Ungdomars tankar kring betydelsen av färg och form vid framställningen av en internationell webbtidning

När en grafisk profil för en spännande ny internationell webbtidning för ungdomar skall göras är det viktigt att tänka på hur färg och form påverkar våra känslor. Experiment med färg som har gjorts av ledande färgpsykologer och färgvetare som Goethe, Itten, Lüscher och Karl Ryberg bevisar att färg har en stor psykologisk påverkan på människan. Internet är ett väldigt effektiv kommunikationsmedium och för att kommunicera effektivt är det inte bara orden, utan även färgerna och formerna på webbsidorna som skall vara väl genomtänkta. Vilka färger kopplar ungdomar i Sverige och Chile ihop med vissa känslor? Vilka former kopplas ihop med samma känslor? Svaren på de frågorna sammanställdes och analyserades efter svaren på en enkät om färg och form som delades it till två högstadieskolor i Borlänge, Sverige och en i Santiago, Chile.

Extração semântica de dados semi-estruturados através de exemplos e ferramentas visuais

Existe uma necessidade latente de pesquisar, filtrar e manipular informações disponíveis em diversos formatos irregulares, entre elas as informações distribuídas na WWW (World Wide Web). Esses tipos de dados são semi-estruturados, pois não possuem uma estrutura explícita e regular, o que dificulta sua manipulação. Este trabalho apresenta como proposta o projeto de uma ferramenta para realizar a extração semântica e semi-automática de dados semi-estruturados. O usuário especifica, através de uma interface visual, um exemplo da estrutura hierárquica do documento e de seu relacionamento com os conceitos da ontologia, gerando uma gramática descritiva da estrutura implícita do mesmo. A partir dessa gramática, a ferramenta realiza a extração dos próximos documentos de forma automática, reestruturando o resultado em um formato regular de dados, neste caso, XML (eXtensible Markup Language). Além da conceituação do método de extração, são apresentados os experimentos realizados com o protótipo da ferramenta, bem como, os resultados obtidos nestes experimentos. Para a construção desta ferramenta, são analisadas características de outros métodos que constituem o estado da arte em extração de dados semi-estruturados.

Geração de regras de extração de dados em páginas HTML

Existem vários trabalhos na área de extração de dados semi-estruturados, usando diferentes técnicas. As soluções de extração disponibilizadas pelos trabalhos existentes são direcionadas para atenderem a dados de certos domínios, considerando-se domínio o conjunto de elementos pertencentes à mesma área de interesse. Dada a complexidade e a grande quantidade dos dados semi-estruturados, principalmente dos disponíveis na World Wide Web (WWW), é que existem ainda muitos domínios a serem explorados. A maior parte das informações disponíveis em sites da Web está em páginas HTML. Muitas dessas páginas contêm dados de certos domínios (por exemplo, remédios). Em alguns casos, sites de organizações diferentes apresentam dados referentes a um mesmo domínio (por exemplo, farmácias diferentes oferecem remédios). O conhecimento de um determinado domínio, expresso em um modelo conceitual, serve para definir a estrutura de um documento. Nesta pesquisa, são consideradas exclusivamente tabelas de páginas HTML. A razão de se trabalhar somente com tabelas está baseada no fato de que parte dos dados de páginas HTML encontra-se nelas, e, como conseqüência, elimina-se o processamento dos outros dados, concentrando-se os esforços para que sejam processadas automaticamente. A pesquisa aborda o tratamento exclusivo de tabelas de páginas HTML na geração das regras de extração, na utilização das regras e do modelo conceitual para o reconhecimento de dados em páginas semelhantes. Para essa técnica, foi implementado o protótipo de uma ferramenta visual denominado Gerador de Regras de Extração e Modelo Conceitual (GREMO). GREMO foi desenvolvido em linguagem de programação visual Delphi 6.0. O processo de extração ocorre em quatro etapas: identificação e análise das tabelas de informações úteis em páginas HTML; identificação de conceitos para os elementos dos modelos conceituais; geração dos modelos conceituais correspondentes à página, ou utilização de modelo conceitual existente no repositório que satisfaça a página em questão; construção das regras de extração, extração dos dados da página, geração de arquivo XML correspondente aos dados extraídos e, finalmente, realimentação do repositório. A pesquisa apresenta as técnicas para geração e extração de dados semi-estruturados, as representações de domínio exclusivo de tabelas de páginas HTML por meio de modelo conceitual, as formas de geração e uso das regras de extração e de modelo conceitual.

Hipertexto: possíveis contribuições aos elementos formadores da sensação de presença para a virtualização da informação, no ambiente da www-internet: um estudo exploratório com grupos universitários na cidade de São Paulo

Hipertexto é um instrumento que permite explorar um assunto sob a ordem estabelecida pelo leitor em vez daquela do autor ou autores. Presença é um estado subjetivo, pessoal, em que a mente do usuário da mídia imerge no assunto, levando-o a sensação de "estar lá". Esta sensação quando estabelecida apresenta o potencial de induzir à preferência por um produto, ou marca ou site o que aumenta a intenção de compra.

Portugal: manifest for the republic education or teacher education under scrutiny

Starting from the analysis of a Manifest placed in the World Wide Web in order to gather signatures, the paper discusses the arousal of a wide spread movement of scepticism in the so called Portuguese “civil socie ty” against the overall result of almost forty years of uninterrupted educational reform that has taken place in Portugal since the late sixties and has lead to an increasing percentage of illiteracy and innumeracy. That Manifest is presented as part of a broader movement, deeply rooted in the Portuguese society, and silent so far, which is becoming stronger and has now strength enough to be part of the political agenda. It is also our concern to unveil an emerging trend of blaming sciences of education and badly trained teachers as responsible for the poor outcome of our schooling system.

Java applets para um software educacional distribuído em eletrônica de potência

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Java applets for a WWW-HTML-based course in power electronics

This paper introduces Java applet programs for a WWW (world wide web)-HTML (hypertext markup language)-based multimedia course in Power Electronics. The applet programs were developed with the purpose of providing an interactive visual simulation and analysis of idealized uncontrolled single-phase, and three-phase rectifiers. In addition, this paper discusses the development and utilization of JAVA applet programs to solve some design-oriented equations for rectifier applications. The major goal of these proposed JAVA applets was to provide more facilities for the students increase their pace in Power Electronics course, emphasizing waveforms analysis, and providing conditions for an on-line comparative analysis among different hands-on laboratory experiences, via a normal Internet TCP/IP connection. Therefore, using the proposed JAVA applets, which were embedded in a WWW-HTML-based course in Power Electronics, was observed an important improvement of the apprenticeship for the content of this course. Therefore, the course structure becomes fluid, allowing a true on-line course over the WWW, motivating students to learn its content, and apply it in some applications-oriented projects, and their home-works.

Educational Java applets get in power electronics labs

This paper presents Java applet programs for a WWW (world wide web)-HTML (hypertext markup language)-based multimedia course in basic power electronics circuits. These tools make use of the benefits of Java language to provide a dynamic and interactive approach to simulate steady-state idealized rectifiers (uncontrolled and controlled; single-phase and three-phase). In addition, this paper discusses the development and the use of the Java applet programs to assist the teaching of basics rectifier power electronics circuits, and to serve as a first design tool for basics power electronics circuits in the experiments of the laboratories. In order to validate the developed simulation applets, the results were confronted with results obtained from a well-know simulator package PSPICE. © 2005 IEEE.

Towards interoperability in P2Pworld: An indexing middleware for multi-protocol peer-to-peer data sharing

Despite the abundant availability of protocols and application for peer-to-peer file sharing, several drawbacks are still present in the field. Among most notable drawbacks is the lack of a simple and interoperable way to share information among independent peer-to-peer networks. Another drawback is the requirement that the shared content can be accessed only by a limited number of compatible applications, making impossible their access to others applications and system. In this work we present a new approach for peer-to-peer data indexing, focused on organization and retrieval of metadata which describes the shared content. This approach results in a common and interoperable infrastructure, which provides a transparent access to data shared on multiple data sharing networks via a simple API. The proposed approach is evaluated using a case study, implemented as a cross-platform extension to Mozilla Firefox browser, and demonstrates the advantages of such interoperability over conventional distributed data access strategies. © 2009 IEEE.

Une architecture sensible au contexte pour le développement des systèmes d'administration pour l'enseignement

The increasing use of mobile devices and wireless communication technologies has improved the access to web information systems. However, the development of these systems imposes new challenges mainly due to the heterogeneity of mobile devices, the management of context information, and the complexity of adaptation process. Especially in this case, these systems should be runable on a great number of mobile devices models. In this article, we describe a context-aware architecture that provides solutions to the challenges presented above for the development of education administration systems. Copyright 2009 ACM.

Creative commons: A convergence model between the ideal of commons and the possibilities of creation in contemporary times, opposed to copyright impediments

The contemporary individual finds on the Internet and especially on the Web facilitating conditions to build a basic infrastructure based on the concept of commons. He also finds favorable conditions which allow him to collaborate and share resources for the creation, use, reuse, access and dissemination of information. However, he also faces obstacles such as Copyright (Law 9610/98 in Brazil). An alternative is Creative Commons which not only allows the elaboration, use and dissemination of information under legal conditions but also function as a facilitator for the development of informational commons. This paper deals with this scenario.

The University and its libraries: Reactions and resistance to scientific publishers

This paper addresses the relationship of copyright and the right of universities on scientific production. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are causing many changes in the system of scientific communication, such as the creation of Institutional Repositories that aim to gather scientific production in digital format. The University needs quicker ways of spreading academic production and many questions are emerging due to contexts such as the Open Access movement. Thus, this paper questions the positioning of Universities, especially Public Universities, which despite having policies related to intellectual property to protect the transferring forms of research results to society; many times do not have a positioning or a mechanism that regulates the self-deposit of scientific production in these Institutional Repositories. In order to develop this paper, the following issues are addressed: lack of interest of the University in storing scientific production; reports on the relationship of the library with scientific publishing houses; the participation of faculty members and students in supporting the Free Access movement; and initiatives aimed at greater flexibility of copyright to the context of scientific production. In order to follow the development of these issues at international level, it was opted for qualitative research with non-participating direct observation to carry out the identification and description of copyright policy of important publishers from the ROMEO SHERPA site; therefore, it can be observed that there are changes regarding the publishers' flexibility before self-archiving of authors in open access institutional repositories in their universities. Given this scenario, we presente reflections and considerations that involve the progress and mainly the integration of the University and its faculty members; the institution should recommend and guide its faculty members not to transfer their copyrights, but to defend their right of copy to Institutional Repositories along with Publishing Houses.

Archives information publishing new design in post-custodial regime: The National Archives Experience Digital Vaults

The uses of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Web environments for creation, treatment and availability of information have supported the emergence of new social-cultural patterns represented by convergences in textual, image and audio languages. This paper describes and analyzes the National Archives Experience Digital Vaults as a digital publishing web environment and as a cultural heritage. It is a complex system - synthesizer of information design options at information setting, provides new aesthetic aspects, but specially enlarges the cognition of the subjects who interact with the environment. It also enlarges the institutional spaces that guard the collective memory beyond its role of keeping the physical patrimony collected there. Digital Vaults lies as a mix of guide and interactive catalogue to be dealt in a ludic way. The publishing design of the information held on the Archives is meant to facilitate access to knowledge. The documents are organized in a dynamic and not chronological way. They are not divided in fonds or distinct categories, but in controlled interaction of documents previously indexed and linked by the software. The software creates information design and view of documental content that can be considered a new paradigm in Information Science and are part of post-custodial regime, independent from physical spaces and institutions. Information professionals must be prepared to understand and work with the paradigmatic changes described and represented by the new hybrid digital environments; hence the importance of this paper. Cyberspace interactivity between user and the content provided by the environment design provide cooperation, collaboration and sharing knowledge actions, all features of networks, transforming culture globally.

Manipulação remota de um braço mecânico (Scorbot ER - III) utilizando a rede mundial de computadores

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Influência dos níveis de atividade física sobre os aspectos endócrino-metabólicos de mulheres acima de 50 anos atendidas pelo sistema público de saúde

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