Tourism has proven to be an attractive alternative for the economic development of the Cocoa Coast region, and especially for the municipalities of Ilhéus and Itacaré, which stand out as the preferred destinations for regional, national, and international tourists during the high season. In this sense, the objective of this study was to outline the profile of tourist demand, comparing the results found in the municipalities of Ilhéus and Itacaré.

This article presents a brief overview of the theoretical and analytical aspects of a model for the exploitation of renewable natural resources and its environmental impacts. The article is based on original approaches and implicit interpretations of the dynamic logistic model proposed by Clark (1976) and developments by Pearce & Turner (1990) within the context of the inherent sustainability and equilibrium of economic activity levels, considering the need for natural resource allocation. It...

This article explores industrial pollution as one of the interfaces of the externality theory applied to the analysis of the structural interdependence between the economy and the environment. Several authors and research institutions have evaluated the direct and indirect effects of industrial pollution on well-being levels, particularly on public health, agricultural productivity, climate change, and, in general, on the environment. However, these attempts at study always encounter a lack o...

This study analyzes the amount of firewood consumed for cooking and residential heating and proposes alternatives for local supply through different forest production systems, called "Social Forests". The work was carried out in the district of Fonseca, municipality of Alvinópolis, state of Minas Gerais, in the Rio Doce microregion, between 20°09' 35" S and 43°17' 55" W. The research area was divided, using the concept of sample homogeneity, into urban and rural sectors, and data on daily fir...

The research aimed to determine the economic indicators of production conilon of coffee (Coffea canephora) in representing properties of production systems that have adopted low, medium and high technological levels in the municipalities of Vila Valério, Nova Venécia and São Gabriel da Palha. Specifically, the monitoring in three years has determined the costs of production and profitability in the last three seasons (2005/06, 2006/07 and 2007/08). The lower costs per area occurred with the p...

In Brazil, the informal labor market is characterized by the contingent of workers who do not have a formal employment contract, that is, who do not have labor relations governed by the CLT (Consolidation of Labor Laws) or statutory regimes. The relevance of understanding informal employment is justified by the very duality of this category, often related to the precariousness and low quality of labor relations, but which emerges in periods of crisis as a viable alternative to unemployment. T...

A large portion of the Brazilian municipalities has substantial revenues from mineral and/or petroleum royalties; on Bahia state, 144 e 269 municipalities grossed Compensação Financeira pela Exploração de Recursos Minerais (CFEM) e Royalties, respectively. Because of no legal binding of those revenues exist there is a recommendation that they be used in order to ensure the well being of the population. The aim of the study was to analyze whether these rents from natural resources contributed ...

The present article analyzes the income distribution in Bahia using inequality and poverty indicators. Additionally, it is estimated an income equation for the State. The inequality and poverty indicators are compared with the ones of the other Northeastern States, Northeast Region and Brazil. It is used the data of the PNAD, referred to the year 2002 and accomplished by IBGE. The results indicate a pattern for national inequality, however poverty indicators show a relatively worse situation ...

This work seeks, through a historical analysis, to describe the transformation process of the Chinese economy in recent decades. Considering the particularities of its growth trajectory, it highlights the unique interaction between the State and the Market in its centrally planned economy, as well as the growing concern with technological progress and integration into global value chains. It concludes that, although it is a success story in many aspects, replicating the country's strategy is ...

This document presents a partial version of the study in progress on the process of accumulation of technological capabilities for production and innovation activities, its sources and impacts on competitive performance, at the company level, in the biotechnology sector for human health in Brazil. Considering the high strategic importance of these industries for the Brazilian economy, their ability to innovate and compete internationally has a direct impact on the degree and extent of socioec...

The discussion about important determinants of educational quality is quite extensive and controversial in economics of education literature, especially when discussing the impact of school resources. The class size is one of the central factors in this debate because is under direct control of public policies. The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of class size on learning in mathematics of students in the 5th grade of elementary school of public schools in the city of Sal...

In 2011 the Brazilian labour market remained positive trajectory for indicators of employment, income and informality. Despite the progress observed in General, there is to be considered that the continuation of the pattern of concentration in income distribution and significant inter and intra-regional heterogeneity still require governmental actions that seek to minimize such features in Brazilian labour market.

This article aims to make a critical review of the self-styled New-Developmentalism in the light of the concept of complex systems. Given it´s importance in the current academic debate about the nature of contemporary Brazilian development and the strategies for economic growth, it is an analysis of the endogenous conception and methodological nationalism upon which it is based. It is intended to highlight an important contradiction: the tendancy of the national development strategy to be anc...

This research report presents an investigation conducted in the Integrated Technical High School program at the Federal Institute of Espírito Santo - Ibatiba Campus, regarding the use of Active Learning Methodologies in the classroom. The objective of this work is to analyze the perceptions and training needs of teachers regarding active learning methodologies, in order to provide a basis for the development of a training action proposal for the Integrated Technical High School program, highl...

This work consists of a study of Iterated Function Systems that contract on average, using concepts and results from Optimal Transport Theory for this analysis. To support the discussion, it was necessary to revisit notions such as complete metric spaces, weak topology, as well as concepts from Measure Theory, Ergodic Theory, and Probability Theory. Within the latter, the notions of homogeneous Markov chains and the stationary measures associated with these chains are explored. Based on these...

The central objective of this research is to investigate the p otential of the Scratch digital platform in a lesson sequence with digital educational games aimed at teaching integers to 7th grade students in elementary school. Based on the principles of meaningful learning, educational games, computational thinking, a nd the guidelines of the Brazilian National Curriculum Base (BNCC), the proposal combines brief expository activities with digital games that explore the comparison of int...

Prematurity is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the first four weeks of a newborn's life, influenced by sociodemographic, healthcare, maternal, and territorial factors. In Bahia, the occurrence of premature births appears to be stable over time, and the determinants of this condition remain poorly understood. In this context, a cohort study of live births was conducted between 2012 and 2024, with the objective in research 1 of analyzing the temporal trend and identify...

Introduction: Health practices are activities shaped by the relationships between individuals and social structures. In Public Health, they encompass actions that must be understood within the contexts in which they occur. Nursing, the largest workforce in Brazil’s Unified Health System (SUS), operates in a diverse and unequal national territory. In Bahia, regional particularities directly influence nurses’ practices in Primary Health Care (PHC), making it essential to map and analyze these a...

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is characterized by hypoinsulinemia resulting from autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells. Hyperglycemia can induce alterations in liver function and structure associated with increased oxidative stress and inflammation. However, liver alterations in T1DM have been less documented, especially in postmenopausal women with T1DM. The search for new strategies is necessary to improve or delay the progression of liver lesions induced by T1DM in th...