Implementação da metodologia de cuidados Humanitude

Objectives: To implement Humanitude Care Metodology in the context the teaching and care practice. Relevance and impact of the project Training nursing students in Clinical Practice to develop skills of relationship and communication through the appropriation of Humanitude Care Methodology; Implementation and dissemination of Humanitude Care Methodology in care units; Creating a reference framework for humanized care, evaluation of its effectiveness and accreditation. Productivity/Main Achievements Organization of International Conferences and workshop Education course in Humanitude lectured to the ESEnfC teachers 7 oral scientific presentations in international health congresses with abstracts published on indexed journals 5 book publications

Análise comparativa de duas metodologias de ensino na química de oitavo ano: vantagens e desvantagens da metodologia tradicional e da metodologia investigativa

A importância que as actividades experimentais de natureza investigativa assumem na aprendizagem das ciências, no Ensino Básico, depende, sobretudo, da sua consistência com os objectivos da Educação em Ciência e do envolvimento do aluno. O estudo das suas vantagens, relativamente a uma metodologia tradicional, constituiu o objectivo central desta investigação que incidiu no tema Reacções Químicas e envolveu duas turmas de 8° ano. O estudo desenvolveu-se segundo um desenho quasi-experimental, tendo a recolha de dados sido efectuada através de um Inquérito por questionário e de registos de aula efectuados pela professora/investigadora. Os resultados obtidos revelaram, a existência de algumas dificuldades na selecção e síntese da informação e na comunicação de resultados, mas evidenciaram opiniões bastante favoráveis dos alunos do Grupo Experimental. Puseram ainda em evidência o papel determinante da reflexão, antes, durante e após a realização da actividade e indicaram desenvolvimento conceptual e procedimental significativo, relativamente ao tema desenvolvido. ABSTRACT: The importance that experimental activities of investigative nature take in learning Science in the Elementary Schools depends, above all, on its consistency with the goals of Education in Science and the student's involvement. The study of its advantages over a traditional methodology was the main objective of this investigation which focused on the topic Chemical Reactions and involved two classes of the 8th grade. The study was carried out according to a quasi-experimental design and the data collection was conducted through a questionnaire survey and records made by the classroom teacherIresearcher. The results revealed some difficulty in the selection and synthesis of information and communication of results, but showed quite positive opinions of the students in the experimental group. They also put in evidence the role of reflection before, while and after the activity and showed significant procedural and conceptual development in relation to the theme.

Análises de coorte e perfis configuracionais: uma metodologia de apoio ao planeamento da rede educativa de nível secundário do Alentejo

Nos processos de planeamento da rede de oferta educativa não são apenas os registos dos históricos de eficácia interna e de eficácia externa que devem ser tidos em conta. Há, na verdade, uma multiplicidade de factores a considerar, desde os interesses e motivações dos alunos e famílias a elementos de natureza contextual, alguns dos quais de base económica e social, tais como as estratégias e dinâmicas de desenvolvimento regional em curso, os planos plurianuais municipais e intermunicipais de investimento, os estudos de prospecção de mercado e emprego e de sustentabilidade dos investimentos, as projecções de áreas sectoriais a expandir, quer seja de cariz mais profissionalizante quer de âmbito mais académico e prossecução de estudos decorrente da oferta escolar disponível por parte das instituições de ensino superior a nível nacional e regional.

Nova metodologia para a previsão da concentração de glifosato e AMPA em amostras de água.

A utilização intensiva e simultânea de agrotóxicos na agricultura ocasiona a exposição múltipla dos organismos a esses compostos, tornando necessária a avaliação da contaminação de misturas, principalmente, no ambiente aquático. Estudos de toxicidade de agrotóxicos são de suma importância para a comunidade como um todo, principalmente quando estes são realizados em águas, haja vista a possível escassez desse recurso. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a toxicidade aguda dos herbicidas glifosato (Gly) e seu principal metabólito, ácido aminometilfosfônico (AMPA), ao microcrustáceo Daphnia similis.

Efeito de iscas tóxicas no controle de Linepithema micans e estabelecimento de metodologia para estudos de dispersão da espécie na videira.

Linepithema micans é a principal espécie de formiga dispersora da pérola-daterra. Uma alternativa para reduzir a infestação da cochonilha é o controle da formiga. Aplicações de iscas tóxicas a base de hidrametilnona na dose de 450g/ha/semana por 19 semanas foram eficazes no controle dos insetos. No entanto, a necessidade de aplicação semanal é demandante de mão de obra inviabilizando o emprego prático da tecnologia. Uma estratégia para definir a densidade de porta iscas/área é o conhecimento do raio de forrageamento das operárias. Nesse trabalho foi avaliado o efeito da redução do número de aplicações de iscas tóxicas para o controle dos insetos e ajustado um protocolo para estudar a dispersão de L. micans

Validação de metodologia para análise de alguns herbicidas em água de rio por LC-ESI-MS/MS.

2008

Desenvolvimento e validação de metodologia para determinação de hidrocarbonetos policíclicos aromáticos (HPA´s) em grãos de milho.

2008

Determinação de metodologia para avaliar valores nutricionais em variedades de abóbora.

2016

Avaliação da ocorrência da bactéria simbionte Wolbachia spp. em populações do carrapato Rhipicephalus microplus e em populações de moscas com a finalidade de desenvolver metodologia para controle biológico desses parasitas.

2016

Metodologia para medição da potência necessária ao corte por um triturador florestal.

Resumo: Para execução do processo de raleamento na Caatinga é importante utilizar máquinas do tipo rotores trituradores acoplados em tratores de baixa potência, visando a diminuição de tempo e mão-de-obra dos agricultores familiares na, implantação de sistemas de exploração sustentáveis, sistemas agrossilvipastoris. Para o projeto de uma máquina que seja acessível a estes produtores, o primeiro passo é se conhecer a potência de corte necessária para a operação de raleamento. O objetivo deste trabalho foi desenvolver e avaliar uma metodologia de ensaio para medir a potência durante o corte de uma espécie arbórea, podendo assim avaliar os parâmetros a serem utilizados futuramente no projeto da máquina. Como espécie teste, utilizou-se o eucalyptus citriodora, por ser uma madeira que apresenta resistência de corte elevada e similar ao das espécies da Caatinga. Observou-se que a metodologia proposta, ao padronizar os procedimentos, permitiu adquirir de forma rápida e precisa os valores dos parâmetros de importância no projeto de máquinas destinadas a cortar e triturar espécies arbóreas. Também a utilização dos dados obtidos por meio da aplicação da metodologia, possibilitam maior confiabilidade e precisão no projeto de máquinas destinadas a este tipo de trabalho. [Methodology for obtaining the cutting power of a forest crusher]. Abstract: For executions the thinning process in Caatinga is important to use machines as Rotors Crushers coupled in low- power tractors, aimed at decrease of time and hand labor of Family Farmers in the implementation of sustainable exploration systems, agrosylvopastoral Systems. For the project for the design of a machine that is accessible these producers, the first step is knowing the cut power needed for a thinning operation. The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate a test methodology to measure the power during the cutting of a tree species and can evaluate the cutting parameters used in the future in machine design. As a test species, we used the eucalyptus citriodora, as this wood has cut high resistance and similar to Species of Caatinga. It was observed that the methodology proposal, to the standardize procedures, allows to get quickly and accurately the values of importance parameters in the design of machines designed to cut and grind tree species. Also the use of data obtained through the application of the methodology , enable greater reliability and precision in machine design intended for this type of work.

Estabelecimento de metodologia para análise e quantificação da colonização por fungo micorrízico arbuscular em milho.

2016

Avaliação dos impactos de tecnologias geradas pela Embrapa: metodologia de referência.

Avaliação dos impactos econômicos de tecnologias agropecuárias; Avaliação dos impactos sociais de tecnologias agropecuárias; Avaliação dos impactos na geração de empregos de tecnologias agropecuárias; Avaliação do impacto ambiental de inovações tecnológicas agropecuárias; Avaliação de impactos sobre o conhecimento, sobre a capaciatação e de impacto político-institucional da pesquisa da Embrapa; Análise dos impactos econômicos, sociais e ambientais da máquina extratora de água de coco verde: considerações sobre a cadeia reprodutiva.

Evaluation of driving ability of the disabled persons in the context of the psychological activity theory

In the future the number of the disabled drivers requiring a special evaluation of their driving ability will increase due to the ageing population, as well as the progress of adaptive technology. This places pressure on the development of the driving evaluation system. Despite quite intensive research there is still no consensus concerning what is the factual situation in a driver evaluation (methodology), which measures should be included in an evaluation (methods), and how an evaluation has to be carried out (practise). In order to find answers to these questions we carried out empirical studies, and simultaneously elaborated upon a conceptual model for driving and a driving evaluation. The findings of empirical studies can be condensed into the following points: 1) A driving ability defined by the on-road driving test is associated with different laboratory measures depending on the study groups. Faults in the laboratory tests predicted faults in the on-road driving test in the novice group, whereas slowness in the laboratory predicted driving faults in the experienced drivers group. 2) The Parkinson study clearly showed that even an experienced clinician cannot reliably accomplish an evaluation of a disabled person’s driving ability without collaboration with other specialists. 3) The main finding of the stroke study was that the use of a multidisciplinary team as a source of information harmonises the specialists’ evaluations. 4) The patient studies demonstrated that the disabled persons themselves, as well as their spouses, are as a rule not reliable evaluators. 5) From the safety point of view, perceptible operations with the control devices are not crucial, but correct mental actions which the driver carries out with the help of the control devices are of greatest importance. 6) Personality factors including higher-order needs and motives, attitudes and a degree of self-awareness, particularly a sense of illness, are decisive when evaluating a disabled person’s driving ability. Personality is also the main source of resources concerning compensations for lower-order physical deficiencies and restrictions. From work with the conceptual model we drew the following methodological conclusions: First, the driver has to be considered as a holistic subject of the activity, as a multilevel hierarchically organised system of an organism, a temperament, an individuality, and a personality where the personality is the leading subsystem from the standpoint of safety. Second, driving as a human form of a sociopractical activity, is also a hierarchically organised dynamic system. Third, in an evaluation of driving ability it is a question of matching these two hierarchically organised structures: a subject of an activity and a proper activity. Fourth, an evaluation has to be person centred but not disease-, function- or method centred. On the basis of our study a multidisciplinary team (practitioner, driving school teacher, psychologist, occupational therapist) is recommended for use in demanding driver evaluations. Primary in a driver’s evaluations is a coherent conceptual model while concrete methods of evaluations may vary. However, the on-road test must always be performed if possible.

Exhaled nitric oxide : Variability and association with bronchial hyperresponsiveness and atopy

Airway inflammation is a key feature of bronchial asthma. In asthma management, according to international guidelines, the gold standard is anti-inflammatory treatment. Currently, only conventional procedures (i.e., symptoms, use of rescue medication, PEF-variability, and lung function tests) were used to both diagnose and evaluate the results of treatment with anti-inflammatory drugs. New methods for evaluation of degree of airway inflammation are required. Nitric oxide (NO) is a gas which is produced in the airways of healthy subjects and especially produced in asthmatic airways. Measurement of NO from the airways is possible, and NO can be measured from exhaled air. Fractional exhaled NO (FENO) is increased in asthma, and the highest concentrations are measured in asthmatic patients not treated with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS). Steroid-treated patients with asthma had levels of FENO similar to those of healthy controls. Atopic asthmatics had higher levels of FENO than did nonatopic asthmatics, indicating that level of atopy affected FENO level. Associations between FENO and bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) occur in asthma. The present study demonstrated that measurement of FENO had good reproducibility, and the FENO variability was reasonable both short- and long-term in both healthy subjects and patients with respiratory symptoms or asthma. We demonstrated the upper normal limit for healthy subjects, which was 12 ppb calculated from two different healthy study populations. We showed that patients with respiratory symptoms who did not fulfil the diagnostic criteria of asthma had FENO values significantly higher than in healthy subjects, but significantly lower than in asthma patients. These findings suggest that BHR to histamine is a sensitive indicator of the effect of ICS and a valuable tool for adjustment of corticosteroid treatment in mild asthma. The findings further suggest that intermittent treatment periods of a few weeks’ duration are insufficient to provide long-term control of BHR in patients with mild persistent asthma. Moreover, during the treatment with ICS changes in BHR and changes in FENO were associated. FENO level was associated with BHR measured by a direct (histamine challenge) or indirect method (exercise challenge) in steroid-naïve symptomatic, non-smoking asthmatics. Although these associations could be found only in atopics, FENO level in nonatopic asthma was also increased. It can thus be concluded that assessment of airway inflammation by measuring FENO can be useful for clinical purposes. The methodology of FENO measurements is now validated. Especially in those patients with respiratory symptoms who did not fulfil the diagnostic criteria of asthma, FENO measurement can aid in treatment decisions. Serial measurement of FENO during treatment with ICS can be a complementary or an alternative method for evaluation in patients with asthma.

Asiakassuunnitelma asiakaslähtöistä auttamista tavoitteellistamassa : Kohteen rakentumisen moniääninen menetelmä

The research focuses on client plan in the field of health care and social work on families with children. The purpose of the plan is to create objectives for helping the client and to assist in coordinating the ever-increasing multi-professional work. In general, the plan is understood in terms of assignments and as a contract specifying what to do in client cases. Taking this into consideration, the plan is outsourced into a written document. Instead of understanding the plan as a tool that stabilizes the objectives of action, documents it and facilitates evaluation, the client plan is conceptualized in this study as a practice. This kind of practice mediates client work as being itself also a process of action that focuses on an object whose gradual emergence and definition is the central question in multi-professional collaboration with a client. The plan is examined empirically in a non-stabilized state which leads to the research methodology being based on the dynamics between stabilization and emerging, non-stabilized entities the co-creation and formulation of practice and context. The theoretical approach of the research is the micro analytic approach of activity theory (Engeström R. 1999b). Grounding on this, the research develops a method of qualitative analysis which follows an emerging object with multiple voices. The research data is composed of the videotaped sessions from client meetings with three families, the interviews with the client and the workers as well as client documents that are used to follow up on client processes for at least one year. The research questions are as follows: 1) How is the client plan constructed between the client and different professional agents? 2) How are meanings constructed in a client-centred plan? 3) What are the elements of client-employee relationships that support the co-configuration necessitated by the changes in the client s everyday life? The study shows that the setting of objectives were limited by the palette of institutional services, which caused that the clients interpretations and acts of giving meaning to the kinds of help that was required were left out of the plan. Conceptually, the distinctions between client-centred and client-specific ways of working as well as an action-based working method are addressed. Central to this action-based approach is construing the everyday life of the client, recognizing different meanings and analyzing them together with the client as well as focusing attention on developing the prerequisites for social agency of the clients. The research portrays the elements for creating an action-based client plan. Key words: client plan, user perspective, multi-voiced meaning, multi-professional social work with children and families, agency