Drill-down dashboard for chairing of online master programs in engineering

Online masters’ program chairs need up-to-date information to monitor efficiently and effectively all the courses in the program for which they are responsible. Learning Management Systems supporting the operation of the online programme collect vast amounts of data about the learning process. These systems are geared to support individual teachers and students, not program chairs. This article presents the process that led to the development of a Dashboards for program chairs, based upon an analysis of their regular supervision tasks, decision-making information needs, and available data in the learning management system, Moodle. The information presented via the dashboard is aggregated and contextualised for all students enrolled in the program, in all its courses, contributing to improve decision-making in program chairing. The dashboard prototype is presented as a concrete outcome of this process, which can be replicated to achieve more advanced and updated versions, hopefully contributing to better program chairing.Acknowledgements. This work is co-financed by the ERDF – European Regional Development Fund through the Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalization - COMPETE 2020 and the Lisboa 2020 under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, and through the Portuguese National Innovation Agency (ANI) as a part of project CHIC POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024498.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

A ARTE PEDE PASSAGEM: EM BUSCA DA DESMEDICALIZAÇÃO DA EDUCAÇÃO

Este artigo apresenta resultados de pesquisa realizada com o objetivo de refletir a respeito da prática do psicólogo escolar junto a professores, frente ao contexto atual de medicalização da educação. Foram propostas atividades e oferecidas ferramentas com a arte, para que repensassem sua prática. Propusemos quatro encontros com professoras de uma Instituição Pública de Educação Infantil. Analisamos as potencialidades e limites do trabalho desenvolvido a partir de manifestações de uma professora que participou do estudo. Pudemos constatar os impactos e transformações gerados pela arte nas práticas de tal professora.Este artículo presenta resultados de investigación destinados a reflexionar sobre la práctica del psicólogo escolar con los docentes, en vista del contexto actual de medicalización de la educación. Se propusieron actividades y se ofrecieron herramientas con arte para repensar su práctica. Propusimos cuatro reuniones con docentes de una institución pública de educación de la primera infancia. Analizamos las potencialidades y los límites del trabajo desarrollado a partir de las manifestaciones de un maestro que participó en el estudio. Pudimos ver los impactos y las transformaciones generadas por el arte en las prácticas de este profesor.This article presents research results aimed at reflecting on the practice of the school psychologist with teachers, in view of the current medicalization context of education. Activities were proposed and tools offered with art to rethink its practice. We proposed four meetings with teachers of a Public Institution of Early Childhood Education. We analyzed the potentialities and limits of the work developed from the manifestations of a teacher who participated in the study. We could see the impacts and transformations generated by art in the practices of this teacher

Training Of Psychologists To Work In Education: Conceptions Of Program Coordinators

Com a implementação das Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais (DCN) nos cursos de Psicologia em 2004, os projetos pedagógicos passaram a incorporá-las considerando as diferentes condições e especificidades de cada curso. A pesquisa interinstitucional aqui relatada investigou como está ocorrendo a apropriação das DCN pelos cursos de Psicologia, focalizando a ênfase em processos educativos. Em Minas Gerais, foram pesquisadas cinco Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES), sendo três privadas e duas públicas. Abordamos aqui as entrevistas com cinco coordenadores de curso e um ex-coordenador, cuja leitura levou à organização destes eixos de análise: caracterização dos participantes; caracterização do curso de psicologia; diretrizes curriculares nacionais; formação do psicólogo e formação do psicólogo para atuação no campo da educação. Foi constatado que os coordenadores de curso são profissionais que se dividem em múltiplas tarefas e vivenciam inúmeros desafios; são um elemento fundamental para a compreensão e apropriação das DCN no cotidiano dos cursos de Psicologia e importantes mediadores entre este documento, o projeto pedagógico, as atividades docentes e as atividades formativas do psicólogo. A apropriação da função de coordenador é um processo que ocorre no transcorrer do próprio trabalho e, neste sentido, destacamos a necessidade de uma formação continuada que o auxilie a lidar com as diferentes demandas do curso.361486

Training of Psychologists to Work in Education Conceptions of Program Coordinators

The pedagogical projects of Psychology courses started to incorporate considering their different conditions and specificities the National Curriculum Guidelines (NCG), after its implementation in 2004. This work reports an inter-institutional research which investigated how the incorporation of NCG is happening within Psychology courses, focusing on the educational processes. Five Higher Education Institutions in Minas Gerais three public and two private were surveyed. Interviews with five current Program Coordinators and a former one are addressed. A careful reading led to the organization of the following axes: characterization of participants; characterization of the psychology course; national curriculum guidelines; psychologist education; and psychologist training in the field of education. As professionals with multiple tasks that have experienced numerous challenges, coordinators are key actors to understand and incorporate NCG into the everyday of a Psychology course and, at the same time, important mediators of this document, the pedagogical project, the professorial activities, and the psychologist educational activities. The appropriation of the role of coordinator is a process that occurs in the course of the work itself and, in this sense, the need for permanent training to help the professional to deal with different demands of the course is highlighted.Com a implementação das Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais (DCN) nos cursos de Psicologia em 2004, os projetos pedagógicos passaram a incorporá-las considerando as diferentes condições e especificidades de cada curso. A pesquisa interinstitucional aqui relatada investigou como está ocorrendo a apropriação das DCN pelos cursos de Psicologia, focalizando a ênfase em processos educativos. Em Minas Gerais, foram pesquisadas cinco Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES), sendo três privadas e duas públicas. Abordamos aqui as entrevistas com cinco coordenadores de curso e um ex-coordenador, cuja leitura levou à organização destes eixos de análise: caracterização dos participantes; caracterização do curso de psicologia; diretrizes curriculares nacionais; formação do psicólogo e formação do psicólogo para atuação no campo da educação. Foi constatado que os coordenadores de curso são profissionais que se dividem em múltiplas tarefas e vivenciam inúmeros desafios; são um elemento fundamental para a compreensão e apropriação das DCN no cotidiano dos cursos de Psicologia e importantes mediadores entre este documento, o projeto pedagógico, as atividades docentes e as atividades formativas do psicólogo. A apropriação da função de coordenador é um processo que ocorre no transcorrer do próprio trabalho e, neste sentido, destacamos a necessidade de uma formação continuada que o auxilie a lidar com as diferentes demandas do curso.361486

Training of psychologists to work in education – conceptions of program coordinators

Com a implementação das Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais (DCN) nos cursos de Psicologia em 2004, os projetos pedagógicos passaram a incorporá-las considerando as diferentes condições e especificidades de cada curso. A pesquisa interinstitucional aqui relatada investigou como está ocorrendo a apropriação das DCN pelos cursos de Psicologia, focalizando a ênfase em processos educativos. Em Minas Gerais, foram pesquisadas cinco Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES), sendo três privadas e duas públicas. Abordamos aqui as entrevistas com cinco coordenadores de curso e um ex-coordenador, cuja leitura levou à organização destes eixos de análise: caracterização dos participantes; caracterização do curso de psicologia; diretrizes curriculares nacionais; formação do psicólogo e formação do psicólogo para atuação no campo da educação. Foi constatado que os coordenadores de curso são profissionais que se dividem em múltiplas tarefas e vivenciam inúmeros desafios; são um elemento fundamental para a compreensão e apropriação das DCN no cotidiano dos cursos de Psicologia e importantes mediadores entre este documento, o projeto pedagógico, as atividades docentes e as atividades formativas do psicólogo. A apropriação da função de coordenador é um processo que ocorre no transcorrer do próprio trabalho e, neste sentido, destacamos a necessidade de uma formação continuada que o auxilie a lidar com as diferentes demandas do curso3614862The pedagogical projects of Psychology courses started to incorporate – considering their different conditions and specificities – the National Curriculum Guidelines (NCG), after its implementation in 2004. This work reports an inter-institutional research which investigated how the incorporation of NCG is happening within Psychology courses, focusing on the educational processes. Five Higher Education Institutions in Minas Gerais – three public and two private – were surveyed. Interviews with five current Program Coordinators – and a former one – are addressed. A careful reading led to the organization of the following axes: characterization of participants; characterization of the psychology course; national curriculum guidelines; psychologist education; and psychologist training in the field of education. As professionals with multiple tasks that have experienced numerous challenges, coordinators are key actors to understand and incorporate NCG into the everyday of a Psychology course and, at the same time, important mediators of this document, the pedagogical project, the professorial activities, and the psychologist educational activities. The appropriation of the role of coordinator is a process that occurs in the course of the work itself and, in this sense, the need for permanent training to help the professional to deal with different demands of the course is highlighte

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The role of the mammalian DNA end-processing enzyme polynucleotide kinase 3'-phosphatase in spinocerebellar ataxia Type 3 pathogenesis

DNA strand-breaks (SBs) with non-ligatable ends are generated by ionizing radiation, oxidative stress, various chemotherapeutic agents, and also as base excision repair (BER) intermediates. Several neurological diseases have already been identified as being due to a deficiency in DNA end-processing activities. Two common dirty ends, 3'-P and 5'-OH, are processed by mammalian polynucleotide kinase 3'-phosphatase (PNKP), a bifunctional enzyme with 3'-phosphatase and 5'-kinase activities. We have made the unexpected observation that PNKP stably associates with Ataxin-3 (ATXN3), a polyglutamine repeat-containing protein mutated in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3), also known as Machado-Joseph Disease (MJD). This disease is one of the most common dominantly inherited ataxias worldwide; the defect in SCA3 is due to CAG repeat expansion (from the normal 14-41 to 55-82 repeats) in the ATXN3 coding region. However, how the expanded form gains its toxic function is still not clearly understood. Here we report that purified wild-type (WT) ATXN3 stimulates, and by contrast the mutant form specifically inhibits, PNKP's 3' phosphatase activity in vitro. ATXN3-deficient cells also show decreased PNKP activity. Furthermore, transgenic mice conditionally expressing the pathological form of human ATXN3 also showed decreased 3'-phosphatase activity of PNKP, mostly in the deep cerebellar nuclei, one of the most affected regions in MJD patients' brain. Finally, long amplicon quantitative PCR analysis of human MJD patients' brain samples showed a significant accumulation of DNA strand breaks. Our results thus indicate that the accumulation of DNA strand breaks due to functional deficiency of PNKP is etiologically linked to the pathogenesis of SCA3/MJD.This research was supported by USPHS grant NS073976 (TKH) and P30 ES 06676 that support the NIEHS Center Cell Biology Core and Molecular Genomics Core of UTMB’s NIEHS Center for DNA sequencing. TKP is supported by CA129537 and CA154320. This work was also supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia through the project [PTDC/SAU-GMG/101572/2008] and through fellowships [SFRH/BPD/91562/2012 to ASF, SFRH/BD/51059/2010 to ANC]. IB is supported by NIEHS R01 ES018948 and NIAID/AI06288

Inactivation of PNKP by mutant ATXN3 triggers apoptosis by activating the DNA damage-response pathway in SCA3.

Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3), also known as Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), is an untreatable autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease, and the most common such inherited ataxia worldwide. The mutation in SCA3 is the expansion of a polymorphic CAG tri-nucleotide repeat sequence in the C-terminal coding region of the ATXN3 gene at chromosomal locus 14q32.1. The mutant ATXN3 protein encoding expanded glutamine (polyQ) sequences interacts with multiple proteins in vivo, and is deposited as aggregates in the SCA3 brain. A large body of literature suggests that the loss of function of the native ATNX3-interacting proteins that are deposited in the polyQ aggregates contributes to cellular toxicity, systemic neurodegeneration and the pathogenic mechanism in SCA3. Nonetheless, a significant understanding of the disease etiology of SCA3, the molecular mechanism by which the polyQ expansions in the mutant ATXN3 induce neurodegeneration in SCA3 has remained elusive. In the present study, we show that the essential DNA strand break repair enzyme PNKP (polynucleotide kinase 3'-phosphatase) interacts with, and is inactivated by, the mutant ATXN3, resulting in inefficient DNA repair, persistent accumulation of DNA damage/strand breaks, and subsequent chronic activation of the DNA damage-response ataxia telangiectasia-mutated (ATM) signaling pathway in SCA3. We report that persistent accumulation of DNA damage/strand breaks and chronic activation of the serine/threonine kinase ATM and the downstream p53 and protein kinase C-d pro-apoptotic pathways trigger neuronal dysfunction and eventually neuronal death in SCA3. Either PNKP overexpression or pharmacological inhibition of ATM dramatically blocked mutant ATXN3-mediated cell death. Discovery of the mechanism by which mutant ATXN3 induces DNA damage and amplifies the pro-death signaling pathways provides a molecular basis for neurodegeneration due to PNKP inactivation in SCA3, and for the first time offers a possible approach to treatment.This study was funded by NIH grant NS073976 to TKH and a John Sealy Grant to PSS

MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL : A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occurrences in P ortugal

Mammals are threatened worldwide, with 26% of all species being includedin the IUCN threatened categories. This overall pattern is primarily associatedwith habitat loss or degradation, and human persecution for terrestrial mam-mals, and pollution, open net fishing, climate change, and prey depletion formarine mammals. Mammals play a key role in maintaining ecosystems func-tionality and resilience, and therefore information on their distribution is cru-cial to delineate and support conservation actions. MAMMALS INPORTUGAL is a publicly available data set compiling unpublishedgeoreferenced occurrence records of 92 terrestrial, volant, and marine mam-mals in mainland Portugal and archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira thatincludes 105,026 data entries between 1873 and 2021 (72% of the data occur-ring in 2000 and 2021). The methods used to collect the data were: live obser-vations/captures (43%), sign surveys (35%), camera trapping (16%),bioacoustics surveys (4%) and radiotracking, and inquiries that represent lessthan 1% of the records. The data set includes 13 types of records: (1) burrowsjsoil moundsjtunnel, (2) capture, (3) colony, (4) dead animaljhairjskullsjjaws, (5) genetic confirmation, (6) inquiries, (7) observation of live animal (8),observation in shelters, (9) photo trappingjvideo, (10) predators dietjpelletsjpine cones/nuts, (11) scatjtrackjditch, (12) telemetry and (13) vocalizationjecholocation. The spatial uncertainty of most records ranges between 0 and100 m (76%). Rodentia (n=31,573) has the highest number of records followedby Chiroptera (n=18,857), Carnivora (n=18,594), Lagomorpha (n=17,496),Cetartiodactyla (n=11,568) and Eulipotyphla (n=7008). The data setincludes records of species classified by the IUCN as threatened(e.g.,Oryctolagus cuniculus[n=12,159],Monachus monachus[n=1,512],andLynx pardinus[n=197]). We believe that this data set may stimulate thepublication of other European countries data sets that would certainly contrib-ute to ecology and conservation-related research, and therefore assisting onthe development of more accurate and tailored conservation managementstrategies for each species. There are no copyright restrictions; please cite thisdata paper when the data are used in publications.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio