moura ◽

Dóris Maria Luzzardi Fiss

Keyword(s):

Professional Identity ◽

Collaborative Work ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Public School System ◽

Rio Grande Do Sul ◽

Porto Alegre ◽

Teacher Formation ◽

Discursive Analysis ◽

Specific Stage ◽

The City

This article analyzed, from the perspective of six graduates of the Course of Pedagogy (FACED / UFRGS), the effects of the obligatory curricular internship and its role in the formation of teaching identities. This qualitative research carried out in 2014 involved listening to the voices of graduates in the period of compulsory curricular traineeship in a municipal public school system located in the city of Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). By means of a focal group, the authors addressed themes of stage and professional identity, concepts developed by Maurice Tardif and Danielle Raymond, António Nóvoa, Selma Garrido Pimenta and Maria Socorro Lima. Drawing on the discursive perspectives of Michel Pêcheux, and highlighting contributions offered by Eni Orlandi, the discourse analysis of the graduates’ speech produced several themes that influenced the formation of the graduates’ educational identities, including teaching as collaborative work, “human teaching”, and experiences of autonomy and transition, and that referred to the obligatory curricular stage as a space for learning, reflection about practice, and the space of praxis. In addition, six trainees perceived their internship as an experience that produced changes in their ways of thinking and becoming teachers. Thus, discursive analysis of internship graduates within the time and spaces of teacher formation may can contribute to other designs for schooling and education, considering the relevance of the dynamic conditions of dialogue at this specific stage.

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Enslaved in Porto Alegre

The Story of Rufino ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190224363.003.0003 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 20-33

Author(s):

João José Reis ◽

Flávio dos Santos Gomes ◽

Marcus J. M. de Carvalho ◽

H. Sabrina Gledhill

Keyword(s):

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Capital City ◽

Police Chief ◽

Rio Grande Do Sul ◽

Porto Alegre ◽

The City ◽

At Home

In 1831, Rufino’s young master, an army cadet, took him to the province of Rio Grande do Sul, where he was sold to a merchant from the capital city of Porto Alegre. When his new master went bankrupt, Rufino was auctioned and bought by the police chief of the province. He worked as a cook at home and probably as a hire-out worker in the streets as well. Rio Grande received scores of slaves imported from Bahia and Rio de Janeiro. By 1819, 30 percent of Porto Alegre’s population were slaves. As the city grew, daily conflicts between slaves and the police and maroon activity became a major problem.

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Frequency of dermatophytes in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo ◽

10.1590/s0036-46651998000200002 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 71-76 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Adelina MEZZARI

Keyword(s):

Metropolitan Area ◽

Low Income ◽

Clinical Pathology ◽

Rio Grande ◽

The State ◽

Rio Grande Do Sul ◽

Porto Alegre ◽

Pathology Laboratory ◽

Prevalence Data ◽

The City

In order to evaluate the distribution of dermatophytes in Porto Alegre, the capital of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, they were isolated from the skin, hairs and nails samples and retrospectively analyzed from June 1981 to June 1995, in two different institutions in the city of Porto Alegre: (i) the Serviço de Micologia do Instituto de Pesquisas Biológicas Jandyr Maya Faillace, da Secretaria de Saúde e Meio Ambiente do Rio Grande do Sul which attends the low income population (low and middle classes) and, (ii) Laboratório Weinmann, a clinical pathology laboratory which attends predominantly the higher income population (middle and upper classes), both which attend in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre. The dermatophyte predominance of Trichophyton rubrum was confirmed (55.33%) followed by T. mentagrophytes (21.46%). The data obtained were compared with the existing prevalence data which were collected in the interior of the state over a period of 32 years (1960-1992). T. verrucosum, T. simii, Microsporum persicolor, T. schöenleinii, M. nanum and M. cookei were isolated in the interior and have not been found in the capital so far. On the other side, T. violaceum was, isolated in the capital and has not been found in the interior so far.

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Seroepidemiology of Leishmania infantum in dogs in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Semina Ciências Agrárias ◽

10.5433/1679-0359.2016v37n6p4077 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 37 (6) ◽

pp. 4077 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mariana Caetano Teixeira ◽

Neusa Saltiel Stobbe ◽

Verônica Schmidt ◽

Valéria Marçal Felix de Lima ◽

Ana Luisa Tartarotti ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Visceral Leishmaniasis ◽

Leishmania Infantum ◽

Clinical Manifestations ◽

Rio Grande ◽

The State ◽

Canine Leishmaniasis ◽

Insect Vector ◽

Rio Grande Do Sul ◽

Porto Alegre ◽

The City

Leishmaniosis are zoonoses that present several clinical manifestations in humans and have dogs as their main reservoir in the urban environment. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is the most severe form of the parasitosis and has been increasing in Brazil, despite the actions of public health agencies. Until 2002, the State of Rio Grande do Sul (RS) was considered free of human and canine leishmaniasis. The first human case of cutaneous leishmaniasis in RS was recorded in 2003. In 2009, the first autochthonous cases of human VL and canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) were confirmed in São Borja, RS, and the occurrence of the insect vector was recorded for the first time in the state. In 2010, the first confirmed case of CVL was reported and seropositive dogs were identified in the city of Porto Alegre, RS. Given the importance of this zoonosis and the difficulties of a reliable diagnosis in dogs, this study aimed to identify epidemiological aspects of CVL in dogs in an area of Porto Alegre where cases of the disease have been reported. A total of 300 blood samples were collected from dogs in this area, which were then tested by the methods of RT-DPP® and ELISA for diagnosis of Leishmania infantum. An epidemiological questionnaire was completed by dog owners, containing aspects related to care of the animals, characteristics of their environment, and their living conditions. We observed that 83% (250/300) of the studied dogs were of mixed breed, 58% (175/300) were female, 78% (238/300) slept outdoors, and 61% (183/300) shared their living quarters with other species. Clinically, we observed that 90% (270/300) of the animals were infested by ectoparasites, 70% (210/300) had dermatopathies, 24% (72/300) presented weight loss and anorexia, and 22% (65/300) had ocular disorders. The results of the two serological tests were 100% concordant for the three seropositive samples (1%), and the remaining 297 (99%) were negative for both tests. We conclude that despite the low prevalence of L. infantum seropositive dogs, conditions in the region are favorable for CVL transmission, creating a risk of VL for the human population in the city of Porto Alegre.

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Study on Possible Increase in Twinning Rate at a Small Village in South Brazil

Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae twin research ◽

10.1017/s0001566000000829 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 45 (4) ◽

pp. 431-437 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

U. Matte ◽

M. G. Le Roux ◽

B. Bénichou ◽

J. P. Moisan ◽

R. Giugliani

Keyword(s):

Preliminary Investigation ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Geographic Region ◽

Rio Grande Do Sul ◽

Porto Alegre ◽

Homogeneous Population ◽

Additional Risk ◽

Inbreeding Rate ◽

High Level ◽

The City

AbstractA high frequency of twin births has been observed in Linha São Pedro, a small settlement which belongs to the city of Cândido Godói, located 524 km Northwest from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in an ethnically homogeneous population of German descent restricted to a small geographic region. From 1990 to 1994, the proportion of twin births in Linha São Pedro was 10%, significantly higher than the 1.8% rate for the state of Rio Grande do Sul as a whole. Genealogical analysis showed a high recurrence of multiple births within families, as well as a high level of inbreeding in the community. Zygosity data indicated that 9 of the 17 pairs of twins studied (53%) were dizygotic. No external environmental factors were detected that could be influencing the appearance of this characteristic. This preliminary investigation confirmed the presumed existence of a high twinning rate in the community. The high familial recurrence and the high inbreeding rate suggests the presence of genetic twinning factors. Complementary studies of twins that have yet to be evaluated and the search for additional risk factors, as well as linkage studies, should contribute to a further understanding of the biological factors related to twin births in the human species.

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Histórias de imagens guardadas: narrativas de negritude, conflito e religiosidade na Ilha da Pintada, Porto Alegre, RS

ILUMINURAS ◽

10.22456/1984-1191.100082 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (53) ◽

Author(s):

Fernanda Rechenberg

Keyword(s):

Rio Grande ◽

Ethnographic Research ◽

Traumatic Memory ◽

Rio Grande Do Sul ◽

Porto Alegre ◽

The City ◽

Afro Brazilian

Resumo: Este artigo enfoca as memórias, as narrativas e as formas de sociabilidade religiosas de uma rede de moradores da parte de baixo da Ilha da Pintada, localidade lacustre da cidade de Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, reunidos em torno das práticas e tradições afro-religiosas lideradas por uma família negra. A partir de uma pesquisa etnográfica, focada nos acervos fotográficos desta família, este trabalho busca compreender os conflitos e as táticas desta rede de moradores no enfrentamento cotidiano dos preconceitos raciais. A memória traumática e a tensão permanente entre os moradores da parte de cima e da parte de baixo da ilha inscrevem este território em um jogo conflitual permeado de adesões e evitações a diferentes grupos e espaços na Ilha da Pintada, ora flexíveis, ora determinantes na construção de identidades específicas. Palavras-chave: fotografia, memória, conflito, umbanda, Ilha da Pintada STORIES FROM KEPT IMAGES: NARRATIVES ABOUT NEGRITUDE, CONFLICT AND RELIGIOSITY ON ILHA DA PINTADA, PORTO ALEGRE, RS Abstract: This article focuses on the memories, narratives and forms of religious sociability of a network of inhabitants from Ilha da Pintada, a neighborhood in the city of Porto Alegre-RS, gathered around afro-brazilian practices and traditions. Based on an ethnographic research focused on the photographic collections of this Family, this work seeks to understand the conflicts and tatics of this network of residentes in the daily confrontation of racial prejudices. The traumatic memory and the permanente tension between the inhabitants of the upper and lower part of the neighborhood inscribed this territory in a conflictual game permeated by adhesions and avoidances to diferente groups and spaces in Ilha da Pintada, sometimes flexible, sometimes decisive in the construction of specific identities.Keywords: photography. memory. conflict. umbanda. Ilha da Pintada

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A influência parental na carreira de jovens atletas de Ginástica Artística (The parental influence on the career of young Artistic Gymnastics)

Retos ◽

10.47197/retos.v41i0.79362 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 41 ◽

pp. 804-811

Author(s):

Andrize Ramires Costa ◽

Magda Jordana Armesto Lopes ◽

Ana Paula De Souza Dias ◽

Priscila Lopes Cardozo

Keyword(s):

High Performance ◽

Parental Influence ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Well Being ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Rio Grande Do Sul ◽

Porto Alegre ◽

Career Experience ◽

Change Of State ◽

The City

Uma das manifestações mais conhecidas da Ginástica Artística é a sua manifestação competitiva. Compreendendo sua iniciação, geralmente, com crianças de pouca idade, o envolvimento e apoio dos pais torna-se um dos requisitos fundamentais no desenvolvimento do potencial esportivo, permanência e, principalmente, no bem-estar psicológico. Portanto, o objetivo deste estudo se delimita em verificar de que forma ocorre a influência parental diante da carreira das filhas ginastas. Participaram cinco pais de atletas que competiram no Campeonato Estadual e Brasileiro de Ginástica Artística, categoria infantil, pela Federação de Ginástica do Rio Grande do Sul, na cidade de Porto Alegre, Brasil. Como instrumento de pesquisa foi utilizada uma entrevista semiestruturada e, posteriormente, os dados foram analisados a partir da análise de conteúdo de Bardin (2011). Os resultados demonstram que o apoio dos pais no alto rendimento na carreira/vivência esportiva da criança aparece presente em diversas manifestações, como por exemplo através do transporte, aquisição de materiais para os treinos/competições, mudança de estado/cidade, viagens para campeonatos e também no apoio psicológico. Finalizamos este estudo destacando que os pais têm uma relevância importante na vida esportiva das atletas, sendo imprescindível sua participação durante a carreira das mesmas, entretanto é importante diferenciar incentivo de pressão no alto rendimento. Abstract. One of the best known manifestations of Artistic Gymnastics is its competitive manifestation. Understanding their initiation, generally, with young children, parental involvement and support becomes one of the fundamental requirements in the development of sporting potential, permanence and, mainly, in psychological well-being. Therefore, the objective of this study is limited to verifying how the parental influence occurs before the career of the gymnasts daughters. Five parents of athletes who competed in the State and Brazilian Artistic Gymnastics Championship, child category, participated by the Gymnastics Federation of Rio Grande do Sul, in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil. As a research instrument, a semi-structured interview was used and, subsequently, the data were analyzed from the content analysis of Bardin (2011). The results demonstrate that the parents support in high performance, the parents' support in the child's sports career/experience appears in several manifestations, such as through transport, purchase of the tools used for training and competitions, change of state/city, travel to championships and also in psychological support. We concluded this study by highlighting that parents have an important relevance in the athletes' sporting life, their participation during their career being essential, however it is important to differentiate pressure incentive in high performance.

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Urban environmental heritage and urban revitalization: possible strategies for the 4th District

Revista Thésis ◽

10.51924/revthesis.2017.v2.184 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Rodrigo P. G. de Jesus

Keyword(s):

City Planning ◽

Urban Revitalization ◽

Rio Grande Do Sul ◽

Porto Alegre ◽

Industrial Structures ◽

Commercial Activities ◽

Restructuring Process ◽

Cultural Interest ◽

Historical Heritage ◽

The City

The concept of urban environmental heritage was divulged in Rio Grande do Sul through the Carta de Pelotas (Pelotas Charter, 1978), based on important documents for the conservation of his- torical heritage – Venice Charter (1964), Norms of Quito (1967), Declaration of Amsterdam (1975), and Nairobi Recommendation (1976) – aiming at preventing the squandering of the State’s cul- tural heritage.This concept was used to de ne areas to be protected in the Pla- no Diretor de Desenvolvimento Urbano de Porto Alegre (Directive Plan for Urban Development of Porto Alegre, 1979), which for the rst time considered cultural heritage as part of city planning. The 1999 revision of the Directive Plan incorporates the term and Spe- cial Areas of Cultural Interest are detailed, thus de nitely acknowl- edging the importance of such areas for the city. In Porto Alegre, the area denominated the 4th District – which had an important role in the city’s development until the 1970s due to the concentration of industrial and commercial activities and which was emptied out throughout the following decades as a result of the productive restructuring process of capitalism – presents a se- ries of large industrial structures and residencies of workers that now form the city’s historical heritage. With the current e orts that have been made to renovate the ur- banity if this area, either by placemakers or by isolated actions from entrepreneurs, it is observed that the pertinent legislations have not been duly implemented or regulated yet. In this landscape, the present work aims at understanding the historical process that led to the formation of the current legislation and identifying the possible contradictions that impair the urban rehabilitation of the 4thDistrict, with the intention of contributing to the development of new actions, policies, and instruments to reconstruct the 4th District from is urban environmental heritage.

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