About

Kinanthropometry Laboratory

The Kinanthropometry Laboratory has a wide variety of instruments for measuring anthropometric characteristics (scales, measuring tape, skinfold calipers, digital goniometers, and anthropometers). The laboratory also possesses equipment used in various research projects related to muscle strength performance, including load cells, electromyographs, linear position transducers, transcranial direct current stimulators, and vascular occlusion devices. It also has equipment, such as squat and bench press supports, leg presses, bars, and weight plates. In addition, the institution has a room with specific equipment for strength training work in the adjacent building, which serves the master's program.

LESCAF (Laboratory for Sociocultural Studies of Physical Activity)

LESCAF is dedicated to studies developed in the Research Line: Physical Education, Physical Activity, Sport, and Cultural Manifestations. The laboratory has 6 computers with internet access and databases. Large-format printer; tables, sofas, chairs, and a mini-library.


Exercise Physiology Laboratories I and II

Exercise Physiology Laboratories I and II house equipment for various research projects, especially when combined with the equipment in the Kinanthropometry Laboratory. Currently, the laboratory has an ergometer bicycle (CatEye®, Japan) and a treadmill (INBRAMED®, Brazil), as well as Polar® heart rate monitors (Accurex Plus and Advantage, Finland), a VO2000 metabolic analyzer (Medgraph®, USA), sphygmomanometers and stethoscopes (Welch®, USA). Goniometers for assessing joint mobility and an ultrasound device (Aloka®, Japan) for assessing muscle thickness and pennation angle are also available. - 1 Spirobank II Smart portable spirometer (MIR brand) = provides all results of the pulmonary function test (spirometry) (FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC, PEF, FEF 25, FEF 50, FEF 25-75, lung age, time to PEF, among other variables). Data can be transferred to a computer where the installed software will generate all the graphs related to the test.

- 5 sphygmomanometers (Cardiomed) = equipment for measuring blood pressure

- 6 stethoscopes (Premium) = for cardiac and pulmonary auscultation

- 1 digital scale (VELVET) = for obtaining the weight of individuals

- 1 bioimpedance body fat monitor (AVAnutri) = measures % fat, % fluid, % muscle mass and metabolic age.

- 1 Hydraulic Hand Dynamometer (SAEHAN) = shows grip strength in kg and pounds. Features a needle indicating maximum value and an adjustable handle that allows 5 positions to accommodate any hand size during evaluation.

- 1 LG computer

- 1 HP printer

Computer Resources

The Postgraduate Program in Physical Activity Sciences provides computers for faculty and students. The secretariat and course coordination have computers, as do the laboratories used for the Research Lines. Students have access to five laboratories with approximately one hundred computers for academic work. The course provides independent internet access for its faculty and students, with the possibility of consulting the CAPES Periodicals database, due to the classification assigned to the Postgraduate Program in Psychology (grade 5).


Library

The UNIVERSO library on the Niterói campus is part of the Universo Library System – UNISISBI, composed of the libraries of the São Gonçalo, Niterói, Campos dos Goytacazes, Goiânia, Recife, Juiz de Fora and Belo Horizonte campuses. It is located on the ground floor of Block A, in an area of ​​890 m², distributed among a public service area, a technical processing room, three rooms containing the collection of books and other reference works, a room containing periodicals and monographs, three reading rooms, 46 individual study booths, four group study rooms, and an internet access room.

Among the services it offers, the following stand out: bibliographic research; consultation of books, dictionaries and periodicals in up to four simultaneous works, open to students, teachers and staff of UNIVERSO and the community in general; online reservation through the University's website (www.universo.edu.br - Library - Online Consultation) and its availability to the reader for 24 hours from the date of arrival at the library, respecting the order of requests; bibliographic exchange service - COMUT; interlibrary loan and Related organizations; internet access; user training for accessing information on computer terminals; access to databases on CD-ROM and the internet; bibliographic alerts; loan of up to two items for a period of seven days, renewable when the items are not being requested, to students, professors, and employees of Universo; loan of single copies (reference books) on weekends, to be returned on the first business day following the loan date, from 7:00 to 8:00 am, in a quantity dependent on the limit available to the user, considering the limit already used for home loan.

The Library is fully computerized with the Sysbibli software - Library and Documentation Center Automation System, and, consequently, consultation of items in the collection can be carried out on the Campus Library terminals, available on five computers connected to five printers, or on the web (www.universo.edu.br). The library also has 10 multimedia computers with access to the Internet, CD-ROMs, DVDs, magnetic disks, microfilm, and other media, as well as three printers, to serve users. The use of these resources is subject to prior reservation or availability of computer terminals.

The library offers 3 rooms for the bibliographic collection, 1 service room, 1 room for technical processing, 1 room for periodicals and monographs, 1 room for bibliographic research on the Internet, 3 reading rooms, 46 individual study booths, and 4 rooms for group study. The library's 24 computers are divided as follows: 1 server computer; 5 computers for technical services; 15 multimedia computers; 10 computers for user support; 3 computers for periodical users, and 5 computers for consultation terminals.

The Library offers its users the following services: home loan; loan renewal; on-site consultation, catalog card creation; bibliographic research; Guidance in the preparation of theses, monographs, and projects; interlibrary loan service; loans between libraries and related organizations; user training for accessing information on computer terminals; access to the Internet and databases; an environment for group and/or individual study. All databases are freely accessible, including the CAPES Portal, due to the existence of postgraduate programs with a concept 5 rating.


The library collections can be summarized as follows:

General Library Collection: Books - total number of titles: 28,862; total number of copies: 62,426; Periodicals - total number of titles: 1,392; number of issues: 25,492; Multimedia - titles: 1,525; copies: 2,344

Specific Library Collection: Master's Program in Physical Activity Sciences: Books - titles: 613; Copies: 1,348; Related Areas - Humanities: titles: 11,675; copies: 29,138; Applied Social Sciences: titles: 17,821; copies: 41,559; CAF Periodicals - titles: 44; number of issues: approximately 600.


Other Information

The PPGCAF also has access to the UNIVERSO Marechal Deodoro Campus Sports Complex. The Sports Complex has a semi-Olympic swimming pool, multi-sports courts, an indoor gymnasium, and a soccer field. The Physiotherapy undergraduate course provides access to a strength-training room with free weights and isotonic machines.


In addition to the described structure, it should be noted that there are three computer labs on the second floor of block B, and two on the second floor of block A, available to students. Furthermore, each advisor makes their research offices available to students. It is important to note that the current total student flow allows for guidance, research, and the distribution of assignments throughout the several hours that professors and students spend in the program. Course classes are held in air-conditioned rooms. In addition, the program's infrastructure includes three auditoriums with a capacity of approximately 200 people. These spaces are usually used for the institution's most important ceremonies.