Current findings from research on professional librarian skills development and needs in Brazil

This paper presents reflections on the outcome of a research project conducted at the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo, regarding librarian training, their field of expertise and the need for continued education. The methodological design compiled in the research project involved planning-presenting project, and developing the questionnaire for data collection. The electronic form was applied to an intentionally random, stratified sample of 18,374 active librarians throughout Brazil, totalling 3,320 responses that were statistically treated and compiled. Once the data was collected using the electronic forms, we analysed the collected information and the literature, cleansed the information and standardized the bibliographic records and statistical processing of data that formed the results presented in this research project. As the world gets more sophisticated and diversified, the competence required of the professional librarian, which in a first stage is highly technical – remembering that it is impossible to dispose of or move forward without it being well established – grows and includes other important responsibilities in the new organizational environment. We must work towards a holistic qualification, valuing management, methodological, cultural, multidisciplinary and systemic skills – all highlighted in the economy of knowledge.

The big gamble: the need for a comprehensive research approach to understanding the causes and consequences of gambling harm in Australia

Problem gambling is now recognised as a major public health issue, with some gambling products posing significant burdens for individuals, families and communities. While gambling has attracted significant political and media attention, governments have been largely unwilling to implement a comprehensive approach to gambling reform. This article reviews the evidence base associated with gambling harm and advocates for a shift in focus away from initiatives that focus on responsible gambling, towards an approach that recognises the mutual obligation between industry, individuals, governments and the general community to engage in practices that prevent the development of gambling-related harm.

Technology, mining methods and landscapes of a placer mining district in Fairbanks, Alaska, 1900-1930

Placer miners in Alaska’s interior were part of the last great gold rush in North America. As word of gold in the Fairbanks Mining District traveled down the Yukon River, a wave of miners from the Klondike placer fields in Dawson, along with a assortment of speculators and inexperienced green horns from the Lower 48 converged on the confluence of the Tanana and Chena rivers hoping to strike it rich. The steamers coming from Dawson were integral; they carried miners with experience working the frozen subarctic placer deposits of the Klondike. These miners encountered new environmental challenges that required the development of new technologies and mining methods to efficiently harvest gold. These methods and machines were brought into Fairbanks and further perfected to account for the local conditions. This thesis describes the local mining technologies and methods employed in the Fairbanks district and the landscape patterns created during the placer mining boom years of 1903-1909, decline years of 1910-1923 and recovery of 1923-1930.

Kinetic studies of alginate gelation

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Project RAILS: Lessons Learned about Collaborative Rubric Assessment of Information Literacy Skills

Link to article on publisher site: https://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/portal_pre_print/articles/belanger.pdf

基于可信计算的度量验证关键技术研究

分布式应用的飞速发展让结点平台的可信保障成为信息安全的研究热点。传统计算机平台的信息安全技术很难满足分布式计算环境的安全需求。可信计算技术通过引入可信硬件作为“信任根”，为保障结点平台的可信性提供了新的机制。基于可信计算的度量验证技术是保障平台可信性的核心机制，目前的相关研究在可信性、隐私性、易用性等方面还存在问题。 本文总结度量验证的基本概念和实施模型；分析现有度量验证机制在平台隐私保护、运行时完整性保障上存在的问题，提出相应具体解决方案；并基于度量验证机制提出一种新的对等网络声誉系统，具体创新成果如下： 1. 分析可信与完整性的本质，提出动态系统完整性的概念，并基于Clark-Wilson完整性模型给出具体实施规则，用于指导运行时完整性保障机制的设计与实现。 2. 针对经典度量验证体系架构存在的平台隐私保护不力、验证效率低下、验证方式单一等不足，提出基于Merkle哈希树的度量验证机制RAMT，并阐述其体系架构和具体实现。 3. 分析载入时完整性保障的缺陷，提出运行时完整性保障机制，通过对关键系统构件的运行时完整性进行监控提高其可信性；给出一种基于动态完整性度量模块DIMM的具体实现方案，分析该方案的可靠性和有效性，并阐述其在虚拟机环境下的实际应用vTPM-DIMM。 4. 为解决现有声誉系统的负载平衡、冷启动以及协同作弊问题，基于度量验证机制提出一种多级别的可信声誉系统MRS；通过CCEA实施全局的访问控制规则，MRS还可作为激励机制使用。

La composition au moyen des quarts de ton

La version intégrale de cette thèse est disponible uniquement pour consultation individuelle à la Bibliothèque de musique de l’Université de Montréal.

Estudo de caso sobre a aquicultura no brasil e os impactos da desoneração tributária da cadeia produtiva do pescado nacional

As questões ligadas às desonerações tributárias como fomento ao desenvolvimento do país vêm ganhando muita importância e destaque no cenário político e econômico brasileiro. Sendo assim, este estudo de caso fictício tem como objetivo promover uma reflexão acerca dos fatores que sejam relevantes para a desoneração da cadeia produtiva do pescado e atingir objetivos educacionais expondo aos estudantes às interdependências e consequências ao longo do processo. O caso também pretende promover uma discussão sobre as ações gerenciais apropriadas, com utilização de ferramentas de planejamento para orientar tomadas de decisões e, para tanto, apresenta alguns fatores facilitadores e obstáculos, bem como benefícios alcançados, que são impactados por múltiplos fatores. Dentro dos parâmetros estabelecidos, as conclusões levam ao entendimento de que a solução mais indicada seria a de trabalhar na desoneração e mais especificamente nas rações do pescado, que, com a redução dos custos, proporcionaria mais demanda, maior produção, mais investimentos em tecnologia, mais formalização da economia e tantos outros benefícios econômicos e sociais.

SMPS particle size data from the Mt. Bachelor Observatory for summer 2015

Aerosol size distributions from the Mt. Bachelor Observatory for 7/30/2015 to 9/23/2015.

Factors affecting student attitudes toward flexible online learning in management education

In response to recent technological advances and the trend toward flexible learning in education, the authors examined the factors affecting student satisfaction with flexible online learning. The authors identified 2 key student attributes of student satisfaction: (a) positive perceptions of technology in terms of ease of access and use of online flexible learning material and (b) autonomous and innovative learning styles. The authors derived measures of perceptions of technology from research on the Technology Acceptance Model and used locus of control and innovative attitude as indicators of an autonomous and innovative learning mode. First-year students undertaking an introductory management course completed surveys at the beginning (n = 248) and at the end (n = 256) of course work. The authors analyzed the data by using structural equation modeling. Results suggest that student satisfaction is influenced by positive perceptions toward technology and an autonomous learning mode.