Development and validation of scenarios for the assessment of project management people competences

The development of project management competences, particularly people competences, is a challenging and complex process. Scenario-based learning is an interesting approach to developing these competences, involving real problems that allow you to face challenges based on your own experience. In this sense, scenarios act as the starting point for diving into a real-world problem and fostering the whole process of decision making and searching for solutions. The International Project Management Association (IPMA) has defined an Individual Competence Baseline (ICB 4.0) standard for the development of the project management area of knowledge. The standard shows, besides other competences, the following 10 people competences: personal communication; leadership; teamwork; self-reflection and self-management; personal integrity and reliability; relationships and engagement; resourcefulness; conflict and crisis; negotiation; and result orientation. Development and assessment of these competences are increasingly important for the people working on projects. In addition, there is an accreditation process for these professionals that is increasingly required by organizations. The process involves an assessment of technical qualifications to improve task performance. In this sense, this paper aims to describe the development and validation of ten project management scenarios that allow the assessment of people competences. The methodology of the study comprised six phases. In addition, two pilot applications were conducted with the proposal to assess competence of the scenarios developed. The findings reveal that the scenarios can be used as an alternative approach to the accreditation process of professionals who work in project management.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Levantamento preliminar de plantas apícolas no Herbário IAN.

Com o objetivo de apresentar uma lista das plantas apícolas no estado do Pará, realizou-se no período de abril a junho de 2013 o levantamento de plantas apícolas pertencentes ao acervo do Herbário IAN. De forma preliminar, foram selecionados os registros tombados das espécies consideradas como plantas apícolas pela bibliografia utilizada ou que continham a observação de que foram visitadas por abelhas. Essas exsicatas foram separadas para compor a seção de plantas apícolas do herbário. Posteriormente, esse estudo incluirá plantas coletadas em que forem visualizadas abelhas, indicadas pelos produtores locais como plantas apícolas ou aquelas identificadas por meio de análise palinológica. Foram encontradas 303 espécies de plantas consideradas apícolas, que estão distribuídas em 80 famílias, dentre as quais Leguminosae, Euphorbiaceae, Malvaceae e Convolvulaceae foram as que apresentaram maior riqueza de espécies

Levantamento preliminar de Psychotria L. (Rubiaceae) no estado do Pará.

Realizou-se, no período de outubro/2010 a janeiro/2011, o levantamento dos táxons de Psychotria (Rubiaceae) ocorrentes no Estado do Pará. Este estudo foi baseado no acervo do Herbário IAN da Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, o qual conta com suas coleções informatizadas através do Sistema BRAHMS (Botanical Research and Herbarium Management System). As informações sobre Psychotria disponíveis no banco de dados foram conferidas e corrigidas, quando necessário, de acordo com a etiqueta das respectivas exsicatas. Dados de novos exemplares que ainda não constavam no banco de dados, foram adicionados. A grafia referente aos nomes científicos foi conferida e corrigida com base na Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil (Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro) e no banco de dados W3Tropicos (Missouri Botanical Garden). No acervo do Herbário IAN, foram encontrados 1.201 exemplares de Psychotria classificados em 158 espécies, das quais 57 foram coletadas no Estado do Pará. Verificou-se que as regiões centro-sul e noroeste do Estado não apresentam espécimes desse gênero no acervo. Os resultados obtidos são ainda preliminares, sendo necessário o acréscimo de informações de outros herbários como INPA, K, MG, MO, NY e RB e a revisão nomenclatural dos táxonsPIBIC-2011

Determination of parathion in biological fluids by means of direct Solid Phase Microextraction.

A new and simple procedure for the determination of parathion in human whole blood and urine using direct immersion (DI) solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) is presented. This technique was developed using only 100 ìL of sample, and ethion was used as internal standard (IS). A 65-ìm Carbowax/divinylbenzene (CW/DVB) SPME fibre was selected for sampling, and the main parameters affecting the SPME process such as extraction temperature, adsorption and desorption time, salt addition, agitation and pH effect were optimized to enhance the sensitivity of the method. This optimization was also performed to allow the qualitative determination of parathion’s main metabolite, paraoxon, in blood. The limits of detection and quantitation for parathion were 3 and 10 ng/mL for urine and 25 and 50 ng/mL for blood, respectively. For paraoxon, the limit of detection was 50 ng/mL in blood. The method showed linearity between the LOQ and 50 ìg/mL for both matrices, with correlation coefficients ranging from 0.9954 to 0.9999. Precision and accuracy were in conformity with the criteria normally accepted in bioanalytical method validation. The mean absolute recoveries were 35.1% for urine and 6.7% for blood. Other parameters such as dilution of sample and stability were also validated. Its simplicity and the fact that only 100 ìL of sample is required to accomplish the analysis make this method useful in forensic toxicology laboratories to determine this compound in intoxications, and it can be considered an alternative to other methods normally used for the determination of this compound in biological media

Conhecendo espécies de plantas da Amazônia: ingá-costela (Inga capitata desv. - Leguminosae).

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Conhecendo espécies de plantas da Amazônia: imbaúba-vermelha (Cecropia palmata Willd. - Urticaceae).

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PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AN ADHOC WIRELESS NETWORK IN A TYPICAL SCENERIO OF AN AMAZONIAN AREA (REGIONS IN AMAZON)

ABSTRACT This paper aims at verifying the viability of the application of an ad-hoc network for medical services rendered in a typical scenery of an Amazonian area. It had been evaluated the performance of an ad-hoc net considering the current technology. Four routing protocols (DSR, LOG, AODV and DSDV) were used and two radio propagation models (Two-ray Ground and Shadowing) were tested. Furthermore, two transport protocols (TCP -Transmission Control Protocol and UDP -User Datagram Protocol) were involved in the process. The analysis was made by means of simulation using the Network Simulator. Throughput, delay, blocking probability, number of established connections and scalability were the performance measures used

Conhecendo espécies de plantas da Amazônia: ingá-vermelha [Inga alba (Sw.) Willd. - Leguminosae - Mimosoideae].

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