SISOnt: sistema de informação em saúde baseado em ontologias

The sharing of knowledge and integration of data is one of the biggest challenges in health and essential contribution to improve the quality of health care. Since the same person receives care in various health facilities throughout his/her live, that information is distributed in different information systems which run on platforms of heterogeneous hardware and software. This paper proposes a System of Health Information Based on Ontologies (SISOnt) for knowledge sharing and integration of data on health, which allows to infer new information from the heterogeneous databases and knowledge base. For this purpose it was created three ontologies represented by the patterns and concepts proposed by the Semantic Web. The first ontology provides a representation of the concepts of diseases Secretariat of Health Surveillance (SVS) and the others are related to the representation of the concepts of databases of Health Information Systems (SIS), specifically the Information System of Notification of Diseases (SINAN) and the Information System on Mortality (SIM)

Algoritmos científicos

The Scientific Algorithms are a new metaheuristics inspired in the scientific research process. The new method introduces the idea of theme to search the solution space of hard problems. The inspiration for this class of algorithms comes from the act of researching that comprises thinking, knowledge sharing and disclosing new ideas. The ideas of the new method are illustrated in the Traveling Salesman Problem. A computational experiment applies the proposed approach to a new variant of the Traveling Salesman Problem named Car Renter Salesman Problem. The results are compared to state-of-the-art algorithms for the latter problem

As contribuições do audiovisual para a formação de jovens produtores: a construção de conteúdos por meio de dispositivos móveis

Pós-graduação em Televisão Digital: Informação e Conhecimento - FAAC

Empacotamento de experimentos controlados em engenharia de software: uma abordagem baseada em ontologia

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Mainstreaming a Decade's Experiences in Watershed Management to Meet the Challenges of Environmental Change in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas

Like other mountain areas in the world, the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region is particularly vulnerable to climate change. Ongoing climate change processes are projected to have a high impact on the HKH region, and accelerated warming has been reported in the Himalayas. These climate change impacts will be superimposed on a variety of other environmental and social stresses, adding to the complexity of the issues. The sustainable use of natural resources is crucial to the long-term stability of the fragile mountain ecosystems in the HKH and to sustain the socio-ecological resilience that forms the basis of sustainable livelihoods in the region. In order to be prepared for these challenges, it is important to take stock of previous research. The ‘People and Resource Dynamics Project’ (PARDYP), implemented by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), provides a variety of participatory options for sustainable land management in the HKH region. The PARDYD project was a research for development project that operated in five middle mountain watersheds across the HKH – two in Nepal and one each in China, India, and Pakistan. The project ran from 1996 to 2006 and focused on addressing the marginalisation of mountain farmers, the use and availability of water, issues relating to land and forest degradation and declining soil fertility, the speed of regeneration of degraded land, and the ability of the natural environment to support the growing needs of the region’s increasing population. A key learning from the project was that the opinion of land users is crucial to the acceptance (and, therefore, successful application) of new technologies and approaches. A major challenge at the end of every project is to promote knowledge sharing and encourage the cross-fertilization of ideas (e.g., in the case of PARDYP, with other middle mountain inhabitants and practitioners in the region) and to share lessons learned with a wider audience. This paper will highlight how the PARDYP findings, including ways of addressing soil fertility and water scarcity, have been mainstreamed in the HKH region through capacity building (international, regional, and national training courses), networking, and the provision of backstopping services. In addition, in view of the challenges in watershed management in the HKH connected to environmental change, the lessons learned from the PARDYP are now being used by ICMOD to define and package climate change proof technology options to address climate change adaptation.

Rollout of CampusContent

CampusContent (CC) is a DFG-funded competence center for eLearning with its own portal. It links content and people who support sharing and reuse of high quality learning materials and codified pedagogical know-how, such as learning objectives, pedagogical scenarios, recommended learning activities, and learning paths. The heart of the portal is a distributed repository whose contents are linked to various other CampusContent portals. Integrated into each portal are user-friendly tools for designing reusable learning content, exercises, and templates for learning units and courses. Specialized authoring tools permit the configuration, adaption, and automatic generation of interactive Flash animations using Adobe's Flexbuilder technology. More coarse-grained content components such as complete learning units and entire courses, in which contents and materials taken from the repository are embedded, can be created with XML-based authoring tools. Open service interface allow the deep or shallow integration of the portal provider's preferred authoring and learning tools. The portal is built on top of the Enterprise Content Management System Alfresco, which comes with social networking functionality that has been adapted to accommmodate collaboration, sharing and reuse within trusted communities of practice.

Youth empowerment evaluation to improve afterschool programming

Community-based participatory research necessitates that community members act as partners in decision making and mutual learning and discovery. In the same light, for programs/issues involving youth, youth should be partners in knowledge sharing and evaluation (Checkoway & Richards-Schuster, 2004). This study is a youth-focused empowerment evaluation for the Successful Youth program. Successful Youth is a multi-component youth development after-school program for Latino middle school youth, created with the goal of reducing teen pregnancy. An empowerment evaluation is collaborative and participatory (Balcazar and Harper 2003). The three steps of an empowerment evaluation are: (1) defining mission, (2) taking stock, and (3) planning for the future (Fetterman 2001).^ In a program where youth are developing leadership skills, making choices, and learning how to self reflect and evaluate, the empowerment evaluation could not be more aligned with promoting and enhancing these skills. In addition, an empowerment evaluation is designed to "foster improvement and self-determination" and "build capacity" (Fetterman 2001). Four empowerment groups were conducted with approximately 6-9 Latino 7th grade students per group. All participants were enrolled in the Successful Youth program. Results indicate points where students' perceptions of the program were aligned with the program's mission and where gaps were identified. Students offered recommendations for program improvements. Additionally, students enjoyed expressing their feelings about the program and appreciated that their opinions were valued. Youth recommendations will be brought to program staff; and, where possible, gaps will be addressed. Empowerment evaluations with youth will continue during the duration of the program so that youth involvement and input remains integral in the evaluation and to ascertain whether the program's goals are being met. ^

Sistema de e-learning en el entorno AFRICA BUILD Portal

Diversos estudios consideran que las claves para el desarrollo técnico, social y económico de los países en desarrollo, y en especial en África, son la educación, la investigación y la innovación. No obstante, en el ámbito sanitario en particular, la formación e investigación en África sigue siendo escasa por diversos motivos. Por un lado, los investigadores africanos encuentran dificultades añadidas para obtener financiación frente a investigadores en países de desarrollo. Y, por otro lado, los investigadores no disponen de las herramientas y tecnologías adecuadas para acceder a información relevante para su trabajo. En este contexto, el proyecto AFRICA BUILD tiene como principal objetivo mejorar y fomentar la investigación y educación sanitaria en África a través de las nuevas tecnologías. Uno de los resultados principales de este proyecto es el AFRICA BUILD Portal (ABP), que pretende ser un punto de encuentro para los investigadores africanos, donde podrán encontrar un amplio abanico de herramientas que les permita no sólo mejorar su educación, sino compartir conocimientos con otros investigadores. Este portal, que está actualmente en desarrollo, pretende fomentar la comunicación entre instituciones africanas y les proveerá herramientas biomédicas avanzadas. En este Trabajo de Fin de Grado se han marcado como principal objetivo la mejora del sistema de e-learning que existía en el ABP. El nuevo sistema será: (i) más potente, óptimo y rico en funcionalidades, (ii) tendrá una importante base social permitiendo a los usuarios aportar información y compartir conocimiento, y (iii) será distribuido y escalable, capaz de integrar distintos gestores de contenidos didácticos como fuentes de información. Los resultados obtenidos son positivos y el nuevo sistema de aprendizaje ha mejorado la usabilidad, funcionalidad y apariencia del anterior. Para concluir, la herramienta posee aún un gran margen de mejora, pero gracias al trabajo realizado el sistema de e-learning es ahora más social, distribuido, escalable e innovador. ---ABSTRACT---Several studies find that the keys to the technical, social and economic development of developing countries, especially in Africa, are education, research and innovation. However, in the health sector in particular, training and research in Africa remains low for various reasons. On the one hand, African researchers experience additional difficulties for funding against researchers in developing countries. And on the other hand, researchers do not have the right tools and technologies to access information relevant to their work. In this context, the AFRICA BUILD project's main objective is to improve and enhance research and health education in Africa through new technologies. One of the main results of this project is the AFRICA BUILD Portal (ABP), which aims to be a meeting point for African researchers, where they can find a wide range of tools that allows them to not only improve their education but to share knowledge with other researchers. This portal, which is currently under development, aims to promote communication between African institutions and will provide advanced biomedical tools. The main objective of this Final Year Project is the improvement of the former elearning system that already existed in the ABP. The new system will be: (i) more powerful, richer in features, (ii) will have an important social base allowing users to contribute information and knowledge sharing; and (iii) will be distributed and scalable, capable of integrating different learning management systems as sources of information. The final results obtained are fairly positive and the new e-learning system has improved its usability, functionality and appearance of the former. To conclude, the tool still has much room for improvement, but thanks to the new features of the improved elearning system has become more social, distributed, scalable and innovative.

Has the European ICT sector a chance to be competitive? Bruges European Economic Policy (BEEP) Briefing 14/2006

In this paper we try to present the main trends of evolution of the ICT sector. Its dynamics, supported by a constant technical progress in ICs, compounded with “non convexities” such as network effects and high sunk costs, may either lead to a Schumpeter Mark I or Schumpeter Mark II competition regime. This means that in some segments, the market will be more competitive (Mark I), while in other it will be more monopolistic (Mark II). But a key trend is also the so called “convergence”. But digitization makes it cost effective to integrate different communications, information processing and entertainment systems and devices. Hence, Schumpeter Mark II grows at the core where software production dominates, while Schumpeter Mark I is established at the periphery. In this context, the European ICT industry is potentially smashed between two forces: the cost advantages of Asian countries on one hand, the inventiveness and dynamism of the US industry on the other hand. The way out of this very difficult situation is to create in Europe the conditions of restoring knowledge accumulation in a key sub-sector of ICT, that is software production. To do this, Europe can rely on its tradition of cooperation and knowledge sharing and on a set of institutions that have shown their ability to stimulate inter-regional cooperation. By concentrating on an ambitious project of open source software production in embarked systems and domestic networks, Europe could reach several objectives: to make freely accessible an essential facility, to stimulate competition, to help reaching the Lisbon objectives and to restore the European competitiveness in ICT.

Redes Interorganizacionais: um estudo sobre partilha e utilização do conhecimento em organizações da Rede Associativa Empresarial da Região Centro de Portugal

Tese de doutoramento em Psicologia, na especialidade de Psicologia das Organizações, do Trabalho e dos Recursos Humanos

Prática de ensino supervisionada em Educação Pré-escolar e Ensino do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico

O presente relatório retrata e analisa o trabalho desenvolvido no âmbito da unidade curricular de Prática de Ensino Supervisionada (PES), do mestrado em Educação PréEscolar e Ensino do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico da Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico de Bragança. A prática pedagógica foi desenvolvida em dois contextos da cidade de Bragança, sendo numa primeira fase num Jardim de Infância de uma Instituição Particular de Solidariedade Social (IPSS), numa sala com catorze crianças de três e quatro anos de idade e, numa segunda fase, numa escola do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico numa Instituição da rede pública, numa sala de 3.º ano com dezanove crianças de oito anos de idade. O principal objetivo deste relatório é dar a conhecer o trabalho realizado em ambos os contextos, descrevendo e refletindo sobre a prática realizada. Ao longo da PES procurámos desenvolver atividades que respondessem às necessidades e interesses das crianças, de forma a criar momentos de participação ativa, de partilha de saberes e de cooperação no âmbito das Orientações Curriculares para a Educação Pré-escolar e do Programa Nacional do 3.º ano do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico. Era nossa intenção mostrar como o livro para a infância pode ser utilizado como promotor de experiências de ensino/aprendizagem ricas e diversificadas, tendo sempre como base a leitura. Nesta perspetiva optámos pela questão-problema: Como podemos fomentar nas crianças o gosto pela leitura e pelo livro? Neste âmbito formulámos os seguintes objetivos: (i) Promover o gosto pela leitura; (ii) Despertar o interesse dos alunos pela leitura literária, recorrendo à utilização do fantástico e do maravilhoso para a estimulação do imaginário na infância; (iii) Envolver a família na promoção leitora; (iv) Proporcionar um conjunto de atividades de forma a trabalhar três momentos fulcrais para a leitura: antes da leitura (pré-leitura), no decorrer da leitura (leitura) e no fim da leitura (pós leitura). A metodologia utilizada foi a investigação qualitativa de natureza interpretativa, baseando-nos na utilização de instrumentos de recolha de dados do tipo qualitativo, como a observação, as notas de campo e fotografias. Este tipo de investigação apresenta os resultados através de narrativas com descrições contextuais e citações dos participantes em experiências de ensino/aprendizagem significativas que estimularam o gosto pela leitura e pelo livro das crianças de ambos os contextos.

O repertório musical português no ensino da tuba

Relatório de Estágio para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Ensino da Música

Prática de ensino supervisionada em educação pré-escolar e ensino do 1º ciclo do ensino básico: desenvolver a capacidade de resolver problemas em matemática

O presente relatório insere-se no âmbito das unidades curriculares de Prática de Ensino Supervisionada em Pré-Escolar e em 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico, inseridas no Mestrado em Educação Pré-Escolar e Ensino do 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico da Universidade de Évora. A investigação traduzida neste relatório decorreu nos dois contextos acima referidos, sendo primeiramente realizada no contexto de Educação Pré-Escolar e seguidamente no contexto de 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico. O principal objetivo da investigação centra-se no desenvolvimento das capacidades de resolver problemas em matemática, tanto em crianças mais pequenas, como mais tarde no início da escolaridade obrigatória. Surgiu assim a questão orientadora da investigação: Que práticas devo realizar para contribuir para que as/os crianças/alunos consigam tornar-se bons resolvedores de problemas? Seguiram-se a esta outras três questões no sentido auxiliar a investigação: Como lidam as/os crianças/alunos com a resolução de problemas? Que estratégias utilizam as/os crianças/alunos para resolver problemas? Que representações usam as/os crianças/alunos na resolução de problemas? No desenvolvimento da investigação foi realizada uma sequência didática de tarefas matemáticas de exploração de resolução de problemas onde foram recolhidos os dados para uma posterior análise, tendo em conta não só os objetivos da investigação como os referenciais teóricos. Concluiu-se que a metodologia utilizada desenvolveu a capacidade de resolver problemas dos estudantes, ou seja, a exploração de problemas utilizando diferentes estratégias e representações, tal como a partilha de conhecimentos e a comunicação matemática, são ferramentas essenciais para uma intervenção eficaz no que concerne à resolução de problemas; Supervised Teaching Practice in Preschool Education and Teaching of the Primary School: Developing the capacities to solve problems in mathematics Abstract: The present report is inserted in the context of the curricular unit Supervised Teaching Practice in Preschool Education and in Primary School, integrated in Master in Preschool Education and Teaching Primary School at University of Évora. This research was held in two different contexts, the first one was performed in a pre-school classroom, and later the second one in classroom of first year of Primary School. The main objective of the research was focused on the development of the capacities to solve mathematical problems either in small children, or later in the beginning of compulsory schooling. As so, the question guiding this investigation emerged: Which practices should I perform to help children/students become better problem solvers? After this, other three questions came up in order to help the research: How do children/students deal with solving problems? What strategies do children/students use to solve problems? What representations do children/students use to solve problems? Throughout this research a didactic intervention consisting in a sequence of mathematical tasks to explore the resolution of problems was performed, allowing data collection for a latter analysis, based not only on the objectives and initial research questions, but also on theoretical approaches consulted. We came to the conclusion that the ability of students to solve problems was improved with the methodology used in this research, meaning that, challenging students with problems using different strategies and representations, such as knowledge sharing and mathematical communication, are essential tools for effective intervention concerning problem solving.

Estudo de factores que afectam a partilha de conhecimento nas organizações segundo diferentes critérios de dimensão

Mestrado em Ciências Empresariais

Enhancing Customer Knowledge and Its Sharing At a Paper Production Line

This study has been made for specific paper production line at an international forest industry company in Finland. The main purpose for the study was a need to examine the current situation of the customer knowledge and its’ sharing at case production line, recognize the problems in it and finally, find out the improvement actions. The study is composed of theoretical and empirical parts. In theoretical part, knowledge management and information sharing in addition to customer knowledge management are presented. Empirical data from case production line was collected by using survey questionnaires. The results are analyzed in discussion and conclusions and finally, study ends with summary which includes recommendations. Based on the study, the amount and quality of customer knowledge and gaining and transferring the customer knowledge were found as the main challenges. The proposed solutions were discovered from moving towards more dynamic operating environment and in the area of customer knowledge management, especially from the communities of creation.