DISPATCHING AND RELOCATION OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES ON FREEWAYS: THEORIES AND APPLICATIONS

Resource allocation decisions are made to serve the current emergency without knowing which future emergency will be occurring. Different ordered combinations of emergencies result in different performance outcomes. Even though future decisions can be anticipated with scenarios, previous models follow an assumption that events over a time interval are independent. This dissertation follows an assumption that events are interdependent, because speed reduction and rubbernecking due to an initial incident provoke secondary incidents. The misconception that secondary incidents are not common has resulted in overlooking a look-ahead concept. This dissertation is a pioneer in relaxing the structural assumptions of independency during the assignment of emergency vehicles. When an emergency is detected and a request arrives, an appropriate emergency vehicle is immediately dispatched. We provide tools for quantifying impacts based on fundamentals of incident occurrences through identification, prediction, and interpretation of secondary incidents. A proposed online dispatching model minimizes the cost of moving the next emergency unit, while making the response as close to optimal as possible. Using the look-ahead concept, the online model flexibly re-computes the solution, basing future decisions on present requests. We introduce various online dispatching strategies with visualization of the algorithms, and provide insights on their differences in behavior and solution quality. The experimental evidence indicates that the algorithm works well in practice. After having served a designated request, the available and/or remaining vehicles are relocated to a new base for the next emergency. System costs will be excessive if delay regarding dispatching decisions is ignored when relocating response units. This dissertation presents an integrated method with a principle of beginning with a location phase to manage initial incidents and progressing through a dispatching phase to manage the stochastic occurrence of next incidents. Previous studies used the frequency of independent incidents and ignored scenarios in which two incidents occurred within proximal regions and intervals. The proposed analytical model relaxes the structural assumptions of Poisson process (independent increments) and incorporates evolution of primary and secondary incident probabilities over time. The mathematical model overcomes several limiting assumptions of the previous models, such as no waiting-time, returning rule to original depot, and fixed depot. The temporal locations flexible with look-ahead are compared with current practice that locates units in depots based on Poisson theory. A linearization of the formulation is presented and an efficient heuristic algorithm is implemented to deal with a large-scale problem in real-time.

Dirección basada en pensamiento sistémico-caso de estudio Hospital-Engativá – proceso cartera gestión de cobro y recaudo

El pensamiento sistémico es una manera de interpretar y comprender los fenómenos, que difiere de la forma convencional denominada reduccionista en la que no se realiza la comprensión a través de la descomposición de las partes, sino que se realiza haciendo énfasis en la comprensión del sistema como un todo y en las interrelaciones que se desprenden del sistema; por tanto la interpretación no se da a partir de un análisis de causa efecto, sino una comprensión del sistema dentro del contexto de un todo superior. Esta investigación se realiza aplicando el pensamiento sistémico en un caso práctico de una organización como es el Hospital Engativá, se hace la interpretación de la organización desde el punto de vista sistémico, realizando un diagrama causal que permite leer la organización desde este punto de vista. Se desarrolló el modelo en una herramienta para dinámica de sistemas y se limita el diseño y la simulación al Proceso de Cartera – Gestión Cobro y Recaudo, realizando una lectura e interpretación de los resultados y hallazgos arrojados por el modelo. Por último se concluye que es factible dirigir una organización desde el pensamiento sistémico y que mejora la toma de decisiones.

Objetiva(ação) da medida e contagem do tempo em práticas socioculturais e educativas

This thesis describes and analyzes various processes established and practiced by both groups about the socio-cultural objective (action) the measurement and timing, mobilized some socio-historical practices as the use of the gnômon of the sundial and reading and interpretation of movements celestial constellations in cultural contexts such as indigenous communities and fishermen in the state of Pará, Brazil. The Purpose of the study was to describe and analyze the mobilization of such practices in the socio-historical development of matrices for teaching concepts and skills related to geometric angles, similar triangles, symmetry and proportionality in the training of mathematics teachers. The record of the entire history of investigation into the socio-historical practice, the formative action was based on epistemological assumptions of education ethnomathematics proposed by Vergani (2000, 2007) and Ubiratan D'Ambrosio (1986, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2004) and Alain Bishop conceptions about mathematics enculturation. At the end of the study I present my views on the practices of contributions called socio-cultural and historical for school mathematics, to give meaning to the concept formation and teaching of students, especially the implications of Education Ethnomatematics proposed by Vergani (2000) for training of future teachers of mathematics

História da ciência como estratégia didática no ensino médio: um breve olhar de conteúdos da óptica

From a critique of aspects of the current teaching of physics, we propose in this paper an investigation into the conceptions of Nature of Science (NOS) submitted by students from the high school level, as well as the inclusion of discussions about some elements of NOS, through the History and Philosophy of Science, understanding them as facilitating strategy for more effective learning of Physics and, more specifically, the contents of optics. Based on the historical period corresponding to Greek antiquity to the mid-nineteenth century, built and applied a teaching unit to a high school class at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN) Ipanguaçu campus. Our teaching unit involved the reading and interpretation of texts with historical content, observation and assembling five experimental activities, among other activities. Data analysis occurred through questionnaires investigative applied before and after the completion of the teaching unit, as well as questionnaires for content present in the texts. Although not significant, the results indicated that the application of the teaching unit allowed the (re) construction of some conceptions about NOS targets students present in our work, and contribute to a better learning content and greater optical science approach and its nature

Construção de Conceitos Matemáticos na Educação Básica numa Abordagem Peirceana

Peircean semiotic analysis is employed to examine the construction/representation of signs-thinking of 32 early elementary school students regarding the concept of length measurement. The work consisted of developing concepts of standard unit, reading and interpretation of measurement by instruments, so that the mathematical language presented in the concrete materials was being signified and re-signified as a tool for perception and representation of new concepts. The pedagogical triad Feeling-Perceiving, Relating-Concept (F-P/R/C) co-related with the dynamism of the semiosis process, defined by Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) in his semiotic theory on the production of the sign (Object, Representamen and Interpretant), enabled the interpretation and analysis of the students' inferences in the phase of perception (feel, admire), induction (experience), and deduction (concept).

Retrato da escola: estudo de imagens fotográficas do cotidiano escolar

Pós-graduação em Educação - IBRC

Avaliação in vitro da atividade antibacteriana de extratos de Byrsonima ssp E Alchornea ssp: estudo comparativo entre as técnicas de diluição em tubos e microplacas

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Ensinar-aprender frações em um curso de formação continuada para professores dos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental: conhecimentos e dificuldades evidenciadas

Este estudo apresenta os dados de uma pesquisa realizada na Universidade Federal do Pará - UFPA, no ano de 2009, em uma turma do Curso de Especialização em Educação em Ciências e Matemáticas para as Séries Iniciais. Durante o período em que se estudou o tema frações, nesse curso de formação continuada, foram investigados os conhecimentos e dificuldades que emergem no fazer ensinar-aprender das professoras que ensinam matemática nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental. A fundamentação teórica usada para dar suporte a este estudo está apoiada em trabalhos dos autores: Brousseau (2009, 2008, 1996), D’Amore (2007), Pais (2006, 2005), Almouloud (2007), Igliori (2008), Bittencourt (1998). A pesquisa é qualitativa na modalidade descritiva. De uma turma composta de 29 (vinte e nove) professoras que frequentavam o curso de formação, 5 (cinco) foram selecionadas, dentre as que possuíam maior tempo de experiência em sala de aula, para serem os sujeitos investigados na pesquisa. Outras 10 (dez) professoras estão citadas, por terem dado valiosas contribuições para fundamentar as análises. Os instrumentos de investigação usados foram o caderno de campo, questionário, teste e registro produzido pelas professoras pesquisadas. Estes dados foram organizados e apresentados em forma de episódios. Os resultados apontam conhecimentos e dificuldades no fazer ensinar-aprender das professoras em relação ao tema frações. Algumas dificuldades identificadas: 1) fazer comparações entre frações; 2) fazer a representação esquemática de frações. O conhecimento identificado: 1) a construção de equação linear como resultado da leitura e interpretação de problemas com aplicação de frações; 2) a resolução algébrica de problemas envolvendo frações. Entretanto, essas professoras, conscientes de possuírem tais dificuldades, mostraram-se motivadas a superá-las. Essa motivação ficou evidenciada pelo comprometimento que apresentaram ao desenvolver as tarefas que foram propostas no referido curso.

As Terminologias Especializadas como Ferramentas para Novos Indicadores em Educação

Neste texto apontamos a importância dos estudos terminológicos para identificação, construção, leitura e interpretação de novos indicadores de ciência e tecnologia, pertinentes às novas demandas sociais. Diante do objetivo de discutir os desafios da utilização de indicadores para análise e formulação de políticas e para orientar o debate público, identificamos elos entre nossos estudos que resultaram em um Ensaio de Terminologia de Administração Escolar. Temos a convicção de que não há comunicação especializada sem terminologia igualmente especializada e seu uso adequado é fator decisivo para a divulgação precisa e objetiva da ciência e, no que aqui nos ocupa, para a leitura e interpretação de indicadores nacionais e internacionais. Entendemos que um estudo terminológico numa área de conhecimento como a educação pode conduzir à construção de novas ferramentas para leitura e interpretação de indicadores, favorecendo o debate público e a percepção social da ciência.

História de vida e formação: educando o olhar e percebendo pesquisa enquanto experiência

Way in the theme of the story of my life and training and electingchildhood as a guide in the works of Benjamin. Narrating a series of reflections on childhood and experience, taking for reading and interpretation of aphorisms that make up my childhood and training as a fellow researcher, a full text simultaneously, is juxtaposed with other texts and authors, intertwining with Benjamin, memory and history in my narrative, in a singular moment, an event. In this course highlight the place ofexperience and their languages, between the know-how, andknowing how to express thinking about childhood and educationevent in the making, which announces the issue of impoverishment and destitution of the experience of life ineducational practice, indicating the possibility resume thembetween school knowledge and practices through different view of childhood and the event, as a teacher. I will continue outliningmy experience in research groups choosing the language and itsinterfaces specifically with art cinema / pictures in the construction of our subjectivity in postmodernity. The methodology is qualitative, will take place within what we call the ethical self. Transcendence is an act and not a process, and yetas an overshooting of history is always historically situated and,therefore, has a concrete context. Using my own journey as an educator / researcher in my path as an area of passage / travel / experience / track / time in the constitution of my subjectivity in my own life story

Da linguagem corporal à linguagem escultórica: contribuições do método Bertazzo

This research aims at the human body as a theme that is explored in different languages by many artists. So here I intend to report the passing of reading and interpretation of the show LIVE BODY: Carousel of Species for sculptural language, so will be examined trajectory of the creative process with a brief overview of the expressive body language through dance / theater exploring ways Created with contributions from studies of Reeducation Method Body Ivaldo Bertazzo, creator, director and choreographer of the piece

Gestos de subjetivação: as dificuldades para realizar uma história do corpo e da sexualidade

The article presents, from the Analysis of French Discourse, different gestures of reading and interpretation of the body and sexuality at various times in history. It demonstrates that such gestures reading are the fruit of experience that each society sets about their cultural values and norms in each period, both in the first civilizations to the economy of sex for birth control and the survival of the group and in the Medieval Christianity control of sex in the fight against sin. Each society according to Michel Foucault, establishes a system of knowledge and power to order and classify the type of body and citizen you desire, like the city of Sparta with its regime of knowledge and training of the soldier and in Athens with the democratic regime in the formation of the political, or contemporary society in the formation of the body of perfect proportions that meet the stipulations of the market.

A representação em Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas e A consciência de Zeno

Pós-graduação em Letras - IBILCE

Demandas de professores de física em exercício no Ensino Médio: subsídios para um processo de reestruturação de um curso de licenciatura

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Sobre la evolución de las letras caballerescas en los siglos XVI y XVII

En esta revisión de documentos de los siglos xvi y xvii, que contienen letras caballerescas, proponemos algunas líneas de evolución y desarrollo de esta literatura emblemática desde su recolección y edición en cancioneros de principios del siglo xv, hasta su puesta en escena en elaborados torneos de invención de los siglos xvi y xvii. No pretendemos plantear una hipótesis cerrada e irrefutable, sino apenas abrir caminos de lectura e interpretación de esta particular lyra minima utilizada en la representación de lo caballeresco, que aún está por compilarse y estudiarse