Relat��rio de Est��gio de Qualifica����o Profissional (Educa����o Pr��-Escolar)

Relat��rio EPE - Relat��rio de Est��gio em Educa����o Pr��-Escolar: Para aprender a ensinar �� necess��rio passar por diversas etapas, assim sendo, o presente relat��rio �� o culminar de um primeiro momento de est��gio, do primeiro contacto com a profiss��o com todas as din��micas e especificidades de que dela fazem parte. Pretendendo-se ser um educador reflexivo e investigador, em que o desejo de saber o porqu�� daquilo que observa, o leva a descobrir novas coisas e a refletir sempre sobre elas, �� fulcral que se conhe��am alguns pressupostos te��ricos que sirvam de suporte �� pr��tica a realizar. Desta forma, �� feita uma contextualiza����o te��rica em que se aborda o papel do Educador de Inf��ncia, agente t��o importante na educa����o das crian��as, uma vez que educa os cidad��os de amanh��. Ao mesmo tempo, s��o ainda abordados alguns t��picos pertinentes relativamente �� educa����o de inf��ncia, como a organiza����o do ambiente educativo, a intencionalidade educativa, assim como modelos e perspetivas te��ricas que fundamentam toda a pr��tica desenvolvida. Com a realiza����o deste relat��rio, inicia-se a constru����o do profissional reflexivo e investigador. Neste sentido, reflete-se acerca de toda a����o pedag��gica desenvolvida, assim como dos aspetos que se devem melhorar no futuro e que objetivos anteriormente definidos foram j�� alcan��ados. Na certeza de que o per��odo de pr��tica pedag��gica referenciada foi o primeiro de muitos momentos de autodescoberta e realiza����o pessoal, espera-se que o mesmo seja capaz de transparecer toda a experi��ncia e enriquecimento para quem o l��. Relat��rio EPE - Relat��rio de Est��gio em Educa����o Pr��-Escolar:In order to learn how to teach, one needs to follow several stages, and on that path, the present report is the final step of a first stage in the trainee program, one that marked the first contact with the teaching profession and with all its dynamics and specifics. The aim is to be a reflexive educator and researcher, one that desires to understand the reason and motive of its object, one that is led to the discovery of new things and to a reflection on them. On that line, it is important to know some theoretical concepts to support the practice. With that goal in mind, this paper is a theoretical contextualization relating to the role of the infant teacher, a very important one, as it concerns the education of future citizens. At the same time, some relevant topics are addressed in what concerns the work of the infant teacher, such as the arrangement of the educational environment, the educational intentionality, and also theoretical models and perspectives, fundamental to the developed work. With this report begins the construction of the reflexive professional and researcher. In doing so, it is a reflection on several issues, namely, on all the pedagogical actions developed throughout the stage, on the features to improve in the future, and what previously defined goals were already achieved. Without a doubt, this stage of educational action is the first of several moments of self-discovery and personal achievement. Hopefully, this report will be able to reflect all the experience and to be an enriching experience to the reader.

Tuple-based morphisms for interoperability establishment of financial information models

Disserta����o apresentada na Faculdade de Ci��ncias e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa para obten����o do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Electrot��cnica e Computadores

A cria����o de valor no mercado da sa��de enquanto fator diferenciador para a negocia����o de pre��os e competitividade em contexto de crise mundial

Numa altura em que o setor da sa��de �� apontado como uma ��rea cr��tica de gastos, nunca foi t��o pertinente, pela falta de verbas, refletir e discutir o formato de contrata����o e de gest��o dos cuidados de sa��de. A sua fundamenta����o em custo, volume ou diferencia����o, bem como, os indicadores que refletem o investimento, a efici��ncia e efic��cia dos cuidados. Pretendeu-se como objetivo principal estudar a cria����o de valor no mercado da sa��de enquanto fator diferenciador para a negocia����o de pre��os e competitividade em contexto de crise econ��mica. Com vista a alcan��ar este objetivo, procedeu-se �� revis��o dos modelos te��ricos, recorrendo a pesquisa bibliogr��fica. Procedeu-se tamb��m �� compara����o dos resultados operacionais de uma empresa enquanto prestadora de servi��os de oxigenoterapia ao domic��lio, tendo por base duas estrat��gias diferentes: redu����o direta de pre��os ou manuten����o de pre��os com cria����o de valor para o cliente. Tendo em vista as duas estrat��gias, foram elaboradas duas propostas e posteriormente apresentadas para avalia����o e vota����o on-line por um grupo oito gestores hospitalares. O valor em cuidados de sa��de �� vis��vel nos benef��cios cl��nicos alcan��ados pelo dinheiro investido. A estrutura dos atuais sistemas de sa��de apenas reconhece redu����o de gastos, fontes de receita, volume de cuidados, sem orienta����o para a valoriza����o dos resultados cl��nicos. Os prestadores deviam competir pela focaliza����o na obten����o de melhores resultados cl��nicos, pois deve ser a essa a preocupa����o central dos servi��os m��dicos. Uma boa gest��o pode levar a que numa negocia����o de contratos, uma proposta baseada em valor possa garantir a manuten����o dos pre��os.

21st century quality: Looking into the ���Crystal ball���

The discussion of possible scenarios for the future of Quality is on the priority list of major Quality Practitioners Societies. EOQ ��� European Organization for Quality (EOQ, 2014) main team for its 58th EOQ-Congress held June 2014 in G��teborg was ���Managing Challenges in Quality Leadership��� and ASQ - American Society for Quality (ASQ, 2015) appointed ���the Future of Quality��� for Quality Progress Magazine November 2015 issue. In addition, the ISO 9001:2008 revision process carried by ISO/TC 176 aims to assure that ISO 9001:2015 International Standard remains stable for the next 10 years (ISO, 2014) contributing to an increased discussion on the future of quality. The purpose of this research is to review available Quality Management approaches and outline, adding an academic perspective, expected developments for Quality within the 21st Century. This paper follows a qualitative approach, although data from international organizations is used. A literature review has been undertaken on quality management past and potential future trends. Based on these findings a model is proposed for organization quality management development and propositions for the future of quality management are advanced. Firstly, a state of the art of existing Quality Management approaches is presented, for example, like Total Quality Management (TQM) and Quality Gurus, ISO 9000 International Standards Series (with an outline of the expected changes for ISO 9001:2015), Six Sigma and Business Excellence Models.Secondly, building on theoretical and managerial approaches, a two dimensional matrix ��� Quality Engineering (QE - technical aspects of quality) and Quality Management (QM: soft aspects of quality) - is presented, outlining five proposed characterizations of Quality maturity levels and giving insights for applications and future developments. Literature review highlights that QM and QE may be addressing similar quality issues but their approaches are different in terms of scope breadth and intensity and they ought to complement and reciprocally reinforce one another. The challenges organizations face within the 21st century have stronger uncertainty, complexity, and differentiation. Two main propositions are advanced as relevant for 21st Century Quality: - QM importance for the sustainable success of organizations will increase and they should be aware of the larger ecosystem to be managed for improvement, possibly leading to the emergence of a new Quality paradigm, The Civilizacional Excellence paradigm. - QE should get more attention from QM and the Quality professionals will have to: a) Master and apply in wider contexts and in additional depth the Quality Tools (basic, intermediate and advanced); b) Have the soft skills needed for its success; c) Be results oriented and better understand and demonstrate the relationships between approaches and results These propositions challenge both scholars and practitioners for a sustained and supported discussion on the future of Quality. ���All things are ready, if our mind be so.��� (Shakespeare, Henry V, circa 1599).

ANIMAL MODELS FOR THE STUDY OF LEISHMANIASIS IMMUNOLOGY

Leishmaniasis remains a major public health problem worldwide and is classified as Category I by the TDR/WHO, mainly due to the absence of control. Many experimental models like rodents, dogs and monkeys have been developed, each with specific features, in order to characterize the immune response to Leishmania species, but none reproduces the pathology observed in human disease. Conflicting data may arise in part because different parasite strains or species are being examined, different tissue targets (mice footpad, ear, or base of tail) are being infected, and different numbers (“low” 1��102 and “high” 1��106) of metacyclic promastigotes have been inoculated. Recently, new approaches have been proposed to provide more meaningful data regarding the host response and pathogenesis that parallels human disease. The use of sand fly saliva and low numbers of parasites in experimental infections has led to mimic natural transmission and find new molecules and immune mechanisms which should be considered when designing vaccines and control strategies. Moreover, the use of wild rodents as experimental models has been proposed as a good alternative for studying the host-pathogen relationships and for testing candidate vaccines. To date, using natural reservoirs to study Leishmania infection has been challenging because immunologic reagents for use in wild rodents are lacking. This review discusses the principal immunological findings against Leishmania infection in different animal models highlighting the importance of using experimental conditions similar to natural transmission and reservoir species as experimental models to study the immunopathology of the disease.

Landslide susceptibility assessment in Karanganyar regency - Indonesia - Comparison of knowledge-based and Data-driven Models

Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies.

Flu��ncia de materiais

A presente disserta����o apresenta uma abordagem ao tema Flu��ncia, com um desenvolvimento geral para quatro materiais: madeira, alum��nio, bet��o e a��o. No entanto, particularizou-se este estudo apenas para dois destes materiais, a madeira e o alum��nio. A madeira �� um material viscoel��stico, logo fortemente influenciado quando submetido a uma a����o constante (Flu��ncia) sendo agravada com altera����es do teor em ��gua. Iniciou-se o estudo, com uma introdu����o aos objetivos principais e a revis��o te��rica do conhecimento da propriedade mec��nica (Flu��ncia). Efetuou-se o estudo inicial para os quatro materiais indicados. Posteriormente, fez-se avalia����o do efeito mec��nico sortivo durante 60 dias com sete ciclos, em provetes de dimens��es 20 x 20 x 400 mm3 (escala 1:10) de madeira de Eucalyptus globulus Labill. Recorrendo ao levantamento de um conjunto de modelos num��ricos, procedeu-se ao ajuste e extrapola����o do comportamento, em Flu��ncia, para distintos per��odos de tempo (1, 10 e 50 anos). Os resultados obtidos demonstraram que a madeira de Eucalipto n��o apresenta um limite no seu comportamento em Flu��ncia, logo inst��vel para os 60 dias de dura����o de ensaio. Os diferentes modelos de Flu��ncia (x6) apresentaram uma variabilidade crescente de resultados, de acordo com o aumento de extrapola����o dos resultados. Para a esp��cie de madeira de Eucalipto constatou-se ainda, que o ajuste e extrapola����o de deforma����o para 50 anos ultrapassaram os valores sugeridos pelo Euroc��digo 5. A ��ltima parte deste trabalho, incidiu sobre o desenvolvimento da metodologia do ensaio em flex��o de 3 provetes de alum��nio similares, cujas dimens��es eram de 20 x 20 x 400mm3. O objetivo desta metodologia foi avaliar o seu comportamento em Flu��ncia. Numa primeira fase, foi aplicada uma carga contante de 160 kN. E numa segunda fase, foi aplicada o dobro dessa carga sujeita adicionalmente a uma temperatura bastante superior �� temperatura ambiente (a rondar os 50 oC). Conclusivamente verificou-se que o alum��nio n��o apresenta deforma����o por Flu��ncia, para as condi����es de ensaio apresentadas.

Algorithm for the Parkinson���s disease behavioural models characterization using a biosensor

Disserta����o para obten����o do Grau de Mestre em Engenharia Biom��dica

Development of novel human cellular models for neurotoxicity studies

Dissertation to obtain master degree in Gen��tica Molecular e Biomedicina

Relat��rio de est��gio em ensino do 1.�� ciclo do ensino b��sico

Relat��rio EPE - Relat��rio de est��gio em Educa����o Pr��-Escolar: O trabalho realizado no relat��rio de est��gio tem como prop��sito a reflex��o e an��lise cr��tica de todo o processo desenvolvido no contexto de educa����o pr��-escolar, no ��mbito da Unidade Curricular (UC) de Pr��tica Pedag��gica Supervisionada, Ao longo do presente relat��rio ser�� mobilizado o quadro te��rico e conceptual da formanda que sustentou e orientou as pr��ticas desenvolvidas no decorrer do per��odo de est��gio, evocando autores conceituados como Piaget, Vygotsky, Oliveira-Formosinho, Zabalza, Rold��o, entre muitos outros. Deste modo, ser�� mencionado o papel da crian��a bem como a natureza do seu processo de desenvolvimento e de constru����o, evidenciando o seu papel ativo, participativo e construtivo. Tamb��m, ser�� referida a import��ncia do papel do Educador de inf��ncia, bem como os princ��pios deontol��gicos que o orientam na sua constru����o profissional e pessoal. Torna-se, tamb��m, fundamental referir os referenciais legais que norteiam a Educa����o Pr��-Escolar referindo a sua import��ncia no desenvolvimento das crian��as, assim como os modelos curriculares e pedag��gicos que orientam a pr��xis pedag��gica, permitindo a constru����o de pr��ticas fundamentadas e conscientes. Para isso ��, tamb��m, imprescind��vel adotar uma atitude indagadora de car��ter investigativo, cr��tico e reflexivo, permitindo responder de forma adequada ��s necessidades individuais de cada crian��a, numa perspetiva diferenciada e individualizada, mas tamb��m global. Neste sentido, ao longo de todo o per��odo de est��gio, foi adotada, a metodologia de investiga����o-a����o, denotando a import��ncia dos momentos de observa����o, planifica����o, a����o e reflex��o. S�� desta forma foi poss��vel compreender a realidade, de modo a transform��-la com o intuito de melhorar a qualidade da Educa����o

Analysis of mental health service financial models with a particular emphasis of Ireland

ABSTRACT: Financing is a critical factor in ensuring the optimal development and delivery of a mental health system. The primary method of financing worldwide is tax-based. However many low income countries depend on out-of-pocket payments. There is a report on Irish Health Care funding but none that deals exclusively with mental health care. This paper analyses the various financial models that exist globally with respect to financing the mental health sector, examines the impact of various models on service users, especially in terms of relative ���financial burden��� and provides a more detailed examination of the current mental health funding situation in Ireland After extensive internet and hardcopy research on the above topics, the findings were analysed and a number of recommendations were reached. Mental health service should be free at the point of delivery to achieve universal coverage. Government tax-based funding or mandatory social insurance with government top-ups, as required, appears the optimal option, although there is no one funding system applicable everywhere. Out-of-pocket funding can create a crippling financial burden for service users. It is important to employ improved revenue collection systems, eliminate waste, provide equitable resource distribution, ring fence mental health funding and cap the number of visits, where necessary. Political, economic, social and cultural factors play a role in funding decisions and this can be clearly seen in the context of the current economic recession in Ireland. Only 33% of the Irish population has access to free public health care and the number health insurance policy holders has dramatically declined, resulting in increased out-of-pocket payments. This approach risks negatively impacting on the social determinants of health, increasing health inequalities and negatively affecting economic productivity. It is therefore important the Irish government examines other options to provide funding for mental health services.

Empirical models for quantification of machining damage in composite materials

Disserta����o para obten����o do Grau de Doutor em Engenharia Mec��nica

Derivation and consistency checking of models in early software product line engineering

Disserta����o para obten����o do Grau de Doutor em Engenharia Inform��tica

The born global phenomenon: The Portuguese case

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA ��� School of Business and Economics

Business models in the portuguese football clubs

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA ��� School of Business and Economics