Abstract The Industrial Engineering Program at the School of Engineering of Lorena at the University of São Paulo has been using the Project-Based Learning (PBL) methodology in the first term of the academic year since 2013. This article describes the experience of the first four years of the use, the lessons learned, and the remaining challenges. The use of PBL has been widely recognized by the students as one of the Industrial Engineering program’s differentiating features. Lessons have been learned continuously and have been subsequently incorporated to the application of the project. Much has been refined during this time frame but there is much more to be done. Some challenges persist, such as: (i) improving interaction with the course of Calculus I; (ii) enhancing peer evaluation; (iii) expanding the project coordination team, and (iv) refining tools for data collection and analysis

Abstract This paper reports a case study about the experience of two semesters of the discipline Industrial Chemical Processes in School of Engineering of Lorena with the Project-Based Learning approach. Both semesters were based on a set of rules which established the division of the class into groups to submit projects related to the syllabus of the discipline. Two by two, groups competed for an investment which was determined by the rest of the class, who were the investors. Students approved the method and they were excited about the mood of competition. From the first to the second experiences, some modifications in the rules were done, such as the introduction of stakeholder groups, which increased access to the global content of the discipline. The simulation of a business world put forward herein may be readily adapted to other situations and, with minor changes in the ground rules, it is believed that the method can be applied to a wide variety of disciplines of any course.

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To describe the sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients with systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) monitored by a Family Health Team. METHOD: cross-sectional descriptive study with a quantitative approach carried out with 166 SAH patients. RESULTS: mean age was 62.6 years; the majority were women (75.9%); partnered (54.2%); with a low level of education (63.9%); with dyslipidaemia (55.4%); with a sedentary lifestyle (66.3%); body mass index (BMI) was above desirable range (81.2% in adults and 64.9% in older people). The average measure of waist/hip ratio (WHR) and systolic blood pressure was above normal (120/80mmHg). CONCLUSION: study participants were young and older adults, married, with low level of education and low income. Risk factors were: dyslipidaemia, sedentary lifestyle, BMI, WHR and Waist Circumference above normal (amongst women) and high systolic blood pressure.

RESUMEN OBJETIVO: Describir el perfil sociodemográfico y clínico de los pacientes con hipertensión arterial sistêmica (HAS) atendidos por un equipo de salud de la familia. MÊTODOS: Estudio descriptivo transversal, con un enfoque cuantitativo, realizado con 166 pacientes con HSA. RESULTADOS: La edad media fue de 62,6 ahos; la mayoría mujeres (75,9%); con un compahero (a) (54,2%); bajo nivel de educación (63,9%); dislipemia (55,4%); sedentaria (66,3%) y con índice de masa corporal por encima de lo deseable (81,2% adultos y 64,9% adultos mayores). El promedio de la medida de la relación entre cintura/cadera y de la presión arterial sistólica fue superior a lo normal (120 / 80mmHg). CONCLUSIÓN: los participantes del estudio eran adultos jóvenes y adultos mayores, casados, con bajo nivel de escolaridad y de ingresos. Los factores de riesgo que se destacaron fueron: dislipemia, sedentarismo, IMC, RCC encima de lo normal, así como la CC entre las mujeres y la hipertensión arterial sistólica.

RESUMO OBJETIVO: traçar o perfil sociodemográfico e clínico de indivíduos com hipertensão arterial sistêmica (HAS) acompanhados por uma equipe de saúde da família. MATERIAL E MÉTODO: estudo transversal, descritivo, com abordagem quantitativa, desenvolvido com 166 portadores de HAS. RESULTADOS: a idade média foi de 62,6 anos; a maioria era mulher (75,9%); tinha companheiro(a) (54,2%); possuía baixa escolaridade (63,9%); era dislipidêmica (55,4%); sedentária (66,3%) e estava com índice de massa corpórea (IMC) acima do desejável (81,2% adultos e 64,9% idosos). A média da medida da relação cintura/quadril (RCQ) e da pressão arterial sistólica estava acima do normal (120/80 mmHg). CONCLUSÃO: os participantes do estudo eram adultos jovens e idosos, casados, com baixa escolaridade e renda. Os fatores de risco que mais se destacaram foram: dislipidemia, sedentarismo, IMC, RCQ acima do normal, assim como a circunferência da cintura entre as mulheres e pressão arterial sistólica elevada.

Este artigo, desdobramento de uma pesquisa mais ampla que focaliza o imaginário social sobre a adolescência contemporânea, investiga as concepções de estudantes de Psicologia e Pedagogia, futuros orientadores vocacionais, sobre o adolescente em vias de escolha da profissão. A pesquisa foi feita através do uso do Procedimento de Desenhos-Estórias com Tema e a análise do material, baseada em conceitos blegerianos e num enfoque winnicottiano, revelou a existência dos seguintes campos psicológicos não conscientes: a dúvida, o desejo parental e a falta de confiança em si. Numa perspectiva psicoprofilática, o quadro geral indica a necessidade de reabilitar o adolescente na reapropriação de seu destino, uma vez que a dúvida constante aparece como resultado do não poder confiar em suas próprias capacidades nem nas capacidades decisórias dos pais, resultado das diversas modificações sofridas pela sociedade na qual estão inseridos.

This paper, developed from a more extensive research that focused on the social imaginary concerning contemporary adolescence, investigates the concepts that future vocational advisers, psychology and pedagogy students, have on the adolescent who's preparing to choose a profession. The research was undertaken by using the Procedure of Thematic Story-Drawing and the analysis of data. Based on Bleger's concepts and a Winnicottian approach, data analysis disclosed the existence of the following non-conscientious psychological fields: doubt, parental desire and the lack of confidence in one's self. From a psycho-prophylactic perspective, the general picture indicates the need to rehabilitate the adolescent in re-appropriating his/her own destiny, since constant doubt appears as the consequence of not being able to trust in one owns ability nor in the decision making abilities of his/her parents, the outcome of various changes in the society that they belong to.