Resumo Este artigo aborda o modo como categorias de diferenciação como sexualidade, geração, classe social e lugar são corporificados em trajetórias de vida de pessoas vivendo com HIV/aids em cidades interioranas do Nordeste brasileiro. Nesse sentido, buscamos explorar a articulação entre noções de pessoa, práticas de cuidado e de conhecimento à luz da constituição de subjetividades políticas. A proposta é ampliar o olhar sobre processos de sofrimento social, sexualidade e saúde e suas complexas relações que conferem sentido e lugar ao vírus, ao cuidado, ao adoecer e suas economias de conhecimento.

Abstract This article investigates how categories of differentiation such as sexuality, generation, social class, and place are embodied in life trajectories of people living with HIV/aids in cities in the interior of Brazil’s Northeast. We explore the articulation between notions of personhood and practices of care and knowledge considering the constitution of political subjectivities. The objective is to broaden the view on processes of social suffering, sexuality, and health and their complex relationships that confer meaning and place to HIV, care, illness and their economies of knowledge.

Resumo A Nova Administração Pública (NAP), orientada pelos Princípios da Administração Pública (PAP), incorporou diversas abordagens para promover uma gestão mais eficaz. Entre elas está a perspectiva enxuta, com foco na eliminação de desperdícios e na melhoria dos processos organizacionais. Assim, o presente estudo tem como objetivo analisar a relação entre tipos de Desperdícios e PAPs. Para tanto, a investigação utiliza a triangulação de dados do grupo focal, oficina e observação participante como abordagens metodológicas, demonstrando que os desperdícios do processo podem comprometer os PAPs. No entanto, a adesão aos princípios pode beneficiar a execução do processo, reduzindo o retrabalho, por exemplo. Essa percepção contraria o senso comum, que pressupõe aumento da burocracia para tratar de questões jurídicas ou princípios constitucionais. Dessa forma, a análise de desperdícios enxutos segundo os PAPs pode se mostrar relevante e uma nova perspectiva de melhoria dos processos organizacionais na gestão pública.

Abstract The New Public Administration (NPA), guided by the Principles of Public Administration (PPA), has incorporated several approaches to promote more effective management. Among these is the lean perspective, focused on eliminating waste and improving organizational processes. Thus, the present study aims to analyze the relationship between types of waste and PPA. To that end, the investigation uses data triangulation from the focus group, and workshop and participant observation as methodological approaches, demonstrating that process waste can compromise PPA. However, adhering to the principles can benefits process execution by reducing rework, for example. This perception contradicts common sense, which presupposes increased bureaucracy to address legal issues or constitutional principles. Thus, lean waste analysis according to PPA may prove to be relevant and a new perspective for improving organizational processes in public management.

ABSTRACT There is little information about the problems that occur in the commercialization of roses (Rosa spp.) in Brazil, especially those from postharvest management. There is scarce research about the conditions of transportation of roses from the farm to the market and their storage. This study investigated the postharvest conditions and commercialization of roses at CEAGESP (Companhia de Entrepostos e Armazéns Gerais de São Paulo) Flower Wholesale, especially the perception of the permission holders about the customer's profile and the main challenges faced by them in selling their products. A questionnaire was applied to 48 permission holders in order to understand the main issues in the rose supply chain, related to their commercialization: shipping, storage and origin, as well as the water quality in the flowerpot in addition to the measurement of the temperature of the water used in the marketing and the interior of the vehicle used for transport. Some bacteria species can obstruct the xylem of the cut flowers, reducing their longevity. In this way, the number of bacteria was estimated in the water where the roses were kept during the commercialization in the market place. Twenty-five samples (50 mL) from the water in the rose flowerpots were collected to estimate the number of bacteria. Serial dilutions of each sample were prepared to evaluate the bacterial population. The most commercialized rose varieties at CEAGESP Flower Wholesale are “Carolla” and “Tinike”. The main postharvest disease observed in these roses was gray rot (Botrytis cinerea) and pest-mite (Tetranycus urticae). On average, water from deep wells (4.0 × 105 CFU mL−1) had less number of bacteria than water river (5.15 × 105 CFU mL−1) and tap water (1.0 × 106 CFU mL−1).

RESUMO A coloração é uma variável muito utilizada na pós-colheita para avaliar o estádio de maturação de diversos frutos. Geralmente, a coloração média é quantificada por meio de métodos subjetivos baseados na visão humana, levando a erros graves na classificação dos frutos. Outra forma de quantificar a cor média de um fruto é a partir da amostragem de pontos na superfície de sua casca, processo este geralmente realizado com o auxílio de um colorímetro. Para a análise da coloração do mamão, é usual o pesquisador amostrar quatro pontos na região equatorial da sua casca, porém tal prática pode levar a resultados viesados, pois esses pontos podem representar apenas a região equatorial em vez da região total. Uma alternativa a esses métodos é a utilização de imagens digitais que, no entanto, necessita de calibração para a correção dos valores de luminosidade, tonalidade e intensidade da cor obtidos por meio do scanner. Essa calibração pode ser realizada a partir de padrões de cores de tal forma que cada padrão é avaliado por meio do scanner e do colorímetro. Assim, foi conduzido o primeiro experimento utilizando 297 padrões de cor baseados na carta de Munssel para tecidos vegetais, o qual mostrou que o scanner pode ser utilizado como dispositivo para a quantificação da cor. Em seguida, foi conduzido um segundo experimento com o objetivo de comparar as metodologias do scanner e do colorímetro. Para isso, utilizou-se de um fruto de mamão cv. Sunrise Solo, o qual foi avaliado por meio dos dois equipamentos, por um período de 19 dias. A análise de imagens digitais levou a medidas diferentes de tonalidade média quando comparadas às tonalidades médias obtidas por meio do colorímetro. Sendo assim, é recomendada a utilização de análise de imagens digitais para a avaliação da tonalidade média da coloração da epiderme do mamão ‘Sunrise Solo’, principalmente nos estádios iniciais e finais de maturação.

ABSTRACT Color hue is a variable frequently used postharvest to assess the physiological maturity of various fruits. In general, mean color hue is quantified by visual techniques, but this method, based on human grading, is tedious and may be erroneous. The color of fruit peel is frequently determined at four points randomly distributed on the equatorial region of a fruit, but this practice can lead to biased results because these points represent the equatorial region only and not the total area of the fruit peel. Consequently, this bias is not due to equipment measurement errors, but to the bias in the sampling process of the points on the fruit epidermis. An alternative to such methods is the digital image which provides information about all regions of the fruit peel, and results in a more accurate mean hue. However, this technique requires calibration to correct the values of luminance, hue and intensity obtained through the scanner. This calibration can be performed from color patterns such that each pattern is assessed by means of a scanner and a colorimeter. Thus, an experiment was conducted using 297 color patterns based on the Munssel color chart for plant tissue. The results showed that the scanner could be used as a device for color assessment where the determination coefficients were above 0.9 for all color components. Next, a second experiment was conducted in order to compare the scanner and colorimeter methodologies. For this, we used a papaya fruit, cv. Sunrise Solo, which was assessed by these two devices for a period of 19 days. The results showed that the image analysis measures have a different mean hue when compared with the mean hue obtained by the method using a colorimeter. Therefore, it is recommended that digital image analysis be used for the evaluation of the hue of fruit peel color when fruit presents non-uniform coloration.

O presente trabalho se insere na interseção entre os estudos de gênero e a antropologia urbana. A pesquisa etnográfica foi desenvolvida entre os anos de 2012 e 2014 na cidade de João Pessoa. No presente artigo buscamos apresentar agentes e espaços que compõem um circuito caracterizado pela busca de trocas eróticas e sexuais sem vínculos afetivos ou interesses financeiros entre homens que não necessariamente identificam a si mesmos como homossexuais: a pegação. A pesquisa aponta para relações de permeabilidade entre pessoas e lugares, bem como para processos de tensionamento de modelos identitários através de uma experiência marcada pela fluidez e a eventualidade, engendrando um contínuo processo de reinvenção do espaço e dos próprios envolvidos, ainda que submetida a mecanismos de controle social.

The article is located at an intersection between gender studies and urban anthropology. Based on ethnographic research conducted between 2012 and 2014 in João Pessoa, State of Paraíba (Northeastern Brazil), we present the agents and spaces that make up a circuit homoerotic sociability known to locals as “pegação,” i.e., cruising for erotic and sexual exchanges without emotional ties or financial interest by men who do not necessarily self-identify as homosexual. Findings indicate relations of permeability between people and places, as well as the tensioning of identity models through an experience marked by fluidity and eventuality, generating a continuous process of reinvention of space and of those involved themselves, while subjected to mechanisms of social control.

Este artículo se localiza en la intersección entre los estudios de género y la antropología urbana. Basado en una investigación de carácter etnográfico desarrollada entre los años 2012 y 2014 en la ciudad de João Pessoa, (Paraíba, Nordeste de Brasil), el artículo presenta los agentes y espacios que conforman un circuito de sociabilidad homoerótica caracterizado por la búsqueda de intercambios eróticos y sexuales sin elementos emocionales o intereses financieros, entre hombres que no necesariamente se identifican como homosexuales (el levante). La investigación apunta a las relaciones de permeabilidad entre personas y lugares, así como a los procesos de tensión de modelos identitarios, a través de una experiencia marcada por la fluidez y la eventualidad, generando un continuo proceso de reinvención, tanto del espacio como de los involucrados, sometido a mecanismos de control social.

Introduction  Gout is an illness characterized by the deposition of monosodium urate crystals in the joints or in soft tissues. The clinical manifestation results from inflammation of limb joints and pain with a rare presentation in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Case Report  This study describes a 66-year-old white man with a chief complaint of “occasional pain in the left temporal muscle region.” The case disclosed a gout manifestation in the TMJ after physical, radiographic, and ultrasonographic exams, and the patient was referred to proper treatment. Conclusion  Gout manifestation in the TMJ is an unusual presentation, and few reports in the English literature address to the subject. Gout in the TMJ should be included as a differential diagnosis for joint disorders.

In the animal model of leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis there is a complex mechanism of the host-parasite interaction. The present study was performed to interfere with the inflammatory reaction to the parasites, through immune modulation. Female C5BL/6 isogenic mice were used, some of which were inoculated on the right ear and others on the right footpad with 3.10(6) stationary phase promastigotes of the MHOM/BR/PH8 strain of L. (L.) amazonensis, and were allocated in three groups: the first received pentoxifylline 8mg/kg every 12 h, since the first day; the second one received the same dose since the 40th day of infection and a control group that did not receive any treatment. All the ears excised were analyzed to determine the variation in weight between both ears and for histopathological analyses. A quantification of the parasites was done using the limiting dilution assay. A significant reduction of the number of parasites, was observed among the animals treated which had an accordingly significant reduction on the weight of the ears. Pentoxifylline reduced the macrophages propensity to vacuolation and induced a more effective destruction of the parasites by these cells. Moreover, the group that began the treatment later did not show the same effectiveness.