BookTable : reserva de restaurantes on-line

O procedimento mais utilizado para a realização de reservas de restaurantes em Portugal é a reserva por telefone ou presencial. Em alguns restaurantes, este tipo de reserva é registado informaticamente após o contacto com o cliente, ou é realizado em formato papel. Em ambas as situações, o cliente não tem acesso a este registo, não podendo confirmar se a reserva foi ou não registada devidamente. Estes procedimentos são suscetíveis a falhas, o que provoca muitas vezes o descontentamento por parte dos clientes que, em caso de erros, poderão optar por outros restaurantes. Tendo em conta a recessão económica que o país atravessa, os restaurantes não se podem “dar ao luxo” de perder clientes por razões deste género, sendo então necessário encontrar soluções que possam resolver este tipo de problemas. De modo a evitar “falhas” deste género, surgiu o conceito de reserva de restaurantes online, que apresenta vantagens não só para os clientes mas também para os restaurantes. Através deste tipo de sistema, os clientes podem efetuar reservas até poucas horas antes da refeição de uma forma cómoda, sem qualquer necessidade de intervenção por parte dos funcionários do restaurante. Aos restaurantes, o sistema oferece uma gestão integrada de reservas realizadas online, por telefone ou de forma presencial. O sistema desenvolvido no âmbito deste projeto, o BookTable, enquadra-se neste conceito de reserva de restaurantes. Este sistema para além de fornecer uma gestão integrada das reservas, atua como um fator diferenciador no universo de restaurantes. Permite de igual modo que os restaurantes disseminem, de forma prática e autónoma, conteúdos destinados ao público. Os clientes, para além de terem flexibilidade na gestão das suas reservas, poderão ainda desfrutar de vantagens exclusivas, por parte dos restaurantes, na realização de reservas online.

Inequidades de Género y Políticas Públicas. Un mapa de las políticas sociales y de empleo en la Argentina Actual

El género ha sido uno de los factores centrales en la construcción de desigualdades. Se han estructurado distinciones sociales y culturales entre los hombres y las mujeres para convertir diferencias biológicas del sexo en jerarquías de poder, de estatus y de ingresos. La presente ponencia es parte de los resultados del grupo de investigación de UBACyT E-005, que ha estudiado el correlato existente entre políticas públicas destinadas a las mujeres desocupadas, jefas de hogar y pobres y el objetivo explícito de reducción de las desigualdades. El estudio describe el período temporal 2003-2009, período donde se establecieron programas de estas características por parte del Ministerio de Trabajo y el Ministerio de Desarrollo Social, que se fortalecieron y aceleraron a partir de la crisis; tales son los casos del Sistemas de Protección al Desempleo (contributivos y no contributivos), la protección social al empleo (acciones de capacitación y recalificación, terminalidad educativa e incentivos a la generación de empleo), preservación y formalización laboral, institucionalización de servicios públicos de empleo, promoción y desarrollo de economías solidarias, asignación universal por hijo, y el impacto del sistema integrado previsional argentino (SIPA)

Evaluación de colecciones en una biblioteca académica : Aplicación y comparación de los métodos de Slote y McClellan en relación al expurgo

En el presente trabajo se realiza una evaluación de una sección de la colección de una biblioteca universitaria argentina con el fin de conocer la viabilidad de aplicación y la utilidad de los métodos de Slote y McClellan orientados al expurgo. Se acota el estudio a la clase 33X y sus subclases de CDU. Los métodos seleccionados son cuantitativos y se basan en el historial de préstamo de los ejemplares de dicha área temática. El método de Slote propone el cálculo de la variable shelf-time period, teniendo en cuenta la fecha de alta en el sistema, la fecha de último préstamo y la fecha de préstamo anterior. Mientras que el método de McClellan propone calcular la escala de expurgo dividiendo la cantidad de préstamos que experimentan los ejemplares del área temática elegida a lo largo de un año, por el objetivo de fondos, que se calcula teniendo en cuenta la cantidad de libros en estante, la cantidad de libros prestados y fondo disponible ideal; y de esa manera conocer qué punto de la colección requiere acciones correctivas en lo inmediato. Los resultados dan cuenta tanto de la utilidad, como de las ventajas y desventajas de las variables de análisis propuestas por cada autor. En este sentido, queda comprobado que el método de McClellan resulta complejo en su aplicación, por la cantidad de datos que requiere, mientras que el de Slote es sencillo y permite, incluso, recolectar los datos de manera manual. La principal problemática encontrada al finalizar el análisis es que el Sistema Integrado de Gestión Bibliotecaria (SIGB) llevaba poco tiempo en funcionamiento y complicó la interpretación de los resultados, que se vieron totalmente sesgados por la gran cantidad de ejemplares que no habían circulado nunca. Dicho estudio se complementa con un análisis de las Políticas de Desarrollo de Colecciones (PDC) de bibliotecas académicas argentinas, latinoamericanas y españolas en las que se intenta observar qué lugar se le da a la evaluación de la colección y al expurgo

Análise comparativa de diferentes configurações de poços no processo de combustão in-situ

With an increasing number of mature fields, heavy oil recovery has performed one of the great challenges of the oil industry. The Brazilian Northeast, for example, has numerous heavy oil reservoirs are explored with the use of thermal methods. Among the types of methods used for heavy oil, there is the method of in-situ combustion, a technique in which heat is produced within the container, unlike the injection of heated fluid when the heat is generated at the surface and transported to the reservoir. In this type of process, it is common to use vertical wells as injectors and producers. However, methods which use horizontal wells like oil producers are increasingly studied because of greater contact area between the formation and combustion front. Thus, the main objective of this work was to study the different configurations of wells (CIS THAITM and CAGD) in the process of in-situ combustion in oil recovery using a semi-synthetic tank with Brazilian Northeast features. The method "toe-to-heel air injection" (THAITM) is a process of enhanced oil recovery, which is the integration of in-situ combustion with technological advances in drilling horizontal wells. This method uses horizontal wells such as oil producers, keeping vertical injection wells for injecting air. The oil drain process by differential gravitational assisted with combustion (CAGD) is an integrated, in this configuration the horizontal injector well is drilled at the top formation with a horizontal production well in the lower section. The simulations were performed in a commercial program of thermal processes, called "STARS" (Steam, Thermal, and Advanced Processes Reservoir Simulator), the company CMG (Computer Modelling Group). An analysis of the air flow injection was performed and it was found that each method had a maximum injection to the base model, a show that through this air injection limit was reduced cumulative production of oil. Analyses of operating parameters were used: injection flow, configuration and completion of wells. In the sensitivity analysis we found that the air injection flow showed greater influence on THAI method, since the CIS method the completion of the wells was the most influential parameter and CAGD configuration wells showed the greatest influence in the recovered fraction. The economic results have shown that the best case obtained in CAGD method because, despite having higher initial cost showed the best financial return compared to the best cases the CIS and THAI.

Análise comparativa de diferentes configurações de poços no processo de combustão in-situ

With an increasing number of mature fields, heavy oil recovery has performed one of the great challenges of the oil industry. The Brazilian Northeast, for example, has numerous heavy oil reservoirs are explored with the use of thermal methods. Among the types of methods used for heavy oil, there is the method of in-situ combustion, a technique in which heat is produced within the container, unlike the injection of heated fluid when the heat is generated at the surface and transported to the reservoir. In this type of process, it is common to use vertical wells as injectors and producers. However, methods which use horizontal wells like oil producers are increasingly studied because of greater contact area between the formation and combustion front. Thus, the main objective of this work was to study the different configurations of wells (CIS THAITM and CAGD) in the process of in-situ combustion in oil recovery using a semi-synthetic tank with Brazilian Northeast features. The method "toe-to-heel air injection" (THAITM) is a process of enhanced oil recovery, which is the integration of in-situ combustion with technological advances in drilling horizontal wells. This method uses horizontal wells such as oil producers, keeping vertical injection wells for injecting air. The oil drain process by differential gravitational assisted with combustion (CAGD) is an integrated, in this configuration the horizontal injector well is drilled at the top formation with a horizontal production well in the lower section. The simulations were performed in a commercial program of thermal processes, called "STARS" (Steam, Thermal, and Advanced Processes Reservoir Simulator), the company CMG (Computer Modelling Group). An analysis of the air flow injection was performed and it was found that each method had a maximum injection to the base model, a show that through this air injection limit was reduced cumulative production of oil. Analyses of operating parameters were used: injection flow, configuration and completion of wells. In the sensitivity analysis we found that the air injection flow showed greater influence on THAI method, since the CIS method the completion of the wells was the most influential parameter and CAGD configuration wells showed the greatest influence in the recovered fraction. The economic results have shown that the best case obtained in CAGD method because, despite having higher initial cost showed the best financial return compared to the best cases the CIS and THAI.

Estimativa da poluição emitida pelos ônibus das linhas troncais da cidade de Uberlândia, MG

The transport of people and goods contributes to the deterioration of the environment in urban areas because of the generation of pollution, such as, air, noise, soil, water or visual degradation. The heavy vehicles that use diesel as fuel are mainly responsible for the emission of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM), contributing to participation of the transport sector in air pollution. In addition, there is emission of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) whose main component is carbon dioxide (CO2). In most major cities, public transportation is often considered as a less polluting alternative compared to the private vehicle, in view of the potential to reduce, per passenger, the emissions of GHG and air pollutants. The study area was the city of Uberlândia and the objects of study were the trunk lines of the Sistema Integrado de Transporte (SIT). The emissions of NOx, PM and CO2 were estimated through the bottom-up approach which used the route of each bus line and also fuel consumption obtained through simulation from the TSIS software. The software has some result limitations, there are no report about the emission of pollutants by bus, and it is not able to change specifications for the fuel used by the fleet. The results obtained through calculations of pollutants and GHG emission by the bottom-up approach show that the emission is higher when using fuel comsuption obtained in simulation than using distance. For the results considering fuel and distance there was a reduction in emissions comparing ethanol and diesel.

Resposta da batata cv. Cupido à fertilização organomineral

Potato crop cycle is relatively short and presents high yield per area; therefore, it is a very demanding culture for available nutrients in the soil solution. Despite its importance and the large number of studies about the crop, there is little research on plant nutrition regarding the use of organomineral fertilizer. This study evaluated potato, cv. Cupid, development and productivity as a function of fertilization with pelletized organomineral fertilizer. The experiment was done in Perdizes, Minas Gerais, in the rainy season of 2014/2015. The experimental design was a randomized blocks, with factorial arrangement of 4 x 2 (doses x management) and a control with mineral fertilizer, with 3 repetitions. Organomineral fertilizer doses were 25, 50, 75 and 100% of the conventional mineral dose, which was 600 kg ha-1 K2SO4, 850 kg ha-1 NH4H2PO4, and 300 kg ha-1 (NH4)2SO4 of topdressing 19 days after planting (DAP). Fertilization managements were with or without topdressing at 19 DAP, when the potato was hilled. Two plants per plot were sampled at 36, 50, 64 and 81 DAP and analyzed for leaf, stem and dry matter contents. DRIS - Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System was applied at 36 DAP and the potatoes were harvested 112 DAP and subjected to tuber classification. Throughout the cycle, stem, leaf and tuber dry mass showed no significant differences between the fertilization managements. The doses of organomineral fertilizer and topdressing management does not affect productivity, and the lower doses (25%) were similar the greater ones and the control, with an average of 16.8 t ha-1, demonstrating that it is viable to make a single application of organomineral fertilizer at planting due to operational efficiency. The low yields observed were due to high rainfall and temperature, creating favorable conditions for the incidence of pests and diseases. According to DRIS, the organomineral dose 75% for topdressing, presented the best nutritional balance.

Auditoria de inteligência: um método para o diagnóstico de sistemas de inteligência competitiva e organizacional

CARVALHO, Andréa Vasconcelos ; ESTEBAN NAVARRO, Miguel Ángel. . Auditoria de Inteligência: um método para o diagnóstico de sistemas de inteligência competitiva e organizacional. In: XI ENANCIB - Encontro Nacional de Pesquisa em Ciência da Informação, 2010, Rio de Janeiro. Anais do XI ENANCIB. Rio de Janeiro: ANCIB, 2010.

Implementación de un manual SIG basado en la familia de normas ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 para la empresa PAYC S.A.

Esta tesis comprende el desarrollo del diseño del manual de interventoría del sistema integrado de gestión de la empresa PAYC S.A. el cual es desarrollado en tres fases, la primera comprende un diagnóstico de debilidades del proceso de gestión de proyectos de interventoría en la organización, basado en el análisis FODA en donde se identificaron falencias en el sistema y donde se estudiaron cada una de la áreas de la organización por medio de una caracterización de las mismas, de acuerdo a esto se diseñó un manual operativo de interventoría en donde se describe cada uno de los procedimientos que comprende esta área, se diseñaron formatos para el registro de cada una de los procedimientos y finalmente se elaboró adicional un modelo de control adecuado a las necesidades actuales del proceso de gestión para la empresa (Lista de chequeo), todo esto con el propósito de aumentar la competitividad de la empresa y reducir la probabilidad de incurrir en sanciones que pueda afectar el normal funcionamiento de la organización y adicionalmente facilitar el cumplimiento de las exigencias del gobierno. Se mencionan los puntos normativos ISO 9001 Sistema de Gestión de la Calidad; ISO 14001 Sistema de Gestión Ambiental; OHSAS 18001Seguridad industrial y salud ocupacional, a los cuales se hace referencia para crear los procedimientos del Sistema Integrado de Gestión.

New tools for cognitive and motor rehabilitation: development and clinical validation

Nervous system disorders are associated with cognitive and motor deficits, and are responsible for the highest disability rates and global burden of disease. Their recovery paths are vulnerable and dependent on the effective combination of plastic brain tissue properties, with complex, lengthy and expensive neurorehabilitation programs. This work explores two lines of research, envisioning sustainable solutions to improve treatment of cognitive and motor deficits. Both projects were developed in parallel and shared a new sensible approach, where low-cost technologies were integrated with common clinical operative procedures. The aim was to achieve more intensive treatments under specialized monitoring, improve clinical decision-making and increase access to healthcare. The first project (articles I – III) concerned the development and evaluation of a web-based cognitive training platform (COGWEB), suitable for intensive use, either at home or at institutions, and across a wide spectrum of ages and diseases that impair cognitive functioning. It was tested for usability in a memory clinic setting and implemented in a collaborative network, comprising 41 centers and 60 professionals. An adherence and intensity study revealed a compliance of 82.8% at six months and an average of six hours/week of continued online cognitive training activities. The second project (articles IV – VI) was designed to create and validate an intelligent rehabilitation device to administer proprioceptive stimuli on the hemiparetic side of stroke patients while performing ambulatory movement characterization (SWORD). Targeted vibratory stimulation was found to be well tolerated and an automatic motor characterization system retrieved results comparable to the first items of the Wolf Motor Function Test. The global system was tested in a randomized placebo controlled trial to assess its impact on a common motor rehabilitation task in a relevant clinical environment (early post-stroke). The number of correct movements on a hand-to-mouth task was increased by an average of 7.2/minute while the probability to perform an error decreased from 1:3 to 1:9. Neurorehabilitation and neuroplasticity are shifting to more neuroscience driven approaches. Simultaneously, their final utility for patients and society is largely dependent on the development of more effective technologies that facilitate the dissemination of knowledge produced during the process. The results attained through this work represent a step forward in that direction. Their impact on the quality of rehabilitation services and public health is discussed according to clinical, technological and organizational perspectives. Such a process of thinking and oriented speculation has led to the debate of subsequent hypotheses, already being explored in novel research paths.

Boletin POLIS. Vol. 2 No. 2 - Mayo de 2007

Construyendo herramientas para el seguimiento de las finanzas públicas territoriales del Valle del Cauca y Cali - Relaciones público-privadas en contratos de concesión y estabilidad jurídica. - Educar para la intervención social: retos de la academia. - El futuro de la Sobretasa a la gasolina y la financiación del Sistema Integrado de Transporte Masivo.

Modificações no ambiente sócio-físico entre 2005 e 2011: a percepção dos moradores de Itapuama, Cabo de Santo Agostinho-Pernambuco

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

Auditoria de inteligência: um método para o diagnóstico de sistemas de inteligência competitiva e organizacional

CARVALHO, Andréa Vasconcelos ; ESTEBAN NAVARRO, Miguel Ángel. . Auditoria de Inteligência: um método para o diagnóstico de sistemas de inteligência competitiva e organizacional. In: XI ENANCIB - Encontro Nacional de Pesquisa em Ciência da Informação, 2010, Rio de Janeiro. Anais do XI ENANCIB. Rio de Janeiro: ANCIB, 2010.

Estudio numérico y experimental de fenómenos hidrodinámicos que ocurren en bombas centrífugas como turbinas

La tendencia mundial de administrar y operar a distancia las centrales hidroeléctricas está obligando a los expertos a replantear los estrategias de monitoreo y diagnóstico de sus máquinas -- Esto ha conducido también, a reducir el personal experto que reside in-situ y que se encarga de operar y mantener los sistemas técnicos, y además de atender cualquier eventualidad que pueda ocurrir -- Por eso, desde hace ya varios años se han venido desarrollando sistemas expertos que puedan suplir las deficiencias del recurso humano -- Pero aunque tales sistemas han alcanzado niveles interesantes de independencia, aún requieren del acompañamiento de un experto que pueda interpretar las evidencias, emitir un diagnóstico y tomar una decisión -- Un ejemplo de los aspectos que aún se deben perfeccionar, es el se las falsas alarmas que llegan a producir el efecto “cry wolf” y que terminan por inactivar el sistema -- Otra forma de enfrentar esta nueva dinámica de operación es la de subcontratar el servicio de diagnóstico técnico, que puede dar resultados aceptables, pero no siempre en el caso de centrales hidroeléctricas -- Las centrales por lo general se encuentran en sitios remotos y en ocasiones blindadas por condiciones geográficas y climatológicas por lo que no es posible reaccionar rápidamente para atender una eventualidad cuando el experto y sus instrumentos no están cerca -- Una solución que resulta conveniente es de hecho, la centralización de la experticia para los servicios de monitoreo y diagnóstico técnico, soportados por una plataforma portátil e idealmente no-invasiva, que permanezca siempre junto a las máquinas y que pueda ser consultada on-line -- De este modo una cantidad reducida de expertos tendrán acceso permanente a las variables o síntomas que definen el estado técnico de la maquinaria; ellos se encargarán de analizar las señales sintomáticas, evaluar los resultados, emitir juicios y elaborar reportes ejecutivos que finalmente llegarán a manos del administrador o persona encargada de la operación -- Esta alternativa aliviará molestias relacionadas con los procesos de monitoreo y diagnóstico: instrumentación/sensórica, cableado, acondicionamiento de señales, adquisición digital de datos, procesamiento de señales, administración y gestión de equipos, reporte de resultados, recomendaciones, etc. -- Este proyecto propone en dos etapas, el diseño de una plataforma tecnológica que pueda soportar la alternativa mencionada -- En detalle, el diseño de un sistema integrado de adquisición de datos que además de ser portátil, modular y escalable, adecuado para monitoreo de las principales variables de diagnóstico de una central hidroeléctrica; que aunque no incorpore un sistema experto, si ofrece las herramientas de análisis, diagnóstico y toma de decisiones del estado del arte

Produção biológica integrada de hidrogénio e metano a partir de resíduos da indústria do biodiesel

Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia da Energia e do Ambiente