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Vozes indígenas: entre apagamentos, estigmas e resistências - discursos midiáticos da região Norte do Brasil sobre povos e lideranças indígenas
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-07-09)
Rubim, Deyse Silva
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Piovezani Filho, Carlos Félix
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1677609008094603
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5523428767916746
In order to understand the meanings arising from the media circulation referring to indigenous voices in the northern region of Brazil, we analyze the interfaces of the discourse with the different manifestations emerging in the traditional press, alternative press and social networks. How and when the voices of indigenous people are presented or not by the media from the 1990s to the present. To this end, the clippings that make up the corpus of this study were taken from the newspaper (printed and digital) A Crítica, from the journalistic agency Amazônia Real and from the social network Facebook. The hypothesis was raised that media discourses in the Northern Region in the 90s, consist of silences that corroborate the idea of tutelage (control and power), making indigenous re-democratization invisible through the erasure of these voices. In contrast to this, in the 2000s, indigenous voices began to have a place in the digital press, more specifically, in the alternative press. There are voices to consolidate the resistance process historically marked by conflicts of exclusion, in this way, indigenous female leaders are also inscribed in discursive practices. In addition, social networks function as a space for the legitimacy of voices and the articulation of indigenous movements. However, despite the protagonism of the indigenous people in political and social mobilizations, the preservation of old memories that produce silences and stigmas, and transformations, above all, with the resistant appropriation of an ephemeris and technologies conceived by non-indigenous people continue to reproduce the prejudice discourse until today. In this sense, the general objective of the research was to identify the relations of discourse and power in media representations from the 90s to the present. For this, some specific objectives were established that guided the research: i) to analyze the heterogeneity of the discourse and the discursive memory with regard to the erasure of the indigenous voices in the media discourses; ii) understand how some linguistic markings corroborate the stigmatization and silencing of indigenous people in the discourse; iii) describe the process of enrolling the voices of female leaders in discursive practices. The theoretical and methodological assumptions that support this research are those of Discourse Analysis of French orientation, with which we propose to analyze how the media from the 90s until today, examining its function as a kind of spokesperson who (re)says the sayings of the indigenous people or, in certain moments, barely presents them as protagonists of their actions. Therefore, in return for a greater conservation of discriminatory discourses, based on mobilizations to guarantee their rights and supported by cultural dynamics that allowed access to different forms of communication, today, the indigenous people (leaders, women and young people) take the floor, they assume their place of representative speech and occupy legitimate spaces in Brazilian society.
Exegese, corporeidade e mortalidade no Leviatã de Thomas Hobbes
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-07-09)
Santana, Luiz Felipe Sousa
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Hirata, Celi
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6347404660282248
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7022655532430217
On his attempt to set up the principle for a science of civil or political bodies in Leviathan (1651), Thomas Hobbes (1588- 1679) justifies his biblical exegesis pointing out, before all, that the Sacred Scriptures “are the outworks of the enemy, from whence they impugn the civil power”. Through the separated essences’ or immaterial substances’ doctrines, which deceiving philosophers say that are proclaimed in the Scriptures, the human race is conducted to harm the original pact that ensures the civil obedience to their respective sovereignty in a superstitious way. However, this is not the consequence drawn from the “Malmesbury’s monster” ambition in training the revelated word of God, and religion in general, to enforce the claims of a secular and mundane State. Both his political philosophy and his philosophia prima are guided by his radical reduction of the reality into moving bodies. His entire exegetical exercise sits on the equalization of all substances as bodies, which does not spare even the ineffable Creator.
Contribuição ao estudo do comportamento estrutural de terças pré-fabricadas em concreto protendido sem armadura transversal
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-07-12)
Alvarenga Junior, Luiz Carlos de
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Ferreira, Marcelo de Araújo
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4199122391532470
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4913324300033555
Purlins are thin beams made without transverse reinforcement and are used in the roofing of precast warehouses. The object of study of this research, were precast concrete purlins, which had been produced by a company in the region of São Carlos - SP, and intended for the work already completed. However, these elements presented large deformations, causing visual discomfort in the occupants of the building, as a result, a system of semi-rigid connection through metal plates was adopted by the company. Because they are produced without the use of transverse reinforcement, and the Brazilian standards do not make prescriptions regarding the calculation of the shear force of prestressed purlins, this research was based on NBR 9062:2017, which allows parts of the project to be performed based on tests. Therefore, this work aimed to contribute to the study of the structural behavior of roof purlins, based on the existing database, the tests showed that the failure mode occurred near the diagonal tensile mechanism, and the expression that best describes this result is the EN1168. To evaluate the effectiveness of the connection proposed by the manufacturer, we chose to use non-destructive testing in a factory environment. The connection model adopted by the company proved to be satisfactory, and can be characterized as a semi-rigid connection with restriction factor αr = 0.30, but due to the limitations found in the factory, it was not possible to conduct the tests until failure, so it is not possible to say whether the connection maintains this behavior outside the elastic range.
Epidemiology, biodiversity, and technological trajectories in the Brazilian Amazon: from malaria to Covid-19
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-07-13)
Codeço, Cláudia Torres
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Dal'Asta, Ana Paula
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Rorato, Ana Claudia
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Lana, Raquel Martins
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Neves, Tatiana Campos
The Amazon biome is under severe threat due to increasing deforestation rates and loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services while sustaining a high burden of neglected tropical diseases. Approximately two thirds of this biome are located within Brazilian territory. There, socio-economic and environmental landscape transformations are linked to the regional agrarian economy dynamics, which has developed into six techno-productive trajectories (TTs). These TTs are the product of the historical interaction between Peasant and Farmer and Rancher practices, technologies and rationalities. This article investigates the distribution of the dominant Brazilian Amazon TTs and their association with environmental degradation and vulnerability to neglected tropical diseases. The goal is to provide a framework for the joint debate of the local economic, environmental and health dimensions. We calculated the dominant TT for each municipality in 2017. Peasant trajectories (TT1, TT2, and TT3) are dominant in ca. fifty percent of the Amazon territory, mostly concentrated in areas covered by continuous forest where malaria is an important morbidity and mortality cause. Cattle raising trajectories are associated with higher deforestation rates. Meanwhile, Farmer and Rancher economies are becoming dominant trajectories, comprising large scale cattle and grain production. These trajectories are associated with rapid biodiversity loss and a high prevalence of neglected tropical diseases, such as leishmaniasis, Aedes-borne diseases and Chagas disease. Overall, these results defy simplistic views that the dominant development trajectory for the Amazon will optimize economic, health and environmental indicators. This approach lays the groundwork for a more integrated narrative consistent with the economic history of the Brazilian Amazon
Avaliação da anomalia da teoria de nucleação clássica em vidros silicatos
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-07-13)
Ramírez Acosta, María Helena
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Zanotto, Edgar Dutra
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1055167132036400
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7314093467530639
Under some conditions, the Classical Nucleation Theory (CNT) provides a good description of the temperature dependence of the experimental homogeneous nucleation rates in supercooled liquids. Allegedly, however, it strongly overestimates the experimental nucleation rates below the temperature of maximum nucleation (𝑇_max ~ 𝑇_𝑔, glass transition temperature), configuring the so-called nucleation anomaly. This apparent discrepancy has been associated with some hypothesis related to thermodynamic and diffusional parameters. However, a definitive explanation about the origin of this issue is still open, since some of the hypotheses raised cannot explain it, while others are limited to theoretical analysis without experimental verification. In this thesis, we evaluate the alternative hypothesis that the CNT anomaly can be due to an experimental artifact, which leads to the underestimation of the experimental nucleation rates below 𝑇_𝑔. This hypothesis is based on the fact that the CNT is only valid when the analyzed system reaches a stationary regime. To validate or refute this hypothesis, Li2Si2O5, and BaSi2O5 glasses were chosen as model systems. The study was conducted through the implementation of heat treatments above and below the 𝑇_𝑔 of these glasses. In particular, the heat treatments below 𝑇_𝑔 were considerable extended and examined by a steady-state criterion. Also, viscosity and growth rates were used as alternative proxies for the nucleation diffusion coefficient. Additionally, the possible influence on the nucleation rates of factors as the chemical homogeneity, water content, and thermal history of the glasses were evaluated. The results not only validate the proposed hypothesis, but also offer new experimental evidence supporting recent studies that suggest the interdependence between the structural relaxation and the nucleation process, as the fundamental origin of the alleged CNT anomaly.
A abordagem da interdisciplinaridade nos livros didáticos de ciências do PNLD 2020
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-07-14)
Gama, Eydher Floriano Pereira Eleutério
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Julio, Josimeire Meneses
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8805879632103815
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7479069837679495
The term interdisciplinarity is used in several contexts in our society, among these contexts, we have the area of education and teaching materials. In the educational context, we find the approach of interdisciplinarity in an epistemological, methodological or educational conception. In this work, we seek to identify and discuss the interdisciplinary concepts of the five textbook collections, indicated by PNLD 2020, in the discipline of natural sciences, elementary school – final years. They present in their material, trying to answer the question: "How do natural science textbooks approach interdisciplinary work and what concept of interdisciplinarity is adopted? We use as a methodology, the documental qualitative analysis, because the textbooks deal with written materials, they can be characterized as documents. We analyzed the teacher's manual in the book, the activities identified as interdisciplinary and the guidelines given to teachers for carrying out the activities. The results showed that although we have interdisciplinarity with epistemological, methodological or teacher training approaches, in the collections we find only the focus of the methodological design on interdisciplinary activities, in addition to the existence of some activities presented as interdisciplinary, but which actually have characteristics of activities multidisciplinary.
Ensino de língua espanhola para idosos: mapeamento de pesquisas realizadas no Brasil
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-07-14)
Bianchi, Leticia Silva
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Gregolin, Isadora Valencise
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1015869228676997
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7168352506573734
This investigation was characterized as an exploratory study, which seeks to map previous research on Spanish language teaching and learning contexts for the elderly people in Brazil, seeking to identify them, characterize them and understand their specificities. We assume that the teaching of foreign languages to the third Age has very unique characteristics, as it is a context in which learning needs are different from the contexts for which, in general, the curriculum and teaching materials of regular schools and of languages are thought (mainly work and tourism). One of our hypotheses was that the main motivation of the elderly people to learn the Spanish language, at this stage of life, is related to issues of hispanic ancestry. Furthermore, based on our theoretical and empirical framework, we infer that the own capabilities and intellectual and cognitive abilities of older people differ from those of young people and adults. In this sense, our second hypothesis was that Spanish teachers for the elderly need to constantly adapt the available materials and make use of strategies to "compensate" them for possible identified difficulties. Therefore, the general objectives of the research were to carry out a bibliographic review of research carried out in Brazil that investigated the teaching of Spanish language for the elderly people and to identify the characterization of the contexts regarding the learning needs presented by senior students, the didactic strategies and approaches mobilized by the responsible teachers, seeking to identify the specificities that permeate the teaching and learning process of the elderly in this context and that determine/generate input for the definition and construction of possible teaching approaches. As a result, our bibliographical research found a shortage of works focusing on the Spanish language, which highlights a gap in research and confirms the need for this type of study to understand, in a targeted way, the specific aspects of teaching and learning Spanish to the elderly people. In addition, it was possible to understand universal and specific aspects of the needs and the learning processes of older adults, demonstrating the indispensability of producing new studies in the area, aiming at the advancement and development of methodologies, materials and educational policies for senior people.
A presença/ausência negra em escolas da região de Sorocaba e o impacto na formação da identidade das crianças do ensino fundamental anos iniciais
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-07-14)
Bueno, Gabrielle Christina Bento
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Santos, Ademir Barros dos
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/2373503250743446
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Martins, Marcos Francisco
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4515924584428591
This course conclusion work (TCC) presents data that lead us to reflect on the historical and structural differences, which lead to the presence/absence of black people in different spaces, specifically addressed here within the school environment, in the early years of the elementary School. The following question was taken as a research problem, the results of which are presented here: what has been the impact that the black presence/absence in schools in the region of Sorocaba has had on the process of building the identity of children in elementary school in the initials? In the search for an answer to the research question, a bibliographic and documentary research was developed, with a qualitative bias. The objective was to get to know the scenario of these schools, particularly in relation to black presence/absence and how this has affected the construction of children's identity. Thus constituted, this TCC, at first, addresses the concept of identity and black identity. Afterwards, the presence of black people in Brazilian society is discussed, as well as in the city of Sorocaba, specifically dealing with this problem in public and private schools. At the end of the text, an analysis is presented on the construction of the identity of the black people based on the document Pedagogical Political Project, restricted to private and public schools in Sorocaba, with a cut made from schools that this researcher has already worked on.
Indicadores de acessibilidade para o planejamento do transporte público em cidades paulistas de médio porte
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-07-14)
Zacharias, Leandro Neves
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Ribeiro, Rochele Amorim
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7245761274405860
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/2214593474033636
Accessibility studies have gained relevance in urban planning as they relate land use with transport systems, especially transit. However, these studies focus on metropolitan regions and large cities due to government preferences and data availability. Even with the relevance of medium-sized cities in the urban network, there are knowledge gaps about accessibility in urban profile. The work aims to evaluate transit accessibility in medium-sized cities. The cities of Araraquara, Bauru, Catanduva, Limeira and São Carlos were chosen based on their population level and the transit data avaliability. Two accessibility indicators were used. The location-based accessibility indicators assessed the percentage of opportunities reached in a 30-minute transit trip. The infrastructure-based accessibility measured the percentage of opportunities close to boarding points. Both indicators revealed a pattern that accessibility in medium-sized cities reaches high values for a large part of the urban area. However, there are peripheric regions where accessibility is drastically lower, showing an inequality of access to opportunities. These inequalities are due to transit network organization and the opportunities concentration in central regions. Still, the effect of the territorial dimension and the lesser details of the data can interfere in the indicator results. The study established the need to assess accessibility in medium-sized cities, so that the continuity of the research is very important to consolidate the indicators well suited to the reality of this very important city profile in urban network.
Sobre a mimese na República de Platão
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-07-14)
Santos, Mateus Lima dos
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Souza, Eliane Christina de
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5658382257368048
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4508782396510015
Platon projette une attaque sévère contre l'art d'imiter (μιμητική) dans le Livre X de La République, ce qui conduit à la suppression des imitateurs, de la cité théorisée dans l'œuvre, sous le prétexte d’ils produisent des images (εἴδωλα). Cependant, cette critique contredit une autre position qui est défendue dans le dialogue sur le thème, c’est-à-dire, que la μίμησις serait édifiante pour le caractère de l'imitateur. En réalité, il semble y avoir une difficulté pour déterminer la vraie nature de ce concept, une fois que non seulement les opinions sur ses effets sont divergents, mais aussi les processus considérés comme mimétiques ne se réduisent pas les uns aux autres. La dissertation ici présentée propose d’examiner le problème sous l’angle de la relation entretenue entre les deux définitions qui sont proposées pour le terme dans La République. Comprendre les spécificités des processus désignés sous le même signe, en plus des raisons qui conduisent Platon à les critiquer, peut être une possibilité pour défendre la permanence d’une μίμησις positive dans La République, telle que présentée dans le dialogue lui-même. De cette manière, il faut vérifier les limites de la critique qui est construite dans le Livre X.
As políticas sustentáveis desenvolvidas por diferentes empresas para a preservação da biodiversidade e dos polinizadores
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-07-14)
Astolfo, Tauane de Lima
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Agostini, Kayna
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5894768661755535
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0773858701769769
The importance of biodiversity only gained greater prominence when the process of loss of biological diversity raised awareness of the need for conservation and rational use of living resources, with protection of the flow of services from natural ecosystems. The preservation of biodiversity has economic reasons when it is thought that its degradation can harm existing activities, such as agriculture, for example, which could compromise its use in the future since many of the foods produced today for consumption and sale are dependent on pollination, the resulting ecosystem service of biodiversity. In this aspect, pollinators are extremely linked to ecological relationships in the environment and play very important roles in the conservation, maintenance and specialization of biodiversity. However, in recent years it has been found that pollinator populations are declining, threatened by anthropogenic changes caused in natural ecosystems, such as agriculture, an area that is on the rise. Therefore, the present study aimed to carry out a survey on the websites of companies that produce pesticides and food with little, modest, high and essential dependence on pollination to understand whether they have sustainable policies for the preservation and conservation of biodiversity and, consequently, pollinators. The results found were tabulated and analyzed graphically to verify the preservation of biodiversity and pollinators as an essential component for the maintenance of the environment. Thus, the information obtained in this study was of great relevance, since it was possible to observe that most companies are concerned, in some way, with the preservation of the environment. However, pollinators are not a concern on the agenda for many companies, whether they are producers of food or pesticides. Thus, this study provides further support for the continuation of work regarding the concern of companies that may cause direct or indirect impacts on the preservation of biodiversity and, consequently, on pollinators.
Aplicação em fábrica de ensaios não destrutivos em lajes alveolares protendidas para a verificação da conformidade de projeto
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-07-14)
Bazilio, Luis Fernando Borzi
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Ferreira, Marcelo de Araújo
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4199122391532470
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0331490449671089
To obtain the strength supported by hollow core slabs it is necessary to perform standardized destructive tests, and in these tests it is possible to verify the product's compliance with the design. ABNT NBR 14861 (2011) does not allow the performance of simplified tests in a manufacturing environment due to lack of studies in the area, while ABNT NBR 9062 (2017) allows experimental verifications as part of the design procedure. Based on the above, the purpose of this paper is to verify the compliance of hollow core slabs with the design, by performing non-destructive tests in a factory environment in order to avoid destructive testing and to reduce waste of material, time and cost in the production of prestressed hollow core slabs.
Estudo do modelo de Hubbard bidimensional não homogêneo via teoria do funcional da densidade
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-07-14)
Santos, Jeferson Joel Moraes Osmari dos
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Campo Junior, Vivaldo Leiria
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7150892281897003
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Villas-Bôas, Celso Jorge
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5700887540085418
We implemented the DFT calculation through the Kohn-Sham formalism adapted by the methodology μ-BALDA for the inhomogeneous two-dimensional Hubbard model, which is also implemented experimentally on an ultra-cold atom traps inside of an optical lattice. This was done using the approximation LDA based on an approximation for the energy per site of the two-dimensional Hubbard model. The main idea behind of the Kohn-Sham formalism to replace the Hubbard Hamiltonian, equivalent to a N interacting particle system, by a Hamiltonian of N non interacting particles which in our case is similar to the model of tight-binding plus an effective potential term, however both systems must have the same electronic density. This formalism leads to a self-consistent calculation, which was implement in this master degree.
A concepção de vontade nas questões 80 a 82 da prima pars da Summa Theologiae de Tomás de Aquino
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-07-15)
Serra, Thiago de Souza
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Baioni, José Eduardo Marques
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9613180348313909
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5318394642642010
Thomas Aquinas, in questions 80 to 82 of the Prima Pars of his Summa Theologiae, deals with sensitive appetites, the concupiscible and the irascible, and, above all, with the superior human appetite, the will. According to the Aquinate, this has as its own object the good produced since the intellectual apprehension of the essences of the particular entities (composed by matter and form) and, consecutively, presented to it by the human intellect. In this work, we will seek not only to understand the diversity between sensitive appetites and the will, but also the way in which it is related to its own object, that is, the intellectual good.
O egresso do curso de licenciatura em Geografia: uma expectativa e várias experiências
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-07-15)
Gutierrez, Lucas Gutierrez
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Soares, Marcos de Oliveira
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4341241997702351
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Silva, Carlos Henrique Costa da
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5444248390841543
Los enfoques practicados por los egresados de la Licenciatura en Geografía de la UFSCar-Sorocaba representan el núcleo de esta investigación, ya que se espera que tengan un sesgo crítico en el trabajo postulado en el proyecto político pedagógico de la carrera, por lo que se buscó entender lo que sería un enfoque del sesgo crítico dentro de la Geografía a través del análisis de la experiencia profesional de los egresados, que se vislumbró a través de entrevistas y acompañamiento de clases en investigación cualitativa. La hipótesis inicial trabajada es que los egresados presentan al menos algunas características críticas en sus abordajes. Sin embargo, el encuentro de obstáculos de tal abordaje representa un descubrimiento de los elementos que impiden que la salida logre lo que se espera de él.
Ensino de inglês para crianças em fase de alfabetização durante uma pandemia: desafios para a adaptação e elaboração de materiais didáticos
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-07-15)
Erlo, Daniela Lopes
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Gregolin, Isadora Valencise
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1015869228676997
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8870518002594146
The main objective of the research is to characterize a context of teaching English to children and discuss some aspects related to the planning, implementation and evaluation of activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the teaching context for a group of 9 students in the literacy phase of a private school in the countryside of São Paulo, where the teacher-researcher has been working for 12 years. We start from the assumption that the children in the preschool phase arrive at the school with a linguistic and cultural repertoire built mainly in their social interactions with the family and their circle of friends, because "learning and development are interrelated from the first day of a child’s life" (VIGOTSKY, 1998, p. 110). Therefore, the teacher plays a fundamental role in the context of formal education, when planning and implementing teaching situations that can contribute to social interaction between students and between students and materials. In addition, we start from the classification of scaffolding types proposed by Wood, Bruner and Ross (1976) from the Vigotskyan theory as categories of analysis of our corpus, considering that the didactic strategies used by the teacher are types of scaffolding to be offered to the students in the performance of activities in groups, in pairs or individual. As a result, our research identified that, in the context, a printed educational material is used that bases the teaching planning, based on the principles of integration, autonomy, independence and access to culture. In addition, our analyses showed that the process of teaching English language learning in the literacy phase, based on activities that promote interactions in a cooperative approach (DONNINI, 2013) could contribute to greater involvement of families in the mediation process, which was fundamental for the teaching and learning of the English language in the researched context.
Inductive logic programming applied for knowledge representation in computer music
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-07-15)
Gonçalves Junior, Clenio Batista
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Homem, Murillo Rodrigo Petrucelli
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4099700446922080
In Computer Music, the knowledge representation process is an essential element for the development of systems. Methods have been applied to provide the computer with the ability to generate conclusions based on previously established experience and definitions. In this sense, Inductive Logic Programming presents itself as a research field that incorporates concepts of Logic Programming and Machine Learning, its declarative character allows musical knowledge to be presented to non-specialist users in a naturally understandable way. The present work performs a systematic review based on approaches that use Inductive Logic Programming in the representation of musical knowledge. Questions that these studies seek to address were raised, as well as identifying characteristic aspects related to their application.
As dificuldades para implantação do gerenciamento de processos de negócio em uma instituição federal de educação tecnológica
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-07-15)
Santos, Osmario Pereira dos
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Molina, Wagner de Souza Leite
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5939243693407420
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9821529901295790
With effort to face great challenges of public management modernization in Brazil, whose embryo were the experiences verified in the United States and England, which became known as the New Public Management, Decree 5,378 of February 23, 2005 has etablished the Public Management National Program and Debureaucratization – GESPÚBLICA. Its main banner was searching for excellence in management keeping the public services characteristics. Since then, Brazilian public administration could be noticed, not only in direct administration bodies, but also in those of indirect administration, great interest in new management techniques and tools, with more managerial bias which in a recente past were considered private sector´s exclusive domain. Such as Business Process Management practices. However, the implementation of process management practices in a public organization is not a trivial task. It implies, above all, the breaking of old paradigms consolidated over decades and, somehow, they still define how work must be performed in the public sector. Such changes can bring a very high degree of complexity to its implementation, creating sometimes insurmountable difficulties, requiring great abilities on part of those responsible for its implementation. Therefore, the general aim of this research was to detect the difficulties in implementing the management of business process in a Federal Technological Education Institution, aiming to overcome them. The methodology adopted followed the taxonomy suggested by Vergara (2016), which uses two basic criteria for researches classification: in terms of ends and in terms of means. As to the ends, it can be understood as decriptive and exploratory; as to the means, this is a case study performed from Process Mapping Commission of the Academic Records Coordination of a Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology. Data collection was accomplished from a combination of the following techniques: documentary analysis (ordinance, resolutions, Institutional Development Plan – PDI, management report); details are available on the Institution´s website; and the application of a semi-structured online questionnaire. The sample population was based on a non-probabilistic sample which considerated the access facility to the research subjects (Vergara, 2016). Therfore, twenty professionals were selected, including members and former members of the Process Mapping Comittee, to whom the link to access the quetionnaire was sent by email. A total of fifteen questionnaires were completed. The research results supported the difficulties pointed out by the specialized literature that served as theoretical foundation for this research and indicated the gaps that must be filled if the Intitution present insterest in overcoming such difficulties. Based on this, as a final recomendation, the adoption of process management practices, pointed out by the consulted authors, was suggested, aiming the consolidation of the implementation project of the Business Process Management in the Institution.
Reliability and validity of six-minute step test in patients with heart failure
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-07-16)
Marinho, Renan Shida
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Jurgensen, Soraia Pilon
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Arcuri, Juliano Ferreira
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Goulart, Cássia da Luz
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Santos, Polliana Batista dos
Modelos de otimização para a cadeia de suprimentos de milho considerando mercado interno e exportação
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-07-16)
Marins, Lara Beatriz Carvalho
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Morabito Neto, Reinaldo
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4194801952934254
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5335341156728492
The Brazilian agroindustry has been notable for its economic importance to the country and the world. However, their geographical dispersion and the interference of biological and climatic factors imply complex production systems. Specifically, corn production involves an agroindustry production chain whose agents must prioritize in offering high quality products at a low cost in order to remain competitive in the market. In this work, two optimization models for tactical planning of production and logistics are proposed to assist in the analysis and decision-making process in the supply chain in corn agroindustry. The models can be useful to indicate and quantify alternatives to reduce costs or maximize the revenue and profit margins of the chain members, seeking the economic/operational efficiency of the chain and taking into account flow restrictions, capacities, inventory balancing and different types of demand in the chain. These linear optimization models consider the domestic market for animal consumption, ethanol production and international markets. They are mainly oriented to support policies and decisions of public agents who have some control and can interfere in almost the entire chain, such as government agricultural agencies and secretariats, instead of companies or private associations in the corn sector that operate in only part of the chain. These agents can interfere in the chain, for example, through incentives and investments in different production and transport capacities in the chain, through changes in legislation and taxes that affect the chain, among others. To verify the consistency of the models and validate this optimization approach, the models were implemented in an algebraic modelling language and solved by an optimization solver, using real data collected from various sources. The obtained results show the potential application of the models for these analyses and the importance of considering some aspects that have not been much studied in the literature, such as some opportunities to use different modes of corn distribution and some impacts of the Tax on Circulation of Goods and Services (ICMS) on its production and logistics systems. Other important aspects explored in the scenario analysis are the identification of capacity bottlenecks and investment opportunities in the chain. In addition, it shows the competitive situation of production in Brazilian states according to current production, logistics and policies, among others.