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Geografia para todos: linguagem cartográfica tátil na sala de aula comum
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-12-06)
Giehl, Fabiana Cristina
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Denari, Fátima Elisabeth
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5575213011914394
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6067769643299024
In the current scenario of basic education, the training of teachers in classrooms after the policy of inclusive education stands out. These teachers are not always prepared to help students with disabilities and are facing challenge. With the teachers of Geography, it has not been different. In order to contribute to this teaching, and more specifically to the teaching of map reading, the present thesis has as general objective: analyze the effects of the educational program of introduction to the Tactile Cartographic Language, when applied in the context of the common classroom with students with visual impairment. The specific objectives are: identify if the teacher participating in the intervention had in its training access to subjects that deal with subjects and discussions about students with disabilities; verify the teacher's knowledge about tactile mapping; investigate the existence of possible proposals of cartographic education developed by the teacher regent with the participating students in the common classroom; ascertain the students' understanding of the reading of maps and their main elements (scale, legend, orientation, rose of the winds, title); investigate whether the students had already had contact with maps and tactile maps, and what is the students' knowledge about maps; describe the process of application of the educational program of introduction to the Tactile Cartographic Language. Therefore, qualitative exploratory research of a descriptive nature was carried out, characterized by an intervention. The research has the following number of Certificate of Presentation for Ethical Appraisal -CAAE, 54507116.4.0000.5504, and approval opinion N ° 1,543,820. Participants were: a teacher regent, a support teacher, two students with blindness and students without visual restrictions. The field research was developed with students from the fourth grade of elementary school I, following the procedures: identification of students with blindness who study in elementary school I; application of an open questionnaire with the participating teacher; conducting a survey with students; development of the educational program of introduction to the tactile cartographic language; conducting a new survey with students; and interview with the participating teacher. For this, the following data collection instruments were used: open questionnaire, survey, interview, field diary and intervention program. Data were submitted to descriptive analysis. The development of this study showed that the educational program of introduction to the tactile cartographic language and introduction to map reading can and should be developed by teachers with all the students in the common classroom. In addition, the lack of preparation of the teachers of the common teaching in front of the school inclusion of students with deficiency was evidenced.
Diferentes abordagens para o manejo das águas pluviais e seus impactos no ciclo de vida em loteamento de interesse social
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-12-06)
Santos, Maria Fernanda Nóbrega dos
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Barbassa, Ademir Paceli
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/2979012440240781
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1449833021119145
Stormwater-derived problems in urban settlements are occurring more frequently and intensely, particularly in developing countries, where cities are growing without planned implementation. Coupled with the current water quality decline, this makes it more urgent to reconsider the way in which stormwater management is conceived and implemented in urban allotments. In this context, strategies proposed by low impact development (LID) integrated approach, stand out as an alternative to conventional systems. LID promotes stormwater management aligned with urban planning and, as a main goal, regulates hydrological processes in their origin. However, if minimized impact on urban basins is one of the fundamental purposes of stormwater management systems, it will be necessary to consider the wider implications when choosing the most appropriate approach. This study’s objective is to develop a multidimensional evaluation (hydrological, environmental, and economic) from a life cycle perspective, which should make it possible to compare different strategies for stormwater management in urban settlements. As such, an area located in the municipality of São Carlos/SP (the settlement Américo Alves Margarido) was used as a study object and three scenarios of occupation and stormwater management systems were designed: Scen.CONV, a conventional urbanization plan and storm-sewer drainage-system; Scen.WELL, a conventional urbanization plan associated with the use of infiltration wells to disconnect lots; and Scen.LID, which uses structural (vegetative swales and infiltration trenches) and nonstructural strategies (such as land use/imperviousness coefficients and urban changes). For a comparative analysis, these scenarios were modeled in storm water management model (SWMM), and both life cycle assessment (LCA), and life cycle costing (LCC) were performed. According to the results, hydraulic-hydrologic modeling indicated a decrease of 60% in the peak flow of Scen.WELL compared to Scen.CONV, potential impact per m³ of stormwater volume managed in Scen.Well that was 51–65% lower, and costs per m³ that were 54–58% lower than in Scen.CONV. In Scen.LID it was possible to achieve pre-development conditions, with a decrease of 100% in the peak flow compared to Scen.CONV. Scen.LID costs per m³ were 71–79% lower, and potential impacts per m³ 74–82% lower than in Scen.CONV, also for all impact categories.
Uma abordagem para criação de máquinas de transformações de KDM para PSM
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-12-06)
Armijo, Guisella Clara Angulo
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Camargo, Valter Vieira de
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6809743774407662
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/2292043446906539
Business needs compel companies to modernize their systems, but changes in legacy systems are complex and costly because the legacy code has programming logic, design decisions, user requirements, and business rules that are difficult to extract. In this context, OMG created Architectural Modernization (ADM), making it possible to model all the artifacts of the legacy system as models and establishing transformations between the different levels of abstraction. ADM is a type of software reengineering that employs standard models throughout the process and handles the entire system architecture. The main metamodel is the Knowledge Discovery Metamodel (KDM), which is an independent language and platform model capable of representing various aspects of a software system. Although a significant number of researches can be found in the reverse engineering phase of ADM, little can be found in relation to the forward engineering; especially in the generation of platform-specific models (PSM) from the KDM. This phase is essential because it belongs to the final part of the ADM horseshoe cycle, completing the entire automated reengineering process. However, the lack of research and the lack of support of available tools hinder ADM adoption in practice. In order to contribute to the advanced engineering phase of ADM, in this project a tool called RUTE-K2J was developed, which is a transformation engine to generate a Java Model from a KDM model. In addition, from this practical experience, a process was developed to support modernization engineers both in (i) creating KDM transformation mechanisms for any other PSM and (ii) in the evolution of RUTE-K2J towards a more stable transformation mechanism and complete. The tool RUTE-K2J was evaluated with a test strategy that considered typical software scenarios in order to validate the correctness of the transformation rules that make up the engine.
Implementação de unidade de processo para geração de energia empregando vinhaça e integração na biorrefinaria de produção de etanol
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-12-06)
Longati, Andreza Aparecida
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Furlan, Felipe Fernando
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4136352953168873
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Cruz, Antonio José Gonçalves da
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1812806190521028
The biofuels production is a promising alternative for decreasing fossil fuels dependency globally. Great efforts have been made in the search for energy optimization of the biofuel production process, in order to improve its sustainability and productivity. In Brazilian biorefineries sugar, ethanol, and electricity are produced from sugarcane. However, a considerable fraction of the energy from sugarcane (as organic matter) remains in vinasse. The anaerobic digestion (AD) of vinasse is a promising alternative, since it allows the recovery of energy (as biogas) while promote the reduction of its polluting organic load. In this context, the aim of this work was to evaluate different scenarios for the use of the biogas produced from vinasse in the AD of sugarcane vinasse. Also the biorefinery concept in the sugar-energy sector is introduced. First, it was used the Retro-Techno Economic Analysis (RTEA) approach. It consists of choosing the most important variables of the process and finding their threshold values and the correlation between them. The methodology was able to identify the main variables that affect the process global economic performance: enzyme load in the cellulose hydrolysis reactor, cellulose-to-glucose, and xylose-to-ethanol yields. Windows of feasible operation are the graphical output of the methodology, outlining regions to be further explored experimentally. Then, the biogas production from the vinasse in AD plants was investigated. Single- and two-phase AD systems were evaluated using technical, economic, and environmental aspects. It was assessed the use of biogas as a source of energy for the cogeneration system and as an energy source in an bagasse industrial dryer. The results showed that the AD system with two-phase presented higher biogas production for both biorefineries, 1G and 1G2G, resulting in higher eletricity production in both cases. In addition, in the 1G2G processes, the surplus energy provided by the use of biogas allowed more bagasse to be diverted to the 2G ethanol production, increasing the process productivity. The methodology identified the main variables that affect the process global economic performance of the AD plants: hidraulic retention time, conversion and the CH4 fraction in the biogas for the AD plants with single-phase. For AD plants with two-phase system the variables were: hidraulic retention time of the reactors (acidogenic and methanogenic) and biogas yield. The use of the biogas as an energy source of the bagasse dryer presented economic positive results in wide ranges of variation. In the environmental assessment, the use of biogas showed a smooth decrease in the environmental impacts compared to the conventional process and the 1G2G process presented the better results for most of environmental impacts categories compared to the 1G process. The results indicate that the use of biogas is a promising technology. Its production and use is responsible for improving the productivity and environmental impacts of the plant.
Modelagem conjunta de dados longitudinais e de sobrevivência para avaliação de desfechos clínicos do parto
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-12-06)
Maiorano, Alexandre Cristovão
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Louzada Neto, Francisco
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0994050156415890
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1457616145396499
As most pregnancy-related deaths and morbidities are clustered around the time of child birth, the quality of care during this period is crucial for mothers and their babies. To monitor the women at this stage, the partograph has been the central tool used in recent decades and, motivated by its simplicity, is frequently used in low-and middle-income countries. However, its use is highly questioned due to lack of evidence to justify a contribution to labor. To improve the quality of labor in these circumstances, the BOLD project has been developed in order to reduce the occurrence of pregnancy-related problems and in order to develop a modern tool, called SELMA, which is projected as an alternative to partograph. Aiming to associate fixed and dynamic characteristics evaluated in the delivery and to identify which elements can be used as triggers for performing an intervention, and thus preventing a bad outcome, this thesis proposes the use of survival models with time dependent covariates. Initially, we consider the joint modeling of survival and longitudinal data using flexible parametric hazard functions. In this sense, we propose the use of five generalizations of Weibull distribution, the Nagakami model and an inedited framework to discriminate usual parametric models via the generalized Gamma distribution, performing an extensive simulation study to evaluate the maximum likelihood estimations and the proposed discrimination criteria. Indeed, by its own nature, the birth leads us to a context of multiple events, referring to the use of multi-state models. These are models for a stochastic process which at any time occupies one of a few possible states. In general, they are the most common models to describe the development of longitudinal failure time data and are often used in medical applications. Considering this context, we proposed the inclusion of a time dependent covariate in the multi-state model using a modified version of the input data, which gave us satisfactory results similar to those expected in clinical practice.
Extensão universitária na Universidade Federal de São Carlos: (des)encontros com a educação popular
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-12-06)
Cunha, Ana Luiza Salgado
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Montrone, Aida Victoria Garcia
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9011731777978672
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6780096540741535
This research investigated educational processes that emerge from the relationship between subjects through the University Extension. The choice of the theme was due to the understanding that the dialogical relationship between subjects in the groups of University Extension can be configured as a formative process that seeks to overcome the inequalities and the discriminations of historically oppressed subjects, based on strategies of resistance , struggle and emancipation in approaches to Popular Education. The purpose of this research was to describe and understand experiences of University Extension groups in processes of knowledge construction and their ( dis ) encounters with Popular Education. The methodology used was based on a bibliographical review regarding the production of knowledge in thematic on University, University Extension and Popular Education that allowed us to build the theoretical basis of this thesis. Through a mapping of the University Extension profile at the Federal University of São Carlos, we were able to build an archeology of this University in 2016 and, from this mapping, to find coordinators and coordinators of extension projects with whom we dialogued in the form of an interview.The analysis of data was done by Content Analysis, leading us to organize the data into four broad categories: A -pertainment and involvement; B- University Extension as a concept under construction; C- social extensionist practice and the educational processes that emerge from it; and D- Popular Education: Extension as praxis of (a) people of transformation. The results pointed to the strength of the Brazilian public university as a social, formative and formative institution, giving clues to the strengthening of Popular Education through University Extension. Also, they pointed out that the University Extensionpraxis produce educational processes. The results also show the possibility of reconfiguring the university curricula in which University Extension can be orientated from the perspective of the experience as a social formative practice, d we stationed the University Extension as a medium-activity of the University, a teacher - training center for students, teachers, technicians and community people. Another point is the UFSCar's commitment to areas still known as alternatives, with a considerable opening of the institution to other proposals for building knowledge. Still, we find a complexity of definitions of University Extension, a result of the social-historical process, which gives it plural character and multiple functions. On the meeting of the University Extension with Popular Education, this study pointed to the second as an educational praxis that values knowledge of the people and their realities, implying a better reading of social, political and economic reality. All the notes corroborate with the thesis that the University Extension, in its encounters with Popular Education, produces educational processes for another possible, horizontal and dialogical world.
O cânone em transcendência: Homoerotismo em Retrato de rapaz, de Mário Cláudio
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-12-07)
Barili, Renan Augusto
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Valentim, Jorge Vicente
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4427303771174064
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8517308977873278
In the present work, certain aspects of the novel Retrato de Rapaz (2014), by the Portuguese writer Mário Cláudio, were analyzed, through the biases of homoeroticism and historiographical metafiction, in order to reflect on the figuration of Leonardo da Vinci, transformed into a fictional character in this novel. The central idea was to discuss the processes of revisiting and reconstructing sacred figures, starting with questions about sexuality as a form of resistance and breaking with certain pre-established heteronormative concepts. In doing so, can we not transcend the image of the Renaissance artist, since, with this fable, it allows one to think about the occurrence of a possible “hygiene” imposed on History, which relegated, to a second level, all these sexualities that were disengaged from a normative logic? As the novel and the trajectory of the Italian artist teach us, we can no longer live in times that subject certain subjectivities to a marginalized plane, since differences and diversities require experiencing visibility and respect.
Quintais agroflorestais: da teoria à prática: uma experiência em uma república rural de estudantes de Agroecologia em Araras (SP)
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-12-07)
Morais, Gelton Fernando de
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Norder, Luiz Antonio Cabello
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0080353709980071
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7736326737730070
“Refazenda Morada Agroecológica” is a rural residence for Bachelor and Master students in Agroecology at UFSCar, Araras, São Paulo, which occupies an area of 5,000m² and is surrounded by the conventional culture of sugarcane. In 2011, when it was founded, its residents began to cultivate the yard. People who graduated left the residence and their vacancies were occupied by people who entered the university and chose to live in the countryside. This was also the case for the people who managed the residence's yard. Management carried out was governed by agroforestry principles. The general objective of this work is to study the case of the agroforestry yard of Refazenda. The results obtained in this work serve to support arguments about the benefits of producing food at home and the consolidation of the theoretical knowledge obtained in the classroom.
Para uma epistemologia da errância: erro, hiância e ciência em Michel Pêcheux
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-12-07)
Almeida, João Flávio de
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Sousa, Lucília Maria Abrahão e
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8828821460772801
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4157503916940767
Under the aegis of French Discourse Analysis, more specifically in Michel Pêcheux, the objective of this thesis is to establish a basis for a errancy (wander) epistemology: a theory of knowledge based on non-logically-stabilized that may substantiate the listening, production and circulation of other knowledge, and then produce changes in sense and subject. Our proposal is placed in the touching areas of knowledge semantics, philosophy and sociology, and for this reason will be limited to only analysing the production and circulation of “scientific” knowledge in the contemporary world. To this end we will consider the senses that oscillate between errancy and error, and from them suggest a theoretical itinerary that casts light onto the sedentarisation (stabilisation, decrease, administration and profit) of the signification from the ideological-political implementation of the concepts of mistake and success regarded by the discourse called “scientific”. We will go through two of the author’s main works: “Language, Semantics, and Ideology” (2009), and "Discourse: Structure or Event?" (2008), following the tenuous line of errancy that passes through these works and through discussions concerning “mistake” in language, the gaps that divide and cause changes in the parts that make up the linguistic base and the processes of discourse, and about the logical-rhetorical stabilisation of the senses through the scientific method and the computational axiom of the techno science.
Penalized regression methods for compositional data
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-12-10)
Shimizu, Taciana Kisaki Oliveira
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Louzada Neto, Francisco
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0994050156415890
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4655747321002185
Compositional data consist of known vectors such as compositions whose components are positive and defined in the interval (0,1) representing proportions or fractions of a "whole", where the sum of these components must be equal to one. Compositional data is present in different areas, such as in geology, ecology, economy, medicine, among many others. Thus, there is great interest in new modeling approaches for compositional data, mainly when there is an influence of covariates in this type of data. In this context, the main objective of this thesis is to address the new approach of regression models applied in compositional data. The main idea consists of developing a marked method by penalized regression, in particular the Lasso (least absolute shrinkage and selection operator), elastic net and Spike-and-Slab Lasso (SSL) for the estimation of parameters of the models. In particular, we envision developing this modeling for compositional data, when the number of explanatory variables exceeds the number of observations in the presence of large databases, and when there are constraints on the dependent variables and covariates.
Resfriamento transverso para um feixe atômico de estrôncio através de uma melaça ótica
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-12-10)
Camargo, Gabriel Errera de Oliveira
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Teixeira, Raul Celistrino
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6108339817883159
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5188021081519337
The project aims to understand the interaction behavior of an atomic beam of 88Sr strontium atoms with an optical molasses to optimize the loading of a magneto-optical trap. This system depends on several parameters that can be controlled in the laboratory, such as the power of the laser that originates the molasses, the speed of propagation of the atoms, and laser detuning. To analyze the problem, a computational model was used where a numerical integration method was used to describe the system configurations and thus explore the main characteristics of gain and efficiency in order to find the parameters that maximize the efficiency of the molasses.
Efeitos da polarização elétrica sobre as propriedades magnéticas, térmicas e magnetoelétricas em compósitos multiferroicos de 0,675Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0,325PbTiO3/CoFe2O4
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-12-10)
Jimenez, Korllvary Rhanddy Charles Parra
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Oliveira, Adilson Jesus Aparecido de
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4640148190073166
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9545814170516633
In this doctoral thesis, the magnetization, specific heat and magnetoelectric response (ME) measurements were carried out under remaining electric polarization conditions in the PMN-PT / CFO particulate multiferroic composites, with the objective of studying the effects of the electric condition boundary of the ferroelectric phase on the magnetic, thermal and magnetoelectric properties. The magnetization measurement results in the function of the magnetic field and the temperature showed that under the remaining electric polarization conditions, there were decreases in the saturation and remnant magnetization values, indicating the magnetic moment reductions. However, no change was observed for the coercive magnetic field values under the electric polarization condition, showing that the mechanical stresses of the ferroelectric phase due to the remaining electrical polarization did not contribute to the increase or decrease of these values. The effect of decreasing magnetization was attributed to the partial exchange of electronic valences of the iron ions in the cobalt ferrite. Furthermore, we observed by means of the DC magnetic susceptibility that at temperatures higher than the room temperature, during electrical depolarization process, showed the ferroelectric and ferrimagnetic phase transitions. The results of the specific heat measurement (Cp) in the function of the magnetic field and temperature, under remaining electric polarization effect, showed an increase its thermal capacity, as compared with the electric unpoled condition. This change was ascribed to the structural crystal distortion, probably, by reduction of the electronic valence of the iron. The measurements at low temperature showed the Schottky-like anomaly, being independent of the remaining electric polarization state of the sample. The ME effect measurements were carried out under two electric polarization process conditions: at room temperature and higher than that temperature, 75 °C, below at the ferroelectric-paraelectric transition temperature, 124 °C. The result of the ME coefficient showed an increase in the maximum peak, to which attributed to better performance of the piezoelectric and magnetostrictive effects by at-high temperature electrical polarization process. Furthermore, the ME dynamic effect at several temperatures was attributed to the spin/lattice relaxation and the adiabatic state under different rates variation of the magnetic field. The results showed that the remaining electric polarization state in the multiferroic composite materials go beyond influencing the ferroelectric response, and consequently the magnetoelectric response, but also, changes significantly the behavior of the saturation magnetization of the ferrimagnetic phase, indicating the importance to consider this effect in the interpretation of the physical properties of multiferroic composites.
Enfermeiro de unidade de terapia intensiva neonatal: motivação para a formação profissional
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-12-11)
Oliveira, Ana Izaura Basso de
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Wernet, Monika
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6056127658896265
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1273057181956030
Prematurity is linked to infant mortality, especially in its neonatal component. Brazil has been showing an increase in its incidence, especially in relation to the births of extreme preterm infants (children born with gestational age between 24 and 30 weeks). Thus, care as an interrelation brings simultaneous benefits to the critical newborn, family, and health professionals, fostering it through the involvement of all agents of this care. Given this scenario and over time, the training process experienced by health professionals, brought scientific and technological progress, improved living conditions and prevention of health problems, becoming essential to the development of good care practices, covering not only reduction of mortality, but rather, ensuring transformations to the caring process. The present study is descriptive-exploratory in nature, with a qualitative analytical approach. Its objective was to discuss the motivation of nurses working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to continue professional training and to learn the experiences of this process. The present study is descriptive-exploratory in nature, with a qualitative analytical approach. Its objective was to discuss the motivation of nurses working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to continue professional training and to learn the experiences of this process. The Theory of Self-determination and as a Methodological Reference to Narrative Analysis according to Lieblich, Tuval-Mashiach, and Zilber were listed as Theoretical Referential. Sixteen nurses working in cities belonging to the Health Region of the State of São Paulo participated in the study: III - Araraquara; VI - Bauru; VII - Campinas; X - Piracicaba; XIII - Ribeirão Preto; XIV - São João da Boa Vista; XV - São José do Rio Preto. The analysis of the empirical data allowed to identify that the motivation for formation is, at the beginning of the trajectory of the nurse working in NICU, based on the person of the nurse, his / her understanding about the good care. Throughout the time of practice at the NICU, he reviews his concept of care and the place of training, both his and the team. In these times, an influential determinant of motivation is the attitude of the institution, especially in the person of the supervisor. The reception received in terms of restlessness and formative yearnings for you and the team is fundamental for the propulsion or recollection of this motivation, signaled as a cardinal sign of professional life. The subjects' Insertion in the NICU ',' Specialization as initial continuing training ',' Nursing of NICU and the quality of care 'and' Continuing education and institutional support 'portray the nurses' movement in relation to training for NICU work. The analysis of the participants' narratives reveals how much the motivation for formation is, at the beginning of the trajectory, broad and connected to the objective of reaching competencies to act in the specialty and to provide a good care, based on the understanding they have about it. It is an understanding that values the intensivist clinic and the development of procedural skills for this clinic. In the formative walk, as they expand and feel more comforted in terms of clinical knowledge and common and common procedures to the context of the NICU, they reflect on the role and competencies required by nurses, when humanization and its challenges are highlighted. The search for specific training in neonatology intends to bring to the working environment new knowledge and new professional postures, in this perspective the nurse sees, as already pointed out above, a principal actor to foment issues that involve the qualification of care. However, it is evident that the deficiencies in individual and collective motivational investment, managerial improvement and conduct centered on integral care are strong indications of the urgent need to review institutionalized processes maintained in hospitals.
Avaliação do controle autonômico cardíaco e os efeitos de intervenções com e sem realidade virtual no desempenho motor em crianças com Transtorno do Desenvolvimento da Coordenação
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-12-11)
Cavalcante Neto, Jorge Lopes
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Tudella, Eloisa
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/3207258034860219
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4175589263683027
Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a chronic condition characterized by significant motor impairment that interferes with functionality when performing academic, leisure and daily activities. Children with DCD have reduced motor skills and lower levels of social participation compared to their peers with typical development. Several restrictions regarding participation in group activities are documented since these children present with lower motivation in front of their more skilled peers. Due the restrictions in these different settings, children with DCD commonly present secondary consequences associated with their poor motor performance, such as cardiovascular dysfunction. Given the importance of motivational and effective interventions for children with DCD, previous studies have tested the effects of virtual reality (VR) training in order to improve their motor conditions. However, evidence with regard to the effects of VR training versus non-VR training, such as task-oriented training modalities, are still unclear. In addition, with respect to consequences regarding cardiovascular health, in particular cardiac autonomic control, studies to characterize this profile in children with DCD have not been conducted. Thus, this thesis consisted of four studies to shed light on unknown aspects regarding virtual reality training for children with DCD as well as their cardiovascular profiles with a focus on cardiac autonomic control. Study I, entitled ‘Linear and nonlinear analyses of the cardiac autonomic control in children with developmental coordination disorder: a case-control study’, aimed to assess cardiac autonomic control by linear and nonlinear analysis at supine and during orthostatic stimulus in DCD, at risk for DCD (r-DCD) and typically developed children. The results indicated blunted cardiac autonomic adjustment to the orthostatic stimulus and lower parasympathetic modulation in the supine position in children with DCD when compared with r-DCD and typically developed children. Study II, entitled ‘Is virtual reality effective in improving the motor performance of children with developmental coordination disorder? A systematic review’, aimed to synthesize evidence on the effectiveness of VR interventions for motor performance improvement in children with DCD. The results did not show enough evidence to support or refute the use of VR in order to improve motor performance in children with DCD. Study III, entitled ‘Motor intervention with and without Nintendo® Wii for children with developmental coordination disorder: protocol for a randomized clinical trial’, aimed to present a protocol to systematically compare the effects of two motor training programs (one Wii-based and the other non-Wii motor activities) on motor learning in children with DCD. The new protocol will help researchers and therapists to better understand the benefits of Wii-based motor intervention over those obtained with non-Wii interventions in children with DCD. In addition, the results from this intervention protocol will also create more systematized methods for replication in clinical practice. Finally, Study IV, entitled ‘Is Wii-based motor training better than matched task-specific training for children with developmental coordination disorder? A randomized controlled trial’, aimed to compare the relative efficacy of Wii-training versus non-Wii, task-specific training (TST) on movement skills by closely matching the type of motor activities selected for intervention. The results demonstrated similar benefits from both interventions, since all children with DCD who participated in Wii and TST groups improved significantly regarding their Movement Assessment Battery for Children – Second edition (MABC-2) total standard score. In addition, considering the MABC-2 components scores, Wii-based training had a more pronounced effect on manual dexterity while TST did for balance skills.
Cartografia das normas de gênero: pincelando representações
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-12-11)
Figueiredo, Bianca Araci de
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Fernandes, Hylio Laganá
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1315602045624096
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/3882591223281880
Based on the biological differences observed in the bodies, Western society constructs definitions, normalizes relationships and assigns distinct social functions to women and men, in order to regulate behaviors and hierarchize relationships, composing a scenario of production and maintenance of inequalities due to gender. According to the bias of the everyday experiences of understanding each other as women and men, crossed by identifications and differences, this dissertation sought to map gender norms with high school students from two distinct school contexts, one from the periphery and another center, of schools located in the city of Sorocaba / SP. The research was constructed from the immersion in the school universe during a school year in each context. The constancy of the research led to the approximation of researcher-student relations, in order to transpose into a living description of the systems of cultural meanings of each school. Data were obtained from participant observation, especially in biology and physical education classes, in the three years of high school. In this process, the field diary proved to be an important instrument, being used to record what, as the researcher's view, weighed as the main daily events. A practical activity was carried out with eight focal groups, whose proposal consisted in the separation of images of culturally related items to women or men in three previously established categories: "What is for women?", "What is for men?" And " what is it of women and men? " Through this activity, we sought to identify the representations of gender norms stipulated and socially valued - or rejected - within each group and school. After the separation of the images, discussions were held, in which the students could position themselves as the result of the classification. Finally, there was the use of an individual structured questionnaire regarding family education, impressions of the school environment and personal pretensions with the end of high school and professional careers. Representations of women in both contexts presented similarities and differences, possibly as a result of accommodation and resistance. Girls from the periphery school avoid assigning activities, objects and instruments unique to women or men. They place a strong emphasis on the pluralities and multiplicities of gender identities, including understanding the network of social meanings and power relations involving women and men through gender norms. However, they seem to have difficulty visualizing women as intellectually equitable to men, attributing to them disciplines of accuracy and sports of strategy and logic, such as chess; while girls at the center school are somewhat conservative about gender norms, attributing aesthetic items such as hair dryers and creams, exclusive to 'women', so that rules seem to overlap with daily experiences that subvert them. These middle school girls are physically limited to the development of certain activities, but intellectually equitable in relation to men, categorizing items such as school subjects and chess as "women and men", thus not making distinctions in this regard. The boys from both schools presented more similarities than divergences in the response, which indicates the learning of a hegemonic gender norm, which crosses the various socio-cultural spaces. Finally, this study suggests that school is an important space for manifestation of reactions contrary to gender norms and that feminism has brought new perspectives and possibilities; however, cultural, economic and social factors can act as maintainers of traditional gender norms.
Síntese de adsorventes magnéticos utilizando casca de soja e sua aplicação na adsorção de ácido cafeico
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-12-11)
Costa, Larissa Fernandes
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Ruotolo, Luís Augusto Martins
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6167735734348703
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5898109451336835
Wastewater management has gained increasingly space on the world stage, with significant advances in both the environmental and financial spheres. Phenolic compounds are present in wastewater of various processes, such as in petrochemical plants, paper, wood, metallurgy, agroindustrial processes, coffee industry, olive mills and others. Among the phenolic compounds present in industrial waste, caffeic acid has an important space, due to its positive biological effects, such as the inhibition of carcinogenesis, antioxidant, antiviral, anti-inflammatory and antirheumatic properties. Despite the many studies on the oxidation of caffeic acid, little has been done about its recovery by adsorption. In the adsorption process, biomass residues can be used as precursors in the synthesis of adsorbents, being a source of low cost for adsorption processes. However, although these materials are inexpensive and available in large quantities, difficulties can be encountered in the separation at the end of the adsorption process. In this way, the objective of this project was to develop magnetic adsorbents with different concentrations of Fe, for adsorption and desorption in batch of caffeic acid for recovery. The magnetic characteristic of the material being studied is a key factor for separating the adsorbent from the liquid phase when it becomes saturated. In the synthesis of the adsorbents, an iron-containing polymer was first obtained by the modified Pechini method. This polymer was mixed with the soybean hull and this mixture was charred and activated in a pyrolysis reactor with CO2 flow under different temperatures. For the characterization of the material, specific surface area, Zeta potential, X-ray diffractometry (XRD), Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), magnetization analysis using vibration sample magnetometry (VSM) and thermogravimetric (TG) analysis were performed. In the batch adsorption study, the effect of the pH on the adsorption and its relation with zeta potential of the adsorbent were evaluated. The pseudo-first and pseudo-second order models were fitted to the adsorption kinetic data. The equilibrium isotherms were analyzed at different temperatures to verify their influence on the adsorption process, and to determine the thermodynamic process quantities and isosteric heat values. In the desorption study, solutions with different concentrations of NaOH, methanol, ethanol and water at 80 ºC were used. The magnetic adsorbents synthesized and activated at 800 ºC presented high adsorptive capacities, and coal containing 1.3% Iron (418 mg g -1) showed the best result, followed by coal containing 12% Fe (316 mg g- 1). In addition to favoring adsorption, the presence of iron led to the formation of an adsorbent with properties magnetic fields. The coal containing 1.3% Fe also showed a faster adsorption kinetics with better magnetic properties. With regard to desorption, it was possible to desorb about 55% caffeic acid using methanol. The adsorption of phenolic compounds present in a real effluent presented a maximum capacity of 52 mg g-1.
Avaliação histológica na osteoartrite de joelho de ratos: validação e reprodutibilidade de uma nova classificação
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-12-11)
Trevisan, Mariane Santos
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Vasilceac, Fernando Augusto
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1220838672192063
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7001437637748407
The objective of this study was to develop, validate and make reproducible a new histological evaluation of the knee joint complex of rats. To acquire the sample (experimental procedure), 20 rats were divided into 5 groups: Control, Osteoarthritis 3 months, Osteoarthritis 6 months, Osteoarthritis 9 months and Osteoarthritis 12 months. The animal model of osteoarthritis was the transection of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee. After the period of exposure to the disease of each group, the knee joints of all animals were collected and processed for the preparation of histological slides, which were stained with Harris Hematoxylin and Safranin Fast Green, and selected those that best represented OA . The generation of the items of the new evaluation, which addressed the entire articular complex at different OA times, was developed following the guiding principles for the development of a classification system (Pritzker et al., 2006), which includes not only standardization of the evaluation system itself, but also, the conditions that the histopathology is evaluated. From the preparation of the new evaluation, a training of the evaluators and the evaluation of the photomicrographs according to the New Histological Assessment was carried out and after two months the Mankin (1971) evaluation. Subsequently, the statistical analyzes, reliability through the Intra-Class Correlation Coefficient and the correlation of both evaluations were done. The new evaluation presented excellent inter- and intra-observer reliability with an Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) of 0.992 and 0.994, respectively, among all evaluators. The interobserver reliability was comparable for experienced and inexperienced observers and both obtained a CCI of 0.993. Significant correlations were found between the new histological evaluation and Mankin's, with a mean correlation coefficient (CC) of 0.95. Therefore, the new histological evaluation of the joint complex is a valid and reliable tool to evaluate the degeneration of the joint complex at different time of osteoarthritis and is suitable for inexperienced and experienced researchers.
Mikhail Bakhtin na linguagem cinematográfica
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-12-11)
Di Camargo Júnior, Ivo
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Miotello, Valdemir
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9131819326282708
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8581328922233655
This thesis aims to bring together some of the various concepts of Mikhail Bakhtin's broad range of studies and to correlate them with film language. On the studies carried out in a broad and unorganized manner completely by Robert Stam, a North American researcher dedicated to both Bakhtin and cinema, both as aesthetics and as language, we developed the junction of theories in a dialogical work. In this thesis we bring together the most diverse forms of expression of Bakhtinian thought and try to exemplify them, to demonstrate them, to give them a more understandable form of understanding, using the cinematographic language as another in this intellectual theoretical dialogue. Knowing that cinema and its language were never the intellectual goal of Bakhtin, we approach his theory in a dialogical way, in the pursuit of cinema as alterity. It was observed the polyphony present in the cinematographic works and of Mikhail Bakhtin, among other possible dialogues. A study was developed which sought to further enrich Bakhtinian studies in our country and which is presented as a thesis that addresses the dialogue, understanding and convergence between the forms of study, with a common objective, to demonstrate the feasibility and of Bakhtinian concepts in a living, multidisciplinary and dialogic art that is cinema.
Caracterização dos usuários da atenção básica que manifestam vontade pela esterilização cirúrgica no município de São Carlos, São Paulo
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-12-11)
Santos, Márcia Vieira Soares
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Callegari, Fernanda Vieira Rodovalho
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6123189460389930
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Carbol, Maristela
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9852217198710064
Counseling in reproductive planning should consider the context of each person's life and the right of everyone to make decisions about reproduction in a free and informed way. The objective was to characterize primary care users who expressed their desire for surgical sterilization in the first year of implantation of the Line of Care of the Reproductive Planning for Surgical Sterilization of the city of São Carlos, São Paulo. It is an individual observational cross-sectional study involving 114 users from May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016. The proportion of women (49.12%) and men (50.88%) was similar. The mean age of women was 32.9 years and that of men 34.8 years. Per capita income of up to half a minimum wage was associated with 4.7 times the preference for tubal ligation. The majority had between two to four live children (85.96%) and two to four children with current partner (a) (76.32%). The model of health care of origin of the users was indifferent. Around 50% of users were using an effective reversible contraceptive method. Most finished the process of reproductive planning in less than a year (60.53%), and three changed their opinion about the desired method. One switched from tubal ligation to vasectomy after completion of the procedure and two gave up tubal ligation preferring reversible contraceptive methods, one of which was after psychological evaluation and the other after social assessment. It is concluded that the age and number of live children met the legal criteria, that per capita family income up to half a minimum wage was associated with the preference for tubal ligation and that the rate of change of the type of surgical sterilization during the process of reproductive planning was low.
Desenvolvimento de um Apontador Estelar para o ensino de astronomia
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-12-12)
Pedersen, Fernando Augusto
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Carvalho Neto, João Teles de
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8622059450756991
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7246458057839408
By analyzing the optoelectronic equipments available for the teaching of astronomy, it was observed that there is no equipment that uses a beam of laser light commanded by a computer for orientation in sky observations. For this reason, this monograph aimed to develop a stellar pointer, entitled as Star Pointer. This equipment will indicate, through a beam of light emitted by a laser, the location of astronomical objects. The Star Pointer was developed at a low cost, approximately R$ 182.20, promoting observations of the sky, improving the learning in Astronomy. All software used to develop Python and Arduino programs are free and easily accessible. In order to assemble the hardware components, in-depth knowledge of electronics is not necessary. The results found in the equipment tests are encouraging, although there is a need for improvements in the software developed in Python. The equipment has a good response in the commands that are inserted and its functions are quite comprehensive. The possible commands to be carried out are: several trajectories; outline of celestial objects; indication of stars in a constellation and combinations of these commands. These commands make it possible to carry out simple activities as indicating a celestial object, and more elaborate ones as the contour of each star in a constellation. Improvements and corrections of the software are already being carried out, they aim to make the equipment more versatile and the use of the smartphone in place of the computer, making it more accessible.