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Purpose - To present and describe the Strategic Management of Organizational Resilience (SMOR) framework, as well as to analyze it based on the strategies used by four Brazilian organizations in this current time of intense vulnerability due to the worldwide pandemic triggered by COVID-19 at the beginning of 2020. Theoretical framework - Organizational resilience and related management practices. Design/methodology/approach -A literature review; bibliometrics relating to organizational resilience; the SMOR theoretical framework; an analysis of this framework within four Brazilian organizations, based on qualitative research and interviews, aiming to identify the strategic actions adopted by these organizations before and during COVID-19. Findings - The organizations analyzed, which were different sizes and from different sectors, presented common points directly linked to the dimensions of SMOR: systematic analysis of scenarios; partnerships with stakeholders; systematic sharing of information; decision-making ability; financial management; rapid response and learning ability. Practical & social implications - The research contributes to understanding how organizations can improve their culture of resilience and, therefore, deal more assertively with vulnerabilities and disasters of different natures. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the world and organizations to reinvent themselves. In this context, the SMOR framework aims to provide a more detailed understanding of environmental risk / vulnerability management. Originality/value - The SMOR framework helps organizations with different levels of complexity to understand their strengths and weaknesses, assess internal and external scenarios, and systematically analyze their processes, with the aim of strategically managing their respective resilience.

The diurnal variation of the magnetic field cannot be predicted or modeled and for that reason, it is monitored during the magnetic surveys, usually by a stationary magnetometer. However, marine surveys have a practical issue with diurnal monitoring, owing to the distance between the survey, stationary magnetometers, and magnetic observatories. This work aims to verify the use of nearby magnetic observatories to estimate the diurnal variation correction in different marine surveys and evaluate its effectiveness. In this study, we selected surveys at the continental shelf near Santos city (Survey 1), continental slope next to the first survey location (Survey 2), continental shelf near Ubatuba city (Survey 3), and Mamanguá ria in the Paraty city (Survey 4), all southeast to the Brazilian coast. The crossing points were implemented to compare the magnetic field values at different times and days at the same measurement point, before and after the correction. Afterwards, we measure the Pearson’s Correlation of the raw data and the diurnal corrected data in all crossing points of each survey which showed an improvement after correction by the value approximating to 1, which indicates a very well correlation. The Ubatuba and Mamanguá surveys allowed comparing the observatory correction results with the base magnetometer results that were rather similar. Our analyses indicate a satisfactory diurnal correction using the observatory data and the crossing points approach, which can be used for every marine magnetometric survey worldwide placed near the coast (< 280 km) that do not have a stationary magnetometer available.

This cross-sectional research aimed to analyze the psychological demand and work control self-reported by the Education Administrative Technicians of a public university. This is a complete sample selection consisting of 833 Education Administrative Technicians who self-completed a questionnaire with questions structured in 2013/2014. A descriptive bivariate analysis was performed with the calculation of psychosocial stress at work, using the Demand-Control Model quadrants categorized as: low-demand work (low-demand and high-control), reference group, passive work (low-demand and low-control), active work (high-demand and high-control), high-demand (high-demand and low-control) - group with the highest exposure. The study complies with all ethical and legal research requirements involving human beings. There was a predominance of the category of workers performing passive work (n = 319, 39.7%), low work demand (n = 274, 34.1%), high work demand (n = 116, 14.4%) and active work (n = 95, 11.8%). There were contributions from the investigation on the health of these workers insofar as they provided a diagnosis of the category. There is a recommendation for such data to support interventions to empower them and retailor jobs.

Methods Areas of Interest The surveys were conducted over four (4) areas of interest (A1, A2, B1, and B2) (Figure 1), determined based on the likelihood of encountering Fe-Mn crusts on the flanks of the central rift and thicker sediment packages for coring along the plateaus. By the end of the cruise, we counted 60 morphotypes, but this number is expected to increase with further analysis, as part of the material could not be sorted during the cruise. Because of the mesh size of the dredges (2 and 2.5 cm), only benthic megafauna organisms have been collected. Representative samples of (A) volcanic rock collected in dredge 16, (B) crystalline rock collected in dredge 06, (C) Fe-Mn crusts collected in dredge 09, (D) and calcareous sedimentary rock collected in dredge 10, (E) a dermersal fish Chaunax sp. from dredge 03 (scale represents 50 mm), (F) a solitary coral Caryophyllia diomedeae attached to a rock from dredge 17 (scale: 10 mm), (G) a branch of sponge Sarostegia oculata from dredge 13 (scale: 32 mm), and (H) a branch of coral Enallopsammia rostrata from dredge 03 (scale: 35 mm). Geophysics The geophysical survey was designed to obtain: (1) full bathymetric and backscatter coverage over the study areas for use in understanding the morphological and hydrographical setting of Fe-Mn crusts on RGR and for use in planning other operations; (2) chirp sub-bottom profiler data along the lengths of tracks to define the sedimentary cover and to aid selection of gravity and box corer sampling sites; (3) extensive magnetic dataset in order to recognize magnetic inversions, characterize the oceanic crust surrounding the RGR, and to identify the principle anomalies on the RGR and interpret them with regard to the geological and tectonic evolution of the area.

No século XVIII a disputa entre as monarquias ibéricas pela definição de seus limites territoriais criou um contexto para a recomposição de alianças sociais nas fronteiras, aliando antigos inimigos, como jesuítas e sertanistas, na produção de imagens cartográficas que comunicavam suas ações e reiteravam sua existência nestas regiões. Tais disputas, portanto, fomentam o desenvolvimento de uma cultura visual de sertões externa aos círculos oficiais de engenheiros militares formados nas academias e contratados pelas Coroas e inclusiva de agentes sociais portadores de experiência de terreno e conhecimentos científicos que atuaram colaborativamente. Suas imagens alcançaram status de documento comprobatório e chegaram às instâncias oficiais. Tal conclusão é demonstrada por uma carta e mapa das terras da bacia platina feitos em 1746 e interpretados sob as diretrizes teórico-metodológicas da história sociocultural da cartografia mais recente e que revisa a tese da cartografia como mero exercício de poder e dominação dos Estados em favor do seu entendimento como ferramenta comunicativa de direitos de outros agentes sociais.

The construction of Portuguese sovereignty on the lands of southern Brazil in the eighteenth century triggered a dispute between the Portuguese Crown and the sertanistas (backwoodsmen), who both supported their arguments for rights to the lands with documents, such as manuscripts and maps, which confirmed that they had geographical knowledge of the area. The starting point of this dispute was when a geographer from Genoa, Francesco Tosi Colombina, was hired by the Portuguese Crown to write a manuscript plan to explore the Sertões do Tibagi in 1752, whose repercussion was to prompt the sertanista Angelo Pedroso to order a map of the same lands and put in question the Italian-sertanista cartography. State, sovereignty, rights of states, boundaries, territorial rights, geography, cartography, maps, geographers, geographical exploration, mineral resources, southern Brazil, wilderness.

The Rio Grande Rise (RGR) is an extensive structural high located in the South Atlantic Ocean, target of increasing exploratory interest. During the last decades, considerable attention has been given to its genesis, dynamic, regional tectonic, and composition. Some studies indicate the presence of volcanic rocks, mainly basaltic, related to their volcanic origin and Ferromanganese Crusts, boosting the research and economic interest. This study suggests the location of volcanic rocks and FeMn crusts at the north portion of Cruzeiro do Sul Rift within the RGR, characterizing the local geology and distribution pattern. We used multibeam bathymetry, sidescan sonar, dredges, and magnetic field data to integrate and better constrain the results. The magnetic field data highlighted the location of probable basaltic rocks, agreeing with the published literature, which was afterward confirmed by dredge samples. Their magnetic anomalies displayed the predominance of reverse polarization and less frequent normal polarization anomalies. FeMn crusts need a large volume of magnetite to cause anomalies in the local magnetic field, which does not happen in the RGR. There, they have reduced thickness and are frequently eroded, as displayed by the bathymetry, sidescan sonar, and geological data. Magnetic lineaments at the Rift margin defined a zone with a series of normal faults. During the Rift formation, transcurrent movements caused an intense fracturing, providing pathways for magma intrusion. Therefore, the fault zone could be related to the primary magnetic anomalies as a function of the magma intrusion and the occurrence of the rifting process and seafloor spreading. The new data presented in this paper brings valuable data for the comprehension and exploration effort of the RGR.

Resumo Pesquisa transversal que objetivou analisar a demanda psicológica e o controle do trabalho autorreferido pelos Técnicos Administrativos em Educação de uma universidade pública. Amostra de seleção completa composta por 833 Técnicos Administrativos em Educação, que auto preencheram um questionário com questões estruturadas em 2013/2014. Realizada análise descritiva e bivariada com cálculo do estresse psicossocial no trabalho, utilizando os quadrantes do Modelo Demanda-Controle categorizados como: trabalho de baixa exigência (baixa demanda e alto controle) grupo de referência, trabalho passivo (baixa demanda e baixo controle), trabalho ativo (alta demanda e alto controle), alta exigência (alta demanda e baixo controle) grupo de maior exposição. Foram atendidos todos os requisitos éticos e legais de pesquisa envolvendo seres humanos. Houve predomínio da categoria de trabalhadores que executam trabalho passivo (n = 319; 39,7%), trabalho de baixa exigência (n = 274; 34,1%), trabalho de alta exigência (n = 116; 14,4%) e trabalho ativo (n = 95; 11,8%). Houve contribuições da investigação para a saúde destes trabalhadores, na medida em que propiciou um diagnóstico da categoria. Há recomendação para que tais dados subsidiem intervenções no sentido de empoderálos e fazer readequação dos postos de trabalho. Abstract This cross-sectional research aimed to analyze the psychological demand and work control self-reported by the Education Administrative Technicians of a public university. This is a complete sample selection consisting of 833 Education Administrative Technicians who self-completed a questionnaire with questions structured in 2013/2014. A descriptive bivariate analysis was performed with the calculation of psychosocial stress at work, using the Demand-Control Model quadrants categorized as: low-demand work (low-demand and high-control), reference group, passive work (low-demand and low-control), active work (high-demand and high-control), high-demand (high-demand and low-control) – group with the highest exposure. The study complies with all ethical and legal research requirements involving human beings. There was a predominance of the category of workers performing passive work (n = 319, 39.7%), low work demand (n = 274, 34.1%), high work demand (n = 116, 14.4%) and active work (n = 95, 11.8%). There were contributions from the investigation on the health of these workers insofar as they provided a diagnosis of the category. There is a recommendation for such data to support interventions to empower them and retailor jobs.

Despite its importance to the oceanographic evolution of the region, it has still been poorly studied. [...]this new dataset will contribute to future comprehension of the geologic and oceanographic evolution. Seismic Data Collection High-resolution single-channel seismic data were acquired using a SIG Sparker ELC-1200L coupled to an Energos 300J power supply, operating at 250J with a signature source-frequency of 0.9 kHz and 3.4 ms vertical resolution. Data Description Seismic Dataset After acquisition, seismic data were converted to SGY format (IEEE Float-32 bit) using Meridata REX software and applying the acquisition offsets. [...]all seismic data have precise position information (bytes 73 and 77) in WGS84/UTM 23S. Magnetometer Dataset The abnormal spikes were removed from the collected dataset; thereafter, the diurnal magnetic correction was applied using shore-based magnetic station data. Besides the preprocessing described above, no filter or further corrections were applied to calculate the total magnetic field (Figure 2C).