Internationalisation is widely believed to be a very relevant dimension in companies across countries. Nevertheless, operating abroad might not be easy for new ventures. This study approached venture capitalist (VC) intervention in these firms. It comprises two main points of view: the VC's perspective and that of the INV. According to the VCs, industry knowledge, prior international experience or syndicated investments are some of the VC's most important characteristics operating abroad. However, for INVs, the VC's support is not considered important overcoming the international constraints, since there are no significant differences between backed and non-backed firms. There are a dissonance between what VCs believe are offering and what backed-firms are getting from this support. Nevertheless, this work includes a contribution of the changes in the backed firm's management team and the industry experts' role on the board. These changes are associated to the degree to which internationalisation occurs in companies.
A simple, precise, sensitive, rapid, specific and economical spectrophotometric method was developed to determine methyldopa (MTD) content in bulk and pharmaceutical dosage formulations. The proposed method was based on the formation of a colored product from the nitrosation reaction of MTD with sodium nitrite in an acid medium. The resultant nitroso derivative species reacts further with sodium hydroxide and is converted it into a more stable compound. This yellow nitrosation product exhibited an absorption maximum at 430 nm. Beer's Law was obeyed in a concentration range of 6.37 to 82.81 μg mL-1 MTD with an excellent coefficient of determination (R2 = 0.9998). No interference was observed from common excipients in formulations. The results showed the method to be simple, accurate and readily applied for the determination of MTD in pure form and in pharmaceutical preparations. The analytical results obtained for these products using the proposed method are in agreement with those of the Brazilian Pharmacopoeia procedure at a 95% confidence level.
O objetivo do presente estudo foi realizar um levantamento de fatores associados ao estresse ocupacional a partir dos sintomas fisicos e psicologicos observados entre os individuos avaliados. Para tanto, foram entrevistados 25 funcionarios de uma drogaria localizada no Municipio de Imperatriz, mediante aplicacao de um roteiro contendo questoes relacionadas as caracteristicas e aos sintomas relacionados ao estado fisico e psicologico dos avaliados. As entrevistas foram realizadas no periodo de outubro a dezembro de 2010. Diante dos resultados obtidos, observou-se, entre os investigados, a prevalencia do sexo feminino (72%), com idade entre 21-30 anos (92%), casados (52%) e ensino medio completo(88%). Observouse ainda que o cansaco foi o sintoma fisico predominante e a ansiedade como o sintoma psicologico mais frequentemente relatado pelos entrevistados. Diante disso, levar o conhecimento e promover a discussao sobre os fatores de estresse podem contribuir para a busca de melhores condicoes de trabalho e interferir na qualidade de vida e no desempenho profissional dos funcionarios de drogarias. Palavras-chave: Esgotamento profissional. Saude. Trabalho. OCCUPATIONAL STRESS: psychological and physical factors among employees of drugstores Abstract: The purpose of this study was to conduct a survey of factors associated to occupational stress from the physical and psychological symptoms observed among the evaluated individuals. To this end, 25 employees of a drugstore in Imperatriz - MA, by applying a script containing questions related to the characteristics and symptoms related to the physical and psychological state of the interviewed. The interviews were conducted from October to December, 2010. Based on the results, it was observed among those investigated, the prevalence of females (72%), aged 21-30 years old (92%), married (52%) and graduated in high school (88%). It was also observed that fatigue was the predominant physical symptom and anxiety as the psychological symptoms most frequently reported by respondents. Therefore, raising awareness and promoting discussion about the stress factors can contribute to the search for better working conditions and interfere in the quality of life and in the work performance of the drugstore employees. Keywords: Burnout professional. Health. Work. OCUPACIONAL ESTRES: factores fisicos y psicologicos entre los empleados de farmacia Resumen: El objetivo de este estudio fue una encuesta de factores asociados con el estres laboral de los sintomas fisicos y psicologicos observados entre las personas estudiadas. Con este fin, se entrevisto a 25 empleados de una farmacia ubicada en la ciudad de la emperatriz, mediante la aplicacion de una secuencia de comandos que contiene preguntas relacionadas con las caracteristicas y sintomas relacionados con el estado fisico y psicologico de la muestra. Las entrevistas se realizaron entre octubre y diciembre de 2010. En base a estos resultados, se observo en los investigados, la prevalencia de mujeres (72%), con edades 21-30 anos (92%), casados (52%) y secundaria (88%). Tambien se observo que la fatiga es el sintoma predominante fisico y la ansiedad ya que los sintomas psicologicos mas frecuentemente reportados por los encuestados. Por lo tanto, la sensibilizacion y promover la discusion de los factores de estres pueden contribuir a la busqueda de mejores condiciones de trabajo e interfieren con la calidad de vida y rendimiento en el trabajo de la farmacia de los empleados. Palabras clave: Agotamiento profesional. Salud. Trabajo.
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We propose MCOFS a secure cloud storage system for Android that combines the use of multiple public cloud providers with cryptography and redundancy mechanisms to ensure the confidentiality and availability of files even if one of the providers becomes hostile or suffers catastrophic data loss. Experimental results show that, while there is a performance penalty in comparison to the plain use of a single provider, it is small enough and a fair price to pay for the added guarantees.
SUMMARY. A new, simple, precise, sensitive and low-cost spectrophotometric method for methyldopa (MTD) determination in pharmaceutical preparations is described. This method is based on the reduction reaction of the free radical, 2,2-diphenyil-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH•), by the MTD. Absorbance of the resulting product is measured at 515 nm. Beer’s Law is obeyed in a concentration range of 3.36 × 10–6 a 1.34 × 10–5 mol/L methyldopa with a good correlation coefficient (r = 0.9971). No interference was observed from common excipients in formulations. The results show a simple, accurate and readily applied method to the determination of methyldopa in pharmaceutical products. The analytical results obtained for these products by the proposed method are in agreement with those of the Brazilian Pharmacopoeia procedure at 95 % confidence level.