Cultura Indígena: Una Nueva Mirada para la Enseñanza de la Lengua Española

O CONGRESSO DE INTERNACIONALIZAÇÃO DA EDUCAÇÃO SUPERIOR – CIES 2019 é um evento in- ternacional, que reúne professores, pesquisadores e estudantes de graduação e pós-graduação para divulgar a produção científica no campo da Internacionalização do Ensino Superior e fortalecer a cooperação internacional entre diferentes instituições de ensino e grupos de pesquisa no âmbito do MERCOSUL. A iniciativa é fruto de uma parceria entre pesquisadores da Universidade Federal da Integra- ção Latino-Americana (UNILA - Brasil), a Universidad Nacional del Litoral (UNL - Argentina), a Uni- versidad Nacional de Asunción (UNA - Paraguay) e a Universidad de la República (UDeLaR - Uru- guay), que atuam em projetos vinculados ao Setor Educacional do MERCOSUL, no Núcleo de Estudos e Investigações em Educação Superior. O evento será realizado nos dias 4, 5 e 6 de Setembro de 2019 no campus PTI da UNILA, dentro do Parque Tecnológico da Usina Hidrelétrica de Itaipu, na cidade de Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brasil. A UNILA, sede do evento, é uma universidade temática criada em 2010 pelo governo federal do Brasil com a missão institucional de formar recursos humanos aptos a contribuir com a integra- ção latino-americana, com o desenvolvimento regional e com o intercâmbio cultural, científico e educacional da América Latina, especialmente no MERCOSUL. Sua finalidade, portanto, é conver- ter-se em um espaço de encontros, de trocas e de aprendizagem mútua, que reforçam o compro- misso em prol da pertinência, da excelência e da construção sustentável de um mundo melhor.El objetivo de este estudio fue averiguar si la enseñanza de la lengua española, con el uso de cuentos y leyendas tradicionales indigenistas contribuyen en la práctica de la cultura de la región de Amajarí/Roraima. La selección del espacio para la realización de este estudio fue el Municipio de Amajarí, específicamente en la comunidad de Araçá, donde predomina las etnias: Macuxi, Wapixana y Taurepang, el referido municipio cuenta con el total de 9.327 habitantes (IBGE, 2017)¹. El estado de Roraima tiene gran presencia de etnias indígenas, así como muchos ríos, montes e instituciones gubernamental, en que sus nombres están relacionados con las lenguas indígenas (SPOTTI, 2011)². Araça es una comunidad tranquila, donde las personas son muy social y cordiales. El material utilizado en proceso de aprendizaje de una segunda lengua debe ser legítimo. Según Leffa (2008)³ estos materiales deben todavía representar el contexto de situación real de uso de la lengua estudiada, incluyendo las conversaciones los ruidos y los textos escritos, no debe se restringir solamente a periódicos, anuncios y carta, más todo que el hablante este expuesto en su rutina. La utilización de los cuentos y leyendas tradicionales indigenistas en el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje de la lengua española fue un factor positivo, luego percibimos que hubo aprendizaje tanto de la lengua española, como de los cuentos y leyendas tradicionales indigenistas de Amajari, pues la mayoría de los estudiantes comprendían las historias contadas en la lengua española y pronunciaban con facilidad las palabras en español. Siendo que los propios estudiantes, ya estaban practicando su cultura, al describieren a sus amigos aún en el espacio de la escuela, las historias contadas en clase de aula. La investigación se caracteriza por ser cualitativa, con el uso de la investigación bibliográfica y la investigación de campo. La recolección de datos se realizó mediante la aplicación de doce clases de lengua española, donde utilizamos como instrumento de enseñanza y aprendizaje las historias indigenistas que son conocidos por los ancianos de la región. Aplicamos entrevistas semiestructurada y aún pesquisa participante, en la cual los jóvenes tuvieron un importante papel en su desarrollo, pues además de conocer los cuentos, leyendas y la lengua española, ellos tuvieron que practicar la tradición de su comunidad, el acto de “narrar”. Analizados los materiales colectados, se pudo verificar que existe un mejor aprendizaje de los contenidos por los alumnos cuando utilizamos las leyendas. Fue notorio que, lo aprendido, por los estudiantes, se lleva al cotidiano, de esta manera si el profesor ministrara sus clases con base en la realidad local, llevando en cuenta las costumbres de la comunidad, se mantendrían activos aspectos culturales importantes. Los resultados apuntan que, más allá de los cuentos y leyendas tradicionales indigenistas contribuyeren en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje de la lengua española.Núcleo de Estudios e Investigaciones en Educación Superior del Mercosur - NUCLEO Grupo Interdisciplinar de Pesquisa em Educação na América Latina – EducAL/UNILA Instituto Mercosul de Estudos Avançados – IMEA/UNILA Pró-Reitoria de Relações Institucionais e Internacionais – PROINT/UNIL

Drift-Free Position Estimation of Periodic or Quasi-Periodic Motion Using Inertial Sensors

Position sensing with inertial sensors such as accelerometers and gyroscopes usually requires other aided sensors or prior knowledge of motion characteristics to remove position drift resulting from integration of acceleration or velocity so as to obtain accurate position estimation. A method based on analytical integration has previously been developed to obtain accurate position estimate of periodic or quasi-periodic motion from inertial sensors using prior knowledge of the motion but without using aided sensors. In this paper, a new method is proposed which employs linear filtering stage coupled with adaptive filtering stage to remove drift and attenuation. The prior knowledge of the motion the proposed method requires is only approximate band of frequencies of the motion. Existing adaptive filtering methods based on Fourier series such as weighted-frequency Fourier linear combiner (WFLC), and band-limited multiple Fourier linear combiner (BMFLC) are modified to combine with the proposed method. To validate and compare the performance of the proposed method with the method based on analytical integration, simulation study is performed using periodic signals as well as real physiological tremor data, and real-time experiments are conducted using an ADXL-203 accelerometer. Results demonstrate that the performance of the proposed method outperforms the existing analytical integration method

Malaria epidemiology in central Myanmar: identification of a multi-species asymptomatic reservoir of infection.

BACKGROUND: The spread of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum is a global health concern. Myanmar stands at the frontier of artemisinin-resistant P. falciparum. Myanmar also has the highest reported malaria burden in Southeast Asia; it is integral in the World Health Organization's plan to eliminate malaria in Southeast Asia, yet few epidemiological data exist for the general population in Myanmar. METHODS: This cross-sectional, probability household survey was conducted in Phyu township, Bago Region (central Myanmar), during the wet season of 2013. Interviewers collected clinical and behavioural data, recorded tympanic temperature and obtained dried blood spots for malaria PCR and serology. Plasmodium falciparum positive samples were tested for genetic mutations in the K13 region that may confer artemisinin resistance. Estimated type-specific malaria PCR prevalence and seroprevalence were calculated, with regression analysis to identify risk factors for seropositivity to P. falciparum. Data were weighted to account for unequal selection probabilities. RESULTS: 1638 participants were sampled (500 households). Weighted PCR prevalence was low (n = 41, 2.5%) and most cases were afebrile (93%). Plasmodium falciparum was the most common species (n = 19. 1.1%) and five (26%) P. falciparum samples harboured K13 mutations. Plasmodium knowlesi was detected in 1.0% (n = 16) and Plasmodium vivax was detected in 0.4% (n = 7). Seroprevalence was 9.4% for P. falciparum and 3.1% for P. vivax. Seroconversion to P. falciparum was 0.003/year in the whole population, but 16-fold higher in men over 23 years old (LR test p = 0.016). DISCUSSION: This is the first population-based seroprevalence study from central Myanmar. Low overall prevalence was discovered. However, these data suggest endemic transmission continues, probably associated with behavioural risk factors amongst working-age men. Genetic mutations associated with P. falciparum artemisinin resistance, the presence of P. knowlesi and discrete demographic risk groups present opportunities and challenges for malaria control. Responses targeted to working-age men, capable of detecting sub-clinical infections, and considering all species will facilitate malaria elimination in this setting

Sensing of physiological hand tremor for real-time compensation in micromanipulation

231 p.Human hand motion comprises intended and involuntary or erroneous motion, in which physiological tremor is the most common erroneous motion degrading manipulation accuracy in microsurgery. Many engineering approaches exist to improve microsurgery manipulation accuracy and telerobotics is a popular but costly approach. To reduce cost, Micron, a hand-held instrument that can compensate erroneous motion of a surgical tool tip is previously designed and developed.DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (MAE

Design and development of a robot for neurorehabilitation

Robots and mechatronic devices have significant potential to deliver effective therapy to individuals with a movement disability following a neurologic injury such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, or cerebral palsy. For over 25 years, personal assistant robots for severely disabled individuals have been in development. In this report, design and development of a robot for neurorehabilitation is described. We have designed the robot from scratch cost-effectively and safely, which is capable of moving an upper limb in simple predetermined trajectories by directly controlling the position of the patient's hand. Consequently, the robot can produce repeatable movement patterns in the paretic (relating to or suffering from slight or incomplete paralysis) arm of the patients.Master of Science (Biomedical Engineering

Design and Calibration of an Optical Micro Motion Sensing System for Micromanipulation Tasks

Abstract-An optical sensing system has been developed using a pair of orthogonally placed position sensitive detectors (PSD) to track 3D displacement of a microsurgical instrument tip in real-time. An infrared (IR) diode is used to illuminate the workspace. A ball is attached to the tip of an intraocular shaft to reflect IR rays onto the PSDs. Instrument tip position is then calculated from the centroid positions of reflected IR light on the respective PSDs. The system can be used to assess the accuracy of hand-held microsurgical instruments and operator performance in micromanipulation tasks, such as microsurgeries. In order to eliminate inherent nonlinearity of the PSDs and lenses, calibration is performed using a feedforward neural network. After calibration, percentage RMS error is reduced from about 5.46 % to about 0.16%. The system RMS noise is about 0.7 µm. The sampling rate of the system is 250 Hz

Preliminary Investigation of Water Level Fluctuation in Yemyet In

Wetlands are among the world's most productive environments. Meanwhile, they are also the most threatened ecosystems in the world. Yemyet In is located in Sagaing Township, also an important wetland and natural resource for its surrounding area in the Dry Zone area of Myanmar. There has an area of 28.5 square miles (18240 acres) in the period of flood and 23.15 square miles (14813 acres) in that of normal. Small changes in precipitation and stream inflows strongly affect the extent of the lake surface area. For times when there are no satellite images, it is difficult to determine the extent of the lake from observations. Water balance computations were performed to create a water-level series for Yemyet In extending back in time. The water-balance computations confirm the crude Local people knowledge about historical lake status. It is found that if the average monthly precipitation is less than 2.45 feet during the wet season around Yemyet In, there is a risk that this shallow lake dries out in the dry season. This paper also conducts the fluctuation patterns of Water level and processes of fluctuation from the perspective of physical condition and human activitie

Transfer function compensation in gyroscope-free inertial measurement units for accurate angular motion sensing

Gyroscope-free inertial measurement units have been gaining popularity in applications such as motion sensing of handheld microsurgical instruments. Various accelerometer placement configurations have been proposed in the past. However, the effect of nonidentical transfer functions of accelerometers on the accuracy of angular motion sensing has been underestimated and never been taken into consideration. In this letter, significant effect of different phases at different accelerometer outputs due to nonidentical transfer functions on the accuracy is highlighted, and a method is proposed to make the transfer functions of all the accelerometers identical. Effectiveness of the method is confirmed with an experiment using ADXL-203 accelerometers