Análisis de la adecuación de libros de texto de E. Primaria a la enseñanza a estudiantes de altas capacidades matemáticas

Un problema al que se enfrentan los profesores de matemáticas de Enseñanza Primaria es la necesidad de hacer adaptaciones en sus programaciones para ofrecer una educación adecuada a sus alumnos de altas capacidades matemáticas. Las editoriales de libros de texto de matemáticas de estos niveles educativos ofrecen diversas soluciones que, usualmente, consisten en incluir, en el libro del alumno, algunos problemas más difíciles y, en la documentación del profesor, una propuesta de problemas de ampliación. Una cuestión que se plantea al analizar un libro de texto de matemáticas es valorar cómo de útil puede ser el material proporcionado por la editorial (libro de texto y materiales complementarios) para un profesor que necesita una programación específica para sus alumnos de altas capacidades matemáticas. En este artículo proponemos diversas variables con las que valorar el grado de adecuación a estudiantes de altas capacidades matemáticas de los documentos proporcionados a los profesores por las editoriales. Después ponemos en práctica esta propuesta analizando el tema dedicado a los cuadriláteros en 4º curso de Enseñanza Primaria de una editorial de amplia difusión en España. Las conclusiones globales son que los materiales del profesor analizados prestan poca atención a los estudiantes de altas capacidades matemáticas y que la metodología de análisis que hemos empleado permite identificar direcciones para plantear actividades interesantes para estos estudiantes.

Meios de comunicação como instrumentos de inserção da comunidade cabo-verdiana na sociedade de acolhimento: o caso da área metropolitana de Lisboa

Dissertação apresentada à Escola Superior de Comunicação Social como parte dos requisitos para obtenção de grau de mestre em Jornalismo.

Observador de mobilidade pessoal

Trabalho de Projeto realizado para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Informática e de Computadores

Instrumentos financeiros derivados: uma abordagem ao nível da auditoria externa, do controlo interno e da fiscalidade: os swaps, taxa de juro e os futuros taxa de câmbio

Mestrado em Auditoria

Volatilidade implícita: estudo de caso

Mestrado em Controlo de Gestão dos Negócios

Monitorization of alveolar deposited surface area of nanoparticles and ultrafine particles in different environments

Nanotechnology is an important emerging industry with a projected annual market of around one trillion dollars by 2015. It involves the control of atoms and molecules to create new materials with a variety of useful functions. Although there are advantages on the utilization of these nano-scale materials, questions related with its impact over the environment and human health must be addressed too, so that potential risks can be limited at early stages of development. At this time, occupational health risks associated with manufacturing and use of nanoparticles are not yet clearly understood. However, workers may be exposed to nanoparticles through inhalation at levels that can greatly exceed ambient concentrations. Current workplace exposure limits are based on particle mass, but this criteria could not be adequate in this case as nanoparticles are characterized by very large surface area, which has been pointed out as the distinctive characteristic that could even turn out an inert substance into another substance exhibiting very different interactions with biological fluids and cells. Therefore, it seems that, when assessing human exposure based on the mass concentration of particles, which is widely adopted for particles over 1 μm, would not work in this particular case. In fact, nanoparticles have far more surface area for the equivalent mass of larger particles, which increases the chance they may react with body tissues. Thus, it has been claimed that surface area should be used for nanoparticle exposure and dosing. As a result, assessing exposure based on the measurement of particle surface area is of increasing interest. It is well known that lung deposition is the most efficient way for airborne particles to enter the body and cause adverse health effects. If nanoparticles can deposit in the lung and remain there, have an active surface chemistry and interact with the body, then, there is potential for exposure. It was showed that surface area plays an important role in the toxicity of nanoparticles and this is the metric that best correlates with particle-induced adverse health effects. The potential for adverse health effects seems to be directly proportional to particle surface area. The objective of the study is to identify and validate methods and tools for measuring nanoparticles during production, manipulation and use of nanomaterials.

Animação e Animadores Socioculturais: incertezas e controvérsias de uma ocupação profissional

A presente comunicação tem como propósito dar conta das controvérsias públicas em torno de problemáticas suscitadas no seio da Animação Sociocultural e do tipo de envolvimento dos seus atores7 nessas mesmas controvérsias. Faz-se, em primeiro lugar, uma abordagem introdutória à Animação Sociocultural enquanto atividade profissional, realçando a imprecisão, a ambiguidade e a incerteza que esta atividade comporta. Em seguida, relaciona-se a Animação Sociocultural com as transformações ocorridas na sociedade. Por último, evidenciam-se as problemáticas existentes, as controvérsias em que os seus atores se envolvem publicamente em face dessas mesmas problemáticas e, ainda, a diversidade de meios utilizados para a sua expressão.

Exposure to volatile organic compounds, particulate matter and fungi in a composting plant

Composting is an important process of solid waste management and it can be used for treatment of a variety of different wastes (green waste, household waste, sewage sludge and more). This process aims to: 1. Reduce the volumes of waste and; 2. Create a valuable product which can be recycled as a soil amendment in agriculture and gardening. A natural self-heating process involving the biological degradation of organic matter under aerobic conditions. The handling of waste and compost is responsible for the release of airborne microorganisms and their compounds in the air. Possible contaminants: a) Dust; b) Mesophilic and thermophilic microorganisms; c) Volatile organic compounds; d) Endotoxins and mycotoxins…. Aim: assess exposure/contamination to: a) Volatile organic compounds (VOCs); b) Particulate matter (PM); c) Fungi. In a composting plant located in Lisbon. An additional goal was to identify the workplace with higher level of contamination. In a totally indoor composting plant. The composting operations consisted: 1º Waste already sorted is unloaded in a reception area; 2º Pretreatment - remove undesirable materials from the process (glass, rocks, plastics, metals…); 3º Anaerobic digestion; 4º Dehydration; 5º Open composting with forced aeration. All the process takes thirteen weeks.