778 resultados para Open University Support System (OpenUSS)


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This paper proposes a conceptual model of a context-aware group support system (GSS) to assist local council employees to perform collaborative tasks in conjunction with inter- and intra-organisational stakeholders. Most discussions about e-government focus on the use of ICT to improve the relationship between government and citizen, not on the relationship between government and employees. This paper seeks to expose the unique culture of UK local councils and to show how a GSS could support local government employer and employee needs.

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Purpose – To describe some research done, as part of an EPSRC funded project, to assist engineers working together on collaborative tasks. Design/methodology/approach – Distributed finite state modelling and agent techniques are used successfully in a new hybrid self-organising decision making system applied to collaborative work support. For the particular application, analysis of the tasks involved has been performed and these tasks are modelled. The system then employs a novel generic agent model, where task and domain knowledge are isolated from the support system, which provides relevant information to the engineers. Findings – The method is applied in the despatch of transmission commands within the control room of The National Grid Company Plc (NGC) – tasks are completed significantly faster when the system is utilised. Research limitations/implications – The paper describes a generic approach and it would be interesting to investigate how well it works in other applications. Practical implications – Although only one application has been studied, the methodology could equally be applied to a general class of cooperative work environments. Originality/value – One key part of the work is the novel generic agent model that enables the task and domain knowledge, which are application specific, to be isolated from the support system, and hence allows the method to be applied in other domains.

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This paper describes the design and implementation of an agent based network for the support of collaborative switching tasks within the control room environment of the National Grid Company plc. This work includes aspects from several research disciplines, including operational analysis, human computer interaction, finite state modelling techniques, intelligent agents and computer supported co-operative work. Aspects of these procedures have been used in the analysis of collaborative tasks to produce distributed local models for all involved users. These models have been used as the basis for the production of local finite state automata. These automata have then been embedded within an agent network together with behavioural information extracted from the task and user analysis phase. The resulting support system is capable of task and communication management within the transmission despatch environment.

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In search of better, traditional learning universities have expanded their ways to deliver knowledge and integrate cost effective e-learning systems. Universities’ use of information and communication technologies has grown tremendously over the last decade. To ensure efficient use of the e-learning system, the Arab Open University (AOU) in Bahrain was the first to use e-learning system there, aimed to evaluate the good and bad practices, detect errors and determine areas for further improvements in usage. This study critically evaluated the students’ perception of the elearning system in Bahrain and recommended changes to improve students’ e-learning usage. Results of the study indicated that, in general, students have favourable perceptions toward using the e-learning system. This study has shown that technology acceptance is the most variable, factor that contributes to students’ perception and satisfaction of the e-learning system.

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A educação a distância tem tido expressivo crescimento no Brasil nos últimos anos e com essa expansão aumentam também os desafios relacionados à sua gestão. Este trabalho focaliza as diversas concepções e fundamentos teóricos acerca das abordagens sobre estrutura organizacional e sistemas de educação a distância, para concepção do que denominou-se configuração da gestão da EAD. Como delineamento de pesquisa analisou-se a relação entre as configurações das gestões dos cursos a distância de Administração, projeto piloto da Universidade Aberta do Brasil e os seus conceitos definidos pelo Exame Nacional de Desempenho de Estudantes, identificando-se as teorias e modelos manifestos em seu contexto. O trabalho parte de uma descrição da estrutura organizacional da área responsável pela educação a distância na Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, na Universidade Estadual da Paraíba e na Universidade Federal do Ceará, realizando uma análise comparativa das dimensões complexidade, centralização e coordenação nessas três instituições. Também foram analisados e comparados os sistemas de EAD do curso piloto da UAB, a partir dos referenciais de qualidade para educação superior a distância do MEC, especificamente concentrados nos componentes interdisciplinaridade, materiais didáticos, avaliação, equipe multidisciplinar, comunicação e infraestrutura de polos. Com base nessas análises, discute-se os diferentes conceitos atribuídos pelo Enade aos referidos cursos e explicam-se as correspondências das estruturas organizacionais e dos sistemas de EAD descritos, em relação a esses resultados. Trata-se de uma pesquisa predominantemente qualitativa, descritiva, explicativa e multicaso, cuja coleta de dados foi feita a partir de entrevistas, grupos focais, questionários online e documentos. Os dados primários foram tratados mediante análise de conteúdo categorial e os dados secundários, por meio da análise documental. As observações elaboradas, dentro de uma perspectiva descritivo-interpretativa e de um corte seccional permitem induções acerca das configurações das gestões em cada universidade. Evidencia-se relação forte e direta entre as configurações das gestões do curso piloto e os respectivos resultados no Enade. Constata-se que a teoria da industrialização de Otto Peters e o modelo de educação a distância baseado na distribuição em polos podem explicar a estruturação traduzida no modus operandi da Universidade Aberta do Brasil. Assim, conclui-se que as diferenças nos resultados no Enade dos estudantes da Uema, UEPB e UFC têm relação direta com o modo de estruturação dos setores responsáveis pela intermediação da EAD nessas universidades. Constata-se que o curso piloto da UAB na UEPB não demonstrou ter a aderência necessária aos referenciais de qualidade do MEC, enquanto a Uema e a UFC demonstraram grande adequação aos critérios estabelecidos, o que confirma a relação entre tais referenciais de qualidade e o resultado no Enade. Conclui-se, ainda, que os componentes avaliação e equipe multidisciplinar foram os que mais sugestionaram relação com os desempenhos dos estudantes no Enade. Os resultados encontrados foram discutidos à luz do referencial teórico revisado e foram apresentadas recomendações derivadas dos achados desta pesquisa.

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The present study seeks to understand tooth loss by investigating the social representations in the daily life of elderly individuals, thus characterizing itself as a comparative and analytic research. It is known that tooth loss is a common occurrence in elderly individuals, interfering at the psychosocial and biological levels, through its functional, esthetical and social implications. The area of oral health in Brazil is lacking studies on this topic, especially with respect to the psychosocial aspects of the elderly. The Theory of Social Representations and the Central Nucleus Theory were selected for theoretical-methodological support. The Free Association of Words Test was used, whose inducing stimulus were the words tooth loss , in which each subject was asked to associate 3 words, to respond to a questionnaire related to socio-economic conditions and containing an investigation of tooth loss, access to odontological services and the need for dental treatment, and to undergo a focus group interview. The study sample consisted of 120 individuals 60 years of age or over, resident in Natal, RN, Brazil and participants of the Live Together to Live Better group of the Basic Health Unit of Felipe Camarão Residential District and Unati (Open University of the Elderly); an interview was performed with 36 subjects. Data analysis was performed by Evoc 2000, SPSS/99, Graph Pad and Alceste softwares. The results demonstrate that the central nucleus of the social representations of tooth loss for the Live Together group emerged from the difficulty in eating categories, showing a relation between physiologic necessity, desire and pleasure from eating, not to mention the pain that resulted from justifying the tooth loss. Besides the central discourses, the following peripheral elements were gathered: difficulty in adapting to the prosthesis, treatment and difficulty in speaking. All of these categories, except the last, also comprised the class themes of the group interview. For the Unati group the central nucleus emerged from the socio-economic difficulties categories, demonstrating a narrow relation between poverty, access to health and education and esthetics, confirming in the discourse of common sense, the association between tooth loss and aging. At the margin of the central discourses was collected the peripheral element difficulty in adapting to the prosthesis, found both in the Live Together and Unati groups, which expresses the resistance of the subject to this new situation and the failure of the rehabilitation treatment in the sense of reviving the memory of their natural teeth. All of these categories also constitute the class themes of the of the group interview. Thus, through the study of the social representations, we can reveal a reality in the perspective of the social subjects, contemplating the multiple facets of the social-cultural reality experienced by these individuals

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O presente trabalho foi realizado na Fazenda Experimental Lageado, da Universidade Estadual Paulista em Botucatu, SP, e objetivou-se analisar o desempenho de um silo secador alambrado com ar à temperatura ambiente, de projeto simples, com possibilidades de atender às necessidades de pequenos cafeicultores. Para a avaliação do desempenho da secagem, foram realizadas medições do teor de água do café, temperaturas da massa de grãos, do ar de exaustão, do ar de secagem e do ar ambiente, umidade relativa ambiente, velocidade do ar de secagem e o tempo total de secagem. Para avaliar a qualidade do produto seco, foi feito o teste de bebida. Paralelamente, realizou-se a secagem em terreiro para se formar a testemunha. Os resultados observados permitiram concluir que o silo secador alambrado apresentou uma boa eficiência energética, proporcionando um produto seco com o mesmo padrão de qualidade do café seco em terreiro.

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The relationship between malnutrition and social support was first suggested in the mid-1990s. Despite its plausibility, no empirical studies aimed at obtaining evidence of this association could be located. The goal of the present study was to investigate such evidence. A case-control study was carried out including 101 malnourished children (weight-for-age National Center for Health Statistics/WHO 5th percentile) aged 12-23 months, who were compared with 200 well-nourished children with regard to exposure to a series of factors related to their social support system. Univariate and multiple logistic regressions were carried out, odds ratios being adjusted for per capita family income, mother's schooling, and number of children. The presence of an interaction between income and social support variables was also tested. Absence of a partner living with the mother increased risk of malnutrition (odds ratio 2.4 (95 % CI 1.19, 4.89)), even after adjustment for per capita family income, mother's schooling, and number of children. The lack of economic support during adverse situations accounted for a very high risk of malnutrition (odds ratio 10.1 (95 % CI 3.48, 29.13)) among low-income children, but had no effect on children of higher-income families. Results indicate that receiving economic support is an efficient risk modulator for malnutrition among low-income children. In addition, it was shown that the absence of a partner living with the mother is an important risk factor for malnutrition, with an effect independent from per capita family income, mother's schooling, and number of children.

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The application process of fluid fertilizers through variable rates implemented by classical techniques with feedback and conventional equipments can be inefficient or unstable. This paper proposes an open-loop control system based on artificial neural network of the type multilayer perceptron for the identification and control of the fertilizer flow rate. The network training is made by the algorithm of Levenberg-Marquardt with training data obtained from measurements. Preliminary results indicate a fast, stable and low cost control system for precision fanning. Copyright (C) 2000 IFAC.

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Modeling ERP software means capturing the information necessary for supporting enterprise management. This modeling process goes down through different abstraction layers, from enterprise modeling to code generation. Thus ERP is the kind of system where enterprise engineering undoubtedly has, or should have, a strong influence. For the case of Free/Open Source ERP, the lack of proper modeling methods and tools can jeopardize the advantage brought by source code availability. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to present a development process proposal for the Open Source ERP5 system. The proposed development process aims to cover different abstraction levels, taking into account well established standards and common practices, as well as platform issues. Its main goal is to provide an adaptable meta-process to ERP5 adopters. © 2006 IEEE.

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Pós-graduação em Design - FAAC

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Pós-graduação em Educação Matemática - IGCE

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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

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O enquadramento de corpos d’água é um instrumento legal do arcabouço da legislação ambiental brasileira contemplado na Política Nacional de Recursos Hídricos, por meio da Lei 9.433/97. A presente dissertação apresenta um modelo de enquadramento participativo aplicado a bacias urbanas, com aplicação na Bacia Hidrográfica do Igarapé Tucunduba, em Belém/PA. A metodologia desenvolvida baseou-se em cinco etapas, que tiveram como base: a pesquisa bibliográfica em fontes diversas; o resgate dos trabalhos já desenvolvidos na bacia que empregaram metodologias informacionais de suporte à decisão; a elaboração do diagnóstico do uso e da ocupação do solo e dos recursos hídricos na bacia hidrográfica; a realização das oficinas de enquadramento com os atores locais; a aplicação do sofware Decision Explore como um Sistema de Suporte a Decisão (SSD), utilizado para organizar os dados gerados nas oficinas; o resgate dos trabalhos sobre qualidade da água realizados na bacia do Tucunduba, e por fim a definição da proposta de enquadramento participativo, com base na a classificação atual do corpo hídrico e nos usos futuros para a bacia do Tucunduba. Com base no reconhecimento de campo, nas discussões sobre os usos atuais e sobre as expectativas dos atores locais em relação ao futuro da qualidade ambiental da bacia e na avaliação dos dados de qualidade de água na bacia obtidos, foi definida uma proposta de classificação dos corpos de água segundo os usos preponderantes atuais e futuros identificados, onde foi estabelecido que esta bacia deveria ser enquadrada na Classe 2, que prioriza o abastecimento para consumo humano após tratamento convencional, a proteção das comunidades aquáticas, a recreação de contato primário, a irrigação e a pesca.

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Pós-graduação em Fisiopatologia em Clínica Médica - FMB