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Atitudes e potencial empreendedor de estudantes universitários em Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste, um país jovem localizado na Ásia e cuja independência ocorreu há 10 anos, apresenta um desenvolvimento económico do país muito lento, apenas concentrado nas zonas urbanas e não atingindo as zonas rurais. Tradicionalmente, Timor-Leste tem sido, em grande medida, uma economia assente na agricultura de subsistência, com uma população rural dispersa e que vive perto da linha de pobreza. O que se pode fazer para contrariar esta tendência? Wong, Ho e Autio (2005) afirmam que as pequenas empresas e as empresas recém-formadas permitem a criação de um número significativo de novos empregos, acrescentando ainda, que alguns estudos mostram que as pequenas e novas empresas têm proporcionado a criação da maioria dos novos empregos. O empreendedorismo é, assim, o principal fator de promoção do desenvolvimento económico e social de um país. Por isso, os membros da organização para a cooperação e desenvolvimento económico (OCDE) dão prioridade na sua política ao empreendedorismo como uma alternativa para resolver a crise económica que os países atravessam (Lowe e Marriott, 2006; OECD, 2009 Edition-a; OECD, 2009 Edition-b)
On the Estimation of Hospital Beds Occupancy After Hip Surgery
For hospitals, the variability on demand (number of daily urgent admissions) and the variability in the Length of Stay (LoS) (bed occupancy) may affect the quality of service provided to patients and the effectiveness of the overall service. This paper studies the LoS of 238 patients who performed hip surgery in the orthopedic service of a Portuguese hospital in 2014. It uses variables available in electronic databases, such as Age, Gender, ASA classification; Surgical Apgar Score, Type of hip surgery; Weekday of the surgery; Starting hour of the surgery and Duration of surgery to predict LoS and provides a model that correctly indicate if a patient stays more than 7 days in 72.1% of the cases.- This work has been supported by COMPETE: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007043 and FCT - Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia within the Project Scope: UID/CEC/00319/2013.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Project Timor: a study to the industrial development of East Timor
East Timor is a young country, post-conflict and with low incomes, it is pointed out the need to implement a strategy
in order to bring prosperity. One way to achieve these aspirations may pass through private sector investment
through the creation and implementation of industry in the country. The present project intends to define a set of
guidelines for the implementation of an industrial unit in East Timor. With the goal of identifying industrial areas
most relevant to East Timor and taking as a starting point the case study of Timorese reality, a survey was held with
Timorese population and information was collected with governmental entities as well with some industry. Results
suggest that respondents recognize the importance of creating a manufacturing industry. Nevertheless the perceived
advantages of employment and development, the respondents have concerns with environment and land conflicts
with community. The coconut oil industry is considered the most important food industry, followed by the salt
industry and the industries for the use of cork (baked). Cement industry is the most important construction materials’
industry. The results presented are an important insight in terms of the expectations and attitudes of East Timor
population concerning the establishment of manufacturing industry
Project EmpreedeTIMOR: how to promote entrepreneurship among students?
Entrepreneurship has been recognized as a critical factor in promoting innovation, productivity, creating
employment opportunities and economic development of a country. In the current environment it is important for a
young country like East Timor to promote entrepreneurship as a key opportunity, in order to increase the number of
individuals with individual initiative, i.e. entrepreneurs who take responsibility for economic development and job
creation for the working population. The present study aims to understand the attitudes and values of the East
Timorese students in relation to entrepreneurship. Taking as a starting point a survey set to study the potential of
entrepreneurship among university students in East Timor, the paper presents and discusses the results obtained on
various issues such as entrepreneurial intention, predisposition, risk disposition, and personality traits and skills. Our
sample involves 140 students from National University of East Timor. The students report good entrepreneurial
intentions, good levels of risk disposition, and high levels of self-efficacy, endurance and autonomy. They also
report good perceived levels of technical skills but admitted lower perceived financial skills. Several differences
were identified concerning students’ gender, course or having self-employed parents. The study indicated a high
entrepreneur potential among East Timorese university students
Innovation network in the Portuguese textile and clothing industry
Innovating consists on doing something different or developing new input aggregations, with the goal of achieving a better solution than the current one. The ability to create new knowledge depends on the exploration of complementary skills, which might be internal or external to the operation, reflecting the changes that the organizations have been making in their management style and their relations with other economic agents. Successful innovation results from an interactive learning process between users and producers, between competitors, customers or suppliers and other knowledge and training institutions, such as universities and higher education institutions, or R&D centers.This research aims to contribute to the theme of innovation networks in the Textile and Clothing Industry (TCI) of Portuguese companies by exploring who are the different partners of the existing innovation networks in the Portuguese TCI. A survey with 86 companies suggests that Portuguese TCI companies are preferentially focused on product innovations and process innovations, with customers and suppliers as preferred partners. Therefore, vertical cooperation with suppliers and customers plays a greater role in business innovation of Portuguese TCI companies compared to horizontal cooperation with research centers, universities and technological centers.- This work has been supported by COMPETE: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007043 and FCT - Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia within the Project Scope: UID/CEC/00319/2013
Projeto Timor: uma análise SWOT da indústria em Timor-Leste
A industrialização é essencial para o desenvolvimento económico de um país (Porter, 2004), existindo poucos exemplos de países que fizeram a transição sem industrialização, isto é à custa da existência de recursos naturais valiosos (como o petróleo e os diamantes), mas com as desigualdades sociais resultantes. A industrialização é o processo normal para o desenvolvimento das economias, associadas ao fenómeno da globalização da indústria e dos mercados, que permite o rápido crescimento do mesmo (UNIDO, 2009). A principal enfase da industrialização está na descrição dos seus processos de crescimento e estratégias, no papel do desenvolvimento industrial, na contribuição de uma série de políticas para o desempenho do crescimento, e o impacto do crescimento na diminuição da pobreza e da desigualdade.
O Relatório Nacional do Desenvolvimento Humano 2002 realizado pela United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) avaliou o desempenho de Timor-Leste, de 2002 a 2007, como um dos vinte países mais pobres do mundo, com aproximadamente metade da população a subsistir com menos de 1 dólar por dia, um forte indicador de pobreza. Posteriormente, uma avaliação interna (Plano Estratégico de Desenvolvimento de Timor-Leste 2011-2030) relata que desde 2007, apenas 9% da população ascendeu economicamente a ponto de deixar a chamada “linha de pobreza”, com 41% dos timorenses ainda classificados como pobres. Sendo um país jovem de pós-conflito e de baixos rendimentos é apontada a necessidade de implementar uma estratégia única e específica para o país, de modo a trazer prosperidade. O investimento no sector privado, através da criação e implementação de indústrias no país, permitirá o aumento do emprego, melhoria das condições de vida dos cidadãos timorenses e consequentemente o desenvolvimento económico de Timor-Leste (RDTL, 2010a)
Programas de apoio institucional ao empreendedorismo: a experiência da Universidade do Minho
Em muitos países tem sido feito um esforço significativo no sentido de promover o empreendedorismo. As universidades, dado o seu potencial de conhecimento e pesquisa, têm implementado programas de incentivo ao empreendedorismo, nomeadamente com a criação de gabinetes de transferência tecnológica, incubadoras, centros de empreendedorismo ou a criação de fundos internos para estimular a aplicação de patentes, licenciamento e criação de spin-offs. A Universidade do Minho, um dos exemplos na região norte do país, tem em funcionamento um laboratório de ideias de negócio, designado por IdeaLab, que apoia a geração e o desenvolvimento de ideias de negócio de base tecnológica e/ou conhecimento intensivo
Self-efficacy, mathematics’ anxiety and perceived importance: an empirical study with Portuguese engineering students
The accomplishment in mathematics has gained attention from educators and arises as an emerging field
of study, including in engineering education. However, in Portugal, there is still incipient research in the
area; so it is high time to explore factors that might enlighten the gap in the study of the relationship
between Portuguese engineering students and the learning of mathematics. The main purpose of this
study is to explore three factors identified in the literature as influencing the learning of mathematical
concepts – self-efficacy, anxiety towards mathematics and perceived importance of mathematics – and
search for differences by gender and by type of engineering course, a dimension not much reported in the
literature but which was revealed as important in the team’s previous research. Based on a sample of 140
undergraduate students of different engineering courses from University of Minho, results only identify
differences in the type of course and not in gender. These results constitute a contribution and open new
paths for future research in the engineering education.FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal) in the scope of the project PEst-OE/EEI/UI0319/201
Les facteurs qui influencent l'apprentissage des concepts mathématiques dans les cours d'Ingénierie: une étude exploratoire avec des étudiants de l'Université de Minho
O sucesso na aprendizagem da Matemática no ensino superior constitui um campo emergente de pesquisa, em particular nos cursos de Engenharia. No entanto, em Portugal ainda é incipiente a pesquisa na área, pelo que é pertinente explorar fatores que podem esclarecer a relação entre os estudantes de Engenharia e a Matemática. Com base em três focus group realizados com estudantes de dois cursos de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho, este estudo exploratório pretende investigar as atitudes dos estudantes na aprendizagem de conceitos matemáticos e averiguar os fatores que influenciam a sua experiência no processo de aprendizagem. Para além da perceção da importância da Matemática no seu curso e na sua futura profissão, os resultados sugerem que há fatores que influenciam o seu desempenho, nomeadamente o papel do professor e a sua metodologia de ensino, bem como a aplicabilidade dos conceitos matemáticos no contexto da Engenharia, o papel ativo do estudante na aprendizagem e a influência dos pais e da sociedade.Success in the learning of Mathematics in higher education constitutes an
emerging field of research, particularly in the Engineering courses. In Portugal, however, the research in this area remains incipient. It is therefore relevant to explore which factors may clarify the relation between the Engineering students and Mathematics. Based on three focus groups carried out with students from two Engineering courses at the University of Minho, this exploratory study aims to investigate the attitudes of students in the learning of mathematical concepts and find out the factors that influence their experience in the learning process. Beyond the perception of the importance of Mathematics in their course and their future profession, the results suggest that there are factors that influence their performance, such as the teacher's role and his/her teaching methodology, as well as the applicability of mathematical concepts in the context of Engineering, the student’s active role in learning and the influence of parents and society.Le succès de l'apprentissage de la Mathématique à l'enseignement supérieur est un domaine
émergent de la recherche, particulièrement aux cours d'Ingénierie. Toutefois, au Portugal, la
recherche est encore naissante, donc il est pertinent d'explorer les facteurs qui peuvent expliquer
la relation entre les étudiants en Ingénierie et les Mathématiques. Basé sur trois groupes de
discussion menés avec des étudiants de deux cours d'Ingénierie de l'Université de Minho, cette
étude exploratoire vise à étudier les attitudes des élèves dans l'apprentissage des concepts
mathématiques et de déterminer les facteurs qui influent sur leur expérience dans le processus
d'apprentissage. En plus de la perception de l'importance des Mathématiques dans leur cours et
leur future profession, les résultats suggèrent qu'il existe des facteurs qui influencent leur
performance, à savoir : le rôle de l'enseignant dans la méthodologie de l'enseignement et
l'applicabilité des concepts mathématiciens dans le contexte de l'Ingénierie, le rôle active de
l'étudiant dans l'apprentissage et l'influence des parents et de la société.FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal) no âmbito do projeto PEst-OE/EEI/UI0319/201
Lendo Manuel António Pina: "É o infalível que fala"
Este trabalho se dedica a observar a poética de Manuel António Pina no confronto bifronte
dos contextos modernista e pós-modernista. Alguns dos tópicos metapoéticos pertinentes
para a obra deste autor, e que se pretende investigar, são: a consciência de que chegamos
tarde à literatura, de que tudo já foi escrito, mas que, ainda assim, é impossível que o
poeta se cale, e a percepção da poesia como revolução/revelação com/contra a pluralidade
do eu
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