Proposta de integração e disponibilização de informações do censo da educação superior e do Sinaes no painel da avaliação dos cursos superiores

Dissertação (mestrado profissional) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Métodos e Gestão em Avaliação, Florianópolis, 2015Esta dissertação propõe a integração e a disponibilização na web dos dados da avaliação da educação superior, com base nos princípios da Lei de Acesso à Informação e dos Dados Governamentais Abertos. O objetivo é tornar as informações mais acessíveis à sociedade visto que a disponibilização nos sítios oficiais do governo ocorre de forma dispersa, não integrada e, por vezes, não contextualizada, dificultando a apropriação da informação por parte do cidadão comum. A relevância desse trabalho reside na apresentação de uma solução prática para a dificuldade de acesso, bem como na contribuição da discussão sobre a temática de acesso à informação pública na gestão da avaliação da educação. Essa dissertação constitui-se em pesquisa científica aplicada, descritiva e com análise qualitativa. Para o alcance dos objetivos desse estudo, foi realizado o levantamento das informações produzidas pelo Censo da Educação Superior e pelo Sistema Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Superior, no que tange aos cursos de graduação. Em seguida foi realizado o mapeamento da disponibilização desse conteúdo no Portal INEP e no Sistema e-MEC. Ao final do mapeamento foi possível pré-definir as variáveis, as quais foram analisadas à luz do Modelo de Maturidade de Dados Abertos proposto por Berners-Lee (2006), a fim de se chegar à definição final das variáveis aptas a serem integradas e disponibilizadas em formato acessível à sociedade. O Painel da Avaliação dos Cursos Superiores desenvolvido por Speroni et. al. (2014) foi utilizado como meio para proposição de integração e disponibilização dessas informações. Por fim, foi demostrada a viabilidade dessa pesquisa, por meio do padrão Linked Open Data.Abstract : This dissertation proposes the integration and the availability on the web of data of higher education evaluation, according to the principles of the Information Access Act and of the Government Open Data. Its objective is to make information more accessible to society as a provision in the government's official sites occurs in a dispersed form, not-integrated and, sometimes, not-contextualized, which make difficult the appropriation of the information by the ordinary citizen. The relevance of this work lies in presenting a practical solution to the problem highlighted, as well as in promoting the discussion on the topic of access to public information in evaluating the management of higher education. This dissertation constitutes an applied scientific research and descriptive research and its analysis is qualitative. In order to fulfil the main objective, the data collected by the Higher Education Census and the information produced by the National System for Higher Education Evaluation, regarding the undergraduate courses, was gathered. Afterwards, a mapping of this content on the INEP Web Portal and on e-MEC system took place to verify information availability. At the end of this process, it was possible to pre-define variables which were analized in accordance with the Open Data Maturity Model, proposed by Berners-Lee (2006), to define a final list of felicitous variables to be integrated and made available to the public in an accessible format. The Higher Education Course Evaluation Panel developed by Speroni et. al. (2014) was applied as a proposal for integrating and making this information available. Finally, the proposal of this research was demonstrated viable by the Linked Open Data standards

Convergence of developmental mutants into a single tomato model system: 'Micro-Tom' as an effective toolkit for plant development research

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The tomato (<it>Solanum lycopersicum </it>L.) plant is both an economically important food crop and an ideal dicot model to investigate various physiological phenomena not possible in <it>Arabidopsis thaliana</it>. Due to the great diversity of tomato cultivars used by the research community, it is often difficult to reliably compare phenotypes. The lack of tomato developmental mutants in a single genetic background prevents the stacking of mutations to facilitate analysis of double and multiple mutants, often required for elucidating developmental pathways.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We took advantage of the small size and rapid life cycle of the tomato cultivar Micro-Tom (MT) to create near-isogenic lines (NILs) by introgressing a suite of hormonal and photomorphogenetic mutations (altered sensitivity or endogenous levels of auxin, ethylene, abscisic acid, gibberellin, brassinosteroid, and light response) into this genetic background. To demonstrate the usefulness of this collection, we compared developmental traits between the produced NILs. All expected mutant phenotypes were expressed in the NILs. We also created NILs harboring the wild type alleles for <it>dwarf</it>, <it>self-pruning </it>and <it>uniform fruit</it>, which are mutations characteristic of MT. This amplified both the applications of the mutant collection presented here and of MT as a genetic model system.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The community resource presented here is a useful toolkit for plant research, particularly for future studies in plant development, which will require the simultaneous observation of the effect of various hormones, signaling pathways and crosstalk.</p

Importância da Filosofia na educação básica e na universidade

This experience report discusses the place of Philosophy in Basic Education. It also seeks to reflect on how Philosophy is taught in the context of the University, considering the question of form and content. Such questions are discussed in order to understand more deeply the importance of philosophy in human formation. This reflection is based on authors who are dedicated to the theme in question, among them, Marilena Chauí (1982), Ildeu Coêlho (1993) and Jayme Paviani (2010). Thus, it seeks to question the philosophy in human formation, understanding the relevance of knowledge and the exercise of thought in this formation in the teacher's work and in the formation of the student, with a view to emancipation and intellectual autonomy.O presente relato de experiência discute o lugar da Filosofia na Educação Básica. Busca ainda refletir sobre como a Filosofia é trabalhada no contexto da Universidade, em relação a questão da forma e do conteúdo. Tais questões são postas em discussão com vistas a compreender mais profundamente a importância da filosofia na formação humana. A presente reflexão está fundamentada em autores que se dedicam ao tema em questão, dentre eles, Marilena Chauí (1982), Ildeu Coêlho (1993) e Jayme Paviani (2010), numa abordagem qualitativa. Desse modo, busca-se pôr em questão a filosofia na formação humana, compreendendo a relevância do conhecimento e do exercício do pensamento nesta formação no trabalho do professor e na formação do aluno em vistas a emancipação e autonomia intelectual.

Convergence of developmental mutants into a single tomato model system: \u27Micro-Tom\u27 as an effective toolkit for plant development research

Background The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plant is both an economically important food crop and an ideal dicot model to investigate various physiological phenomena not possible in Arabidopsis thaliana. Due to the great diversity of tomato cultivars used by the research community, it is often difficult to reliably compare phenotypes. The lack of tomato developmental mutants in a single genetic background prevents the stacking of mutations to facilitate analysis of double and multiple mutants, often required for elucidating developmental pathways. Results We took advantage of the small size and rapid life cycle of the tomato cultivar Micro-Tom (MT) to create near-isogenic lines (NILs) by introgressing a suite of hormonal and photomorphogenetic mutations (altered sensitivity or endogenous levels of auxin, ethylene, abscisic acid, gibberellin, brassinosteroid, and light response) into this genetic background. To demonstrate the usefulness of this collection, we compared developmental traits between the produced NILs. All expected mutant phenotypes were expressed in the NILs. We also created NILs harboring the wild type alleles for dwarf, self-pruning and uniform fruit, which are mutations characteristic of MT. This amplified both the applications of the mutant collection presented here and of MT as a genetic model system. Conclusions The community resource presented here is a useful toolkit for plant research, particularly for future studies in plant development, which will require the simultaneous observation of the effect of various hormones, signaling pathways and crosstalk

Venous thrombosis in children

The incidence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in children (0-18 years old) is low. The aim of this study was to investigate the case of a 12 year-old child that had DVT after a trauma. Protein C and protein S activities, antithrombin and resistance to activated protein C were analyzed in coagulometer. Factor V Leiden (FVL) was studied. The patient and his father were heterozygotes for FVL. His mother was normal homozygote. We concluded that the presence of FVL associated with other medical conditions tends to multiply the occurrence of thrombosis, which is a multifactorial disease.A incidência de trombose venosa profunda (TVP) em crianças (0 a 18 anos) é baixa. O objetivo desse trabalho é estudar uma criança de 12 anos que, após um trauma, apresentou TVP. Atividades de proteína C, proteína S, antitrombina e resistência à proteína C ativada (RPCA) foram analisadas em coagulômetro. O fator V de Leiden (FVL) foi pesquisado. O paciente e seu pai (assintomático até o momento) foram heterozigotos para FVL e sua mãe foi homozigota normal. Concluímos que o FVL associado a outras condições clínicas tende a ser multiplicativo para a ocorrência de trombose, que é multifatorial.Fundação de Hematologia e Hemoterapia de PernambucoUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)UFPEUFPE Departamento de BioquímicaUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) Escola Paulista de Medicina Departamento de CirurgiaUNIFESP, EPM, Depto. de CirurgiaSciEL

Drivers of Institutional Change: A Discussion About Social Innovation, Institutional Entrepreneurship and Agency Power of the Institutional Entrepreneur

This theoretical essay has as its central argument the discussion about social innovation and institutional entrepreneurship as drivers of institutional change, and the institutional entrepreneur as a key actor that provokes institutional reconfigurations. To carry out the discussion, the hypothesis shared by scholars of the proposed themes was taken as a guideline, seeking to understand the relationships between them. The essay demonstrated that implementing entrepreneurship and social innovations is necessary to promote institutional changes. It also demonstrated that the implementation of social innovation requires institutional change, in addition to strategic actions by institutional entrepreneurs that can change the rules of the game and transform a reality. The main contribution of this essay was the approximation of the themes social innovation and institutional entrepreneurship, relating to institutional change. It also contributes towards pointing out the institutional entrepreneur as the key actor to bring about changes that will socially transform locations into social vulnerability

Acquired tetanus: clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients in an university hospital

INTRODUCTION: Notwithstanding its substantial decline over the last two decades, acquired tetanus is still a serious health problem in most developing countries. Epidemiological transition is often cited as an explanation for this decline, the increase in vaccination coverage of children being the most obvious cause. Few studies have looked carefully at the current epidemiological patterns of acquired tetanus in developing countries. METHODOLOGY: A descriptive, retrospective (series of cases). An acute care 400 - bed university referral hospital situated in a densely populated and highly urbanized area in Southeastern Brazil (Campinas, SP). Patient records the data-base analysed were from the Epidemiological Surveillance Unit of the hospital. RESULTS: In the 57 month period from January 1989 to March 1996 fifty-three patients were admitted with a diagnosis of acquired tetanus. Fifty patients had clinical confirmation, 3 were otherwise diagnosed. Thirty-two (64%) were male and 18 (36%) female. Fourteen (28%) were from rural areas and 36 (72%) from urban. Mean age was 47.6 years, with a median of 49.5. Of the rural patients, 42.85% were under 30 years and 21.42% were over 50, mean age was 36.21 with a median of 34.5. Fewer urban patients were under 30 (13.88%) than over 50 (58.33%), mean age was 52.19 with a median of 54.5. Trismus was the most frequent (92.0%) clinical sign on admittance, followed by abdominal muscular rigidity (84.0%). Treatment measures were uniform and included tetanus immune globulin, antibiotics, surgical debridement of the wound when feasible, diazepan or curare depending on the intensity of spasms. In the second half of the study period, penicillin was replaced by metronidazol. Overall case fatality rate was 20%, in patients that had to receive curare, it was 60%. Hospitalization exceeded 21 days in 56% (28) of the cases, only 10% (5) had a hospital stay of less than 7 days. CONCLUSION: A high proportion of patients were from rural areas, despite an urbanization rate of more than 90%. In the Campinas region there are two different epidemiological patterns of acquired tetanus: a rural pattern, with a higher proportion of younger patients, determined by an inadequate immunization rate and an urban pattern, similar to that found in industrialized countries, with a higher proportion of older patients. RECOMMENDATIONS: There is an obvious need to immunize older individuals in urban areas and young adults in rural areas. The elimination of acquired tetanus will only be achieved with a wider and more intensive adult vaccination program.INTRODUÇÃO: O número de casos notificados de tétano acidental no Estado de São Paulo sofreu redução. O declínio do número de casos de qualquer doença sempre traz transformações no seu perfil epidemiológico, que devem sempre ser analisadas para aprimorar as medidas preventivas. Assim, foi analisado o perfil clínico e epidemiológico dos casos de tétano internados em hospital universitário de Campinas de 1989 a 1996. MATERIAL E MÉTODO: Estudo descritivo e retrospectivo (série de casos). Todos os pacientes com diagnóstico de tétano de janeiro de 1989 a março de 1996, internados no hospital universitário, foram analisados. RESULTADOS: Catorze (28%) eram da zona rural e 36 (72%) da zona urbana. A idade média foi de 47,6 anos e a mediana de 49,5. Dos pacientes da zona rural, 42,8% tinham até 30 anos e 21,42% tinham mais de 50 anos, sendo a média 36,21 e a mediana 34,5; dos pacientes da zona urbana, 13,9% tinham até 30 anos e 58,3% mais de 50 anos, sendo a média de 52,2 e a mediana de 54,5. A letalidade foi de 20%, mais elevada nos pacientes curarizados (60%). CONCLUSÃO: Na região estudada existem dois padrões epidemiológicos: o rural, com maior número de jovens, refletindo uma vacinação inadequada, e o urbano, semelhante ao dos países desenvolvidos, com predomínio das faixas etárias mais altas