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O presente trabalho teve por objetivo fazer uma análise dos valores recomendados pela NBR 15220parte 3, para habitações de interesse social, e considerados como limites de transmitância térmica, atraso térmico e fator de calor solar, para fechamentos verticais, para a zona bioclimática 2 brasileira. Para isto, primeiramente definiu-se as características construtivas da habitação a ser simulada no trabalho, de forma a que atendesse às especificações mínimas propostas pelo programa Minha Casa Minha Vida. Os fechamentos opacos, paredes e cobertura, do caso-base, foram definidos a partir dos limites das propriedades térmicas indicadas pela NBR 15220-3, para a zona bioclimática 2. Os resultados obtidos com o caso-base estabeleceram os referenciais de conforto térmico com os quais as diversas configurações de envelope simuladas posteriormente foram comparadas, e possibilitaram verificar a pertinência das recomendações estabelecidas na norma. A análise dos resultados indicou que não se justificam os limites estabelecidos pela NBR 15220-3 para as variáveis de atraso térmico e fator de calor solar, quando avaliados pelos índices de conforto térmico obtidos com as simulações. Foi possível verificar que, tanto o aumento do atraso térmico quanto da absortância solar são benéficos para o conforto térmico no interior da edificação ao longo do ano na zona bioclimática 2, onde predominam as situações de desconforto no inverno.

Sleep deprivation in humans has been related to weight gain and consequently, increased risk for insulin resistance. In contrast, there is a significant loss of weight in sleep deprived rats suggesting a state of insulin resistance without obesity interference. Thus, we aimed to assess the effects of a rich fish oil dietetic intervention on glucose tolerance, serum insulin and adiponectin, and adipose tissue gene expression of adiponectin and TNF-α of paradoxically sleep deprived (PSD) rats. The study was performed in thirty day-old male Wistar randomly assigned into two groups: rats fed with control diet (soybean oil as source of fat) and rats fed with a fish oil rich diet. After 45 days of treatment, the animals were submitted to PSD or maintained as home cage control group for 96 h. Body weight and food intake were carefully monitored in all groups. At the end of PSD period, a glucose tolerance test was performed and the total blood and adipose tissues were collected. Serum insulin and adiponectin were analyzed. Adipose tissues were used for RT-PCR to estimate the gene expression of adiponectin and TNF-α. Results showed that although fish oil diet did not exert any effect upon these measurements, PSD induced a reduction in adiponectin gene expression of retroperitoneal adipose tissues, with no change in serum adiponectin concentration or in adiponectin and TNF-α gene expression of epididymal adipose tissue. Thus, the stress induced by sleep deprivation lead to a desbalance of adiponectin gene expression.

IntroductionThe increased intake of dietary fructose can be associated with alterations on energy homeostasis and lipid/carbohydrate metabolism, such as insulin resistance and dislipidemia. On the other hand, the ingestion of soluble fiber gum guar could improve benefic mechanism on glucose tolerance and lipids profile.ObjectiveThe aim of the present study were to investigate the effects of the supplemental feeding partially hydrolyzed gum guar on glucose and lipid homeostasis, in rats fed with fructose solution.MethodsThe study was performed on thirty day-old male Wistar rats randomly assigned into four groups: control(C) or treated with fructose (F-20%), fiber (FB-5%), or fructose plus fiber (F-20% + FB-5% = FF) solution for 30 days on glucose tolerance (OGTT), triacylglycerol concentration in the liver by chloroform/methanol method, glucose, triacylglycerol and total cholesterol serum concentration by assayed by enzymatic colorimetric method, insulin receptor (IR) concentration in the liver by Western Blotting.ResultsThe total body weight gain was not different between groups; in regards of total caloric intake, in the F group was significantly higher and in the FB group was lower than other groups. The triacylglycerol concentration in the liver of FF group was significantly higher than F group, the triacylglycerol concentration in the serum was higher the F group compared with other groups. The OGTT reveal impaired on glucose tolerance in the F, FB, FF compared with C. The IR concentration in the liver was lower in the F, FB, FF compared with C, no significant difference was observed between groups for IR concentration in the gastrocnemius muscle. No significant difference was observed between groups for carcass fat content and serum total cholesterol.ConclusionFructose induced important alterations on glucose tolerance and lipid metabolism, despite of fiber showed reversion of part this alterations. The association fructose plus fiber to seem decrease insulin receptor concentration in the liver, with consequent impair on glucose tolerance.

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The insulated glazing system is widely used in Europe and North America as a strategy to improve energy performance and thermal comfort in buildings. However, it has been introduced to the Brazilian market without considering the local climate, predominantly tropical. The proper choice of the glass is essential to reduce energy consumption as it is through the glass that the most direct and intense heat exchange occurs. This research aims to investigate the energy performance of office buildings in Brazil that have used insulated glass units (IGUs) on the facades. The energy's analyses were conducted through computer simulation through the software EnergyPlus. Different facades` configurations were tested using different combinations of Window-to-wall-ratio (WWR) and Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC). Building's models with IGUs showed an energy consumption for cooling up to 11% higher than models with laminated single-pane glass unit (SGUL) on temperate climate (southern Brazil). Modest values of energy savings, around 4%, were verified for models with IGUs in warmer climates.

Resumo In this text, we discuss the right to diversity in the curriculum, considering it as a course of identity formation and guarantee of rights, through practices that dialogue with equality and difference through interculturality. The dialectical method is based on the establishment of the dialogical relationship among traces of theoretical studies, public policies and perceptions of curriculum subjects in the perspective of cultural studies. With this in mind, we bring together the voices of students and teachers on one of the traces of diversity, the religiosity. Historically, it is about a theme that has been the source of fierce disputes, even if the purpose of that debate was conciliation. The results point out to the permanence of the challenge of implementing the right to diversity in the curriculum, whose overcoming requires a fight for democratic principles with the support of interculturality, which can promote participation and recognition of equality and difference. Therefore, the right to diversity requires the practice of a type of pedagogy which favors access to borders in the challenged terrain of the curriculum, through fair cultural negotiations.

Este estudo teve o objetivo de analisar os fatores associados ao tratamento especializado em tempo inoportuno após diagnóstico do câncer do colo do útero no Estado da Bahia, Brasil. Trata-se de um estudo de base hospitalar, de corte transversal, realizado com mulheres tratadas em unidades credenciadas ao sistema de Registro Hospitalar de Câncer (RHC) do Estado da Bahia, no período de 2008 a 2017. Foi realizada análise descritiva e regressão logística, construída na modelagem stepwise backward, para estimar as razões de prevalência (RP) bruta e ajustada, sendo consideradas estatisticamente significantes aquelas com o valor de p ≤ 0,05 pelo teste qui-quadrado de Pearson. Foram analisados 9.184 casos, destes, 65% tiveram tratamento em tempo inoportuno (tempo transcorrido entre o diagnóstico e o primeiro tratamento > 60 dias). A prevalência de tratamento em tempo inoportuno apresentou valores mais elevados entre mulheres com 65 anos ou mais (RP = 1,30; IC95%: 1,21-1,39), nenhuma escolaridade (RP = 1,24; IC95%: 1,15-1,33) e estadiamento avançado (RP = 1,17; IC95%: 1,13-1,21). Na maioria dos casos analisados, houve tratamento em tempo inoportuno, com maior prevalência entre as mulheres com mais idade, menor escolaridade e estadiamento clínico do tumor avançado, evidenciando a necessidade de ampliação do acesso aos serviços de tratamento oncológico no Estado da Bahia, em especial para estes grupos que apresentaram pior situação.