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    Tourism Master Plan For The Island Of Santiago, Cape Verde : 2020–2030 – Part 1

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    Cape Verde, a small insular development economy (SIDS), has been confronted and faces various economic, social and environmental constraints throughout its history that have been conditioning its growth strategy. In recent years, tourism has been growing and consolidating an important contribution to economic development, which is observable in the evolution of the number of nights spent in the country, revenue, number of guests, employment generation, and incentive to export among others. The gross added value of tourism currently has a weight that is already more than 20% of its GDP (excluding the COVID-19 pandemic period). Aware of this potential, the Government created conditions for a greater use of its effects as a mobilizing factor in the economy. Accordingly, various official supporting documents and strategic orientations have been approved, such as the Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development and the Main Options of the Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development for the Tourism Activity. It was also decided that each island or region should develop its own strategic tourism plan (Masterplan). This paper integrates the main strategic reflections regarding the Tourism Master Plan for the Island of Santiago. Revenue from tourism on the Island of Santiago, where the capital of Cape Verde is located, has been much less than the values of the main islands with a high volume of tourists – Sal and Boa Vista. However, the potential of Santiago is high, and therefore it is necessary to adopt the correct measures required to transform this potential into reality. Therefore, this paper presents a short, medium and long-term vision, with a proposal for strategic objectives that will constitute the anchor on which all operational strategic and objectives that will translate into specific lines of action will be based. In summary, this document proposes a strategy based on a diversified and differentiated touristic offer from the other islands of the country, which maximises its potential, counteracting regional asymmetries and preserving the historical and intangible heritage, as well as the natural resources, with the aim for the whole population to benefit from the resultant economic development, especially the most disadvantaged.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

    Tourism Master Plan For The Island Of Santiago, Cape Verde : 2020–2030 – Part 2

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    Cape Verde, a small insular development economy (SIDS), has been confronted and faces various economic, social and environmental constraints throughout its history that have been conditioning its growth strategy. In recent years, tourism has been growing and consolidating an important contribution to economic development, which is observable in the evolution of the number of nights spent in the country, revenue, number of guests, employment generation, and incentive to exports, among others. The gross added value of tourism currently has a weight that is already more than 20% of its GDP (excluding the COVID-19 pandemic period). Aware of this potential, the government created conditions for a greater use of its effects as a mobilizing factor in the economy, as reflected in various official supporting documents and strategic orientations, such as the Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development, and the Main Options of the Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development for the Tourism Activity. The Government decided that each island or region should develop its own strategic tourism plan (Masterplan). This paper proposes several main strategic reflections about the Tourism Master Plan for the Island of Santiago in order to improve its competitiveness.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

    Projeto de intervenção: capacitar os profissionais de enfermagem do hospital municipal Nossa Senhora da Penha de Conceição do Castelo no atendimento de urgência e emergência no extra e intra hospitalar

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    TCC(especialização) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem. Linhas de Cuidado em Urgência e EmergênciaA capacitação dos profissionais que atuam em unidades de emergência, no Brasil, tornou-se aspecto relevante somente a partir da década de 80, entretanto, a escassez de estudos de enfermagem na literatura nacional determina a necessidade constante manter investigações que retratam a realidade do contexto nacional. Deste modo, a elaboração da capacitação oferece um olhar diferenciado do atendimento na urgência e emergência, de forma proporcionará mais segurança para os profissionais atuarem. Com base nestes parâmetros, será proposta para os profissionais de enfermagem do Hospital Municipal Nossa Senhora da Penha de Conceição do Castelo no atendimento extra e intra – hospitalar, na pretensão de colaborar para uma reflexão quanto à importância de se utilizar a adequadamente o serviço de urgência e emergencia garantindo um acesso de qualidade e com um prognostico diferenciado

    Discriminating different classes of biological networks by analyzing the graphs spectra distribution

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    The brain's structural and functional systems, protein-protein interaction, and gene networks are examples of biological systems that share some features of complex networks, such as highly connected nodes, modularity, and small-world topology. Recent studies indicate that some pathologies present topological network alterations relative to norms seen in the general population. Therefore, methods to discriminate the processes that generate the different classes of networks (e.g., normal and disease) might be crucial for the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of the disease. It is known that several topological properties of a network (graph) can be described by the distribution of the spectrum of its adjacency matrix. Moreover, large networks generated by the same random process have the same spectrum distribution, allowing us to use it as a "fingerprint". Based on this relationship, we introduce and propose the entropy of a graph spectrum to measure the "uncertainty" of a random graph and the Kullback-Leibler and Jensen-Shannon divergences between graph spectra to compare networks. We also introduce general methods for model selection and network model parameter estimation, as well as a statistical procedure to test the nullity of divergence between two classes of complex networks. Finally, we demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed methods by applying them on (1) protein-protein interaction networks of different species and (2) on networks derived from children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and typically developing children. We conclude that scale-free networks best describe all the protein-protein interactions. Also, we show that our proposed measures succeeded in the identification of topological changes in the network while other commonly used measures (number of edges, clustering coefficient, average path length) failed

    Reasons and benefits associated with ISO 9001 - Certification for sugar and ethanol companies

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    With increasing business competitiveness, companies have sought to adapt their processes and / or products to worldwide established quality standards in order to achieve a greater share of consumers having as favorable aspect the quality assurance of the products and/or services provided. It was observed that companies of different sizes have different challenges regarding the certification however, the degree of difficulty is the same for all of them. The objective of this paper is to verify the reasons for the implementation of ISO 9001, the obstacles encountered during the implementation, the benefits arising from the use of the quality management system and the degree of difficulty to implement this standard. This work was developed based on a survey involving companies certified with ISO 9001:2008 from the productive sector of sugar, ethanol and derivatives of sugarcane, located in all Brazilian states. It was observed that companies of different sizes have different challenges regarding the certification however the degree of difficulty is the same for all of them. Thus, we believe that expected results represent a very important contribution to examining the reasons, benefits and difficulties of the ISO 9001 to both, the companies and certification bodies, and to researchers.CAPES Foundation, (Process PE024/2008), the FAPEMIG Foundation (Processes: T EC-PPM-00520/13 and TEC-PPM-000 58-13) and the CNPq (Processes: 2 49160/2013-7, 310660/ 2012-2, 401082/2 014-8 and 478509/2012-

    Reasons, benefits and difficulties associated with ISO 9001 certification for sugar and ethanol companies

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    Purpose: With increasing business competitiveness, companies have sought to adapt their processes and / or products to worldwide established quality standards in order to achieve a greater share of consumers having as favorable aspect the quality assurance of the products and/or services provided. It was observed that companies of different sizes have different challenges regarding the certification however, the degree of difficulty is the same for all of them. The objective of this paper is to verify the reasons for the implementation of ISO 9001, the obstacles encountered during the implementation, the benefits arising from the use of the quality management system and the degree of difficulty to implement this standard. Design/methodology/approach: This work was developed based on a survey involving companies certified with ISO 9001:2008 from the productive sector of sugar, ethanol and derivatives of sugarcane, located in all Brazilian states. Findings: It was observed that companies of different sizes have different challenges regarding the certification however the degree of difficulty is the same for all of them. Originality/value: Thus, we believe that expected results represent a very important contribution to examining the reasons, benefits and difficulties of the ISO 9001 to both, the companies and certification bodies, and to researchers

    Propaganda enganosa : o profissional da propaganda tem algo com isso?

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    A presente pesquisa trata do fenômeno da propaganda enganosa, norteada pela perspectiva da atividade de propaganda. O objetivo geral é investigar, quantificar e analisar a eventual participação de profissional da propaganda em situações de embate contestatório; os específicos são: (a) conhecer o perfil e atuação do profissional da propaganda, (b) apreender o significado de propaganda, e (c) investigar, quantificar e analisar as dimensões de propaganda envolvidas no fenômeno. Institui referencial teórico. Elenca conceitos de propaganda usados no cotidiano, na lei e na literatura. Relata a função e a linguagem apropriadas pela atividade de propaganda. Conhece o perfil e a função do profissional da propaganda. Investe em pesquisa de campo e usa Análise Documental contendo manifestações empíricas de denúncias de propaganda enganosa. Seleciona como fontes de documentos o Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do RS (TJRS) e o Conselho Nacional de Autorregulamentação Publicitária (CONAR). Obtém uma base de dados composta de 86 unidades documentais de denúncias pertinentes ao trimestre abr2018-jun2018. Mostra que das 49 denúncias da esfera judicial, é possível que 73,46% sequer se tratem de propaganda na concepção da lei e que, a despeito de investigação minuciosa a penetrar no território do implícito, não foi constatada presença de profissional de propaganda em absolutamente nenhuma denúncia dessa subcategoria. Nota que, das 37 denúncias da subcategoria parajudicial, a presença de profissional da propaganda foi comprovada em duas. Soma os dados encontrados de ambas as subcategorias, de onde descobre que em 17 denúncias (de 86) não há nenhum elemento material ou humano que as liguem à atividade mercadológica da propaganda, pelo menos como esta é legalmente conhecida há meio século; e que, em 97,67% do total das denúncias (84 de 86 denúncias), a propaganda feita pode ser menos de profissional da propaganda enganoso e mais de qualquer pessoa sem a formação específica. Finalmente, tece considerações e formula propostas, como a checklist publicitária essencial da propaganda enganosa.This research deals with the phenomenon of misleading advertising, guided by the perspective of the advertising activity. The general objective is to investigate, quantify and analyze the possible participation of advertising professionals in situations of contestative clash; The specifics are: (a) to know the profile and performance of the advertising professional, (b) to grasp the meaning of advertising, and (c) to investigate, quantify and analyze the dimensions of advertising involved in the phenomenon. It establishes theoretical referential. It lists concepts of propaganda used in daily life, law and literature. Reports the appropriate function and language for the advertising activity. Know the profile and function of the advertising professional. It invests in field research and uses Document Analysis containing empirical manifestations of allegations of misleading advertising. Selects as sources of documents the Court of Justice of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (TJRS) and the National Council for Advertising Self-Regulation (CONAR). Obtains a database of 86 documentary reporting units pertaining to the quarter apr2018-jun2018. It shows that of the 49 complaints from the judicial sphere, it is possible that 73.46% are not even propaganda in the conception of the law and that, despite a thorough investigation to penetrate the territory of the implicit, it was not found presence of advertising professional in absolutely no complaint of this subcategory. It notes that of the 37 complaints of the parajudicial subcategory, the presence of advertising professional was proven in two. It sums up the data found from both subcategories, from which it finds that in 17 complaints (out of 86) there is no material or human element linking them to the marketing activity of advertising, at least as it has been legally known for half a century; and that in 97.67% of the total complaints (84 out of 86 complaints), the advertising made can be less of a misleading professional and more of anyone without specific training. Finally, it makes considerations and formulates proposals, such as the essential advertising checklist of misleading advertising
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