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Objectives: Investigate the participation of the S. aureus, as etiological agent of the pneumonias associated to the mechanical ventilation (PAVs) and evaluate the colonization as risk factor of PAV and the prognostic of the treatment when correct or incorrect. Material and Methods: The study was prospective, longitudinal, performed from March/2005 to February/2006, including 500 patients admitted in the UTI - adult, with 15 beds of the Hospital of Clinics of the Federal University of Uberlândia. All the patients were submitted to the colonization research by S. aureus in different sites. The PAVs were defined based on clinical, radiological criteria and microbiological count 106 UFC/ml in the tracheal aspirate. Results: The S. aureus was the most frequent agent in the PAVs. The participation of samples of MRSA was inferior (42,1%) to the one observed by MSSA (57,9%). In the patients with PAV by S. aureus, a most frequent colonization was observed by MRSA. The samples of MRSA behaved as multi resistant and the ones resistant to clindamycin, showed, in the majority, as from the constituent phenotype (60%). In PAVs by S. aureus, the mortality rate was high in the subgroup MRSA (37,5%). Conclusion: The more and more frequent presence of S. aureus in PAVs has been becoming a serious problem, raising the necessity of a reflection about the need of the introduction the de-escalonation of antibiotics regimens.

Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

The biological organization complexes, which comprise proteins, membranes, chromosomes, organelles, cells and tissues, have to keep their stabilities against the deleterious action of factors as variations in temperature, pH and concentration of solutes. Among the protective mechanisms is the stabilization promoted by the action of solutes generally called as osmolytes. Our aim here is understand the origin of such stabilizing action. Thus, we tried to give emphasis in the structural aspects of the membranes that could constitute a target of the osmostabilizing action of the cosmotropic solutes. Since this action has been more profoundly studied in terms of the stabilization of proteins, we also presented the theory more largely commented about the protein stabilization by osmolytes. We believe that the same thermodynamic paradigms used in the study of the action of osmolytes on proteins would bring satisfactory answers about the intimate nature of the osmostabilization of membranes.

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Lê présent travail fait um abordage théorique em relation de différente surface de connaissance comme la Géographie, la Cartographie, Psychologie et la Pédagogie. La recherche pour une meilleur compréhension de notion et concept spatial nous a emmené a contacté des professeurs public, active en classe et étudiants de Pédagogie que sout au 7º période, nous avons appliqué questionnaires et un diagnostic initial avec représentation spatial. Depuis cet diagnostic, a été développé un petit cours de 40 heures, atelier que ont donné la possibilité d agrandir la connaissance, au tant pour essayer de résoudre em partie lês difficultés avec habilité, notion et concept spatial, comme pour associer des explication théorique au connaissance appris en pratique. La recherche a été formé des questions que nous a emmené à plusieurs travail de recherche de profissionnel que sont étudiants de question relationnel à I importance d alphabétisation de cartographie, considérer comme notion base pour I apprentissage géographique. Lês donnés de la recherche ont été obtenu à travers de I instrument qualitatif tel quel: conversation informel avec la responsable du cours de Pédagogie et responsable du stage, analyse de document comme curriculum principal, carte des discipline, conversation avec les étudiantes de Pédagogie, application de questionnaire et développement de atelier lier au thème. Avec ça, nous avons obtenu beaucoup des information que ont permis une analyse quantitatifs des résultats à travers de diagramme, tables et tableau. Ces données ont été systématisées avec le souci de connaître la réalité de professionnels d enseignement fondamental et des étudiantes pédagogiques em formation. Puis d analyse nous avons perçu que les résultats n été pas significatifs selon nous avions attendu, em indiquant certain déficience de domaine des professionnel em relation aux étapes d alphabétisation cartographique, représentation d espace et les élements de la carte. C été perçu pour évaluation comparatifs des activités que les difficultés présenté se passe pendant les procès de formation et se donné em fonction de n avoir pas une discipline du point central libre ou une choix au cours de Pédagogie qu offre une apprentissage plus direct a ce thème em discusson.

This work aims to show that little cities problems e.g., cities with less than 10.000 inhabitants overpass financial-environmental binomial. Analysing Estrela do Sul, Grupiara and Cascalho Rico little cities, in Triângulo Mineiro/Alto Paranaíba regions, Minas Gerais state, it achieves that the nature of little cities problems is the relationship between population and public power. Creation of Welfare State in these cities resulted from an amalgam of portuguese logic of public properties administration, and 1988 Brazil Federal Constitution descentralization and municipalist new policies. From this symbiosis, the welfare municipal state emerges with patrimonialist and welfaring features. It uses and it is used by little cities societies and, hence, establishes dependence relationship between population fraction and municipal power. The municipal power is the greatest employer and main agent of social, cultural, economic and environmental policies. The welfare municipal state represents little cities internal situations. It works in order to decrease impacts of tagential and difuse modernity on the population. Thus, it looks for social satisfaction ways that, in majority of cases, cares for just a part of little cities inhabitants. Nevertheless, there is a route for soluctions from this welfare municipal state. In this work, little cities intermunicipal cooperation could join the microrregional level that shares similar issues and, then, looks for new government practices. It could involve society and welfare municipal state.

The objective of its piece of work is to understand the dynamic of rural space in distribution, creation and recreation of ecological spaces that provide the growing of the triatominea fauna and the endemic disease of Chagas, in Uberlândia borough MG, as well, discuss a possible urbanization of that disease, beginning by the presence of the etiological agent and its spreading in the city. In fact, studies were realized and related data about the triatomines, by locality, in the phase of vigilance of PCDCh of capture and research in the urban and rural spaces between 2004 and 2007; epidemiological situation of the borough; visits in the field to identify the environments of possible appearance of triatomines, and analyses of soil use and vegetal covering. The analyses of data made possible to verify that the more accident surfaces of the borough, corresponds to the Araguari valley, the topography was a limiting factor to more intensive use of the soil, that made possible the permanence of reminiscent of natural vegetation and consequently, favorable ecological niches to survival and reproduction of the triatomines. This can be verified by the high number of captures in all the valley. In other parts of the county, the smooth topography, formed in larger part of properties geared of the livestock and grain production, the deforestation was intensive, destroying the possible ecological niches of triatomines. For that reason, the captures of triatomines were very reduced. The finding the existence of the favorable ecological corridors to the occurrence of the triatominea fauna along the major rivers, suggests dispersal axes of the vector and of the etiological agent of the disease, that should integrate this region to the circuit of the other endemics areas of the borough. In urban spaces, the analyses of data suggests that, beyond the passive transport of triatomines , resulted by the people exchanges and the products between the field and the city, there are ecological niches of triatomines, in the areas of native vegetation preserved, in the ecological parks and forests gallery of the streams.

This present research fetched the understanding of the landscape´s dynamic, on the basin upper course of Uberabinha river, emphasizing the water resources. The main aim of this research was to understand the superficial and subsuperficial water dynamic and its relation with the use and soil´s occupation. It´s possible that the superficial and subsuperficial water dynamics have changed because of the intense use and occupation of the soil, resulting in bad consequences for the recharge on its saturated zone. This situation interferes on the water quantity which is bound for human consumption, especially to residents of Uberlândia (MG). To understand the water dynamic , the water cycle was considered as a system, which elements are integrated in conditionated relations such as: the climate dynamic, the geological structure, the soil structure, the geomorfological features and the human actions. This survey emphasizes using the water basis as an appropiate unity for water studies , because of its open system character, that integrates several natural and social elements. On this survey, the methods from Ab´Saber (1969) and Libault (1971) were selected by their geographic character and have been adapted to the proposed aims. Libaut (1971) proposes four levels for a geographic survey and it´s a method developed for the treatment of quantified information. On the other hand, Ab´Saber believes in three levels of treatment for the research, highlighting the systematic observation and description. This survey has investigated and quantified the processes that influence on the water dynamic of the area. The collected results provided the development of the basin water balance and showed that the use and occupation of the area have caused reduction of soil permeability, and reduced the reloading of the local aquifers. The studies about the wet areas that were incorporated to the production, also showed that the human activities have changed the water local dynamics. Basing on the results, the necessity to review the use of water resources in the basin of the Upper Uberabinha was emphasized, in order to protect good water, used for the Uberlândia´s public supply and to promote the recharge´s optimization of the local and regional aquifers.

The century XX was characterized by rationalist attitudes on the part of the urban planners, contributing to the production of the urban space without many considerations on the social and cultural aspects of the man. The planning of the transports and mobility did not run away from the rationalist rule and throughout years of its application, since the creation of the models that relate transports and use of the ground, has understood the reality of the urban displacements under the vision of cause and effect. The theoretical approach of human geography from the studies of ambient perception search to launch a new light on the on questions to the psychological dimensions of the relations between the human behavior and the physical and/or natural environment, inserting there the question of the mobility, the wayfinding and the urban legibility. This work investigated the existing relations between the space representations of the city of Uberlândia-MG and the standards of mobility of its inhabitants. The work described the standards of the public image of there searched city and the space representations of the different groups of users of the public ways, and its relations with the legibility of the urban space and the standards of mobility defined by its modal one of displacement (walking, by bus and by car).

The thesis is centered in the analysis of the modernization of the agriculture in the State of Goiás, starting from the public politics guided to the agricultural development in the decade of 70 s. To understand the formulation and improvement of these incentive politics, the research looked for to analyze the dynamics of the soy complex, with emphasis in the mesoregian of the South of Goiás State. The bases of that politics were the financing funds, in indiscriminate beginning for every agroindustry and, later, with the tax crisis of the State, specific for each segment. The agroindustries that act in the area, although hexogen in its majority and strongly linked to the global space logic, find in the lands in the South of Goiás State a favorable space to develop, establishing new nets of productive relationships, as, for example, its interrelations with the chains grain-flours-oils and grain-fodder-meat. It was also looked for the understanding of the paper of the producers of soy, divided in two categories; the businessman producer/a strong producer who uses high technology level and salaried labor, even though permanent or temporary; and the small and medium producers that use less technology and they present larger agricultural diversification. The public investments affected in a differentiated way the mesoregian with reflexes in its indicators of social and economic development generated by the exclude modernization. The main socio-space changes of the area got reflexes in the relationships agriculture-industry: as the formation of technical labor for the field and cities; the increase of the flock of birds and swine; the appearance of associations of producers; the invigoration of the culture of the industrial work; the appearance of new neighborhoods in the peripheries of the cities; the installation of new industries; the increment of the trade and local services; the creation/elimination of work positions, among others. As result, the favored ones in this process were the same ones who benefited with the modernization and introduction of the culture of grains in great scale and depriving, above all, the small rural production.

This study aimed at understanding the dynamics of the urban physical environment of Caldas Novas GO, and its relation to the use and occupation. In order to accomplish this, the attributes of the physical environment related to the bedrock and unconsolidated materials, the water table depth, the declivity, the average annual rain fall in the scale of 1:25.000 were categorized, following the concepts of the geological mapping concerned with the planning, protection and environmental recovery. It was used the level suggested by Zuquette (1987) who establishes four phases for the geological mapping. As a final product, it was elaborated a map of the environment zoning, which focused on the orientation of the use and occupation of the physical environment, demonstrating aptitudes, restrictions and conflicts of the use. It was also elaborated a map for orientation about the use and occupation with the object to be applied directly by public departments, by those responsible for planning and by professionals that deal with the physical environment. It was verified by means of this research that the use and occupation in Caldas Novas is realized in a disorganized manner, without being respectful to the limitations imposed by the local physical environment, especially the not very deep water table and the thin thickness of the unconsolidated material. In addition to that, there is also the fact that the local structural pattern related to the tectonic processes of the past is characterized of cracks and fissures. The process of use and occupation of the physical environment caused and is still causing several environmental impacts, among which: accelerated soil erosion, contamination of superficial and sub superficial waters, extinction of springs and destruction of vegetation. Such impacts cause degradation of life quality of the population besides the loss of boundaries of the government. Thus, this work intended to produce accessible information that can become tool s for the planning of the use and occupation of the physical environment joining economical interests, environmental preservation and especially the betterment of life quality of the local community.

The peripherial urban landscape comes through by intense changes that requires, including, a teoretical review of the word periphery, that today can not be caracheterized anymore only by the lack of infrastructure, by the unfinished houses depending of the self-construction process, by the joint houses, by the poor and marginalized population. Currently, the periphery is also the place of residence of the elite groups that imposes to the peripherial landscape, their fortresses represented by the horizontal condominiums. They are considered as new forms of the urban habitat, that requires the (re)definition of the form and the contents of the peripherial urban. The interest in this topic made by the fact theses ventures are located in the peripherial areas and under an image of a best place of better environmental quality and, consequently, that will provide quality of life to those who inhabit there. This image is sold from the name of the condominiums and horizontal lots and of their advertisement, that value the natural areas, the security system and the glamour of living in horizontal condominiums/lots closed. In this sense, the objective of this study is to understand the surroundings of the horizontal condominiums/lots closed, from the structuring process and expanding of these building products in the cities average of the Cerrado Mineiro from the 1980s, and also the new configurations of the urban periphery, in the function of these new urban forms, having as case study, the city of Uberlândia/MG. For this, will be examined the peripherization process of the cities average and their new configuration; especially from the construction, structuring, marketing and occupation of the horizontal condominiums/lots closed, the segregation processes introduced by the same in the city of Uberlândia/MG. Also will be examined the social impacts, economic and aesthetic caused on the surrounding of these ventures, verifying that they generate or not changing, and that the same exercise some influence on the transformation of the landscape around of these fortress. The choice of surroundings of the horizontal condominiums/lots closed is justified, because the research already realized about this topic has privileged the analysis of the life inside these ventures and their own dynamic of structuring. However, little has been study in relation to impacts caused by them (horizontal condominiums/lots closed) around and, as well, how the own surrounding population asses the installation of these ventures, the benefit and damage caused, the relation between the residents inside and outside of the walls. The procedures adopted were based initially in preparation of the a theoretical skeleton consistent that serves as base in the discussions realized along of the study. Was also necessary the survey of data at the municipal administration, at the construction companies responsible for deployment of these ventures. Was realized interviews semi structured with the managers of these companies and with the residents that living around de horizontal condominiums/lots closed installed on the Southern and East Sector of the city, respecting the influence area of each. Was also realized the analysis of the advertisement and the advertising material used on the marketing of the horizontal condominiums/lots closed. The elaboration of photographic material and thematic maps was essential to the development of this study. So, the study was structured in four chapters. In the first chapter, is analysed the concept of city average, segregation, urban (re)structuring and periphery and discusses the difference between closed lots and condominiums. Also, presents itself a characterization of the horizontal condominiums/lots closed in the Latin America, and an analysis of the urban laws in relation the construction of these ventures and your link with their surroundings. In the second chapter presents itself the mapping and the general characterization of the condominiums/lots closed in the city of Uberlândia/MG and discusses the discusses the formation of the periphery from the construction of these ventures, also the new meaning of this area, from the action of the production agents of the urban space, especially, of the government and of the incorporators buildings. In the third Chapter, make an analysis of the surroundings condominiums/lots closed constructed on the Southern and East Sector of the city, the neighborhood desired and undesired, respectively, showing the influence of these ventures on the urban landscape and in the own life of the residents that lives by the side of these new urban forms. To finish, in the fourth chapter, waves a discussion about the subjective dimension and the objectives of the condominiums/lots. That methodology to analysis for a construction and evolutes that surroundings condominiums en cities.

The bureaucratic-military regimen of 1964 allowed geopolitics a new way of rationalization and technicality of the territory, discourse and power action as well to occupy a central position in the political arena. The territory optimization, aiming at the enlarged reproduction of the capital was carried out thanks to an authoritarian planning that produced a new socioterritorial segmentation of the work. The returning of the military to the headquarters, after twenty-one years commanding the Brazilian State, however, did not represent a backward movement of this geopolitical project. On the contrary, what this thesis intends to demonstrate is that the plan of political opening carried out by General-President Ernesto Geisel, in 1974, had as its main objective to maintain the Great Project, and for that he used the workers politics as one of his tools. The workers issue had become delicate because of the contribution of the workers (by means of salary difficulties) in the conformation of the Brazilian miracle . This way, the first section of this work The long miracle, its saints and epiphanies analyses the regimen economic policies. Such policies were marked both by the fight against inflation and the developmental ideology, that replaced the geopolitical imaginary of Brazil Great (Potency): in the counterpart of the paradise of the medium social class, the salary contention of the industrial army of reserve, up to the limit of hunger. In this context, the revolution of the general state began to face opposition of other images of revolution, as it is showed in the second section of the thesis Goodbye Weapons . This section is a theoretical discussion on parties, syndicates and the workers movement. It follows with the analysis of the situation of the workers social class in Brazil, its different organizations, social projects and ways of facing the regimen. The establishment fighting against these organizations occurred, essentially, in the geopolitics field, that is, by means of mechanisms of control of the material and symbolic territories. In order to get things properly done the regimen used instruments both of physical repression (the information community) and symbolic repression (hiding the resistance ), and, opposing to the Maoist conception of the city surrounding the field, caused the surrounding of the city by the field. The essential objectives of this urban boom were geopolitical: the integration of the national archipelago territory, avoiding offering it to exotic States and ideologies. The cities promoted a new modus vivendi and demands as well, exponentially amplified, with an access to a higher standard of consume. Once the self-criticism of the armed fight was centralized on the smallburgess character of its leadership, the emerging of Lula, a worker in the front of a powerful strike wave of the interregnum 1978-1980, was taken as a booster of a new platform of the workers organization, what, later, would become PT and CUT. In the third section In search of a lost democracy the theoretical debate is retaken on the democratic transitions and specificities of the Brazilian transition. Finally, the workers politics of Geisel is revisited, as well as its reaction to the strikes of the period. Lula would only proclaim the maximization of the work productivity under the capitalism, that is, the exercise of liberty with responsibility , defended by Geisel. We conclude that Lula and his party were revealed as powerful antidotes against the incurable disease of the Communism, first target of the Brazilian military geo-politicians.

The objective of the present study is to understand the dynamics of the elaboration of the territorial tourism that occurs between Brasília and Goiânia. It is crucial to discuss not only space and physical structures, but it is also important to verify how the different touristic activities can be distinguished. This thesis will show that there exists a sort of touristic activity that organizes space in the surrounding suburbs of Distrito Federal. The main cities in the urban region, respectively Brasília and Goiânia have strong influence over the nearest counties, and tourism is one of the diverse manifestations of this territorial dynamic. As the culture of travel settles in the urban metropolitan centers, there are certain demands that are created to attend the need of utilization of free time including pleasure and touristic activities. In this manner, the nearby counties start receiving public and private investments so that they can offer infrastructure and attractions for the expanding market segment. Tourism is able to create structures for its own consolidation according to the local specific aspects (political issues, attractive activities, entrepreneurs) showing thus a hierarchy between the touristic counties and those with developing activities. Data was gathered in the official tourism organs in the counties of research as well as in the State of Goiás, Distrito Federal and at the Ministry of Tourism. The first chapter of this thesis briefly describes the research theme, methodology, objectives and the difficulties encountered throughout this research. The second chapter defines tourism and its facets in a light manner so that the subject is not dense. In the third chapter there is a characterization of the area between Brasilia and Goiania. The following chapters will show the different levels of the development of tourism in the counties of Goiás, with a basis on the characterization of the social economic indicators, the tourism attractions and the current stage of development of the touristic activity. In the last two chapters, the different uses and possibilities of tourism between Brasilia and Goiania are discussed, as well as the understanding if there is in fact a touristic region of Brasilia, besides the conclusions that truly prove that tourism produces a territorial dynamic that occupies spaces in detriment to other spaces, causes developments and contradictions.

Studies in the processes of environmental perception are fundamental for the comprehension of the interrelationships between man and the environment, his expectations, his way of thinking and the way he acts. This work has as its general objective to contribute to the comprehension of topo-biophilical aspects, present in the exuberant rural landscape manifest in the social contact of students and workers of the Federal Agrotechnical School of Uberlandia (FASUDI) and as specific objectives: to verify whether the choosing of the land is impregnated with topophilial and biophilial motives; to analyze the biophilica/biophobica reactions of people coming in contact with other living kinds in other environments from that in whjch they live; to identify memes that were successful as respondents to human conduct related to the land and to prove whether topophilical and biophilical interactivity could be the key to environmental conservation. Up to what point is conservation and/or environmental preservation taught? Based on this question and on the knowledge that people get attached to various places and landscapes, this research was carried out taking into consideration the following questions: Is it possible that the more topophilical ties there are the more instinctive biophilical ties exist in relation to the natural environment? Is it possible that topo-biophilical ties can bring about a change of positive attitudes as to our relationship to the environment, making us adopt a conservationist/preservationist conduct? The research of qualitative character was carried out by means of structured interview. The measuring instrument prepared was made up of two parts. The first part was composed of information about the personal data of the subjects. The second part of the measuring instrument, in order to evaluate the three topophilical aspects (perception, attitude and value) and the environmental attitudes related to the landscape of (FASUDI), was made up using question models developed by Machado (1999). Other evaluated items, still in the second part of the measuring instrument, were the biophilica/biophobica manifestations developed by Kellert & Wilson (1993). The questions were based on the measuring instrument utilized by Santos (2005). To finalize the objective of the questions was to identify the connection between biophilia and environmental conservation/preservation. It was used, the participant research methodology too, because we have written proposals for actions to be taken as environmental strategies of gestation in the institution. The subjects were chosen by way of convenience sampling. They were school employees at the time of the research, 106 full-time workers. 20% were interviewed which corresponds to 22 workers. The total number of students was 592. We interviewed 60 which corresponds to 10% of the students population. The different perceptive filters of the two groups of subjects explained the interaction differences between man and the long existent landscape. In our analysis it was perceived that the more direct and prolonged contact of the workers with the landscape of the (FASUDI) makes them find other meanings for it, in contrast to the other group/students, who do not live the different routines of the institution. As a consequence, many students do not become attached to other components of the landscape except for those detected in popular concept like: good school, peaceful, etc., since they are there passing through or temporarily , until they conclude their studies. The two groups present, in their way, concern as to the consequences of lack of maintenance of the installations of the institution. Most of the subjects considered themselves responsible for the care of the school. The affection demonstrated by the subjects explains why many of them consider the institution home . For the workers and students, this land is seen through the filters of interwoven affection and professionalism by a stronger emotion awakened not only by the beauty of abundant vegetation, but by the happy company of the birds, and the possibility of relaxing in the waters of the river. The institution represents much in the life of these subjects. It represents the survival of the family for the workers and the promise of a better future for the young students. Lastly, working with perception, we can guide our students and workers to participate in the processes which lead to the solution of the problems experienced by the school community, stimulating them to exercise their citizenship, for to the degree they learn to read the environment, answers will be found for their challenges.

Malaria is one of the infectious-parasitical diseases, which has been the cause of the majority of problems to public health in the world. The infectious agent is transmitted when a mosquito of the Anopheles gender bites human beings. The objective of this work is to demonstrate Anopheles fauna as well as the environment changes from May 2003 to December 2006 in the area of construction of a dam of the hydroelectrical generating plant Amador Aguiar I, located in the basin of the Araguari River in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais. The period was prior to the construction and extended through the construction period and the next year when of the formation of the lake. Four points were selected for capturing the mosquitoes, being one in the Araguari river bank and the other the control point , 184m far from the river bank. The work was accomplished from May 2003 to December 2006, with a total of 74 captures in 288h of field work and 1500h of laboratory work. Shannon traps, were used for the capture being captured 76 mosquitoes, of 09 species: one male and 75 females. The largest number was of Anopheles darlingi with 21 samples (27,6%), 13 samples of An. lutii (17,1%), 12 samples of An. evansae (15,8%), 12 samples of An. argyritarsis (15,8%), 07 samples of An. oswaldoi (9,2%), 04 samples of Anopheles sp. (5,3%), 03 samples of An. albitarsis (complex) (3,9%), 02 samples of An. triannulatus (2,6%), 01 sample of An. benarrochi (1,3%) and 01 sample of An. lanei (1,3%). From a total of 76 species, 38 (50%) were captured in the stage prior to the environmental changes (first stage), 21 (27,6%) in the stage in which the changes occurred (second stage) and 17 (22,4%) in the stage in which the lake was formed (third stage). In order to observe the insects behavior, captures of 12h were accomplished. They started at 6:00 p.m. and finished at 6:00 a.m. of the next morning. The collection was done in four periods of the year: cold-dry, warn-dry, warm-rainy, and cold-rainy period. Taking into consideration the amount of mosquitoes captured in the three stages of this research in the area of construction of the e, it becomes necessary that a constant monitoring should be done during some years, by means of a system of Entomological Surveillance in order to propose preventive measures of Health Environmental Surveillance due to human presence both in Vida Nova Settlement and tourists so that a Malaria outbreak can be avoided.

This thesis investigates Furnas Operative Towns built from the implantation of its hydroelectric plants by Furnas Centrais Elétricas S.A. between 1957 and 1987 in the Rio Grande and Rio Paranaíba basins. The thoughts on the towns trajectories are presented in three instances: conception (plans, projects and construction), realization (built construction), and utilization (current, by means of their socio-spatial characteristics), and were based on methods of historical approach through comparative analysis, urban analysis and visual procedures. This staging permitted obtainment of knowledge on the chronology of territorial occupation, which was based on large investments in energy infrastructure through economic development policies, during the time period addressed by this research. This approach was aimed at verifying how the towns are inserted in the regional urbanization process, allowing not only for the extension of knowledge, but to better place the theme of operative town as a distinct conception of the city and its importance for the evolution of company towns in Brazil.

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