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Corpos ultrajados e suas representações em crônicas de Ana Paula Tavares
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016-12-14)
Souza, Larissa da Silva Lisboa
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Valentim, Jorge Vicente
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4427303771174064
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1461592493980999
The dissertation aims to analyze the representations of the female body in the chronicles of Angolan Writer Ana Paula Tavares, gathered in A cabeça de Salomé (2004). From the theoretical discussions about the concept of body, elucidating the writings of women authors in Angola as outraged bodies (subaltern, uncommon, foreigners, handicapped, unruly, insurgent or minority), we intend to develop a deeper look in the prose of Ana Paula Tavares, and how a feminine bodily representation appears and could be treated.
Perfil dermatoglífico, somatotípico e fisiológico de atletas de elite do rafting
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016-12-14)
Takehara, Julio Cesar
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Duarte, Ana Cláudia Garcia de Oliveira
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1996950253264696
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1033610693200363
Rafting is a modality that is summed up in the descent of rivers in inflatable boats, in which the members of the boat paddle under the command of an instructor responsible for the orientation of the group during the course, in leisure and tourism activities. However, when it comes to competition, rafting can be practiced by female or male teams, with an initial age of 15 years, in competitions held in three days of events, and in R6 and R4 modalities. The objective of this research was to identify the dermatoglyphic profile, the body composition, the somatotype, the motor tests, the lipid profile, the glycemic and the ergospirometry profile of the elite rafting athletes. Participants were seven male athletes with 21.5 ± 0.5 years, of the sub-23 category. Dermatoglyphic characteristics were evaluated by computerized scanning, body composition by Bio impedance InBody 720, and somatotropy by anthropometric measurements. The motor tests were abdominal, arm support, vertical thrust, Shuttle-run test and aerobic power by ergospirometry in adapted ergometer rowing. The normality test of Shapiro Wilk was used, after applying the Pearson correlation coefficient for the variables, considering a significant value of p <0.05. The athletes presented in the fingerprints 9% of arches, 19% of whorls and 72% of loops, still an average of 112.7 ± 29.9 LQTS and 10.7 ± 2.1 D10; Mean body mass of 72.3 ± 6.9 kg; Height 174.8 ± 7.2 cm; BMI 23.7 ± 1.7 kg/m2, endomorph components 2.6 ± 0.8, mesomorph 5.4 ± 1.3, ectomorph 2.2 ± 0.9, percentage of fat 10.0 ± 4.8 %, Fat mass 7.4 ± 4.1 kg, lean mass 64.9 ± 5.4 kg and skeletal muscle mass 35.5 ± 3.0 kg. The mean load for ergospirometry was 100.0 ± 17.9 W and the maximum oxygen consumption of 66.2 0.8 ml.kg-1.min-1, the production of carbon dioxide 79.6 ± 1, 5 ml.kg-1.min-1, the maximum ventilation 96.9 ± 2.2 l.min-1 respiratory quotient at the time of fatigue 1.2 ± 0.0 and the maximum heart rate 198.5 ± 05 bpm. Blood glucose was 83.7 ± 6.5 mg/dl, cholesterol 169.0 ± 32.7 mg/dl, triglycerides 71.0 ± 15.3 mg/dl and creatinine 1.0 ± 0.1 mg/dl. In the abdominal test 57.0 ± 12.7 repetitions, in the arm support 59.7 ± 13.7 repetitions, in the vertical impulse 51.2 ± 8.6 cm, in the agility 11.5 ± 1.1 seconds. There were strong positive correlations (r> 0.75) for the variables VO2max and VO2max, clamp and MME, veticilo and age, veticilo and VO2max, D10 and age, D10 and MME, SQTL and age. And strong negative correlations (r> -0.75) between the whorl and endomorph component and D10 and endomorph component. It is concluded that the identification of dermatoglyphic profile, body composition, somatotípia, biochemical, motor tests and ergo-spirometry of athletes of high-performance rafting can be applied directly in the orientation of the training strategies, of the various physical qualities involved in this sport, As an auxiliary measure to physical training. This statement is based on the results presented here that reflect the profile of the high performance in the modality, and which, in turn, suggest the predisposition of a subject to said sport.
Ensino de astronomia para os anos iniciais : uma proposta a partir da observação da lua
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016-12-14)
Simon, Paula Cristina da Silva Gonçalves
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Bretones, Paulo Sérgio
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0016646045895716
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6221874223227758
This research presents results of an investigation of educational pedagogy done with a group of second grade students from an Elementary School. The investigation involved observations of the Moon and educational activities used to teach about Moon phases. An overview of the academic literature on the teaching of the theme of the Moon and its phases was conducted, with a bibliographical review of theses and dissertations, journal articles, papers presented at selected conferences, and some international papers on this topic. From the literature review, it was found that there are few studies that actually address of how observation of the Moon in the sky can be used to effectively teach Moon phases to elementary school students. In this study, students observed and recorded the appearance of the Moon and its place in the sky through drawings. The drawings included the position of the Moon relative to the horizon and used observations made at the school and at their homes during part of a lunar month. Using these initial Moon observations and the student drawings, there were discussions in the classroom designed to consolidate student knowledge. In this research, the data were obtained through interviews, class records, and student observations notebooks. A control group was not used. The researcher was also the teacher of the class where the research was developed. The student observations made it possible for the students to perceive the Moon's apparent motion, as well as its change of appearance over several nights. Through classroom discussions centered on the observations, it was clear that the observations helped develop student concept knowledge of Moon phases that would be difficult to develop from classroom experiences that did not include observations. This experiential connection from the observation of the Moon fostered a relationship with the knowledge implied to the reality of nature. For the initial years, in the Astronomy teaching, this is an important link that can promote the learning of such contents, from the senses of the child and the teacher intervention in a flexible and open way.
Encontros, efeitos e afetos : discursos de uma liderança Tupi Guarani
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016-12-14)
Danaga, Amanda Cristina
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Peggion, Edmundo Antonio
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8230760897259077
The context of the indigenous movement in Brazil, observe the proeminence of indigenous leaders who come to narrate the memories told in the first-person singular, in an attempt to speak on behalf of their groups. These speeches become important to understand, beyond the indigenous movement, the subjectivity Amerindians schemes, the emergence of autobiographical subject within the ethnology and its implications in writing the ethnographic text. Once, as from his speeches, that policy and poetic notions they emerge for the anthropologist as part of an ethnographic text. From this discussion, this research performs an approach of memories and narratives of a tupi guarani leadership that lives in the village Ywytu Guaçu (Renascer) in the city of Ubatuba / SP, the leader Antonio da Silva Awa. It is an ethnography that focuses on the effects of the meeting such leadership, these effects expressed through statements, speeches and quotidian advice. These speeches open up possibilities for other reflections such as the use of a specific self-designation that make use of category mixture as singularity attribute of a people, the relationships with several other "types of people," the commitment to actions and negotiations seeking to reconcile interests between distinct worlds, amerindians ways politics gets done and the highlight of indigenous representatives as prestigious leadership and recognition in their groups. That everything associated with the idea of production and formation of subjects tupi guarani and the learning from ancients.
Motivações para o estudo do piano
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016-12-14)
Oliveira, Leonardo Daniel de
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Lombardi, Lucia Maria Salgado dos Santos
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5697508831302188
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9021807629696227
The present work was born out of a concern of the author, as a student of the Pedagogy course and Education professional, about what would be the factors and the motivations that influence people when deciding which musical instrument to choose as a learning medium and cultural development. In order to investigate this subject, a qualitative and bibliographic study with field study was carried out. The main authors of the text are Santos (2006), Blacking (2007) and Vannucchi (2011) on the concept of culture; Pinto (2004) and Mateiro (2007) on the musical context in general; Amato (2007), Borges (2010) and Albuquerque (2011) support the development of the analysis of the various aspects of piano study in Brazil. The field investigation was done at the Municipal Conservatory Maestro Henrique Castellari, in the city of Salto, State of São Paulo, through questionnaires answered by seven students. The work is divided into four chapters. The first is the Memorial, in which the author approaches his musical experiences since childhood. The second chapter presents the theoretical framework. The third chapter describes the methodology and the fourth presents the data analysis. The results point to multiple influences in the choice of instrument, revealing that the piano is considered a complete instrument, with many possibilities, and that influences in a positive way the character, the personal formation and the musical preferences of the students.
Efficient bayesian methods for mixture models with genetic applications
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016-12-14)
Zuanetti, Daiane Aparecida
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Milan, Luis Aparecido
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7435391829973844
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8352484284929824
We propose Bayesian methods for selecting and estimating di erent types of mixture models which are widely used in Genetics and Molecular Biology. We speci cally propose data-driven selection and estimation methods for a generalized mixture model, which accommodates the usual (independent) and the rst-order (dependent) models in one framework, and QTL (quantitative trait locus) mapping models for independent and pedigree data. For clustering genes through a mixture model, we propose three nonparametric Bayesian methods: a marginal nested Dirichlet process (NDP), which is able to cluster distributions and, a predictive recursion clustering scheme (PRC) and a subset nonparametric Bayesian (SNOB) clustering algorithm for clustering big data. We analyze and compare the performance of the proposed methods and traditional procedures of selection, estimation and clustering in simulated and real data sets. The proposed methods are more exible, improve the convergence of the algorithms and provide more accurate estimates in many situations. In addition, we propose methods for predicting nonobservable QTLs genotypes and missing parents and improve the Mendelian probability of inheritance of nonfounder genotype using conditional independence structures. We also suggest applying diagnostic measures to check the goodness of t of QTL mapping models.
Nos caminhos da cultura e dos dons : os Guarani e instituições no norte do Paraná
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016-12-15)
Costa, Samuel Douglas Farias
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Vianna, Anna Catarina Morawska
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/2245801371286766
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/2701528227753333
Indigenous Land Pinhalzinho, in Tomazina, and the city of Maringá. Two places in north of Paraná separated by about 250 km and connected by a relational complex that involves Guarani people and some institutions, including the Associação Indigenista – ASSINDI – Maringá and the Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM). In the village, the Guarani practice praying, develop leaders, hunting, fishing, produce crafts, among other actions related to the enunciations of culture and the experience of the gifts. Culture and gifts emerge also in Maringá, a city that does not contain indigenous villages, but still a space for mobility and presence of Guarani people. Two are the reference points to think the indigenous presence in the city: the ASSINDI and UEM. In Pinhalzinho, in turn, there are also institutions such as the indigenous school and the health center, as well as a diversity of projects. This ethnography sought to follow the paths of the enunciated culture and the gifts in this relational complex between the village and the town and think the extent to which the Guarani’s perspectives contrast or make up with institutional perspectives. For this, it was conducted an ethnographic experiment that, giving priority for the Guarani’s perspectives, descriptively organizes this composite of relations from four points of references that articulate culture, gifts, life in the village, life in the city and relationships with institutions.
Divulgação científica por meio de ferramentas digitais : estudo de caso do portal do Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC/USP)
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016-12-15)
Spina, Tatiana Gladcheff Zanon
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Kerbauy, Maria Teresa Miceli
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4762029784021248
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8219619703431459
Quali-quantitative diagnosis of São Carlos Institute of Physics (IFSC/USP) website to verify its communicational effectiveness with intern (IFSC/USP teachers, employees and students) and extern public. The quantitative analysis, that considered 2.441 news, posted between June 2011 and December 2015, it was based on data provided by Google Analytics tool, considering three main topics: geographic and demographic users profile, views and time remaining on each one of the pages. The qualitative analysis considered topics related to website´s content, usability and functionality. It was concluded that news related to Everyday Physics, Health and Medicine and Opportunities were responsible for the biggest accesses and time of permanence of the users on the website. The study proposes the insertion of more interactive tools e multimedia resources on the website to attract more extern users as well as to bring more visibility to the website and the institution.
Análise dos aspectos legais e normativos do uso de fotografias contidas em teses e dissertações disponíveis na BDTD/IBICT
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016-12-15)
Silva, Priscila da
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Furnival, Ariadne Chloe Mary
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1291482506649810
This study investigated the ownership of photographs contained in theses and dissertations collected in BDTD / IBICT, with the beginning of his reflections the current scenario, known as the information society, characterized by intense information exchange. In this scenario, the user information need to be increasingly aware of how appropriates the information, seeking to be based on ethical behavior. Such behavior involves knowledge of how various content available on the Internet, knowledge of the law governing copyright and uses of intellectual works in Brazil and the knowledge of the citation and reference standards. The methods used for development work were the bibliographic and documentary research. It was found that there is a low use of photographs in the public domain and, in some cases, the guidelines of the rules were not followed.
O papel dos quintais agroflorestais na conservação da agrodiversidade
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016-12-15)
Tello López, Alex Mauri
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Piña-Rodrigues, Fátima Conceição Márquez
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1475369713141675
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7438227129016257
Since a long time homegardens have been fulfilling a series of functions and services, representing geographic spaces for the in situ conservation of germplasm, becoming these important areas for the conservation of local agrobiodiversity, besides contributing to food security in many regions The planet. In order to do so, agroforestry yards must also promote the conservation of agrobiodiversity, as well as the provision of environmental services. For such the present work makes an analysis through a bibliographical review to verify if the agroforestry yards are adding to the agrobiodiversity conservation and if the possibility exists to adopt these systems in the current legislations of the São Paulo state as a method of restoration of legal reserves (LR) and permanent preservation areas (PPA). In this respect, it was analyzed the Forestry Law nº 12.651/2012 and the state resolutions SMA nº 44/2008 and SMA nº 32/2014, considering a set of guiding concepts, attributes and standards applied to the ecological services´ analysis prone to being obtained in agroforestry yards. On evaluation of the legal measures relating to the theory of the ecological services, it was featured the concepts related to the cultural issues, regulation and support. It´s been observed that the attributes relating to cultural issues were not explicit in any of the legislations. The analysis of the other concepts highlighted the potentiality and the relevance of embracing agroforestry yards on ecological services´ rendering, inside legal reserve and preservation areas - mainly if the legal requirements embeds the cultural issues.
Emancipação ou ideologia?: uma análise da matriz curricular da rede municipal de ensino de Sorocaba
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016-12-15)
Pereira, Sara Aparecida
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Silva, Antonio Fernando Gouvêa da
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9621931288117213
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5956652418433939
The development of this research, which has the object of study being the Curricular Matrix of Sorocaba's Education Municipal System sought through the documental analysis in a emancipatory education perspective. In this perspective the curriculum must be the way that builds the transformation possibility with the individuals. The concepts reviewed in this research were the ideology and emancipation, substantiated by the Critical Theory and the Humanizing Education. All of the concepts here introduced were discussed related to the Curricular Matrix of Sorocaba's Education Municipal System construction in order to analyse this document from a perspective of an education that effectively contributes to the emancipation of the individuals which is indeed committed to reality transformation. The methodology of this research sought to involve itself with the reality understanding, not a neutral understanding, but a ethically oriented one. To seek the answers for the research's problems, the document's analysis was created. The analysis took us to issues and discussions related with the theoretical foundations of this research and unveiling as for the ideological use of the emancipation concept. In the analysis it considered that by the use of the critical reading of documents which underlie education it is possible to realize the ideology diffusion, since a lot of documents make use of the emancipation concept in a ideological manner to mask its genuine conception, hampering the curriculum and education's understanding in a emancipation perspective. Many documents present a false speech of freedom and individuals emancipation, but if you read it critically and through the document's analysis, based on genuine references committed with the emancipatory education it is possible to reveal the intention of instill into the consciences false ideas for accepting things as they are, in other words, adjust men to the reality. The analysis developed revealed the ideological use and the ideological appropriation of the emancipation concept.
“Diversidade e Evolução de Vertebrados” na formação de professores: percepções, desafios, dificuldades e possibilidades de superação
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016-12-15)
Antunes, Taine Vandressa
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Nascimento, Fabrício do
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/3496410597486943
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Mattox, George Mendes Taliaferro
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4453900943293186
Vertebrates constitute the subphylum known as Vertebrata of the Phylum Chordata whose present diversity is fascinating. Although these animals attract attention because they are common in our daily lives, the largest challenge is the understanding of the biological diversity gathered under the same evolutionary history that should overcome the plethora of names and become significant in the teaching-learning process.It is fundamental, therefore, to understand how university students learn and the difficulties faced in the construction of knowledge, being crucial the constant search for strategies, didactic tools and alternatives to facilitate that construction. Thus the aims of the present study involved the qualitative survey of perceptions of undergraduate students of the licentiate degree in Biological Sciences at UFSCar - Campus Sorocaba regarding the learning of the contents of the discipline Diversity and Evolution of Vertebrates, discussing the main difficulties and contributions of this discipline to the Teacher training. The results showed that students difficulties involved basal groups mainly before Tetrapoda, concepts in Phylogenetic Systematics, "Reptilia" and the evolution of the temporal fenestra. Moreover, the lack of proper material such as illustrated guides to support examination of specimens in Lab Classes was cited by many students as an important limitation to learning. Seeking a proposal to cope with the difficulties was elaborated resulting in the Practical Guide: Diversity and Evolution of Vertebrates, a digital material to support Lab Classes, and it was suggested the development of an app related to the guide aiming at facilitating the access to updated contents and to optimize the teaching-learning process.
Políticas de ações afirmativas no Brasil: a UFSCar Sorocaba como objeto de recorrência
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016-12-15)
Toubia, Ariane Andreia Teixeira
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Lima, Paulo Gomes
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5109357037661496
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1796810373166008
The objective of the research was to analyze the prevailing challenges and referrals of UFSCAR-Campus Sorocaba, as the improvement and expansion support for the student from the Affirmative Action Program, from the speech of PROGRAD and PROACE representatives managers on campus.The methodological theoretical axis constitutes a preliminary bibliographic and documentary by CAPES files data level theses and dissertations of the UFSCAR, listing is relevant and approximate the thematic work. Then we chose the neoinstitutionalism as an analytical theoretical framework, whose emphasis is the study of the institution and its partners, guided by qualitative approach and this cut out the case study, considering that the UFSCar, Campus Sorocaba epistemological research site.The interviews were conducted by the structure of a semi-structured script of questions, preceded by the characterization of the respondents. We interviewed two subjects: 1 representative of the Dean of Undergraduate (PROGRAD) on campus, through the Department of Sorocaba Undergraduate Education (DeEG-Sor) and another of Dean of Community Affairs and Student (PROACE) through Department of Community Affairs and Student Sorocaba - Section of Social Care, Health and Sports (SeASSE). The interviews were conducted by the structure of a semi-structured script of questions, preceded by the characterization of the respondents. We interviewed two subjects: 1 representative of the Dean of Undergraduate (PROGRAD) on campus, through the Department of Sorocaba Undergraduate Education (DeegSer) and another of Dean of Community Affairs and Student (PROACE) through Department of Community Affairs and Student Sorocaba - Section of Social Care, Health and Sports (SeASSE). In the procedural scope, it has been used the document analysis technique (CELLARD, 2010) regarding the registrations and initiatives of the UFSCAR-Sorocaba campus. Regarding the data collection technique, the interviews have helped us to understand their statements about student support at the UFSCar-Sorocaba campus (POUPART, 2010), followed by the content analysis (BARDIN, 2009), in order to understand the voices of respondents and their returns, albeit implicit. Through the answers of respondents found that the adoption of affirmative action policies in UFSCar, not only contributed to provide greater access to historically excluded groups, as provided for students staying conditions through specific institutional support under material and food monitoring, health, transportation, among others.
A esmola e a rede de proteção : um estudo de instituições assistenciais para as pessoas que vivem nas ruas
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016-12-15)
Melo, Natália Maximo e
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Rizek, Cibele Saliba
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0540870380815135
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/3166409854581684
Innumerous City Halls all over Brazil promote periodic campaigns using slogans such as: “Do not spare money: give citizenship and future”, or “Do not spare money. Refer to Assistance services”. Based on these assumptions, we intend to investigate the strategies followed by São Carlos (SP) government in order to manage this population and to keep these people under institutional control. São Carlos was one of the first non-metropolitan cities where homeless population issues were articulated to the establishment of Municipal-Level Public Policies. Having these aspects in mind, some research questions can emerge: Which is this population that is considered as a target by the government? What is the Institutions’ role in the management of homeless people? Methodologically, we observe some practices promoted by the institutions which manage this population, analyzing them through the theories created by Das and Poole in their work State and its Margins: comparative ethnographies (2008). The margins, in our study, cover, thus, Governmental and Non-governmental Organizations; they also cover these organizations’ employees, target public and individuals who are helped by their assistance. Our research mainly investigates the Centro POP (a National Social Assistance Policy Unit administrated by the City Hall) as well as the Hostel (a philanthropic institution which supports and donates tickets to travellers) and the Religious Community (a volunteer work that assists homeless people). To develop this research, we collected in two newspapers from São Carlos dated from 2007 to 2013, as well as the Centro POP’s documentation. We interviewed several people who work at Centro POP and observed their routine as well. Our investigation also based its analysis on the verification of volunteer work promoted by a religious group on a City Center Square and on visits to Assistance Institutions, such as a Hostel and a Religious Community (House of Prayer), related to charity and shelter. We verify these data under Foucault’s (1992, 1999, 2006, 2008) perspectives. According to them, power permeates all kinds of relationships, shaping a microphysics which combines technology and power mechanisms to develop a population that may be managed, articulating some disciplines which, in turn, dominate individuals’ bodies and souls. The results show that a homeless population local Policy may be considered as a device, in which homeless people are connected to social representation, to institutional rules, to philanthropic and state institutions, their specialized professionals, according to a labyrinth of population management.
Representações sociais de aprendizes de português em contexto sul-africano sobre a língua e a cultura do Brasil : subsídios para políticas de difusão e reflexões sobre o ensino de português no exterior
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016-12-16)
Silva, Caroline Veloso da
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Viana, Nelson
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6252579012192711
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8341450510718757
The Social representation is a way in which man signifies his social context transforming the new/strange/unknown into a familiar knowledge. The genesis of the Social Representation is intimately related to the communication processes according to the Social Representation Theory, in which speech has a fundamental role. Under a Bakhtinian perspective, the speech is the main element in verbal interaction, which, on the other hand, signifies the man’s world. Studying social representation inside the language-teaching universe implies understanding a range of images, ideological positions and social beliefs that learners have about a target language and culture. In order to discuss those issues inside the Portuguese teaching universe overseas, we have established as objective of this research: identifying representations concerning linguistic aspects (phonetics, grammar, lexis) to the social context of the Brazilian language and culture and analyze possible influences of contextual variables in the creation and/or transformation in the learners’ social representation. This is a qualitative approach research, and we used the following instruments to produce data: a questionnaire with a mix of open and closed questions, interviews with semi-structured script and field notes. The initial procedure was participant observation. The data was generated at Brazil-South Africa Cultural Centre and 15 Portuguese learners took part in the research. Aiming at analyzing the material, we categorized the data into three main axes: Brazil, Brazilians, and language/culture. Both the questionnaire data and the interview were categorized and grouped according with those three main axes. Nevertheless, the interviews generated a second grouping, which came from each axis. The categorization was organized from Bodgan and Biklen proposal about reference code elaboration. The results revealed structured social representations about Brazil and Brazilian people, anchored in images and perceptions publicized by media and explored by tourism industry; also in historical speeches comparing Brazil and South Africa, which are still broadcasted nowadays. Regards to Portuguese language, the results indicate an affective dimension of social representations, and also connection among Brazilian Portuguese /Brazilian people – German language/German people – Portuguese from Mozambique and Portugal. The understanding of social representations about Brazil, Brazilians and the Portuguese language / Brazilian culture in an international context should be considered in the elaboration of international policies for the diffusion of Portuguese language and Brazilian culture.
SEnsembles – uma abordagem para melhorar a qualidade das correspondências de instâncias disjuntas em estudos observacionais explorando características idênticas e ensembles de regressores
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016-12-16)
Borges Junior, Sergio Ricardo
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Santos, Marilde Terezinha Prado
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9826026025118073
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Ciferri, Ricardo Rodrigues
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8382221522817502
Introduction. The datasets used in observational studies have instances belonging to two distinct groups (i.e. treatment group and control group), which are compared in order to estimate the effect of the treatment over the results. For such, in one of the approaches, called Propensity Score Matching (PSM), the propensity score for the instances of both groups is estimated and, subsequently, the correspondence of these instances is performed based on the values for the propensity score. The propensity score is the probability of attribution of a treatment based on the observed characteristics (e.g. income, sex and age). In this context, the logistic regression is widely used to estimate the propensity score and there is an great variety of instance correspondence methods. Objective. This doctor´s thesis has as its main objective to investigate computational alternatives in order to improve the quality of the instance correspondence in datasets that are manipulated in observational studies. Methodology. Techniques that estimate the propensity score and methods to perform the instance correspondence in observational studies were investigated. Thus, it was possible to investigate how the identical characteristics of the instances could be exploited in a new process to perform correspondence and, how ensembles could substitute the logistic regression by estimating the propensity scores of the instances, in the context of the PSM process. Proposal. This thesis proposes a new approach in the context of the PSM process, called “SEnsembles”, which aims to improve the quality of instance correspondence based on two main processes, which use techniques that separately consider the identical characteristics of the instances and the ensembles of regressors, more precisely, bagging, random forest and boosting. Results. The proposed approach “SEnsembles” improves the quality of the instance correspondence for the majority of calipers used (i.e. zero, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20, 0.25 and 0.30) when compared to the baseline Nearest Neighbor Matching (NNM). Based on the experiments, when there was an improvement over the baseline, the technique that separates the identical characteristics of the instances presented improvements of up to 53.8% in the quality of correspondence, with an average of gains of 12.1%; and only 2.7% of average in the reduction of the number of pairs of instances matched. The technique which substituted the logistic regression for ensembles of regressors, in turn, presented the best correspondence with the caliper zero and with the values 0.20, 0.25 and 0.30, with improvements of up to 36.3% and an average of gains of 12.7%; and a slightly reduction of 7.6% in the number of pairs of instances matched.
Cidade dos homens: etnografia de um salão masculino na periferia de São Paulo
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016-12-16)
Diniz, Gregório Zambon
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Rizek, Cibele Saliba
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0540870380815135
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5327778690218515
Under the sign of the heterogeneity of the peripheries, treated as territories of a city and all its complexities this dissertation seeks, at first, to describe the work itself and its methodologies markedly by my entry into the field through an ethnographic methodology, starting a research in a men's parlor located on the eastern outskirts of São Paulo. It is from this parlor, as well as my travels around the city, strongly marked by the use of trains and subways, that my central points of observation occur. In this sense, I discuss the normalities and daily life at the parlor, taking the four hairdressers as central individuals of the research. Thus, in addition to tracing their life trajectories, I tried to apprehend the knowledge from the stories I heard, tracing and analyzing, thus, the reasons and motivations for which individuals circulate in the city, the relativity of money, values and valuations, as well how to clarify a city of men.
Caracterização fitossociológica da comunidade de trepadeiras e sua rebrota após o corte em uma floresta estacional semidecídua degradada
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016-12-16)
Chi, Isaí Euán
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Viani, Ricardo Augusto Gorne
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/3250752369062840
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4666873579374289
Forests in seasonal tropical regions are increasingly represented by degraded remnants, exposed to an overabundance of lianas, which inhibit the successional advance and are often managed by cutting. The research related to this dissertation was carried out in fragments of seasonal semideciduous forest degraded and dominated by linas, in the Vassununga State Park, in Santa Rita do Passa Quatro-SP, Atlantic Forest, Brazil. The dissertation has two chapters, the first one with the objective of characterizing the liana and tree communities in a degraded forest and the second chapter evaluating liana resprouting after cutting, in the rain and dry seasons. In chapter 1, biomass and the relationship of tree and liana communities’ attributes were evaluated in order to test the hypothesis that basal area and tree density are lower in areas where liana biomass and density is higher. Plots of 44 m x 45 m were installed, and trees with height ≥ 1 m were measured and accounted. In subplots of 3 m x 15 m, the lianas ≥ 0.5 cm in diameter were measured. Liana and tree biomass were calculated with pre-established allometric equations. We found 45 liana and 191 trees species. The total biomass (lianas plus trees) was 181.44 Mg. ha-1 . The density of vines was 12,523 ind. ha -1 and its biomass was 10.48 Mg. ha-1 (5.77% of the total). The density of trees was 840.37 ind. ha-1 and its biomass was 170.96 Mg. ha-1 (94.23% of the total). A ratio of 14.9 individuals of lianas per tree was found, as well as no correlation was between basal area and tree density with liana biomass. In the second chapter, 29 plots of 3 x 15 m were established, 12 plots with lianas cut in the rainy season and 17 in the dry season. The cut of lianas was made at a height of 1 m, in order to simply break the stem connection, without involving the removal of the cut material. In the dry season, the percentage of regrowth was 59% and in the rainy season 52%. The total number of resprouters was 2,178, 1,114 in the rainy and 1,056 in the dry season. The average number of resprouters per individual was 4.2 for the dry and 3.8 for the rainy season. The average length of resprouters was 47.36 cm for the dry and 45.48 cm for the rainy season. The average diameter of the resprouters was 0.29 cm for the dry and 0.28 for the rainy season. All these results did not differ between seasons. The diametric category with the highest number of resprouters was the intermediate (2.5 cm ≤ DBH < 5 cm, with 3.9 sprouts), followed by the small (0.5 cm ≤ DBH< 2.5 cm, 3) and the largest (≥ 5 cm DAP, 1.7). Similar results were four for data regarding resprouters length and diameter. Resprouting varied among species and, in general, the season of the year does not influence resprouting. The results help to better understand the balance between richness and biomass of trees in degraded fragments and the response of hyperabundant lianas to management, supporting conservation and restoration actions in these forests
A nucleação escolar no assentamento Vila Amazônia em Parintins/AM e a precarização das condições de acesso, permanência e qualidade social da educação no campo.
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016-12-16)
Souza, Rosana Ramos de
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Bezerra Neto, Luiz
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4809080593333472
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0007922442999427
This work arose from my restlessness at the inequalities in educational supply for populations living in the regions furthest from urban nuclei in the Amazon region. In family life and with known people, in social relations built in schools and at work, there is a fragility of knowledge about our own educational reality and, especially, about the schools of the field. In this perspective, the thesis defended here is that the inauguration and functioning of a nucleated school do not guarantee access, student stay and social quality of education; on the contrary: by making rural school transport as the only way to access the school, the government does not guarantee the resources and conditions necessary for satisfactory learning of students who live and study in the field. The work is based on the historical, political, economic and cultural study, in an attempt to understand the multiple determinations that configure education in the field, in the nucleated schools of the Vila Amazônia Settlement. The research seeks to analyze the nucleation process and its reflections on access, permanence and social quality of education offered to students in the Vila Amazônia Settlement in Parintins. In line with this purpose, it was up to us to analyze the interrelationship of the State and social movements at the national level in the guidelines, programs and actions managed for the schools of the field; identify the problems arising from the displacement of students (land and river route) to nucleated schools and their impacts on educational indicators; and analyze educational policies for the field, in the Amazonian context, having as object the nucleated schools of the Vila Amazônia Settlement. The methodological course occurred through bibliographic research, data collection was performed through semi-structured interviews, document analysis, on-site visit, observations, microdata analysis of the School Census, Ideb, income and data on age-grade distortion available on the QEdu platform. Managers, residents and leaders of the respective communities surveyed were interviewed, technicians responsible for the Coordination of Rural Education, the coordinator of Rural School Transport and the former Secretary of Education, who served at the head of the implementation of nucleated schools in the late 1990s. Nucleation was expanded in Brazil as opposed to the weaknesses of the multiserial classes; however, it turns out that it causes two problems: first, it closes schools in communities; and, second, does not guarantee rural school transport with quality, punctuality and safety. Nucleation requires the operation of school transport, without transportation the student's access is unfeasible; recurring paralizations may be found, whether due to lack of fuel, payment of carriers or maintenance of buses and intrafecability of the road, factors that directly compromise the social quality of education. It is pointed out the need to readjust the school calendar in an alternation regime, in order to reduce the negative impacts during the rainy season, a period in which greater difficulties occur in transport. This action is aimed at demonstrating the Community, through the mobilization of social movements with the Municipal Council of Education and SEMED, considering that the road has been without paving for decades, without objective manifestation, concrete manifestation of rulers of the federal, state or municipal levels to improve the living conditions of the population living in the settlement, as well as enable conditions for access, permanence and social quality of education to students.
Uso de canciones en educación media para la enseñanza del idioma inglés en Tegucigalpa, Honduras
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016-12-16)
Obando, Katya Alejandra Mejía
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Bittar, Marisa
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/3059723520472948
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5291391394346627
The following research was carried out in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, specifically at high school level in public schools. The objective of this research is to know, through surveys, the teachers´ and students’ perceptions, about the use of songs in English teaching. This research is divided into three chapters the first called educational stage of Honduras, in which the its describe the location of the Central American country, as well as a brief description of the economic and social situation of the country. In addition, it describes how the education system in Honduras is organized based on the National Basic Curriculum (CNB), also defines the purpose of each educational level, with an emphasis on the high school level. The second chapter is about the English teaching methodology, and the relevance in Honduras. It also explains the proper use of English songs to increase the four basic skills of a language (listening, speaking, reading and writing). The third and final chapter shows the data analysis about the surveys applied in high school level to teachers and students. At the end of the third chapter it is suggested a didactic proposal based on the songs mentioned by teachers and students.