INOVAÇÃO SOCIAL: UM ESTUDO SOBRE A PRODUÇÃO INTERNACIONAL NOS ÚLTIMOS 20 ANOS

O presente estudo busca analisar as características das publicações relacionadas ao tema inovação social, no período compreendido entre 1996 e 2015. A pesquisa foi realizada na base de dados Web of Science da ISI Web of Knowledge, procurando identificar os principais autores, idiomas e países das publicações, instituições, anos das publicações, áreas temáticas, títulos das fontes, bem como quais tópicos relacionados com inovação social estão sendo estudados e quais os mais relevantes. A partir dos resultados obtidos, constatou-se que a quantidade de artigos publicados aumentou gradativamente ao longo do período analisado, concentrando-se principalmente nos Estados Unidos, Inglaterra e Itália. Do total de trabalhos analisados, 92,88 % são escritos no idioma inglês, tendo como principais fontes o Lecture Notes in Computer Science, o Creativity Research Journal e o American Journal of Community Psychology.

Percepção e satisfação de estudantes estrangeiros em uma instituição de ensino pública

This work aims to analyze the overall adaptation and satisfaction with the current context of life, main perceived difficulties and satisfaction with specific aspects among undergraduate foreign students in a Federal Institution of Higher Education in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul, linked to the Student Program Agreement-Graduation (PEC-G). Six students, mostly from the African continent, participated in the study. The data were obtained through interviews, which were conducted between August and September 2017. Most of the students registered reasonable or good levels of adaptation. Among the main difficulties cited are the homesickness they feel about the family and the differences of the Brazilian education system in relation to the system they were accustomed to in their country of origin. The services they would seek at this moment would be medical and dental assistance, assistance in the search for housing, living spaces for foreigners, psychological guidance and guidance and career planning. The research also highlights the need to consider cultural aspects in the care of these students, especially in the reception period, because it is when they feel more difficult to adapt and organize their personal and academic life in the new country.Este trabalho tem como intuito analisar a adaptação e a satisfação globais com o atual contexto de vida, principais dificuldades percebidas e satisfação com aspectos específicos entre alunos estrangeiros de graduação em uma Instituição Federal de Ensino Superior do interior do Rio Grande do Sul, vinculados ao Programa Estudante Convênio-Graduação (PEC-G). Participaram da pesquisa seis estudantes, majoritariamente vindos do continente africano. Os dados foram obtidos por meio de entrevistas, as quais foram realizadas entre agosto e setembro de 2017. A maioria dos estudantes registrou níveis de adaptação razoáveis ou bons. Entre as principais dificuldades citadas, está a saudade que sentem da família e as diferenças do sistema de ensino brasileiro em relação ao sistema com o qual estavam acostumados em seu país de origem. Os serviços que buscariam neste momento seriam assistência médica e odontológica, assistência na busca por moradia, espaços de convivência para estrangeiros, orientação psicológica e orientação e planejamento de carreira. A pesquisa evidencia ainda a necessidade de considerar aspectos culturais no atendimento a estes alunos, especialmente no período de recepção, pois é quando eles sentem mais dificuldades para se adaptar e organizar a sua vida pessoal e acadêmica no novo país

Mapping sustainability initiatives in higher education institutions in Latin America

Many higher education institutions (HEIs) around the world are involved in a variety of sustainability initiatives. These are acknowledged to be important elements in fostering the cause of sustainability in HEIs, in further developing the organizations’ culture and in acting as enablers in the institutional embedding of sustainability. But despite the relevance of sustainability initiatives, there is a lack of systematic international efforts in how best to map them, especially in Latin America. On the basis of the need to address this gap, this paper reports on the results of an empirical study, aimed at analyzing the current status of sustainability initiatives among Latin American HEIs. Apart from a review of the latest literature, an international survey was performed to design a model using principal component analysis to identify the main descriptors of sustainability initiatives among Latin American HEIs and also the major drivers and challenges. The study sheds some light on the ways universities perceive and handle sustainability-related initiatives. The results show that sustainability is being incorporated in more than 80% of the sampled universities, and that a special emphasis is being given to campus operations. The value of the paper resides on the fact that it one of the few papers that have holistically investigated trends in sustainable development across universities in Latin America. The implications of the study are twofold. It maps for the first time how sustainable development initiatives are being practiced in 157 universities in 13 countries, being one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind, and it also outlines some of the main challenges that universities in the region face. The central message of this paper is that the different levels of emphasis given to SD in Latin American universities need to be better understood in order to catalyze continued and long-term actions

A criança com síndrome de Down: o sentido da inclusão no contexto da exclusão

O presente estudo tem por finalidade conhecer o processo de inclusão escolar de uma aluna do 2º ano do ensino fundamental com Síndrome de Down. Enfatizamos o objetivo da escola inclusiva, cuja intenção não é igualar a criança aos colegas, mas fazer com que aprenda dentro de suas possibilidades. Para que isso ocorra, é crucial que as crianças com deficiência tenham o apoio de que precisam, o respeito às suas limitações e a oferta de oportunidades adequadas, levando em consideração as diferenças individuais, com atividades diversificadas e motivadoras. A pesquisa, de natureza qualitativa, buscou, por meio da observação participante do cotidiano da criança Down e de questionários abertos aplicados com profissionais da educação, como a coordenadora, a professora regente e a auxiliar itinerante, apreender o processo de inclusão em uma escola pública do estado de Mato Grosso do Sul. A análise dos dados sistematizados e o aporte teórico sinalizaram que as escolas inclusivas devem reconhecer os fatores que influenciam o processo de inclusão e dar uma resposta a cada um deles, assegurando educação por meio de um currículo apropriado, modificações organizacionais, estratégias de ensino, uso apropriado de recursos e parcerias. As evidências levantadas nas observações, comparadas aos relatos, sustentam a ideia de que o apoio oferecido pela escola onde a pesquisa foi conduzida é insuficiente para uma inclusão bem-sucedida. O estudo realizado favoreceu a reflexão de que as escolas prescindem da sistematização dos seu tempos, espaços e relações, para que se efetive uma inclusão que supere o distanciamento entre o discurso e a prática

Student cruise: Observing techniques for Physical Oceanographers Cruise No. AL541

07.08.2020 – 10-08.2020 Kiel (Germany) – Kiel (Germany) MNF-Pher-110 The main purpose of the ALKOR cruise AL541 was the training of students in observational techniques used in physical oceanography. The students who participated in the trip attend the module "Measurement Methods of Oceanography" which is offered in the Bachelor program "Physics of the Earth System" at CAU Kiel. During the AL541 the students were instructed in instrument calibration and in the interpretation of measurement data at sea. In addition, the students had the opportunity to learn about working and living at sea and to explore and study the impact of physical processes on the western Baltic Sea, the sea at their doorstep. In addition, the students had the opportunity to learn about working and living at sea and to explore and investigate the effects of physical processes in the western Baltic Sea, the sea on their doorstep. Due to the COVID situation, only day trips could be made, to the Fehmarn Belt and to the time series station Boknis Eck. In the Fehmarn Belt, two sections were made (on 07 & 10.08.) and the tripod mooring could be recovered and deployed again. Measurements were taken at the Boknis Eck time series station and a section was acquired in the deep channel west of Kiel Bay

The Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS): improved SEDs, morphologies, and redshifts with 12 optical filters

The Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS) is imaging similar to 9300 deg(2) of the celestial sphere in 12 optical bands using a dedicated 0.8mrobotic telescope, the T80-South, at the Cerro Tololo Inter-american Observatory, Chile. The telescope is equipped with a 9.2k x 9.2k e2v detector with 10 mu m pixels, resulting in a field of view of 2 deg(2) with a plate scale of 0.55 arcsec pixel-1. The survey consists of four main subfields, which include two non-contiguous fields at high Galactic latitudes (vertical bar b vertical bar > 30 degrees, 8000 deg(2)) and two areas of the Galactic Disc and Bulge (for an additional 1300 deg(2)). S-PLUS uses the Javalambre 12-band magnitude system, which includes the 5 ugriz broad-band filters and 7 narrow-band filters centred on prominent stellar spectral features: the Balmer jump/[OII], Ca H + K, Hd, G band, Mg b triplet, H alpha, and the Ca triplet. S-PLUS delivers accurate photometric redshifts (dz /(1 + z) = 0.02 or better) for galaxies with r < 19.7 AB mag and z < 0.4, thus producing a 3D map of the local Universe over a volume of more than 1 (Gpc/h)(3). The final S-PLUS catalogue will also enable the study of star formation and stellar populations in and around the Milky Way and nearby galaxies, as well as searches for quasars, variable sources, and low-metallicity stars. In this paper we introduce the main characteristics of the survey, illustrated with science verification data highlighting the unique capabilities of S-PLUS. We also present the first public data release of similar to 336 deg(2) of the Stripe 82 area, in 12 bands, to a limiting magnitude of r = 21, available at datalab.noao.edu/splus.© 2019 The Author(s).Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical SocietyThe S-PLUS project, including the T80S robotic telescope and the S-PLUS scientific survey, was founded as a partnership between the Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP), the Observatorio Nacional (ON), the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), and the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), with important financial and practical contributions from other collaborating institutes in Brazil, Chile (Universidad de La Serena), and Spain (Centro de Estudios de Fisica del Cosmos de Aragon, CEFCA). The members of the collaboration are grateful for the support received from the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq; grants 312333/2014-5, 306968/2014-2, 142436/2014-3, 459553/2014-3, 400738/2014-7, 302037/2015-2, 312307/2015-2, 300336/2016-0, 304184/2016-0, 304971/2016-2, 401669/2016-5, 308968/2016-6, 309456/2016-9, 421687/2016-9, 150237/2017-0, 311331/2017-3, 304819/2017-4, and 200289/2017-9), FAPESP (grants 2009/54202-8, 2011/51680-6, 2014/07684-5, 2014/11806-9, 2014/13723-3, 2014/18632-6, 2016/17119-9, 2016/12331-0, 2016/21532-9, 2016/21664-2, 2016/23567-4, 2017/01461-2, 2017/23766-0, 2018/02444-7, and 2018/21661-9), the Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES; grants 88881.030413/2013-01 and 88881.156185/2017-01), the Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ; grants 202.876/2015, 202.835/2016, and 203.186/2016), the Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP; grants 1217/13-01.13.0279.00 and 0859/10-01.10.0663.00), the Direccion de Investigacion y Desarrollo de la Universidad de La Serena (DIDULS/ULS; projects PR16143 and PTE16146 and the Programa de Investigadores Asociados), and the Direccion de Postgrado y Postitulo. TCB, VMP, and DDW acknowledge the support from the Physics Frontier Center for the Evolution of the Elements (JINA-CEE) through the US National Science Foundation (grant PHY 14-30152). JLNC is grateful for financial support received from the Southern Office of Aerospace Research and development (SOARD; grants FA9550-15-1-0167 and FA9550-18-1-0018) of the Air Force Office of the Scientific Research International Office of the United States (AFOSR/IO). YJT and RAD acknowledge support from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) I-COOP + 2016 program (grant COOPB20263), and the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry, and Competitiveness (MINECO; grants AYA2013-48623-C2-1-P and AYA2016-81065-C2-1-P). RAOM acknowledges support from the Direccion General de Asuntos del Personal Academico of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (DGAPA-UNAM) through a post-doctoral fellowship from the Programa de Becas Posdoctorales en la UNAM. This work has made use of data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Funding for the SDSS and SDSS-II has been provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Participating Institutions, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Enenergy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Japanese Monbukagakusho, the Max Planck Society, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England. The SDSS Web Site is http://www.sdss.org/.The SDSS is managed by the Astrophysical Research Consortium for the Participating Institutions. The Participating Institutions are the American Museum of Natural History, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, University of Basel, University of Cambridge, Case Western Reserve University, University of Chicago, Drexel University, Fermilab, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Japan Participation Group, Johns Hopkins University, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, the Korean Scientist Group, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (LAMOST), Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics (MPA), the New Mexico State University, Ohio State University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Portsmouth, Princeton University, the United States Naval Observatory, and the University of Washington. This publication makes use of data products from the Widefield Infrared Survey Explorer, which is a joint project of the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. We are grateful for the contributions of CTIO staff in helping in the construction, commissioning, and maintenance of the telescope and camera and we are particularly thankful to the CTIO director, Steve Heathcote, for his support at every phase, without which this project would not have been completed. We thank Cesar Iniguez for making the 2D measurements of the filter transmissions at CEFCA. We warmly thank David Cristobal-Hornillos and his group for helping us to install and run the reduction package JYPE version 0.9.9 in the S-PLUS computer system in Chile. We warmly thank Mariano Moles, Javier Cenarro, Tamara Civera, Sergio Chueca, Javier Hernandez Fuertes, Antonio Marin Franch, Jesus Varella, and Hector Vazquez Ramio -the success of the S-PLUS project relies on the dedication of these and other CEFCA staff members in building OAJ and running J-PLUS and J-PAS. We deeply thank Rene Laporte and INPE, as well as Keith Taylor, for their contributions to the T80S camera

The Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS): improved SEDs, morphologies, and redshifts with 12 optical filters

International audienceThe Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS) is imaging ∼9300 deg2 of the celestial sphere in 12 optical bands using a dedicated 0.8 m robotic telescope, the T80-South, at the Cerro Tololo Inter-american Observatory, Chile. The telescope is equipped with a 9.2k × 9.2k e2v detector with 10 {μ m} pixels, resulting in a field of view of 2 deg2 with a plate scale of 0.55 arcsec pixel-1. The survey consists of four main subfields, which include two non-contiguous fields at high Galactic latitudes (|b| > 30°, 8000 deg2) and two areas of the Galactic Disc and Bulge (for an additional 1300 deg2). S-PLUS uses the Javalambre 12-band magnitude system, which includes the 5 ugriz broad-band filters and 7 narrow-band filters centred on prominent stellar spectral features: the Balmer jump/[OII], Ca H + K, H δ, G band, Mg b triplet, H α, and the Ca triplet. S-PLUS delivers accurate photometric redshifts (δz/(1 + z) = 0.02 or better) for galaxies with r 2 of the Stripe 82 area, in 12 bands, to a limiting magnitude of r = 21, available at datalab.noao.edu/splus