Intellectual capital of Technology-Based Incubators

The objective of this work is to evaluate the associations between the intellectual capital of technology-based incubators in the sustainability of incubated companies located in Portugal. For this purpose, the methodological strategy employed was the survey, and to test the hypotheses the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling PLS-SEM method was applied from a sample of 82 incubated company managers. The results show that the intellectual capital of the incubator company has a direct and positive relationship with the innovative capacity, satisfaction, and sustainability of the incubated company. In turn, the incubated company’s innovative capacity has a direct and positive impact on sustainability itself. In addition, both the sustainability of the incubated company and its levels of satisfaction with the incubated company has a positive and direct impact on its competitive success. The management implications include the perception that the greater the effort to improve the human capital, structural capital, and relational capital of the incubated companies, the better will be the results achieved in supporting companies, helping start-ups develop sustainably and competitively in the market.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

O lugar do corpo na escola: uma revisão da abordagem psicomotora direcionada a crianças de 4 a 6 anos

O presente trabalho tem como tema “O lugar do corpo na escola: uma abordagem psicomotora direcionada a crianças de 4 a 6 anos”. Trata-se de uma revisão do conhecimento sobre o que é psicomotricidade, sua origem e como interfere na Educação Infantil. Seu principal objetivo é enfatizar a importância do movimento na aprendizagem dos alunos de 4 a 6 anos, seguido pelos objetivos específicos; organizar uma fonte de orientação para professores da Educação Infantil, relacionar a pratica psicomotora à aprendizagem cognitiva, evidenciar a formação do professor da Educação Infantil quanto a vivencia e a pratica de atividades psicomotoras e abordar a relação entre afetividade e aprendizagem. Com isso pode-se constatar que o universo da psicomotricidade é único é muito mais amplo do que os professores imaginam. Este estudo vem afirmar que a psicomotricidade quando contemplada em sua totalidade possibilita o desenvolvimento amplo e global da criança, coordenando mente e corpo

Intake behavior of dairy cattle fed with crambe meal in soybean meal replacement

Todos os textos, informa??es e resultados apresentados s?o de inteira responsabilidade dos autores.A crescente preocupa??o mundial com o meio ambiente juntamente com a busca por fontes de energia renov?veis coloca o biodiesel no centro das aten??es e interesses. Assim, considerando a alimenta??o animal como elo entre a produ??o de biodiesel e a pecu?ria, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o comportamento ingestivo de bovinos leiteiros em consequ?ncia da substitui??o do farelo de soja (FS) pelo farelo de crambe (Crambe abyssinica) (FC). Foram utilizados quatro machos castrados Holand?s x Zebu, fistulados no r?men, com peso vivo m?dio de 664 kg, distribu?dos em delineamento quadrado latino 4 x 4. Os tratamentos consistiram em quatro dietas isoproteicas e isoenerg?ticas, formuladas com rela??o volumoso: concentrado 60:40 com base na mat?ria seca (MS). O volumoso foi composto de silagem de milho (51% MS) e feno de Tifton (49% MS), e o concentrado formulado com n?veis crescentes de substitui??o do farelo de soja pelo farelo de crambe em 0%, 2,8%, 6,4% e 11,0% na MS da dieta. O comportamento ingestivo foi avaliado atrav?s do m?todo direto de avalia??o visual, em intervalos de 10 minutos, durante per?odos de 24 horas. Registrou-se a frequ?ncia de alimenta??o, rumina??o e ?cio e a posi??o do animal (em p? ou em dec?bito). As vari?veis em p? e em dec?bito n?o diferiram entre os tratamentos, assim como os tempos gastos em alimenta??o, rumina??o e ?cio. A substitui??o do farelo de soja por farelo de crambe mostra-se como uma boa alternativa uma vez que n?o alterou o comportamento ingestivo. Contudo, ? importante ressaltar que estudos sobre o aproveitamento de coprodutos gerados na cadeia produtiva do biodiesel s?o bastante incipientes, e investiga??es aprofundadas devem ser feitas com intuito de agregar esses coprodutos aos sistemas de produ??o.ABSTRACT The growing global concern for the environment, along with the search for renewable energy sources puts biodiesel in the spotlight and interests. Thus, considering the feed animal as a link between the production of biodiesel and livestock, this study aimed to evaluate the feeding behavior of dairy cattle as a result of replacement of soybean meal (SBM) by crambe meal (Crambe abyssinica) (FC). Four male Holstein x Zebu were used, fistulated in the rumen, with average live weight of 664 kg, distributed in Latin square design 4 x 4. The treatments consisted of four isoproteic and isocaloric diets formulated with roughage: concentrate 60:40 with based on dry matter (DM). The forage was composed of corn silage (51% DM) and Tifton hay (49% DM), and concentrate formulated with increasing levels of replacement of soybean meal by crambe meal at 0%, 2.8%, 6,4% and 11.0% in the diet DM. The feeding behavior was measured using the direct method of visual evaluation, in 10-minute intervals during a 24 hour period. It was registered the feeding frequency, rumination and idleness and the animal's position (standing or recumbent). The variables standing and recumbent did not differ between treatments, and the time spent in feeding, rumination and idleness (p>0,05). The crambe meal replacement for soybean meal is shown as a good alternative as it does not alter feeding behavior. However, studies on the use of co-products generated in the biodiesel production chain are quite incipient and thorough investigations must be made in order to add these co-products to production systems

Ethnoknowledge of medicinal and mystical plants used by healers in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Northeast Brazil

154-166The aim of this study was to investigate the use of medicinal plants by healers in Juazeiro do Norte, Northeast Brazil, as well as to understand their role in prayer/healing practices. 30 residents from 20 neighborhoods, 18 urban neighborhoods and 2 randomly selected rural locations, were interviewed using a sample method known as "snowball", with two pilot interviews being initially conducted, where for greater method reliability and for the analysis of the importance attributed to the plants by the respondents, a calculation to determine their Relative Importance (RI) index was used. The results indicate the use of 60 species distributed across 34 families. The most representative families were: Fabaceae (7), Lamiaceae (6) and Asteraceae (5), where 10 species (eight exotic and two native) obtained a Relative Importance (RI>1): Ruta graveolens L. (1.47), Vernonia condensata Baker (1.47), Piper aduncun L. (1.44), Mentha spicata L. (1.33), Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão (1.3), Psidium guajava L. (1.19), Hymenaea stignocarpa Mart. ex. Hayne (1.15), Lippia alba (Mil.) (1.11), Leonotis nepetaefolia (L.) R. Br. (1.08) and Cymbopogon citratus (D.C.) Stapf (1.01). The aforementioned species are acquired from backyards (50%), open markets (33.3%) or from surrounding scrubs (16.6%). Indications included usage for 11 body systems, with 36 species (60%) being indicated for the treatment of the digestive system and 15 (25%) for the treatment of diseases of the female reproductive system. Nine species (15%) were indicated for ritualistic purposes (prayer/healing). With this, the importance of the Healer figure in several municipal districts was observed, a tradition that remains alive, despite the need for greater transmission and assimilation to upcoming generations