Coquinas eoaptianas do sudoeste da Bacia de Campos: fácies deposicionais, eventos diagenéticos e fatores controladores da qualdade do reservatório

Pós-graduação em Geologia Regional - IGCE

Citotoxicidade do ácido peracético: avaliação metabólica, estrutural e de morte em fibroblastos L929

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

O impacto dos fatores de escolha na lealdade dos estudantes internacionais mediado pela satisfação: o caso do Politécnico de Leiria

Num mundo cada vez mais globalizado como o de hoje, a internacionalização das Instituições de Ensino Superior tem assumido uma importância estratégica e crescente, não só pela necessidade de preparar adequadamente os seus estudantes para esta nova realidade, como igualmente pelo aumento da competição entre as mesmas. A presença de estudantes internacionais é, assim, uma mais-valia a todos os níveis para as Instituições, pelo que é fundamental não só procurar atrair os melhores, como igualmente garantir que fiquem satisfeitos com as opções tomadas e leais à Instituição escolhida. Foi com o objetivo de conhecer os fatores da satisfação e da lealdade dos estudantes internacionais que esta investigação foi desenvolvida. Assim, com base na informação recolhida através de um questionário numa amostra de 190 estudantes internacionais a estudar no Politécnico de Leiria, efetuou-se o estudo quantitativo, transversal e de natureza conclusiva descritiva, com a finalidade de investigar o impacto dos fatores de escolha e das fontes de informação na lealdade dos estudantes internacionais, mediado pela satisfação com a escolha efetuada. Os resultados da estimação de um modelo estrutural através do “partial least squares” (PLS) evidenciaram que os fatores com maior impacto na satisfação pela escolha efetuada foram: a perceção que têm de Portugal, o ambiente e localização do Politécnico de Leiria e as fontes de informação (em particular as fontes online). As motivações pessoais e a perceção da Instituição não revelaram capacidade para explicar a satisfação dos estudantes, muito embora os mesmos os reconheçam como fatores importantes na decisão de estudar no estrangeiro e no Politécnico de Leiria. Concluiu-se ainda que a imagem corporativa do Politécnico de Leiria influencia a recomendação de terceiros; as caraterísticas de Portugal influenciam a perceção que os estudantes têm do ambiente e localização da Instituição; por sua vez, Portugal e a região onde se situa o Politécnico de Leiria influenciam a sua imagem corporativa; a satisfação e a imagem corporativa do Politécnico de Leiria explicam a lealdade dos estudantes internacionais, medida em termos da intenção de a recomendar a familiares, amigos e conhecidos e de partilhar informações sobre a mesma nas redes sociais. Para completar o presente estudo, foi ainda efetuada uma análise comparativa dos estudantes em função da sua proveniência, tendo-se observado diferenças significativas entre eles. De notar que os estudantes latino-americanos declaram-se mais satisfeitos e com maior propensão para recomendar o Politécnico de Leiria aos seus conhecidos. Com base nos resultados obtidos é apresentado um conjunto de recomendações ao Politécnico de Leiria, úteis para implementar estratégias de marketing e de comunicação mais adequadas à captação e fidelização dos estudantes internacionais e, assim, contribuir para a sua internacionalização.

Desempenho internacional de empresas exportadoras: um modelo estrutural baseado em capacidades organizacionais e ambiente

The internationalization as an organizational phenomenon fundamentally strategic had as theoretical contributions some Schools that throughout the decades 60, 70, and 80 developed behavioral and economic approaches in order to explain the process. The behavioral approach deals with the perception of phenomenon as a gradual process from the perspective of the executives behavior (JOHANSON and VAHLNE, 1977; HALLÉN and WIEDERSHEIM - PAUL, 1979; CZINKOTA, 1985). This phenomenon in permanent theoretical and managerial evolution made an opportunity to build this investigation, whose goal is to analyse the impact comes from organizational capabilities and the external environment on the international performance of exporting firms. For both, were used as theoretical basis two types of analysis for the comprehension of international performance: Strategic Management - Industrial Organization and Resource-Based View and International Businesses - Current Economic and Behavioral. It was made a cross-sectional survey-based explanatory research, including 150 exporting companies with operations in the Northeast of Brazil. A conceptual model was made with eight constructs and eight research hypotheses, representative of the effects of external factors on international performance. The data were processed using the Exploratory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling. The structural equations model was reespecified and estimated through the use of the maximum-likelihood method up to achieve adequated values of indexes of adjustment. As the main theoretical contribution, were identified organizational and physical resources which shows the importance of the management skills development, of the learning capability and capability to establish strategic alliances abroad. That because the knowledge, as the operational point of view as in its strategic application, offers to organization conditions of market positioning which can create opportunities sustainable competitive advantages and which impact the performance of international companies

Fatores críticos de sucesso como antecedentes da aceitação de um sistema de informação em uma universidade federal

In recent decades the public sector comes under pressure in order to improve its performance. The use of Information Technology (IT) has been a tool increasingly used in reaching that goal. Thus, it has become an important issue in public organizations, particularly in institutions of higher education, determine which factors influence the acceptance and use of technology, impacting on the success of its implementation and the desired organizational results. The Technology Acceptance Model - TAM was used as the basis for this study and is based on the constructs perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. However, when it comes to integrated management systems due to the complexity of its implementation,organizational factors were added to thus seek further explanation of the acceptance of such systems. Thus, added to the model five TAM constructs related to critical success factors in implementing ERP systems, they are: support of top management, communication, training, cooperation, and technological complexity (BUENO and SALMERON, 2008). Based on the foregoing, launches the following research problem: What factors influence the acceptance and use of SIE / module academic at the Federal University of Para, from the users' perception of teachers and technicians? The purpose of this study was to identify the influence of organizational factors, and behavioral antecedents of behavioral intention to use the SIE / module academic UFPA in the perspective of teachers and technical users. This is applied research, exploratory and descriptive, quantitative with the implementation of a survey, and data collection occurred through a structured questionnaire applied to a sample of 229 teachers and 30 technical and administrative staff. Data analysis was carried out through descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling with the technique of partial least squares (PLS). Effected primarily to assess the measurement model, which were verified reliability, convergent and discriminant validity for all indicators and constructs. Then the structural model was analyzed using the bootstrap resampling technique like. In assessing statistical significance, all hypotheses were supported. The coefficient of determination (R ²) was high or average in five of the six endogenous variables, so the model explains 47.3% of the variation in behavioral intention. It is noteworthy that among the antecedents of behavioral intention (BI) analyzed in this study, perceived usefulness is the variable that has a greater effect on behavioral intention, followed by ease of use (PEU) and attitude (AT). Among the organizational aspects (critical success factors) studied technological complexity (TC) and training (ERT) were those with greatest effect on behavioral intention to use, although these effects were lower than those produced by behavioral factors (originating from TAM). It is pointed out further that the support of senior management (TMS) showed, among all variables, the least effect on the intention to use (BI) and was followed by communications (COM) and cooperation (CO), which exert a low effect on behavioral intention (BI). Therefore, as other studies on the TAM constructs were adequate for the present research. Thus, the study contributed towards proving evidence that the Technology Acceptance Model can be applied to predict the acceptance of integrated management systems, even in public. Keywords: Technology

Desempenho internacional de empresas exportadoras: um modelo estrutural baseado em capacidades organizacionais e ambiente

The internationalization as an organizational phenomenon fundamentally strategic had as theoretical contributions some Schools that throughout the decades 60, 70, and 80 developed behavioral and economic approaches in order to explain the process. The behavioral approach deals with the perception of phenomenon as a gradual process from the perspective of the executives behavior (JOHANSON and VAHLNE, 1977; HALLÉN and WIEDERSHEIM - PAUL, 1979; CZINKOTA, 1985). This phenomenon in permanent theoretical and managerial evolution made an opportunity to build this investigation, whose goal is to analyse the impact comes from organizational capabilities and the external environment on the international performance of exporting firms. For both, were used as theoretical basis two types of analysis for the comprehension of international performance: Strategic Management - Industrial Organization and Resource-Based View and International Businesses - Current Economic and Behavioral. It was made a cross-sectional survey-based explanatory research, including 150 exporting companies with operations in the Northeast of Brazil. A conceptual model was made with eight constructs and eight research hypotheses, representative of the effects of external factors on international performance. The data were processed using the Exploratory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling. The structural equations model was reespecified and estimated through the use of the maximum-likelihood method up to achieve adequated values of indexes of adjustment. As the main theoretical contribution, were identified organizational and physical resources which shows the importance of the management skills development, of the learning capability and capability to establish strategic alliances abroad. That because the knowledge, as the operational point of view as in its strategic application, offers to organization conditions of market positioning which can create opportunities sustainable competitive advantages and which impact the performance of international companies

Fatores críticos de sucesso como antecedentes da aceitação de um sistema de informação em uma universidade federal

In recent decades the public sector comes under pressure in order to improve its performance. The use of Information Technology (IT) has been a tool increasingly used in reaching that goal. Thus, it has become an important issue in public organizations, particularly in institutions of higher education, determine which factors influence the acceptance and use of technology, impacting on the success of its implementation and the desired organizational results. The Technology Acceptance Model - TAM was used as the basis for this study and is based on the constructs perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. However, when it comes to integrated management systems due to the complexity of its implementation,organizational factors were added to thus seek further explanation of the acceptance of such systems. Thus, added to the model five TAM constructs related to critical success factors in implementing ERP systems, they are: support of top management, communication, training, cooperation, and technological complexity (BUENO and SALMERON, 2008). Based on the foregoing, launches the following research problem: What factors influence the acceptance and use of SIE / module academic at the Federal University of Para, from the users' perception of teachers and technicians? The purpose of this study was to identify the influence of organizational factors, and behavioral antecedents of behavioral intention to use the SIE / module academic UFPA in the perspective of teachers and technical users. This is applied research, exploratory and descriptive, quantitative with the implementation of a survey, and data collection occurred through a structured questionnaire applied to a sample of 229 teachers and 30 technical and administrative staff. Data analysis was carried out through descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling with the technique of partial least squares (PLS). Effected primarily to assess the measurement model, which were verified reliability, convergent and discriminant validity for all indicators and constructs. Then the structural model was analyzed using the bootstrap resampling technique like. In assessing statistical significance, all hypotheses were supported. The coefficient of determination (R ²) was high or average in five of the six endogenous variables, so the model explains 47.3% of the variation in behavioral intention. It is noteworthy that among the antecedents of behavioral intention (BI) analyzed in this study, perceived usefulness is the variable that has a greater effect on behavioral intention, followed by ease of use (PEU) and attitude (AT). Among the organizational aspects (critical success factors) studied technological complexity (TC) and training (ERT) were those with greatest effect on behavioral intention to use, although these effects were lower than those produced by behavioral factors (originating from TAM). It is pointed out further that the support of senior management (TMS) showed, among all variables, the least effect on the intention to use (BI) and was followed by communications (COM) and cooperation (CO), which exert a low effect on behavioral intention (BI). Therefore, as other studies on the TAM constructs were adequate for the present research. Thus, the study contributed towards proving evidence that the Technology Acceptance Model can be applied to predict the acceptance of integrated management systems, even in public. Keywords: Technology

Influência de fatores ambientais na incidência do vírus da infecção hipodermal e necrose hematopoiética (IHHNV) no camarão Litopenaeus vannamei cultivado em fazendas do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (RN)

The shrimp farming industry is the most profitable area of the aquaculture at Rio Grande do Norte (RN) state, which is one of the largest producers in Brazil. However the infections that affect the shrimp cause major economic losses. The infection is a result of the interaction between the shrimp, the environment and pathogen. The change of these factors may lead to a condition of stress and susceptibility to opportunistic infections. One of these infections caused by Infectious Hypodermal and Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHHNV) is widely distributed in several countries and affects a wide range of hosts. To optimize conditions for production of Litopenaeus vannamei shrimp, the more species cultivated in Brazil, it is necessary to understand the effects of environmental factors in the susceptibility of this species to infections. The aim of this study was to determine the IHHNV prevalence and to investigate the influence of environmental factors as salinity, temperature, stocking density, dissolved oxygen and rainfall in the IHHNV incidence in L. vannamei grown in farms, in the RN state. To determine the IHHNV prevalence were used 1089 samples of L. vannamei collected in seven farms. To perform the study about the influence of environmental factors, 525 samples of L. vannamei shrimp were collected in eight farms located in regions of low (0-1 ), medium (21-30 ) and high (38-57 ) salinity, using extensive (≤15 shrimp/m2 ), semi-intensive (18-33 shrimp/m2) or intensive (>36 shrimp/m2) stocking density systems. The IHHNV infection was determined in pleopod and hemolymph using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The environmental factors were recorded during the collection of animals, using a refractometer to measure the salinity and a multi-parameter meter to measure the temperature and concentration of dissolved oxygen in the water. The IHHNV prevalence in RN was 43% (468 infected shrimp out of 1089), varying on different farms. On the seven farms studied, IHHNV prevalence ranged from 18.6% to 54.8%. The infection rates in the shrimp cultured in low, medium and high salinity were respectively 43.10% (125/290), 31.2% (15/48) and 24.6% (46/187) and was significantly higher in shrimp grown in low salinity (P<0.001). The infection rates in ponds of extensive, semi-intensive and intensive systems were respectively, 28.7%, 28.28% and 47.84%, and was significantly higher in high stocking densities (P<0.001). This study indicated a high IHHNV prevalence and a significant effect of salinity and stocking density, but not of the temperature, rainfall and dissolved oxygen on the IHHNV infection rate in the L. vannamei shrimp cultured in the northeastern Brazil

O impacto socioeconômico da implementação do programa jovem aprendiz a partir da inclusão laboral dos jovens aprendizes atendidos pelo Instituto Federal de Brasília - Campus Estrutural

Dissertação apresentada para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Educação Social e Intervenção Comunitária

O impacto socioeconômico da implementação do programa jovem aprendiz a partir da inclusão laboral dos jovens aprendizes atendidos pelo Instituto Federal de Brasília - Campus Estrutural

Dissertação apresentada para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Educação Social e Intervenção Comunitária

Caracterização estrutural e funcional da subfamília gênica ARR-tipo B em macieira

A produtividade de pomares de macieira está estritamente relacionada ao processo de superação da dormência, o qual se caracteriza pela inabilidade do crescimento meristemático mesmo sob condições favoráveis. Embora eventos fisiológicos deste processo tenham sido elucidados, aspectos moleculares ainda são pouco compreendidos. A busca por elementos cis de regulação em genes DAM (Dormancy Associated MADS-box) de macieira revelou a presença de sítios de ligação a fatores de transcrição denominados Arabidopsis Response Regulators (ARR)?tipo B. Estes fatores fazem parte da via de sinalização de citocininas e seu papel na dormência ainda não foi elucidado. Pelo presente trabalho, temos por objetivo compreender a estrutura e a função dos elementos cis e trans associados aos fatores ARR-tipo B de macieira e avaliar se os mesmos podem estar atuando como possíveis repressores do estado dormente da planta.

Fatores de risco de perda de documentos eletrônicos de caráter arquivístico em uma instituição pública : um estudo de caso na Câmara dos Deputados

Identifica os riscos de perda de documentos eletrônicos de caráter arquivístico em uma organização, tomando por base um estudo de caso na Câmara dos Deputados. Analisa as diversas origens desses riscos na instituição : visão estratégica do problema, monitoração e auditoria, treinamento, conservação e obsolescência tecnológica, políticas e responsabilidades, aspectos técnicos, administrativos e culturais, sistemas eletrônicos de gestão arquivística de documentos, conhecimento de normas e padrões.

Fatores responsáveis pelo desequilíbrio na proporcionalidade na Câmara Federal

Analisa propostas apresentadas para mudanças no sistema de representatividade dos Estados e Distrito Federal na Câmara dos Deputados. O desequilíbrio está relacionado aos votos e cadeiras obtidos pelos partidos nas eleições e a distorção entre a população de determinadas unidades federativas e as cadeiras destinadas aos deputados. Esse desequilíbrio gera consequências no parlamento e contradiz o princípio de um Estado democrático de direito apresente o mesmo valor do voto para todo cidadão.

Comissão de Minas e Energia : análise dos fatores que influenciaram sua escolha preferencial nos anos de 2009 a 2011

Objetiva identificar as razões que conduziram à proeminência da CME, no que se refere à escolha para o cargo de presidente de comissões permanentes, tendo essa comissão alçado à 2ª posição no ranking de escolhas no ano de 2011. Inicialmente, tratou-se da sustentação teórica no sentido de se compreender o comportamento legislativo na CME, bem como a atuação centralizada dos líderes, vinculada ao poder de agenda do Executivo e ao presidencialismo de coalizão. Entre as atividades realizadas na CME, o expressivo número de audiências públicas realizadas, além do quantitativo significante de membros que permaneceram na comissão durante a legislatura anterior, indicam a predominância de caráter informacional no colegiado. Por fim, pesquisa midiática aponta para a relevância do campo temático da CME, cujos temas constaram inequivocamente dos principais jornais durante o período estudado. O caráter informacional e assuntos expressivos como o PAC e o Pré-Sal estão entre as razões que conduziram à maior relevância da comissão.

Fatores que contribuem para a proliferação legislativa no ordenamento jurídico brasileiro

Apresenta análises e contribuições produzidas pela ciência da Legística sobre o fenômeno da proliferação legislativa e seus efeitos no direito brasileiro.