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Do Facebook às Ruas - Comunidades em Interação

In June 2013, Brazil witnessed several manifestations different from anything previously seen, since president Collor’s impeachment. However, there is a big difference: now they are organized in few days. With Facebook, physical and virtual communities spread fast and easily organize demonstations. Popular mobilization for mutual concern issues, supported by technology, allowed the gathering of...

Fontes intelligentes, textèmes et typographie dynamique

The digital text representation model used by the industry today is the model proposed by the Unicode standard. This model, based on the concepts of character and glyph, provides the foundations for the so-called smart font technologies such as AAT, OpenType and Graphite. Using a formal description of Unicode’s text model, the authors compare the three said font formats, especially regarding pa...

The Volta Review Alexander Graham

Contraceptive Methods Accessed in Volta Region, Ghana, 2009–2014

INTRODUCTION In 2016, Volta Region was one of the two regions in Ghana that recorded a high prevalence of teenage pregnancy, accounting for 15.5% of all adolescent pregnancies in the country. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of contraceptive methods accessed by person, place, and time in Volta Region, Ghana, 2009-2014. METHOD We carried out a secondary analysis of contraceptive us...

A Two-year Monitoring Program of Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Rio de Janeiro Downtown Area

Benzeno, tolueno, etilbenzeno, m+p+o-xileno (BTEX) e dois trimetilbenzenos (BTEXT) foram monitorados no centro da cidade do Rio de Janeiro durante os anos de 2004 e 2005. Alguns poluentes legislados e parâmetros meteorológicos também foram monitorados, objetivando-se a análise da correlação entre esses dados. 94 amostras foram coletadas, usando cartuchos de carvão ativo, entre 9:00 e 15:00 h. O...