Roberto Naime

RESÍDUOS DE CURTUMES: ESTUDO DAS TENDÊNCIAS DE PESQUISA

Taking waste from tanneries as a research subject, this study identified the trends of these investigations through the review of recent publications. Have been identified four factors: toxicity, treatment technologies, economic value and ecological efficiency. The analysis of publications showed that it is a fruitful field for further research in various scientific fields related to technical and management areas, besides of their combination in interdisciplinary scopes. New studies are necessary before the predominant framework of environmental depletion, low ecoefficiency of industrial processes and incipient economic use of waste.

QUANTIDADE DE GERAÇÃO DE RESÍDUOS EM SEIS PROCEDIMENTOS CIRÚRGICOS DE PORTES DIFERENCIADOS COMPARADOS

The risks to health and the environment caused by solid waste in health services (SRHS) is mainly due to their infectious fractions. These wastes have microorganisms that are pathogenic and pose a risk to public health and the environment. There is a lack of guidance on the potential risks, handling and treatment, as well as the lack of information on how the treatment and disposal of these wastes. This work is a survey on the nature and amount of waste generated in two surgical procedures of different sizes in a hospital in Porto Alegre, which is known to generate large quantities of waste. The study was sponsored by the hospital to search through this knowledge to establish standards and procedures to satisfactorily meet the demands of managing solid waste. We compared six surgical procedures that happen frequently in the hospital, aiming to measure the amount of organic waste, recyclable, non-recyclable and secretions produced in each of them, to establish routines for the most appropriate management of waste under conditions of environmental protection and appropriate the lowest possible

DIAGNÓSTICO DE SUSTENTABILIDADE EM INDÚSTRIA MOVELEIRA DO RS: ESTUDO DE CASO EM FÁBRICA NO VALE DO CAÍ

The paper is a case study in the furniture business in the Cai Valley, in Rio Grande do Sul, with a diagnosis of sustainability and containing survey information concerning industrial processes of the company. The field of engineering and product design, raw materials used, how the company uses its energy resources and its energy efficiency program will be among the issues discussed. There is also an investigation of the potential of optimizing the use of water resources, check the operation of wastewater treatment and solid waste and an investigation of how the company monitors air emissions. A survey of existence of community projects, there is transparency and social responsibility in business are also discussed in the work. Along with this study, are raised information regarding environmental sustainability projects in companies seeking to enable improved environmental issues with decreasing associated costs or economic return.

Overview of use, distribution and pollution of surface water in Arroio Pampa in Rio dos Sinos Basin

The human intervention in surface water fountains is intense and decisive. In light of the urbanization, with the production of household waste in large quantities with high organic load of pollutants and because the activities of industrialization, which produce industrial effluents with high quantity of heavy metals, the standard of quality of the water surface is reduced drastically. The result is a reduction in quality of life in these basins, which are highly exposed to acquisition of infectious diseases and exposure to carcinogenic agents and teratogenics represented by heavy metals. Rivers which pass through urban centres, a rule, carry in their waters domestic sewage and industrial effluents. Although the Brazilian environmental law determines the tracking, and classification of these water bodies, with subsequent publication of the results, in most cases this does not occur effectively. The Arroio Pampa with most of its territory in the municipality of Novo Hamburgo - RS - Brazil, passing through densely populated neighborhoods, has every domestic sewage disposed of these neighborhoods by its waters, is receiving corps of industrial effluents, and despite having his mouth to approximately 1.5 km from the point of water for consumption of more than 250,000 people, it is typical example of this situation. This paper discusses the panorama of uses, distribution and contamination of surface waters from the focus on studies in Arroio Pampa, located in the basin of Rio dos Sinos in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre. Key words: surface water, water resources, pollution.

ÁREAS DE RISCO POR INUNDAÇÃO NA ÁREA DA REGIÃO URBANA DO MUNICÍPIO DE NOVO HAMBURGO - VALE DOS SINOS - RS

This work presents a methodology using remote sensing andgeoprocessing for environmental analyses of urban areas, and determinationof risk area by allayment in Novo Hamburgo town, Rio Grande do Sul state,using satellite images of Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) andfiles of digital data of the town of Novo Hamburgo, and using criteria definedby Civil Defense.

Avaliação do potencial de reciclagem na cidade de Cuiabá - MT

Este trabalho teve como objetivo caracterizar a variacao horizontal dos teores de fosforo disponivel do solo utilizando-se diferentes amostradores. Foram amostrados dois solos de diferentes texturas, NEOSSOLO QUARTZARENICO (RQ) e LATOSSOLO VERMELHO (LV), utilizando-se: pa-decorte (PC – que foi considerado como padrao), trado holandes (TH) e trado sonda (SD), em uma malha de amostragem de 0,9 m x 0,9 m. Para ambos os solos foram retiradas 100 amostras simples por amostrador. A tecnica de krigagem foi utilizada para mapear a variacao espacial dos teores de P do solo e, a partir dos mapas obtidos, foram calculadas as diferencas dos teores obtidos com os trados em relacao aos obtidos com a PC. Neste trabalho, as medias dos teores de fosforo disponivel do solo nao diferiram dos instrumentos de amostragem, exceto para o TH em textura arenosa. Nenhum dos instrumentos utilizados neste estudo mostrou-se apropriado para substituir a pa-de-corte na amostragem de solo quando a finalidade foi determinar a variabilidade espacial dos teores de P disponivel do solo. Os teores de fosforo disponiveis obtidos das amostras de solo coletadas com o TH tiveram maior variabilidade espacial que os teores de P obtidos das amostras coletadas com o SD, em relacao aos da PC. O uso de mapas interpolados pelo metodo de krigagem permitiu visualizar a variacao horizontal dos teores de P obtidos das amostras de solo coletadas com TH e SD quando comparados aqueles obtidos com PC.Entre os desfechos da violencia em acidentes de trânsito, temos os traumas. Para a caracterizacao dessas vitimas, dependemos de varios aspectos, tais como o tipo de acidente, trauma, sexo e idade. O presente estudo tem por objetivo tracar o perfil das vitimas atendidas na Clinica de Fisioterapia da Universidade de Cuiaba (UNIC) apos acidente de trânsito. Fizeram parte desse estudo, 89 pacientes, atendidos no setor de Ortopedia e Traumatologia de 2005 a 2008. Determinou-se que as vitimas deveriam apresentar a media de idade de 33,18 anos, prevalencia dos acidentes sobre o sexo masculino com 79,5%, maior frequencia para os acidentes de motocicleta com 71,6% e entre os locais de lesao mais importante, tivemos os Membros Inferiores (MMII), com 59,1%. Comparando sexo e tipo de acidente, os homens foram mais envolvidos em acidentes com motocicleta que as mulheres. Ja as mulheres estiveram mais envolvidas em acidentes com carro que o sexo oposto. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que a idade predominante das vitimas varia entre 19,8 a 47,28 anos, tendo os homens como principal vitima, envolvimento de motocicletas na maioria dos casos e sendo os MMII lesados com maior frequencia.A hiperplasia fibrosa inflamatoria corresponde a um crescimento tecidual benigno decorrente de fatores irritantes cronicos de baixa intensidade, como traumas mecânicos constantes provocados por proteses mal ajustadas. Uma das areas mais susceptiveis ao surgimento e a mucosa bucal, e em sua fase inicial, esta se apresenta indolor e de evolucao lenta, levando assim o paciente a procurar o tratamento tardio. O aparecimento da hiperplasia fibrosa inflamatoria esta associado ao uso prolongado de protese dentaria que na grande maioria apresenta falhas de adaptacao causando maleficios aos pacientes. Revendo os laudos histopatologicos dos pacientes atendidos nas clinicas da faculdade de odontologia de Cuiaba – FOC/UNIC, referente ao periodo de 1992/2003, foram analisados 650 prontuarios de pacientes com hiperplasia fibrosa de etiologias variadas, sendo selecionados apenas os portadores de hiperplasia fibrosa inflamatoria causada por proteses totais removiveis, perfazendo um total de 213 pacientes. Essa alteracao tecidual foi analisada de acordo com suas manifestacoes em diferentes faixas etarias, genero, etnia e localizacao. Estes dados foram comparados com as literaturas existentes buscando o entendimento clinico desta lesao. Concluiu-se que a maior incidencia de pacientes com hiperplasia fibrosa inflamatoria por proteses totais removiveis pertence ao genero feminino, na faixa etaria de 41 a 50 anos, leucoderma e localizacao na mandibula.

Monitoramento de pH, temperatura, OD, DBO e condições microbiológicas das águas do arroio pampa em novo Hamburgo-RS

A Agenda 21 e um plano de acao aprovado na Conferencia das Nacoes Unidas sobre o Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, a Rio-92, realizada no Rio de Janeiro. No documento estao definidos os compromissos que 179 paises assinaram e assumiram de construir um novo modelo de desenvolvimento. Trata-se de um plano que resulte em melhor qualidade de vida para a humanidade e que seja economica, social e ambientalmente sustentavel. Desde 2002, o nosso pais tem uma agenda 21 Brasileira. Falta em Mato Grosso que as demais esferas de governo articulem e organizem a Agenda 21 local. Entre as tres cidades mais populosas de Mato Grosso, apenas Varzea Grande esta com o documento elaborado desde 2007. E necessario que os municipios se atentem para implantar os compromissos para a defesa do meio ambiente.

Corporate governance and proactive environmental management in Novo Hamburgo and neighbouring cities, Brazil.

This study compiled data on environmental auditing and voluntary certification of environment-friendly businesses of the Commercial and Industrial Association of Novo Hamburgo, Campo Bom and Estância Velha and analysed them according to classical environmental management principles: sustainable development and corporate governance. It assessed the level of application of the concepts of corporate governance to everyday business in companies and organisations and estimated how the interconnection and vertical permeability of these concepts might help to make bureaucratic environmental management systemic, proactive and evaluative, changes that may add great value to the operations evaluated. Results showed that, when analysing only audited items not directly defined in legislation, no significant changes were identified. The inclusion of more advanced indices may promote the transition from bureaucratic management, which meets regulated environmental standards only satisfactorily, into proactive and systemic environmental management, which adds value to companies and helps to perpetuate them. Audited and analysed data did not reveal actions that depend on the internal redistribution of power and the interconnection or verticality of attitudes that may materialize concepts of corporate governance.

ETHICAL, RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SOLIDARITY

This article is an approach to the current state of the theme of responsibility, ethics and environmental solidarity, the light of the theory of risk of Ulrich Beck and seeking ways to verify the contribution that positivization rights can contribute to the current state of the subject. There is a focus on determining the need for preservation of environmental features for the enjoyment of future generations in terms of maintenance of environmental quality which may be decisive in the quality of life of future generations, to approach from the right in intergenerational environmental theme, framed by characteristics imposed by the risk society.

DISCLOSURE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN A FURNITURE FACTORY IN THE CAI VALLEY - RIO GRANDE DO SUL

This paper performs systematic surveys of the actions performed by the manufacturer of the furniture worth Cai to encourage and promote the participation of employees and the community in which it is embedded in social responsibility. These initiatives stem from demands generated by interested parties (stakeholders) and that the organization seeks to satisfy and highlight the most efficient way to fulfill their social roles within the community expectations and perceptions, seeking to qualify his organizational work environment in search of general sustainability and best conditions of quality of life for all.