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O leitor contemporâneo e a obra de Machado de Assis: uma análise discursiva da crítica amadora em blogs
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-05-27)
Andretta, Pedro Ivo Silveira
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Ferreira, Luzmara Curcino
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4849994635754652
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/3233724936156088
In this study, we attempt to analyze the readings of a contemporary, peculiar community of Brazilian readers consisting of those who are at the same time new readers and new critics of Machado de Assis. To this end, our analysis investigated reviews posted by readers on their personal and/or public blogs, about works they read. We turn to French Discourse Analysis starting from its concern about the description and analysis of the forms of text production and interpretation, in particular, from its attention to constraints that act on each and every statement, as discussed in the oeuvre of Michel Foucault and Michel Pecheux. Additionally, we resort to Cultural History and to the notions of representation and appropriation, as presented by Roger Chartier in his works of historical viewpoint on the reader and reading. Such theories guided the analysis of a corpus consisting of blog posts dedicated to the review of classic works of Machado de Assis, namely "The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas", Dom Casmurro" and "Counselor Aires's Memoirs . Such reviews were produced and published between the years 2000 and 2010 by readers native to the digital age who, although occupying the position of apprentices with regard to commenting / criticizing literary works, assume the role of amateur critics" and post their comments based on their reading of those works. The analysis of this corpus seeks to raise some common traces of this reading community s profile that shares, among other characteristics, its relative familiarity with the world of production and circulation of texts on the Internet. More specifically, we seek those traits by analyzing the manner these readers formulate and lay down in their comments their reading of such works which, originally, where not aimed at them. The hypothesis that guided our investigation was that based on the Discourse Analysis assumption that every statement is regulated by a discursive order that operates at the moment of its production and interpretation, controlling it, limiting it it is prevented that anyone makes a statement, or interprets one, on his or her own terms. As it is proper, therefore, of the discursive functioning, those readers comments are generally governed by two orders of statement two sources of coercion that to some extent impose what and how to enunciate from this position of commentator of classic works of Brazilian literature. The first one concerns the regulation of these comments by the universe of authorized and prestigious criticism. The second relates to the constraints arising from the operation of the genres of digital origin, as the blog, and from the computer support itself. Those define specific ways to make a statement, given the new possibilities of production / circulation of texts (syncretic, brief, available / transmitted quickly and massively) and the audience to whom they are addressed. Thus, throughout this thesis we seek to note probable continuities and / or discontinuities in the discursive representations of the professional reader / critic and the amateur reader / critic of Brazilian canonical works of literature, with an emphasis on the characterization of the latter from the discourse analysis of what and how such works are commented. This analysis allowed us to confirm our hypothesis about these amateur readers / critics: producing a critical review appropriate to the medium and the genre of digital origin, those are presented in fairly autonomous, personal and even irreverent, desecrating ways about classics of literature. These do not match, thus, the style of official criticism. But, interestingly enough, such reader / critic says what he/she says, and in the way he/she says it, guided and limited by parameters of the latter order, as we will demonstrate.
Professores de ciências do ensino fundamental II frente à implantação do currículo do estado de São Paulo/2008
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-05-27)
Bortoletto-Santos, Rita de Cássia
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Pierson, Alice Helena Campos
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7317179543310078
The state of São Paulo lived in 2008 the implementation of a new curriculum on state elementary and middle schools. Investigate how science teachers respond to the guidelines, challenges and dilemmas that arise and how they were solved, especially in regard to content organization, objectives, methodology and evaluation, was the concern of this work. We adopted a qualitative approach to the delivery of research, using semi-structured interviews with eight science teachers. The interviews were evaluated from the perspective of content analysis, seeking to give voice to the agents of the curriculum. It starts with the discussion about curriculum, its aims as reproductive element of ideology and power, using the idea of teacher uniqueness as a counterpoint to this perspective. This work deepens the theoretical framework using the ideas of Sacristan, especially in regard to education as a mean to a nation‟s progress, the construction of the curriculum and the relationship between the formal curriculum and the actions of teachers. Among the results, it can be noted that although the curriculum intended to regulate the teacher's work, placing him as executor, they reacted using their own knowledge when applying adjustments to what was proposed in terms of content organization and suggested strategies for classes. The idea of state schools working as a network is supported by the research subjects, which at the same time feel uncomfortable when referring to the results of SARESP or to the control from the management team of the school. Although the curriculum is justifying pedagogy skills, this perspective is not identified by teachers who resent the difficulty of engaging students in the process and point to an increase in work preparation activities. The difficulty of working with the new arrangement points to a prior culture adopted in 1975 on the teaching of science. The results are important for the development of new Public Policy Education, including teachers in their preparation, because they are shaping the prescribed curriculum, making it reality; also, they are serving as element to discuss the role of creators and universities in the curriculum proposition and teacher training.
Agentes comunitários de saúde e sua concepção sobre família e violência
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-05-27)
Giusto, Roselaine de Oliveira
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Brino, Rachel de Faria
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0235133592567485
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/2432812345580036
Coleópteros das famílias bostrichidae e curculionidae (Scolytinae) associados a Banisteriopsis caapi (Spruce ex Grisebach)
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-05-27)
Pena, Rebeca Cristina
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Flechtmann, Carlos Alberto Hector
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/3751581397164912
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7166478342984984
A study on the population behavior of insects of the order Coleoptera was performed, more precisely with the families Curculionidae (Scolytinae) and Bostrichidae, in a plantation of Banisteriopsis caapi (Spruce ex Griseb.) Morton, a Malpighiaceae vine known as mariri. The liana, native from the Amazon region, is the component of the beverage Ayahuasca used by the indigenous tribes in the Amazon, and more recently by religious movements in Brazil and abroad. This plant is rich in β-carboline alkaloids, secondary compounds of interest in human medicine. The study was conducted in a plantation belonging to the Centro Espírita Beneficente União do Vegetal (UDV), in Campinas city, state of São Paulo, Brazil. The area consists of four sectors, two of which are in a more urbanized area, reforested with fruit trees. The other two sectors are in an area composed of forest fragments in different stages of succession. For this study, 32 flight intercept traps were used, eight in each sector, baited with ethanol, with weekly inspections during the period from February 12, 2010, to February 18, 2011. A total of 55 samples were collected, by means of which we determined the seasonal fluctuation of these beetles and attack patterns in the lianas. A total of 68 species were identified, where Scolytinae were the dominant group, with 90.2% of the species, followed by Bostrichidae with 9.4%, and Platypodinae, with 0.4%. No beetle was found alive inside the lianas during the study. The reforestated sectors, especially in the border region, were the most attacked by beetles. The attacks were concentrated in the lower part of the stems, and in lianas with larger diameter. The variety of liana named tucunacá was more attacked than the second variety, caupuri. A national survey in plantations of mariri was also performed, where beetles of the family Cerambicidae were also found.
Uma abordagem híbrida para a avaliação da experiência emocional de usuários
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-05-28)
Xavier, Rogério Aparecido Campanari
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Almeida, Vânia Paula de
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0268728255033469
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5904768897181890
The emotions triggered during the use of an interactive system are an important aspect of the user experience. It is known that the emotions affect attention, perception, memory, behavior, learning, purchasing decisions, among others. Methods for evaluating the emotions are based on users self-report or assessments by experts. However, users are not always able to verbally express, name, or choose something that represents their emotions. In addition, experts can also perform partial or inaccurate assessments about the emotional experience. Thus, providing the designer with an alternative way to assess emotions and their impact on emotional experience, considering both views, allows a more comprehensive assessment and, it is believed, can minimize the problems encountered by unilateral evaluations. This study developed a hybrid approach to evaluate the impact of emotions in the emotional experience of users in a context of interaction with computer systems that considered: (a) the different aspects of emotion: cognitive appraisals, subjective feelings, behavioral tendencies, motor expressions and physiological responses, (b) different views including: users (the experience they communicate) and specialists (the experience they observe) and (c) assessments during and after the interaction time. The results of the pilot study suggest that the hybrid approach offers to the designer an alternative way of assessing the user`s emotional experience, through a collective analysis of the results obtained from the individual evaluations by experts and users, thus, leading to a more comprehensive assessment.
Desenvolvimento da síntese total do (±)-ácido jasmônico visando aplicação em escala industrial
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-05-29)
Secatto, Marcelo
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Brocksom, Timothy John
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7055452150201902
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6774582267909796
Jasmonic acid is a plant hormone that helps in the partition of nitrogen and acts mainly in defense against pathogens. It was first isolated in 1962 from the essential oil of Jasminum grandiflorum, but we know that it can be found in more than two hundred species of plants, including ferns, mosses and fungi. Jasmonic acid is formed biosynthetically from linolenic acid and is obtained by enzymatic steps including cyclization and reduction. It has a cyclopentanone structure with has two stereogenic centers, that gives four possible stereoisomers in the R or S absolute configuration. Natural ocurring (2R, 3R)-jasmonic acid is shown in the figure below. In the literature there is some racemic and enantioselective synthetic routes to obtain jasmonic acid and its methyl ester, characterized for having different steps, starting from chiral precursors of relevant cost and a wide range of yields. The objective of this work is the exploration of a racemic synthesis route that is summed up in a few steps aiming high yields, envisaging application in industrial scale, that encompass social trends to develop sustainable culture plantations, with reduced use of pesticides.
Geração de dados espaciais vagos baseada em modelos exatos
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-05-29)
Proença, Fernando Roberto
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Ciferri, Ricardo Rodrigues
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8382221522817502
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6047196867054522
Geographic information systems with the aid of spatial databases store and manage crisp spatial data (or exact spatial data), whose shapes (boundaries) are well defined and have a precise location in space. However, several spatial data do not have precisely known boundaries or have an uncertain location in space, which are called vague spatial data. The boundaries of a given vague spatial data may shrink or extend, therefore, may have a minimum and maximum extension. Clouds of pollution, deforestation, fire outbreaks, route of an airplane, habitats of plants and animals are examples of vague spatial data. In the literature, there are currently vague spatial data models, such as Egg-Yolk, QMM and VASA. However, according to our knowledge, they focus only on the formal aspect of the model definition. Thus, real or synthetic vague spatial data is not available for use. The main objective of this master thesis is the development of algorithms for the generation of synthetic vague spatial data based on the crisp models of spatial data vague Egg-Yolk, QMM and VASA. It was also implemented a tool, called VagueDataGeneration, to assist in the process of generation such data. For both the algorithms and the tool, the user is able to set the properties related to the data type of model, such as size, shape, volume, complexity, location and spatial distribution. By using the proposed algorithms and the VagueDataGeneration tool, researchers can generate large samples of vague spatial data, enabling new research, such as testing indexes for vague spatial data or evaluating query processing over data warehouses that store vague spatial data. The validation of the vague spatial data generation was conducted using a case study with data from vague rural phenomena.
Terapia ocupacional social: diálogos com a Política Nacional de Assistência Social
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-05-29)
Vianna, Eduardo Ewerton Sousa
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Barros, Denise Dias
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6607056840278610
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7314334659415304
The 1988 Brazilian Constitution introduces social welfare as a social security policy and a citizen s right. This way the promulgation of the Organic Law of Social Welfare in 1993 and the creation of a decentralized public system led to the approval of the Social Welfare National Policy (SWNP), whose management is undertaken by the Unified Social Welfare System (USWS). The National Counsil of Welfare, supported by the Ministry of Social Development and Hunger Alleviation (MSD), proposed the debate process for the definition of Social Welfare workers (DPDSWW) and also to help on the definition of the teams that would become responsible for organizing and providing social assistance services. Occupational therapists and other professional groups were included in this process; in the outcome occupation therapy was ratified as an integral part of the USWS. This study aims to contribute to the debate on occupational therapy in USWS by describing mobilizations and arguments for the recognition of its contribution and importance in this context, during the participation of the professional group in the DPDSWW. This is a study which took form with the data collected in the documentary research on the regulatory frameworks of SWNP and USWS, and also with correspondences taken from the online discussion forum of National Workgroup on Occupational Social Therapy (GNTOSOCIAL, in Portuguese) which is organized and coordinated by the Brazilian Association of Occupational Therapists (ABRATO, in Portuguese). Interviews (with three of the protagonists) and questionnaires (performed with nine occupational therapists from GNTOSOCIAL) complemented this data. We were able to identify which occupational therapists and institutions have participated in DPDSWW and how they have worked. We verified that ABRATO organized associations, the METUIA Project, occupational therapists and teachers around the GNTOSOCIAL discussion forum. A national movement was constructed from this list for the participation of the professional group in DPDSWW. This group faced constraints on being present in all regions and participating in debates, seeking consensus and earning new subscriptions to their cause. GNTOSOCIAL s participation was crucial for the outcome of the DPDSWW, as acting foundations for occupational therapists in social warfare were brought to debate. We found that new challenges are being faced by occupational therapists after DPDSWW. However, the modification of curricular guidelines seems urgent, as it should emphasize subjects regarding social occupational therapy and ensure students gain experience from the social welfare network, with qualified tutors in the social field. Research and postgraduate training are important for social occupational therapy when it comes to individuals skill development, their own knowledge and services, which are offered by several social policies.
O Senado e a política externa do governo do Partido dos Trabalhadores (2003-2012): a força do discurso parlamentar
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-06-03)
Silva, Rodinei Tarciano
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Braga, Maria do Socorro Sousa
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/2311094074614215
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9338984763837086
This research aims to analyze the Brazilian Senate s Foreign Affairs Committee (CRE) according to the Discursive Institutionalism and the Political Discourse theories. This discursive study have sought to verify whether the CRE actually has an important institutional and discursive role in foreign policy making, which is typically deemed to be a preponderant power of the Executive branch, letting little room for the Legislative branch. This thesis argues that Brazilian foreign policy is public policy such as any else, even though foreign policy has the unique feature of usually being negotiated overseas by the Executive branch before the domestic political negotiation due to constitutional and organizational reasons. The methods of institutional analysis are deployed under a discursive perspective in order to demonstrate that the Brazilian Congress and its standing committees were endowed with legislative means of discursive participation in the foreign policy making, and, also, are analyzed the speeches of the senators to show that even those discursive means are subject to political discourse favoring the expansion and the improvement of their own efficacy, which presents the senators as interested participants in the foreign policy discussion. The CRE s political discourse also shows that political parties are important in that discussion, and they are analyzed in an ideological dimension in a left-right continuum in foreign policy done in this work and in their position inside congressional coalition groups, government or opposition. The speeches in the committee are researched through Discursive Textual Analysis on ideological (right-left) cleavage and on congressional coalition (government-opposition) cleavage, on the programmatic ideas of the political parties and on the specific political ideas in the metatexts made from the speeches about foreign affairs. The main results are: the CRE s political discourse has an intrinsically party matter, in which the ideas of the senators reverberate their party programmatic ideas during their coordinative discourse (inside the political instance), the importance of the discursive function of the Senate and of the CRE is crucial for foreign policy making, and the Brazilian foreign policy towards leftist regimes in Latin America was the main issue causing dissent in the committee between 2003 and 2012.
Criação de filtros de imagens através da utilização de programação genética
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-06-03)
Simões, Lucas Pauli
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Kato, Edilson Reis Rodrigues
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8517698122676145
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/2152866590946175
The techniques of computer vision have been used more and more by the industries in order to aid the automation of their processes; however, the implementation of computer vision techniques has several difficulties according with the application. Such techniques are limited to the computational cost along with its complexity. Problems of elements identification in industrial sceneries are examples of an application that can generate a larger complexity in the process automation. Researches are accomplished using several techniques for solving those difficulties. This work approaches the field of computer vision through the use of artificial intelligence techniques. Here, methods are evaluated for creation and replication of binary images filters through the use of the genetic programming with the objective of elements identification in an industrial scenery. Two methods that possess different approaches are evaluated; one uses operations between pixels and other mathematical morphology for objects detection. The results are presented qualitatively as well as quantitatively through comparative images of the evaluated methods and statistical measures, respectively. Through the GPLab toolbox together with Matlab, the automatic creation of filters for objects identification was possible, so the detection and deletion of elements in images can be used by other support systems to automatic operation in an industrial environment. The results established a efficient way of filter creation with the use of the genetic programming.
Avaliação dos efeitos neurotóxicos de cianotoxinas em cladóceros com ênfase na utilização de um biomarcador bioquímico para sua detecção
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-06-03)
Freitas, Emanuela Cristina de
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Rocha, Odete
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7577441794992601
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8601993745082402
This thesis aimed to evaluate the use of cholinesterases (ChE) of the cladoceran species Pseudosida ramosa and Daphnia magna as a biochemical biomarker of the presence and effects of anatoxin-a(s) at different levels of biological organization (molecular, individual and population), besides the combined effects of the mixtures of the hepatotoxic (microcystins) and neurotoxic (anatoxin-a(s)) extracts in D. magna. A microplate assay was adapted and optimized for measuring the ChE activity of P. ramosa, in order to produce an assay protocol for this species. The analysis on the performance of ChE assays in P. ramosa showed that these are suitable for the quantifying of enzymatic activity in this species. P. ramosa showed to be an adequate alternative to the exotic cladoceran D. magna. Thus, it was proposed an assay protocol, which it meets the best combination of parameters for the using of ChE activity of P. ramosa as a biochemical biomarker. The ChE activity of P. ramosa and D. magna were specific for the indication of the presence of anatoxin-a(s), since no effect on the enzymatic activity of these species was observed when they were exposed to the microcystins. In the acute exposures (48-h) to the anatoxin-a(s) extract and to the paraoxon-methyl, P. ramosa was more sensitive than D. magna for ChE activity and survival endpoints. Also, P. ramosa was more sensitive than D. magna when exposed to the anatoxin-a(s) extract for 7 days. When the relationships between the ChE inhibition and individual and populational endpoints were evaluated, different responses were observed for the studied species. The ChE inhibition in P. ramosa had a very close relationship with the survival in the acute exposures to the anatoxin-a(s) extract and to the paraoxon-methyl. For D. magna, on the other hand, this relationship was not linear, being high levels of ChE inhibition associated with almost no mortality. The ChE activity in P. ramosa was also a good predictor of the chronic effects of anatoxin-a(s) extract at higher levels of biological organization, since ChE inhibition (48 h) was linearly linked to the sub-lethal effects on the reproduction (21 days) and on the population growth rate (21 days). For D. magna, these relationships could not be established, possibly due to species-specific differences in the affinities of both acetylcholinesterase and pseudocholinesterases to the toxicants. Thus, for the using of ChE as a biochemical biomarker in the risk assessments of neurotoxic cyanobacteria blooms in tropical regions, it is recommended the use of native species, especially of P. ramosa, since the model species D. magna could overestimate the risk to the local species. When the effects of the mixtures of the hepatotoxic and neurotoxic extracts were evaluated on the survival and feeding rates of D. magna, additive and synergistic responses were only observed on the feeding rates. Therefore, since different types of cyanotoxins are found in the natural environments in combination, the risks of these toxins on the zooplanktonic community should be evaluated not only individually, but also as mixtures.
Sistema de recomendação para promoção de redes homófilas baseadas em valores culturais: observando o impacto das relações homofílicas na reciprocidade apoiada pela tecnologia
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-06-05)
Oliveira, Jônatas Leite de
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Anacleto, Junia Coutinho
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6200743168568684
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8285930755178912
Nowadays, with ICTs permeating social relations and work, it is necessary to understand how relationships influence the socially established professional dynamics in the workspace. One should also consider that the impact of social relationships on work supported by ICT. From the understanding of co-existing dependencies in social relationships of different natures as friendship and cooperation, and its expression in media technology, it can search the support of ICT in decision making and search for information to foundation of these decision making based the values of friendship and trust between individuals. This work is developed to this understanding of co-dependency, enabling develop future recommender systems based on trust. Based on the results of research on behavior at work and interpersonal relationships conducted in a community of health professionals in a hospital partner in this research, we analyze here the actions of reciprocity among professionals considering their social relationship. The research challenge is to understand the existing social structures in the community and identify whether these structures promote the practices of reciprocity in the workplace. This research discusses the relationship between the established social homophily (the tendency that two people who have similar values and experiences have to establish friendship) and reciprocity expressed in systems based on ICTs in the workplace. Applied to hospital staff, is observed as homophily between health professionals influence the reciprocity stimulation when has adopt ICTs in the workplace. The collected data are insufficient for conclusions on the co-dependencies, but indications point to be the target of future research. It was found that mostly of reciprocal pairs are homophilous, and that among these pairs there is a trend of pairs with greater degree of homophily present more intense reciprocity than pairs with lesser degrees of homophily.
Efeitos do treinamento resistido sobre o metabolismo lipídico, a inflamação e a morfometria do tecido adiposo de ratas ovariectomizadas
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-06-06)
Stotzer, Uliana Sbeguen
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Araújo, Heloísa Sobreiro Selistre de
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/3565451122415181
Visceral obesity is an important risk factor cardiovascular diseases. After menopause, fat distribution shifts to visceral depots leading to lipid metabolism disorders and chronic lowgrade inflammation. Resistance training (RT) has beneficial effects in postmenopausal women, but its effectiveness in normalizing visceral adipose tissue disorders is not well understood. To address this questions adult female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into six groups (n=6 per group): sham-sedentary (SHAM), ovariectomized- sedentary (OVX), SHAM-trained (S-T), OVX-T. Sham or ovariectomy procedure was performed with 250 grams. Three weeks after the surgery, trained groups started 10 weeks of climbing in a 1.1-m vertical ladder with progressive load of 65%, 85%, 95% and 100% of rat s previous maximal overload. All animals were killed 92 days after being ovariectomized and trained animals were killed 48 hours after the last training session. Mesenteric, parametrial and subcutaneous adipose tissues were prepared for morphometric analyses in colidina and osmium tetroxide and part of mesenteric adipose tissue was stored for mRNA analyses by quantitative PCR. Resistance training prevented ovariectomy-induced higher body weight, food intake, feeding efficiency and mesenteric and subcutaneous, but not parametrial adipocyte area. In addition, RT avoided OVX-induced upregulation in the lipogenic genes PPAR-γ, SREBP-1c and its downstream targets SCD-1 and ACC gene expression. Further, RT increases the gene expression of mitochondrial β-oxidation enzyme CPT-1 in OVX rats. RT also prevented the chronic low-grade inflammation in OVX group, demonstrated by the presence of macrophage markers (F4/80 and CD11b), increase in activated Th1 cells (IFN-γ) and the proinflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6). RT additionally created an antiinflammatory (IL-10) environment. The present results reflect a powerful prophylactic effects of resistance training in preventing pathological effects of estrogen deficiency, both at physiological and molecular levels. Therefore, we suggest that this may be an advantageous low cost-effective treatment at post-menopausal phase, since appropriately prescribed.
Design de TICS para apoiar fisioterapeutas em um hospital de doenças mentais crônicas
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-06-06)
Silvestre, Rodrigo Gustavo
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Anacleto, Junia Coutinho
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6200743168568684
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9067981402877583
The use of computing technologies to support healthcare processes has already been used for decades. More recently, the natural user interfaces (NUI) has been used to assist these processes, especially in therapeutic treatments. The UNITY Project, in which this work is part of, aims to explore the adoption of NUI to support professionals working in a hospital that treats chronic mental illness. The specific problem that this research addresses is to identify how information and communication technologies can be used to support, naturally, the work routine of health professionals who work in long-term care of patients with chronic mental illness. During several months of field research activities involving researchers and health professionals were developed for design, using more traditional approaches in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) as participatory design and user-centered design, as well as more recent proposals such as design for appropriation. After a long iterative process and several rounds of prototyping, it was possible to design a digital system that allows health professionals to register, view and share information about their patients, thereby contributing to the creation of a digital record of the patients and the outcome and results of the treatments applied in them. The design process was centered in the health professional taking into consideration the information and features that support them in their work routine. Thus, results from this work was the beginning of an identification of a health care centered design model and the impact that this approach has on the final result arising from this process.
Avaliação do controle autonômico cardiovascular, do glicogênio muscular e de citocinas plasmáticas em ratos escolióticos
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-06-06)
Chingui, Luciano Júlio
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Catai, Aparecida Maria
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0995311314853312
The anatomical alterations of spine have been researched in experimental and clinical studies. The present study focused the analysis on the three aspects. The scoliosis and the alterations on the metabolic profile of the paravertebral and pectoral muscles (study I), the scoliosis and stretching influence in the plasma citocines concentration (study II) and the status of cardiac autonomic function front the scoliosis implantation (study III). The three studies were performed with male rats, which were divided into different experimental groups, with a total n of 68 animals. For the scoliosis induction were applied a non-invasive model composed by vests made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). All data were expressed as mean ± epm. For the statistical analysis the Kolmogorov-Smirinov test was applied to investigate the normality of the data, whereas studies I and II were followed by the variance analysis ANOVA and Tukey post hoc (p<0,05), in the study III were used the Student-t test or the sum of rank in the Mann-Whitney test (p<0,05). In the first study were applied vests to the scoliotic group since the initial growth phase (post weaning) until the sixth week of growth, however in the studies II and III the vests application went up to the twelfth week. To the achievement of the first study the rats were divided into 2 experimental groups with n=6: control (C) and scoliotic (S). The outcomes from this study showed a reduction on the relation total protein/DNA, in the glycogen content and in the total weight of the scoliotic animals. This study established a homeostatic impairment of the pectoral and paravertebral muscles during the scoliosis induction process. In the second study the animals were distributed into 4 groups with n=8: control (C), stretched (S), scoliotic (SG) and stretched scoliotic (SS). The stretching consisted in 3 series of 30 seconds with 10 seconds of interval among the series. The results revealed an important increase in the concentration of IL-2, IL-6 and e TNF-α in the scoliotic group, whereas the intervention with stretching exercises could achieve a decrease of 4, 9 and 6% respectively on the concentration increase. These results suggest that the proposed model used to induce the scoliosis lead to a muscular disuse and the stretching has showed to be effective to minimize the deriving consequences of this disuse. In the third study the animals were divided into 2 groups again, control group (C, n=12) and scoliosis group (S, n=12). On this study the attention referred to possible alterations in the cardiovascular autonomic control system. Evaluations of heart rate variability, cardiac autonomic tonus and cardiac baroreflex sensitivity. From these results was possible to certify that scoliosis causes an alteration in the autonomic control, being that the scoliotic group presented best sympathetic modulation, greater vagal tone and greater cardiac baroreflex sensitivity. The outcomes suggest that scoliosis promote alterations in the autonomic function of the cardiac system. In general, the results from this study demonstrated that the scoliotic animals have smaller glycogen reserves and lower ratios of total protein/DNA; higher concentration of the citocines IL-2, IL-6 and TNF-α, while the scoliotic and stretched rats have lower concentrations from the same citocines; referring to the autonomic modulation the scoliosis led to a higher total variance, greater sympathetic cardiac modulation, greater vagal tono and best baroreflex sensitivity proving a better condition in the cardiovascular autonomic function through the most part of the evaluated items in the scoliotic rats.
Avaliação crítica do processo de implementação e amadurecimento de um sistema de gestão da qualidade integrado BPL (Boas Práticas de Laboratório) e ISO/IEC 17025
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-06-07)
Prada, Patrícia Regina
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Venâncio, Tiago
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4438399441102990
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6224327594380685
The tests and/or study laboratories have sought the implementation of Quality Management Systems (QMS) in order to obtain a differential, which is the greater reliability and acceptance of their results. The two main systems adopted in laboratories are the Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), which guidelines are defined in NIT-DICLA-035, and ISO/IEC 17025, according to NBR ISO/IEC 17025. Comparatively, the guidelines of both standards, in respect to the experimental stage of laboratory, have the same goal, to guarantee the quality of the results. The systems differ in that the ISO/IEC 17025 operates in the laboratory routine activities as a whole, in contrast GLP focus is to serve as a base to a study that is accomplished. An analysis of the elements of the standards shows that there is substantial overlap in both of the requirements, which makes it possible to maintain a single and integrated system. Thus, this paper aims to analyze critically the implementation and maturation process of an integrated QMS according to GLP and ISO/IEC 17025 implemented in a Laboratory that performs tests of pesticides and veterinary products residues using chromatography. The system implementation was done in stages, and the activities performed in each one were evaluated. The first step consisted in defining the quality assurance team. Next it was defined the work scope, followed by the steps: analysis of the similarities between the standards and structuring of a system; adaptation and elaboration of documentation to comply with the integrated system, with emphasis on the methods validation and uncertainty estimation procedures; training; audits; critical analysis meeting by management and finally organize the documentation for submission to INMETRO. During the implementation process it was conducted a survey among collaborators about the difficulties and benefits of the process. In addition, it was evaluated the time required to implement the system, the period to get the formal recognition and audit data, such as noncompliance highlighted and corrective actions taken. These data were compared with those obtained in Brazil and the USA laboratories.
Uma investigação sobre os instrumentos avaliativos de um curso de LE utilizando planejamento temático baseado em tarefas para professores pré-serviço de contexto adverso
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-06-07)
Batocchio, Luciana Renata
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Barbirato, Rita de Cassia
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6962819573963727
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4481206583608506
In this research we realize an investigation into the assessment process in a course of English Language using a thematic task-based planning for teachers pre-service of adverse context of a private college in the state of São Paulo, and check if there or not the compatibility of the assessment instruments and activities of teaching material - "A Short Historical Sketch of Britain" (Barbirato, 2005) with such planning principles, criteria and tasks definitions. Being aware that the evaluation process should understand the context researched in evaluative instruments that are consistent with the instruction given in the classroom, we list the purpose of this study to ascertain the extent to which these instruments measure facilitated the learning of FL through a theme, seeking the meaning of language and communication as the main unease in this area is to find a way to evaluate the student consistent with such instruction. We choose a qualitative interpretative in nature, through the gathering of evaluative data documents used throughout the course, as well as a questionnaire for teacher s course who contributed to the triangulation of the data analyzed. The results allowed us to infer that the evaluative instruments, although some still aren t the most appropriate measure progress achieved before the student's ability to communicate at English Language. However, analysis of the data documents revealed that although some instruments, especially the written evaluations, require changes to be in line with course design model implemented one the planning in question, can say that it contributed to reaching a positive evaluation in this context.
Desafio no uso e coleta de conhecimento cultural de aplicações para promover o crescimento da base de conhecimento cultural do OMCS-BR
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-06-07)
Bueno, André de Oliveira
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Silva, Junia Coutinho Anacleto
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6200743168568684
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4013765491948805
We are currently in the third wave of research in the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) area, whose focus is on the context of applications. Technology has been spreading from the workplace to our homes; it becomes part of our everyday lives. Thinking about it, one way of trying to provide this contextualization can be done through culture insertion in applications. However, culture is a very broad concept that encompasses different factors, among them, the common sense, which is a subset of culture consisting of the knowledge we gain in our day-to-day routine activities. Within this context, this work aims to create a new strategy to culturally contextualize an application. Thinking about that, it was created a new module called Cultural Filter that, through the use of a given knowledgebase, filters the stored information to create small cultural contextualized slices according to the profile of the users who will use this application. In this case, information such as age, gender, education level, and geographic location are used in the process of creating these cultural slices. In order to observe the viability of this strategy, an instance of the cultural filter was instantiated using the cultural knowledgebase of project Open Mind Common Sense in Brazil (OMCS-Br). In this case, the filter acts creating cultural slices from the project complete knowledgebase. In the background, this also aims to further the collection of data for this database in question, collecting data generated from the use of these contextualized software. To make this set of cultural filter and knowledge collector accessible to developers and users in general, it was developed an online system that allows any interested person to use the knowledgebase of the project OMCSBr in its applications or, still, just do culturally contextualized searches in the base. We intend to expand access to the Brazilian cultural knowledgebase and make the collection and use of the OMCS-Br knowledgebase operations more flexible, facilitating the development of applications using such a database and, with the filter being part of the OMCS-Br architecture, applications become lighter, closer to the RIA (Rich Internet Application) concept. To achieve the proposed objectives, the OMCS-Br architecture was restructured and expanded. Two new modules have been developed in order to connect with the project API (Application Programming Interface), namely: (i) the Cultural Filter, responsible for performing the filtering in order to retrieve contextual data from the knowledgebase according to the predefined profile and (ii) the Knowledge Collector, responsible for entering collected data through the use of culturally contextualized software into the OMCS-Br project knowledgebase. As a proof of concept, the filter was used in some already existing applications from LIA and, therefore, it was possible to observe the appropriateness of its operation.
Algoritmo para a extração incremental de sequências relevantes com janelamento e pós-processamento aplicado a dados hidrográficos
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-06-07)
Silveira Junior, Carlos Roberto
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Santos, Marilde Terezinha Prado
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9826026025118073
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9893034966040171
The mining of sequential patterns in data from environmental sensors is a challenging task: the data may show noise and may also contain sparse patterns that are difficult to detect. The knowledge extracted from environmental sensor data can be used to determine climate change, for example. However, there is a lack of methods that can handle this type of database. In order to reduce this gap, the algorithm Incremental Miner of Stretchy Time Sequences with Post-Processing (IncMSTS-PP) was proposed. The IncMSTS-PP applies incremental extraction of sequential patterns with post-processing based on ontology for the generalization of the patterns. The post-processing makes the patterns semantically richer. Generalized patterns synthesize the information and makes it easier to be interpreted. IncMSTS-PP implements the Stretchy Time Window (STW) that allows stretchy time patterns (patterns with temporal intervals) are mined from bases that have noises. In comparison with GSP algorithm, IncMSTS-PP can return 2.3 times more patterns and patterns with 5 times more itemsets. The post-processing module is responsible for the reduction in 22.47% of the number of patterns presented to the user, but the returned patterns are semantically richer. Thus, the IncMSTS-PP showed good performance and mined relevant patterns showing, that way, that IncMSTS-PP is effective, efficient and appropriate for domain of environmental sensor data.
Caracterização físico socioambiental e enquadramento de áreas verdes urbanas de Votorantim-SP
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013-06-07)
Gerdenits, Daniela
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Pagani, Maria Inez
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7524778123773562
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1516026899200102
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Tonello, Kelly Cristina
Within the process of urbanization green areas emerge as alternatives contemplating new cultural and aesthetic aspects, which come to extrapolate their functions and uses. This work fits within the proposed Master Plan Votorantim, and aims to identify, characterize, and assign frame through proposals, significant urban green areas of the city. These were characterized by a physical diagnosis through environmental field trips, maps present in the Secretariat of works pertaining to their subdivisions and public areas, information contained in the Master Plan and georeferenced images. Among the twelve areas, nine can be considered neighborhood parks and only three as neighborhood parks, mainly due to its dimensions. Regarding the state of conservation of the environment is worth highlighting three green areas, while the other studied have a higher degree of intervention, mostly with furniture and spaces waterproofed. Others are in a high degree of degradation, mainly by the accumulation of garbage. The enhancement and protection of green areas should be priorities in any master plan, based on the development of projects that include management programs, requiring detailed planning for these areas do not become problems for the city, eventually being abandoned or illegally occupied.