Efeito do armazenamento na qualidade dos grãos e do óleo de crambe, para produção de biodiesel

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Energia na Agricultura) - FCA

Usabilidade de site e tecnologia wiki aplicadas ao jogo de xadrez no ambiente virtual =: Usability of site and wiki technology applied to the chess set in virtual environment

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Comportamento térmico de coberturas em camadas duplas e estudo da substituição da cama por piso plástico na qualidade do ar, desempenho e índice de lesões em frangos de corte

Pós-graduação em Zootecnia - FCAV

Avaliação do efeito da inclinação e umidade antecedente na qualidade e quantidade das parcelas escoadas, percoladas e armazenadas em telhado verde extensivo

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

Avaliação espaço-temporal da qualidade da água e simulação de autodepuração na bacia hidrográfica do córrego São Simão, SP

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

Qualidade do abacate 'HASS' frigoarmazenado submetido a atmosferas modificadas ativas

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

Qualidade de Vida e fatores de risco cardiovascular em funcionários de uma empresa do comércio

BACKGROUND: The workplace is affected by poor lifestyle habits that can cause alterations in the quality of life (QOL) of the employees. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the quality of life and the cardiovascular risk factors in employees of a business. Relate the quality of life with the variables of cardiovascular risk, gender and work sector. METHOD: 41 employees were evaluated (30 females and 11 males) aging between 18 and 54 years (mean 27.4 ± 8.9 years). A protocol was used with: personal data, personal background, physical examination (anthropometry) and the WHOQOL-bref questionnaire to evaluate the QOL. Statistical analysis was completed by the Chi-squared test and Sperman’s rank correlation, with a significance of 5%. RESULTS: We found 31(75.6%) sedentary; 16(39.0%) excess weight; 2(4.9%) smokers; 9(22.0%) alcohol consumers and 25(61.0%) family history. We also found 13(31.7%) overweight/low risk and 3(7.3%) obese/moderate risk. The best score on the WHOQOL-bref was on physical health (72.9), and the worst on environment (61.3) and mean score of 69.5 for total QOL. Male employees presented greater scores on all domains, but this association had a non-significant result. There was positive correlation between the physical and psychological domains with the environment and total QOL. CONCLUSION: The employees presented important cardiovascular risk factors like sedentary lifestyle, family history, excess weight and alcohol consumption. The employee’s QOL is considered satisfactory in the perception of health; the best QOL being in the physical domain and the worst in the environment. Change measures are suggested to the company for the cardiovascular risk factors detected.

A qualidade de placas de circuito impresso confeccionadas a partir de poliestireno reciclado

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Mecânica - FEG

Sistemas de gestão da qualidade ISO 9001: survey sobre os desafios da implantação

Pós-graduação em Engenharia de Produção - FEB

Avaliação da erosão hídrica, transporte de sedimentos e qualidade da água na bacia do córrego Monjolo Grande

Understanding the linkages between the natural elements is essential for being promoted the land use, occupation and sustainable management of environmental systems. Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE), as a predictive model of erosion, is important to allowing the prevention of possible environmental impacts which may drastically interfere in natural or anthropic environments, as well as prevent potential financial wastes and even contribute to greater efficiency of agricultural production. This research will be working some USLE parameters, emphasizing topographic factor from Ribeirão Monjolo Grande watershed. Among the factors considered by the USLE, the Topographic Factor interferes directly in the erosive dynamic of a watershed because it involves variables related to hydrological processes that occur on it. In this research, were discussed different methods for obtaining the Topographic Factor (BERTONI e LOMBARDI NETO, 1985; MOORE e BURCH, 1986; DESMET E GOVERS, 1996) in GIS environment. After comparison between the methods, was indicated that best represents the conditions of geometry strand of the study area. Finally, other factors (R, K, C, P) considered by the USLE were obtained. The attainment of these parameters were guided by the use of geotechnologies, especially in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), with the assistance of secondary data and periodic field visits. The results obtained contributed to the understanding of hydrosedimentological dynamic in this area and serve as a viable strategy for studies of soil loss, aiming at developing consistent material for future researches about environmental planning and land management

Identificação e análise da relação entre a utilização de construtos da qualidade e o desempenho e competitividade organizacional

A growing number of companies is adopting quality management systems to achieve better performance and remain competitive in the market. These systems, however, can prove quite complex because they involve different practices and factors. This paper seeks to identify and analyze how each of these factors and practices, defined as quality constructs, influence the performance and competitiveness in the organizational environment and thus contribute to the strategic decisions in the area of quality. To achieve that, a survey was conducted with industrial companies located in the state of São Paulo, and the data was analyzed by a structural equation software. As a result, it was observed that the constructs Customer Focus and Human Resources are the most influent for the competitive criteria of a company, while the constructs Supplier development and Customer Focus exert greater impact on performance

Qualidade de sono em praticantes de atividade física regular

Nos últimos anos tem crescido o interesse de inúmeros pesquisadores em relação ao sono, já que ele vem sendo apontado como um importante indicador de saúde. Sabe-se atualmente que a qualidade do sono pode ser influenciada por diversos fatores, tais como: o uso de medicamentos; ingestão alcoólica; alterações psicológicas e sociais; ambiente; e a prática regular de atividade física. Por este motivo, objetivamos com este trabalho, verificar a qualidade de sono apresentada por praticantes de atividade física regular, bem como, apresentar propostas para uma maior qualidade da mesma. Para isso aplicamos um questionário de percepção subjetiva de qualidade de sono, com níveis de qualidade entre: sono profundo e pouquíssimo estado de sonolência, durante 31 dias consecutivos. Fizeram parte da pesquisa, sete indivíduos (5 homens e 2 mulheres), com idades entre 49 e 73 anos (± 63 anos), praticantes de atividade física regular. Os resultados demonstraram que: 2.8% (6) dos relatos indicaram um sono profundo; 77.0% (167) um sono normal; 5.5% (12) um sono sem relaxamento; 14.3% (31) um sono ruim, com pausas; e 0.4% (1) pouquíssimo estado de sonolência. Em 79.8% (173) dos relatos, a percepção subjetiva de qualidade de sono foi de profundo ou normal, enquanto que em 20.2% (44) dos mesmos, a qualidade do sono estava entre: sem relaxamento; ruim, com pausas; e pouquíssimo estado de sonolência; o que nos leva a concluir que a qualidade do sono destes indivíduos pode ser considerada boa. Porém, as alterações na estrutura de sono, inerentes ao processo de envelhecimento, parecem comprometer uma maior qualidade de sono, principalmente a aquisição de um sono profundo. Se a prática de atividade física regular é importante para alterações benéficas na qualidade de sono destes indivíduos, a adoção de hábitos de higiene de sono, ...(Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)

Proposta para melhoria da qualidade dos produtos cerâmicos e de criação de um polo cerâmico artesanal na cidade de Indiana - SP

This work presents a proposal to create a Polo Ceramic Craft in the town of Indiana - SP, through the potter’s organization in a cooperative that will coordinate activities to add value to ceramic pieces. To achieve this, two things are essential: improving the ceramic body and improve the properties of the ceramic material. For the first action it’s necessary to create a Central Mass Production of Ceramics, to provide raw materials and homogeneous composition that results in differentiated ceramic after burning process (sintering). To this end, we propose the incorporation of additives (which act as fluxes) to the clay material. These additives can be mineral such as feldspar and nefelinas or leavings, such as glass powder obtained from disposable containers. For the second action is necessary to acquire an oven, electric or gas, it reaches higher temperatures (around 1200 ° C). The presence of the additive and burning at higher temperatures will enable better production of sintered ceramic material with less porosity and water absorption and higher mechanical strength, and pieces vitrified and glazed, allowing them to assign a higher value. For the production of these materials (thinner walls) requires a smaller volume of clayey raw materials. Besides benefiting the ceramic pieces, the proposed changes reduce the environmental impact caused by burning wood, since it will be replaced by natural gas (or electricity), and even will reduce the disposal of glass containers in the environment by recycling and incorporating this material in the clay. From a social standpoint, the cooperative is crucial to the viability of the proposed project, to coordinate activities and commercial production, which will result in better wages and profits for companies and consequently for the city and its population

Aplicação das ferramentas da qualidade em uma trefilaria de arames

In today's competitive environment the search for continuous improvement becomes an important factor for maintaining competitiveness. The present work aims to enable the reduction in the number of interruptions of production in a wire drawing mill, with the method of analysis and problem solving (MASP) and the use of quality tools. In this study, it was observed that the use of quality tools is indispensable when it comes to routine management or process improvement because it will enable the identification of improvement opportunities, as well as the definition of an action plan

Degradação ambiental e qualidade de vida na microbacia do Córrego do Gramado – Presidente Prudente/São Paulo

The late industrialization, together with other factors, ended up directing much of the rural population to cities, without adequate planning, resulting in high density and irregular settlements in risk areas to low-income population. The man settled in the urban site to break environmental laws that eventually causing an imbalance in the natural environment, causing or exacerbating the shortage in availability of water resources. This situation also happened in Presidente Prudente, especially in the east, the focus of this research. Therefore, this study aims to understand the causes of degradation of waterways in urban areas, focusing on society's relationship with nature and its consequences on environmental quality and quality of life of urban population located in the watershed of stream of Gramado, Presidente Prudente - São Paulo. In this catchment there is the irregular deposition of solid waste in the valley, remnants of old pollution release of domestic sewage and industrial (currently collected and intended for treatment), accelerated processes of erosion in some areas of intensive use of the relief and consequently, the bed siltation of streams that are part of the basin. The quality of urban life was seen through socioeconomic and environmental indicators, which were identified through questionnaires to residents, according to local residence in the landscape, divided into three segments: the tops 60 residents, 90 residents and 112 residents in the areas in valley bottoms. With these data we can relate them to the degradation of the basin and aggregate them to the quality of life of residents. Field studies were needed to visualize the changes that occurred in the watershed over the past three years, with the implementation of works aimed at improvements to the community as the conduit stream of Gramado and construction and operation of Sewage Pumping Stations... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)