Technological change and opportunities for development as a moving target

Includes bibliography

Structural change and domestic technological capabilities

Includes bibliography

Towards a theory of change

Includes bibliography

Structural change and productivity growth 20 years later: old problems, new opportunities. Summary

Includes bibliography

Understanding the process of greening of Brazilian business schools

This study analyses business schools' incorporating environmental management issues into their core activities, defined through teaching, research, outreach and management. Taking into account the relative lack of literature on this theme, case study fieldwork is utilized. Two case studies were conducted at Brazilian business schools. The results were analyzed using the conceptual background of barriers to organizational change, transition to a more sustainable society, and path dependence. The main findings indicate that: (a) the incorporation of environmental management issues tends to begin with researching and teaching; (b) this incorporation process depends on the personal motivation of few or single faculty researchers; (c) the trajectory of the analyzed business schools is marked by advances and stagnation, when analyzing the incorporation of environmental management issues to its four core activities; (d) paradoxically, the analyzed business schools can be considered academic leaders in the field, but have had difficulties in adopting environmental management practices internally; (e) there is a path dependence effect in this process; (f) there are barriers to organizational change towards green business schools; (g) institutional entrepreneurs are important to the process of greening. This research represents the first research shedding light to understanding the process of greening of Brazilian business schools while considering the multidimensional aspects (teaching, research, outreach and university management). © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Switchable biosensor controlled by biocatalytic process

The poly(dimethylamino methacrylate) (PDMAEMA) brush-modified indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode was used to test the switch properties of interfacial activity caused by bioelectrochemical signals. The swelling of the polymer brushes increased when the medium's pH changed from alkaline to acid after glucose was added to the system. A pH change generated in situ by means of biocatalytic reactions enabled bioelectrocatalytic interface's reversible activation. © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

A gramaticalização da conjunção concessiva embora

Pós-graduação em Estudos Linguísticos - IBILCE

O processo de construção referencial nas crônicas de temas políticos escritas por Carlos Heitor Cony

Pós-graduação em Estudos Linguísticos - IBILCE

Naturalidade: o nível profundo da comunicaçao

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Eficácia de um Programa de remediação fonológica e leitura em escolares com distúrbio de aprendizagem

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Transformação de hábitos e sustentabilidade: a evolução de interpretantes na (auto) construção da cidade

Pós-graduação em Filosofia - FFC

Latin America’s emergence in global services A new driver of structural change in the region?

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An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the Agriculture Sector in Jamaica

The agricultural sector‟s contribution to GDP and to exports in Jamaica has been declining with the post-war development process that has led to the differentiation of the economy. In 2010, the sector contributed 5.8% of GDP, and 3% to the exports (of goods), but with 36% of employment, it continues to be a major employer. With a little less than half of the population living in rural communities, agricultural activities, and their linkages with other economic activities, continue to play an important role as a source of livelihoods, and by extension, the economic development of the country. Sugar cane cultivation has, with the exception of a couple of decades in the twentieth century when it was superseded by bananas, dominated the agricultural export sector for centuries as the source of the raw materials for the manufacture of sugar for export. In 2005, sugar cane itself accounted for 6.4% of the sector‟s contribution to GDP, and 52% of the contribution of agricultural exports to GDP. Production for the domestic market has long been the larger subsector, organized around the production of root crops, especially yams, vegetables and condiments. To analyse the potential impact of climate change on the agricultural sector, this study selected three important crops for detailed examination. In particular, the study selected sugar cane because of its overwhelming importance to the export subsector of agriculture, and yam and escallion for both their contribution to the domestic subsector as well as the preeminent role yams and escallion play in the economic activities of the communities in the hills of central Jamaica, and the plains of the southwest respectively. As with other studies in this project, the methodology adopted was to compare the estimated values of output on the SRES A2 and B2 Scenarios with the value of output on a “baseline” Business As Usual (BAU), and then estimate the net benefits of investment in the relevant to climate change for the selected crops. The A2 and B2 Scenarios were constructed by applying forecasts of changes in temperature and precipitation generated by INSMET from ECHAM inspired climate models. The BAU “baseline” was a linear projection of the historical trends of yields for each crop. Linear models of yields were estimated for each crop with particular attention to the influence of the two climate variables – temperature and precipitation. These models were then used to forecast yields up to 2050 (table1). These yields were then used to estimate the value of output of the selected crop, as well as the contribution to overall GDP, on each Scenario. The analysis suggested replanting sugar cane with heat resistant varieties, rehabilitating irrigation systems where they existed, and establishing technologically appropriate irrigation systems where they were not for the three selected crops.

An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the tourism sector in Jamaica

Climate change is a continuous process that began centuries ago. Today the pace of change has increased with greater rapidity because of global warming induced by anthropogenically generated greenhouse gases (GHG). Failure to effectively deal with the adverse outcomes can easily disrupt plans for sustainable economic development. Because of the failure of export agriculture over the last several decades, to provide the economic stimuli needed to promote economic growth and development, Jamaica, like many other island states in the Caribbean subregion, has come to rely on tourism as an instrument of transformation of the macro-economy. It is believed this shift in economic imperative would eventually provide the economic impetus needed to generate much needed growth and development. This assessment has shown that tourism is not only a leading earner of foreign exchange in Jamaica and a major creator of both direct and indirect jobs but, also, one of the principal contributors to the country‟s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The rapid expansion of the industry which occurred over the last several decades coupled with disregard for sound environmental practices has led to the destruction of coral reefs and the silting of wetlands. Because most of the industry is located along the coastal region it is extremely vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Failure to address the predictable environmental challenges of climate change, with some degree of immediacy, will not only undermine, but quickly and seriously impair the capacity of industry to stimulate and contribute to the process of economic development. To this end, it important that further development of industry be characterised by sound economic and social planning and proper environmental practices.

O quadro de escrever como mediador na relação professor-aluno na aula de matemática

A partir das referências bibliográficas consultadas sobre a temática em exposição, é produzido um pensamento que conduz o leitor à meditação acerca dos aspectos que influenciam no mecanismo cognitivo inerente ao processo de ensinoaprendizado, direcionando a aprendizagem para o da Matemática e a mídia Quadro de Escrever, ou seja, usufruindo diretamente da Psicologia da Educação Matemática. O estudo desenvolvido na área de Educação Matemática tem apresentado alguns aspectos que influenciam as atitudes do aluno com relação à Matemática em consonância com o Quadro de Escrever. Esse estudo visa a contribuição para alunos, professores e/ou educadores sobre a afetividade que o aluno apresenta com respeito à disciplina matemática; portanto, há informações e sugestões sobre tal relação. O mesmo trabalho traz algumas inquietações também sobre o uso da mídia, quadro de escrever, como por exemplo: por que o aluno se nega a dirigir-se ao quadro de escrever quando solicitado pelo professor? Quais as dificuldades maiores? O medo, a insegurança, a falta do aprendizado? Enfim, discutem-se os fatores preponderantes que influenciam diretamente a atitude do aluno no momento em que o professor faz uso deste acessório. Portanto, o objetivo deste estudo é apresentar ao corpo docente em Matemática a importância de se refletir acerca da complexa relação afetiva entre o aluno e a Matemática, e também para o professor desta disciplina o conhecimento sobre o instrumento mais utilizado pelos docentes em sala de aula (o quadro de escrever). O uso adequado desta mídia e o que este instrumento, quando usado de modo mal adequado, pode causar nos alunos. Acredita-se que, com posse de tais informações, muitos serão levados a uma auto-avaliação, a uma reflexão e a uma mudança de atitude em favor de uma educação melhor para uma sociedade melhor.