The extension project presented is included among the initiatives of Engineers Without Borders (ESF), Núcleo João Monlevade, which aim to use the knowledge acquired within the classroom, referring to engineering, to voluntarily assist society. The target institution of the project is the Municipal Foundation Crê-Ser, a philanthropic entity maintained by the Municipality of Monlevade that serves children and adolescents at personal and social risk. This article, therefore, seeks to carry out an architectural project to improve a physical space of the Crê-Ser Foundation's Welcome Unit and present, as support, the university extension, through the ESF João Monlevade. The reform is based on a redistribution of rooms, with a special focus on the kitchen and dining room, seeking to provide more accessibility, organization and comfort for children and adolescents residing on the site. The project was based on four main steps: 3D modeling of the expected result, architectural design, quantitative table of materials and work follow-up. In addition to training for the professional field, the extension project showed them the importance of service to the community. Therefore, the participation of engineering students, ESF members, enabled them to grow professionally and personally, generating individuals aware of the their social function and prepared for the labor market.
Thinking about future series, a new search for alternative means for development and environmental protection. The school environment favors the presence of a sustainable learning process, especially when children are exposed to sensory situations that present the learning process, more vulnerable to environmental influences (CAPRA, 2008). Environmental Education at Foundation Crê-Ser (João Monlevade), through the construction of a system for comparing organic results of school education, using them in an ecological garden developed as children. The project was carried out by Engineers without Frontiers (ESF) of João Monlevade, between April 2018. Environmental Education workshops were held, where 30 people were found among children and present in order to cultivate the germination process through experiment with beans, with softener pills, they chose as vegetables for cultivation. The children planted the seedlings, with young people and staff. During the mentioned steps, they were involved every time, which presupposes a set of general considerations is the same as maintaining the environment indicators, in addition, the educators already perceived the access to the garden as a tangible didactic resource for the application and understanding disciplinary content. Universities have timely extended this scenario to apply their academic data.
Due to the various social changes that have occurred to meet voluntary demands, there is the emergence of organic volunteering. This type of volunteering refers to volunteering that acts when the actions aim to meet specific demands of the communities (SELLI, GARRAFA, 2005). Engineers Without Borders is a worldwide ONG with representation in Brazil, with 64 nuclei (ESF, 2018), among them, the nucleus of Joao Monlevade. The ESF proposes the alignment of engineering to the service of the community, becoming an important tool for the development of interpersonal relations and for the community contribution with projects shaped to the specific social needs. The objective of this study is to highlight the voluntary organization, through the organization Engineers Without Borders, as one of the pathways of personal development and humanized training of engineering students. In this way, through the execution of social projects, the students have the possibility to visualize the demands of the local communities, bringing them closer to the realities not lived in classrooms. The methodology consists of an action research in order to expose the projects carried out by members of Engineers Without Borders Joao Monlevade and demonstrate the impact of this nucleus on the lives of students and the community involved. In this initial cycle, the nucleus of Joao Monlevade took place with 30 direct members, coming from the State University of Minas Gerais, Joao Monlevade Unit. In 2018, three projects were carried out at the Crê-Ser Foundation, in Joao Monlevade, Minas Gerais: Bioeduca, the Kitchen Reform and the Agroecological Vegetable Garden. The projects provided interaction and sharing of knowledge to the participants, as well as the practice of sustainability, improvement of food quality and knowledge applied to the students involved. The results obtained from the creation of the group reaffirm the relevance of the university extension in the training of students, in the development of critical thinking, in the risk analysis of the projects and in the strengthening of the ethics of the members involved.
AVALIAÇÃO DE ELEMENTOS GENÉTICOS DE RESISTÊNCIA A ANTIBIÓTICOS EM ÁREA SOB INFLUÊNCIA DA FERTIRRIGAÇÃO COM EFLUENTE TRATADO DE UMA GRANJA DE SUINOCULTURA GERUSA LEITE CAETANO1; ANDRÊSSA REZENDE PEREIRA2 E SILVANA DE QUEIROZ SILVA3 1 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Ambiental, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Campus Universitário Morro do Cruzeiro, 35400-000, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brasil, gerusa.caetano@aluno.ufop.edu.br 2Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Ambiental, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Campus Universitário Morro do Cruzeiro, 35400-000, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brasil, andressa.rezende@engenharia.ufjf.br 3 Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Campus Universitário Morro do Cruzeiro, 35400-000, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brasil, silvana.silva@ufop.edu.br 1 RESUMO Uma granja de suinocultura que concede seu efluente tratado para fertirrigação de milho, foi escolhida para monitoramento de genes de resistência a antibióticos. Foram investigados a ocorrência e abundância dos genes de resistência aos antibióticos beta-lactâmicos (blaTEM), macrolídeos (ermB), quinolonas (qnrB), tetraciclinas (tetA) e sulfonamidas (sul1), além do elemento genético móvel integrase classe 1 (intI1) e do gene que estima bactérias totais (RNAr 16S), em amostras do efluente tratado, do solo fertirrigado, do solo sem histórico de fertirrigação direta, e de água de um açude, ambos localizados à jusante da área fertirrigada. Foram realizadas quatro campanhas amostrais, com coleta de 1L efluente tratado, cinco amostras de 250 g de cada solo, além de 2L de água do açude. A quantificação dos genes foi realizada por qPCR com os primers correspondentes a cada gene. Todos os genes investigados e o elemento genético móvel int1 foram detectados em todas as campanhas amostrais dos solos, da água do açude e do efluente tratado. O gene de resistência à sulfonamida foi o mais abundante entre as amostras, com exceção das amostras do açude. Comparativamente, os genes sul1 e tetA foram estatisticamente mais abundantes no solo fertirrigado do que no solo não fertirrigado, em todas as coletas. Isso indica que a utilização do efluente de suinocultura, mesmo que tratado, pode causar a disseminação de resistência a antibióticos para o ambiente. Keywords: genes de resistência, irrigação, dejetos suínos CAETANO, G. L.; PEREIRA, A. R; SILVA, S. Q. EVALUATION OF GENETIC ELEMENTS FOR ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN AREA UNDER INFLUENCE OF FERTIRRIGATION WITH TREATED EFFLUENT FROM A PIG FARM 2 ABSTRACT A swine farm that provides its treated effluent for irrigation of corn was chosen to monitor antibiotic resistance genes. The occurrence and abundance of resistance antibiotics genes to beta-lactams (blaTEM), macrolides (ermB), quinolones (qnrB), tetracyclines (tetA) and sulfonamides (sul1), as well as the mobile genetic element integrase class 1 (intI1) and the gene that estimates total bacteria (16S rRNA) were analized. Samples of treated effluent, fertigated soil, soil without a direct fertigation, and water from a pond, both located downstream of the fertigated area, were collected during four sampling campaigns. A total of 1 L of treated effluent, five samples of 250 g of each soil, and 2L of water from the pond were sampled. The quantification of genes was performed by qPCR with primers corresponding to each gene. All investigated genes and the mobile genetic element int1 were detected in all soil samples, pond water and treated effluent. The sul1 gene was the most abundant among the samples, but not at the pond water. Comparatively, the sul1 and tetA gene were statistically more abundant in the fertigated soil than in the non-fertigated soil, in all sampling collections. This indicates that the use of swine farming effluent, even if treated, can cause the spread of antibiotic resistance to the environment. Keywords: resistance genes, swine manure, soil.
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